Bruce Bartlett
@bartlettb.bsky.social
Now posting at https://brucebartlett.substack.com/ Background on me: https://brucebartlett.substack.com/p/bruce-bartlett-cv
Republicans--socialism is bad unless we do it. thehill.com/policy/techn...
Commerce Department quietly announces 7 new equity stakes in private companies
The Department of Commerce quietly announced this week it will designate more than $870 million in federal incentives for semiconductor manufacturing in exchange for a minority equity stake in seve…
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The DNC is thoroughly incompetent. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...
Inside the Phone-Throwing Drama at the Troubled, Broke Democratic Party (Gift Article)
The Democrats should be well positioned to make gains in this year’s midterms. But inside party headquarters, every week brings paranoia, worries about money and, on occasion, emotional eruptions.
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Assholes like Peter Thiel have always been with us. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/b...
Book Review: ‘Country of Lords,’ by Kim Phillips-Fein (Gift Article)
In a new book, the historian Kim Phillips-Fein chronicles a “shadow tradition” of anti-egalitarians who fought against America’s founding ideals.
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Old Washington hands like Sally Quinn talk a good fight against Trump, but they never do anything except talk. Like the rest of the establishment they are either cowards or powerless. The only weapons they have are op-ed articles and cocktail party invitations. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/o...
Opinion | It’s No Longer So Much Fun to Be MAGA in Washington (Gift Article)
It’s a vibe shift.
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When I say such things all my Democratic friends get mad at me. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/o...
Opinion | The Democrats Can’t Go On Like This
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I've never asked anything of Maine Democrats except nominate someone for the Senate who can defeat Susan Collins, who would have been beaten many years ago except for Democratic political incompetence. Pro tip: trying investigating the background of your nominee *before* giving them the nomination.
In other words, the incompetent buffoon wasted another billion dollars of our money shoddily refurbishing his bribe from Qatar.
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social Just as Lyndon Johnson's great domestic record was destroyed by the war in Vietnam, so too Trump's great domestic achievements are being overwhelmed by the war in Iran.
Trump lies even when the truth is better for his purpose. substack.com/home/post/p-...
How Trump Ignored J.E.B Stuart's Genuine Accomplishment in June 1863 and Made Up One About a Nonexistent "River of Blood"
He Used a Lie When the Truth Was Actually Better
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CNBC's website says "CNBC is the world leader in business news and real-time financial market coverage," which apparently means "sloppy anti-scientific conspiracy theories dredged up from the bowels of social media sites infested with Nazis."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.CNBC's Joe Kernen absurdly claims to an agreeing Rand Paul that Fauci "orchestrated the pandemic"
Good old Democrats, seizing defeat from the jaws of victory once again. When will victory become the party's primary goal, rather than purity? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
A G.O.P. Senate Seat in Montana Seemed Vulnerable. Then, the Left Splintered.
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The natural drift of the Overton Window is to the right, which means a bias in favor of right-wing policies. We need a strong left to pull the window back to the center. Therefore, if you favor centrist policies you should support the left.
