Brett Fortnam
@brettfortnam.bsky.social
Senior editor at Inside U.S. Trade, fan of depressing sports teams. Never met a dad joke that wasn't worth the groan.
Hear me out -- instead of the Avalanche, we call them the Colorado Wildberry Pop-Tarts. Would the Sabres still lose to a breakfast pastry? Of course. But maybe we would be just a little less miserable watching it. #sabresafterdark
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Hear me out -- instead of the Avalanche, we call them the Colorado Wildberry Pop-Tarts. Would the Sabres still lose to a breakfast pastry? Of course. But maybe we would be just a little less miserable watching it. #sabresafterdark
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“People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” - Rogers Hornsby
(May the waiting commence…)
(May the waiting commence…)
November 2, 2025 at 4:22 AM
“People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” - Rogers Hornsby
(May the waiting commence…)
(May the waiting commence…)
I chuckled...
October 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I chuckled...
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
1. A giant hug from one of the kiddos.
2. The sound of the ball hitting the glove.
3. Ripping the entire peanut butter lid cover off in one swift tear.
4. Starting (and finishing) a book.
5. Hearing 'I want to go to bed' from the toddler.
2. The sound of the ball hitting the glove.
3. Ripping the entire peanut butter lid cover off in one swift tear.
4. Starting (and finishing) a book.
5. Hearing 'I want to go to bed' from the toddler.
1. Ice cream
2. Fort Tryon Park, especially around sunset
3. The parade of dogs in my neighborhood
4. Watching the leaves about to turn
5. A good book
2. Fort Tryon Park, especially around sunset
3. The parade of dogs in my neighborhood
4. Watching the leaves about to turn
5. A good book
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. Cold side of a pillow
2. Autumn in New York City, sweater-weather temperature
3. Crocs (the shoe, not the reptile)
4. Finding stuff after thinking you lost it
5. Cats
1. Cold side of a pillow
2. Autumn in New York City, sweater-weather temperature
3. Crocs (the shoe, not the reptile)
4. Finding stuff after thinking you lost it
5. Cats
September 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
1. A giant hug from one of the kiddos.
2. The sound of the ball hitting the glove.
3. Ripping the entire peanut butter lid cover off in one swift tear.
4. Starting (and finishing) a book.
5. Hearing 'I want to go to bed' from the toddler.
2. The sound of the ball hitting the glove.
3. Ripping the entire peanut butter lid cover off in one swift tear.
4. Starting (and finishing) a book.
5. Hearing 'I want to go to bed' from the toddler.
Nah. I can't imagine any difficulty negotiating on trade with India.
(2/2) there will be no difficulty in coming to a successful conclusion for both of our Great Countries!
September 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Nah. I can't imagine any difficulty negotiating on trade with India.
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some of you need to make like travis kelce and engage with a tailor swiftly
August 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
some of you need to make like travis kelce and engage with a tailor swiftly
Time for a thread on what the administration is calling "transshipment" because what they're really talking about is a wholescale change to rules of origin. A thread: 🧵 (1/n)
August 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Time for a thread on what the administration is calling "transshipment" because what they're really talking about is a wholescale change to rules of origin. A thread: 🧵 (1/n)
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In today's newsletter: imagine if the commissioner of baseball admitted to a room full of reporters that he ended MLB's diversity program because he was afraid Trump, congratulated himself for that, and then no one in that room reported on it. Wild, I know. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...
July 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
In today's newsletter: imagine if the commissioner of baseball admitted to a room full of reporters that he ended MLB's diversity program because he was afraid Trump, congratulated himself for that, and then no one in that room reported on it. Wild, I know. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...
So let me get this straight: I have to sign up, agree to Truth Social's terms of service, which includes your usual data rights handovers, so I can read statements setting U.S. policy from the sitting U.S. president. Have I got that right?
July 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
So let me get this straight: I have to sign up, agree to Truth Social's terms of service, which includes your usual data rights handovers, so I can read statements setting U.S. policy from the sitting U.S. president. Have I got that right?
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I found this reply interesting ("Can those foreign companies open shop in the US?")
I don't think Japanese or South Korean menswear can be made in the US. At least, not without losing something. Let's explore why. 🧵
I don't think Japanese or South Korean menswear can be made in the US. At least, not without losing something. Let's explore why. 🧵
July 8, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I found this reply interesting ("Can those foreign companies open shop in the US?")
I don't think Japanese or South Korean menswear can be made in the US. At least, not without losing something. Let's explore why. 🧵
I don't think Japanese or South Korean menswear can be made in the US. At least, not without losing something. Let's explore why. 🧵
One of the most illustrative lines in these tariffs letters I think is Trump's invitation for Japan/Korea to participate in the U.S. economy. He's clearly talking about investment and not trade. Thread (1/n)
July 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
One of the most illustrative lines in these tariffs letters I think is Trump's invitation for Japan/Korea to participate in the U.S. economy. He's clearly talking about investment and not trade. Thread (1/n)
Trump is starting to post the tariff letters, starting with Japan and Korea. Each are getting 25 percent tariffs. insidetrade.com/daily-news/t...
Trump tells Japan, Korea he’s imposing 25 percent tariffs as of Aug. 1 | InsideTrade.com
The U.S. will begin imposing 25 percent tariffs on Japanese and Korean goods beginning on Aug. 1, President Trump declared on Monday, sending letters to Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and Kore...
insidetrade.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Trump is starting to post the tariff letters, starting with Japan and Korea. Each are getting 25 percent tariffs. insidetrade.com/daily-news/t...
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Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now
June 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now
Rep. Dean (through a few degrees of separation, admittedly) caused this to get stuck in my head. So now you all can have it stuck in your head too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIiZ...
Raffi - Bananaphone
YouTube video by Children's Music Channel
www.youtube.com
June 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Rep. Dean (through a few degrees of separation, admittedly) caused this to get stuck in my head. So now you all can have it stuck in your head too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIiZ...
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I believe this means the sun will set over the entirety of the British Empire tonight for the first time in several hundred years. Chagos is the dot below India on this map. Sunset in the Pitcairns (dot in the Pacific) will happen ~40 minutes before sunrise in Akrotiri and Dhekelia (dot on Cyprus).
May 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I believe this means the sun will set over the entirety of the British Empire tonight for the first time in several hundred years. Chagos is the dot below India on this map. Sunset in the Pitcairns (dot in the Pacific) will happen ~40 minutes before sunrise in Akrotiri and Dhekelia (dot on Cyprus).
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has their even been a sports commissioner who hated their sport more than Rob Manfred
May 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
has their even been a sports commissioner who hated their sport more than Rob Manfred
I legitimately cried at the line: "That's just what Rush Limbaugh said." Wife paused the movie, rewound, and I'm pretty sure I cried again. youtu.be/Akr33uOKP8M?...
May 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I legitimately cried at the line: "That's just what Rush Limbaugh said." Wife paused the movie, rewound, and I'm pretty sure I cried again. youtu.be/Akr33uOKP8M?...
Yesterday, the Trump administration used a tried-and-true trade trick out of the playbook: Announcing a trade deal before one is actually done. A quick thread: (1/n)
May 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Yesterday, the Trump administration used a tried-and-true trade trick out of the playbook: Announcing a trade deal before one is actually done. A quick thread: (1/n)
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Love the lil flex when they realise they just became the most famous bird in the world.
May 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Love the lil flex when they realise they just became the most famous bird in the world.
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The only way this could be better is if there was nacho cheese all down his front because my kids would certainly make sure that's the case by the third inning.
I’m not sure that I’ve seen many better visual representations of what it’s like to be a parent.
Heck of a catch, Dad! 😂
May 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The only way this could be better is if there was nacho cheese all down his front because my kids would certainly make sure that's the case by the third inning.