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Senior Editor @BulwarkOnline | Formerly @Weeklystandard, GOP House & Senate staffer

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Jim Swift’s Biography

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Former Senate and House economic policy staffer. I work at The Bulwark as a senior editor. Formerly of the late, great Weekly Standard.

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Justice Department's Immigration Office Under Fire for Nepotism

Justice Department's Immigration Office Under Fire for Nepotism

When President Obama finally offers his executive action on illegal immigration, the Department of Justice's …

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The nightmares Cleveland would face if it hosts the 2016 GOP convention: Jim Swift

The nightmares Cleveland would face if it hosts the 2016 GOP convention: Jim Swift

Congratulations, Cleveland! You are one of the four finalists to host the 2016 GOP convention! Since there's …

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Harry Reid: Patently wrong

Harry Reid: Patently wrong

Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) took to the floor to talk about the Koch brothers. Pard…

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Treasury Doesn't Know How Much New MyRA Program Will Cost

Treasury Doesn't Know How Much New MyRA Program Will Cost

In January during his State of the Union Address, President Obama unveiled his new myRA program. "Let's do mo…

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Socratic Assassin

Socratic Assassin

Oxon Hill, Md. Unlike the young conservatives milling around the Conservative Political Action Conference (CP…

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Rangel Labeled 'Most Productive'

Rangel Labeled 'Most Productive'

Congressman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) announced in a press release that he has been ranked the "most productive…

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Cyclosporiasis, DOGE, and You

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By Andrew Egger Verified, Martyn Jones, Jim Swift Verified
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Politico reports that FBI Director Kash Patel is planning to visit Russia later this year—“an unusual and sensitive trip for an FBI chief to one of America’s top adversaries.” For many Trump officials, we might fret that such a visit presages some capitulation on Ukraine or some further attempt at bad-faith muckraking over the origins of the Trump-Russia probe. But given it’s Kash: Maybe it’s just another fun little trip? Happy Tuesday.
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Spain Wins. Trump Is Losing.

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By William Kristol, Andrew Egger Verified, Jim Swift Verified
| The Bulwark Verified
Britain’s got a new prime minister: Labour leader Andy Burnham takes office today after winning his seat in Parliament just last month. Will he have better luck in steering post-Brexit Britain back to smoother seas than did Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak, and Keir Starmer? Only one way to find out! Happy Monday. Join Will Sommer and Sam Stein for MAGA Mondays today at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Substack and YouTube.
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Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, and a Changed Senate

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By Jim Swift Verified
| The Bulwark Verified
Happy Saturday! Overtime is for everyone. If you’re a Bulwark+ member: thank you. If you’re not, there’s no better time to subscribe to Bulwark+ than today. If you like today’s issue, you can share this newsletter with someone you think would value it. Susan Collins Is Beatable No Matter Who Replaces Platner I LIVE WITH A DOOMSAYER HUSBAND who thinks of Maine Sen. Susan Collins as a political Harry Houdini—an escape artist who can slither to a win no matter who or what she’s up against.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Freelance researcher at CQ Roll Call.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes! We have a type writer at work and I use it for short letters to people. I am not a hipster.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

In my limited experience, that varies. But, in short, it means asking the questions you think need to be asked and reporting the answers...