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One bigly unindicted co-conspirator and other bunches of them, including some in Epstein files now

Trump's efforts to lean on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is reminiscent of the way Nixon created a team of secret investigators, known as "the plumbers," to find incriminating or embarrassing evidence about his enemies, said Ken Hughes, a leading Watergate authority and research specialist at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs.

Ken Hughes

Trump’s Iran War Is Spinning Out of Control

Eric and Eliot open their final show on the Bulwark with a plethora of jackassery including Trump's threat to bomb Oman, his curtailing of joint exercises with South Korea, and the Pentagon shuttering access to the Defense Technical Information Center. They also discuss updates in Iran, Russia, and Venezuela before turning to a retrospective of the major international developments during Shield's five year run on the Bulwark. Finally, they close with reflections about what they got wrong along the way.

Eric Edelman

Trump is set to wave the green flag ahead of historic Indy race in D.C.

Marc Selverstone, the director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia, says the type of events Trump has organized this year and his other architectural changes around D.C. are in line with the type of president he is.

Marc Selverstone

The Unintended Consequences of Trump’s Turn Against South Korea

The annual joint military exercises with U.S. and South Korea are ending early after President Donald Trump lashed out on Truth Social on August 16, complaining the drills were too costly (with the U.S. bearing too much of the burden) and “totally inappropriate and hostile” to a North Korean regime that has been, as far as he is concerned, “unthreatening and respectful.”

Eric Edelman

Scott Jennings Tries To Defend Natalie Harp, But Somehow Ends Up Demeaning Her Instead

“He repeatedly calls [Natalie Harp] a ‘defenseless woman,’” Lawless said. “He’s not the only one saying this, but these figures calling women in politics ‘naive’ or ‘vulnerable,’ ‘in over their heads’ — that’s sexist.”

Jennifer Lawless

Judges See Rising Bids to Block Trump DOJ From Ignoring Rulings

Litigants are increasingly “reaching for the other tools they have at their disposal,” said Payvand Ahdout, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law who studies judicial power.

Payvand Ahdout