Ruth Bernstein
@ruthbernstein.bsky.social
Asks questions for a living. Sr Principal at EMC Research. Travel when possible. Upholstering pollster. SF Giants fan. Trying to make the world a better place.
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The world continues to experience a historic crisis of displaced populations. Yet we continue to ignore that context in our immigration discussions. My new piece:
open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
The Bigger Migration Picture
Displacement of populations is a global crisis, but that context is missing from our national conversation and policymaking.
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February 4, 2026 at 4:22 PM
The world continues to experience a historic crisis of displaced populations. Yet we continue to ignore that context in our immigration discussions. My new piece:
open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
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Californians have until midnight to register to vote in Nov. 4 special election
Californians have until midnight to register to vote in Nov. 4 special election
Californians have until midnight tonight to register to vote in the statewide special election on Nov. 4. Gov. Gavin Newsom in August signed a bill calling for a Nov. 4 special election that will l…
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October 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Californians have until midnight to register to vote in Nov. 4 special election
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Government does a lot of good and necessary things with people’s money. Why don’t they know about that? My new column at the newsletter (which you should really subscribe to, please):
open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
Government Does That?
People have very little idea about the many things their governments do, which makes it easy to tell them we should cut a lot of it.
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July 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Government does a lot of good and necessary things with people’s money. Why don’t they know about that? My new column at the newsletter (which you should really subscribe to, please):
open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
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As Trump uses Jews as human shields to justify his brutal assault on higher education — actions that make Jews less safe — 10 major Jewish orgs issued this powerful statement calling him out.
It’s critically important for other major Jewish orgs to speak out against what Trump is doing in our name.
It’s critically important for other major Jewish orgs to speak out against what Trump is doing in our name.
BROAD COALITION OF MAINSTREAM JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS RELEASE STATEMENT REJECTING FALSE CHOICE BETWEEN JEWISH SAFETY & DEMOCRACY - Jewish Council for Public Affairs
Today, a coalition of ten organizations representing a broad swath of mainstream American Jewry – including three of the four denominations – issued a joint statement rejecting the false choice betwee...
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April 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
As Trump uses Jews as human shields to justify his brutal assault on higher education — actions that make Jews less safe — 10 major Jewish orgs issued this powerful statement calling him out.
It’s critically important for other major Jewish orgs to speak out against what Trump is doing in our name.
It’s critically important for other major Jewish orgs to speak out against what Trump is doing in our name.
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April 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
respondents to any open-end
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Always good when the authoritarian leader decrees who is and is not Jewish.
Donald Trump: "Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I am concerned. He has become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He is not Jewish anymore. He is a Palestinian."
March 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Always good when the authoritarian leader decrees who is and is not Jewish.
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I was just an Education Department guy under Reagan and the most junior WH senior staffer under G.H.W. Bush, so what do I know? But if I were an ex-president, and the current president were executing the most disastrous turn in American foreign policy in 80 years, I think I might say something?
February 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I was just an Education Department guy under Reagan and the most junior WH senior staffer under G.H.W. Bush, so what do I know? But if I were an ex-president, and the current president were executing the most disastrous turn in American foreign policy in 80 years, I think I might say something?