A holiday classic, Bulwark-style. From foreign jets to fake honors, we rewrote The 12 Days of Christmas to keep track of Trump’s greatest hits in 2025. The 12 Days of Grift-mas, annotated: 1 giant ...

Donald Trump’s first year back in office is in the books, but how accurate were The Bulwark predictions from this past year?

While most Americans were with family, Trump spent the night before Christmas Eve rage-posting threats at TV networks he doesn’t like.

MY PRIEST THE OTHER SUNDAY preached about Advent—no surprises there—and the tension between Advent’s waiting-period approach to Christmas, and America’s no-holds-barred commercialized celebration.

How MAGA fell in love with a tiny, socialist Scandinavian nation—as long as it’s just about vaccine recommendations.

Timothée Chalamet shines in Josh Safdie’s weirdo outsider sports movie.

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It’s hard not to like this song. The message is simple: Come on in, stay a while, and have a great time. Chestnuts, eggnog, family, fireplaces; this is a classic feel-good Christmas song. Eldredge has ...

LONGTIME DEMOCRATIC DONOR TOM STEYER has worn so many hats in his life—businessman, environmentalist, presidential ...

The Vermont senator is holding out for a bigger health care package. Advocates are asking: Is the price worth it?

“Shake the Snowglobe” and “Pick Out a Christmas Tree” also truncate the verses towards the middle of the song, so that the repetition of the chorus ends up overwhelming the song. It’s awkward to ...

Sam Stein and Sarah Longwell made a mistake. They decided to take on their haters and read mean comments from the internet about each other. What followed was a mix of roasting, self-reflection, ...