Bruce Bartlett

Famous Economists Who Called Themselves "Socialists" And Not a Marxist Among Them

Some famous economists who were socialists--and not a Marxist among them. open.substack.com/pub/brucebar...

The collapse of the Soviet Union was sudden and unexpected. Maybe the collapse of Putin will be the same.

Everyone on the center-left is feckless by nature. Only the hard left has balls. But the hard left cannot win. Therefore, its primary job is to keep pressure on the center-left, stiffen its spine, and keep it from drifting right.

The War Is Coming Home to Russia Western sanctions are biting harder into the fragile Russian economy. And there is growing evidence of the war's negative, long-term impacts on Russian society, from rising crime and corruption to wor...

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Opinion | Libertarians warned about executive power. Only a few actually warned about Trump. Anthony L. Fisher: A recent New York Times op-ed showed the blind spot many libertarians still have for President Donald Trump.

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Andrew arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office as King says 'law must take its course' - live updates It comes after Thames Valley Police said they were assessing a complaint over the alleged sharing of confidential material by the former prince with Jeffrey Epstein.

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What I said is I vote sane over crazy every time.

Billionaires’ Low Taxes Are Becoming a Problem for the Economy Tax avoidance by the superwealthy is an economic issue as well as a political one.

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All I see on my Twitter timeline are reporters parsing every quote from AOC in Germany, trying to mock them for incoherence or inaccuracy, while a demented old man who can’t string sentences together or stay awake sits in the Oval, while the legacy media happily sanewashes his quotes.

He Wants to Deport 100 Million “Third World Savages.” He May Win Statewide Office in Texas. He calls his opponents “gay” and “retarded,” and he wants to deport 100 million “third world savages.” Naturally, he’s running for railroad commissioner.

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What Will Democratic Control of Congress Do? Sadly, a Lot Less Than Democrats Think

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Trump’s Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality

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Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”

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Of Course The Country Was Stolen It should not be controversial to acknowledge the hideous injustice done to Native Americans through colonization, and the country’s illegitimate origins make cracking down on immigrants absurd and hy...

Billie Eilish was right. www.currentaffairs.org/news/of-cour...

You don't bite the hand that feeds you.

What the Democrats Need to Do Now To win back working-class voters, they need to signal more clearly to working people that they are on their side. That means picking fights on their behalf with the bad actors who are making their liv...

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Swarms of AI bots can sway people’s beliefs – threatening democracy A simulation shows that social media bots powered by today’s AI can infiltrate human networks on social media and influence what people believe.

Swarms of AI bots can sway people’s beliefs – threatening democracy
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Faith, Certainty and the Presidency of George W. Bush (Published 2004)

The most famous piece ever to appear about me in the New York Times. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/m...

Well, there's really no news coming out of there these days.

Except they worship Ayn Rand.

The Big Money in Today’s Economy Is Going to Capital, Not Labor Soaring profits and stocks funnel more of GDP toward companies, their top employees and shareholders. AI will intensify this trend.

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Why I'm no longer a libertarian I long considered myself to be a libertarian.

Why I stopped being a libertarian. open.substack.com/pub/brucebar...

Why the Traditional Media No Longer Serves Our Needs The Truth Matters, Chapter 1

In 2017, I published a short book on the looming crisis of the media called "The Truth Matters." Because the message is even more important now, I'm serializing it on Substack. Chapter one appears today. Subscribe to get additional (short) chapters. brucebartlett.substack.com/p/why-the-tr...

I'm not sure exactly when I started subscribing, but I moved to DC in 1974, so it was probably soon thereafter. It was essential reading in those days.

I finally pulled the plug on the Washington Post, which I have subscribed to for more than 50 years. The decimation of the news room was the final straw. There's simply no content left worth paying for.

Whistle-Blower Report Involved Intelligence About a Trump Contact

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Ghislaine Maxwell’s Bombshell Filing Raises Questions About Epstein’s Hidden Network For more access to expert legal analysis, official court documents and breaking news coverage only available here at the intersection of law and politics, please consider becoming a paid subscriber.Le...

Ghislaine Maxwell’s Bombshell Filing Raises Questions About Epstein’s Hidden Network
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When Will Democrats Decide to Join the Resistance? The party needs to forge a closer connection with the people fighting for democracy in the streets. Here’s how to do it.

When Will Democrats Decide to Join the Resistance? newrepublic.com/post/206262/... via @newrepublic.com

Trump Deletes Racist Video of Obamas After Outcry

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Opinion | Trump’s Claims About Noncitizens Voting Are False. We Can Prove It.

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