Support The Bulwark and subscribe today.,Actually, character does count.(Illustration by Hannah Yoest / photos: GettyImages / Shutterstock)An awful lot of appear to be shocked by what is happening right now in America.But I’m kind of curious. What did they think was going to happen?The president has a real job. His words have real consequences. Electing someone to that position who has no compunction about stoking racial tensions and a history of incendiary, violent, racist rhetoric—and totally uninterested in even the idea of national unity—was always a ticking time bomb.None of this is to...…Support The Bulwark and subscribe today.,Actually, character does count.(Illustration by Hannah Yoest / photos: GettyImages / Shutterstock)An awful lot of appear to be shocked by what is happening right now in America.But I’m kind of curious. What did they think was going to happen?The president has a real job. His words have real consequences. Electing someone to that position who has no compunction about stoking racial tensions and a history of incendiary, violent, racist rhetoric—and totally uninterested in even the idea of national unity—was always a ticking time bomb.None of this is to...WW…

Support The Bulwark and subscribe today.Amash is great. But a third-party run could help reelect Donald Trump.(Gage Skidmore / Flickr / Shutterstock)We love Justin Amash. We’re what the kids would call Amash stans.We love him because he’s actually read both the Constitution and the Mueller Report. (And was capable of patiently explaining both, to his constituents, face-to-face.)We love him because he’s the only member of the Freedom Caucus who didn’t abandon everything he believed to pledge fealty to Donald Trump.We love him because as the Republican party descended into debt-fueled lunacy,...…Support The Bulwark and subscribe today.Amash is great. But a third-party run could help reelect Donald Trump.(Gage Skidmore / Flickr / Shutterstock)We love Justin Amash. We’re what the kids would call Amash stans.We love him because he’s actually read both the Constitution and the Mueller Report. (And was capable of patiently explaining both, to his constituents, face-to-face.)We love him because he’s the only member of the Freedom Caucus who didn’t abandon everything he believed to pledge fealty to Donald Trump.We love him because as the Republican party descended into debt-fueled lunacy,...WW…

Support The Bulwark and subscribe today.The people who stormed the Capitol are facing the music. It’s up to us to make sure that the people who incited them do, too.(L-R) Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Louie Gohmert, Rep. Madison Cawthorn, Rep. Ted Cruz, Rep. Lindsey Graham (Hannah Yoest / Photos: GettyImages)“Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert? I think in such a case to silence the agitator and save the boy is not only constitutional, but withal, a great mercy.” —ccording to “federal prosecutors have...…Support The Bulwark and subscribe today.The people who stormed the Capitol are facing the music. It’s up to us to make sure that the people who incited them do, too.(L-R) Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Louie Gohmert, Rep. Madison Cawthorn, Rep. Ted Cruz, Rep. Lindsey Graham (Hannah Yoest / Photos: GettyImages)“Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert? I think in such a case to silence the agitator and save the boy is not only constitutional, but withal, a great mercy.” —ccording to “federal prosecutors have...WW…

Listen5 minCommentGift ShareSarah Longwell serves on the Leadership Council for Conservatives Against Discrimination and is the chief executive of Longwell Partners.Last week, when I picked up my 3- and 5-year-old from school, I found myself drawn to the family pictures that adorn their classroom walls. The teachers asked us to send these photographs along with our children on the first day of school, as both a comfort measure as well as to help the kids get to know each other better. There’s me and my wife, smiling along with our two boys — all of us wearing helmets as we paused our family...…Listen5 minCommentGift ShareSarah Longwell serves on the Leadership Council for Conservatives Against Discrimination and is the chief executive of Longwell Partners.Last week, when I picked up my 3- and 5-year-old from school, I found myself drawn to the family pictures that adorn their classroom walls. The teachers asked us to send these photographs along with our children on the first day of school, as both a comfort measure as well as to help the kids get to know each other better. There’s me and my wife, smiling along with our two boys — all of us wearing helmets as we paused our family...WW…