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If Donald's SOTU was the rhetorical representation of his fascism, this banner is the visual representation of it.

Straight-up Nazi:

'Absurd,' 'Grotesque,' 'Klan Rally': Watch Mehdi and Team Zeteo React to Trump’s State of the Union Zeteo contributor and former White House correspondent John Harwood joined Mehdi, Prem, and Asawin to debrief Trump’s unnecessarily long and hateful speech.

'Absurd,' 'Grotesque,' 'Klan Rally'

Watch me and John Harwood, @swin24.bsky.social and @premthakker.bsky.social react to Trump’s racist and excessively long State of the Union tonight:

Tonight’s state of the union.

Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

TN bill would allow death penalty for women who have an abortion SBC President Clint Pressley endorsed the effort saying it would “provide preborn children with equal protection of the laws.”

"Two Tennessee Republicans are seeking to impose the death penalty on women who have abortions..."

www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...

Hate what brought us together but I'm glad we are together

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"This is my Rick Santelli moment, this guy. We need to track him down."

@timmiller.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social on an everyday protestor in Minneapolis who gets itL

“None of us want nation building. I can tell you, Iowans do not want troops on the ground in Venezuela.” —Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R–IA)

Trump Isn't Anti-War. It’s Time to Debunk This Dangerous Myth From ramping up drone strikes, to escalating foreign wars, to participating in a genocide, Trump has always been a hawk – not a dove.

I did try to warn folks:

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Full episode: lnk.thebulwark.com/4bdNJDd?utm_...

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Douche-ald Trump.

Brace Yourself for … Full. Blown. Panic. The president is feeling cornered and lashing out. It will get ugly—and dangerous.

"We enter a period more dangerous than the last months of Nixon. The Trump presidency won’t end well. The question is whether harm to the nation can be contained. All honor to Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Goodlander, Houlahan, and Deluzio for trying to limit the damage."
www.thebulwark.com/p/brace-your...

“Battered wife” is some real word choice.

Our auction to benefit public media is live at JohnOliversJunk.com! And it’s not just items we mentioned on the show! For the next 3 days, you can bid on things like this neon sign from a sketch about Medspas starring Rachel Dratch, AKA Wanda Jo.

Pope Leo and Theaters as Cathedrals The power of Christ compels you (to go to the movies).

"We joke in the office sometimes about Pope Leo being the Bulwark Pope....But his take on movies specifically is so close to my own thinking on the subject I practically bowed my head toward the screen in reverent acknowledgment."

Federal judges block Texas from using its new US House map in the 2026 midterms A panel of three federal judges has blocked Texas from using a new congressional map that Republicans drew in hopes of picking up five U.S. House seats.

Federal judges block Texas from using its new US House map in the 2026 midterms apnews.com/article/redi...

MTG Won the Battle. Can She Win the War? MAGA means never having to say you’re sorry.

Congress might - might - be remembering that it is an independent branch of government. www.thebulwark.com/p/mtg-won-th...

The MAGA Revolution Is Eating Its Own After years of stoking conspiracy theories, Trump and his allies now find themselves unable to dispel one.

"The most cleansing outcome of this scandal would be for the MAGA faithful to be brought face-to-face with what lying, shameless lowlifes the people in the Trump crowd are." From the recent archives: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-maga-r...

Oh my god...can we just not?

This is a real picture captured in the white house today.

There was a surprise guest at our show in Washington, D.C.

#CrookedCon2025

Raging narcissist claims that an election that rejected everything he stands for wasn't about him. Good try, Donald. Loser. 😎

Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Forrest County Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.

BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.

DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.

His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...

Vive La Résistance Waves can be blue after all.

The line from Mamdani that got the loudest cheers at last night's victory party was this: “New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants—and, as of tonight, led by an immigrant.”

Anatomy of a Wave Hispanic voters abandoned Republicans and the “Trump 2028” wars are next.

"If Republicans kill the filibuster, then the gloves come off the minute a Democrat gets to the White House. Say hello to the fifty-first state, Washington, D.C.!" www.thebulwark.com/p/2025-elect...

WHAT in the ACTUAL fuck????!!! Criminal.

The ballroom *has* to be torn down, because Trump has made it a symbol of an un-American, monarchial conception of the presidency.

@timmiller.bsky.social, @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social, and @jvl.bsky.social talk that and more in the latest episode of The Next Level!

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Republicans seem to be nothing short of delusional, hypocritical, hate-fever induced bullies. I've had enough.