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Ron Fournier

@ronfournier.bsky.social
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Consultant. Ex-White House/Political Correspondent. @AP @TheAtlantic @crainsdetroit alum. Bestsellers “Love That Boy” & “Applebee’s America” Formal title: Bompa

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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
With brief excerpts from my NYT best-seller, "Love That Boy: What Two Presidents, Eight Road Trips, and My Son Taught Me About a Parent's Expectations" (adds link) convulsions.substack.com/p/balancing-...
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Balancing Work and Life Takes ... Work
On Justin Verlander, parenting in American, and my own struggle with guilt.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Unless the media takes a punishing stand, they’re going to be kicked out of the building anyhow. Their best defense of the First Amendment is to deny Trump the one thing he loves as much as money and power: attention. convulsions.substack.com/p/still-path...
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Still Pathetic: The Media Isn’t Doing Enough to Fight Trump
I’ll say it again: Boycott all presidential events until he relents on First Amendment incursions.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"50 Million Reasons Trump May Wage War in Yemen" It's all about the Saudi money. Why isn't the media connecting the dots and sounding alarms?! convulsions.substack.com/p/50-million...
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50 Million Reasons Trump May Wage War in Yemen
The Saudis want Trump to intervene and they’ve invested over $50 million in him.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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You’re the Victim of Trump’s Free Speech Attacks
He’s coming after all of us. Not just the media.
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Ugh 🏴‍☠️👻🏴‍☠️ @ajaxatax.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
25 yrs. Forever and yesterday. "By turning the post-9/11 apparatus inward, Trump has diminished not only the U.S. anti-terrorism efforts but also challenges...including advanced artificial intelligence, cyberthreats, drones, and biotechnology. In that sense, the 9/11 terrorists have won."
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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“Trump Responded Angrily”
The truth has the effect on him.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Imagine if President Obama allowed a Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin to pay for his daughter’s wedding reception in the Bahamas, a gift totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars that flouted ethical norms for presidential families convulsions.substack.com/p/trumps-wed...
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Trump’s Wedding Grift
It’s time once again to play “Imagine If”
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Inside the White House on 9/11
Inside my head 25 years later.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Two-thirds of Americans think the nation's public schools suck. And two-thirds of Americans think their kids' school is great. They're wrong, and that's why school reform isn't the urgent demand it should be. convulsions.substack.com/p/public-edu...
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Public Education Needs Better, More Brutal Marketing
Your kids’ schools are only as good as the system itself.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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The Deal Trump Struck with Death
A story about the innocent people America is killing behind enemy lines.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"Backwards and poor" is the new "deplorables." convulsions.substack.com/p/when-did-t...
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When Did Trump Morph Into Hillary Clinton?
He’s lost his populist touch.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I bring you two stories sure to stir the white-hot embers of populism in America. convulsions.substack.com/p/happy-days...
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Happy Days Are Here Again!
If you’re a corporation or dark money donor.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Happy Days Are Here Again!
If you’re a corporation or dark money donor.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Trump’s Nefarious November Blueprint
The AP lays bare Trump’s plan to steal congressional elections.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I DON’T KNOW whether Trump is having sex with a White House aide whom the New York Times calls “a platinum blonde geyser of positivity.” I don’t care to know. But I agree with administration officials who privately call the relationship unhealthy and … icky. convulsions.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
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The Trump Affair
Three takes on an icky White House relationship.
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Alan Stamm @alanstamm.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
"The U.S. Navy is considering a multibillion-dollar redesign of its new aircraft carriers because Trump doesn’t like how the current design looks. . . . I kid you not. . . . "Why is our commander in chief treating America’s next-generation fleet like a Lego set?" — @ronfournier.bsky.social
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Alan Stamm @alanstamm.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
2/ The firm adds that gloves must not be used on the elderly, children, pregnant women or anyone with severe disabilities, and aren’t meant for punishment or torture of detainees. As @ronfournier.bsky.social posted two days before that detailed coverage: "What could possibly go wrong? Everything."
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Mission Unaccomplished
Today marks a grim milestone in the Iran war
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
My latest, which includes a memory about writing about Dick Cheney in my underwear. convulsions.substack.com/p/dick-chene...
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Dick Cheney's Doctor Says Trump is Unwell
I tend to agree.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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The Crime Behind Trump's Paywall
His Truth Social scam should be impeachable, if not illegal.
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Alan Stamm @alanstamm.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"This rise of insurgents on the far right and left may soon lead to a radical realignment of U.S. politics. "Here are the forces at play in Michigan that reflect broader national trends."
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
“The Most Consequential Race of 2026 is Not in November. It’s in Michigan on Tuesday” Here’s why: open.substack.com/pub/convulsi...
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The Most Consequential Race of 2026 is Not in November
It's in Michigan on Tuesday
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
While Tuesday's results won't settle some of the greatest issues of our day (radical populism, foreign adventurism, racism, sexism, and the celebritization of American politics) they will give us a bead on where we’re headed. convulsions.substack.com/p/the-most-c...
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The Most Consequential Race of 2026 is Not in November
It's in Michigan on Tuesday
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Boycott the damn dinner convulsions.substack.com/p/seriously-...
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Seriously, White House Reporters: WTF?
Why are you having dinner with this man?
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Will Trump Get Paid to Make Saudi Arabia a Nuclear State?
A circumstantial case for what could be the most dangerous grift of his presidency.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
What do you plan to do about it? convulsions.substack.com/p/how-trump-...
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How Trump Plans to Rig the Midterms
Given his history, this is not hyperbole. Fresh evidence was revealed this week.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Iran Trumps Trump
And the president is pissed about it.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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Democratic Lemmings Disunite
What Platner's fall says about all of us.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
My question is: why do certain reporters and editors keep saying there is ceasefire even though their own reporting details ongoing hostilities? What's the incentive here? It makes no sense. @ronfournier.bsky.social
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Rob Shum @robshum.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
This 👇 is exactly what’s missing from the average, aggregated journalistic framing of recent events — a rational, objective statement of the facts.
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Kait Richardson 🥔 @thryse.com · 28/06/2026
We all know the Orwellian “we’ve always been at war with X” but now we’ve got the Trumpian “We’re not at war at all anymore but I’ll destroy Iran if we are” announcement *every single day* right alongside articles about the ongoing war.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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3 Things About President Trump
None of them are good.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Here's how I'd write today's lede: THE UNITED STATES struck multiple targets in Iran today as President Trump sought to regain unfettered access to the Strait of Hormuz lost earlier in his unauthorized and unpopular war — now entering its 18th week convulsions.substack.com/p/why-wont-t...
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Why Won't the Media Write the War Right?
There is no ceasefire. And Trump is losing ground on his war.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Trump and Mamdani are ascendant and disruptive forces overtaking the stale status quo. They represent a growing number of voters driven to political extremes out of disgust with the two major parties. convulsions.substack.com/p/what-mamda...
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What Mamdani's Victory Says About Us
... and our broken political system.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Lede: Trump ended his wrongheaded war with an accord that rewards Iran $300 billion, allows Tehran to keep its conventional missile system, curbs Israel’s fight against Iranian proxies, and punts on the issue he said led us to war: Iran’s nuclear program. convulsions.substack.com/p/whos-the-s...
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Short of getting concrete commitments to limit or end its nuclear work, a senior administration official said the emerging agreement is likely to be less restrictive than the 2015 deal brokered by former President Barack Obama." convulsions.substack.com/p/the-white-...
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The White House Knows Trump Lost the War
The 2 most important sentences in today's coverage on the Iran deal.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
PRESIDENT TRUMP promised voters in 2024 he would vanquish inflation on Day One of his presidency. Instead, he increased the cost of living with reckless tariffs and an unauthorized war in Iran – and now he’s overtly, unabashedly pro-inflation. convulsions.substack.com/p/trumps-lov...
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Trump's Lovers
He loves crooks, slush funds, and now the nemesis he vowed to defeat: Inflation.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Poll: Public’s faith in American exceptionalism, the American Dream, and democracy decline under Trump. open.substack.com/pub/convulsi...
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Trump's Ultimate Disgrace
His presidency has diminished confidence in American exceptionalism, the American Dream, and democracy.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
New poll: convulsions.substack.com/p/trumps-ult...
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Trump's Ultimate Disgrace
His presidency has diminished confidence in American exceptionalism, the American Dream, and democracy.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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Trump's Full Of ....
Self love.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I chatted last night with Presidents Bush and Clinton. Here's my take on their views about Trump's assault on the First Amendment (and my endearing question for the @whca : WTF?) convulsions.substack.com/p/what-my-ti...
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
We still haven’t heard from his doctors. Why isn’t their silence a major scandal? convulsions.substack.com/p/sleepy-don...
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Sleepy Don Sees Doc
Today's checkup raises important questions about Trump's health and veracity.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
My gut on my governor, Gretchen Whitmer: Maybe she runs for president, but she may be normal enough not to want it. Also, there may be no backtracking from this photo. "What's Up With Gretchen Whitmer?" convulsions.substack.com/p/whats-up-w...
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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What's Up With Whitmer?
I know her and I think I know.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
As Trump's presidency degrades the nation, we're reminded who put him back in office. Plus stories on: -Trump’s midterm meltdown -His second assault on E. Jean Carroll -His dream to be placed on the $250 bill. -His 3 bad options on Iran. My latest piece: convulsions.substack.com/p/jill-biden...
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Jill Biden Said What?
As Trump's presidency degrades the nation, we're reminded who put him back in office.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Here's a story about the time I realized AI might make writing obsolete -- and why I no longer think that's the case. convulsions.substack.com/p/you-can-wr...
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You Can Write Better Than AI (If You Put Your Mind to It).
And a funny story about how the scales were lifted from my old eyes.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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Sleepy Don Sees Doc
Today's checkup raises important questions about Trump's health and veracity.
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Trump has literally put himself above the law, exaggerating the damage done to him and pressuring the IRS to give him a free pass on all past —and possibly future — wrongdoing. It’s a blank check for corruption. 1/2 convulsions.substack.com/p/trump-is-c...
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Trump is Creating a Permanent Kleptocracy
The IRS slush fund scandal is the latest step toward institutionalizing corruption for all future presidents. Where is MAGA's outrage?
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Where I reflect on a 2014 column featuring Ron Klain
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Ron Fournier @ronfournier.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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Ebola Returns, Trump Retreats
The deadly consequences of gutting foreign aid, unlearning the lessons of the Obama years.
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