The Great Realignment: Going the Way of the Whigs
We are living through another major political party realignment, arguably the most dramatic since the death of the Whigs and birth of the Republicans. This article introduces the April/May 2025…
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Capital Research, April/May 2025
In the April/May 2025 special issue of Capital Research magazine, begin examining one side of the great political alignment, the Lincoln Project separating anti-Trump marks from their money, the Bulwark…
Never Trump Media Pundits: David Frum
Never Trump pundits who have previously identified as conservatives have had many homes within the regime media. Some have behaved in ways that make it hard to imagine them ever…
Never Trump Media Pundits: Robert Kagan
Turning trees to cringe wasn’t always what readers expected from The Atlantic. Just prior to Trump’s first run for office, it was still a serious ideas journal. Since then, the…
Never Trump Media Pundits: Jennifer Rubin
Former Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin also concluded she couldn’t endure working there after the newspaper’s non-endorsement. Rubin was considered right-leaning when hired by the Washington Post in 2010. By…
Never Trump Media Pundits: David French
David French, a Never Trumper, has called the New York Times editorial page his home since January 2023. French’s columns betray an obsession with Trump, but in a way that’s…
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.