Matt Bernardini

Earth, Philadelphia

Journalist at Freelance

Journalist @intel_online

Articles

Who's Afraid of the Word 'Oligarch'?

1 week ago | bylinesupplement.com | Matt Bernardini

It’s not an election year, but you wouldn’t know it from the massive crowds across America. With Bernie Sanders speaking again to thousands of enthusiastic fans, you might think it was 2016 or 2020 again. But no instead this is 2025 and Sanders is on his Fighting Oligarchy Tour, barnstorming the country and highlighting the extreme wealth inequality that we face in America and how to deal with it.
EXCLUSIVE: How Trump's 2020 Reelection Campaign Planned and Implemented the Hunter Biden Laptop Op

2 weeks ago | washingtonbabylondc.com | Matt Bernardini

On October 14, 2020, less than three weeks before the presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the New York Post published a front-page story on the squalid contents found on a laptop computer that had been discarded 18 months earlier by Hunter Biden, the black sheep son of the Democratic nominee.
The Abolish ICE Movement Grows

2 weeks ago | bylinesupplement.com | Matt Bernardini

Thanks to Donald Trump’s cruel immigration policies, one of the most well-known people in America currently sits in El Salvador. Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who has lived in the US for nearly 15 years, was illegally deported to the Central American country despite not having been charged with a crime. Even though the Trump administration admitted in court that his deportation was a mistake, they refuse to get him back.
Trump's Chaos is Hitting Ordinary Americans Where it Hurts - In Their 401(k)s

1 month ago | bylinesupplement.com | Matt Bernardini

America took most of us on a roller coaster ride in the last week, as the entire stock market looked like a meme stock bouncing up and down. Trump’s tariff plan was implemented, caused a massive market drop, was then repealed (except for China), causing a market rebound, followed by another drop. And while much of this affects mainly the richest Americans, the economic uncertainty that has exploded under Trump is causing stress for many working Americans.
Trump's Tariffs: How to Lose Friends and Impoverish Americans

1 month ago | bylinesupplement.com | Matt Bernardini

Amidst all of the Trump campaign propaganda about how bad Joe Biden’s economy was and how the Donald would be the only person to ‘make it great again,’ one comment from Elon Musk that went almost unnoticed, might end up being the only true thing this administration ever says. A week before the election, Musk told voters to brace for temporary hardship if Trump’s policies were implemented. “We have to reduce spending to live within our means,” Musk said during a town hall on X.
The Real Art of the Deal: How Trump Handed the Winning Cards to Putin

1 month ago | bylinesupplement.com | Byline Supplement |Matt Bernardini

Over the last few weeks, many in Europe and especially Ukraine, have watched in horror as the United States has turned its back on many of the post World War II alliances that created such a close bond with the continent. With regard to Europe’s biggest geopolitical issue, the war in Ukraine, many of Washington’s top officials have aligned themselves with the Kremlin. This has created concern in Kyiv about how much longer Ukraine can fend off Russia without support from the US.
Donald Trump, Russian Reporters and Compliant Stenographers

2 months ago | bylinesupplement.com | Byline Supplement |Matt Bernardini

Much of the world watched in horror as President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office last week. Trump unleashed a torrent of lies about Ukraine not wanting to end the war, and Vance told Zelensky he had not expressed gratitude for the help America has given. Zelensky has, but you’d be more likely to know that if you lived in Europe, because Trump has continued to hammer the American media into submission.
The Plan to Destroy America's Soft Power

Feb 9, 2025 | bylinesupplement.com | Byline Supplement |Matt Bernardini

Many Europeans I know are watching in horror as the United States Government destroys itself from the inside. Co-Presidents Donald Trump and Elon Musk have quickly worked to hollow out key Government agencies and install only loyalists who will not push back against them. Unfortunately, the damage that is being done will not only affect Americans, but those who believe in democracy across the globe.
How the Democrats Can Win Back Power in America

Jan 27, 2025 | bylinesupplement.com | Byline Supplement |Matt Bernardini

This past week, American news coverage has been dominated by the litany of actions that Donald Trump has already taken to consolidate his power and further turn America into an oligarchy. It’s hard to believe that it’s only been a week. The next four years may feel like an eternity. And while it’s difficult to imagine, there will, likely, be an election in 2028. Democrats will need to be ready to take back power and reverse the right-wing shift that America is undergoing.
The Rise of Muskenstein's Monster

Jan 11, 2025 | bylinesupplement.com | Byline Supplement |Matt Bernardini

A few days ago Elon Musk announced a change to the X algorithm that he claims will promote more entertaining content and diminish the number of negative posts. That’s rich coming from the guy who spent the entire US election cycle fear-mongering about immigrants (of which he is one), gender affirming care, and anything else that could help Donald Trump. Now just as Trump is about to take office, Musk wants to change all that and make sure that people have a more rosy view of the world.