Bruce Bartlett
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Bruce Bartlett
@bartlettb.bsky.social
· Dec 20
Bartlett's Notations | Bruce Bartlett | Substack
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Most of my substantive thoughts now appear on substack. brucebartlett.substack.com
Why I stopped being a libertarian. open.substack.com/pub/brucebar...
Why I'm no longer a libertarian
I long considered myself to be a libertarian.
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February 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Why I stopped being a libertarian. open.substack.com/pub/brucebar...
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...
Why the Traditional Media No Longer Serves Our Needs
The Truth Matters, Chapter 1
brucebartlett.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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 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.
February 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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.
gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Whistle-Blower Report Involved Intelligence About a Trump Contact
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February 7, 2026 at 9:44 PM
gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Ghislaine Maxwell’s Bombshell Filing Raises Questions About Epstein’s Hidden Network
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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...
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell’s Bombshell Filing Raises Questions About Epstein’s Hidden Network
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When Will Democrats Decide to Join the Resistance? newrepublic.com/post/206262/... via @newrepublic.com
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.
newrepublic.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:44 PM
When Will Democrats Decide to Join the Resistance? newrepublic.com/post/206262/... via @newrepublic.com
gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Trump Deletes Racist Video of Obamas After Outcry
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February 6, 2026 at 6:53 PM
gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Claims About Noncitizens Voting Are False. We Can Prove It.
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February 5, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
Opinion | ICE’s New Surveillance State Isn’t Tracking Only Immigrants
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February 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
‘Neoroyalism’ and What It Says About Trump
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February 4, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
1984 is here. wapo.st/4bCAbBL
Inside an AI start-up’s plan to scan and dispose of millions of books
Court filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles.
wapo.st
February 2, 2026 at 11:55 PM
1984 is here. wapo.st/4bCAbBL
Of all the horrible things Trump has done, this may be the worst, long-term. www.notus.org/trump-white-...
Federal Data Is Disappearing
The Trump administration has disrupted data collection on everything from homeland security, maternal mortality, hunger, drug use, education, disaster preparation and the economy.
www.notus.org
February 2, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Of all the horrible things Trump has done, this may be the worst, long-term. www.notus.org/trump-white-...
New White House report lies about the cost of replacing state income taxes with a regressive sales tax. taxfoundation.org/blog/white-h...
New CEA Report Dramatically Underestimates the Cost of Replacing State Income Taxes
While the CEA’s analysis of the benefits of reduced reliance on income taxes is sound, its estimates are flawed and unrealistic.
taxfoundation.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:22 PM
New White House report lies about the cost of replacing state income taxes with a regressive sales tax. taxfoundation.org/blog/white-h...
When I accuse Democrats of being feckless and politically incompetent they get mad at me. Maybe they will believe Tom Edsall. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/o...
Opinion | ‘I Wouldn’t Say the Democrats Are in Good Shape’
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January 28, 2026 at 3:57 PM
When I accuse Democrats of being feckless and politically incompetent they get mad at me. Maybe they will believe Tom Edsall. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/o...
Support for the Democratic Party is collapsing because its leadership sucks and have lost the support of rank-and-file members.
January 27, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Support for the Democratic Party is collapsing because its leadership sucks and have lost the support of rank-and-file members.
Libertarians are useless.
January 27, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Libertarians are useless.
The GOP wants a whites-only country. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
Administration Social Media Posts Echo White Supremacist Messaging
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January 27, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The GOP wants a whites-only country. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
General Smedley Butler: Whistleblower or Fabulist? open.substack.com/pub/brucebar...
Gen. Smedley Butler: Whistleblower or Fabulist?
Gen.
open.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:52 PM
General Smedley Butler: Whistleblower or Fabulist? open.substack.com/pub/brucebar...
In WWII, everyone supported FDR & Churchill'ssupport for Stalin after Hitler invaded the USSR. It would have been insane not to because they had a common enemy. In the end, the Soviets killed far more Nazis than the Americans and British did--and at a far greater cost.
January 25, 2026 at 10:09 PM
In WWII, everyone supported FDR & Churchill'ssupport for Stalin after Hitler invaded the USSR. It would have been insane not to because they had a common enemy. In the end, the Soviets killed far more Nazis than the Americans and British did--and at a far greater cost.
Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
In Testimony, Jack Smith Defends Decision to Prosecute Trump
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January 23, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...