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Now he's abusing bankruptcy law.

And maybe he's right.

Of your own side first.

What it means when no one cares.

No JVL today.

A Catholic bishop speaks out.

Plus: The disgraces of Elise Stefanik.

Plus #MeToo at MIT.

Plus: Sodomy and the Supreme Court

Happy Sunday! I’m delighted to introduce my colleague, Cathy Young, who will be taking over the Sunday Morning Shots. I’ll be back tomorrow. If you’re not familiar with Cathy’s work, you really should check her out; she’s a remarkable journalist and an important thinker and I feel privileged to share this space with her.

Our Divided States of America

Plus: Maybe crazy doesn't work

Is the travel sports industrial complex a good, or bad, thing?

Why? It's a mystery!

Also: The Catholic Church does it again.

Buffalo mass shooter/Twitter screengrab On Saturday, a horrific act of terrorism was committed in Buffalo, New York. An 18-year-old gunman, Payton S. Gendron, is charged with opening fire on supermarket shoppers in a predominantly black neighborhood, killing 10 and wounding three. (All but two of the victims were black.) Gendron, who left a record of careful planning right down to outfitting himself in tactical gear and body armor, penned a “manifesto” in which he talks about white people in America being “replaced” by nonwhites.

Russia is losing the long war

Also: MAGA Elites are now scared of an actual populist candidate.

A retrospective.

Plus: Tim has a book!

Plus: Now Mark Esper tells us.

Plus: Yes, something can be done about guns

Plus: Schumer’s political malpractice.

Dinesh D’Souza: cinematographer to the gullible.

Plus: Our gun debate doom loop.

The Bulwark team has some post-primary hot takes

A survey of our deplorable news cycle

Plus: Two cheers for Larry Hogan

Pennsylvania’s GOP discovers the downside of crazy.

A TV doctor, a titan of finance, and a cosplay generalissmo walk into a Wawa . . .

They can be anything. They choose this.

We have a system which provides leverage to one political party.

But they aren't trading space for time.

Spoiler: There is no alternative.

. . . and he gave it to them good and hard.

Also: Larry Hogan is wrong about the future of Trumpism.

Trumpism conquers Massachusetts.

How Fetterman could win—or lose—in November

For the Right, it's all about the mob

For Russia, the war keeps deteriorating.