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Sarah Matthews joins MS NOW’s Nicolle Wallace to break down Trump’s Cabinet meeting, his continued defense of January 6th rioters, and why his obsession with 2020 could hurt Republicans in the midterms.
Sarah Matthews joins MS NOW’s Nicoll...
The Washington Post is in turmoil once again.
The Washington Post is in turmoil once again. Opinion editor Adam O'Neal is stepping down after just over a year, raising fresh questions about Jeff Bezos' controversial overhaul of the newspap...
Plus: A Democratic Senate starts to take shape.
Sarah and JVL have a super-sized, instant classic:
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SEVERAL HOURS AFTER I BIT THE BULLET and bought third-row tickets for a 7:30 a.m. screening of The Odyssey in 70mm IMAX,1 the powers that be extended that film’s run in the format for another month or...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
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Editor at Large, The Bulwark. Director, Defending Democracy Together. Host, Conversations with Bill Kristol.
Jonathan Marks, a professor of politics at Ursinus College, is the author of Let’s Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education
Russian-Jewish-American writer. Author, Ceasefire: Why Women & Men Must Join Forces to Achieve True Equality (1999). Writer, The Bulwark. Newsday columnist, Reason contributing editor.
Jill Lawrence, an opinion writer and author of "The Art of the Political Deal," is a former politics editor, reporter and columnist at USA Today, National Journal, the Associated Press and The Daily Beast.
I’ve covered immigration and Latino voters over the last decade. Now: Author, Huddled Masses a brand new newsletter from The Bulwark. Having a blast doing this work. Bad Bunny aficionado in my free time.
Sarah Longwell stole my car one time
Professor emeritus at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, where I created and directed our strategic studies program and served for a few years as dean. Author and writer at the Atlantic.
Catherine Rampell is economics editor at The Bulwark and an anchor at MS NOW (fmrly MSNBC). She specializes in econ, politics, public policy, immigration. Previously at WaPo, NYT, CNN, PBS NewsHour.
Todd Phillips is a consultant and served most recently as a law professor at Georgia State University. His writing focuses on financial regulation and administrative law, and has published in the Stanford Law Review and Yale Journal on Regulation.
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