Edward Harrison
@edwardnh.bsky.social
Macro Strategist at Bloomberg. Ex-diplomat, ex-tech exec, ex-banker. Author of The Everything Risk newsletter. https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AVSVN7p8ryM/edward-harrison
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This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
February 17, 2026 at 7:27 AM
This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
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Reposted by Edward Harrison
The 4th Amendment isn't a suggestion
Rep. Mark Alford: "If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen"
February 16, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The 4th Amendment isn't a suggestion
Tesla ‘Robotaxi’ status check: 8 months in, 19% availability, and all of Musk’s promises are missing electrek.co/2026/02/16/t...
Tesla 'Robotaxi' status check: 8 months in, 19% availability, and all of Musk's promises are missing
Tesla launched its “Robotaxi” service in Austin eight months ago. In that time, Elon Musk promised 500 cars in Austin,...
electrek.co
February 16, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Tesla ‘Robotaxi’ status check: 8 months in, 19% availability, and all of Musk’s promises are missing electrek.co/2026/02/16/t...
British and German military chiefs press ‘moral’ case for rearmament www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
British and German military chiefs press ‘moral’ case for rearmament
Defence leaders write joint appeal urging public on need to be prepared for war with Russia and resulting costs
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:33 PM
British and German military chiefs press ‘moral’ case for rearmament www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Detroit Automakers Take $50 Billion Hit as EV Bubble Bursts www.wsj.com/business/aut...
They can't pivot to robots and AI like Tesla
They can't pivot to robots and AI like Tesla
Detroit Automakers Take $50 Billion Hit as EV Bubble Bursts
Companies are taking big losses and making moves to reduce electric-vehicle capacity amid regulatory changes and cooling demand.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Detroit Automakers Take $50 Billion Hit as EV Bubble Bursts www.wsj.com/business/aut...
They can't pivot to robots and AI like Tesla
They can't pivot to robots and AI like Tesla
"Within DHS, Noem and Lewandowski frequently berate senior level staff, give polygraph tests to employees they don’t trust and have fired employees—in one incident, Lewandowski fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after Noem’s blanket was left behind on a plane"
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
"Within DHS, Noem and Lewandowski frequently berate senior level staff, give polygraph tests to employees they don’t trust and have fired employees—in one incident, Lewandowski fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after Noem’s blanket was left behind on a plane"
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
"The economy looks resilient on the surface, but the footing is far less secure than it appears. Growth is being propped up by AI investment, fiscal stimulus, and financial markets driven by momentum, even as trust erodes across workers, governments, allies, and investors."
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Navigating an erosion in trust
Lessons from the water’s edge
kpmg.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:49 PM
"The economy looks resilient on the surface, but the footing is far less secure than it appears. Growth is being propped up by AI investment, fiscal stimulus, and financial markets driven by momentum, even as trust erodes across workers, governments, allies, and investors."
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I guess hoping the US can jail more people in private prisons isn't a money maker:
"Geo Group, the top contractor for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has seen its shares drop 55% from last year’s highs after DHS fell short of its goals on deportations"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"Geo Group, the top contractor for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has seen its shares drop 55% from last year’s highs after DHS fell short of its goals on deportations"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
From Prisons to IT, DHS Funding Fight Hits Contractors’ Shares
Renewed backlash over White House deportation policies is clouding the outlook for shares of government contractors, the latest blow to a group of companies jolted by policy uncertainty during the Tru...
www.bloomberg.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I guess hoping the US can jail more people in private prisons isn't a money maker:
"Geo Group, the top contractor for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has seen its shares drop 55% from last year’s highs after DHS fell short of its goals on deportations"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"Geo Group, the top contractor for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has seen its shares drop 55% from last year’s highs after DHS fell short of its goals on deportations"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
As expected, US tariffs are causing US trading partners to make trade deals with each other and avoid the US where possible www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Global Trade Is Leaving the US Behind
Perhaps the most surprising trade policy development of 2025 wasn’t President Donald Trump’s tariffs but rather foreign governments’ refusal to respond in-kind. Although such abstinence is economicall...
www.bloomberg.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
As expected, US tariffs are causing US trading partners to make trade deals with each other and avoid the US where possible www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Trump Agrees to End Minnesota Immigration Surge, Homan Says www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Agrees to End Minnesota Immigration Surge, Homan Says
President Donald Trump has agreed to end sweeping federal immigration operations in Minnesota, White House border czar Tom Homan said Thursday, a landmark retreat from a mission that spurred national ...
www.bloomberg.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Trump Agrees to End Minnesota Immigration Surge, Homan Says www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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February 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
February 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
Co-founders of Elon Musk’s xAI join exodus from start-up’s tech team www.ft.com/content/3d4a...
Co-founders of Elon Musk’s xAI join exodus from start-up’s tech team
Jimmy Ba will be the sixth member of the founding team to depart
www.ft.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Co-founders of Elon Musk’s xAI join exodus from start-up’s tech team www.ft.com/content/3d4a...
Stunning to see how low the US has sunk. I mean can you imagine this kind of thing 20 years ago, even 5?
Pam Bondi and Dems clashed at a House Judiciary hearing.
“You don’t tell me anything, washed-up loser lawyer,” she shouted at ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).
The anger and insults over the Epstein files and immigration crackdown in Playbook PM 👇
“You don’t tell me anything, washed-up loser lawyer,” she shouted at ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).
The anger and insults over the Epstein files and immigration crackdown in Playbook PM 👇
Anger spills over in Bondi hearing
And the January jobs report comes in unexpectedly hot.
politi.co
February 11, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Stunning to see how low the US has sunk. I mean can you imagine this kind of thing 20 years ago, even 5?
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Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
"Delinquency rates on loans ranging from mortgages to credit cards rose to 4.8% of all outstanding US household debt in the fourth quarter, the highest level since 2017, driven by rising defaults among low-income and young borrowers."
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
US Consumer Delinquencies at the Highest Since 2017
Get caught up.
www.bloomberg.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:21 AM
"Delinquency rates on loans ranging from mortgages to credit cards rose to 4.8% of all outstanding US household debt in the fourth quarter, the highest level since 2017, driven by rising defaults among low-income and young borrowers."
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www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Trump: "I'm popular and I've done well. I think we have the greatest economy, actually, ever in history. We have to get the word out."
February 10, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Trump: "I'm popular and I've done well. I think we have the greatest economy, actually, ever in history. We have to get the word out."
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(Media) SCOOP: Weeks ago, the owner of the Washington City Paper had offered to purchase The Washington Post's sports and local sections, keeping their desks alive.
The Post reporters were laid off and the desks were shut down instead.
www.theverge.com/policy/87683...
The Post reporters were laid off and the desks were shut down instead.
www.theverge.com/policy/87683...
Bezos could have saved WaPo’s sports and local journalists. He laid them off instead.
“The equation isn’t adding up.”
www.theverge.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:39 PM
(Media) SCOOP: Weeks ago, the owner of the Washington City Paper had offered to purchase The Washington Post's sports and local sections, keeping their desks alive.
The Post reporters were laid off and the desks were shut down instead.
www.theverge.com/policy/87683...
The Post reporters were laid off and the desks were shut down instead.
www.theverge.com/policy/87683...
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"construction jobs are way up" [EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]
February 10, 2026 at 9:44 PM
"construction jobs are way up" [EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]
Trump has only concluded five trade deals, with a dozen others remaining mere frameworks
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Trump Follows in Rebuild of Global Trading Order He’s Dismantling
Trump has only concluded five trade deals, with a dozen others remaining mere frameworks
www.bloomberg.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Trump has only concluded five trade deals, with a dozen others remaining mere frameworks
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Epstein Files Reveal Prosecutors’ Announcement Dated Before His Death www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-file...
Epstein Files Reveal Prosecutors’ Announcement Dated Before His Death
The file dump includes multiple draft statements from federal prosecutors about the sex trafficker’s death, one of them dated the day before Epstein died.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Epstein Files Reveal Prosecutors’ Announcement Dated Before His Death www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-file...
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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US government to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe ft.trib.al/rg4IDIC
US government to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe
State department grants to spread ‘American values’ are part of Washington’s 250th anniversary celebrations
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February 5, 2026 at 11:42 PM
US government to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe ft.trib.al/rg4IDIC