Edward Luce

Big tech’s ‘elite victim complex’ [FREE TO READ] Acolytes of the broligarchs have a grip on key nodes of Washington’s power ministries

"Trumpian populism may be the story of our age but I'm increasingly convinced that we're underplaying the tech-authoritarian elephant in the room." My Swamp Notes newsletter. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/199e371f-8...

How I wish Keir Starmer had some of those qualities.

Returning from my 5th trip to Canada this year - a perfect vantage point from which to measure the impact of Trump’s lunacies. In Mark Carney Canada has the best G7 leader there is. Plenty in Canada to feel optimistic aboat (sorry - couldn’t resist).

Vance is their boy

Really looking forward to this tonight.

The Authoritarian Stack How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next

Anyone interested in the rise of techno-authoritarianism/broligarchs and why they're targeting Europe, I've stumbled on this great resource. Use it. authoritarian-stack.info cc @francescabria.bsky.social

Renewed free to read link. as.ft.com/r/2706dddc-f...

Trump is choosing the broligarchs over his base [FREE TO READ] When historians assess this age of American populism, Silicon Valley’s plutocrats will surely be judged its winners

"When historians assess this age of American populism, Silicon Valley’s plutocrats will surely be judged its winners." Me on Trump's love of the broligarchy and what that means for Europe and Maga's future. as.ft.com/r/55519a35-2...

Trump is choosing the broligarchs over his base [FREE TO READ] When historians assess this age of American populism, Silicon Valley’s plutocrats will surely be judged its winners

"When historians assess this age of American populism, Silicon Valley’s plutocrats will surely be judged its winners." Me on Trump's love of the broligarchy and what that means for Europe and Maga's future. as.ft.com/r/55519a35-2...

I'll take them all! David would be right at home.

ha! And hot dogs in the stands.

Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America’s Great Power Prophet | The New York Historical Get a behind-the-scenes look at Zbigniew Brzezinski, a key player behind fifty years of American foreign policy and the fall of the Soviet Union.

To my New York friends, I'll be speaking with David Rubenstein for his PBS show about "Zbig" and the revenge of geopolitics at the New York Historical Association this Wednesday evening at 6.30pm. Please come. www.nyhistory.org/programs/lif...

hadn't realized what a disaster Rio Ferdinand is

This Fifa draw is hysterically bad

Infantino is so well named

The New GOP: Survey Analysis of Americans Overall, Today’s Republican Coalition, and the Minorities of MAGA A new national survey conducted by the Manhattan Institute examines today’s Republican Party and the coalition assembled by Donald Trump in 2024. It is one of the most exhaustive studies to date of th...

Thirty seven per cent of Republican voters believe the Holocaust was "greatly exaggerated", according to a poll by the conservative Manhattan Institute..ht @mjtoma.bsky.social manhattan.institute/article/the-...

So hard to keep up

When does Trump get the FAFO peace prize?

Michael Anton. Not much difference.

Thanks Simon.

Europe’s fateful moment [FREE TO READ] The EU faces a historic choice: whether or not to unlock frozen Russian assets and save the Ukrainian war effort

"Trump, in his way, is as much of a wolf as Putin. Europe has run out of excuses to pretend otherwise". My Swamp Notes with @martinsandbu.ft.com on why Europe must make those frozen Russian assets work for Ukraine. The time for that is now. as.ft.com/r/9144c41b-7...

Europe has the means to stop Trump from cashing in - and prevent far worse consequences - if it puts those Russian assets to use. If it doesn't, then it deserves all the obloquy being heaped on it.

YouTube video by To the Contrary With Charlie Sykes Ed Luce: Trump's Xenophobia, Murder on the High Seas, and Europe's Moment of Truth

This is fantastic. Ed Luce as always is great.

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Yes, Goebbelsian repetition of "Russia hoax" appears to have succeeded even though that itself is a hoax.

I started reading at 5am and by 6am was dying to get back under the covers. It's a low dishonest document.

Thanks so much Dawn. Always great to appear on Charlie's podcast.

Has there ever been a NSS like this? I appreciate it's just a document but it gives expression to what Vance said in Munich.

As a European I’d love to see America return to its civilizational values.