David Bernknopf
@mediadavid.bsky.social
Writer and news video producer floating around Colorado.
created February 7, 2024
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David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reply parent
This is really RFK Jr at his core. The experts have been lying to you forever and only the critics understand Polio shots clean water food inspections mean nothing because the overall system to him is worthless. only the critics know how to fix it
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Maybe someone can help me understand how the "revelation" That Trump was a deep state FBI informant is going to go down well with his supporters
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reply parent
Is brewing? A little late to the party since the article concedes most states have already passed legislation on this matter.
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
I don't know what people are expecting to see when President Trump makes his announcement this afternoon but it's going to be someone who looks and sounds very much like he did last week
Cosmic Marvel (@dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social) reposted
Graham Greene has sadly passed away at the age of 73. He played Skully in ‘Echo’
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reposted
Having read all White House pool reports for the past 2 days It is true president Trump went to his golf club in Virginia both days. he spent several hours there. The White House says he golfed but the pool never saw him golf It's possible reporters were kept away from the golfing president.
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Charles was a gentleman through and through, not to mention a clear-headed reporter. I enjoyed every story I worked on with him.
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Having read all White House pool reports for the past 2 days It is true president Trump went to his golf club in Virginia both days. he spent several hours there. The White House says he golfed but the pool never saw him golf It's possible reporters were kept away from the golfing president.
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reply parent
If she said the president's actions prevented an alien invasion of Earth and the interviewer said 'just to be clear You're saying aliens were about to invade?' Would that be a useful exchange?
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reply parent
There is a kind of weak follow up but this is a real serious challenge to mainstream media The administration person makes up a totally false story and then you say well just to clarify are you sticking with your false story? I don't see how that interchange is either fair or helpful to the audience
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
When will everyone realize that you must take Trump literally when it comes to these kinds of matters every single thing is a commodity that can be bought and sold in his mind Gaza postwar plan envisions ‘voluntary’ relocation of entire population www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Rfkjr wants to make all vaccines expensive harder to get eventually impossible to get . A CDC dir.who thought she could work within the system gave up and quit today. We are facing the elimination of choice
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
The old line is that a prosecutor can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich . in this case the sandwich won. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
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David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
I guess this will lead the network newscasts ...tonight Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey are engaged
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
the president claims the right to declare civil or criminal emergencies based solely on his belief anywhere in the United States and to then deploy US military including a new military rapid reaction force and other federal policing agencies to those cities even if local and state officials object
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reposted
Any organization or government entity that rids itself of everyone who might offer an opinion different than the leader is doomed and guaranteed to fail. there is no other possible outcome over time
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Any organization or government entity that rids itself of everyone who might offer an opinion different than the leader is doomed and guaranteed to fail. there is no other possible outcome over time
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Calistoga wildfire
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Major industrial shutdown hits Georgia by international paper International Paper announces closure of Savannah, Riceboro locations share.google/Ac3cz9kyFH91...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
I fear I'm repeating myself but again there was no significant progress made between Trump and Putin and reporters who got caught up in Trump's words again are learning that they are just that... Words with no real significance www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
There is no deal with Putin there will be no deal with Putin u.s troops will not participate in security guarantees for Ukraine Why did journalists spend yesterday acting like there was some great development? it was just more of the same
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
From the surrogates it's clear we are back to Trump telling zelensky that Putin has all the cards and he has to give up and that its not our war and we're done with it. whether the European leaders can move Trump is not as clear Trump's tough talk and threats against Putin seem to have evaporated
The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) reposted
Exclusive: An internal planning road map obtained by The Post shows the strategy behind ICE’s breakneck expansion, a chaotic effort that has already triggered lawsuits and accusations of cruelty. wapo.st/41FWkck
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
I would guess the chances of Trump agreeing to use US forces as part any sort of definitive security guarantee for Ukraine are approaching absolute zero
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
One thing that's consistent about the Trump administration and that is whatever Trump says today makes what he said yesterday invisible
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reply parent
And now Trump is back to just doing whatever Putin wants. this is a psychology that still awaits a clear answer
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
None of these lost documents imperil US security but leaving them on a hotel copying machine is a sign of extraordinary sloppiness Also calling the Captain Cook a four-star hotel is insanely generous. www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
It's difficult for experienced reporters & pundits to cover Trump because their instinct is to treat what a president says with some seriousness & to analyze & examine it but Trump just says things as a tactic to move the conversation along & often doesn't mean what he says.analyzing it is pointless
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reply parent
It was even worse than my minimal predictions. I thought Putin would throw Trump an inconsequential small bone but it was the opposite Putin didn't even seem to try very hard to make Trump look good
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
The number of cable pundits who are in record time being proven wrong today is quite stunning as details leak out about how badly yesterday's meeting went. Smerconish for instance should bury his head somewhere
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
The berries were beautiful at the farmers market
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reply parent
It's so much worse than I expected because it turns out Trump agreed with Putin that there needs to be a full settlement without ceasefire which to Putin means total victory over Ukraine and no end to the fighting until that point. But maybe Trump will change his position two more times this week
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Over the next day or so we're going to learn details that will put today's Trump Putin meeting and even worse light Trump perhaps really believed that he was charming/threatening Putin into some sort of settlement. Putin told Trump he was a genius but wouldn't give an inch on anything substantive
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
It's not that I feel sorry for President Trump but I do think today was a shocking realization for him that his personal diplomacy and wisdom about others failed so completely. Today was even less than I expected as Putin didn't even care to toss him a small bone. Amazing
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
There is virtually no chance Trump will significantly criticize Putin or concede that this meeting was anything but a huge success as far as Ukraine goes I predict Trump will announce Putin will meet zelenski at some undefined point in the future that will never be clarified
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reposted
For the curious the air base where Trump and Putin will meet is just on the northern side of Anchorage The surroundings are quite beautiful to the north, east and west and the base is surrounded by special moose fences that allow moose to come and go safely
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reposted
My prediction for the Trump Putin summit they'll announce some sort of outline of deals perhaps on trade rare earth minerals or even nuclear weapons but nothing definitive on Ukraine just more promises from Putin to talk more
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
My prediction for the Trump Putin summit they'll announce some sort of outline of deals perhaps on trade rare earth minerals or even nuclear weapons but nothing definitive on Ukraine just more promises from Putin to talk more
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
For the curious the air base where Trump and Putin will meet is just on the northern side of Anchorage The surroundings are quite beautiful to the north, east and west and the base is surrounded by special moose fences that allow moose to come and go safely
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
OMG President Trump is actually offering to give Alaska back to Russia or at least parts of it Trump may offer Putin minerals access in exchange for peace, Telegraph reports share.google/pavgaltkDPhh...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Of all the musicians in the world clearly KISS is at the top of the list deserving a Kennedy center award They had two top 10 songs in their entire career
FinTwitter (@fintwitter.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: New BLS Leader EJ Antoni Proposes To Pause Monthly Jobs Data Reports 📝🇺🇸
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
This is reality . if you like it you probably see a different America than I do Pentagon plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrest www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reply parent
This is terrible. does his staff live with him there or have they all been murdered trying to make it home?
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reply parent
Something does seem to be wrong cognitively
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
I guess China wasn't really a national security threat after all and it's ok to sell them advanced computer chips????
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Doug Burgum on Fox News lies that DC is "one of the most dangerous cities in the world."
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
When you move FBI agents and DEA agents away from their regular jobs to walk around the mall in DC there is the possibility of a slight decrease in crime risk combined with a certainty that the jobs those folks were hired to do are now going undone
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
I am really looking forward to seeing the land in Ukraine that Russia currently controls if Putin is willing to walk away from
NBC News (@nbcnews.com) reposted
The U.S. Air Force is denying early retirement to all transgender service members with between 15 and 18 years of military service, opting instead to force them out with no retirement benefits, according to a memo seen by Reuters.
Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) reposted
Fed’l prosecutors dismissed charges against a Florida woman whose lawyer is Brad Bondi, the AG’s brother. The client is a former GOP lawmaker accused of Covid relief fraud. abcnews.go.com/US/woman-acc...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Here's a new one. Stuck motionless in tunnel on dia train About 10 minutes so far @dia airport
The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) reposted
Breaking news: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asked the state’s high court to remove a top Democratic lawmaker from office, arguing he had abandoned his job by leading dozens of his colleagues out of state to block a plan to redraw the state’s congressional map.
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reply parent
But he most certainly is not anti vaccine
Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) reposted
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Say what you will but she probably knows more about modern communication then you or me www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reply parent
This is true
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reposted
I love this new banger from wet leg even if it is kind of a mean song youtu.be/6K17bQZ4H58?...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Confusing shooting situation ongoing in the Augusta Georgia area right now 4 shot, 1 dead in shooting near Meadowbrook Drive share.google/5Va3aQctLi4Y...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
I love this new banger from wet leg even if it is kind of a mean song youtu.be/6K17bQZ4H58?...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
My first and last pirates game because Paul Skenes is worth the money
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Baseball with Paul Skenes
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Tragedy in a small Montana town outside of Butte share.google/j9vtE4ewKt8D...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Oasis zoom's past Taylor Swift and Coldplay at Wembley Oasis Fans Set Beer Record at Wembley: 250,000 Pints a Night share.google/j70JJZTw4aXg...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Paul Krugman has an important point today tariffs are not responsible for the weakness in job creation. Uncertainty over economic policy is likely the cause
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
I'm happy to announce that in a few months, My very first novel will be available. It's a workplace comedy with the serious undertones of the challenges facing the journalism and media worlds today
ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted
New: Lawmakers only budgeted $40 million of the nearly $800 million that districts say is needed to fix and maintain schools to keep them safe and operating. Gov. Mike Dunleavy then vetoed more than a third of that. By @emilyschwing.bsky.social
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Homeland security has people sheltering in place just outside of Colorado springs Shelter-in-place order issued in Black Forest | Local News | gazette.com share.google/7MtSNDRE6Fio...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
If it wasn't for bots there'd be no internet at all
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reply parent
Local officials love to credit themselves with innovative reasons for the decline but most likely is a return to normal declines seen before the upheaval of COVID sent crime rates soaring
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Baltimore got a lot of publicity recently for a decline in homicide rates but it turns out they're in the middle of the pack and Denver reports the biggest decline counciloncj.org/crime-trends...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Not what I expected from indie band the Beths but a fantastic emotional song youtu.be/v71QgHSMpnk?...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Justin Trudeau, Katy Perry spotted dining together at high-end Montreal restaurant | CBC News share.google/hR8xkqdpLROv...
FinTwitter (@fintwitter.bsky.social) reposted
China and the U.S. have agreed to extend the pause on the 24% part of the reciprocal tariffs of the U.S. side and the countermeasures on the Chinese side, said Li Chenggang, China's International Trade Representative, after two days of China-U.S. talks in Stockholm, Sweden.
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Give in and this will continue www.washingtonpost.com/education/20... Course it might continue even if you don't give in
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
P&G's price hikes "have been communicated to retailers such as Walmart and Target and are in the mid-single digits across categories, a spokesperson said, and will be seen on shelves starting in August." @reuters.com $PG www.reuters.com/business/pro...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
I'm wondering if the Coldplay CEO has really thought this lawsuit through .maybe they don't have to do depositions in his country
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reply parent
In this case I'd say as opposed to entertainment and personality-driven material
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
It might serve as Air Force One for a year or two then it will become President Trump's plane and the entire cost of fixing it up will be born by taxpayers. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
So, as I suspected, the police response to the shootings of Democratic elected officials in Minnesota was actually a complete disaster www.startribune.com/new-details-...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
What do you do when you don't have a fully realized idea for a sequel to a big movie but think there's an audience for one? Fill time with as many cameos as you can. witness happy Gilmore and spinal tap #fanservice
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
The ease with which a coordinated consistent propaganda line can convince people these days is quite impressive. Getting even 30% of Americans to see Ghislane Maxwell as a victim or a trustworthy source is incredible and sad.
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Israeli and US intelligence now agree Iran bombing campaign was about as successful as they could hope The 12 days that turned back the clock on Iran’s nuclear program www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
GBH lays off 13 staff at American Experience, pauses production of new documentaries | GBH share.google/6A2Q41Qlm9P5... This is sad and depressing because American experience is a consistently fascinating show not to mention unique.
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reply parent
I have total faith in his plan I will gladly await a government authorized meal plan system sending appropriate food directly to my home
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
The head of the FCC in a statement says one of the reasons the sky dance Paramount merger was approved was because of promised changes to CBS News
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reposted
And look at where cuts to public broadcasting will have devastating consequences www.linkedin.com/posts/david-...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
And look at where cuts to public broadcasting will have devastating consequences www.linkedin.com/posts/david-...
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www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reposted
A story I helped cover when in Alaska, congresswoman Mary Peltola's husband died in a plane crash in an overloaded single engine Piper. he made a terrible mistake by attaching moose antlers to one of the wing struts share.google/xpT5rvSFzym8...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
A story I helped cover when in Alaska, congresswoman Mary Peltola's husband died in a plane crash in an overloaded single engine Piper. he made a terrible mistake by attaching moose antlers to one of the wing struts share.google/xpT5rvSFzym8...
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reply parent
2 of 2 The huge challenge is whether the audience will come to brands that are old fashioned and traditional in large enough numbers to make this plan work. CNN is in the same boat. But I understand the need to try and to do it quickly.
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reply parent
My take on this is that the Post has decided it really can't make money or survive by doing straight news. it doesn't want to totally obliterate the news brand so it's going to try to create other information-like spaces that don't have to follow traditional journalistic rules. 1 of 2
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
This announcement feels pretty meaningless. first of all who wants to buy a dying asset? Second he doesn't say he is selling his ownership as part of this so what are people really buying?
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reposted
Chicago
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reply parent
Congrats....I hope to catch up soon.
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social)
Chicago
David Bernknopf (@mediadavid.bsky.social) reposted
These cuts to public radio will devastate small stations particularly in Alaska and New Mexico Montana and South Dakota places with very few other options for news and information www.nytimes.com/interactive/...