Jill Lawrence

Trump Weighs Moving on From Noem The DHS secretary has overseen the president’s most controversial domestic initiative. But her future is increasingly in doubt.

@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social with news (to me, at least). I'd love to see HHS Sec. Noem gone, even though it's unclear what if anything would change. Also, Youngkin would be nuts to take this job. Anyone young enough for a future in politics would be. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-dhs-...

Some goats who grew up during the heyday of Slipknot, Linkin Park and Korn, and had always wanted to form their own band within the nu metal subgenre, but now, having finally been brave enough to commit and go for it, are trying to brave it out and conceal their concern that they might have left it too late to fit in with prevailing musical trends.

THREAD.

A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.

You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.

The Three Dumbest Republican Self-Owns on Health Care How the party hurts itself, its voters, and the country.

How the GOP hurts itself, its voters, and the country, from @jilldlawrence.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3YbSm96

I don’t care if people disagree with me. It’s how they say things. If they’re rude and insulting and use offensive language, they’re not adding value to the conversation.

I do a lot of muting, but I might have to change to blocking.

My first reaction was, thank god, it's about time. It means much more as an editorial than as a columnist opining (and I say that as a columnist who opines).

Opinion | The Supreme Court Is Failing at Its Most Important Job

@nytimes.com editorial board: "Many lower courts have responded heroically to Mr. Trump’s ill-founded efforts to centralize power and weaken democracy." But the Supreme Court is "allowing Mr. Trump’s power grabs" instead of stabilizing American democracy.🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...

Winter is coming. Not all weather offices are ready. Vacancies remain in National Weather Service offices across the country, including in some of the coldest, snowiest parts of the country.

"The unfilled roles include meteorologists, technical experts and scientists who work to deliver accurate forecasts and warnings...In some locations, nearly half of the meteorologist roles were left vacant." Excellent @washingtonpost.com reporting on DOGE wreckage as winter sets in.🎁 wapo.st/48mGeZ1

So I guess this is a go. I need to acclimate.

If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.

Just unspeakable assholery.

'Oh, my God' — 88-year-old Michigan grocery cashier overwhelmed by sudden $1.7M gift Ed Bambas will soon ring up his last can of corn. The 88-year-old Michigan grocery worker was handed an oversized check for $1.7 million Friday.

Heartwarming. If you read nothing else today... apnews.com/article/mich...

I think he does still care. And you’re right. I’ll be shocked if he has any impact at this point (but of course I would be thrilled to be wrong). ⬇️

You two made me laugh even though this whole thing makes me feel like crying.

@nytpitchbot.bsky.social, darkly pitch-perfect.

The Three Dumbest Republican Self-Owns on Health Care How the party hurts itself, its voters, and the country.

Republicans say they don't hate health care programs, but they’ve been fixated for years on ideas that pretty much scream "let’s abandon everyone and everything that we pretend to care about." @jilldlawrence.bsky.social outlines three of them: lnk.thebulwark.com/3YbSm96

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The Three Dumbest Republican Self-Owns on Health Care How the party hurts itself, its voters, and the country.

"Trump is nothing if not a loyal friend to the exceedingly well-heeled, no matter what the cost to everyone else. That, too, is terrible politics, and there’s no sign he and most Republicans are rethinking anything at all." lnk.thebulwark.com/3YbSm96

Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Trump losing both independents and his own voters POLITICO : Poll: Trump's own voters begin blaming him for affordability crisis Americans continue to say affordability is out of control, and they place the responsibility on Trump, The ...

Trump turning off his own voters? Strange but true. @demfromct.bsky.social counts the ways, including my new @thebulwark.com piece on the 3 ways he and the GOP are doing this on health care alone. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Essential point here is #2: Big talk about small government. "Another conservative tenet shot to hell. The administrative state grew larger—as well as more complicated, intrusive and labor-intensive—with the addition of cumbersome requirements."

Pete Hegseth’s Weak Excuses His evasive responses to Signalgate are shameful nonsense.

"Hegseth’s responses are nothing more than sniveling from a man who is supposed to be a model for an organization built on bravery and competence. The secretary had a good teacher: Trump." @radiofreetom.bsky.social on the Signalgate IG report. 🎁 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

The Three Dumbest Republican Self-Owns on Health Care How the party hurts itself, its voters, and the country.

Republicans have been irrationally opposed to the 2010 Affordable Care Act from its cradle to what they never stop hoping will be its grave. Here are the 3 dumbest and most hypocritical ways they are sabotaging health insurance and care right now. @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/three-dumb...

UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...

This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream

*arguably

Contributor: MAGA has won the war on science A tale of two Republican doctor-senators shows how the party has changed.

Why Cassidy is arguable responsible for Kennedy getting the HHS job, and what is going on with his primary in Louisiana. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

I have been thinking about this for months. What's the point of Cassidy being a senator, a doctor, and now in the case of hepatitis-B, a gastroenterologist? What good is power if he doesn't use it to stop what's coming and roll back damage done? Even if it takes impeachment articles against Kennedy?

The Three Dumbest Republican Self-Owns on Health Care How the party hurts itself, its voters, and the country.

Republicans have long opposed government helping people get healthcare, but as @jilldlawrence.bsky.social explains, they're now doing it in ways that expose their hypocrisy on other issues, and damage their own political chances.

Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.

“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”

The Trumped GOP has resolutely insisted on gutting "Democrat" elements of the healthcare system that their own voters rely upon, and forcing many Americans -- particularly Republicans -- to give up care or become insolvent. It is not only amoral, but also politically irrational.

They care about winning.

The Three Dumbest Republican Self-Owns on Health Care How the party hurts itself, its voters, and the country.

"You always hurt the one you love" should be the GOP theme song. The party's own voters and principles are collateral damage in its endless quest to sabotage health care coverage and access. My latest, at @thebulwark.com, on the 3 dumbest Republican self-owns. www.thebulwark.com/p/three-dumb...