David S. Bernstein
Journalist. Politics and policy. Contributing editor Boston Magazine, bylines Politico Magazine, Atlantic, many more. Formerly of Boston Phoenix. Substack: https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com
- Meanwhile, at the Heritage Foundation’s climate conference today:
- POTUS: The thing people overlook about accepting bribes is the benefit of getting stuff (Wash Post graphic)
- I gotta tell you, this whole issue of the white South African refugees is making a lot of MAGA folks forget to be subtle about the racist basis of their xenophobia.
- Almost none of the ~100 right wing marketplace account I follow on X/Twitter have yet made note of the Qatar jet story. A LOT of tweets about the “storming” of the NJ ICE detention center (“ICE-surrection”)
- Happy Mother’s Day!
- In an X exchange about the new Surgeon General pick, who she opposes, Laura Loomer just straight-up said that she “would not hire a pregnant woman” and prefers men for positions. Note that she claims, and some credit her with, inflience over the President’s hiring and firings
- Roses are red Violets are dope But white smoke could mean There’s a
- The MAGA right is not happy about the new pontiff
