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
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". . . still deporting people guilty of nothing more than wanting to be U.S. citizens, still supporting warrantless raids on homes, still condoning racial profiling and baseless arrests of U.S. citizens, and still listening to overt racist Stephen Miller."
-- @ronfournier.bsky.social
". . . still deporting people guilty of nothing more than wanting to be U.S. citizens, still supporting warrantless raids on homes, still condoning racial profiling and baseless arrests of U.S. citizens, and still listening to overt racist Stephen Miller."
-- @ronfournier.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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". . . still deporting people guilty of nothing more than wanting to be U.S. citizens, still supporting warrantless raids on homes, still condoning racial profiling and baseless arrests of U.S. citizens, and still listening to overt racist Stephen Miller."
-- @ronfournier.bsky.social
". . . still deporting people guilty of nothing more than wanting to be U.S. citizens, still supporting warrantless raids on homes, still condoning racial profiling and baseless arrests of U.S. citizens, and still listening to overt racist Stephen Miller."
-- @ronfournier.bsky.social
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"This line [from Springsteen] spoke to me: 'There were bloody footprints where mercy should have stood.'"
January 29, 2026 at 4:01 PM
"This line [from Springsteen] spoke to me: 'There were bloody footprints where mercy should have stood.'"
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@ronfournier.bsky.social on why the Trump administration's raid and seizing of a @washingtonpost.com reporter's materials should send chills down those who love our democracy.
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He's Coming for You
What Trump's raid on a Washington Post reporter's home is really all about.
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January 14, 2026 at 10:04 PM
@ronfournier.bsky.social on why the Trump administration's raid and seizing of a @washingtonpost.com reporter's materials should send chills down those who love our democracy.
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Thanks for this, @ronfournier.bsky.social “He wants you silenced, too. He wants you afraid to speak out against him.
“Second, he wants to make it impossible for journalists to hold him accountable.”
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“Second, he wants to make it impossible for journalists to hold him accountable.”
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He's Coming for You
What Trump's raid on a Washington Post reporter's home is really all about.
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January 14, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Thanks for this, @ronfournier.bsky.social “He wants you silenced, too. He wants you afraid to speak out against him.
“Second, he wants to make it impossible for journalists to hold him accountable.”
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“Second, he wants to make it impossible for journalists to hold him accountable.”
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"President Trump on Wednesday opened a new front in the war on independent journalism, a fresh assault on the First Amendment and every American’s ability to hold political leaders accountable.
"Democracy cannot thrive when journalists are co-oped and cowered by government."
"Democracy cannot thrive when journalists are co-oped and cowered by government."
January 19, 2026 at 2:56 AM
My newsletter today connects the dots between three stories in today’s “Morning Read-In,” a pre-dawn feature for paid subscribers to Convulsions. convulsions.substack.com/p/it-can-get...
It Can Get Worse
And today is does: On ICE, Venezuela, and Iran.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:28 PM
My newsletter today connects the dots between three stories in today’s “Morning Read-In,” a pre-dawn feature for paid subscribers to Convulsions. convulsions.substack.com/p/it-can-get...
NEW: A young mother is shot in the face moments after telling an ICE agent, “I’m not mad at you,” and just five days later investigators conclude:
-Her political activism may be a justification for her murder.
-Her killer likely won’t be charged. convulsions.substack.com/p/it-can-get...
-Her political activism may be a justification for her murder.
-Her killer likely won’t be charged. convulsions.substack.com/p/it-can-get...
It Can Get Worse
And today is does: On ICE, Venezuela, and Iran.
convulsions.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:28 PM
NEW: A young mother is shot in the face moments after telling an ICE agent, “I’m not mad at you,” and just five days later investigators conclude:
-Her political activism may be a justification for her murder.
-Her killer likely won’t be charged. convulsions.substack.com/p/it-can-get...
-Her political activism may be a justification for her murder.
-Her killer likely won’t be charged. convulsions.substack.com/p/it-can-get...
My bottom lines:
1. Defying a police order is not a capital offense.
2. Opposing ICE is not a capital offense.
3. Trump, Vance, and Noem are liars, not jurors
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1. Defying a police order is not a capital offense.
2. Opposing ICE is not a capital offense.
3. Trump, Vance, and Noem are liars, not jurors
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ICED
In a modern-day kangaroo court: Rene Nicole Good was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death by Trump and his team of lying jackals.
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January 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
My bottom lines:
1. Defying a police order is not a capital offense.
2. Opposing ICE is not a capital offense.
3. Trump, Vance, and Noem are liars, not jurors
convulsions.substack.com/p/iced
1. Defying a police order is not a capital offense.
2. Opposing ICE is not a capital offense.
3. Trump, Vance, and Noem are liars, not jurors
convulsions.substack.com/p/iced
Having walked in her shoes, my advice to Weiss would be this: Hold your team to the highest standard and deliver a hard-hitting piece worthy of the “60 Minutes” reputation. If you pull a punch, the White House will sell your soul one piece at a time. convulsions.substack.com/p/i-walked-i...
I Walked in Bari Weiss' Shoes and Now Wonder: Is Her Soul for Sale?
As a former editor-in-chief, here's my take on the '60 Minutes' controversy.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Having walked in her shoes, my advice to Weiss would be this: Hold your team to the highest standard and deliver a hard-hitting piece worthy of the “60 Minutes” reputation. If you pull a punch, the White House will sell your soul one piece at a time. convulsions.substack.com/p/i-walked-i...
Read @rahmemanuel.bsky.social's essay on parenting. Seriously, it's good. Featured in my newsletter today (second item):
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December 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Read @rahmemanuel.bsky.social's essay on parenting. Seriously, it's good. Featured in my newsletter today (second item):
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I knew Elise Stefanik at Harvard's Institute of Politics, when she was a moderate Republican friendly with liberal classmates like @petebuttigieg.bsky.social. Unfortunately, we didn't teach her at Harvard to harness her ambition or deal with the likes of Donald Trump.
The Harsh Education of Elise Stefanik
Also: Rahm Emanuel on parenting, of all things.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I knew Elise Stefanik at Harvard's Institute of Politics, when she was a moderate Republican friendly with liberal classmates like @petebuttigieg.bsky.social. Unfortunately, we didn't teach her at Harvard to harness her ambition or deal with the likes of Donald Trump.
Eighty-four years ago, we learned that isolationism, nationalism, and protectionism can make good people blind to the hard realities of their times and catapult bad men toward unspeakable horrors.
On Pearl Harbor Day, "America First" Lives in Infamy
The movement's isolationism, protectionism, nationalism, anti-Semitism, and Nazism died 84 years ago today. Only to rise again.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Eighty-four years ago, we learned that isolationism, nationalism, and protectionism can make good people blind to the hard realities of their times and catapult bad men toward unspeakable horrors.
The American First movement under Trump echoes the one that defended a rising Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
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The Trump Doctrine: Make Money, Not Democracy, and Protect White Supremacy in Europe
Also: Did Trump pardon the J6 bombing suspect? Birthright citizenship hangs by a thread.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The American First movement under Trump echoes the one that defended a rising Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
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He:
1. Called an entire community of Americans “garbage” and said, “I don’t want them in our country.”
2. Dismissed the public’s concerns about inflation.
3. Lied again about the 2020 election, which he lost but says he won.
4. Threatened to attack Latin American countries by land.
1. Called an entire community of Americans “garbage” and said, “I don’t want them in our country.”
2. Dismissed the public’s concerns about inflation.
3. Lied again about the 2020 election, which he lost but says he won.
4. Threatened to attack Latin American countries by land.
December 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
He:
1. Called an entire community of Americans “garbage” and said, “I don’t want them in our country.”
2. Dismissed the public’s concerns about inflation.
3. Lied again about the 2020 election, which he lost but says he won.
4. Threatened to attack Latin American countries by land.
1. Called an entire community of Americans “garbage” and said, “I don’t want them in our country.”
2. Dismissed the public’s concerns about inflation.
3. Lied again about the 2020 election, which he lost but says he won.
4. Threatened to attack Latin American countries by land.