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Reading the transcript of Bill Barr's interview on CNN last night in full really drives home the false equivalency he's attempting to draw.

The idea that regular policy issues (border/clean energy regs/school curriculum) represent the same kind of threat to democracy that Trump…

The only consistent thing about Barr is his lack of principles.

Anyone that attacks Biden for his true emotion and sadness over the loss of Beau, and its many on the right who do this, is truly despicable

This headline right here is the embodiment of the Republican Party and their loyalty to Donald Trump. Just complete cowards.

Together we call upon Congress to do the right thing. Ukrainians are fighting for their existence. Ukrainians are also fighting for our safety and for everyone's freedom. We should not let our allies down.
Read the letter linked in thread, signed by
JJ Abrams, filmmaker…

Morning Shots is always a must read but especially today. Kristol and Egger nailing it. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark…

Many governors have gone to jail without creating partisan chaos. Good arguments here. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

.Mona Charen, Kimberly Wehle, and Gregg Nunziata will gather for an emergency Bulwark livestream at 7pm ET on YouTube to break down what they hear during the April 25 oral arguments in the immunity case. Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=ihBBcG…

The Cass Review: Lisa Selin Davis on the damning new report that reveals the extent of the failures in gender transition medicine for kids. thefp.pub/4cT47Yd

I interviewed Haaretz reporter Michael מיכאל האוזר טוב who broke the story of prisoner injuries leading to amputations.

I was very moved by this interview. Everyone who cares about truth and interpreting the news should watch it.

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My first book, 'The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America,' is now out in fine bookstores everywhere!

The Audiobook is read by yours truly!

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Our will is something that exists before we grow conscious of its existence. - John Cowper Powys, In Spite Of: A Philosophy for Everyman, 1952.

“A bookshop is powder-magazine, a dynamite-shed, a drugstore of poisons, a bar of intoxicants, a den of opiates, an island of sirens.”

John Cowper Powys
* October 8, 1872

“At the end of the day, most of us—whether we’re Democrats, Republicans, or independents—believe that America must stand up for what is right. We don’t walk away from our allies; we stand with them. We don’t let tyrants win; we oppose them. We don’t merely watch global events…

The “intifada” was a series of murders directed against civilians in Israel: buses, cafes and markets blown up. Now contemplate what “globalize the intifada” means when chanted over and over again by students (and their professors?)

Every dictator who ever seized power justified his coup as an official act for the good of the state.

Absolute immunity for the president -- doesn't that seem un-American to you? Isn't that more George III than George Washington?

There is one thru line: Trump’s election criminality. From a piece in wrote last year but I think worth re-upping today. thebulwark.com/p/its-all-abou…

It’s going to be very important to simplify what’s going on to people who aren’t tracking all the ins and outs of these courts proceedings.

Here you go: Trump is accused of breaking laws in his campaign to become president in 2016 and breaking laws to stay president in 2020.…