Joel Bergen
@joelbergen.bsky.social
Can’t decide if I’m going to be sincere or snarky here.
Will probably just post my most basic, boring thoughts. You've been warned.
Will probably just post my most basic, boring thoughts. You've been warned.
Out of curiosity, I searched again and got a completely different paragraph with four major factual errors. It's learning!
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Out of curiosity, I searched again and got a completely different paragraph with four major factual errors. It's learning!
Also, I know that we as a country decided that nonconsensually groping *adult* women is totally cool (at least as long as it’s done by “a star”), but Stacey Williams exists, and she’s accused Trump of wrongdoing in the presence of Epstein. The existence of that accusation is a fact.
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Also, I know that we as a country decided that nonconsensually groping *adult* women is totally cool (at least as long as it’s done by “a star”), but Stacey Williams exists, and she’s accused Trump of wrongdoing in the presence of Epstein. The existence of that accusation is a fact.
Journalists can offer all the caveats about why doubts are cast on her allegations (and there are some valid ones), but the existence of those allegations is a fact, not subject to opinion.
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Journalists can offer all the caveats about why doubts are cast on her allegations (and there are some valid ones), but the existence of those allegations is a fact, not subject to opinion.
Now there’s a ground stoppage in Phoenix? I live at LAX now like Tom Hanks in The Terminal.
But at least it will have all been worth it when this shutdown results in saving ACA subsidies!
But at least it will have all been worth it when this shutdown results in saving ACA subsidies!
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Now there’s a ground stoppage in Phoenix? I live at LAX now like Tom Hanks in The Terminal.
But at least it will have all been worth it when this shutdown results in saving ACA subsidies!
But at least it will have all been worth it when this shutdown results in saving ACA subsidies!
Actually, not sure how closed off they are… just seem to be limiting flights from West Coast? Been tough getting good info here at airport. What a mess.
November 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Actually, not sure how closed off they are… just seem to be limiting flights from West Coast? Been tough getting good info here at airport. What a mess.
They also make it easy-ish to vote in person, but anecdotally, seemed like very few voters brought the barcode they were mailed, which really speeds up check in (at my vote center, that’s where the logjam was as there were many open machines). To be fair, CA sends way too many election mailers.
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
They also make it easy-ish to vote in person, but anecdotally, seemed like very few voters brought the barcode they were mailed, which really speeds up check in (at my vote center, that’s where the logjam was as there were many open machines). To be fair, CA sends way too many election mailers.
Happiest of birthdays to you!!!
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Happiest of birthdays to you!!!
I’m old enough to remember this five-alarm scandal:
October 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I’m old enough to remember this five-alarm scandal:
On top of the Stein votes, Bernie Sanders got more write-in votes in each of those three states in ‘16 than Hillary got in ‘08.
October 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
On top of the Stein votes, Bernie Sanders got more write-in votes in each of those three states in ‘16 than Hillary got in ‘08.
What’s your source for this? Best count of Hillary write-ins I could find only has numbers for three states (NH, PA & RI) & in each of them, Hillary got *far* fewer votes in ‘08 than Jill Stein got in ‘16. In fact, total number of ALL write-ins in ‘08 was 112,597. Stein got almost 1.5 million in ‘16
September 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
What’s your source for this? Best count of Hillary write-ins I could find only has numbers for three states (NH, PA & RI) & in each of them, Hillary got *far* fewer votes in ‘08 than Jill Stein got in ‘16. In fact, total number of ALL write-ins in ‘08 was 112,597. Stein got almost 1.5 million in ‘16
Credit where due, the Post corrected it (the thing about Dustin Hoffman winning the Oscar, not the bogus use of Donald Trump’s full signature in a comparison to his first-name only signature).
September 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Credit where due, the Post corrected it (the thing about Dustin Hoffman winning the Oscar, not the bogus use of Donald Trump’s full signature in a comparison to his first-name only signature).
For much of his presidency, President Donald Trump has been focused on the signature of his predecessor and whether an autopen was used to affix it.
But over the course of 36 hours, attention has pivoted to Trump’s signature.
But over the course of 36 hours, attention has pivoted to Trump’s signature.
No clear answers on whether Trump signed the Epstein birthday book
Trump denies it is his, and experts say they can’t be sure. The White House welcomed a forensic analysis of the loopy D and long tail.
wapo.st
September 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM