Jacob Bernstein

Journalist for the New York Times. Emmy nominated documentarian. Text me at [phone].

[Jacob Bernstein @BernsteinJacob]

Madonna has 11 number one songs in the United States, 8th highest total of all time. So "not that many hit songs" is nonsense.

As for the voice, Madonna doesn't have Whitney or Celine-like pipes. But she is a great singer, by which I mean that she has great ability to narrate a song and deliver on its behalf.

[Jacob Bernstein @BernsteinJacob]

@Taniel I think it’s Washington County, which had 6% remaining and no longer does. There’s another rural county close by with a similarly blue base that would likely add

[Jacob Bernstein @BernsteinJacob]

i don’t know anything but i don’t believe it’s a duplicate batch. I believe it’s from Washington County (or one of the nearby rural blue counties) , which had several hundred votes outstanding and now does not. According to the AP, Holmes County (another rural blue county) also has about 6% remaining. Which should add betweeen 400 and 500 votes.

[Jacob Bernstein @BernsteinJacob]

@IsthmusPol I'm confused. Why are you saying the AP is wrong?

[Jacob Bernstein @BernsteinJacob]

@BradK829194 @shaguncrypto I paid all cash in 2012 when interest rates were very low. Had I not done that, had I paid 20% and had I invested 80% in the S&P 500 back then, I would likely never have to work again.

[Jacob Bernstein @BernsteinJacob]

I think what everyone is really wondering right now is simple: When is the next batch of votes coming? Hinds County is supposed to be done counting today, but (I think) they're not going to be recording til Wednesday. Does that mean they're not going to be reporting (which is not the same thing as
'recording') today or tomorrow? Are any other counties likely to be reporting today or should people go back to their regularly scheduled programming until then?

[Jacob Bernstein @BernsteinJacob]

"I kept each one of these businesses going longer than anyone on Earth ever could have," says Richard Baker, whose company, Saks Global, entered Chapter 11 last month.
As he sees it, his run through luxury retail was "very successful" never mind "what you've been reading."
https://t.co/u9DSxhOTUS

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Much of the mourning for the late great @washingtonpost has rightly focused on how democracy dies in darkness at the national level, which is hugely important. But the evisceration of Metro coverage is every bit as devastating because there is no comparable news outlet keeping local governments and institutions honest.

Eight of my 20 years at the Post were spent on Metro, which was the heart and soul of the Post under the legendary @dongrahamdc1. The undertakers now running the paper have all but wiped out the metro staff, leaving just 12 reporters, according to reports, to cover a region of 6.5 million people.

We had twice that many journalists in Fairfax alone back in the day. And it mattered. Reporters are the eyes and ears of the community, keeping tabs on people in power. We were there for every supervisors meeting, every school board meeting. We pored through planning commission documents and campaign filings.

When county officials wasted taxpayer money, raised taxes on overstretched homeowners, gave sweetheart zoning deals to developers who filled their election coffers, we were there. When teachers who sexually abused students were quietly transferred to other schools to do it all over again, we were there.

We were there for the more uplifting stories too, the cops who broke a cold case, the educators who turned around a struggling school, the residents who rallied to help neighbors in trouble, the student athletes who won the big game, the entrepreneurs who started something new.

Our friend @SariHorwitz who has won more Pulitzers than I can count, wrote so movingly online about the Post (https://t.co/lxame7tiSF). To recognize how indispensable local coverage is, you need only look at her holy-shit investigations of a broken child welfare system, rampant police shootings and the corporate-fed opioid crisis, stories that opened eyes and led to change.

Democracy is not just what happens at the White House and the Capitol but in our own backyards. The Post has just turned the lights down at home too.

[Don Van Natta Jr. @DVNJr]

Firing a reporter via email while she’s in a war zone risking her life for her readers is a despicable, disgraceful act.

[Josh Dawsey @jdawsey1]

The paper no longer has a sports department, but Will Lewis is in California walking the NFL red carpet?

[Siobhán O'Grady @siobhan_ogrady]

Still reeling that my four years covering the war in Ukraine for The Washington Post are up — right before the invasion anniversary. I plan to stay in Kyiv because this story is more important than ever. So please reach out with opportunities.

[Marissa J. Lang ✍️ @Marissa_Jae]

My colleague Marty Weil is one of The Post’s last living ties to Watergate. He’s covered stories that range from local crime to the Sept. 11 attacks to whimsical weather musings.

After 60 years, he was laid off yesterday by email. https://t.co/NZaorQXUcD

[Eric Michael Garcia @EricMGarcia]

The show Heated Rivalry only exists because of an article by @Curious_Kurz in @washingtonpost inspired the showmaker to reach out to the book's author. Today, The Washington Post laid off the reporter who did the story.

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Jeff Bezos wealth in 2024: $194 billion

Jeff Bezos wealth in 2025: $215 billion

Jeff Bezos wealth today: $249.4 billion

Net increase in Bezos wealth since 2024: $55.4 billion

Cost of Bezos’s 417-foot superyacht: $500 million

Amazon investment in "Melania": $75 million

Original Bezos purchase price of the Washington Post in 2013: $250 million

Bezos net worth in 2013: $25.2 billion

Net increase in Bezos wealth since buying the Post: $224.2 billion

Last reported annual losses of Post: $100 million

Number of years Bezos could absorb those losses with what he makes in a single week: 5

@JeffBezos

[Lizzie Johnson @lizziejohnsonnn]

I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.

[Jacob Bernstein @BernsteinJacob]

@chip2423 @VerizonNews I'm not getting the sense T-Mobile or AT&T users are having a real issue -- they're simply unable to reach people on Verizon because our phones are down.

[Jacob Bernstein @BernsteinJacob]

@ElfmanFilm @AirMailWeekly Um, he agreed to be interviewed extensively for this piece for a reason...He's not saying "how dare you?"

[Jacob Bernstein @BernsteinJacob]

Angie Stone, Roberta Flack and Gwen McCrae. All gone in one week. WTFF?