What Were They Thinking About Insurrection?
Leading The Bulwark  AMANDA CARPENTER: The hopes and fears of the participants in the Capitol attack, government officials, and Donald Trump. Join now   On the Pods   On today's Bulwark Podcast, Mona Charen joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the growth of Donald Trump's Big Lie, the filibuster and election reform, China and COVID-19, and the death of their one child policy. Sarah and Ben discuss how Nazis used child separation as a tool as they break down a difficult pair of episodes. For Bulwark+ Members   MORNING SHOTS: The Doom Loop of Crazy   CHARLIE SYKES: Manchin's move and a warning to Democrats  JONATHAN V. LAST: Move on. Quickly. WEEKEND SHOTS: The Bulwark Gets Mail   JONATHAN LASTs Newsletter of newsletters, volume 3. From The Bulwark Aggregator  In Todays Bulwark...  DANIEL LELCHUK: New museum calls attention to an overlooked but influential population. OVERTIME   Happy Monday! It was a hot one, as predicted, and I am sunburned. Not just from the pool visits, but from the weekend BBQ. Lets go now to Laurynn Ricketts at the weather desk for a look at the radar: Oh, its cicadas. On the radar. (Though not by me, thankfully.) Speaking of cicadas, check out this bonkers story about a restaurant in the D.C. area that wanted to serve them in tacos, but couldnt. Because regulations. A man who marched with the Proud Boys is running for Mayor. Of Batesville, MS, which is 46% black. Why you should be reading Judd Legum. An interesting profile in Bloomberg, and a must-read on the dirty secret behind the success of GOP fundraisers and how scammy they are. Its insane. The Nations Nanny Strikes Again. Among my least favorite agencies is the Consumer Product Safety Commission. I am not against product safety, but I am against hysteria. The problem is not the product, its the parents. When we were raising the twins, the RocknPlay sleeper was recalled. Its also been in the news lately. If we have more kids, I am going to keep using it. I dont recall ever seeing marketing that this was for overnight sleep, and we never used it for anything but naps, but SIDS is often, well, a result of parenting mistakes. All parents make mistakes. Some of them result in death. Hes in some bizarre Twitter spat with Rep. Swalwell who is suing him (and having trouble serving him the papers). But in posting a response after his wife was served, a few things became apparent  Mo Brookss staff havent taught him how to take a screenshot on his computer because, well, in taking a photo of his computer screen with his phone, well:  The tweet was promptly deleted and reposted after they realized: whoopsie! Mo Brooks is 67, so, maybe not Mr. Computer. (No offense to any older reader who is good with computers.) Brooks also revealed his recently downloaded documents to his PC desktop. Ive blurred out the passwords and pins in the unlikely event that Brooks and his staff havent changed them. But zoom in on Rainmakers - Mo Brooks [unknown].xls and Capitol Hill Club in[unknown].pdf. Those seem like the two most likely options. Rainmakers in political fundraising are people who raise a lot of money for candidates. Yes, like the song. Its a members-only Republican club connected to the RNC on First Street across from Congress where members wine and dine donors and hold fundraisers because they cannot do that from their office. Using taxpayer funded resources, be they an office, a phone, or a computer, is against the House Ethics rules. I asked his office if this was an official computer issued by the House of Representatives, and have yet to hear back. Will keep you posted if I do! The upcoming remote work culture war. Read every word of this from Ed Zitron:  [I]ts going to make hiring more difficult for them too, because you cant offer fringe benefits like Summer Fridays or Ping Pong or Office Happy Hours. When they want someone in the office three days a week, theyre going to have to answer why, and that answer is going to have to be multitudes more satisfying than I want to make sure we have spontaneity, which is definitely how spontaneity works. Remote work inherently messes with the power dynamic of the worker and the boss, and it is going to make many, many brains malfunction. In case you were wondering what Rep. Anthony Weiner was up to The NYT has you covered. Thats it for me for today. Well see you back here tomorrow. Email support@substack.com. Drop me a line: swift@thebulwark.com  30  Editorial photos provided by Getty Images. For full credits, please consult the article.