This week, Will Saletan looks at Republicans cheering on Trump’s ban of White House reporters, Adrian Carrasquillo reports on an ICE shooting in Austin, Brendan Hartnett watches six hours of Trump TV so you don’t have to, and Cathy Young examines the white nationalist language showing up at the State Department.
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Plus, a remarkable night in Dayton, where more than 1,000 of you joined us to stand with Springfield.
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Not far from where I type this, Pierre Damas Bel should be at Wright State University, enjoying his freshman year.
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Studying to become a doctor, like he had planned.
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But in an alternate universe where JD Vance didn’t spread a pernicious lie about Springfield, Ohio’s Haitian community, he might still be in Springfield, but at another college: Wittenberg University.
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But because of JD Vance, that dream was deferred.
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And because Donald Trump’s DHS needlessly put a digital shackle on him, Pierre is dead.
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That’s part of why The Bulwark crew flew to Dayton on Friday for a packed show to raise money for the Haitian Support Center.
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It didn’t have to be this way.
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But it is, and that’s why we came to Ohio to stand with Springfield.
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Since moving back to Ohio, I’ve been driving to Springfield to report on the slow-motion tragedy unfolding there.
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Last night, more than 1,000 of you came from near and far to stand with the community, meet some of the people I’ve been telling you about, and raise money to help them.
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They’re truly inspiring people, just like you guys are.
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So many of our readers made the trip to say hello, including a few I’ve emailed with for years but had never met.
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And thanks to everyone who helped us raise nearly a quarter of a million dollars, most of it yesterday alone.
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I hope you’ll take time to watch the segments we put out in the coming days from last night’s show: they are powerful.
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Like all Ohioans, I love talking about Ohio.
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(Heck, I had a subscriber-only chat about all things Ohio this week, if you missed it.)
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I wish I were talking about Springfield for a different reason.
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My fellow Ohioan John Legend recorded a special message that we played for attendees last night.
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Since most of you couldn’t be there, I wanted to share it with you.
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If you haven’t already, please consider donating to help our friends at the Haitian Support Center.
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📣 COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS 📣
Bulwark Book Club pick for October: The Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy, 1865–1915.
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Mona Charen, JVL and author Jon Grinspan will discuss the book with Bulwark+ members on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 1:30 p.m. ET.
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This is your chance to ask her anything about prices, housing, jobs, tariffs, immigration and the policy debates shaping the economy.
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It’s ANDREW EGGER… on The Daily Show?!
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