Kevin Dupuy
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I will not be tolerated. My life is international politics, travel, & @KelsaPellettiere.com. Some call me a “recovering libertarian,” but I’m more like a functioning libertarian. I voted against myself one time.
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Kevin Dupuy
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· Sep 18
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
The DOJ is having a normal one today.
December 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The DOJ is having a normal one today.
I’m dressed up all Christmas-y even though it’s 73 outside and feels like mid-May.
December 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I’m dressed up all Christmas-y even though it’s 73 outside and feels like mid-May.
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What's endlessly frustrating is that Trump has done nothing in the last year that he didn't openly campaign on doing if he regained the presidency, but checked-out voters didn't bother paying attention, and lots of politically informed voters refused to believe him. So much rotten ignorance.
December 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM
What's endlessly frustrating is that Trump has done nothing in the last year that he didn't openly campaign on doing if he regained the presidency, but checked-out voters didn't bother paying attention, and lots of politically informed voters refused to believe him. So much rotten ignorance.
So we had my parents up for an early Christmas today when Amazon delivered a package and the driver walked it to my backyard rather than leaving it at the door, which led to this amazing photo on the delivery email.
December 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM
So we had my parents up for an early Christmas today when Amazon delivered a package and the driver walked it to my backyard rather than leaving it at the door, which led to this amazing photo on the delivery email.
Alberta has a very low bar to getting a citizen’s referendum on the ballot and the court case and laws have cleared the way, so it seems all but certain Canada will have their first provincial separatist vote in 30 years next year. They might have two: the PQ have promised another Quebec vote too.
December 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Alberta has a very low bar to getting a citizen’s referendum on the ballot and the court case and laws have cleared the way, so it seems all but certain Canada will have their first provincial separatist vote in 30 years next year. They might have two: the PQ have promised another Quebec vote too.
Alberta govt approved a potential separatist referendum question, launching a four-month petition clock for the Yes campaign to get 178k signatures to put it on the ballot in 2026;
“Do you agree that the province of Alberta should cease to be a part of Canada to become an independent state?”
“Do you agree that the province of Alberta should cease to be a part of Canada to become an independent state?”
Proposed Alberta separation referendum question approved | Globalnews.ca
Elections Alberta has approved the proposed referendum question, 'Do you agree that the province of Alberta should cease to be a part of Canada to become an independent state?'
globalnews.ca
December 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Alberta govt approved a potential separatist referendum question, launching a four-month petition clock for the Yes campaign to get 178k signatures to put it on the ballot in 2026;
“Do you agree that the province of Alberta should cease to be a part of Canada to become an independent state?”
“Do you agree that the province of Alberta should cease to be a part of Canada to become an independent state?”
Again, you think I’m joking about this Medicare thing. I mean it will be called Trumpcare of course but if he genuinely thinks health care is a problem for him watch out. (And I should make very clear that I oppose a single-payer system, which is another reason I’m sure it’s going to happen.)
Trump: "With respect to the insurance companies, I want to meet. There's essentially 14 of them, 10 big. I want to meet with them and say, 'I want you to cut your rates. Way down. Way way down.' And maybe, if they do that, we'll be able to not cut them out. We'll be able to continue to deal w/them."
December 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Again, you think I’m joking about this Medicare thing. I mean it will be called Trumpcare of course but if he genuinely thinks health care is a problem for him watch out. (And I should make very clear that I oppose a single-payer system, which is another reason I’m sure it’s going to happen.)
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One of the more important stock-taking moments to watch a bootlegged news program censored in your country.
December 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
One of the more important stock-taking moments to watch a bootlegged news program censored in your country.
The most economically left-wing president of our lifetime and people criticized me for saying that in 2024.
There is a non-zero chance he “fixes” healthcare by just expanding Medicare enrollment to everyone too. You think I’m joking, I seriously think it could happen this term.
There is a non-zero chance he “fixes” healthcare by just expanding Medicare enrollment to everyone too. You think I’m joking, I seriously think it could happen this term.
Trump: "We're also going to be talking about buybacks. They spend so much money on buybacks. They want to buy back their stock. I don't want them to buy back their stock. I want them to put the money in plant and equipment so they can build these planes fast, rapidly, like, immediately."
December 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The most economically left-wing president of our lifetime and people criticized me for saying that in 2024.
There is a non-zero chance he “fixes” healthcare by just expanding Medicare enrollment to everyone too. You think I’m joking, I seriously think it could happen this term.
There is a non-zero chance he “fixes” healthcare by just expanding Medicare enrollment to everyone too. You think I’m joking, I seriously think it could happen this term.
The censored CECOT 60 Minutes segment aired in Canada, which is just doubly embarrassing for the White House and their media puppets running CBS.
Bari Weiss lied in her memo. She said segment didn't report administration's legal justification (it does in the very first sentence) and didn't say how many detainees had been charged with crimes as opposed to just those who were convicted (it does). www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The censored CECOT 60 Minutes segment aired in Canada, which is just doubly embarrassing for the White House and their media puppets running CBS.
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This is a big deal in the conservative legal world: John Malcom and the Ed Meese center are leaving the Heritage Foundation, 15 staff departing in all. (Hard to translate this for a BlueSky audience, but it's a pretty significant move in the conservative legal world.)
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
Exclusive | Top Heritage Officials Flee to Mike Pence’s Nonprofit as Think Tank Fractures
The former vice president’s political group is poaching top officials from the foundation amid growing ideological fights within the conservative movement.
www.wsj.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is a big deal in the conservative legal world: John Malcom and the Ed Meese center are leaving the Heritage Foundation, 15 staff departing in all. (Hard to translate this for a BlueSky audience, but it's a pretty significant move in the conservative legal world.)
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
Even Donald Trump wants to get Jeff Landry out of the country.
December 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Even Donald Trump wants to get Jeff Landry out of the country.
Also these guys never get called out for removing the individual mandate in 2017, which removed healthy people from the individual marketplace and left it with a much sicker, more expensive pool of customers that raised costs.
LANKFORD: In 2010, before Obamacare kicked in, the normal healthcare premium was $215.
HUNT: Right. But insurance companies could refuse to cover you for a preexisting condition
LANKFORD: That's true.
HUNT: Right. But insurance companies could refuse to cover you for a preexisting condition
LANKFORD: That's true.
December 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Also these guys never get called out for removing the individual mandate in 2017, which removed healthy people from the individual marketplace and left it with a much sicker, more expensive pool of customers that raised costs.
I for one am looking forward to “Americafest 2029” in Hungary.
December 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I for one am looking forward to “Americafest 2029” in Hungary.
In 2018, Dems didn’t want to talk about impeachment. Then proceeded to impeach within a year of taking the majority.
This cycle they’ll have to own it - yes, we’re going to impeach him because he’s a criminal. No one will believe them otherwise.
This cycle they’ll have to own it - yes, we’re going to impeach him because he’s a criminal. No one will believe them otherwise.
Johnson: If we lose the House majority, the radical left will impeach President Trump.
December 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
In 2018, Dems didn’t want to talk about impeachment. Then proceeded to impeach within a year of taking the majority.
This cycle they’ll have to own it - yes, we’re going to impeach him because he’s a criminal. No one will believe them otherwise.
This cycle they’ll have to own it - yes, we’re going to impeach him because he’s a criminal. No one will believe them otherwise.
The right is now over 50%, led by Reform (Nigel Farage’s party).
Looks like me saying the UK got through populism under Johnson and Corbyn and fought a normal election under Starmer and Sunak was, shall we say, very very wrong.
Looks like me saying the UK got through populism under Johnson and Corbyn and fought a normal election under Starmer and Sunak was, shall we say, very very wrong.
UK (GB), Find Out Now poll:
REFORM~NI: 33% (+3)
CON~ECR: 18%
GREENS-G/EFA: 17% (-1)
LAB-S&D: 14%
LDEM-RE: 11% (-1)
SNP-G/EFA: 2% (-1)
PC-G/EFA: 1%
+/- vs. 10 December 2025
Fieldwork: 17 December 2025
Sample size: 1,909
➤ europeelects.eu/uk
REFORM~NI: 33% (+3)
CON~ECR: 18%
GREENS-G/EFA: 17% (-1)
LAB-S&D: 14%
LDEM-RE: 11% (-1)
SNP-G/EFA: 2% (-1)
PC-G/EFA: 1%
+/- vs. 10 December 2025
Fieldwork: 17 December 2025
Sample size: 1,909
➤ europeelects.eu/uk
December 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The right is now over 50%, led by Reform (Nigel Farage’s party).
Looks like me saying the UK got through populism under Johnson and Corbyn and fought a normal election under Starmer and Sunak was, shall we say, very very wrong.
Looks like me saying the UK got through populism under Johnson and Corbyn and fought a normal election under Starmer and Sunak was, shall we say, very very wrong.
Someone get this CNN guy to stop shouting at me, the president just did that for twenty minutes.
December 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Someone get this CNN guy to stop shouting at me, the president just did that for twenty minutes.
Yeah most of this was standard Trump stuff. But that was notable and hair-raising.
Trump’s primetime diatribe against immigrants is straight up unvarnished Nazi stuff
December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Yeah most of this was standard Trump stuff. But that was notable and hair-raising.
Anyway Oxford city government just posted the most Oxford thing ever.
December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Anyway Oxford city government just posted the most Oxford thing ever.
Okay so let me guess: they could only get 20 minutes cleared by the networks so they told him “just talk real fast.”
December 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Okay so let me guess: they could only get 20 minutes cleared by the networks so they told him “just talk real fast.”
From X @esotericcd.bsky.social very much agree
December 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
From X @esotericcd.bsky.social very much agree
“Tariffs, my favorite word, tariffs.”
Democratic ad makers just had a physical reaction that we can’t mention in polite company at him giving them that clean, clippable line.
Democratic ad makers just had a physical reaction that we can’t mention in polite company at him giving them that clean, clippable line.
December 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“Tariffs, my favorite word, tariffs.”
Democratic ad makers just had a physical reaction that we can’t mention in polite company at him giving them that clean, clippable line.
Democratic ad makers just had a physical reaction that we can’t mention in polite company at him giving them that clean, clippable line.
Amazed the networks gave him prime time (granted TV is so dead maybe they don’t care) for an end of year speech, which would normally be mid day for that reason.
December 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Amazed the networks gave him prime time (granted TV is so dead maybe they don’t care) for an end of year speech, which would normally be mid day for that reason.
Honestly though, this was my first thought when I read the story this morning.
Well, second thought. My first thought was that it was fake because there’s no way Wiles went on the record saying anything that would cause a stir like this. But then I realized it was real.
Well, second thought. My first thought was that it was fake because there’s no way Wiles went on the record saying anything that would cause a stir like this. But then I realized it was real.
CNN suggests Susie Wiles might not have known she was on the record 😆
December 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Honestly though, this was my first thought when I read the story this morning.
Well, second thought. My first thought was that it was fake because there’s no way Wiles went on the record saying anything that would cause a stir like this. But then I realized it was real.
Well, second thought. My first thought was that it was fake because there’s no way Wiles went on the record saying anything that would cause a stir like this. But then I realized it was real.
One challenge the Dems have in red states (and vice versa for the GOP in blue ones) is just recruitment. Getting serious candidates is a big deal.
Think about Louisiana: since 2000, the Dems had a serious, well-funded gov nominee twice (JBE, Blanco). Those were the only elections they won!
Think about Louisiana: since 2000, the Dems had a serious, well-funded gov nominee twice (JBE, Blanco). Those were the only elections they won!
Doug Jones: "If the Democratic party thinks they can have a national way of doing things, we’re going to continue to lose....we’ve got to let Democrats in Alabama be Democrats in Alabama."
If Any Dem Can Be Governor of Alabama, It’s This Guy. It Still May Take a Miracle.
Running against Tommy Tuberville may not seem like a major challenge. But it is in the deep-red South.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
One challenge the Dems have in red states (and vice versa for the GOP in blue ones) is just recruitment. Getting serious candidates is a big deal.
Think about Louisiana: since 2000, the Dems had a serious, well-funded gov nominee twice (JBE, Blanco). Those were the only elections they won!
Think about Louisiana: since 2000, the Dems had a serious, well-funded gov nominee twice (JBE, Blanco). Those were the only elections they won!