‘It’s not like the SS are coming’: Italy bids to quell ICE furor ahead of Winter Olympics - Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani quoted in Politico Europe - sort of sums up ICE nicely, and from a Foreign Minister no less.
January 27, 2026 at 5:04 PM
‘It’s not like the SS are coming’: Italy bids to quell ICE furor ahead of Winter Olympics - Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani quoted in Politico Europe - sort of sums up ICE nicely, and from a Foreign Minister no less.
"ICE agents will have a security role at Milan-Cortina Olympics, US sources say" - story broke Monday morning in Italy, needless to say causing a furore. Original story was posted in 'Il Fatto Quotidiano' last Friday. Confusion of US normal security overseas personnel with ICE?
January 27, 2026 at 10:37 AM
"ICE agents will have a security role at Milan-Cortina Olympics, US sources say" - story broke Monday morning in Italy, needless to say causing a furore. Original story was posted in 'Il Fatto Quotidiano' last Friday. Confusion of US normal security overseas personnel with ICE?
So here's a thing: you have just paid $50k for a brand new EV and decide to lease it out to the latest Robotaxi Fleet company whatever. Sunday morning you find the seats covevered in vomit & cigarettes burns on the dashboard. So that’s what you want to do to your $50k car?
January 27, 2026 at 10:03 AM
So here's a thing: you have just paid $50k for a brand new EV and decide to lease it out to the latest Robotaxi Fleet company whatever. Sunday morning you find the seats covevered in vomit & cigarettes burns on the dashboard. So that’s what you want to do to your $50k car?
This whole gold thing's getting loopy crazy "Tether says it bought 27 tons of gold in fourth quarter" (2025).
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January 27, 2026 at 9:09 AM
This whole gold thing's getting loopy crazy "Tether says it bought 27 tons of gold in fourth quarter" (2025).
"Venezuela’s acting president says she has had “enough” of Washington’s orders" - that didn't take long, now who would have thought 🤔?!
January 27, 2026 at 7:38 AM
"Venezuela’s acting president says she has had “enough” of Washington’s orders" - that didn't take long, now who would have thought 🤔?!
These Russian casualties numbers are beyond ridiculous. Hard to believe Russian lives are so cheap.
January 27, 2026 at 7:01 AM
These Russian casualties numbers are beyond ridiculous. Hard to believe Russian lives are so cheap.
Bovino and his agents depatures: now we got TACO ICE. No guesses as to which flavour though 😂
January 26, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Bovino and his agents depatures: now we got TACO ICE. No guesses as to which flavour though 😂
Saudi Arabia has confirmed t won’t be ready to host the Asian Winter Games in 2029 at Trojena, a planned ski resort in the mountains of NEOM. This was such dumb idea in the first place, why would anyone be surprised?
January 26, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Saudi Arabia has confirmed t won’t be ready to host the Asian Winter Games in 2029 at Trojena, a planned ski resort in the mountains of NEOM. This was such dumb idea in the first place, why would anyone be surprised?
So what's the border czar, Tom Homan, going to achieve in Minneapolis? And what does this mean for Bovino's role? And by the way, ICE still does not have a confirmed head, only an Acting Director, Todd M. Lyons.
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 PM
So what's the border czar, Tom Homan, going to achieve in Minneapolis? And what does this mean for Bovino's role? And by the way, ICE still does not have a confirmed head, only an Acting Director, Todd M. Lyons.
60 CEOs of Minnesota-based companies signed a letter urging “state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions.” The companies said the recent tumult in Minnesota has caused “widespread disruption and tragic loss of life.” - pushback time, finally.
January 26, 2026 at 2:19 PM
60 CEOs of Minnesota-based companies signed a letter urging “state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions.” The companies said the recent tumult in Minnesota has caused “widespread disruption and tragic loss of life.” - pushback time, finally.
Continued headlines by major news services, like 'Videos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting by Federal Agents' are disgraceful: there's absolutely nothing contradictory about a guy who gets shot 10 times while lying on the ground.
January 25, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Continued headlines by major news services, like 'Videos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting by Federal Agents' are disgraceful: there's absolutely nothing contradictory about a guy who gets shot 10 times while lying on the ground.
It's something else for a civilised country to subdue protestors, throw them to the ground, and after disarming them, shoot them like a dog, not once but 10 times. At least the Iranian ICE equivalents fired randomly into crowds, even if that's in no way a justification.
January 25, 2026 at 11:31 AM
It's something else for a civilised country to subdue protestors, throw them to the ground, and after disarming them, shoot them like a dog, not once but 10 times. At least the Iranian ICE equivalents fired randomly into crowds, even if that's in no way a justification.
From the land of random FT Alphaville quotes "Tokenised versions of every asset can come to resemble bitcoin, whose spot price leaps around for no purpose other than to harvest stop-losses, and no serious person ever needs to care." WithIn the article ftav.substack.com/p/twenty-fou...?
Twenty-four-hour trading? Log off
Also: Treasury vigilantes, garbage stocks, JGBs, prediction markets, reverse centaurs, pensions reform and wooden furniture
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January 23, 2026 at 6:45 PM
From the land of random FT Alphaville quotes "Tokenised versions of every asset can come to resemble bitcoin, whose spot price leaps around for no purpose other than to harvest stop-losses, and no serious person ever needs to care." WithIn the article ftav.substack.com/p/twenty-fou...?
"The best moment of the day: picking up my dog’s poop with a plastic bag featuring Putin’s face and the word “shit.” Stupid — but it makes me smile every time. Don’t judge." From a day in the life of Daryna Shevchenko, CEO of the Kyiv Independent. mailchi.mp/kyivindepend...?
Living through the humanitarian crisis in Kyiv
Daryna Shevchenko
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January 23, 2026 at 7:51 AM
"The best moment of the day: picking up my dog’s poop with a plastic bag featuring Putin’s face and the word “shit.” Stupid — but it makes me smile every time. Don’t judge." From a day in the life of Daryna Shevchenko, CEO of the Kyiv Independent. mailchi.mp/kyivindepend...?
Political Debanking. Thought that was what all politicians do when they get their hands on tax payer money? It disappears so fast it doesn't get near any banks.
January 22, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Political Debanking. Thought that was what all politicians do when they get their hands on tax payer money? It disappears so fast it doesn't get near any banks.
Creates more questions than answers Semafor Media's exclusive on the US TikTok deal supposedly 'signed off' on: does the US get unfettered access to the algorithm? What about the rest of the world, we still under Bytdance?
January 22, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Creates more questions than answers Semafor Media's exclusive on the US TikTok deal supposedly 'signed off' on: does the US get unfettered access to the algorithm? What about the rest of the world, we still under Bytdance?
Hungary is the first 'European' country to join the so-called Board of Peace. Entry ticket: $1 billion, and that for a country that gets up to $8 billion a year in EU funding. Brussels: turn off the tap!
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Hungary is the first 'European' country to join the so-called Board of Peace. Entry ticket: $1 billion, and that for a country that gets up to $8 billion a year in EU funding. Brussels: turn off the tap!
"Macron was more unbuttoned - to say the least...several of us thought we heard the President asking, under his breath, whether the whole crisis was about the size of someone’s “dick”. From Adam Tooze's SubStack 'Chartbook' - Davos reporting from on the ground.
January 21, 2026 at 8:04 PM
"Macron was more unbuttoned - to say the least...several of us thought we heard the President asking, under his breath, whether the whole crisis was about the size of someone’s “dick”. From Adam Tooze's SubStack 'Chartbook' - Davos reporting from on the ground.
Yet more Greenland Taco as Trump calls off the related tariffs. Call the bluff, as the Europeans did by cancelling the earlier tariff agreements, and he folds. That and the financial markets were getting yippy again.
January 21, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Yet more Greenland Taco as Trump calls off the related tariffs. Call the bluff, as the Europeans did by cancelling the earlier tariff agreements, and he folds. That and the financial markets were getting yippy again.
One more huge build-up and yet another Taco. And round and round we go 🎠
January 21, 2026 at 6:17 PM
One more huge build-up and yet another Taco. And round and round we go 🎠
Local Davos resident Jürg Grassl (43) hung this flag on his balcony, which is in site of the convention centre. The local police asked him to remove it, only he refused.
January 21, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Local Davos resident Jürg Grassl (43) hung this flag on his balcony, which is in site of the convention centre. The local police asked him to remove it, only he refused.
This one is a distinct possibility.
January 21, 2026 at 9:02 AM
This one is a distinct possibility.
Zelemsky cancelled his Davos appearance for now citing the timed overnight massive Russian attack on Ukraine infrastructure. Also, why bother when Trump blames it, and everything else, on him anyway?
January 21, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Zelemsky cancelled his Davos appearance for now citing the timed overnight massive Russian attack on Ukraine infrastructure. Also, why bother when Trump blames it, and everything else, on him anyway?
"Let me be direct: We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition." Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney yesterday at Davos.
January 21, 2026 at 6:55 AM
"Let me be direct: We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition." Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney yesterday at Davos.
Macron's right: why would any country give a billion dollars to the so-called 'Board of Peace' when its funds are ultimately allocated by Trump?
January 20, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Macron's right: why would any country give a billion dollars to the so-called 'Board of Peace' when its funds are ultimately allocated by Trump?