Adam Keiper
Executive editor, The Bulwark (thebulwark.com) /// Cofounder of The New Atlantis (thenewatlantis.com) and American Purpose (americanpurpose.com).
- A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Here's the great jazz pianist Keith Jarrett—who turned 80 last week—performing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in 1984. This video has a musical transcription on screen if you want to try to follow along with his insanely creative reharmonizations. See you around.
- Reposted by Adam KeiperDon't mess with librarians. Today, at Law Dork. And, if you're at the Library of Congress — including the Office of Copyright, Copyright Royalty Board, CRS, Law Library, or elsewhere — and get notice of changes or see something weird happening, reach out via Signal (crg.32) from a non-work phone.
- NEW: The Republican plans for Medicaid are projected to leave 7.6 million people uninsured. And that's not the only bad news. www.thebulwark.com/p/gop-republ...
- This morning, right-winger Matt Walsh retweeted this AI-generated "squint-to-see-it" image of a swastika. Maybe it was an accident—but lots of folks have since pointed it out and he hasn't deleted it. Remember, Walsh works for Ben Shapiro, who famously clashed with an employee over antisemitism.
- NEW: Laura Loomer insists that she has not become a pay-for-play influencer. But read this: www.thebulwark.com/p/is-laura-l...
- Despicable. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
- A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Everybody knows Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer." Famously a piano song, with some fine band arrangements. But holy smokes, this is impressively difficult: Richard Smith playing his own arrangement for solo guitar. See you around. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Peh5...
- My colleague Andrew Egger has a smart, funny writeup on the question he asked (and the non-answer he got) at the White House press briefing yesterday: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-bulwar...
- This is incredibly moving:
- My goodness, how stupid this member of Congress is. Oh, and did you see his followup? "Hunt them down."
