In today's edition of the FT"s Swamp Notes newsletter, @ranaforoohar.bsky.social and I discuss the consequences of the gutting of the Voting Rights Act as.ft.com/r/feca7f30-1...

In today's edition of the FT"s Swamp Notes newsletter, @ranaforoohar.bsky.social and I discuss the consequences of the gutting of the Voting Rights Act as.ft.com/r/feca7f30-1...

I first got a sense that something remarkable was brewing in Maine when driving around conservative Somerset County in the fall, eight months before the Democratic primary. This was a county that Trump won 60.4% to 37% in 2024. And it was thick with Platner signs

Here's @hdrochon.bsky.social writing for the @financialtimes.com on the Grasset affair and what it tells us about modern elites as.ft.com/r/13ae7269-1...

Richard Florida on America's changing corporate geography as.ft.com/r/7c59d984-6...

@jeremycliffe.bsky.social on the emergence of the neo-Gaullist right in Europe www.ft.com/content/cba2...

In today's edition of the FT Swamp Notes newsletter, @philgordondc.bsky.social and I discuss whether this is the US's Suez moment as.ft.com/r/0f682616-6...

Pigeon Town Steppers second line, New Orleans

'I notice he has barely touched his prosecco, while I’ve guzzled most of mine.' I had lunch with Jay McInerney as.ft.com/r/3a99aa58-2...

Not waving but drowning: Trump’s poll ratings should worry Republicans - my latest FT Swamp Notes appearance giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

I do like it when the lunchee just takes some big swings. Have a free prosecco at Balthazar with the laureate of 1980s hedonism as.ft.com/r/819b10b5-7...

'I notice he has barely touched his prosecco, while I’ve guzzled most of mine.' I had lunch with Jay McInerney as.ft.com/r/3a99aa58-2...

Trump's war is delivering a gut punch to the US economy, argues @warren.senate.gov for @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/54fd3b40-7...

Reading @willoyd.bsky.social’s excellent profile of Ed Miliband, which rightly stresses the influence on him of his father, reminded me of this piece about Miliband père that I wrote for the NS in 2010, during that year’s Labour leadership campaign www.newstatesman.com/uncategorize...

My review of Heather Ann Thompson’s book about the Bernie Goetz shootings and the politics of law and order in Eighties America as.ft.com/r/d4142f72-4...

My review of Heather Ann Thompson’s book about the Bernie Goetz shootings and the politics of law and order in Eighties America as.ft.com/r/d4142f72-4...

As my colleague Alex Barker argues here, you can find the entire Trump worldview in utero in the late 1980s - including the obsession with taking Kharg Island as.ft.com/r/c712ace2-4...

Fine FT obituary of Habermas by @iprnickp.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/92bbb72b-6...

My colleague @okr.bsky.social crunches the numbers on NYC's big freeze as.ft.com/r/cb54e5e5-d...

Looking forward to moderating this discussion www.eventbrite.com/e/how-princi...

In which I discuss Alexander Hamilton on the 'least dangerous' branch of government and Pam Bondi's war against the courts as.ft.com/r/983435f2-9...

Thanks to @tanjilrashid.bsky.social for inviting me on to the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social’s excellent new culture podcast to revisit one of the first pieces I ever wrote for the magazine and to talk about David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest at 30 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

The mighty Hudson at bay

My latest Swamp Note: as.ft.com/r/ae01cce7-b... Occupied America @jderbyshire.ft.com

In the latest FT Swamp Notes newsletter (and before the seizure of Maduro), I asked @constelz.bsky.social, @michaelrstrain.bsky.social, @sohrabahmari.bsky.social, Lauren Fedor and Rebecca Katz to offer some guidance to the year ahead in US politics as.ft.com/r/faed7e98-5...

My contribution to the FT’s Year in a Word series: Affordability as.ft.com/r/f5b79447-4...

In the latest edition of the FT's Swamp Notes newsletter, James Politi and I discuss whether Trump is now a lame duck as.ft.com/r/d490805c-9...

It's time to restore the civic function of US universities, argues Carlo Invernizzi Accetti as.ft.com/r/fd995cdd-c...

In this piece for @financialtimes.com, @lioneltrolling.bsky.social fears for the future of New York's poker clubs if the casino approvals go ahead as.ft.com/r/e6eb3203-3...

Me on the 'Trump corollary' to the Monroe Doctrine and the laws of war for FT Swamp Notes (with Steff Chavez weighing on where this all leaves Hegseth) as.ft.com/r/2537067d-3...

"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...

It's that time of year. This seems about right.

In the latest edition of the FT Swamp Notes newsletter, Alec Russell and I examine American foreign policy in the 'age of the envoy' on.ft.com/48bZ0lR

As @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social prepares to meet Trump at the White House, in today's edition of FT Swamp Notes I ask how the Democrats will deal with the 'Mamdani effect' - with a response from the great Lauren Fedor on.ft.com/3JNZYvj

In today's FT Swamp Notes, @ranaforoohar.bsky.social and I pick the bones out of last week's election results in the US on.ft.com/49chSlE

Trump's defence of the destruction of the East Wing of the White House essentially relies on running a version of the Ship of Theseus paradox: "Over the years, many presidents have made changes."

In which I explore the history of socialism in America from Eugene Debs to DSA and the Milwaukee ‘sewer socialists’ to Zohran Mamdani on.ft.com/47quBib

Tu rigoles?!

A new financial impetus for peace in Ukraine -- Friedrich Merz writes for @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/48176hn

In which @ranaforoohar.bsky.social and I discuss the 'Donroe doctrine' on.ft.com/4mCkigl

"Trump namechecked Shakespeare, Dickens, Orwell — authors whose works he has undoubtedly devoured." @jemima.bsky.social on the US president's adventures in Windsorland on.ft.com/4nbU45u

Desmond King, professor of American government at Oxford, for @ftopinion on Charlie Kirk and America’s inability to escape political violence on.ft.com/46iaWQL

In today's edition of FT Swamp Notes I examine the idea of 'state capitalism with American characteristics'. @ranaforoohar.bsky.social responds on.ft.com/4mNZmno

@sohrabahmari.bsky.social and I debate Trump’s federalisation of the Washington DC police force on.ft.com/3JiOmjb

Great to have @gideonrachman.bsky.social writing today's edition of FT Swamp Notes on Wang Huning's vision of America (with a brief response from me) on.ft.com/41L6BE6

George called Dave who called his mate Johnny who owns the manor then George called Robert and Chris to come for drinks and Nigel for breakfast! All united by their determination to bring down the elites!

One of the many consequences of Trump is that he strips all our old ambitions down to simple preservation. A year ago I wanted a better Fed, with better tools, one that actually thought about productive loans, like the law says it should. Now I just want the old Fed to survive.

What if Trump picks an inflation nutter for Fed chair? @chrisgiles.ft.com asks the question on everyone's lips on.ft.com/47bLqPp

I've written today's edition of the FT's Swamp Notes newsletter on the Texas redistricting affair (with a reply from our esteemed Washington bureau chief, James Politi) on.ft.com/3UZ5FrS

We can end the scandal of child poverty if we want to, argues Rowan Williams in @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/45mukeZ