Bruce Bartlett
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On the imminent Trumpization of the Federal Reserve. open.substack.com/pub/brucebar...
Thoughts on the Federal Reserve
Will Kevin Hassett Be Another Arthur Burns?
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December 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
On the imminent Trumpization of the Federal Reserve. open.substack.com/pub/brucebar...
The end of Federal Reserve independence. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/u...
How Kevin Hassett Became a Trump Loyalist and Fed Chair Contender
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The end of Federal Reserve independence. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/u...
Good issues for Democrats. They should pound them relentlessly. But mostly I hear crickets.
December 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Good issues for Democrats. They should pound them relentlessly. But mostly I hear crickets.
Anyone still watching CBS News is either a Trumpster or a fool. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Stop Defending Bari Weiss
It is impossible to take her actions at face value given the context in which she is operating.
www.theatlantic.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Anyone still watching CBS News is either a Trumpster or a fool. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
CBS has handed the Trump administration a "kill switch" for any story it doesn't like. wapo.st/3YL4T3D
‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations
CBS News postponed a “60 Minutes” segment about El Salvador’s CECOT prison one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
wapo.st
December 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
CBS has handed the Trump administration a "kill switch" for any story it doesn't like. wapo.st/3YL4T3D
It's ironic that Nixon once proposed a universal basic income, but it was killed by congressional liberals who didn't think it was liberal enough. open.substack.com/pub/brucebar...
UBI Once Again
I see that the idea of a universal basic income (UBI) is regaining some interest (Porter 2025, Ferguson 2024, Kelly 2023).
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December 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It's ironic that Nixon once proposed a universal basic income, but it was killed by congressional liberals who didn't think it was liberal enough. open.substack.com/pub/brucebar...
Most of my substantive thoughts now appear on substack. brucebartlett.substack.com
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December 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Most of my substantive thoughts now appear on substack. brucebartlett.substack.com
The rats are deserting the sinking ship. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
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December 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The rats are deserting the sinking ship. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
White males are now a protected class by the Trump regime. The EEOC will sue you if you don't hire or promote one. open.substack.com/pub/brucebar...
How White Males Became a Discriminated Class
Yesterday was a two-fer on the long-simmering issue of “reverse discrimination” – racial discrimination primarily against white males.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
White males are now a protected class by the Trump regime. The EEOC will sue you if you don't hire or promote one. open.substack.com/pub/brucebar...
Yesterday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a federal agency, announced that it would begin prosecuting claims of racial discrimination against white males. I look at the evolution of "reverse discrimination" and how Trump has exploited it. brucebartlett.substack.com/p/how-white-...
How White Males Became a Discriminated Class
Yesterday was a two-fer on the long-simmering issue of “reverse discrimination” – racial discrimination primarily against white males.
brucebartlett.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Yesterday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a federal agency, announced that it would begin prosecuting claims of racial discrimination against white males. I look at the evolution of "reverse discrimination" and how Trump has exploited it. brucebartlett.substack.com/p/how-white-...
Billionaires with $1 salaries – and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their riches
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Billionaires with $1 salaries – and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their riches
The richest Americans can largely avoid paying income and other taxes. A new book explains the history.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Billionaires with $1 salaries – and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their riches
theconversation.com/billionaires...
theconversation.com/billionaires...
The forgotten Republican roots of Obamacare. brucebartlett.substack.com/p/republican...
December 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The forgotten Republican roots of Obamacare. brucebartlett.substack.com/p/republican...
The Heritage Foundation is hemorhaging board members. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
Two More Heritage Foundation Trustees Resign Over Support for Tucker Carlson
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December 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The Heritage Foundation is hemorhaging board members. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
Apparently, an obscure English professor who died in 1961 was the true originator of MAGA's political philosophy. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
Opinion | The Closing of the MAGA Mind
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December 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Apparently, an obscure English professor who died in 1961 was the true originator of MAGA's political philosophy. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
Republicans of 100 years ago were similar to those now--totally against nonwhite immigration and obsessed about bathrooms. They virulently opposed having whites and Blacks use the same toilets, just as they block trans people and straight people today. brucebartlett.substack.com/p/the-republ...
The Republican Betrayal of African Americans
It Started as Soon as Reconstruction Ended
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December 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Republicans of 100 years ago were similar to those now--totally against nonwhite immigration and obsessed about bathrooms. They virulently opposed having whites and Blacks use the same toilets, just as they block trans people and straight people today. brucebartlett.substack.com/p/the-republ...
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December 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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The movement of racist southern Democrats into the Republican Party is the most profound political development of the postwar era. It affects us to this day. brucebartlett.substack.com/p/origins-of...
Origins of the “Southern Strategy”
JFK Had More to Do With It Than Nixon
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December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The movement of racist southern Democrats into the Republican Party is the most profound political development of the postwar era. It affects us to this day. brucebartlett.substack.com/p/origins-of...
Very good wedge issue for Democrats.
December 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Very good wedge issue for Democrats.