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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

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It seems that Congresswoman Mace expects bad press Monday

02.02.2026 04:24 β€” πŸ‘ 302    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 9
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Stephen Miller spends his Sunday on this long post explaining that there are no legitimate asylum seekers at the southern border.

02.02.2026 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

… The Center β€œwill close on July 4th, 2026, in honor of the 250th Anniversary of our Country”

01.02.2026 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump just announced on Truth Social that the [Trump] Kennedy Center will close for two years for β€œConstruction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding.”

01.02.2026 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5
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This escalated quickly

01.02.2026 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 14
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This looks like it’s supposed to be one of those MAD fold-in gags

01.02.2026 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Poor Scotto β€” Trump endorses Sununu in NH Senate primary

01.02.2026 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hey good morning, the President of these United States is posting 2020 election conspiracy theories

01.02.2026 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Maria Bartiromo’s first guest is Karoline Leavitt, on whether Trump is unifying the country, as Melania apparently advises him to do in her movie. Spoiler: she says β€œabsolutely.”

01.02.2026 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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.,. High-profile elected officials have been piling on Wu as well

31.01.2026 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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… The online MAGA types are going crazy over this Mayor Wu quote. Here’s popular Internet personality Eric Daugherty calling for Wu (who was born in Chicago) to be deported.

31.01.2026 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In a post this afternoon Trump says that state and local officials must say Please for federal help containing violence, or something

31.01.2026 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

… In my experience, at least

31.01.2026 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They also, similarly, know how to selectively pretend not to hear certain words

31.01.2026 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh ok

31.01.2026 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

… I feel like maybe there are better ways for him to observe Shabbos

31.01.2026 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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… Miller is also mad at Boston Mayor Wu for stating a fact of US and international law.

31.01.2026 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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What part of β€œPut simply, our Constitution does not allow the President to impose unilateral changes to federal election procedures” (in the first paragraph of the ruling) is not put simply enough for Stephen to understand.

31.01.2026 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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Hey you people told me nobody is seeing it

31.01.2026 04:04 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Still of Sean Spicer Show, with Spicer interviewing special guests Drinkin’ Bros

Still of Sean Spicer Show, with Spicer interviewing special guests Drinkin’ Bros

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31.01.2026 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

… Our upcoming war with Iran should give him plenty of opportunities

30.01.2026 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Seems like Hegseth hasn’t had a scandal in a while. Feels like he’s due.

30.01.2026 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh man, I’ve adored Catherine O’Hara since the SCTV days. Such an icon. R.I.P.

30.01.2026 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nice that they let a woman stand at the end of the row of white dudes at the POTUS EO signing today

30.01.2026 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Missouri AG is suing to stop counting β€œillegal aliens” (not sure how she’s defining that) in the Census, b/c it affects representation in Congress and electoral college

30.01.2026 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Did a news levee break this morning

30.01.2026 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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… And the White House gots jokes!

30.01.2026 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Well, they’re certainly not being shy about it

30.01.2026 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Batman, soft on crime

30.01.2026 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

WSJ reporter tweets that Trump, at the Melania premiere, says he will announce his Fed chair appointment tomorrow morning

30.01.2026 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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