InfluenceWatch Podcast #365: Bulwark Backstory
At one point, in the minds of its writers and supporters, perhaps The Bulwark really was about providing a “bulwark” for “conserving conservatism” in opposition to the right-populism of once…
Defending Democracy Together
The Bulwark: Birth of The Bulwark
The Bulwark was founded in 2019 and since then has become the main media rampart of the Never Trump movement. Today, The Bulwark is growing and—unlike nearly all previous political…
The Bulwark: From Nonprofit to Profits
The DDT Institute tax filing for 2019, really the first year DDT Institute received serious money, lists total revenue of $3 million and expenditures of $1.6 million, nearly all of…
The Bulwark: Making a Business of Trump Derangement
But in practice, “the Never-Trump ethos is crucial to [The Bulwark], especially at a time when liberal media outlets feel snakebit by the perceived overreach of resistance-style journalism.” The Bulwark…
The Bulwark: Take Away Trump
The Bulwark team will never admit it, and they may not even realize it, but Donald J. Trump has been their god. They owe him for everything they have accomplished.
The DDT Network: A Rich Never Trump Machine Built to Last
Defending Democracy Together (DDT), a Never Trump advocacy group created by former Republicans Bill Kristol and Sarah Longwell, has sprawled into a network of left-leaning political action committees, policy nonprofits…
Defending Democrats Together: Bill Kristol’s $10 Million “Dark Money” Assault on Republicans
Bill Kristol’s Defending Democracy Together—a star Never Trump group with the amusing acronym “DDT”—is really just another front for the “dark money” Left. The the group’s 501(c)(4) arm received $10…
“Labor Conservatives” Have a Compass, but Which Way Is North?
We have noted with concern a vocal faction of “labor conservatives” who form a “redistributionist right.” They are bent on importing social-democratic European labor relations models into the…
Leftist Dark Money Funds ‘Conservatives’ to Stab Trump Voters in the Back
What do you call someone who only works to elect Democrats, opposes conservatives, and donated to the Biden campaign? The answer is obvious: A Democrat. That’s the platform of Defending…