Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 29/09/2026Meyer is an interesting guy, he was as mentioned the chief negotiator for the National Party, the traditional Apartheid government, where he sat with the chief ANC negotiator, current president Cyril Ramaphosa. He resigned from the NP in ‘97 and started his own party for a bit. 001
Reposted by Kevin DupuyReason Magazine @reason.com · 25/09/2026The Department of Homeland Security is running a program that "harasses and coerces American citizens exercising the fundamental right to vote," according to a lawsuit filed last week by several institutions in California.reason.comHomeland Security agents are harassing American voters of foreign origin: LawsuitSan Francisco and Santa Clara County are suing to stop DHS agents from questioning Americans about their citizenship and voting history. 22415
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 24/09/2026“If confirmed, the increase would still leave poverty well below the levels seen during Milei's first year in office.” 000
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 24/09/2026Worth noting that the New Hampshire “Libertarian Party” was disaffiliated by the LNC, for many reasons (including endorsing Trump over Oliver in 2024). They have been crazy right-wing MAGA cosplaying as libertarians because it’s easier than working in the GOP. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...nhpr.org 110
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 24/09/2026Saw one sticker for Mélenchon while I’ve been here, in Le Mans 000
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 24/09/2026Xi should have handed him the F-35 parts on camera, that would have been funny. 000
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 24/09/2026Want to share this opinion article from The Unpopulist (which you should be reading) that I have to agree with - any attempt at packing the Supreme Court will end badly for liberals and libertarians. www.theunpopulist.net/p/a-scheme-t...theunpopulist.net 010
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 24/09/2026TIL that you can take screenshots out of the Photos feed on iOS/iPadOS, which is buried in a menu. 000
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 23/09/2026I think this is all BS obviously, but why doesn’t anyone of importance ever turn around and go “well why did you build that?” 011
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 23/09/2026Just paid $9.50/gal for regular unleaded in France so I’ll be quiet about my $5/gal in Mississippi for a bit. 000
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 23/09/2026First time in a while I’ve seen the Tories above Reform, with Labour keeping their narrow lead. 100
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 22/09/2026Uh… I don’t guess they have an actuary on staff anywhere, huh? 000
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 22/09/2026McLaren’s new logo gives me McRae’s department store vibe. 000
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 20/09/2026Also, I’ve long been of an unpopular opinion that the governments should probably not be in the business of running sports teams, in this case referring to public universities’ athletic departments. I don’t think it’s a high priority issue by any means, but we are seeing how it can be abused now. 001
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 20/09/2026I woke up and found out Ole Miss won. Great, glad for the team, they deserve it. Also happy to hear we did not burn down our own city. Anyway, being in Europe and having college football playing overnight so I can just wake up and find out what happened is ideal. 001
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 19/09/2026Australia’s center-right opposition Coalition continues its pivot to the right after the wipeout elections in 2022 and 2025, and continued threats from the populist One Nation party. 100
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 18/09/2026Anyway, rather than deal with the traffic of 300k people in Oxford… I went to France. 000
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 17/09/2026Little fun fact: today is the 20th anniversary of the shutdown of The WB. And if you want to understand the depth of my nerdiness, I wrote the original Wikipedia article for “The Night of Favorites and Farewells,” their final night of programming, in 2006. 120
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 16/09/2026The Super 8 on Jackson is just $600/night this weekend though. 100
Reposted by Kevin DupuyReason Magazine @reason.com · 16/09/2026The Kentucky congressman says he will force a vote on removing Pete Hegseth, who is accused of "abusing the power of his office to ignore congressional war powers resolutions, to kidnap foreign leaders, and to intimidate critics of the Trump administration."reason.comThomas Massie just filed 8 articles of impeachment against Pete HegsethThe Kentucky congressman says he will force a vote on removing Hegseth, who is accused of 'abusing the power of his office.' 86922
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 16/09/2026This is very, very Oxford. oxfordeagle.com/2026/09/15/p...oxfordeagle.comPilot sends Kiffin a message; Watch it Live - The Oxford EagleOxford resident Joshua Gregory is sending a message to former Ole Miss Rebels coach Lane Kiffin in a unique way. Gregory is flying his Piper Cherokee above Lafayette County, and […] 101
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 15/09/2026I hope you’re all registered to vote in the midterms! I also hope that in a post-Trump world, we get rid of them. From November 2024: why we should amend the constitution and kill the midterms. www.kevinyeaux.com/p/lets-kill-...kevinyeaux.comLet’s Kill the MidtermsAmerica’s two year election cycle leads to dysfunction and frustration with democracy. 000
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 15/09/2026Alternatively, they can be something other than the other populist party, but the one that believes in democracy and is against corruption. I mean, I’d take that party over the GOP, but begrudgedly. I don’t think parties should simply “accept what the voters want” when what they want is wrong. 100
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 15/09/2026I just have a tough time believing this, largely because to my knowledge there has not been a single Elon sighting in Memphis while he claims he is living in town. www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-li...businessinsider.comThe world's richest man says he's living in a trailerElon Musk is known for his unusual sleeping arrangements, and famously slept on a couch at Twitter's headquarters after buying it in 2022. 000
Reposted by Kevin DupuyDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I'm convinced that this is just a big a reason for the tariffs as any (misplaced) economic claims: Tariffs give Trump discretionary power, and he likes being the sort of guy who can use govt power on a whim to impress people (in this case), or in return for other favors. 1272293400
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 13/09/2026I’ve been using the new Siri for a few months on the Mac and have used Gemini on Android devices for a while, and I stand by the fact that it’s the ideal personal usage for AI: a personal assistant that can take all your info, emails, messages, and help you sort through it. 000
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 11/09/2026Folks, you can make fun of their little convention but the Trump Administration is finally lowering costs*! 110
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 11/09/2026On one hand, I have no doubt Disney is extra cautious right now given the FCC’s posture with them. On the other hand, if Kimmel didn’t extend an interview request (which would have been denied anyway) to Paxton, yes that’s an equal time issue and Democratic FCCs have cracked down on that too. 100
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 10/09/2026The $5k promise is stupid, but people don’t understand that many voted for Biden because he was talking about more stimulus checks, and how much disaffection there was in certain circles when his stimulus plans weren’t what they expected. It’s terrible policy and bad for society. But it works. 100
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 10/09/2026Not that it matters that much anymore, but no broadcast network is covering the speech. 000
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 10/09/2026I wrote last year that midterm conventions are actually a good idea and that the Dems should have done one. Yes, this one will probably be completely weird and incompetently run because it’s Trump, but I stand by that idea. www.kevinyeaux.com/p/midterm-co...kevinyeaux.comMidterm Conventions Are A (Surprisingly) Good IdeaIf we’re not going to get rid of the damn thing, we may as well treat it like a real election. 000
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 10/09/2026Alright the dollar bill-style background for Bessent is pretty funny. 000
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 09/09/2026It is 11 PM and it is 80 degrees outside. I do not support this. 000
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 02/09/2026Is a freshly opened chip bag having four chips in it a recession indicator? 120
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 02/09/2026I get the anger at Google and Apple given their sucking up to the White House, but I think it’s still misguided in this situation. Should Google and Apple get to decide what things in a country are named, instead of its elected government? 100
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 01/09/2026Mark Carney’s Liberals flip a Conservative seat in by election, continuing the absolute cratering of the Canadian Conservatives www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caLiberals projected to win Chicoutimi-Le Fjord - Liberals win byelections in Toronto and Quebec, CBC News projectsThe CBC decision desk is projecting that Liberal candidate Daniel Gobeil will win Chicoutimi-Le Fjord. This will be a pick up for the governing Liberals, who have flipped this seat from the Conservati... 040
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 01/09/2026Night 2 of the RNC will have a feature on “anti-corruption,” which is… something. 100
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 28/08/2026I had NewsNation on the radio (don’t ask) on my commute home and Peter Navarro was on. Oh man. It was so close to satire I couldn’t make it up. First off his anti-Canada stuff was basically out of “Canadian Bacon” (which was, I might add, supposed to be satire). 100
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 26/08/2026And if you’re ever curious why Oxford is so over-represented on political events… 000
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 25/08/2026It’s thoughtful that MS NOW has a reminder on the screen when to change the channel. 000
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 24/08/2026Putting everything else aside, I think it’s extraordinarily funny that Trump does the exact same hand gestures WITHIN CAMERA FRAME on a FaceTime call. 000
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 24/08/2026Why is Vance in Maine anyway? They know that this won’t help Collins, are they actively trying to sink her or is the WH political shop so unimaginably stupid as to think this is helpful? 010
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 24/08/2026Absolutely hilarious when Doug Ford is the “bad cop” of Canada’s trade war. I know you all hate it, I love it. 000
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 22/08/2026As a reminder, as of midnight there is now a 50% tariff on jokes about Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry. Plus the $20 UPS processing fee. (I always ship my jokes Ground.) 000
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 20/08/2026I’m also not sure what to make of Cotton trailing a poll in Arkansas, other than to say that the Libertarians are at 3% and AR has one of the strongest statewide Libertarian infrastructure in the country (ironically because the Dems have a tendency to not run sometimes). www.kark.com/news/your-lo...kark.comLatest poll shows Hallie Shoffner with a slight lead over Sen. Tom Cotton for Arkansas US Senate seatA new Hendrix College poll shows Democratic candidate Hallie Shoffner holding a narrow lead over Republican incumbent Senator Tom Cotton in a highly competitive Arkansas Senate race. 111
Kevin Dupuy @kevinyeaux.com · 19/08/2026Polling in Alberta’s sorta-independence referendum shows 61-33 in favor of remaining in Canada with about two months to go angusreid.org/alberta-refe...angusreid.orgAlberta vote: ‘Stay’ outweighs ‘Leave’ 2:1; two-in-five separatists say it's about “sending a message to Ottawa” - Angus Reid Institute[wpcode id="85471"] 000