The Bulwark

The Bulwark is a U.S.-based news and opinion platform created by conservative thinkers Charlie Sykes and Bill Kristol. Sarah Longwell serves as the publisher. Initially starting as a news aggregator, it transformed into a site focused on both news and commentary, featuring a core digital team from The Weekly Standard. Similar to The Weekly Standard, The Bulwark has been characterized as having a neoconservative viewpoint.

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Trump's MBS Bromance and Biden's Decline Revealed

1 day ago | thebulwark.com | Jonathan V. Last |Sarah Longwell

Trump lavishes praise on authoritarian leaders like MBS while they court him with private jets, business deals, and even fast food. The conversation exposes how Trump’s foreign policy is driven by personal gain and flattery, not strategy—turning diplomacy into a transactional spectacle, which used to not be allowed, but is it now? As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.
Whites Only

1 day ago | thebulwark.com | Mona Charen |Jonathan V. Last

JVL and Mona discuss the welcome mat for white Afrikaners, the Middle East corruption tour, and the neocon Pope!Leave a commentJust Between Us is a podcast exclusively for members of Bulwark+ featuring Mona Charen and her Bulwark colleagues unburdening themselves each Tuesday evening. To listen to this episode become a Bulwark+ member today.
Trump’s Free Qatari Jet Is ‘The Worst Idea Among Bad Ideas’

1 day ago | thebulwark.com | Joe Perticone

President Donald Trump’s acceptance of the Qatari royal family’s surprise gift of a luxury Boeing 747 jumbo jet marked a new low point for an administration already bottoming out with government ethics.
Xi Schlonged Trump

1 day ago | thebulwark.com | Jonathan V. Last

Donald Trump got crushed by China in his tariff negotiation. Don’t take my TDS-addled word for it. Here’s Bloomberg’s assessment. There’s more:China equities also surged as the deal—though only a 90-day delay—ended up meeting nearly all of the Chinese president’s core demands. The “reciprocal” tariff for China, which Trump set at 34%, has been suspended—leaving America’s top rival with the same 10% rate that applies to US allies like the UK.
Trump Pulls Classic “Donnie Bait-and-Switch” on Drug Prices

2 days ago | thebulwark.com | Sam Stein |Jonathan Cohn

Trump issued a new executive order on drug prices. Sam Stein and Jonathan Cohn unpack what it actually does, what it claims to do, and how it stacks up against past policy efforts. As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members. Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to toggle to audio. Add Bulwark+ Takes feed to your player of choice, here.
Planes and Tariffs and Price Controls

2 days ago | thebulwark.com | Jonathan V. Last |Sarah Longwell

Sarah and JVL talk about Trump’s $400 million Qatari plane. The stupidity of the Chinese “deal.” And the weird way in which price controls are only “socialism” when a black lady proposes them. It’s a bonus Monday Secret pod!Leave a commentThe Secret Podcast is exclusively for members of Bulwark+ featuring JVL and Sarah Longwell. To watch or listen to this episode and join the conversation in the comments become a Bulwark+ member today.
The World Is Moving on Without Us

2 days ago | thebulwark.com | Jonathan V. Last

Bonus Secret! Sarah and I taped a Monday Secret show talking about the plane, the big, beautiful China trade deal, and Trump’s absolutely-don’t-call-it-socialism price controls. Keep an eye out for the show this afternoon. Two big pieces of geostrategic news last week. The first was the selection of an American pope, which can be read as the Catholic Church no longer viewing the United States as the exceptional leader in world affairs. You’ve already read a lot about that.
A Garish, Outlandish, Stunningly Corrupt Act

2 days ago | thebulwark.com | William Kristol |Jonathan Cohn |Jim Swift

Happy China Trade Thaw Day to those who celebrate! The United States and China agreed overnight to suspend many of the tariffs put in place after Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day,” which had ground trade between the two nations to a virtual standstill. “The consensus from both delegations is that neither side wanted a decoupling,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said at a news conference in Geneva hours ago.
Eighty Years After WWII Ended, Some Europeans Forget Who the Bad Guys Were

2 days ago | thebulwark.com | Dalibor Rohac

IT SHOULD BE UNCONTROVERSIAL to say that both Hitler’s and Stalin’s regimes were unconscionably evil. It should be especially unremarkable to say so in free countries that were victimized by both during and after World War II. Yet, as the world commemorated the eightieth anniversary of the war’s end, a strange confusion reigned in parts of Eastern Europe about who the real bad guys had been back then—and about who they were today.
RFK Lied About Vaccines-Now Kids Are Paying the Price

2 days ago | thebulwark.com | Jonathan Cohn

Jonathan Cohn speaks with pediatrician and former FDA official Joshua Sharfstein, who breaks down vaccine safety, debunks the myths pushed by anti-vaxxers like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and explains how RFK Jr.’s actions as Secretary of Health and Human Services are undermining public health in America. As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members. Don’t care for video?