Ron Fournier
@ronfournier.bsky.social
Consultant. Ex-White House/Political Correspondent. @AP @TheAtlantic @crainsdetroit alum. Bestsellers “Love That Boy” & “Applebee’s America” Formal title: Bompa
This is what happens when you politicize the National Guard, weaponizing it against Americans. convulsions.substack.com/p/weaponizin...
Weaponizing the National Guard
History echoes when we let it.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This is what happens when you politicize the National Guard, weaponizing it against Americans. convulsions.substack.com/p/weaponizin...
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"THEY are not reporters. They are propagandists, journalistic scabs." Spot on, Ron!
October 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"THEY are not reporters. They are propagandists, journalistic scabs." Spot on, Ron!
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“8 million for bullshit advice. Welcome to the Political Consultant Class.” - @ronfournier.bsky.social
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Ron Fournier (@ronfournier)
$8 million for bullshit advice. Welcome to the Political Consultant Class.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“8 million for bullshit advice. Welcome to the Political Consultant Class.” - @ronfournier.bsky.social
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“Say it again: Cruelty is a feature for Trump, not a bug.”
A child is starving. You’ve got money in the bank to feed him. But you refuse, saying the bank is closed. Federal judges call bullshit — and tell you to use your ATM card.
That’s a metaphor for Trump and SNAP. Read more at Convulsions: convulsions.substack.com/p/cowardly-c...
That’s a metaphor for Trump and SNAP. Read more at Convulsions: convulsions.substack.com/p/cowardly-c...
November 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
“Say it again: Cruelty is a feature for Trump, not a bug.”
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Media "leaders" who stay mum about Trump chain yanks or comply just invite escalation, this journalism vet below warned when @apnews.com got spanked last spring.
Better to remember a rallying cry attributed to Ben Franklin:
"We must hang separately or most assuredly we shall hang together."
Better to remember a rallying cry attributed to Ben Franklin:
"We must hang separately or most assuredly we shall hang together."
November 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Media "leaders" who stay mum about Trump chain yanks or comply just invite escalation, this journalism vet below warned when @apnews.com got spanked last spring.
Better to remember a rallying cry attributed to Ben Franklin:
"We must hang separately or most assuredly we shall hang together."
Better to remember a rallying cry attributed to Ben Franklin:
"We must hang separately or most assuredly we shall hang together."
I thought Trump loved coal miners, those soot-faces avatars for the white working-class voters he courted during three presidential campaigns. But now I see this reporting by The @apnews.com, which reads more like dereliction than devotion. convulsions.substack.com/p/american-l...
American Life in 4 Obituaries
On a DNA scientist, an almanac, a tax code, and U.S. miners. With an uplifting cameo by Carol Burnett.
convulsions.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I thought Trump loved coal miners, those soot-faces avatars for the white working-class voters he courted during three presidential campaigns. But now I see this reporting by The @apnews.com, which reads more like dereliction than devotion. convulsions.substack.com/p/american-l...
Don't tell me Democrats can’t win back Trump voters. That they’re too stupid, bullheaded or racist to be swayed.
Tuesday's elections proved you wrong: convulsions.substack.com/p/how-dems-c...
Tuesday's elections proved you wrong: convulsions.substack.com/p/how-dems-c...
How Dems Can Woo MAGA Voters and Win Big
Three lessons from Tuesday's elections.
convulsions.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Don't tell me Democrats can’t win back Trump voters. That they’re too stupid, bullheaded or racist to be swayed.
Tuesday's elections proved you wrong: convulsions.substack.com/p/how-dems-c...
Tuesday's elections proved you wrong: convulsions.substack.com/p/how-dems-c...
A child is starving. You’ve got money in the bank to feed him. But you refuse, saying the bank is closed. Federal judges call bullshit — and tell you to use your ATM card.
That’s a metaphor for Trump and SNAP. Read more at Convulsions: convulsions.substack.com/p/cowardly-c...
That’s a metaphor for Trump and SNAP. Read more at Convulsions: convulsions.substack.com/p/cowardly-c...
November 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A child is starving. You’ve got money in the bank to feed him. But you refuse, saying the bank is closed. Federal judges call bullshit — and tell you to use your ATM card.
That’s a metaphor for Trump and SNAP. Read more at Convulsions: convulsions.substack.com/p/cowardly-c...
That’s a metaphor for Trump and SNAP. Read more at Convulsions: convulsions.substack.com/p/cowardly-c...
On Mike Donilon and Dems like him: "They are morally and strategically bankrupted hacks whose solipsistic service not only decimated the Democratic Party’s brand, but now jeopardizes our democratic system: They are the reason Trump is president again." convulsions.substack.com/p/bowing-to-...
October 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
On Mike Donilon and Dems like him: "They are morally and strategically bankrupted hacks whose solipsistic service not only decimated the Democratic Party’s brand, but now jeopardizes our democratic system: They are the reason Trump is president again." convulsions.substack.com/p/bowing-to-...
A follow up to by "Dear White House reporters: WTF?" column
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Dear Pentagon Reporters: Don't Cave
How to respond to President Trump's latest terms of government censorship.
convulsions.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A follow up to by "Dear White House reporters: WTF?" column
convulsions.substack.com/p/dear-penta...
convulsions.substack.com/p/dear-penta...
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“The Autism Alliance of Michigan is now looking at layoffs and budget cuts. This makes so little sense — it’s so maddeningly short-sighted and cruel — that I don’t want to believe it was done on purpose. It must be a mistake.” - @ronfournier.bsky.social
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Autism or Asphalt? Michigan Makes Wrong Choice
This post is personal.
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October 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“The Autism Alliance of Michigan is now looking at layoffs and budget cuts. This makes so little sense — it’s so maddeningly short-sighted and cruel — that I don’t want to believe it was done on purpose. It must be a mistake.” - @ronfournier.bsky.social
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This one is personal.
Autism or Asphalt? Michigan Makes Wrong Choice
This post is personal.
convulsions.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This one is personal.
ICE draws protests, which angers Trump, who uses protests as justification to deploy troops, which pits police against the public, which creates a powder keg of violence, which makes Chicago less safe, which validates Trump to his base
Chicago's Doom Loop
MORNING READ-IN: Stories on Trump's drive for peace in the Middle East; Trump's assault on U.S. cities; the FBI's dangerous gambit; a Democrat's dangerous rhetoric; and America's culture of flops.
convulsions.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
ICE draws protests, which angers Trump, who uses protests as justification to deploy troops, which pits police against the public, which creates a powder keg of violence, which makes Chicago less safe, which validates Trump to his base
Consider this question: Had today’s internet existed in 1938 for Hitler and Stalin to exploit, would fascism have prevailed?
Hope in History, Despair in Reality
MORNING READ-IN: Stories on the 1920s, the 1990s, Oct. 7, 2023, and the Old World.
convulsions.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Consider this question: Had today’s internet existed in 1938 for Hitler and Stalin to exploit, would fascism have prevailed?
MAGA is building a Deep State of their own and giving it power to silence and steal people’s speech.
Hijacking Identities for Deep State Propaganda
Another norm shattered.
convulsions.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
MAGA is building a Deep State of their own and giving it power to silence and steal people’s speech.
I strongly opposed the president’s budget priorities.
But there are realties we must face. One of them is: In the casino of modern politics, the house almost always wins.
But there are realties we must face. One of them is: In the casino of modern politics, the house almost always wins.
Trump's Shutdown Trap
MORNING READ-IN: The house always wins; AI killed the radio star; Pope Leo says pro-life equals pro-immigration; a giant of science is lost; genes and diet matter; a new case for political reform.
convulsions.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I strongly opposed the president’s budget priorities.
But there are realties we must face. One of them is: In the casino of modern politics, the house almost always wins.
But there are realties we must face. One of them is: In the casino of modern politics, the house almost always wins.
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including it in his “Convulsions” on Substack (link below) www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...
including it in his “Convulsions” on Substack (link below) www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...
From shoe-leather reporting to handicapping to election modeling: How revolutions by Charlie Cook and Nate Silver transformed political journalism - Poynter
Reporters still trek through politically competitive neighborhoods to interview voters. But quantitative political journalism has become increasingly predominant.
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September 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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including it in his “Convulsions” on Substack (link below) www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...
including it in his “Convulsions” on Substack (link below) www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...
“He really is an idiot.”
Michael Wolff: Is it dementia or something else? What one of Donald Trump's closest political advisors revealed to me.
September 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
“He really is an idiot.”