Ronald Brownstein
@RonBrownstein
Brownstein, a 2-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, senior CNN political analyst & author of NYT best-seller Rock Me on the Water
#RockMeOnTheWater: how @JacksonBrowne, Linda Ronstadt, the Eagles; Beatty, Nicholson, @Janefonda, Spielberg, Altman; @TheNormanLear Carroll O'Connor, James L. Brooks, Mary Tyler Moore, Jerry Brown & more transformed music, movies, TV & politics in 1974 LA harpercollins.com/products/rock-…
Important thoughts from U.S. former ambassador to Hungary, 2022-25. Gift link: nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opi…
“Here, too, powerful people are responding to authoritarian advances just as their Hungarian counterparts have — not with defiance, but with capitulation, convinced that they can maintain their independence and stay above the fray”. nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opi… via @NYTOpinion
“To the stewards of our nation’s great cultural and commercial institutions: Don’t dupe yourselves. The illusion that you are smarter than the strongman, that you’ll outmaneuver him with silent cleverness, is just that — an illusion.”
“Here, too, powerful people are responding to authoritarian advances just as their Hungarian counterparts have — not with defiance, but with capitulation, convinced that they can maintain their independence and stay above the fray”. nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opi… via @NYTOpinion
“Here, too, powerful people are responding to authoritarian advances just as their Hungarian counterparts have — not with defiance, but with capitulation, convinced that they can maintain their independence and stay above the fray”. nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opi… via @NYTOpinion
Marc Andreessen identified a real problem when he said White working-class communities have less opportunity today, writes @RonBrownstein. But that's not because of Black or Hispanic kids and the DEI policies that elevate them, it's something else.🎁 link: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Black & Hispanic kids account for only about 1/5 of students on most selective campuses per @GeorgetownCEW, only ~1/2 their share of overall student body. Like blue collar white kids they are victims of compounding inequalities that favor affluent kids in elite school admissions
Marc Andreessen identified a real problem when he said White working-class communities have less opportunity today, writes @RonBrownstein. But that's not because of Black or Hispanic kids bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Marc Andreessen identified a real problem when he said White working-class communities have less opportunity today, writes @RonBrownstein. But that's not because of Black or Hispanic kids bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
.@portereduardo on leaving WaPo Opinion: "Jeff Bezos [is] taking the paper down a path I cannot follow, directed toward relentless promotion of free markets...unflinching in patriotism &...optimism about the US. In my view, this layering of dogma undermines critical thinking."
NEW -- MAGA is absolutely on track to embrace a Maxwell pardon (assuming she doesn't implicate Trump). @willsommer (the essential reporter on this storyline) with the latest. thebulwark.com/p/maga-inches-…
Britney Spears proves that with enough time any dog can make it. Although she hasn’t tasted cold Scottish weather yet 😅😅😅(6/7)
Let me guess, full pardon if she says Trump is innocent?
Justice demands courage. For the first time, the Department of Justice is reaching out to Ghislaine Maxwell to ask: what do you know? At @AGPamBondi’s direction, I’ve contacted her counsel. I intend to meet with her soon. No one is above the law—and no lead is off-limits.
Excellent article by Margaret MacMillan on the costs and consequences of US's deliberate undermining of its alliances. foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…
G.M. Profit Shrinks on Billion-Dollar Tariff Hit nytimes.com/2025/07/22/bus… via @NYTimes
The White House is explicitly saying it can kick out of the press pool any publication that doesn’t bow and scrape to the president’s whims. This is nothing but a blanket confession that the administration is retaliating for news coverage that displeases the president — and it is…
Janice Joplin and Peter Tork - Monterey Pop Fest. 1967
Pause to consider that this is who we have become.
"Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs" according to a {Human Rights Watch} report." theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
The latest reminder that #climate change doesn’t care if we believe in it or not: “The new threat of flash flooding comes on the heels of a "flash flood emergency" that was issued on Saturday for northern Washington, D.C.” apple.news/ASm9gCB1kR326Z…
In just the last day, Colbert was cancelled, PBS and NPR were defunded, and Trump threatened to sue even conservative outlets like the Wall Street Journal and NewsCorp over revelations related to Epstein. It sure looks like an open attempt at authoritarian control of the media.
This is part of the EPA directly responsible for gathering the health and impact data that are used to set safe limits for chemical and pollution exposure. Without those efforts, it will be near impossible for EPA to set any new standards for anything.
Breaking News: The EPA said it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of scientists, after denying that it intended to do so. nyti.ms/4500xIU
This should definitely calm things down
BREAKING: Justice Department fires SDNY federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, who played key role prosecuting Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, per @eorden politico.com/news/2025/07/1…
Map shows more than 1,300 measles cases across U.S. as outbreak grows cbsn.ws/40j15YU