Jonathan V. Last
@jvl
Editor of The Bulwark Host of a Secret Podcast. Also a super double-secret podcast you can't find.
Worst part of the new @status.news report is that the Bari Weiss team appears to get its view of what is actually happening in the world from Twitter. They were asking Vega to include things that *weren't real* b/c they didn't know any better. www.status.news/p/cecilia-ve...
Colleague, 3 mins ago: "Did you see LeBron is going to Philly?" Me: Shapiro will be insufferable. Colleague:
Every single paragraph of this 10,000 word piece is filled with stuff I wish I'd written. It's amazing. harpers.org/archive/2026...
Breaking news: Dan Scavino attended his own wedding? WSJ editors doing their writers dirty. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
For people impressed by the 130k jobs added in January, I'd offer and alternative economic analysis that I think you'll find compelling. www.thebulwark.com/p/shock-poll...
I know this sounds crazy but . . . DHS might be lying about the Portland shooting, too. www.thebulwark.com/p/7-question...
For instance, I don't think this is a fact. It's an interpretation that seems mostly at odds with MTG's political history as someone who is *not* operating according to some disciplined master plan. See this section of the Draper piece:
Socialism is bad if the socialists try to expand access to healthcare. Socialism is good if the socialists tell business owners exactly how to run their companies.
In the Shameless Hall of Fame, this is up there with voting against the Biden infrastructure bill and then campaigning on the infrastructure projects in your district.
No one has figured out the exact scale of the Hispanic vote collapse yet, but I tried to get my arms around it. Read the rest here: www.thebulwark.com/p/2025-elect...
The @washingtonpost.com 's home page this morning looks like a dying local paper. Quick, spot the placement for results in the gigantic local election:
That's an alpha warrior war-fighter right there. Get my man a free Punisher tattoo.
It took one of my readers to find the point I should have made at the end: www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-nuc...
I guess the Reagan Foundation's position is now that the the Gipper loved tariffs? Gotta retcon stuff to keep Ronnie on the right side of Trump.
This is a profound aspect of why Trump prefers dictators to democracies. www.ft.com/content/1377...