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Jeff Dufour

@dcdufour.bsky.social
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Editor in chief at National Journal. Soccer player, baseball coach, cocktail nerd. Occasional Mick Jagger impersonator. Georgetown alum. RTs do not = endorsements.

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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Zi’s State Visit is the “shiny object,” but the news for Trump and the news for the GOP continues to be bad. Insightful reporting and analysis from our panel. Take a listen. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/hUX7zCH8hJ0
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If you run an insurance pool, isn't it beneficial if a lot of people don't file claims?
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Provably false
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A midterm convention is not unprecedented. Dems did it 3 times in the 70s and 80s. It did not go well, as one former DNC leader called them "places for mischief." George Condon explores the history (unlocked) njour.nl/s/732781?unl...
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'Places for mischief': A brief history of midterm conventions
Despite what Trump says, there have been three such gatherings in the modern era, all for Democrats. They were disastrous.
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Important point here. I was living on the UES watching The Today Show as I got ready for work. They reported the first plane hitting and even got a witness on the phone. I figured it was a small plane and left for midtown on the subway. Only when I got to the office did I hear about the 2nd plane.
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Message discipline on the Right tends to be much better than on the Left. A new startup called @connectblue.bsky.social hopes to change that through grassroots activation. Here's my latest: www.nationaljournal.com/s/732744/exc...
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EXCLUSIVE: Start-up kick-starts grassroots rapid response for Dems
ConnectBlue founder Bart Myers sees Democratic media as distrustful and disjointed. He’s trying to change that.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Trump is reaping the whirlwind in Iran, Democrats in Maine are having a moment, but three top journalists slow it all down to bring some sense to the chaos. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/5QXAwPac1KY
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Here's my brief history of candidates being replaced mid-stream: www.nationaljournal.com/s/732355/can...
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Candidates in the Wind
A brief history of primary winners who didn’t survive until the general.
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
They do not "have more confidence." www.ms.now/news/steve-r...
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Steve Rattner: Consumer sentiment is at a 73-year low
Meanwhile, the disparity in wealth creation has helped fuel dramatically different consumption patterns between wealthy and low-income Americans.
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
This is a real thing that's happening.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/05/2026
JD Vance: "If you want to rebuilt the American dream for the next generation, vote against the crazy leadership in Washington DC"
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
🙄 This is potentially true of every summer sporting event ever. Wear a hat. Take shade breaks. Drink lemonade. Hope for the best.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
My thanks to @JoeCirin.bsky.social, for guest hosting a great panel today: @DCDufour.bsky.social, @BennettJohn.bsky.social and @AmandaBecker.bsky.social With firsthand accounts from the WH Correspondents Dinner and the all-important gas pumps. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/QIcdUu6-Vpk
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
"The results speak for themselves" is a hilarious first line responding to this question.
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Vulnerable House GOP incumbents outraised vulnerable Dems on average. But Dems' top challengers outpaced the Rs' top House hopefuls. Hotline's Q1 House fundraising report is live: www.nationaljournal.com/s/731542/iho...
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Hotline's Q1 House fundraising chart
Republicans hold their own as they cling to a narrow majority.
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Dems outraise Rs 4-1 in battleground Senate races. Check out Hotline's Q1 fundraising roundup here: www.nationaljournal.com/s/731543/iho...
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Hotline's Q1 Senate fundraising chart
Democrats nearly sweep the battlefield in the money race.
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
It was a pleasure to fill in for Bill Press today.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Just so you understand, this is as if you prepared for argument in front of a panel that included Cookie Monster, and Cookie Monster asked you a question about cookies, and you had not thought about cookies in advance.
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National Journal @nationaljournal.com · 30/03/2026
Employment trends have held steady in recent months, but the Iran war, AI, and reduced immigration could pose negative effects when Friday's jobs report comes out - the first one since the war started. Read the latest FOLLOWING THE MONEY from David Lightman unlocked: njour.nl/s/731398?unl...
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What the first big wartime jobs numbers on Friday will tell us
Employment trends have held steady in recent months, but the Iran war, AI, and reduced immigration could pose negative effects.
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
This is like Matt Damon's character in "The Informant"
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National Journal @nationaljournal.com · 19/03/2026
Democrats say they’re confident that they can hold onto vulnerable seats and flip states where a Democratic governor hasn’t served in decades. @abby-turner.bsky.social and @kirk-bado.bsky.social with the Hotline Gubernatorial Power Rankings (unlocked): www.nationaljournal.com/s/731289/hot...
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Hotline’s Gubernatorial Power Rankings
Democrats shift into offense mode following Virginia, New Jersey wins last year.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
So glad to have Maeve Sheehey, @DCDufour.bsky.social, and @Linda-Feldmann.bsky.social to help sort out the week’s news on today’s Roundtable. Hoping the clarity they bring can reduce the anxiety we feel about this chaotic War in Iran. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/0uaiVvwCd6k
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
This presser is really bringing me back to Trump's COVID afternoon sessions.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Well that was something last night! But we've got two top political editors to break it down. We watched so you didn't have to. Take a listen to @DCDufour.bsky.social and Jason Dick with the great analysis. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/SPiLxAUzGdM
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Too much news? Let these folks help explain what the hell is going on. @dcdufour.bsky.social, Editor-in-chief @NationalJournal.com, Emily Goodin, WH Correspondent @NYPost.com and @bennettjohnt.bsky.social, WH Correspondent for CQ-Roll Call. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/Y0t4upZqJyY
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
They will not come to our rescue if we attack them, that's for sure.
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
POTUS went to the dentist this AM. I can't wait for a statement: "The dentist said President Trump has the finest teeth he's ever seen, perhaps the best set of teeth any president has ever had, far better than that loser, Joe Biden. Record-setting enamel, and the healthiest gums in history."
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Remember, when Vance was caught spewing racist lies that Haitian immigrants were eating people's pets, he admitted that "if I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going to do." Proudly, openly a liar.
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Honest Q: How much blood have we spilled protecting Greenland?
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Everything's coming up Denmark
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
To recap, windmills: -kill birds -cause cancer -only provide power when the wind is blowing -are a national security risk
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Southern Command had not been posting about the boat strikes ... until Nov. 14, when they began not only announcing the "lethal kinetic strikes" on X, but noting that each one came "at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth."
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I'm not sure how I missed the Great Biden Water Shortage of 2024.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 17/11/2025
Neal Katyal says he's working on a TV show that he describes as "The West Wing for the Supreme Court," and my question is, have We As A Society not suffered enough
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A Brief History Of Awful TV Shows About the Supreme Court
The concept of “The West Wing for the Supreme Court” might be the only thing more upsetting than the actual Supreme Court.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Making sense (not easy) of the week’s fire hose of news with @dcdufour.bsky.social, Editor in chief @nationaljournal.com, @miacmccarthy.bsky.social, Congress Reporter @politico.com and @hunterw.bsky.social, investigative reporter @talkingpointsmemo.com m bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/A-TvXJ8jpUc
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Gary Hart's boat, "Monkey Business," would like a word.
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
In his Monday column, my colleague Charlie Cook listed a 10-item scorecard of races that would determine how well Democrats did on Tuesday. They went 10/10. 🔓 www.nationaljournal.com/s/730083/an-...
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An early-warning system for the political winds
Look to these 10 questions Tuesday night to see if the political winds are calm, or if they may blow Republicans out of office next year.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Nearly two years ago, the company that owns Trump's Truth Social sued the Guardian, Forbes, Reuters and more than a dozen other news orgs for defamation, over supposedly misrepresenting their financials. Yesterday, Trump's company dropped their case altogether
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA
TRUMP MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY CASE NO.: 2023-CA-008180 NC
GROUP CORP, Division: Civil
Plaintiff,
v.
GUARDIAN NEWS AND MEDIA, LLC,
et al.,
Defendants.
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NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
Plaintiff TRUMP MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY GROUP CORP. (“Plaintiff”), by and
through their undersigned counsel and pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.420(a)(1),
files this Notice of Voluntary Dismiss Without Prejudice of all claims against all remaining
Defendants1 (“Defendants”)
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
It's a privilege be a colleague of @TomDeFrank, who's covered every president since Nixon—and the DoD even longer than that. Here, he reflects on 60 years in the Pentagon as a soldier and reporter, which effectively ended with Hegseth's new media policy. www.nationaljournal.com/s/730026/rem...
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'A genuine sense of personal loss': Remembering 60 years at the Pentagon
With his press access now restricted, an Army officer-turned-longtime defense correspondent recalls his brushes with generals, the secrets he kept, and how the building's current leadership compares.
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I'd prefer a Gronkipedia
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a man wearing a cowboys jersey with the number 8 on it
ALT: a man wearing a cowboys jersey with the number 8 on it
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Then things really go up a notch when we get into "person, woman, man, camera, TV."
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
My colleague George Condon goes deep into the history books to debunk the White House's argument that Trump's ballroom construction "echoes the storied history of improvements and additions" to the building. 🔓 www.nationaljournal.com/s/729980/no-...
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No, this White House renovation is not like the others
Trump aides say his ballroom project is part of a continuum of improvements over the decades. But they leave out some key context.
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Sometimes she just says the thing explicitly.
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
If a president can't be indicted by the DOJ while in office, then surely he cannot demand restitution from that same DOJ while in office. Right? The problem is this wouldn't have to go to a jury as a civil tort case, as long as he's got a DOJ atty who will sign off on a "settlement."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
He is literally not paying for it. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Not kids that want to be the next generation of political leaders.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
A consequential week and our panel puts it all in context. With @dcdufour.bsky.social, Editor-in-chief @nationaljournal.com, @bennettjohnt.bsky.social, WH Correspondent at CQ @rollcall.com and @miacmccarthy.bsky.social, Political Reporter @politico.com m bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/r4PhUaFtQqE
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This is interesting because on Apr 11 he had his "annual physical examination" at Walter Reed. (Link below.) I wonder how that differs from a "routine yearly checkup." www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
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Memorandum from the White House Physician
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National Journal @nationaljournal.com · 30/09/2025
On this episode, @dcdufour.bsky.social and Charlie Cook discuss the latest news on redistricting, the impending government shutdown, and how thermostatic politics could affect the dynamics of the midterm elections. Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6FWE...
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National Journal Radio Bonus Episode: Thermostatic Politics
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Jeff Dufour @dcdufour.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
He just huddled with Zelensky. So this seems to be another case of him parroting the positions of the person he last spoke with.
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