David Bourgeois
@bourgeoisnyc.bsky.social
Writer, road cyclist. Most recently wrote a piece in Esquire: "How a Brutal Beer War Led to the Downfall of the Brewery That Made Milwaukee Famous."
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David Bourgeois
@bourgeoisnyc.bsky.social
· Jul 18
How a Brutal Beer War Led to the Downfall of the Brewery That Made Milwaukee Famous — Esquire
Schlitz was a billion-dollar empire battling Budweiser to be No. 1. Then a bribery scandal—and a lot of foul, sludgy lager—took the company down.
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After many years working on this story, my writing partner, Michael Lander, and I have an article out in Esquire on Apple News+. #beer #beerwars #Esquire #AppleNews
Will be out on the Esquire site on Wednesday. apple.news/Ap4FMw2hEQQG...
Will be out on the Esquire site on Wednesday. apple.news/Ap4FMw2hEQQG...
After many years working on this story, my writing partner, Michael Lander, and I have an article out in Esquire on Apple News+. #beer #beerwars #Esquire #AppleNews
Will be out on the Esquire site on Wednesday. apple.news/Ap4FMw2hEQQG...
Will be out on the Esquire site on Wednesday. apple.news/Ap4FMw2hEQQG...
How a Brutal Beer War Led to the Downfall of the Brewery That Made Milwaukee Famous — Esquire
Schlitz was a billion-dollar empire battling Budweiser to be No. 1. Then a bribery scandal—and a lot of foul, sludgy lager—took the company down.
apple.news
July 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
After many years working on this story, my writing partner, Michael Lander, and I have an article out in Esquire on Apple News+. #beer #beerwars #Esquire #AppleNews
Will be out on the Esquire site on Wednesday. apple.news/Ap4FMw2hEQQG...
Will be out on the Esquire site on Wednesday. apple.news/Ap4FMw2hEQQG...
@jd-vance-1.bsky.social You really are a bottom-feeder. Going to California and bashing Democrats solely to slobber at the feet of the Shit Pile in the Oval. Your career is over. You’ll never win an election on your own. You’re a pathetic, insecure douchebag.
June 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
@jd-vance-1.bsky.social You really are a bottom-feeder. Going to California and bashing Democrats solely to slobber at the feet of the Shit Pile in the Oval. Your career is over. You’ll never win an election on your own. You’re a pathetic, insecure douchebag.
Hey Millennials and Michiganders who voted third party or stayed home to teach Biden a lesson about his handling of Israel-Palestine conflict: Did he learn his lesson?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
May 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Hey Millennials and Michiganders who voted third party or stayed home to teach Biden a lesson about his handling of Israel-Palestine conflict: Did he learn his lesson?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
Hey dockworkers who voted for Trump: When you get laid off I have no sympathy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/b...
A Tidal Wave of Change Is Headed for the U.S. Economy
American consumers are not yet seeing much evidence of the drastic changes President Trump has made on trade. But they are on their way.
www.nytimes.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Hey dockworkers who voted for Trump: When you get laid off I have no sympathy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/b...
By every metric imaginable, this has been the single worst 100 days of any president. And anyone with half a brain could have predicted this.
April 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
By every metric imaginable, this has been the single worst 100 days of any president. And anyone with half a brain could have predicted this.
Make-a-Wish Foundation grants the U.S. economy final wish: a trip to Disney World.
April 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Make-a-Wish Foundation grants the U.S. economy final wish: a trip to Disney World.
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We wanted to understand the security risks involved with sharing sensitive information on a Signal group chat. So we talked to three unvaccinated Bitcoin enthusiasts at a Wendy's in Toms River.
March 31, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We wanted to understand the security risks involved with sharing sensitive information on a Signal group chat. So we talked to three unvaccinated Bitcoin enthusiasts at a Wendy's in Toms River.
Normally, the Times would have added to the headline, "...in a Blow to Democrats."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in a Signal Group Chat With Top Atlantic Editor
The conversation among the defense secretary and other national security officials on a commercial messaging app mistakenly included the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg.
www.nytimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Normally, the Times would have added to the headline, "...in a Blow to Democrats."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
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This past week, Donald Trump didn't mistakenly deport any innocent people to El Salvador's largest prison. But will the media give him credit for that? Of course not.
by Hugh Hewitt
by Hugh Hewitt
March 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This past week, Donald Trump didn't mistakenly deport any innocent people to El Salvador's largest prison. But will the media give him credit for that? Of course not.
by Hugh Hewitt
by Hugh Hewitt
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Americans, look and learn.
NEW: Erdogan has banned protests in Turkey. He has threatened to arrest anyone attending one.
This is the people’s response.
Fighting for their democracy with another vast gathering in Istanbul tonight. #Turkey 🇹🇷
(🎥 Credit: Özgür Özel - Chairman, Republican People’s Party)
This is the people’s response.
Fighting for their democracy with another vast gathering in Istanbul tonight. #Turkey 🇹🇷
(🎥 Credit: Özgür Özel - Chairman, Republican People’s Party)
March 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Americans, look and learn.
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Wisconsin, today is the first day of early in-person voting!
Visit myvote.wi.gov to make a plan to vote.
Visit myvote.wi.gov to make a plan to vote.
March 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Wisconsin, today is the first day of early in-person voting!
Visit myvote.wi.gov to make a plan to vote.
Visit myvote.wi.gov to make a plan to vote.
A U.S. president has called a sitting senator a racist slur. "Republicans laughed loudly." And the media shrugs.
While yes, Donald Trump is a pile of human shit, the media is complicit in egging on his behavior. Appalling.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
While yes, Donald Trump is a pile of human shit, the media is complicit in egging on his behavior. Appalling.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
March 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A U.S. president has called a sitting senator a racist slur. "Republicans laughed loudly." And the media shrugs.
While yes, Donald Trump is a pile of human shit, the media is complicit in egging on his behavior. Appalling.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
While yes, Donald Trump is a pile of human shit, the media is complicit in egging on his behavior. Appalling.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
How does Donald Trump, a human piece of shit, get away with this? Never in U.S. history have we had a leader so appallingly unfit and despicable. This is shameful.
Time to rise up has long passed. Pitchforks and clubs are needed. No other way.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
Time to rise up has long passed. Pitchforks and clubs are needed. No other way.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
Video: Trump, Zelensky and Vance Argue Over Ukraine War
President Trump and Vice President JD Vance scolded President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine during a meeting in the Oval Office on Friday, claiming he was not grateful enough for U.S. aid.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
How does Donald Trump, a human piece of shit, get away with this? Never in U.S. history have we had a leader so appallingly unfit and despicable. This is shameful.
Time to rise up has long passed. Pitchforks and clubs are needed. No other way.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
Time to rise up has long passed. Pitchforks and clubs are needed. No other way.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
Does anyone close to Trump ever question him, ever confront him and point out that he’s single-handedly destroying the country?
February 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Does anyone close to Trump ever question him, ever confront him and point out that he’s single-handedly destroying the country?
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Inflation has gone up under Trump. Here's why that's bad news for Joe Biden.
February 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Inflation has gone up under Trump. Here's why that's bad news for Joe Biden.
It's unfathomable to see how the U.S. can remain as a singular nation. The smart states (the ones who didn't vote for a rapist, felon) are one country I'll call Saneville.
The other states, that voted for the Shit Stain, can be called Fuckall.
Guess which of these new countries will be bankrupt?
The other states, that voted for the Shit Stain, can be called Fuckall.
Guess which of these new countries will be bankrupt?
January 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
It's unfathomable to see how the U.S. can remain as a singular nation. The smart states (the ones who didn't vote for a rapist, felon) are one country I'll call Saneville.
The other states, that voted for the Shit Stain, can be called Fuckall.
Guess which of these new countries will be bankrupt?
The other states, that voted for the Shit Stain, can be called Fuckall.
Guess which of these new countries will be bankrupt?
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We spent the last four years writing about the high price of eggs under Biden. Now that they’ve reached an all-time high under Trump we’ve moved on to other topics.
January 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
We spent the last four years writing about the high price of eggs under Biden. Now that they’ve reached an all-time high under Trump we’ve moved on to other topics.
The Five Best Rock Songs of 2024
Yeah, this should have come out in December. But...no.
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January 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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The New Orleans New Year's terrorist was an American citizen born in Texas. So why does it feel like he was a woke Venezuelan-Iranian-Nigerian born in Guatemala?
January 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The New Orleans New Year's terrorist was an American citizen born in Texas. So why does it feel like he was a woke Venezuelan-Iranian-Nigerian born in Guatemala?
Are Americans going to allow Elon Musk, a steaming pile of human excrement, to turn this country into a right-wing autocracy? Any blowback for Musk supporting the new German Nazi Party? Or do smart, good people collectively shrug their shoulders? Appalling.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Elon Musk pens German newspaper opinion piece supporting far-right AfD party
Billionaire Trump adviser said his ‘significant investments’ in the country justified his wading into German politics
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Are Americans going to allow Elon Musk, a steaming pile of human excrement, to turn this country into a right-wing autocracy? Any blowback for Musk supporting the new German Nazi Party? Or do smart, good people collectively shrug their shoulders? Appalling.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Bret Stephens is a truly awful writer—this time equating the sale prices of Hunter Biden’s paintings with the myriad corrupt deals within the Trump organization while Trump WAS PRESIDENT. Among many other insane observations.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/o...
Opinion | Done With Never Trump
There’s plenty to dislike and fear about Trump, but Never Trumpers overstated our case, defeating our purpose.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Bret Stephens is a truly awful writer—this time equating the sale prices of Hunter Biden’s paintings with the myriad corrupt deals within the Trump organization while Trump WAS PRESIDENT. Among many other insane observations.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/o...
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I’m not afraid of Donald Trump. I just think that now that he’s won the election, we should start giving him lots of favorable coverage even though he’s completely insane.
December 13, 2024 at 1:26 AM
I’m not afraid of Donald Trump. I just think that now that he’s won the election, we should start giving him lots of favorable coverage even though he’s completely insane.