Andrew Egger

This is legit wild. One of the Trumpiest GOP kooks we’ve had holding high office here in Texas makes an absolute spot-on, beautiful, non-partisan call for government transparency against the governor’s attempt to hide his emails with Elon Musk.

"Most of what Trump dishes out is reheated sludge—microwaved leftovers from 2016 and 2024. Two things are new, though. One is this ass thing. Can we talk about this ass thing?" Why, yes! Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:

"The new White House press secretary doesn’t have the one skill Trump’s top flack needs. She just can’t lie good." That and more in today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:

It wasn't Zacharia lying about her resume that Trump minded. It was how terrible a liar she was about it. Not press secretary material! www.thebulwark.com/p/katie-zach...

The right's evidence for a James Talarico mental breakdown debuted with a lot of fanfare this afternoon—and imploded immediately. A very special emergency False Flag for @thebulwark.com with @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-james...

Two MAGA influencers claimed to have proof that James Talarico had a mental breakdown. Elon Musk pushed it. Within hours, the story fell apart. @willsommer.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social got the full recording that the viral clip was cut from.

Oops! Republicans just stepped in Schmitt again. This time, it's a nutball conspiracy theory about @jamestalarico.bsky.social. In this report, @willsommer.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social shred the bogus story. Their takedown is delicious. www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-james...

Kimberly Guilfoyle's pay-for-play scandal is grotesque and obviously corrupt. But she'd have to run it 20,000 times to match Trump's own haul for second-term graft. www.thebulwark.com/p/our-big-fa...

"Trump says they’re all going back. For Bel’s friends and family, the future is murky; whether they can stay, and for how long, still remains to be seen. But they won’t all be going back. They buried Pierre Damas Bel on Saturday. He’s here to stay." www.thebulwark.com/p/a-death-a-...

@eggerdc.bsky.social reacts to Trump reciting “The Snake,” an anti-immigrant poem that he dedicated to Springfield: “ This guy makes people worse…When they get into that sort of MAGA mob mentality, a lot of that nuance drops away, and they're just kinda ready to rock with ‘The Snake.’"

This weekend, I went to Springfield, Ohio, for Pierre Damas Bel's funeral--and to next-door Vandalia for Trump's same-day rally, where the president took a victory lap on the policies that killed him. I hope you'll give it a read. www.thebulwark.com/p/a-death-a-...

"Sometimes it’s important to remind ourselves of the uncomfortable facts of life. Trump gave a lengthy interview to Time Magazine that was published yesterday. Let’s stare into the abyss together." Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:

Yesterday Trump said the Earth can't be safe until the Iranian people are wiped off it. It's not clear he even meant it. That's just life in the shadow of the world's most important short-circuiting mind. Today's newsletter: www.thebulwark.com/p/not-to-ala...

@crampell.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social react to Trump boasting that he has "the highest of IQs" while suggesting his own supposedly superior brain is the safeguard America needs against the risks of AI. "This is beyond parody."

@jvl.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social on Ken Paxton blaming Trump for dragging down his campaign: “This is biting the hand that feeds you on a scale that we just haven’t seen from other MAGA Republicans this cycle. The vibes must be really bad right now.”

"Aren’t 'transformative' technologies that allow the 'previously impossible' the kind of thing that requires some oversight by government?" Most voters think so, and they may vote so. Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:

Atlanta! Join @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, @eggerdc.bsky.social, and Lt. Gen. @markhertling.bsky.social with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social, @jvl.bsky.social, @samsteindc.bsky.social, and @timmiller.bsky.social in Georgia on October 20th. Get your tickets now: lnk.thebulwark.com/4hlGOdT

We’re coming to Atlanta on October 20th! Join @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, @eggerdc.bsky.social, and Lt. Gen. @markhertling.bsky.social with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social, @samsteindc.bsky.social, @jvl.bsky.social, and @timmiller.bsky.social in Georgia.

Trump is facing a terrible spread on the issue of AI—and he may not even have bottomed out. In fact, the full contours of Trump’s uniquely insane approach to AI are only just coming into focus. Today's Morning Shots from @eggerdc.bsky.social:

"In much the same way that Trump truly believes Russia wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine if he were president, he genuinely seems to think a misaligned AI won’t dare to act up as long as he’s around." www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...

Watch the full episode of Bulwark Takes with @eggerdc.bsky.social and George Conway:

“Turns out that Mitch McConnell is actually alive.” After three months out of sight, Mitch McConnell has resurfaced in Washington. @timmiller.bsky.social, @jvl.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social inspect the proof-of-life footage.

A year ago, I wouldn't have expected Ukraine hawks to manage to get Trump onside for more Russia sanctions. But I wouldn't have expected Congress to affirmatively create NEW tariff powers for Trump either. Today's newsletter: www.thebulwark.com/p/congress-t...

internal audit released by DHS’s inspector general found a significant dip in Homeland Security Investigations’ enforcement efforts against fentanyl trafficking from FY 2024 to FY 2025, because resources were diverted toward immigration instead. (via @eggerdc.bsky.social)

A little news in today's newsletter: Senate Dems are seeking more information about a DHS OIG report that found all-hands-on-deck immigration enforcement was crowding out anti-fentanyl trafficking work at Homeland Security Investigations www.thebulwark.com/p/ai-is-a-te...

The RNC convention was the beginning of the end. www.thebulwark.com/p/out-of-gas...

"We used to be proud that Washington was the father of our country. We used to be proud of American exceptionalism. No more. Trump has Napoleon envy." That and much more in a big edition of Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, @eggerdc.bsky.social, and @markhertling.bsky.social:

this whole recounting (by @eggerdc.bsky.social) is wild www.thebulwark.com/p/we-found-h...

Te Brown is the GOP nominee for House in FL-24. Te Brown is also a criminal defendant in a federal wire-fraud case going to trial this year. Brown the candidate insists to me that she is not Brown the accused fraudster. She's lying. Read more: www.thebulwark.com/p/we-found-h...

"To Trump, it isn’t that his unique bundle of pathologies has proven compelling for shaking the chuds, racists, militiamen, and conspiracy theorists out of the couch cushions every four years. It's that every pol around him is a chump with zero juice of their own." www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-com...

"There are many things that upset Donald Trump—women who spurn his advances, non-white refugees, Mike Pence certifying an election. But there’s one thing that may drive him the craziest of all: Being told he’s not allowed to put his name on something." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-w...

So Darline Graham doesn't have any big thoughts about Taiwan! What difference does that make to the job of a U.S. senator? Not a rhetorical question. I'm genuinely asking. www.thebulwark.com/p/your-new-s...

As Trump's domestic agenda has stalled, he has run out of thrilling new initiatives to pivot to. As a result, he has begun to hyperfixate. It’s Trump’s summer of reruns, his summer of lost causes. Today's Morning Shots from @eggerdc.bsky.social and @markhertling.bsky.social:

"As his domestic agenda has stalled, Trump has run out of thrilling new initiatives to pivot to. As a result, he has begun to hyperfixate. It’s Trump’s summer of reruns, his summer of lost causes." www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-sum...

A slightly unusual Morning Shots: @eggerdc.bsky.social on Anthony Fauci, Katie Miller, and MAGA. Me on Wayne Gretzky, Todd Blanche, and Epstein. And more! open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Remember, kids: Forever wars only happen to stupid presidents. www.thebulwark.com/p/its-ground...

I'm so disillusioned, I almost don't even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year

Nobody loved White House UFC more than the Beltway elites who have started wearing MAGA credentials as if they’re a talisman to ward off Real Americans who might otherwise want to stuff them in a locker. www.thebulwark.com/i/202117679/...

Wrote on the hilarious idea that UFC on the White House lawn is what REAL AMERICA(TM) loves and if you think it's tacky you're basically a pinko: www.thebulwark.com/p/we-can-rej...

Wrote about Mormongate and the Pentagon reinventing pluralism from first principles: www.thebulwark.com/p/hegseth-lo...

Morning Shots today: Come for a terrific report by @eggerdc.bsky.social of Trump's scheme to simply seize and spend taxpayer money, and just how shameless and dangerous it is. Stay for my account of how Greta Garbo's Ninotchka explains Trump's Republican Party. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Righteous piece from @eggerdc.bsky.social on Trump's settlement pot of U.S. government cash, which the president intends to set aside for unaccountable distribution to undisclosed cronies, allies, and supporters: www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-rob...

Maybe the most staggering thing about the "Anti-Weaponization Fund" is how much of a black box it is. 5 hand-picked Trump goobers empowered to set 100 percent of the procedures and make 100 percent of the decisions w/ zero oversight or transparency. Newsletter: www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-rob...

I didn't go to Rededicate 250 (I was at church) but I did write about it. More from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and me in Morning Shots at @thebulwark.com : www.thebulwark.com/p/its-trumps...

I wrote on the vaporware Trump phone and the preposterous fact that the Trump family--even while raking in billions of dollars from oil barons abroad in corrupt quid-pro-quo cash--still bothers with all these rinkydink schemes to bilk the truest MAGA believers out of $50 here, $100 there:

Join @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social , @timmiller.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social live and in-person! JUST ANNOUNCED—The gang will be joined on stage in LA on May 21 by: @vanlathan.bsky.social, @jonfavs.bsky.social, @janecoaston.bsky.social , Erin Ryan and @briantylercohen.bsky.social!

Misinformation isn't spreading into politics because people are reading Politico or going on Bluesky to post about court-packing. It's because people are spending 2+ hours a day swiping through addiction-based short-form video apps that aren't specifically political, sharing memes about politics.

Today, @eggerdc.bsky.social joined us on the #HotDishPod. Serving as White House Correspondent for @thebulwark.com, Egger provides his takes on Trump's coalition and how it is collapsing. Tune in here for more: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/trumps-coa...

Over in California, With Swalwell gone, the field is suddenly looking astonishingly weak—and Tom Steyer simply buying his way to victory is actually a genuine possibility. That and more in today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: