Andrew Egger

“Dear Jeffrey, thank you for your interest in my recent book, Manufacturing Consent. I fear you may have misunderstood what it’s about, however.”

I am not.

Why We Fight On raising children during an authoritarian slide.

Beautiful Triad today.

www.thebulwark.com/p/why-we-fight

YouTube video by The Bulwark Meet the Democrat Trying to Reclaim Iowa (w/ Rob Sand)

While we’re talking about how Democrats can win in red states, be sure to check out @eggerdc.bsky.social's interview with @robsandia.bsky.social — who has already won statewide election in Iowa TWICE and is now running for governor.

Only @thebulwark.com: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP7e...

When the editor mixes up the takes featuring different wardrobe choices in the same ad

Time to Show Some Backbone Congressional Republicans have started standing up to Trump on some little stuff. But what about the big new usurpation of their power?

Senate Republicans are bucking Trump on blue slips and Argentinian beef. On his usurping the power of the purse to pay the salaries of U.S. troops . . . not so much.

www.thebulwark.com/p/time-to-sh...

Long Live ‘No Kings’ Saturday’s protests showed that a resistance can be large and organized. But can it be sustained?

“Trump’s naked greed for wealth and power, his cruelty, his obscenity, his stupidity, his childishness, his arrogance—all these have galvanized the opposition as never before in recent U.S. history. That’s what “No Kings” was about.”

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Really appreciate the words of @eggerdc.bsky.social today. Saturday was never going to magically fix things. I’m tired of the “none of this matters” crowd. Yep there’s a long time to go, it will get harder (& SCOTUS rulings may introduce extra hurdles), and we’re going to have to put in the work.

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

The Rule of Law vs. The Rule of Trump A crisis moment in the defining debate of our time.

In Trump's America, "military police are heroic patriots by virtue of being in *his* military police," writes @eggerdc.bsky.social. And the law's only job is "getting out of their way."

Conversely, "people who object to his will—whenever, wherever—are dangerous insurgents who must be rooted out."

perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.

Screenshot of an excerpt from a Max Tani article for Semafor dated 5 October 2025. TEXT: A high-profile columnist who left The Washington Post amid the paper’s ongoing editorial upheaval is joining a growing anti-Trump digital news startup. Former Washington Post opinion columnist Catherine Rampell is joining The Bulwark, where she will write a weekly economics and policy-focused newsletter while contributing to the company’s podcasts and YouTube channels. In a telephone interview on Friday, Rampell said that although she had spent her career at traditional media institutions like The New York Times and the Post, she was encouraged by The Bulwark’s growth and felt committed to its editorial mission, which emphasizes supporting America’s democratic principles and institutions. “It’s very mission-oriented as an institution, and within that mission, there’s obviously room for a lot of other views,” Rampell said. “All of those things were appealing, and it’s a pretty kickass group of people.” “The Bulwark is a written, video, and audio product. And as we grow, we are looking for people who can excel across all those mediums,” CEO Sarah Longwell said in a statement. “Catherine is not just one of those people — she’s one of the best of those people. She also brings a unique expertise in economics and a mission aligned worldview. We’re beyond thrilled she’s decided to join us.”

My colleagues and I are SUPER excited about this: The amazing @crampell.bsky.social is joining our team at The Bulwark.

www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

Reaction to Hegseth & Trump’s Strange Speech to Generals YouTube video by The Bulwark

What the hell was that?

We're about to react LIVE to Trump and Hegseth's strange speech to generals

He’s Not a Doctor. But He Did Stay at the White House Last Night. In retrospect, maybe the era of bleach-injection speculation wasn’t so bad.

Read @eggerdc.bsky.social on the (bad) impersonation of a medical professional that took place at the White House yesterday www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-not-a-...

Look this is just why it's important to read labels closely.

Welcome to the ass-kissing festival

@eggerdc.bsky.social and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social break down Trump's UN appearance.

He’s Not a Doctor. But He Did Stay at the White House Last Night. In retrospect, maybe the era of bleach-injection speculation wasn’t so bad.

Check out @eggerdc.bsky.social and @cathyyoung63.bsky.social in @thebulwark.com's Morning Shots.

As Trump says, "Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen." www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-not-a-...

Listen to @samsteindc.bsky.social: If you like media that doesn't feel that it has to like shut up in order to get on the good side of Big Brother, subscribe to the Bulwark

Do it here right now: www.thebulwark.com/subscribe

The best SNL moment of the last few years was the post-election moment where they got LMM on stage to head-fake a Hamilton resistlib anthem and then smash cut to a 10-minute James Austin Johnson Trump monologue instead

Emergency Triad: First, They Came for Jimmy Kimmel What happens when comedians are held to stricter standards than vice presidents?

The same people who bragged about "creating" the Haitian dog-eating story now demand that comedians have their facts exactly accurate at all times, or else the power of the federal government will be unleashed on them.
www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

Or like, I don't know. In an emergency use your tie or your jacket sleeve or something!

For me, the most shocking moment of Kash Patel's Senate testimony today was when he cleaned his glasses with his thumb

It’s Stephen Miller’s Show Now The most powerful guy in Trump’s ear has a plan for how to respond to the death of Charlie Kirk. You’re not going to like it.

"Miller’s promise ... is to bring down the fist of the state on radical left organizations, to take away their money and their power." That's *in addition* to his pledge to "take away [the] freedom" of "those who have broken the law."

@eggerdc.bsky.social on Stephen Miller's plan to purge the left.

Stephen Miller vs. Spencer Cox? @eggerdc.bsky.social outlines two radically different Republican responses to the murder of Charlie Kirk, in his contribution to today's Morning Shots newsletter

It’s Stephen Miller’s Show Now The most powerful guy in Trump’s ear has a plan for how to respond to the death of Charlie Kirk. You’re not going to like it.

Another pair of must-reads in today's Morning Shots

@eggerdc.bsky.social on the rhetoric of Stephen Miller

@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social on the persecution of transgender Americans www.thebulwark.com/p/its-stephe...

I was in 1st grade during Bush v. Gore and 13 when birtherism took off. Other than that, this guy's got me pegged

Is This Who We Are? Political violence has always been a dark part of America. Can we move past it again?

"Kirk wasn’t my enemy. My enemy—an enemy I share with many who would call themselves *my* enemy—is the person who shot him, and anyone else who would reach for violence as a means to a political end."

Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:

Is This Who We Are? Political violence has always been a dark part of America. Can we move past it again?

Wrote about it.

www.thebulwark.com/p/is-this-wh...

HAPPENING NOW: The Trump administration withdraws its claim that parents of the Guatemalan children it tried to send back last month had requested their return.

DOJ says it has no basis for that claim now in light of contradictory info provided by the Guatemalan government.

I go huge swaths of time forgetting Sean Davis exists and it's so exciting whenever I remember. He's just a cut above.