Noah Berlatsky
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Noah Berlatsky
@nberlat.bsky.social
· Jul 26
Everything Is Horrible | Noah Berlatsky | Substack
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"I married Stephen Miller, and worked for both Donald Trump and Elon Musk - here is why the weaponization of the legal system is bad" is an incredible take.
September 19, 2026 at 5:33 PM
"I married Stephen Miller, and worked for both Donald Trump and Elon Musk - here is why the weaponization of the legal system is bad" is an incredible take.
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Those who say yes - "Should the president be required to get approval from Congress before he imposes tariffs on imports?"
All: 70%
Democrats: 86%
Republicans: 56%
Morning Consult/CATO / Aug 2026
All: 70%
Democrats: 86%
Republicans: 56%
Morning Consult/CATO / Aug 2026
September 19, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Those who say yes - "Should the president be required to get approval from Congress before he imposes tariffs on imports?"
All: 70%
Democrats: 86%
Republicans: 56%
Morning Consult/CATO / Aug 2026
All: 70%
Democrats: 86%
Republicans: 56%
Morning Consult/CATO / Aug 2026
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70% of Americans say more Americans working in factories would be better for America
33% actually say they'd be better off working in a factory
33% actually say they'd be better off working in a factory
September 19, 2026 at 6:22 PM
70% of Americans say more Americans working in factories would be better for America
33% actually say they'd be better off working in a factory
33% actually say they'd be better off working in a factory
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Polling Averages Among:
Democrats:
🔵DEM: 93%
🔴GOP: 6%
Independents:
🔵DEM: 60%
🔴GOP: 35%
Republicans:
🔴GOP: 90%
🔵DEM: 8%
- Sept 13, 2026 -
usapolling.substack.com/p/midterms-a...
Democrats:
🔵DEM: 93%
🔴GOP: 6%
Independents:
🔵DEM: 60%
🔴GOP: 35%
Republicans:
🔴GOP: 90%
🔵DEM: 8%
- Sept 13, 2026 -
usapolling.substack.com/p/midterms-a...
Midterms Are Turning Into a Nightmare for Republicans
Rising gas prices could make an already difficult midterm environment even worse for the GOP
usapolling.substack.com
September 19, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Polling Averages Among:
Democrats:
🔵DEM: 93%
🔴GOP: 6%
Independents:
🔵DEM: 60%
🔴GOP: 35%
Republicans:
🔴GOP: 90%
🔵DEM: 8%
- Sept 13, 2026 -
usapolling.substack.com/p/midterms-a...
Democrats:
🔵DEM: 93%
🔴GOP: 6%
Independents:
🔵DEM: 60%
🔴GOP: 35%
Republicans:
🔴GOP: 90%
🔵DEM: 8%
- Sept 13, 2026 -
usapolling.substack.com/p/midterms-a...
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this man is a racist and an antisemite
Trump: "How a Jewish person could vote for a Democrat is not even believable. It is not possible that somebody who is Jewish, that somebody who is Black, could vote for a Democrat."
September 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM
this man is a racist and an antisemite
one reason they don't is that mainstream Jewish orgs are too busy kissing trump's ass in the name of zionism to hold him accountable on shit like this.
it would be helpful if mainstream media would inform their readers that this is in fact antisemitic. also racist.
September 19, 2026 at 6:43 PM
one reason they don't is that mainstream Jewish orgs are too busy kissing trump's ass in the name of zionism to hold him accountable on shit like this.
yeah; the devil has plenty of advocates. you don't need to be one free of charge.
September 19, 2026 at 6:39 PM
yeah; the devil has plenty of advocates. you don't need to be one free of charge.
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there's nothing stopping the US from putting a ton of money into new libraries and opening them across the country.
One town in eastern Connecticut had its new library building open this past week and I’ve heard so many people talking about it, not even people from the town. It seems to me a good sign of civic life if people are excited about a new library. #NutmegSky
September 19, 2026 at 3:40 PM
there's nothing stopping the US from putting a ton of money into new libraries and opening them across the country.
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ICE removal flights have been at least temporarily halted after an appeals court ruling finding them illegal. But the Supreme Court has revived the flights twice using the shadow docket, and could do so again once the Trump administration appeals to them. @gillianbrockell.com reports.
Appeals Court Smacks Down Trump’s Third-Country Removal Policy - The American Prospect
Tens of thousands of people have been subjected to the cruel policy, but the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” could soon bring it back.
prospect.org
September 19, 2026 at 1:31 PM
ICE removal flights have been at least temporarily halted after an appeals court ruling finding them illegal. But the Supreme Court has revived the flights twice using the shadow docket, and could do so again once the Trump administration appeals to them. @gillianbrockell.com reports.
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BREAKING:
After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back.
And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post.
They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back.
And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post.
They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2026 at 11:12 AM
BREAKING:
After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back.
And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post.
They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back.
And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post.
They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
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If you think about it, Hugh Jackman was a DEI hire for the x-men series, because if they were going for comic accuracy, frickin Danny Devito would’ve been closer.
Another case of anti-Short King bias smh
Another case of anti-Short King bias smh
April 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
If you think about it, Hugh Jackman was a DEI hire for the x-men series, because if they were going for comic accuracy, frickin Danny Devito would’ve been closer.
Another case of anti-Short King bias smh
Another case of anti-Short King bias smh
it's antisemitic for a non Jewish person to deny Jewish identity to Jewish people he dislikes.
It's racist for a white person to deny that Black people are Black if they don't vote for him.
It's racist for a white person to deny that Black people are Black if they don't vote for him.
Trump: "How a Jewish person could vote for a Democrat is not even believable. It is not possible that somebody who is Jewish, that somebody who is Black, could vote for a Democrat."
September 19, 2026 at 3:12 PM
it's antisemitic for a non Jewish person to deny Jewish identity to Jewish people he dislikes.
It's racist for a white person to deny that Black people are Black if they don't vote for him.
It's racist for a white person to deny that Black people are Black if they don't vote for him.
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Maga is welfare for losers
These "alpha males" need a rigged system to look like winners.
www.editorialboard.com
September 19, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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Like jt always works - we talk about it! - but nothing ever happens
September 19, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Like jt always works - we talk about it! - but nothing ever happens
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Tilly Norwood, like Bryan Johnston and the glasses eugenics couple, are just fronts for PR firms that specialize in filling inches on slow news days
One thing I’ve noticed about the Tilly Norwood media blitz: There’s a lot of talk about an upcoming movie, but very little evidence that that movie actually … exists.
Again: "Tilly Norwood" is not a person; it is a shoddy, and also pretty gross puppet. Stop referring to it as "she," and start asking whether there might be something a bit off about wanting to promote a sexualized but also childlike "actor" that can never tell its creators or users "no."
September 19, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Tilly Norwood, like Bryan Johnston and the glasses eugenics couple, are just fronts for PR firms that specialize in filling inches on slow news days
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This is definitely worth a read but the headline oddly implies that Pinker ever had a way to lose. He was on Steve Sailer's Human Biodiversity Institute mailing list in the late 1990s. He's an Epstein associate. He's an evolutionary psychologist. www.thenerve.news/p/steven-pin...
From celebrity intellectual to anti-woke outlaw: how Steven Pinker lost his way
The pop psycholgist’s new book seems to betray a lurking fear of others’ criticism – about his Epstein links, his manosphere admirers and his discredited former field of study, writes Virginia Heffern...
www.thenerve.news
September 19, 2026 at 3:01 PM
This is definitely worth a read but the headline oddly implies that Pinker ever had a way to lose. He was on Steve Sailer's Human Biodiversity Institute mailing list in the late 1990s. He's an Epstein associate. He's an evolutionary psychologist. www.thenerve.news/p/steven-pin...
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"In past conflicts, preparing lists of proposed targets — work that includes assessing how they align with an operation’s objectives — had taken hours for staffers to complete. Ahead of the US attack on Iran, much of that work was condensed into several minutes via Maven," a Palantir AI system.
HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.
www.bloomberg.com
September 18, 2026 at 10:04 PM
"In past conflicts, preparing lists of proposed targets — work that includes assessing how they align with an operation’s objectives — had taken hours for staffers to complete. Ahead of the US attack on Iran, much of that work was condensed into several minutes via Maven," a Palantir AI system.
what I published this week: $5000 checks, impeachment, depressing poetry, and more! www.everythingishorrible.net/p/this-weeks...
This Week’s Writing 9/19/26
Midterm voting has started...
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September 19, 2026 at 2:42 PM
what I published this week: $5000 checks, impeachment, depressing poetry, and more! www.everythingishorrible.net/p/this-weeks...
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5. Salazar is outraged by the injustice, I suppose, despite voting for legislation that funded ICE to the tune of $75 billion, some of which the agency is now using to purchase electric shock gloves.
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-ele...
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-ele...
ICE grants $16.7 million contract to buy thousands of electric shock gloves
ICE has granted a $16.7 million no-bid contract for 6,000 gloves that can deliver electric shocks, a new use-of-force tool that the agency claims will help officers control resisting detainees.
www.cbsnews.com
September 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM
5. Salazar is outraged by the injustice, I suppose, despite voting for legislation that funded ICE to the tune of $75 billion, some of which the agency is now using to purchase electric shock gloves.
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-ele...
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-ele...
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4. She is outraged, I guess, despite supporting a candidate who promised to stop the "poisoning of the blood of our country," and despite Republican conventioneers waving signs that read "MASS DEPORTATIONS NOW."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
September 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM
4. She is outraged, I guess, despite supporting a candidate who promised to stop the "poisoning of the blood of our country," and despite Republican conventioneers waving signs that read "MASS DEPORTATIONS NOW."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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A Hispanic Republican in Florida is facing her FAFO moment. A THREAD.
1. María Elvira Salazar, a Republican in Miami, made news when she posted an ad condemning Donald Trump's purge.
"Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far," she said, adding: "the same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed.”
"Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far," she said, adding: "the same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed.”
September 19, 2026 at 1:29 PM
A Hispanic Republican in Florida is facing her FAFO moment. A THREAD.
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AR02 YES YES YES
September 18, 2026 at 8:09 PM
AR02 YES YES YES