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Dave Infante

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covering the beer business for VINEPAIR; covering drinking in america for FINGERS. dm for signal | email: dave@dinfontay.com (good tips only, thank you) | more: linktr.ee/dinfontay

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Brian Alberts's avatar Brian Alberts @brewedculture.bsky.social
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Come to this article for "Florida’s second-orangest Boomer B-lister." Stay for Dave's acknowledgment that for many in US history, ideas like freedom, liberty, and inclusion have just meant "I will magnanimously allow you to agree with me." (...and buy my beer)

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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Has NYT done a single story on the Epstein-Trump documents yet? Am I missing it somewhere?

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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There’s a halcyon version of the national past where Americans across the political spectrum set aside their differences and had a beer with one another. If that ever existed, it is gone now. Hulk Hogan's new beer is a dismal bid to profit off that vision with the nation's future on the brink.

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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“Remember when party leaders torched 100 million dollars so I could get beat by double digits in a Senate race against Lindsey fucking Graham? Anyway, they put me in charge of the DNC after that, so calm down”

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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There’s a halcyon version of the national past where Americans across the political spectrum set aside their differences and had a beer with one another. If that ever existed, it is gone now. Hulk Hogan's new beer is a dismal bid to profit off that vision with the nation's future on the brink.

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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TikTok is opening its platform to booze ads. Do you think the industry can be normal about this? Do you think *Congress* can be normal about this? I certainly do not.

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Tim Onion's avatar Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social
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"The Bernie Bros and K-Hive appear to be forming an alliance," I say at the 4th of July cookout. An anvil falls out of the sky directly onto my person, killing me instantly. God appears through the clouds. "I did that," he says. Family and friends applaud politely.

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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"boilermaker" "shot and a beer" 🤝 having a good one

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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I think it's because we disagree about the messaging value of his very-public Nov '22 decision compared to the eventual behind-the-scenes outcome. Which is fine!

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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A lot of what a president does is performance to indicate the priorities and attitude of his administration. I don't think that's groundbreaking or scandalous to say. That's part of the job.

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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I don't know what to tell you man. I think he has been great for labor, and he should campaign harder on it. I don't think his handling of the railroad strike was the "unqualified win" you seem to, which is why I consider it a vulnerability that his admin would have to message around.

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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imo Nov '22 was a missed chance to show pro-worker resolve on a major stage to normie voters w/ explicit, unmistakable action (ie, not intervening.) His calculus at the time prioritized smooth holiday business over a big public stand w/ labor. Good call or bad, he owns that too.

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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Biden w/ Congress forced a contract in late '22 rather than allow a strike. He owns that. ~9mos later, many (almost all by now afaik) RR workers won sick leave. Some RR unions credit Biden w/ helping. The delay, necessary ongoing labor pressure, piecemeal rollout are all qualifiers by definition.

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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Your honor, with all due respect, I ain't seen my baby since I don't know when, I've been drinking bourbon, whiskey Scotch and gin

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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nyt columnists are almost categorically incapable of a normal relationship with popular culture or its consumers, it's really remarkable

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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oh my god find another fucking reference

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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Mich Ultra yacht, just like on the teevee!

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Ahhhhh's avatar Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com
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To make a long story short I need to be put through one of those sausage maker machines

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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dude the stock ROSE on a 4.8% decline in deliveries today lmao. still way down from 2021 but TSLA is basically fully uncoupled from reality at this point. you know that better than me!

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Tesla "slipped to 63rd place in the 2024 Axios Harris Poll 100, which asked respondents about their views on corporate brands. In 2021, the company was in eighth place." www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/b...

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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i find mfs like this fascinating

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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stopped back in on twitter to check on something. really impressed by how effectively mr. musk has rid the site of bots. masterful gambit, sir!

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Sen. Gogurt taking notes on a criminal conspiracy's avatar Sen. Gogurt taking notes on a criminal conspiracy @ugarles.bsky.social
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the conservative theory of law in one headline

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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Sure, I understand that frustration. I share it, to some extent.

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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YMMV, of course. I think he's been good for labor and he should be campaigning on that a lot more aggressively. I was just noting a potential vulnerability to that strategy.

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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I know they did! (Almost all of 'em, at least.) But that was a major opportunity to showcase his pro-labor bona fides on the biggest stage he's yet had (even bigger than the UAW strike imo). i think you're right that a lot of people didn't follow-up 9mos later. That's what I mean by "biffed."

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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Agreed. He has some self-inflicted vulnerability because he biffed it on the rail strike in 2022, but the admin's NLRB is clear-eyed and aggressive; its FTC is seriously talking about labor as an anti-trust issue in suits (e.g., Kroger-Albertsons.) It's not just that he walked the UAW strike line.

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"I do not support purity tests for this party," I say, pouring a beaker of urine in the punch

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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incredible line, given, y'know, everything

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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i bought a month long subscription to my old paper to read one article, because it was The Right Thing to Do™️, but i no longer live in the area, so i want to cancel it. i have completed an online form designed to trigger a phone call for cancelation (lol), and placed two follow-up calls. nada.

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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local newspapers must get better at managing paying subscribers' accounts. this shit was table stakes a decade ago. if you require cancelation/vacation holds/etc. over the phone, you're making yourself radioactive to most people under 40.

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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"There is a large contingent of people on our side who believe in American institutions... Those people have been proven wrong. The evidence is in. Enough is enough. Open your eyes and look at reality." — @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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swap kristi noem onto this ticket asap

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Kevin M. Kruse's avatar Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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It looks like someone’s taking one of those hairless cats to the vet to be euthanized

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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So interesting! Was the Hugo on White Lotus Season 2? ...No? Will it pop on a grid post? ...No? Then why are we still talking about it?

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Dave Infante's avatar Dave Infante @dinfontay.bsky.social
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forget 4D chess, here's 5D yahtzee

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