Jill Lawrence
The Bulwark
Washington, DC, United States
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Past articles by Jill:
Joe Biden Wants You to Know He’s Not Soft on Crime
But the politics surrounding his willingness to see D.C.’s new criminal code overruled are messy and complicated for Democrats. → Read More
Moderate Democrats Are the Future of the Party
They have the energy and the momentum, they know how to cut deals, and their “boring” messaging works. → Read More
Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is GOP
Herschel Walker, Bill Bennett, and Donald Trump’s legacy. → Read More
Trump blasts DeSantis in sign 2024 elections have launched with a GOP slugfest
The battle of outsize egos between the Florida governor and Donald Trump could ruin them both long before Election Day 2024. → Read More
What Joe Biden's memory lapse about the late Jackie Walorski really told us
Joe Biden's callout to Jackie Walorski, who died in August, was embarrassing. But it also underscored his decency and understanding of the presidency. → Read More
No room for religious liberty in abortion debate? Since when are we a one-faith nation?
Roe v. Wade allowed people to disagree on abortion and make decisions based on their own faith or moral code. That's impossible now in some states. → Read More
Joe Biden shouldn't run for reelection in 2024, for the good of the nation and his party
I'm not sure Biden could win in 2024. He was right for 2020, a safe harbor for 81 million voters, but he's older now and the challenges are greater. → Read More
Face It, Democrats, Joe Manchin Is Your Only Hope
Do you want a Democratic senator who gets things done, even if he’s not a progressive purist? Or would you prefer a Republican? → Read More
Democrats must play hardball to survive 2022 midterms
Democrats must make clear Republican Party is not normal and 2022 is not a normal election, even on Elon Musk's Twitter. Don't give up on America. → Read More
From Trump 2020 to 'Don't Say Gay,' GOP leadership wastes millions of taxpayer dollars
Tax money goes down the drain when Republicans wage unwinnable wars on the Constitution, the rule of the law and their fellow human beings. → Read More
Biden stated the obvious: Putin must not remain in power
Biden's sentence was a beacon of clarity that pierced the Ukraine nightmare. Did he mean to say it? Unclear. Did he mean what he said? Of course. → Read More
Why my family is saying no to Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantis and his allies have pushed me into new territory. After decades of visits to Florida, I've decided not to go there for a while. → Read More
'Ozark' and 'Yellowstone' are about awful people. That's not my kind of COVID escapism.
I can't make myself care about mean or evil TV characters. Detectives and feminists have provided my most reliable escapes from COVID and Trump. → Read More
As Democrats lurch to defeat on voting, it's up to Biden to get his party off the ropes
At least Democrats are reality based. Trump, his devotees and way too much of the Republican Party are from Area 51 or some other planet entirely. → Read More
Guns, abortion and COVID in America: Life, death and differences too stark to bridge
In an ideal world, Roe v. Wade would endure, the nation would unite to fight COVID, and Congress would have acted long ago to prevent gun tragedies. → Read More
Biden's speech to Congress: Liberal road to ruin or popular fixes to festering problems?
It is absolutely refreshing to hear a Democrat just go for it, making the argument for why each component is necessary for the future of our families. → Read More
A Republican in Joe Biden's Cabinet? The president-elect should just say no.
Naming a Republican is bad messaging and not necessary. And it wouldn't signal strength or produce an envoy with persuasive powers over the opposition. → Read More
Waiting for Joe Biden: How to make it through the final, awful days of Donald Trump
Marie Antoinette had nothing on Trump, who flew to Florida and hit the links after pardoning cronies and upending a desperately needed COVID relief deal. → Read More
Stacey Abrams would be a great Democratic Party chair if she could be talked into it
Abrams has a family history that binds her to the voting rights cause. She gets the importance of mechanics and connecting daily life to public policy. → Read More
Conservatives voting Joe Biden over Donald Trump are patriots. Thanks for the inspiration.
Conservatives are setting aside policy priorities to vote for Biden and other Democrats. Would I be this honorable if our situations were reversed? → Read More