The Bulwark Podcast The Bulwark

In the very hot summer of George, Breonna, and Ahmaud, we seemed to be on the brink of a third Reconstruction.

Political power often changes the church more than the church changes those in power—the most glaring example is the damage Trump has done to the credibility of the white evangelical world.

The polling isn't there yet, but Biden is delivering, MAGA is extreme, the GOP is a dumpster fire, and Trump is the ugliest political figure in our lifetimes.

To Alito, Thomas, Kavanaugh, and Gorsuch, the real threat to democracy is not Trump's attempts to steal the election—but the DOJ's effort to hold him accountable.

The one-time most powerful man in the world is now being told when to sit, when to stand, and what he's permitted to say.

Tocqueville noted that Americans forever brood over advantages they do not possess, but now our grievance culture has run amok.