James Gibney

After reading the NYT's Thursday Style section, I understand why MAGA is so powerful. The reporters, writers, editors etc are trapped in a unicorn bubble and have no clue about the styles, fashions and notes of those who don't live in NYC

Brazil’s Lula Won a Tariff Battle — But Not the War Yet Brazil’s president has played US tariffs to his initial political advantage, but that’s a strategy with clear time limits. He needs to seal a big deal with the US to avoid real economic pain.

Brazil’s president may have won the first battle over Trump's tariffs, but he won't win the war without a comprehensive deal, says @jpspinetto.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The State Department Upheaval Makes China Great Again Never before has a country forfeited so much soft power with so little justification amid such intense competition with a rival.

Never before has a country forfeited so much soft power with so little justification amid such intense competition with a rival, says @andreaskluth.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

time was when people (including me) would make fun of David Gergen as a Washington courtier, self-important, etc. But he seems like a noble giant in comparison with the corrupt moral pygmies and toxic troglodytes now in positions of power and influence.

Europe’s Best Family Firms Have a Secret Weapon Money Can’t Buy Tradition provides impossible to quantify corporate benefits, not least self-confidence and a sense of perspective.

Tradition provides Europe's best family firms with corporate benefits that money can't buy, says @opinion.bloomberg.com 's Adrian Wooldridge www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...?

Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State who swallows Trump's unqualified ambassadorial nominations like bon-bons, even as he guts the State Department's career workforce. What a disgrace, but a revealing one at that. No spine, no character, no vision.

I am wearing the bottoms of my trousers rolled, and this speaks to me, very loudly.

Brazil’s Lula Just Got a Huge Gift From the White House Trump’s brash intervention in Brazil’s domestic politics on behalf of his ally former president Jair Bolsonaro will just help his successor.

Trump’s brash intervention in Brazil’s domestic politics on behalf of former president Jair Bolsonaro will just help his successor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, says
@jpspinetto.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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Argentina has moved on from the ideas that made Cristina Fernández de Kirchner the country’s most influential political leader. But Javier Milei may come to miss her, says @opinion.bloomberg.com's @jpspinetto.bsky.social
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Trump leaves G-7 early. Give the guy a break: he's 79 years old, drops his papers, and confuses the European Union and the UK. I mean, it's not as if he controls the nuclear codes or anything...

Trump’s Tariffs Are Likely to Outlast Him To a nation staggering under debt, tariff revenue may come to look like a less politically painful fix than higher income taxes and limits on Social Security payments.

If you give a deeply indebted mouse a big tariff cookie...let my @opinion.bloomberg.com colleague Clive Crook tell you what happens: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

I just got a LinkedIn email asking me to follow someone who is "Deputy Editor in Chief." Is that like chief deputy to the editor? What editor in chief would accept a deputy editor in chief? How many chiefs does it to take to make an editor? Who writes this shite?

The Musk-Trump rupture was as predictable as the upcoming recession and market tumble. Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, and evil fuckups gotta fuckup evily

Here's the OECD headline for a recent report on Sweden: "Sweden should strengthen skills, invest more in housing and adapt to climate change to boost sustainable growth"

Here's what an honest OECD headline about the US might say: "Get your shit together and embrace reality."

RFK Jr.'s tenure is going to be one grassy knoll after another. What a disgrace to his uncle's and his father's legacy.

Don't get me wrong: as a former visa officer, I acknowledge and accept that deportation orders are necessary and should be executed. But it's ugly and sad and dehumanizing for all concerned, and ICE goons dressing up like a SWAT team for political purposes just makes it much more so.

I see these ICE dudes dressed up like they're going to war. Though actually most soldiers don't wear masks. I guess you have to wear masks when you're doing something most people think is terrible. Maybe they should sleep with them on.

Marco Rubio Has Made It to the Top of a Burning World The secretary of state is now also the national security advisor, and even America’s chief archivist. Yet he doesn’t seem to be the top diplomat. What gives?

The secretary of state is now also the national security advisor, and even America’s chief archivist. And yet Rubio doesn’t seem to be the top diplomat. What gives?, wonders @andreaskluth.bsky.social on @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The Real Trouble With Mexico’s Judicial Overhaul Sunday’s judiciary election was a government power grab cynically disguised as an exercise in democracy. It won’t lead to a more just Mexico.

Mexico's judicial elections this weekend were an autocratic power grab in democratic clothing, says @jpspinetto.bsky.social in @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Don't be shocked when Hegseth says gay service members must wear pink inverted triangles, shortly before he drums them out of the service.

A tennis ball floats in a cup up coffee below the face of a dog looking expectantly at the camera.

“Can we go outside and play now?”
“Soon, boy.”
“You said that ten minutes ago.”
“As soon as I finish my cof-“
“Oops.”
“You did that on purpose.”
“It slipped.”
“I’ll get my coat.”
“Excellent.”

Sanctioning Russia Will Send a Message — and Not Just to Putin Lawmakers have abandoned their influence over foreign policy but can regain it by pushing Trump to support Ukraine.

As laudable as the Europeans’ tighter Russia sanctions are, without the participation of the US, they are to Putin’s ears like the sound of no hands slapping. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Sanctioning Russia Will Send a Message — and Not Just to Putin Lawmakers have abandoned their influence over foreign policy but can regain it by pushing Trump to support Ukraine.

I coughed up a hairball on what happens when Congress gives up its constitutional powers on foreign policy, and how it can begin regaining its clout and self-respect (punchline: Ukraine sanctions). For your consideration, via @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Tapper's Biden book and the released Hur recording make a pretty strong case that Biden's inner circle deserves a very inner circle in a very hot place for their efforts to dupe the public and remain in positions of power and authority.

How a School in a Tiny, New York Town Beat ICE Sackets Harbor demanded that Tom Homan return three children and their mother. Why did he cave?

Many have demanded that ICE return their friends or relatives. What sets the residents of Sackets Harbor, NY apart is that they succeeded, writes @franciswilkinson.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... via @opinion.bloomberg.com

Trump Wants ‘Beautiful’ Architecture. You Decide What That Is. For decades, the US government has built a lot of depressing modern buildings. Is the president wrong to want to change things?

When it comes to US government buildings, everybody’s a critic — starting with President Donald Trump. But who’s right? @harshwords.bsky.social has some ideas www.bloomberg.com/opinion/feat... via @opinion.bloomberg.com

that is one trolling algo!

Hope he sends Nikki Haley a thank-you note for the redecorating.

This Waltz NSA-UN saga is like a game of musical chairs being played by people on acid. Rubio as interim NSA? He's no Kissinger. Heck, he's not even Rubio anymore. Just a puppet who shows up at those NSFW cabinet meetings.