Hannah Yoest

So many coverups.

Release the Epstein files.

Release the Homan tapes.

Release the Venezuelan fishing boats evidence.

I love the art @avecruth.bsky.social cooked up for this:

YouTube video by The Bulwark Trump's Exploitation of the Charlie Kirk Assassination (w/ Jay Nordlinger) | Bulwark on Sunday

Jay Nordlinger joins me in a wide-ranging discussion that includes the legacy of human rights struggles, the dangers of demagoguery, the role of leaders in times of crisis—and why the future of liberal democracy depends on choices made by presidents and citizens.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dip...

It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Something Is Very Wrong Online The cycle of violence will continue as long as the medium doesn’t change.

Shooters now know that their violence will be flattened, picked apart, argued over, and amplified, @cwarzel.bsky.social writes. The internet's poison is in its very architecture.

I’m assuming @avecruth.bsky.social did this, and I just want to say that it’s brilliant.

It Only Tuesday

It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/

Now, this, kids, is how you open an essay:

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/o...

I’ve seen enough.

Impeach Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Netflix co-founder drops $2 million into Gavin Newsom's redistricting campaign Reed Hastings is a longtime Democratic donor and Newsom ally.

Just another reason to keep giving Netflix my money.

there is no king (sorry curtis yarvin)

but there is a queen and her name is joyce carol oates:

Dictator for a Day… a Month… Years? A president who doesn’t believe in checks and balances is no president at all.

"A major shift of the Trump era has been that America’s most authoritarian-coded voters, who previously had been distributed between both parties, have clustered more and more into the GOP tent, where they sit as some of Trump’s most ferociously loyal defenders."

www.thebulwark.com/p/dictator-f...

Trump's Art of the Extort Smells like.... socialism.

ICYMI, Comrade Trump continues to seize the means of production.

On Friday, he announced that the government would be taking a 10% share of the giant chipmaker, Intel.

open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

It's not too late to read today's Morning Shots, featuring @avecruth.bsky.social on the uses and meaning of Gavin Newsom's social media Trump imitation: www.thebulwark.com/p/thank-you-...

"He's got Fox News calling him childish, they're freaking out because this is not how a leader is supposed to behave." Huh.

@avecruth.bsky.social talks Gavin Newsom's Trumpy social media strategy with @jvl.bsky.social:

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS GOVERNOR! What to make of Gavin Newsom’s new social-media performance art.

Great stuff from @avecruth.bsky.social about Gavin going full troll. Listen, I’m just one guy, but I respect the commitment to the bit.

It might just make him a lightning rod for internet attention while a person like JB becomes POTUS. Still, it has its place.

open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS GOVERNOR! What to make of Gavin Newsom’s new social-media performance art.

"Some of the posts are funny. But that’s not the point. The point is to show how deranged this style of communication really is; we’ve all just been conditioned into accepting Trump’s defining deviancy down."

Today's Morning Shots w/ @avecruth.bsky.social‬ and @eggerdc.bsky.social:

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS GOVERNOR! What to make of Gavin Newsom’s new social-media performance art.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS GOVERNOR!
www.thebulwark.com/p/thank-you-...

@avecruth.bsky.social on what to make of Gavin Newsom’s new social-media performance art.

Maine oyster farmer wants to upend Democratic politics with Senate bid Graham Platner wants to oust Sen. Susan Collins — and disrupt national Dems’ plans to unite around Gov. Janet Mills.

Meet the Maine oyster farmer looking to challenge Sen. Susan Collins.

A man understandably refused to hand over his ID or get out of the car for a bunch of masked thugs who refused to identify themselves.

And when he drove away, they opened fire on him.

This isn’t how you do any sort of enforcement when your goal is to uphold the law. This is gangsterism.

Do Elephants Have Souls? — The New Atlantis Caitrin Keiper on the evidence for non-human intelligence, awareness, and emotion

Since tomorrow (August 12) is World Elephant Day, take some time to read this big, beautiful essay written by my brilliant wife back in 2013. It's a truly extraordinary achievement.

www.doelephantshavesouls.com

ICE’s Spectacle of Intimidation Immigrants showing up for court dates in Manhattan must now navigate past rows of masked federal agents.

Mark Peterson’s black-and-white images of ICE agents evoke film noir and the urban-crime photography of the 1930s and ’40s. “If someone is doing everything right, and then they still get detained, it’s a crime scene,” he said.

After four months in the hell that is CECOT, Andry Hernández Romero is now free. @timmiller.bsky.social spoke to him in an exclusive interview about what he experienced, how he survived and how he plans to go forward. This is what he told Tim. 👇

EXCLUSIVE: @timmiller.bsky.social spoke to Andry as he shared his journey through U.S. detention that led to imprisonment in El Salvador. He speaks about abuse, survival, and rebuilding his life through faith and his hope for the future.

Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ySs...

Detail from Goya's famous painting "Saturn Devouring His Son," except Saturn is wearing a red MAGA cap

Collage image showing a USAID label, with superimposed DOGE information, and three Africans coming to get aid from USAID

A collage showing Jeff Bezos's head with the Washington Post logo in front of his face and various glimpses of newspapers stuff behind him

Collage of images of Hulk Hogan

Some of my favorite header images from Bulwark articles over the last few days—created by our amazing designer, @avecruth.bsky.social

Cover of the August 1, 2025 issue of Metro Weekly, with Tim Miller on the cover. The headline: "Miller Time." He's photographed in a blue shirt, white undershirt, and several necklaces, including his trademark pearls.

Pretty cool!: My brilliant Bulwark colleague Tim Miller is interviewed in the new @metroweekly.bsky.social, D.C.'s big LGBT magazine—and they put him on the cover.

(Photos by another brilliant Bulwark colleague, @avecruth.bsky.social.)

Interview:
magazine.metroweekly.com/books/xioj/#...

This piece means a lot to me. @avecruth.bsky.social took my photos from my day reporting in Little Village and made beautiful, evocative art. But mostly reporting this story made me angry. Real people, real communities, real business owners living in fear.

“Should we call them concentration camps?” We’ve actually had this debate as a nation before! These are precedented times! The answer is Yes! They are!

This is some really impressive reporting from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social.

(And I love the art at the top of the article, from our @avecruth.bsky.social!)

Amazing header art on this newsletter from our great @avecruth.bsky.social — instant classic.