“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...

“A republic revives where reason returns. And reason is returning: in the measured, mission-driven rise of three women who remind America what public service once meant. During 2025’s election, it was Abigail Spanberger in VA and Mikie Sherrill in NJ. In 2024, it … open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

Stay tuned for our report on these two and more after last night’s election in the U.S.!

“Like Macron in his first ascent, Rob Jetten enters as restorer, not rebel, but restorer of purpose. Restoration does not necissarily mean reactionary when the principles and prescriptions align with innovation. He stands where decency and daring converge: courage… open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

“Modern consumers do the same. They wield withdrawal as their weapon. They create equilibrium through absence. When millions cancel subscriptions or shift spending, they are practicing Medici statecraft without knowing it. Economic unity creates political clarity… open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

The earnings report is in for Disney and the Kimmel backlash was more seismic than originally thought! Stay tuned for another Reboot to demonstrate how The Medici illustrated how the consumer can become the citizen again in an oppressive oligarchy!

@reason.com nails it here. Maybe the legacy media should cover, I don’t know, a PATTERN here?

“This is meant to be applied like a feudal system: consumers are not an afterthought. They’re the revenue base. The car, the cart, the closing table—they all lie on the same extraction field. The market is no longer “for us.” Consumers are just the means to an end…. open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

@awscloud.bsky.social goes down an WOT fans…

“When history advances, mediocrity always bands together for warmth. And in every Renaissance, the first to shout “degeneracy” are those who’ve done nothing worth remembering. Every rebirth has been met with reaction, it just depends how long the dark is accepted… open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

“If the party that once unleashed supply now hoards it behind tariff walls and data silos, it no longer serves enterprise. It serves one authority. And unitary authority, as every Florentine accounting book warns, ends when the people stop believing the numbers... open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

Has. Ummm. Anyone. Like. ANYONE in the legacy media talked about how insane this is? And the LOOKS this invalid gets?

“Through The Medici lens, we see the metamorphosis of civic finance into factional faith. Lorenzo’s Florence ran on reputation. Trump’s DC runs on retribution. The Treasury has become a tribunal. The accounting sheets, a list of enemies. Indulgences for the loyal… open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

Coming up for a special weekend edition: we apply The Medici Method(™️) on how states can “Rollout The Receipts” as the kids today would say, with the federal government illegally impounding its funds.

Incredibly insightful comments hot-off-the-printing presses of President Emmanuel Macron on liberal democracy and social media. The Medici would agree. Take a look at the article, plus our profile of him: defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ... reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/macron-il-...

This is required watching. Simply and plainly laid out. It is about REIMBURSEMENT rates. NOT about qualifications for care and/or insurance eligibility. If you want to bankrupt hospitals, then support MAGA. If you want to appropriately reimburse hospitals for services: D substack.com/@aaronrupar/...

The great economic unmasking begins. The ADP jobs data is getting closer and closer to predicting the BLS numbers—catch up on what we wrote about the Phantom Quarter economic fundamentals below from last month: reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/the-mask-o...

“For those pretending Machiavelli stands at his shoulder—whispering clique cynicism into his ear, validating each abuse—let us call the esteemed Florentine secretary to the stand. His writings are clear, his intent sharper still. Demolish distortion reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/maga-misre...

For any of the MAGA morons who want to shroud themselves in Machiavelli at training MILITARY in AMERICAN cities, you’ll be in for a rude introduction to the real Niccolo. Stay tuned, Humanists. abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...

Since today still feels like summer, I went out and decided to start rereading one of my favorite books that has inspired me to dive into historical writing myself: The Darkening Age by #CatherineNixey. I forgot how striking this dichotomy of quotes is.

“This assault is weaponized against patriotism. A Trump-aligned candidate in NJ now circles Sherrill’s privacy like a vulture. The message is as clear as it is chilling: step into public life as a veteran opposing the regime, and your very life will be laid bare… open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

Far left @reason.com (again, please understand sarcasm), has yet another devastating piece on the regime’s state-run economy: reason.com/2025/09/26/a...

“The MAGA project depends on ignorance. It depends on a citizenry unmoored from facts, leaders untethered from planning, and institutions stripped of foresight. To kill the Global Trends report is to blind America by design. It is the most blatant declaration yet… open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

We must shatter this myth of “neutrality” in media with truth, facts, verified data, and provable claims. Read my piece on how 50/50 “unbiased” coverage has been distorted into supplication. open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

This is OUTRAGEOUS. Hands off Sherrill’s service files! Also, CBS @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy , grow a spine, this is an egregious violation of a service member’s privacy. www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...