David S. Bernstein
@dbernstein.bsky.social
Journalist. Politics and policy. Contributing editor Boston Magazine, bylines Politico Magazine, Atlantic, many more. Formerly of Boston Phoenix. Substack: https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Reposted by David S. Bernstein
A draft-version of Trump’s National Security Strategy obsesses over the 'cultural health' of the US & Western civilization.
@swin24.bsky.social & @premthakker.bsky.social break down how Trump’s unpublished NSS feels like a diatribe against migration & cultural erasure.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/trump-nati...
@swin24.bsky.social & @premthakker.bsky.social break down how Trump’s unpublished NSS feels like a diatribe against migration & cultural erasure.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/trump-nati...
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
A draft-version of Trump’s National Security Strategy obsesses over the 'cultural health' of the US & Western civilization.
@swin24.bsky.social & @premthakker.bsky.social break down how Trump’s unpublished NSS feels like a diatribe against migration & cultural erasure.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/trump-nati...
@swin24.bsky.social & @premthakker.bsky.social break down how Trump’s unpublished NSS feels like a diatribe against migration & cultural erasure.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/trump-nati...
Just saw the list of guests for tonight’s Matt Gaetz show on OAN, so apparently all *that* (gestures at today’s report on Gaetz) isn’t enough to bench him
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Just saw the list of guests for tonight’s Matt Gaetz show on OAN, so apparently all *that* (gestures at today’s report on Gaetz) isn’t enough to bench him
Steve Bannon’s WarRoom show is starting, but I’m not going to be the one to listen to see if he addresses his emails with Epstein. Somebody else do it.
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Steve Bannon’s WarRoom show is starting, but I’m not going to be the one to listen to see if he addresses his emails with Epstein. Somebody else do it.
They’re making this awful person deputy general counsel at the General Services Administration. Well at least he’s not a DEI hire, amirite?
Trump taps Ingrassia for new role after texting scandal
Trump taps Ingrassia for new role after texting scandal
Paul Ingrassia, who withdrew his nomination to lead the Office of Special Counsel last month, says in a farewell email that he’s moving to the GSA.
dlvr.it
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
They’re making this awful person deputy general counsel at the General Services Administration. Well at least he’s not a DEI hire, amirite?
And they’re promising to surge that in coming months.
I just received a document from DHS showing that it has a detained population of 65,000, a staggering total, nearing half the total prison population detained by the Bureau of Prisons. The project is to jam them in horrible conditions until they give up their rights to stay
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
And they’re promising to surge that in coming months.
JD Vance is on Hannity tonight, so that should illuminate… something, maybe
November 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
JD Vance is on Hannity tonight, so that should illuminate… something, maybe
I have decided that public figures who commit acts worthy of widespread disgrace and shame, should be punished by having Lily Allen make an album about them.
(If you haven’t heard West End Girl yet, you should. But steel yourself.)
(If you haven’t heard West End Girl yet, you should. But steel yourself.)
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I have decided that public figures who commit acts worthy of widespread disgrace and shame, should be punished by having Lily Allen make an album about them.
(If you haven’t heard West End Girl yet, you should. But steel yourself.)
(If you haven’t heard West End Girl yet, you should. But steel yourself.)
A reminder that Charlie Kirk kept featuring Gaetz as a speaker at his big events right up to this summer, along with Epstein docs star Steve Bannon, Nazi defender Tucker Carlson and other fine upstanding citizens.
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A reminder that Charlie Kirk kept featuring Gaetz as a speaker at his big events right up to this summer, along with Epstein docs star Steve Bannon, Nazi defender Tucker Carlson and other fine upstanding citizens.
I’m not seeing much of any reaction to the NYT Matt Gaetz story in the right-wing marketplace yet. Will they turn on one of their own? Wagers?
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I’m not seeing much of any reaction to the NYT Matt Gaetz story in the right-wing marketplace yet. Will they turn on one of their own? Wagers?
Dan Scavino tweets this group photo of the WH Personnel Office, of which he has been put in charge, and I think you’ll agree that they have defeated the scourge of DEI.
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Dan Scavino tweets this group photo of the WH Personnel Office, of which he has been put in charge, and I think you’ll agree that they have defeated the scourge of DEI.
I know you’re all busy with the Epstein docs, but you’re missing how badly Trump is getting pilloried by the MAGA base for his H1-B comments. It’s brutal. They are PISSED.
November 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I know you’re all busy with the Epstein docs, but you’re missing how badly Trump is getting pilloried by the MAGA base for his H1-B comments. It’s brutal. They are PISSED.
[grumble grumble] Nobody ever asks ME for advice on covering up their outrageous sex crimes
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
[grumble grumble] Nobody ever asks ME for advice on covering up their outrageous sex crimes
Very, very little interest in the NYT Epstein-Trump story so far from the right-wing marketplace influencer crowd. I’ve seen only a couple mention it, and those were only to dismiss it.
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Very, very little interest in the NYT Epstein-Trump story so far from the right-wing marketplace influencer crowd. I’ve seen only a couple mention it, and those were only to dismiss it.
Trump letter to Israel President Herzog asking him to pardon Netanyahu to end the “lawfare” against him. Herzog has already responded, saying that pardon requests must be made via proper procedures.
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Trump letter to Israel President Herzog asking him to pardon Netanyahu to end the “lawfare” against him. Herzog has already responded, saying that pardon requests must be made via proper procedures.
Um…
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Um…
Steve Bannon today says we don’t need tuition from foreign students because it just funds “tenured professors in woke universities.” YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Steve Bannon today says we don’t need tuition from foreign students because it just funds “tenured professors in woke universities.” YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
Politico reported that Pulte talked Trump into endorsing the 50-year mortgage idea in 10 minutes at the golf club, by saying Trump would be remembered for it like FDR. More evidence, I think, for my theory that Trump is interested almost exclusively on legacy projects.
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Politico reported that Pulte talked Trump into endorsing the 50-year mortgage idea in 10 minutes at the golf club, by saying Trump would be remembered for it like FDR. More evidence, I think, for my theory that Trump is interested almost exclusively on legacy projects.
Our country’s top law enforcement official calls Antifa “an existential threat to our nation.” 🙄
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Our country’s top law enforcement official calls Antifa “an existential threat to our nation.” 🙄
Without comment
November 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Without comment
Reposted by David S. Bernstein
Curious: has anyone seen any House Ds saying that they plan to vote in favor of the shutdown deal?
Or any House Rs saying they’ll vote against it?
Or any House Rs saying they’ll vote against it?
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Curious: has anyone seen any House Ds saying that they plan to vote in favor of the shutdown deal?
Or any House Rs saying they’ll vote against it?
Or any House Rs saying they’ll vote against it?
I thought Trump fixed the job market by firing the BLS lady
I dunno y'all seems bad
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
U.S. Likely Lost 50,000 Jobs in October, Goldman Sachs Says
U.S. nonfarm payrolls likely shrunk by 50,000 roles in October, economists at Goldman Sachs said.
The calculation incorporates the bank's job-growth tracker, which slowed to 50,000 new jobs in October...
www.wsj.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I thought Trump fixed the job market by firing the BLS lady
When you’ve lost the Bee..
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
When you’ve lost the Bee..
Trump has issued a Victory Day proclamation today for the WWI armistice, but not a Veterans Day proclamation. (He previously has said he wants a WWII Victory Day in May.) I don’t have a real problem with acknowledging both today, I suppose, but this way kinda dis-acknowledges other vets, no?
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Trump has issued a Victory Day proclamation today for the WWI armistice, but not a Veterans Day proclamation. (He previously has said he wants a WWII Victory Day in May.) I don’t have a real problem with acknowledging both today, I suppose, but this way kinda dis-acknowledges other vets, no?
There’s been a lot of talk about MTG ‘going sane,’ but let’s all be cautious in that asssssment ok?
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
There’s been a lot of talk about MTG ‘going sane,’ but let’s all be cautious in that asssssment ok?