Kevin Dupuy
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I will not be tolerated. My life is international politics, travel, & @KelsaPellettiere.com. Still a moderate libertarian… I know. I voted against myself one time.
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An Elephant on Our Chest
America’s descent into being a state without free expression was quick, and eventually will affect us all.
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New from me: it’s been hard to write anything about what’s going on in America this last week, but we’ve moved from “threat to free speech” to “a state that actively restricts political speech” very quickly. https://www.kevinyeaux.com/p/an-elephant-on-our-chest
I don’t watch daytime CNN all that often but I’m working in my home office today and they have a tweet/text “thread” on the side of the screen. That’s very early 2010s.
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I don’t watch daytime CNN all that often but I’m working in my home office today and they have a tweet/text “thread” on the side of the screen. That’s very early 2010s.
This is the case all across corporate America right now… literally humans writing emails and then having ChatGPT or Copilot rewrite them (which makes them worse) just so they can say that they are using AI to enhance their workflow.
i have heard tell of a company telling studios to implement some form of AI in their process (doesn't matter what) so that they can tell their bosses AI is being used to make a show
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is the case all across corporate America right now… literally humans writing emails and then having ChatGPT or Copilot rewrite them (which makes them worse) just so they can say that they are using AI to enhance their workflow.
Keating is… Keating so you kinda have to take this skeptically, though then again I think we could absolutely see Keating telling Whitlam that. PM Albanese today also referred to the removal of Whitlam as “a calculated plot” by Australian conservatives.
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Keating is… Keating so you kinda have to take this skeptically, though then again I think we could absolutely see Keating telling Whitlam that. PM Albanese today also referred to the removal of Whitlam as “a calculated plot” by Australian conservatives.
Update: @kelsapellettiere.com walked and went “Kevin, what the fuck?”
And yes I am watching all four hours of the 1983 Australian miniseries that dramatized the events of that day, “The Dismissal,” in commemoration.
My wife hasn’t walked in to find this out yet, but I’m sure she’ll be delighted when she does.
My wife hasn’t walked in to find this out yet, but I’m sure she’ll be delighted when she does.
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Update: @kelsapellettiere.com walked and went “Kevin, what the fuck?”
And yes I am watching all four hours of the 1983 Australian miniseries that dramatized the events of that day, “The Dismissal,” in commemoration.
My wife hasn’t walked in to find this out yet, but I’m sure she’ll be delighted when she does.
My wife hasn’t walked in to find this out yet, but I’m sure she’ll be delighted when she does.
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
And yes I am watching all four hours of the 1983 Australian miniseries that dramatized the events of that day, “The Dismissal,” in commemoration.
My wife hasn’t walked in to find this out yet, but I’m sure she’ll be delighted when she does.
My wife hasn’t walked in to find this out yet, but I’m sure she’ll be delighted when she does.
I would also add the prorogation of parliament in Canada in 2008 by Michaëlle Jean to save Stephen Harper’s minority government, though it’s not as well remembered.
But both are why I’m really annoying whenever anyone says the British monarchy is “symbolic” and doesn’t have any “real power.”
But both are why I’m really annoying whenever anyone says the British monarchy is “symbolic” and doesn’t have any “real power.”
Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the removal of Gough Whitlam as Australian prime minister by the Governor-General John Kerr. It remains one of the most controversial exercises of power by a head of state in a Westminster-based parliamentary democracy.
Four Corners: The Dismissal Of Gough Whitlam On The 11th Of November, 1975
YouTube video by THAT'S INTERESTING
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November 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I would also add the prorogation of parliament in Canada in 2008 by Michaëlle Jean to save Stephen Harper’s minority government, though it’s not as well remembered.
But both are why I’m really annoying whenever anyone says the British monarchy is “symbolic” and doesn’t have any “real power.”
But both are why I’m really annoying whenever anyone says the British monarchy is “symbolic” and doesn’t have any “real power.”
Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the removal of Gough Whitlam as Australian prime minister by the Governor-General John Kerr. It remains one of the most controversial exercises of power by a head of state in a Westminster-based parliamentary democracy.
Four Corners: The Dismissal Of Gough Whitlam On The 11th Of November, 1975
YouTube video by THAT'S INTERESTING
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the removal of Gough Whitlam as Australian prime minister by the Governor-General John Kerr. It remains one of the most controversial exercises of power by a head of state in a Westminster-based parliamentary democracy.
To be clear: politically, should the Dems cave? No. They aren’t getting the blame for this shutdown and their base is going to be furious.
As a matter of, you know, governance? I genuinely don’t think it should have happened in the first place. Sorry.
As a matter of, you know, governance? I genuinely don’t think it should have happened in the first place. Sorry.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
To be clear: politically, should the Dems cave? No. They aren’t getting the blame for this shutdown and their base is going to be furious.
As a matter of, you know, governance? I genuinely don’t think it should have happened in the first place. Sorry.
As a matter of, you know, governance? I genuinely don’t think it should have happened in the first place. Sorry.
The same people that were dunking on Jeffries for being “too on message about health care” a month ago are now screaming about health care, when what they want is to keep the govt shut down to punish Trump.
My Trump-hating credentials can’t be challenged. I don’t think the shutdown is productive.
My Trump-hating credentials can’t be challenged. I don’t think the shutdown is productive.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The same people that were dunking on Jeffries for being “too on message about health care” a month ago are now screaming about health care, when what they want is to keep the govt shut down to punish Trump.
My Trump-hating credentials can’t be challenged. I don’t think the shutdown is productive.
My Trump-hating credentials can’t be challenged. I don’t think the shutdown is productive.
If the Dems withheld votes to fund until they got legislated restraints on the White House’s power, I’d say keep it shut down. Instead they were fighting over extending already-expiring temporary subsidies. It was always a weird play that worked for them b/c Americans blamed Trump for the shutdown.
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If the Dems withheld votes to fund until they got legislated restraints on the White House’s power, I’d say keep it shut down. Instead they were fighting over extending already-expiring temporary subsidies. It was always a weird play that worked for them b/c Americans blamed Trump for the shutdown.
Unpopular opinion time: shutdowns are bad, even if it politically hurt the wanna-be authoritarian president. The Dems never had a plan going into this shutdown, so caving now with just the promise of a vote is about what I would have expected.
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Unpopular opinion time: shutdowns are bad, even if it politically hurt the wanna-be authoritarian president. The Dems never had a plan going into this shutdown, so caving now with just the promise of a vote is about what I would have expected.
One thing we see in parliamentary democracies is great opposition leaders are rarely good government leaders.
One benefit of America’s system is that you don’t have a designated opposition leader, and we choose our presidential nominees right before the election.
Newsom is a great oppo leader.
One benefit of America’s system is that you don’t have a designated opposition leader, and we choose our presidential nominees right before the election.
Newsom is a great oppo leader.
Newsom: Anyone checked out my Patriot store? We do have some knee pads. It’s a signature series. They’re sold out at the moment. The universities, and all these law firms, and certain media organizations—I figured they can use these.
November 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
One thing we see in parliamentary democracies is great opposition leaders are rarely good government leaders.
One benefit of America’s system is that you don’t have a designated opposition leader, and we choose our presidential nominees right before the election.
Newsom is a great oppo leader.
One benefit of America’s system is that you don’t have a designated opposition leader, and we choose our presidential nominees right before the election.
Newsom is a great oppo leader.
Canada’s Conservatives are falling apart, as MP Matt Jeneroux decides to leave parliament just months after being re-elected. He had previously been linked to potentially defecting to the Liberals, one day after another former Tory MP did
Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux denies coercion played a role in his resignation | CBC News
Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux announced Thursday he is resigning from the House of Commons, contrary to speculation he was preparing to defect to the Liberals.
www.cbc.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Canada’s Conservatives are falling apart, as MP Matt Jeneroux decides to leave parliament just months after being re-elected. He had previously been linked to potentially defecting to the Liberals, one day after another former Tory MP did
Statement from the Mississippi Democrats on tonight’s special election results
November 5, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Statement from the Mississippi Democrats on tonight’s special election results
Mississippi updates: 2-2 for the parties so far, each leading in one of the remaining two competitive seats.
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Mississippi updates: 2-2 for the parties so far, each leading in one of the remaining two competitive seats.
I mean there’s literally no good news I can find for the GOP tonight. No silver lining. They might keep their supermajority in Mississippi… might. And that’s not exactly an accomplishment.
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I mean there’s literally no good news I can find for the GOP tonight. No silver lining. They might keep their supermajority in Mississippi… might. And that’s not exactly an accomplishment.
Of the six competitive Mississippi state senate races tonight, it’s currently 3-3 in leads across both parties. If that holds, that would be a net +2 for the Democrats. Still close on many of them.
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Of the six competitive Mississippi state senate races tonight, it’s currently 3-3 in leads across both parties. If that holds, that would be a net +2 for the Democrats. Still close on many of them.
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Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
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A package of conservative-backed election reforms is crashing to defeat 41-59 with Maine voters, with half the vote counted. It would have curtailed absentee voting and dropboxes and instituted voter photo ID. The vote had been expected to be a lot closer.
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A package of conservative-backed election reforms is crashing to defeat 41-59 with Maine voters, with half the vote counted. It would have curtailed absentee voting and dropboxes and instituted voter photo ID. The vote had been expected to be a lot closer.
Since 2016, the Republicans lost every single national election (and barely scraped by in the House in 2022) except 2024. Trump CAN BE popular mainly as an opposition figure when he’s out of office, Trumpism as it is expressed in their takeover of the GOP is not.
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Since 2016, the Republicans lost every single national election (and barely scraped by in the House in 2022) except 2024. Trump CAN BE popular mainly as an opposition figure when he’s out of office, Trumpism as it is expressed in their takeover of the GOP is not.
Every election the Republicans lose or massively underperform in - which is every single national election since 2016 bar 2024, he says it’s because he “wasn’t on the ballot.”
At some point he must realize it’s not really boasting to say you have zero transferable political capital.
At some point he must realize it’s not really boasting to say you have zero transferable political capital.
This Donald Trump post says the government shutdown is one of the reasons Republicans are losing today’s elections.
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Every election the Republicans lose or massively underperform in - which is every single national election since 2016 bar 2024, he says it’s because he “wasn’t on the ballot.”
At some point he must realize it’s not really boasting to say you have zero transferable political capital.
At some point he must realize it’s not really boasting to say you have zero transferable political capital.
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
Meanwhile in Canada, Mark Carney’s minority government is one seat closer to a majority as a Conservative MP defects to the Liberals, and says other moderate Conservatives are considering it as well. Two more defections would give Carney a majority.
Conservative MP joins Canada’s Liberal government, moving Carney closer to majority government
The stunning twist brings the prime minister one step closer to a secure hold on the office until 2029.
www.politico.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Meanwhile in Canada, Mark Carney’s minority government is one seat closer to a majority as a Conservative MP defects to the Liberals, and says other moderate Conservatives are considering it as well. Two more defections would give Carney a majority.
Two Republican seats in the Mississippi Senate that are heavily competitive, one Dems are in the lead, other they are close.
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Two Republican seats in the Mississippi Senate that are heavily competitive, one Dems are in the lead, other they are close.