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Brigitte Pellerin
by Brigitte Pellerin
I’m in a public health is a state of mind. brigittepellerin.substack.com
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Hill life with Stuart Benson: First week back!
Your essential link to C-38, C-39 and the page that includes articles by the person whose identity no one can confirm. Support my work, subscribe! Transcript Brigitte Pellerin (00:05): I’m joined by Stuart Benson, who’s a reporter at the Hill Times and writes the Party Central column — and who...
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All hail the chief facilities officer
Howard Polskin is the President and Chief Curator of TheRighting.com. Sign up for his free daily newsletter to get a quick scan of stories not to be missed from right-wing media without having to swim through right-wing media sludge. Help support my work by becoming a free or paid subscriber. The...
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Ask the columnist: Quebec elections
Question from Mike who’s asking, you know, what’s gonna happen with the Quebec election on October 5th. And the quick answer: a mess. It doesn’t look at the moment like any party can get a majority. You need 64 seats, and the closest party to get to that, if you look at all the polling…
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“It’s Always Cute When Canada Thinks It Matters”
Howard Polskin is the President and Chief Curator of TheRighting.com. Sign up for his free daily newsletter to get a quick scan of stories not to be missed from right-wing media without having to swim through right-wing media sludge. Here are the links to the stories Howard picked for you this...
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Politics, but for smart people: Federalist Trump Card
You can always count on a Quebec politician to tell you the open, honest, unvarnished truth right to your face, and with that accent you like so much. Tuesday morning, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon made it official: a Parti Québécois government will not hold a referendum on Quebec’s future as long as...
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Politics, but for smart people: We are failing those aboard USS Lincoln
Details about the story on the USS Abraham Lincoln are available through this New York Times story (follow the links to the trade publications for more information.) I may not look like much. I’m 55 years old, a woman, a journalist, a professional loudmouth. But I like to think I’m tough. Three...
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Politics, but for smart people: Out-Trumping Trump
There is no shortage of experts on international relations, negotiation theory and the history of the Middle East explaining just how much of a pickle Donald Trump is in with Iran. But you don’t need any of that expertise to see it. You just need eyes, positioned roughly in front of the eye...
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Politics, but for smart people: Voting like we mean it
Tuesday night’s Democratic primaries in Michigan were interesting to watch. Not that I stayed up. But by morning we knew that, by a slim margin, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed had won the Democratic nomination for Senate against Haley Stevens, a sitting representative and a more, shall we say, mainstream...
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Politics, but for smart people: Tariffs Redux
The latest round of tariffs, 50 percent on a broad range of Canadian exports, set to take effect sometime in mid-August, is already doing damage before it officially begins. Reports are coming in of American customers canceling orders with Canadian manufacturers, not because the tariffs are...
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Does anybody here know how to play this game?
Congratulations on making sure Mark Carney remains PM-for-life after electing the most left-wing (white, straight) guy to the leadership of the NDP, crushing the smart, knowledgeable, fierce, experienced and unfortunately way too female and grass-touching Heather MacPherson. As Fred DeLorey…
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Behold the ICE dispenser
Proposed law to tighten protection for dogs — we’re in favour. We don’t care for the death penalty but stories of last meals are touching and tragic. And would you like to live in a mansion you can (maybe) afford, even if it’s in Selma? Get full access to Bench Presse by Brigitte Pellerin at...
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Questions de la semaine
If you’re dying to hear a very long conversation between two guys you don’t care about talking about things that leave you indifferent, it’s here! One great conversation with James Talarico, here. Ma chronique dans le Ottawa Citizen est ici. If you’d like to join me in a festive séance of...
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A winner any day
So, the Alabama Solution did not win the Oscar for best documentary last night but we’re happy anyway because already it’s caused authorities in the Yellowhammer state to — maybe not smarten up but behave a little less obviously dumb. Including the surprising last-minute commuting of a death...
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Whose fragile snowflake is this anyway?
English follows French in video and in writing. Si ça vous tente de vous gratter quelques vieux bobos et de roter plein de vieux sûr, allez voir les citations, c’est de toute beauté. C’est pas pour rien que le caucus Conservateur québécois s’objecte en masse à cette campagne qui sort du…
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C'mon Meemaw, act right
Above, Taylor’s latest project at Rocket City Meats. Watch the director of The Alabama Solution on Jimmy Fallon. The story about SNAP benefits is here, and you can find the one about truck drivers here. Get full access to Bench Presse by Brigitte Pellerin at brigittepellerin.substack.com/subscribe
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Don't fart in church
Yes, it’s a sensationalist headline. Made you look, though, right? The Alabama government has a new law making it a felony to disrupt a church service and while I’m in favour of people feeling safe while they worship, maybe that’s a little strong? It also has a bill mandating the use of Donald...
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A place for balls
It’s very cute and you can see images from inside the store here. I don’t believe it’ll have the full restaurant with all the balls beyond the legendary meat kind, which is too bad because they totally could have brought in a new variety, the SpaceBall, but oh well. I’m still going to go for a...
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Since when is the bible not religious?
The story about the Alabama prison inmates is here. Displaying the 10 commandments is apparently not a religious thing according to one legislator. Those of you who want a refresher on Roy Moore can consult this resource. And I wrote about the Quebec government debating a secularism bill under a...
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Ādisōke, the story
I do not as a rule enjoy throwing people under the bus and I will do my best to avoid naming names that don’t need naming for that reason. Especially when the names in question belong to people who aren’t responsible for making important decisions and are instead mere messengers. Over the years…
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A very good bunny
Taylor was filming at The Vault in Huntsville, Alabama. Go see them if you’re in the area! And just because Taylor mentioned it, I had to go look for Bad Bunny’s Calvin Klein ad and now that I found it I have to share it. You’re welcome! Get full access to Bench Presse by Brigitte Pellerin at...
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Bad movies and worse movies
The Oscar-nominated documentary into an Alabama prison, shot by inmates with contraband cellphones, is making a lot of waves including in the Governor’s office. Incarcerated folks who participated in the film are punished, and more money is devoted to prisons than, frankly, is healthy. The movie…
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ICE, ice, and everything in between
The Rocket City Wranglers are a wonderful group of community-minded Jeep owners who show up when the going gets tough and all-wheel drive is required. Here’s the announcement for the Huntsville arts grant recipients. Canada is in the process (ever so slowly) of banning the use of non-disclosure...
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Where Handmaid's Tale is bad but non-consensual organ harvesting is not...
We swear this isn’t fiction. The state is withholding funding to a public library in Fairhope because the library is refusing to move certain titles, considered sexually explicit, out of the teen section. The books include Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, which my teens certainly have read....
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Out with the old, in with the new
Here is the link to the Ryan Holiday book on wisdom. I wanted to give a shout-out to Jake Tapper grilling the DHS secretary about law enforcement officers acting in self-defence. Story, and video below. He gets points for asking. Controlled demolition of the old test towers: Here is the project…
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Congratulations on your new country!
Here is the link to the article about MTG we talked about. Another article about health insurance in Alabama. Get full access to Bench Presse by Brigitte Pellerin at brigittepellerin.substack.com/subscribe
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Would you get in line and suffer, you insufferable little twerps
The Ontario government is composed of grumpy old men and worse women who think that playing and being happy are two of the most miserable activities known to children and will therefore stamp it out in favour of good old-fashioned rigorous academic achievement. In other words, they’re being…
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Ghosts, Hegseth and drugs -- oh my!
Taylor and Michael visited The Myrtles Plantation and I am way too chicken to follow their example. Everyone was on their best behaviour for Pete Hegseth’s visit to Huntsville a few days ago, for a ceremony at Redstone Arsenal that is in fact good news for the city. Almost as much as the…
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Worthwhile Canadian initiatives
(Honk if you’re old or sophisticated enough — or both! — to know why the headline to this post is hilarious. Let’s get together and rant about the good old days together, okay?) Thanks for reading! This post is public so feel free to share it. A big old f*****g yes to this bill, removing...
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The long slow political death lurch
If this keeps up — and I expect it will — we’ll need to add a crossing guard in the House of Commons to make sure people get to the other side safely. Also, Pierre Poilievre’s goose is cooked. I mean, it was back in April when he lost his seat to Bruce Fanjoy (buy the book!), but back then people...
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The year 2025 in three words: Unsurprised but pissed
You can find the National Security Strategy of the United States here. Here is one story about dropping MLK from the list of national holidays but adding Trump’s birthday. Picture from the Mexican president’s twitter feed. Notice Mark Carney’s red tie? Meanwhile, Congress is showing hints of back...
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Chapter Last
The book is available in print, ebook and audio book formats. [Chapter One] [Chapter Two] [Chapter Three] [Chapter Four] [Chapter Five] [Chapter Six] [Chapter Seven] [Chapter Eight] A Recipe for Making Crumble The days that followed April 28, 2025, were a little bit surreal. Bruce Fanjoy had not...
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Live from Dodge City
We had to chat football (what the hell is the Iron Bowl?) and Donald Trump (slightly more popular than tuberculosis) and that business with killing people off the coast of Venezuela, about which Heather Cox Richardson wrote a cracker of a piece, for those interested to learn more about why this…
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The Great Southern Road Trip
The article about Andrew Jackson by Heather Cox Richardson is here. Get full access to Bench Presse by Brigitte Pellerin at brigittepellerin.substack.com/subscribe
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Chapter Eight
The book is available in print, ebook and audio book formats. [Chapter One] [Chapter Two] [Chapter Three] [Chapter Four] [Chapter Five] [Chapter Six] [Chapter Seven] Wen Control Hurts You The 2025 federal election campaign will be one for the books. It was unique in so many ways, including for…
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Bigots and idiots
Taylor’s Big Easy adventures with his mother Tammy: auctions and cheese grits. One senator manages to say idiotic things about two different subjects: Uber drivers and New York. Background story on the anti-gay-marriage woman who lost in the Supreme Court today. The character from Monsters Inc.…
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Chapter Seven
The book is available in print, ebook and audio book formats. [Chapter One] [Chapter Two] [Chapter Three] [Chapter Four] [Chapter Five] [Chapter Six] Garbage Advocate In November 2023, Pierre Poilievre took a victory lap to celebrate the Federal Court ruling on the Liberal government’s plastic…
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Boo hiss down with darkness
Here’s one story about how brave Marjorie Taylor Green is these days and yes, having to write that makes my hair frizz. But there you are. One article on Alabama’s tradition of f**k-you politics that you’ll likely find fascinating. And the Great Gatsby at Mar-a-Lago. Get full access to Bench…
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Chapter Six
The book is available in print, ebook and audio book formats. [Chapter One] [Chapter Two] [Chapter Three] [Chapter Four] [Chapter Five] Down with the Occupation Many people in the region still have bad memories of those awful weeks in 2022. Regardless of the validity of the truckers’ complaints...
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When deep red states compare you to Marie Antoinette…
I am very excited to go to the movies at Lowe Mill! The story about the billboard outside of Birmingham is here. And the story about Karen skeletons is here. Get full access to Bench Presse by Brigitte Pellerin at brigittepellerin.substack.com/subscribe
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Chapter Five
The book is available in print, ebook and audio book formats. [Chapter One] [Chapter Two] [Chapter Three] [Chapter Four] What is wrong with Pierre Poilievre? If I’ve done my marketing right, you’re the kind of reader who’ll react to this chapter title with a heartfelt “there’s a well with no...
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Crushing dissenting sex organs
First of all, you need to know about oyster bread pudding. I’m reliably told it’s great. I shall report in due course. Here is a story that shows the video of officers tackling the woman wearing the inflatable penis. You’ll notice she’s not resisting. And they’re treating her like a terrorist.…
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Chapter Four
The book is available in print, ebook and audio book formats. [Chapter One] [Chapter Two] [Chapter Three] Running is winning “You are not welcome here.” The man — you knew it would be a man — was a self-proclaimed fan of Pierre Poilievre living in one of the lovely suburbs of Carleton. Bruce…
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Use porn profits for mental health supports
Here is the news story on Alabama’s age verification for porn and using 10% “sin” tax to fund mental health supports for youth. Other than equating porn with sin, which it isn’t (at least not always), I think that’s an example worth following. For those who’ve missed it, here is the article about...
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Chapter Three
The book is available in print, ebook and audio book formats. [Chapter One] [Chapter Two] Climbing Mount Carleton Bruce Fanjoy grew up in a small town on the East Coast. He was an active kid, a boy who enjoyed running around and having adventures. One of his ambitions was to climb mountains. The...
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Chapter Two
The book is available in print, ebook and audio book formats. [Chapter One] How do you like them apples? Pierre Poilievre won the leadership of the Conservative party on the first ballot in September 2022. It wasn’t even close. His fundraising was almost as unprecedented as the size of his margin...
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Chapter One
The book is available in print, ebook and audio book formats. Introduction At the end of every big project, a book, a pregnancy, the year-end presentation that needs 17 drafts and six rounds of executive approval, there is a mixture of dread, anxiety, exhaustion, and elation. Also, pain. And if…
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Chickens in Walmart
The latest with Taylor McLendon, who is off to Italy with Michael for the next little bit. We’ll catch up when we’re both back in Alabama at the end of the month. Get full access to Bench Presse by Brigitte Pellerin at brigittepellerin.substack.com/subscribe
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From Bama with Bite: Sexy politics
In case you want to check out the latest idea put forward by Tommy Tuberville that we mostly agree with. This is a rare event. Worth clicking on the link, totally. Taylor did like the photo (taken by the great Ottawa photographer Ashley Fraser) at last year’s Politics and the Pen event. The event...
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From Bama with Bite: How big is too big?
Is this too big? Brigitte definitely says yes. UPDATE on the Buckley documentary, which is fantastic, is that Buckley was from California and did not die of a drug overdose. But he was cool and I vibed something fierce in the art house. Get full access to Bench Presse by Brigitte Pellerin at...
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ICE ICE Barbie
It was a quieter week, but it’s true that today is Presidential Joke Day. It’s also every day these days. Get full access to Bench Presse by Brigitte Pellerin at brigittepellerin.substack.com/subscribe
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