Brandon Dupont
@brandon-wwu.bsky.social
Economic historian. Employed by dogs, cats, and goats in the PNW. KU Jayhawk.
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“Your job as Democrats is to lead the opposition to Trump, which means making Trump unpopular. Right now there are two governors on Trumpism: The courts and his popularity. You can’t influence the courts, but you do have input on public opinion. Stop wasting it.”
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How to Win the USAID Fight
Rules for Democrats.
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February 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“Your job as Democrats is to lead the opposition to Trump, which means making Trump unpopular. Right now there are two governors on Trumpism: The courts and his popularity. You can’t influence the courts, but you do have input on public opinion. Stop wasting it.”
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1/ OK, Democratic members of Congress in the US Senate. It’s time for some tough love.
I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”
I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”
February 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
1/ OK, Democratic members of Congress in the US Senate. It’s time for some tough love.
I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”
I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”
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It is astonishing that mainstream media is covering this like it is a shruggie vibe 🤷♂️
February 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It is astonishing that mainstream media is covering this like it is a shruggie vibe 🤷♂️
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The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.
January 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.
And if Democrats can't make political gains on this, they're even worse at politics than I thought.
Easiest layup question in media today: ask Republican elected officials if Trump should have pardoned the January 6th folks who violently attacked cops that day.
January 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
And if Democrats can't make political gains on this, they're even worse at politics than I thought.
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"Our decadence has grown so fat and wobbly that one part of the country is now choosing soft authoritarianism at home while another group is too dim to understand the differences between liberalism and authoritarianism."
Can We Ban the TikTokkers, Too?
America is finally getting rid of TikTok (maybe). The kids on TikTok have decided to move to an even *more* Chinese spyware app.
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January 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"Our decadence has grown so fat and wobbly that one part of the country is now choosing soft authoritarianism at home while another group is too dim to understand the differences between liberalism and authoritarianism."
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11 teens have been arrested for beating two men they had lured using a gay dating app.
Activists and police warn the attacks are part of a larger social media trend where straight teens and adults target and lure gay men for assault. www.advocate.com/crime/illino...
Activists and police warn the attacks are part of a larger social media trend where straight teens and adults target and lure gay men for assault. www.advocate.com/crime/illino...
Illinois police say 11 teens brutally beat men they targeted using a gay dating app
The teens all face multiple felonies for the July attacks.
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January 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
11 teens have been arrested for beating two men they had lured using a gay dating app.
Activists and police warn the attacks are part of a larger social media trend where straight teens and adults target and lure gay men for assault. www.advocate.com/crime/illino...
Activists and police warn the attacks are part of a larger social media trend where straight teens and adults target and lure gay men for assault. www.advocate.com/crime/illino...
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Editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes has quit from the Washington Post after editorial interference of a sort she never previously experienced at the paper.
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Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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January 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes has quit from the Washington Post after editorial interference of a sort she never previously experienced at the paper.
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
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The sad reality is, the overwhelming majority of Americans don't know there's a voter for the Speaker going on, don't care & won't be able to name him after the vote. This is what happens in a country where civics education is no longer universal. Its absence lets darkness settle in over democracy.
January 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The sad reality is, the overwhelming majority of Americans don't know there's a voter for the Speaker going on, don't care & won't be able to name him after the vote. This is what happens in a country where civics education is no longer universal. Its absence lets darkness settle in over democracy.
Orwell's prescient description of a typical MAGA in his novel 1984.
January 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Orwell's prescient description of a typical MAGA in his novel 1984.
New friend was disappointed that I couldn't give him treats.
December 8, 2024 at 4:42 PM
New friend was disappointed that I couldn't give him treats.
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November 22, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Hello. No longer posting on X, Cascadia Daily News is a privately owned, fiercely independent publication fighting to save local news in NW WA state. Follow us for breaking and enterprise news in Whatcom and Skagit counties.
Read about our social media strategies from Executive Editor Ron Judd:
Read about our social media strategies from Executive Editor Ron Judd:
"Donald Trump has revealed the true character of the American people to our enemies, yes. But he has also revealed it to our allies. That is useful information for them to have."
"People who pledge fealty to Trumpism will discover that in addition to being required to believe that Trump won the 2020 election they are also required to oppose vaccinations of all types." It's going to get worse.
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social:
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social:
Vaccine Politics and American Decadence
RFK, vaccines, and what we're learning about American society.
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November 15, 2024 at 6:15 PM
"Donald Trump has revealed the true character of the American people to our enemies, yes. But he has also revealed it to our allies. That is useful information for them to have."