Amanda Carpenter
The Bulwark
Washington, DC, United States
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Past articles by Amanda:
How Kevin McCarthy and Tucker Carlson Surrendered to MAGA
The problem isn’t Tucker’s show; it’s how GOP elites submit to radicals. → Read More
Exposed: Fox’s Pander-for-Profit Business Model
The Dominion lawsuit reveals how the network truckles for ratings. → Read More
Biden Went to Kyiv; DeSantis Went to Fox & Friends
Ron DeSantis finds the wrong side of Ukraine. → Read More
Chris Miller, the MAGA SecDef, Explains His Anger
Miller’s memoir recounts his eventful short tenure as Trump’s last Pentagon chief—including his bitterness about Jan. 6th. → Read More
The McCarthy-Jordan Plan to Weaponize the House
A November report on Republican grievances provides a roadmap for years of hyperpartisan investigations. → Read More
Why the January 6th Mob Wasn’t Stopped in Time
Transcripts reveal where the bottlenecks were. → Read More
DeSantis Sucks Up to the Anti-Vax Crowd
Another stunt aimed at the fringe base. → Read More
Trump Returns, Too Weak Not to Run Again
The low-energy, disgraced former president wasn’t even happy to be at his announcement. → Read More
The Herschel Walker Abortion Exceptions Policy
For today’s GOP, abortion is acceptable when it is for the convenience of the father, politics, and personal interest. → Read More
Trump’s ‘Save America’ Scam
His PAC never launched a “legal defense fund,” despite deceitful ads that raked in millions. → Read More
Brian Kemp’s Running Mate Is a Fake Elector
Georgia's governor makes nice with MAGA by embracing the election deniers who think he cheated Trump. → Read More
Shut Down the Cheney 2024 Chatter
It will distract from her important work on the House Jan. 6th Committee. → Read More
Ron DeSantis Endorses Election Deniers
DeSantis isn’t challenging Trump for the 2024 nomination. He’s auditioning to be Trump’s understudy. → Read More
Trump’s Jan. 6th National Guard Lie Crumbles
Christopher Miller, Trump’s acting defense secretary, gave a different story under oath than he gave to Sean Hannity. → Read More
Who Is the Secret Service Really Protecting?
The Jan. 6th Committee investigates. → Read More
Proof: Trump Planned the Mob’s March to the Capitol
The January 6th Committee just proved it was deliberate strategy. → Read More
Team Normal Is Doing It Again
Herschel Walker is, by any measure, a flawed candidate. It’s a fact readily observable to anyone with a basic familiarity with his confessed history of self-harm, acts of violence against others, whack-a-doodle beliefs, and steady stream of lies about his supposed academic and business achievements. Walker was audacious enough to lie to his aides about […] → Read More
Doug Mastriano’s Election-Takeover Plan
Stop the Steal is only a pretense for seizing control. → Read More
Hutchinson Puts Trump’s Violence on Display
Let’s stipulate a few things that 26-year-old Cassidy Hutchinson testified to, under oath, before the House January 6th Committee: President Donald Trump was warned that his supporters were armed before he gave his speech on Jan. 6th. He wanted them to be packed in close to the stage at his rally anyway because he said, […] → Read More
Trump Proves the Jan. 6th Committee’s Point
He’s basically a witness against himself. → Read More