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Edward Luce
@edwardluce.bsky.social
FT's US columnist/commentator. Author of several books including NYT best selling biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski (Simon & Schuster 2025). People lacking a sense of humour might get muted.
Just read transcript of GB News interview with Trump. North Korean broadcasting standards. Bev Turner is not a journalist. Her sycophancy was shameful.
November 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“A politician’s greatest trick is to convince you that he's not one,” Nuzzi writes. “And what is a politician? Any man who wants to be loved more than other men and through his pursuit reveals why he cannot love himself.”

High end clickbait masquerading as sophistication.
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Gotta give my friend @edwardluce.bsky.social credit: He published this column in the @financialtimes.com in the wee hours this morning in London, and it's now almost lunchtime in Washington and it has already aged like a bottle of 1869 Château Lafite Rothschild.
“Are you still talking about Epstein?” Trump keeps asking. Epstein is a “dead issue”, he says. The man stays dead but his issue is very much alive. That is because the system that protected Epstein has still not been held to account." My column. on.ft.com/43p8IhQ
Epstein is not going away
[FREE TO READ] The issue is Trump’s Achilles heel — and the US president knows it
on.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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That @edwardluce.bsky.social ! He must have a crystal ball. Here's his prescient column for today. www.ft.com/content/0fd7...
Epstein is not going away
The issue is Trump’s Achilles heel — and the US president knows it
www.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Free to read. on.ft.com/4nVSV1w
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“Are you still talking about Epstein?” Trump keeps asking. Epstein is a “dead issue”, he says. The man stays dead but his issue is very much alive. That is because the system that protected Epstein has still not been held to account." My column. on.ft.com/43p8IhQ
Epstein is not going away
[FREE TO READ] The issue is Trump’s Achilles heel — and the US president knows it
on.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Area social media addict takes plunge into offline world and gets everything hilariously wrong. Thinking of pitching Netflix.
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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The collapse of Noah Smith from 'interesting writer whose occasionally a bit random' into 'complete idiot and mentalist' is one of the most clear cut cases of twitter-poisoning I've seen
Noah Smith is paid in the high six-figures to write a blog read by Americans who believe themselves to be intelligent. Yet, he is both unable to read a sign and also for some reason chose to have a 90 minute layover for a flight that takes 90 minutes.

onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
Economist Doesn't Follow Signs At Heathrow: Proof The UK Is Failing?
A economist had a bad experience connecting at Heathrow, suggesting it's reflective of bigger issues in the UK. There's only one issue...
onemileatatime.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Am gagging. I'd rather eat cat food than watch this.
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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LUCE: “.. the opening act of Trump’s second term is over. .. Only the naive would bet on an unmolested midterm election,” but “big victory margins are by far the best guardrail against skulduggery.”

@edwardluce.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/7913...
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"For the first time in a while, Democrats now think they can see a pathway out of the gloom. Big victory margins are by far the best guardrail against midterm skullduggery." My column. on.ft.com/3LphRkt
Has Trump passed his peak?
[FREE TO READ] One thing is for sure: the opening act of the US president’s second term is over
on.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"You made a fool of me".

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxz1...
Evil Woman
YouTube video by Electric Light Orchestra - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Can't get over Vance's "Rome wasn't built in a day" comment. So is that what you're up to Mr Vice-President?
November 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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The guy who got famous betting against the housing market in 2007 just before that bubble burst - played by Christian Bale jn “The Big Short” - just wagered $1 billion on the collapse of the AI boom.

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Michael Burry Returns With Two Big Shorts: Palantir and Nvidia
Signs of an AI bubble abound: Stock valuations have become uncomfortably rich, AI-related debt is ballooning, and a sustainable financial model for the technology has largely yet to emerge. Now Michae...
www.wsj.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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"You cannot turn a blind eye to conspiracies about Satanic paedophile rings and expect the base will stop at the Protocols of the Elders of Zion." My column on the suppurating neo-Nazism on America's right. on.ft.com/4oxjjQj
Don’t blame the left for US antisemitism
[FREE TO READ] The anti-Jewish threat in America today comes largely from the right
on.ft.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
New gift link (previous one expired). Comments have been disabled, which demonstrates my point..
on.ft.com/47oS8kI
November 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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An important piece from @edwardluce.bsky.social. It speaks a truth many both-sidesers in the media have actively obscured. The anti-semitism in America comes from the right and it is getting worse and it has high-level MAGA sponsorship. We need to see it and reject it.
"You cannot turn a blind eye to conspiracies about Satanic paedophile rings and expect the base will stop at the Protocols of the Elders of Zion." My column on the suppurating neo-Nazism on America's right. on.ft.com/4oxjjQj
Don’t blame the left for US antisemitism
[FREE TO READ] The anti-Jewish threat in America today comes largely from the right
on.ft.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"You cannot turn a blind eye to conspiracies about Satanic paedophile rings and expect the base will stop at the Protocols of the Elders of Zion." My column on the suppurating neo-Nazism on America's right. on.ft.com/4oxjjQj
Don’t blame the left for US antisemitism
[FREE TO READ] The anti-Jewish threat in America today comes largely from the right
on.ft.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Belatedly watched 60 minutes Trump interview. OMFG. This isn't journalism.
November 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Delivering on transparency....Trump's a vandal, a cheat, a conman and a thug and it's all manifested in his aesthetic taste.
It was very important to Lincoln that people from outside see him taking a shit
October 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The Kim Kardashian test is whether her spiel about a fake moon landing should be taken at moronic face value or whether it's an ingenius brand refresh strategy that works. For the sake of our species, I hope it's the first.
October 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Happy Publication Day and congratulations to Dr. @kschake.bsky.social !

A brilliant scholar of civ-mil relations, her prose is joyful and well crafted, and her narrative, compelling.

This is a foundational, urgently needed text. I cannot recommend more strongly.

www.amazon.com/State-Soldie...
The State and the Soldier: A History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States
Amazon.com: The State and the Soldier: A History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States eBook : Schake, Kori: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"Like Napoleon’s generals, Trump is a lucky man. Having done what he can to give us a recession, the AI gold rush has so far spared him that fate." My column. www.ft.com/content/dcea...
The political economy of Trump’s luck
Those who are bearish on US democracy should not extend their pessimism to the economy
www.ft.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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We're Unraveling at Light Speed (w/ Edward Luce)
Mona Charen discuss how Trump #47 term has gone from chaos to control — from a fake war in Venezuela to a culture of fear in D.C.. They talk abt the money, the mobs, the East Wing demolition,...." www.thebulwark.com/p/were-unrav...
We're Unraveling at Light Speed (w/ Edward Luce)
Mona Charen and Financial Times columnist Ed Luce discuss how Trump’s second term has gone from chaos to control — from a fake war in Venezuela to a culture of fear in Washington.
www.thebulwark.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Looking forward to hosting @edwardluce.bsky.social discussing his book "ZBIG: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America's great power prophet" along with @sbg1.bsky.social (Susan Glasser) & Graham Allison at Harvard's CES @europeatharvard.bsky.social .
ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2025/...
Lessons from "America's Great Power Prophet"
Edward Luce, chief U.S. commentator and columnist for the Financial Times, will discuss his recent book Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski and share…
ces.fas.harvard.edu
October 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM