Apologies for the long absence. But hopefully this makes up for it. Substack was not cooperating for me over the past two weeks. *sigh* The King and the Cruise Missiles: Charles VIII, Trump, Epstein and the Ancient Temptation of Diversionary War reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/the-king-a...

Sir Winston Churchill reportedly said to an airman he bestowed the Victoria Cross upon for valor: “You must been rather humble and awkward in my presence, but think how humble and awkward that I feel in yours.” Churchill would’ve said the same about the people of Ukraine now 4 years in. Salut them.

Take a watch of Prime Minister of Denmark, MitteFrederiksen, on the importance of Article 5 and alliances. Then take a read of our piece on her and Greenland: Europe’s Hero Who Wears No Cape—Because She Doesn’t Need To reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/europes-he... youtube.com/shorts/z7Jrf...

If record profitability coexists with widespread cost anxiety, and price relief arrives only after collective irritation, then the market is functioning exactly as designed. The real question is do we intend to keep this legal and incented? reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/the-price-...

Dont miss it… America’s Intentional Economic Free-Fall: How Policy Chose Descent—Refusing Every Safe Harbor open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

Whoever this woman is: she is far smarter, well read, and savvier than any political figure on the far right. She’s a Reboot The Renaissance archetype. We salute her. She is a hero who needs no cape, like our recent piece: reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/europes-he...

What comes next is an assemblage of white papers, policy positions, economic reporting, and data all analyzed. The new concentration of data/reports are coming into focus. This is intentional. I did the homework for you. I hope you give it a read: reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/americas-i...

We’ve got a barn burner on exactly how bad the impending U.S. economic collapse will be combining 6 different recent—and seemingly disparate—reports that we will bring full Medici focus to. Only for Cosimo’s paid subscribers. Stay tuned! (Yes, that’s our Drunk Dude of War parachuting into disaster)

“This democratic advantage becomes visible when coercive actors are denied the payoff they crave. Authoritarian impulses thrive on urgency—on the idea that outcomes must be fixed quickly, that power manifests most strongly when violence or the threat reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/europes-he...

It’s not news that Trump backed down from his Greenland gambit. What is? That quietly organized, Trump was outwitted—shocking. Denmark hosting its largest ever protests and King Charles III whispering to Trump show that there is power in persistent coordination against bellicose bluster. Stay tuned.

“The quiet advance of a comprehensive trade agreement between the European Union and India, representing nearly 2 billion people, is not a headline stunt. It is not a snub. It is not a protest. It is something far more dangerous to declining powers… reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/ursulas-un...

While Trump runs his Assasination State, Europe under Ursula von der Leyen negotiated a deal with India 22 years in the making—that has tectonic ramifications across trade, supply chains, capital, and labor. Stay tuned for our analysis of this Medicean masterstroke. open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

“This is why Assassination States are not defined by their rhetoric. They are defined by who survives proximity to power. Democratic systems depend on witnesses. Courts depend on witnesses. History depends on witnesses. When a state begins treating.. reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/the-assass...

What’s the difference between the maniacal Duke of Alba’s Council of Blood in Netherlands at the hands of the Spanish and the extra judicial powers absconded with by ICE, DHS, and DOJ? Smartphones. Otherwise, the comparison is chilling. Stay tuned this morning.

Coming tomorrow. This isn’t the first, but it certainly should be the LAST Assassination State. Historical parallels will rouse ardor for action, if not, you are as cold as The Council of Blood that occurred in the Netherlands. reboottherenaissance.substack.com/subscribe

“Carney’s speech pierced the remaining illusions. By naming rupture, he rejected the comforting fiction that the old order merely required adjustment. Adjustment implies continuity. Rupture implies aftermath. The difference matters... reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/carneys-co...

“Although Musk and Trump claimed DOGE would cut massive amounts of government spending—initially up to $2 trillion and later revised downward—exhaustive reporting found that actual federal spending went up during DOGE’s activities rather than down... reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/one-year-i...

“Where The Medici dissolved themselves into Florence, Trump pastes himself over America, leaving nothing underneath that can breathe... reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/civic-glor...

Didn’t the Peacemaker in Chief end our war with Iran? 🤔 Iran warns neighbours it could hit US bases if Washington strikes - www.reuters.com/world/china/... Take a look back at our June analysis on Trump v. Iran: open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

“The killing of a commoner during local enforcement by the central royal authority of the realm shattered a shared assumption. The crown had crossed into protected sphere of civilian life. The act registered as revelation rather than accident. Today… reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/when-autho...

Reboot The Renaissance will be up with a historical comparison between The Jacquerie in Paris 1358 and the murder in Minneapolis of Renee Good. Please stay tuned. reboottherenaissance.substack.com/subscribe

“The assault witnessed on January 6th revealed a severance from this social contract. There. That’s the phrase. A Social Contract. John Locke. Locke informed David Hume, who informed Burke—it is a contract that binds us all together… reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/reflection...

I’m going to try my best to channel Edmund Burke in his meditations on The Reign of Terror through his: Reflections On The Revolution In France via the lens of the 5 Year anniversary. Stay tuned…. Reflections on the Sixth of January Capitol Insurrection reboottherenaissance.substack.com/subscribe

“Two truths hold at once. Maduro presided over a hollowed state, an economy driven into ruin, and a political order enforced through coercion. The U.S. crossed a boundary that exists precisely to prevent the strong from declaring order by force… reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/removal-is...

“The contradiction between John Quincy Adams’s doctrine and contemporary action does not require interpretation. It does not need either “the spirit” or the “letter” of the document to be argued in the margins. It appears in Adams’s own warnings… reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/venezuela-...

An emergency Reboot is in the works given the “American First” foreign regime change today. Stay tuned for analysis with: “Venezuela and the Desecration of John Quincy Adams’s Doctrine: Adams, the Medici, and the Moment America Violated Its Own History” reboottherenaissance.substack.com/subscribe

“Please send your question before midnight EST on December 31st. I promise to approach it with the full Medici lens—historical memory, structural realism, and influence mapped across time rather than headlines. The predictions are free. The depth is optional… open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

“South of the Alps, an English exile stops writing—he’s an obscure, at that point Protestant who studied greatness at Cambridge before BloodyMary: he is Francis Walsingham. Correspondence, once punctual, frequent, fervent, ends without farewell. Why?.. reroutedbyhistory.substack.com/p/influenza-...

“Responsibility is the oldest form of legitimacy. That is the governing idea behind this endorsement of Romney’s call to tax the wealthy, including himself, in order to stabilize the American fiscal future. I worked on his successful 2002 MAGOV race… reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/when-the-w...

If you believe civilization advances through expertise, memory, and institutions that outlast strongmen, then this work is for you. Paid subscription is Medicean. I keep as much content free as possible at release because I believe these stories need to be told… open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

“Trump did not desecrate a tragedy because he is powerful. Trump desecrated a tragedy because he is small. Smallness must insert itself into every frame, every moment, every wound. He is Humperdinck off to the Pit of Despair (Truth Social) to loose… reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/i-would-no...

“That reality explains why the noise has spilled beyond boardrooms. Trump’s insistence on inserting himself into the decision process is not incidental theater. It is a tell. When brute personalities demand a voice in cultural governance… reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/why-the-ne...

I am sorry in advance for multiple posts. But the sickness of this era needs defining even more at this moment. The Princess Bride is not only a Shakespearean-level classic for the ages, but morality displayed in such stark contrast. Trump proved who he was.Join me later substack.com/@zeitgeistme...

“Why the Netflix–Warner–Paramount Bidding War Is a Fight for Cultural Custody—Then There’s Trump Florence Not Rome: A Reboot on Power, Culture, and Control The Medici side-eye here should give you a hint 👀 “ substack.com/@zeitgeistme...

“Trump is staging ‘justice’ with crackpots, cronies, and even convicted criminals themselves. He is installing figures who fail the very moment anyone asks whether they are real. Which brings us, inevitably, to Naples. Because, of course.. open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

Ready yourself: Trump’s toadies are being struck from their ill-gotten positions left and right while their motions are being denied on a precedent unseen in centuries. MAGA minions are the modern state admin of Naples under the taxidermy despot himself: Ferrante. 🫡 substack.com/profile/3936...

“History indicts because the structure that precedes the breach remains unchanged across centuries. Sources document the same rhythm. A crack in legal order. A spectacle of perception. A division among allies. A narrative that moves the horizon... reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/the-peace-...

Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱

It’s strange…all this week, 4 stories: 1.) FIFA’s gives Trump the Peace Prize, 2.) FIFA also said NO Russian assets should be sold to aI’d Ukraine. 3.) The Trump administration is forcing the same 4.) Trump warns of “civilizational erasure” of Europe. WE CONNECT ALL THE DOTS. YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS…

Breaking economic news about further numbers revised down on consumer spending—shocking, right? See our rapid analysis of it. open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

Putin rejects the “peace plan”—read up on why we predicted this a week ago using history! open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

“Trump’s return reshapes expectations in every way. Firms ask how to plan for tariffs that can triple overnight. Supply chains calculate new exposure. States brace for fiscal shocks. Regulators lose direction. Employers stop hiring across horizons… reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/the-heir-w...

“Cabinet officials face growing scrutiny over ethics and legality. The United States still wears the outward trappings of a constitutional republic. The behavior inside the building looks more and more like a Curia and court of a Borgia... reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/maga-make-...

Buckle up, buttercups! It’s dropping later this afternoon! substack.com/@zeitgeistme...

“Power moves thru the Caribbean in the shape of a policy that claims legality while leaving bodies in the sea. History offers its indictment: 15th-17th CE witnessed a maritime terror so pervasive entire regions organized their calendars around fear… reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/todays-dru...

You will not want to miss today’s Reboot The Renaissance! It’s cannot miss. The analogy is eerily horrifying. Make sure you’re subscribed! reboottherenaissance.substack.com/subscribe

“Trump’s “deals” are wrapped in detonators disguised. This moment deserves Renaissance framing because the Renaissance understood the stakes. Memory was a civic instrument. History was a constitutional weapon. Precedent was a political compass…” reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/the-peace-...

“Florence understood something that many modern free market apostles pretend not to hear. A republic survives when prosperity circulates. A republic decays when prosperity stagnates. The instrument The Medici reached for was a wealth assessment… reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/an-argumen...

Turns out, the architects of capitalism: The Medici actually instituted its own wealth tax. Even on themselves! Can you imagine? They refined the world’s very first income assessment in 1427 into a virtual duplicate of what is being proposed as a wealth tax. Stay tuned today for the whole story!

“Florence teaches when the firm forgets its humanism, the city pays the bill. The Medici built their fortune in cloth, credit, and culture. They built their legitimacy in people. They financed work as a civic act. They treated skill as a public asset reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/the-fall-o...