Kevin Dupuy

I 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-...

Lula has been reelected president, Brazilian media has now called. An extraordinary comeback for the left-wing politician who trailed by 2 points in round 1 but managed to hold off Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president's son.

Was catching up on the USGP a few minutes ago and saw the Texas government didn’t send Abbott this time but someone even more popular for the podium.

Lula has taken the overall, countrywide lead back. With 62% of precincts counted, he is ahead 50.6% to 49.4%, which is an edge of roughly 900,000 votes. He is also getting the shift he needs (compared to the first round) in virtually every state that has reported most of the vote.

Symbol of the night so far: State of Minas Gerais is typically presented as THE swing state. It voted for Lula by 0.4% in the 2022 runoff; then, swung to Bolsonaro, who won it 48% to 43% in round 1. A third of the precincts have been counted so far, & results have been 50.0-50.0 for a while.

Great follow for Brazil results tonight

Look, you don’t have to convince me. No one hates libertarians more than other libertarians.

Chaos in Brazil where Bolsonaro-aligned officials are causing disruption to try and reduce Lula supporters’ abilities to vote. Polling has been extended an extra two hours.

This is one of the more… right-wing parish parties in the Louisiana GOP. And that senate race isn’t particularly competitive. Can’t recall the state or local party in Louisiana, which I used to work in, EVER sound this concerned. Don’t be complacent, but Republicans are not feeling good.

Conservatives win majority government in snap election in British Columbia, unseating the NDP after nine years. The Conservatives were beset with infighting and even an interim leader, which the NDP tried to take advantage of by calling an early election. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

“Sorry I lost track of time, I was upstairs organizing my ebooks” is something I told my wife tonight.

Yet another Canadian provincial election today, in British Columbia where the NDP government is expected to lose a snap election to a suprisingly strong BC Conservatives opposition led by an interim leader just weeks after their permanent leader resigned. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Update: won’t spoil anything, but you should watch this. Ideally in a theater with decent numbers of people in it. The social commentary aspect around you will be worth it.

Finally going to see “You Can See Everything.” Living in a college town in the middle of nowhere means movies come late here sometimes. But apparently it’s a hot ticket in Oxford tonight.

The Duo is… awkward. Apple’s modifications to iOS is definitely better suited to the form factor than Android, but folded it has a weird feel in the hand and definitely needs two hands to use comfortably. Unfolded it’s an interesting iPad mini, the crease is there but you have to look for it.

Complete bullshit. The body cam footage shows nothing of the kind. It shows a bunch of cops rushing a car over alleged shoplifting, and a driver trying to flee. It’s an easily disproven lie, strikingly similar to the DHS lies about Renee Good and others. mississippitoday.org/2026/10/22/s...

There is a very famous organized bike ride across Iowa...

You know it’s getting serious when the state party has to spend money.

There it is: Trump to campaign in Mississippi on Monday. Kamala Harris will be here tomorrow. What year is it, again? www.clarionledger.com/story/news/p...

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon sworn in as premier of Quebec leading a minority PQ government - complete with a minister for independence montrealgazette.com/news/provinc...

Republican candidate’s campaign website accidentally publishes AI prompt: “The president is not popular, so all messaging should be focused on local politics and needs." www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

I have a Colom for Senate sticker on my car, and I don’t put stickers on my car. So that’s how serious this is. It’s nice to be in a battleground for once. I think this will be a reach, but it’s possible IF the GOP has a REALLY bad night.

In typical American fashion, none of the three major news networks + BBC is airing any coverage of the Albertan referendum.

CANADA WINS: no huge surprise here, but CBC News is projecting that Albertans have voted to remain in Canada in tonight’s quasi-separation referendum

Pro-Canada supporters will be hoping to keep the separatists under 25-30%. Other than the separatists winning, which seems very mathematically difficult right now, nightmare scenario for Canada would be separatist finishing in the 40s.

All parliamentary ridings in Calgary and Edmonton are currently trending 70-90% Remain, as you’d expect.

First big drop of results in. 38% polls in Remain: 76.6% Referendum: 23.4%

So… polls are actually not closed. Well, specifically one polling place is still open, which is why there are no results flowing from Elections Alberta yet.

The CBC apparently picked someone’s basement for their referendum night coverage.

The last major separation referendum I covered was the EU/Brexit referendum over a decade ago. Oh how the world has changed since then, huh?

Watch live: CBC referendum night coverage www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5na...

Polls are now fully closed in Alberta, where voters had ten referendum questions, including one on whether to remain a part of Canada or to move forward with a future referendum on becoming an independent nation.

PM on today’s referendum

It’s referendum day in Alberta, where voters will be deciding on a bunch of issues including whether to move forward with a future vote on independence from Canada. Polling suggests separation will lose badly. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Mississippi is being inundated with Democratic presidential hopefuls in the run-up to Election Day, with Harris now joining the party: mississippitoday.org/2026/10/14/k...

I’ve said for a while, if you want single payer healthcare, your best chance at it is this presidency.