Bruce Bartlett
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Bruce Bartlett
@bartlettb.bsky.social
· Jan 18
Banner picture from left: me, Larry Kudlow, Arthur Laffer, Bob Bartley, Mrs. Mundell, Bill Middendorf, Bob Mundell, Robert Novak, Jude Wanniski. Dinner hosted by WSJ in 1999 to celebrate Mundell's Nobel Prize.
Trump is really the true historical culmination of the right in America because he is a racist and a fascist. Reagan, ironically, was an aberration because he was neither. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Opinion | Reagan, Not Trump, Is the Real G.O.P. Aberration
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Trump is really the true historical culmination of the right in America because he is a racist and a fascist. Reagan, ironically, was an aberration because he was neither. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
If I ran Jersey Mike's, I'd hire that guy who threw a Subways sandwich at the cop. He could say if it had been a Jersey Mike's sub he would have held on to it. The ad writes itself.
November 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
If I ran Jersey Mike's, I'd hire that guy who threw a Subways sandwich at the cop. He could say if it had been a Jersey Mike's sub he would have held on to it. The ad writes itself.
My days at the Heritage Foundation in the 1980s--before the anarchists and Nazis took over. brucebartlett.substack.com/p/my-days-at...
My Days at the Heritage Foundation
From an Unpublished Memoir
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November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My days at the Heritage Foundation in the 1980s--before the anarchists and Nazis took over. brucebartlett.substack.com/p/my-days-at...
How to End Democratic Infighting and Win Elections Using Wedge Issues. brucebartlett.substack.com/p/how-to-end...
How to End Democratic Infighting and Win Elections Using Wedge Issues
Democrats don’t pay much attention to me because I am a former Republican and they are skeptical of any advice I offer as fruit from a poison tree.
brucebartlett.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
How to End Democratic Infighting and Win Elections Using Wedge Issues. brucebartlett.substack.com/p/how-to-end...
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Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
I have compiled a history of the Tea Party in 2 parts. It's important because it plowed the ground for Trump and was fully absorbed by MAGA, which is why the Tea Party's history ends in 2015. brucebartlett.substack.com/p/why-the-po...
Why the Populist Tea Party Was One of the Most Pernicious Movements in American History
Part 1, Popular Media Bibliography
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November 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I have compiled a history of the Tea Party in 2 parts. It's important because it plowed the ground for Trump and was fully absorbed by MAGA, which is why the Tea Party's history ends in 2015. brucebartlett.substack.com/p/why-the-po...
I hated the Tea Party from the moment it appeared because it consisted entirely of ignorant fools led by a few mendacious operators hoping to harness its power for their own ends. They plowed the ground for Trump. wapo.st/4nwGvwM
In Trump’s GOP, the once-mighty tea party is hard to find
Since the movement upended politics 15 years ago, Republicans have sharply changed direction under MAGA — with many tea party veterans along for the ride.
wapo.st
November 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I hated the Tea Party from the moment it appeared because it consisted entirely of ignorant fools led by a few mendacious operators hoping to harness its power for their own ends. They plowed the ground for Trump. wapo.st/4nwGvwM
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When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
It’s very telling that opening your publication to MAGA “thought” requires a massive downgrade in quality control.
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
The US has elected an ignorant, immature imbecile as its leader. But other countries like Canada and Mexico elect highly skilled policymakers with PhDs from top universities. brucebartlett.substack.com/p/profession...
Professional Economists Who Were Heads of Government or State, Cabinet Ministers, or Elected Members of Legislatures
A Preliminary Investigation
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October 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The US has elected an ignorant, immature imbecile as its leader. But other countries like Canada and Mexico elect highly skilled policymakers with PhDs from top universities. brucebartlett.substack.com/p/profession...
Even if it is against the law, who is going to stop it? Who would even have standing to sue? And SCOTUS will just rubber-stamp whatever Trump wants anyway.
As a matter of current law, could the president just…knock down the entire White House? Just raze the whole thing to the ground?
October 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Even if it is against the law, who is going to stop it? Who would even have standing to sue? And SCOTUS will just rubber-stamp whatever Trump wants anyway.
Good data for Democrats. prri.org/research/tru...
Trump’s Unprecedented Actions Deepen Asymmetric Divides
The 16th annual PRRI American Values Survey examines Americans’ opinions on how democracy is working, what it means to be “truly American,” concerns about the economy, and belief in the American Dream...
prri.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Good data for Democrats. prri.org/research/tru...
Term limits are a good issue for Democrats. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
Opinion | The Real Lesson of the Shutdown: We Need Term Limits
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Term limits are a good issue for Democrats. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
