David S. Bernstein

Mitt Romney once tried to wager $10,000 that I got something wrong. Freelance journalist, covering local, state, & national politics and policy.

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This person gets me

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Some speculative thoughts on how the 2026 midterm results could affect the 2028 Presidential nomination contests:

https://t.co/K2NdJxlHVX

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@markallen1230 @TheKuhnerReport Nice of you to say! I post at BlueSky. Also you can read me regularly at a newsletter, here’s the latest: https://t.co/i6BcQoVqq7

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Were polls wrong, or did polls cause the change? My new piece:

https://t.co/piIcxLH9je

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And another banger from CNN

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President Donald Trump has promoted more than 20 companies on his Truth Social account days after buying stock in those firms, a CNN investigation has found. https://t.co/iJHVCEKhU1

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Anniversary Sale! To mark two years of the Good Politics/Bad Politics newsletter, we are offering our first-ever sale, 20% off new subscriptions. Please help support our work:

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We are constantly told that foreigners are violent criminals and fraudsters, and that America’s Democrat-run cities are terrifying hellscapes. World Cup is shattering those myths. My new piece: https://t.co/wdNpGrak6n

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The misogyny of the Trump administration has become so ubiquitous we barely even notice. We should. My new one at the newsletter:

https://t.co/TP4UlOde6Z

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Did yesterday’s primaries show that Republican voters are marching to Trump’s tune, or that they are unhappy and lashing out at their party’s incumbents? My take:

https://t.co/nH1jVQWQqA

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I just caught Dan Bongino on Fox & Friends Weekend talking about the WHCD incident, while I scrolled some MAGA social media, and boy was that the wrong way to start my Sunday.

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Trump’s second term is all about ensuring long-term veneration of Trump; please read my new piece this morning:

https://t.co/ABaHyvsj9A

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POTUS says that the US cannot guarantee the safety of Iranians traveling to the US.

Not sure if this applies also to Iranian-Americans already here. Or people who look somewhat Persian. Will await further guidance.

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It is kinda leaning that direction. Which only strengthens the narrative (currently at a low rumble) that Bibi led a gullible Trump into war.

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Essentially it appears the “imminent threat” rationale from the Trump admin was: Israel signaled it would launch strikes against Iran, Iran would retaliate likely against the US, so the US had to join Israel and preemptively strike Iran first

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Trump went in front of Congress and the American people on the virtual eve of an assault on Iran, yet barely even tried to persuade his audience that of the reason for it. My new one:

https://t.co/IvPcQ7tnXw

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Last week, the Trump administration knowingly put American air travelers in grave mortal danger, and for all we know they’re planning to do it again if they aren’t already. Why aren’t we talking about it? My new piece:

https://t.co/BxorFU4jZi

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Yes, I have thoughts about the Bad Bunny/TPUSA dynamics.

https://t.co/A3BCY7VU6U

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@Bencjacobs I wonder if his band blocks me

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Kash Patel on Bartiromo’s show is repeatedly blaming the deceased, then when asked for evidence of his claims demurring b/c of ongoing investigation.

Confirms that FBI is letting DHS do the investigation; but also says that the gun is in FBI possession for fingerprinting etc.

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I interviewed consultant Scott Ferson about his new book: “How the Democrats Lost America.” Listen here:

https://t.co/4WpK4Ux2fI

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@MichaelLaRosaDC … Obama had an AUMF tho, no?