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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1h

There are reasonable—indeed important—ways for authorities to respond to allegations of officer misconduct, adding context and missing information while offering empathy and suggesting that authorities are taking the incident seriously and have reviewed or will review it. This isn’t it.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1h

A lot going on here, but a religion note: DHS Assistant Sec. Tricia McLaughlin refers to Rev. Black as a "pastor" here — using quotation marks.

It's a notable slight against a faith leader's status, as Black is, in fact, an ordained minister of a church operating within the Presbytery of Chicago.

This footage is from almost a month ago. What this clipped video doesn’t show is that these agitators were blocking an ICE vehicle from leaving the federal facility—impeding operations.

Over and over again, law enforcement ordered these agitators to move off of federal property so the vehicle could move. Law enforcement verbally warned these agitators that they would use force if they did not move and stop impeding operations. They did not comply.

Shortly after, rioters began throwing rocks, bottles and launching fireworks at the law enforcement officers on the roof.

At the time of this incident, this facility held criminal illegal aliens including gang members, drug traffickers, and other violent criminals. Obstructing law enforcement puts officers, detainees and the public at risk. If you are obstructing law enforcement you can expect to be met with force.

And, as an aside, this is the same “pastor” who flipped
@Sec_Noem
and our team the bird when we were there last week.

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 2h

Kristi Noem posted on X today a “Drug Boat” video parodying the “Love Boat” theme, about Trump blowing up boats suspected of running illegal drugs. x.com/kristinoem/s...

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 5h

Johnson will be the first sitting Speaker to take calls live on C-SPAN since 2001, apparently.

Anyone else think @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social should call in and ask Johnson to swear her in over the phone?

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 5h

… Note that Sortor is first among the “independent journalists” invited!

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 5h

Quick - read my post from this morning before the start of Trump’s roundtable on Antifa begins! It’s highly relevant!

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 8h

An arrest in Portland reveals the dangerous connections between the Trump administration and the grifters of the right-wing marketplace. My new one:

open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...

Sordid Sortor

A dust-up in Portland reveals the dangerous degree of Trump administration overlap with the right-wing marketplace

open.substack.com

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 7h

Do you think (failed AG nominee) Matt Gaetz watched Pam Bondi’s hostile, evasive, sycophantic testimony yesterday and thought “whew, dodged that bullet,” or “that should be me”?

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 7h

Yes, the President of the United States called for the jailing of the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois, but don’t miss that last night he re-upped his insane, dangerous rant of bad medical advice

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 8h

Thank you! And good 🧵 on the local scene.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 9h

Good summation of the propaganda assault on Portland that is accompanying the Trump administration’s political/military assault on the city. open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...

Sordid Sortor

A dust-up in Portland reveals the dangerous degree of Trump administration overlap with the right-wing marketplace

open.substack.com

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 8h

An arrest in Portland reveals the dangerous connections between the Trump administration and the grifters of the right-wing marketplace. My new one:

open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...

Sordid Sortor

A dust-up in Portland reveals the dangerous degree of Trump administration overlap with the right-wing marketplace

open.substack.com

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is in Portland meeting with ICE, Border Patrol and DHS officials; Nick Sortor posted video of Noem saying a prayer for the safety of their officers at the start of the meeting.

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Juliette Kayyem @juliettekayyem.bsky.social · 1d

"Its a good time to be an American born criminal."

28,000 federal law enforcement agents have been detailed to ICE for immigration efforts (including almost 1/2 of DEA agents and 1/3 of ATF agents). I spoke to @themarshallproject.org @journo-beth.bsky.social about the impact.

t.co/xZieyefxc8

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/04/federal-government-trump-ice-crime

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

Josh Hawley, Yale Law School ‘06, Missouri Attorney General 2017-2019, pretending he doesn’t know what tapping a phone means

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

Fess up lefties, who is behind this? (Whatever it is; I have no idea what she’s talking about.)

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

… btw I wrote about Kirk as a right-wing marketplace huckster a few weeks ago:

open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...

Charlie in the Marketplace

Charlie Kirk was part of the right-wing marketplace I've written about for years. He fit right in.

open.substack.com

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

… I don’t like to extrapolate from small, selectively released bits of text, but it sure seems to confirm that Kirk & TPUSA took positions based on the financial gain for Kirk and TPUSA, which usually meant the priorities of big donors, but could also mean the priorities of popular speakers.

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

TPUSA spox Andrew Kolvet, on the Charlie Kirk show today, confirms the screenshot is authentic, from a group text exchange. (Says it shows that Charlie couldn’t be bought.)

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

Candace Owens posted this purported text exchange, as part of her allegation that Kirk was about to reverse support for Israel. Owens is nuts, and I ignore any claim she makes. I just enjoy the notion expressed here (maybe true, maybe not) that TPUSA chose Tucker over a $2 million donation.

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

Trump, to Canada PM in Oval Office: If Harris has won the election and continued what was happening with “transgender for everybody and windmills all over the place” I’m not sure we would still have a country.

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

I’m cool with whatever she wants to wear, but given this administration’s policies I gotta wonder what the WH thinks of Sheehan going on Fox News in a jacket, tie and button-down collared shirt

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

A press release announcing your undercover operation seems, I dunno, a little counterintuitive, but I’m sure super-genius Ken Paxton knows what he’s doing

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

‘Tis true

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

A. Bostonians: fuckin’ with authority since the 18th century
B. Nobody in Boston gonna give them up for the reward money. Snitches get stitches.

Revolutionary War 250 @revwar250.bsky.social · 1d

7 OCTOBER 1775, BOSTON: The house occupied by Major General John Burgoyne “has been broke open and many Valuable Effects taken away.” The army leadership offers a reward of five guineas for information leading to the apprehension of the perpetrators.

John Burgoyne, painted ca. 1766 by Sir Joshua Reynolds

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently yesterday CNBC’s real estate reporter Diana Olick said something skeptical about FHFA’s Bill Pulte’s plan to talk big home builders into building more housing, and so far Pulte has tweeted angrily about her five times, with a promise to reveal other things she’s ever been wrong about.

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

Hey this makes her sound like a hypocrite…

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Bondi says DOJ ending 'weaponization of justice' as it pursues Trump critics reut.rs/3VTzI52

Bondi says DOJ ending 'weaponization of justice' as it pursues Trump critics

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi told a Senate panel on Tuesday that the Justice Department was ending the "weaponization of justice" even as several political adversaries of President Donald Trump face federal investigations and prosecutions.

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

… tbf tho, America totally solved its racial equity and access disparities in the next few years, so that probably explains why he changed his position

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

LOL the Boston Globe gets its hands on Pete Hegseth’s 2013 Master’s thesis at Harvard KSG, in which he was a bit of a woke DEI lover.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/07/m...

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