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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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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 · 15/09/2026

Fox News would cover the scandal 24/7. Congressional Republicans would schedule impeachment hearings. And a reality TV star named Donald Trump would interrupt his racist birther campaign to denounce “Barack Hussein Obama’s CORRUPT WEDDING GRIFT.”

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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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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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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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 · 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 · 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 · 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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