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I was glad to be with my sister Joy-Ann Reid for Moral Monday tonight to talk about the news and announce plans for a Moral March on Raleigh, February 14th. Please help us spread the word about this people’s assembly to demand a moral agenda before the primaries.
open.substack.com/pub/ourmoral...
open.substack.com/pub/ourmoral...
Moral Monday with Joy Reid
Why we're coming together to set a moral agenda for 2026
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I was glad to be with my sister Joy-Ann Reid for Moral Monday tonight to talk about the news and announce plans for a Moral March on Raleigh, February 14th. Please help us spread the word about this people’s assembly to demand a moral agenda before the primaries.
open.substack.com/pub/ourmoral...
open.substack.com/pub/ourmoral...
I was glad to be with my sister Joy-Ann Reid for Moral Monday tonight to talk about the news and announce plans for a Moral March on Raleigh, February 14th. Please help us spread the word about this people’s assembly to demand a moral agenda before the primaries.
open.substack.com/pub/ourmoral...
open.substack.com/pub/ourmoral...
Moral Monday with Joy Reid
Why we're coming together to set a moral agenda for 2026
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I was glad to be with my sister Joy-Ann Reid for Moral Monday tonight to talk about the news and announce plans for a Moral March on Raleigh, February 14th. Please help us spread the word about this people’s assembly to demand a moral agenda before the primaries.
open.substack.com/pub/ourmoral...
open.substack.com/pub/ourmoral...
The most important news is NYC Mayor Mamdani’s initial moves, which suggest he is actually serious about addressing concentrations of economic power. Plus, a proposed billionaire tax in CA is part of a new attempt to bring down the unfair return on capital & is driving the superrich [crazy].
Monopoly Round-Up: A Gunboat Oligarchy Goes After Venezuelan Oil
Trump kicked off 2026 with a military attack on Venezuela and a naked seizure of oil resources. Wall Street is overjoyed. Plus, Mamdani takes office and billionaires rage at a wealth tax.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:25 AM
The most important news is NYC Mayor Mamdani’s initial moves, which suggest he is actually serious about addressing concentrations of economic power. Plus, a proposed billionaire tax in CA is part of a new attempt to bring down the unfair return on capital & is driving the superrich [crazy].
When Mamdani won the mayoral contest in NYC, he showed the Democratic establishment is weak...new types of candidates are emerging, who have a Patman-esque vibe, who may seek to re-introduce the “good neighbor” policy FDR eventually used to supplant Mellon-esque gunboat diplomacy in South America.
Monopoly Round-Up: A Gunboat Oligarchy Goes After Venezuelan Oil
Trump kicked off 2026 with a military attack on Venezuela and a naked seizure of oil resources. Wall Street is overjoyed. Plus, Mamdani takes office and billionaires rage at a wealth tax.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:21 AM
When Mamdani won the mayoral contest in NYC, he showed the Democratic establishment is weak...new types of candidates are emerging, who have a Patman-esque vibe, who may seek to re-introduce the “good neighbor” policy FDR eventually used to supplant Mellon-esque gunboat diplomacy in South America.
So why the happy face? Well, it’s that the public is finally cottoning on to the real power structure they inhabit, after a 50-year episode of amnesia. There is now deep and broad popular anger at the makers of war, and oligarchs.
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
Monopoly Round-Up: A Gunboat Oligarchy Goes After Venezuelan Oil
Trump kicked off 2026 with a military attack on Venezuela and a naked seizure of oil resources. Wall Street is overjoyed. Plus, Mamdani takes office and billionaires rage at a wealth tax.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:19 AM
So why the happy face? Well, it’s that the public is finally cottoning on to the real power structure they inhabit, after a 50-year episode of amnesia. There is now deep and broad popular anger at the makers of war, and oligarchs.
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
So why the happy face? Well, it’s that the public is finally cottoning on to the real power structure they inhabit, after a 50-year episode of amnesia. There is now deep and broad popular anger at the makers of war, and oligarchs.
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
Monopoly Round-Up: A Gunboat Oligarchy Goes After Venezuelan Oil
Trump kicked off 2026 with a military attack on Venezuela and a naked seizure of oil resources. Wall Street is overjoyed. Plus, Mamdani takes office and billionaires rage at a wealth tax.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:18 AM
So why the happy face? Well, it’s that the public is finally cottoning on to the real power structure they inhabit, after a 50-year episode of amnesia. There is now deep and broad popular anger at the makers of war, and oligarchs.
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
We can also observe that Chinese industrial policy has delivered a manufacturing near-monopoly, with world-class products being churned out and undercutting everyone else through a mix of smart policy and predatory means.
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
Monopoly Round-Up: A Gunboat Oligarchy Goes After Venezuelan Oil
Trump kicked off 2026 with a military attack on Venezuela and a naked seizure of oil resources. Wall Street is overjoyed. Plus, Mamdani takes office and billionaires rage at a wealth tax.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:17 AM
We can also observe that Chinese industrial policy has delivered a manufacturing near-monopoly, with world-class products being churned out and undercutting everyone else through a mix of smart policy and predatory means.
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
The U.S. can’t even produce missiles without samarium, a rare earth metal almost totally controlled by China. We’re not good at making things anymore, and we’re barely even trying, so dominated are we by lazy financiers.
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
Monopoly Round-Up: A Gunboat Oligarchy Goes After Venezuelan Oil
Trump kicked off 2026 with a military attack on Venezuela and a naked seizure of oil resources. Wall Street is overjoyed. Plus, Mamdani takes office and billionaires rage at a wealth tax.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:16 AM
The U.S. can’t even produce missiles without samarium, a rare earth metal almost totally controlled by China. We’re not good at making things anymore, and we’re barely even trying, so dominated are we by lazy financiers.
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
The U.S. can’t even produce missiles without samarium, a rare earth metal almost totally controlled by China. We’re not good at making things anymore, and we’re barely even trying, so dominated are we by lazy financiers.
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
Monopoly Round-Up: A Gunboat Oligarchy Goes After Venezuelan Oil
Trump kicked off 2026 with a military attack on Venezuela and a naked seizure of oil resources. Wall Street is overjoyed. Plus, Mamdani takes office and billionaires rage at a wealth tax.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:16 AM
The U.S. can’t even produce missiles without samarium, a rare earth metal almost totally controlled by China. We’re not good at making things anymore, and we’re barely even trying, so dominated are we by lazy financiers.
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
A line often put to Napoleon characterizes the situation...: “Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.” Well that nation is now awake, U.S. power is ebbing, & the rest of the world can see it very clearly. Our ability to dominate the next wave of warfare is in serious question.
Monopoly Round-Up: A Gunboat Oligarchy Goes After Venezuelan Oil
Trump kicked off 2026 with a military attack on Venezuela and a naked seizure of oil resources. Wall Street is overjoyed. Plus, Mamdani takes office and billionaires rage at a wealth tax.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:15 AM
A line often put to Napoleon characterizes the situation...: “Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.” Well that nation is now awake, U.S. power is ebbing, & the rest of the world can see it very clearly. Our ability to dominate the next wave of warfare is in serious question.
Domestically, while a lot of Democrats have expressed opposition, the Democratic leadership, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, are largely silent, or characterize their objections in terms of them not being notified of the attack. It’s a very 1920s style of opposition party fecklessness.
Monopoly Round-Up: A Gunboat Oligarchy Goes After Venezuelan Oil
Trump kicked off 2026 with a military attack on Venezuela and a naked seizure of oil resources. Wall Street is overjoyed. Plus, Mamdani takes office and billionaires rage at a wealth tax.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Domestically, while a lot of Democrats have expressed opposition, the Democratic leadership, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, are largely silent, or characterize their objections in terms of them not being notified of the attack. It’s a very 1920s style of opposition party fecklessness.
The best way to understand what just happened is to start with history. Because while Trump is explicit about his rationalization for seizing control over a resource-rich territory, U.S. domination of oil reserves of South America is not new...neither is the fusion of corporate & state interest.
Monopoly Round-Up: A Gunboat Oligarchy Goes After Venezuelan Oil
Trump kicked off 2026 with a military attack on Venezuela and a naked seizure of oil resources. Wall Street is overjoyed. Plus, Mamdani takes office and billionaires rage at a wealth tax.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:08 AM
The best way to understand what just happened is to start with history. Because while Trump is explicit about his rationalization for seizing control over a resource-rich territory, U.S. domination of oil reserves of South America is not new...neither is the fusion of corporate & state interest.
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Trump news at a glance: Maduro appears in US court as nations condemn president’s attack on Venezuela
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Trump news at a glance: Maduro appears in US court as nations condemn president’s attack on Venezuela
twp.ai
January 6, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Trump news at a glance: Maduro appears in US court as nations condemn president’s attack on Venezuela
Monopoly Round-Up: A Gunboat Oligarchy Goes After Venezuelan Oil. Trump kicked off 2026 with a military attack on Venezuela and a naked seizure of oil resources. Wall Street is overjoyed. Plus, Mamdani takes office and billionaires rage at a wealth tax. open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
Monopoly Round-Up: A Gunboat Oligarchy Goes After Venezuelan Oil
Trump kicked off 2026 with a military attack on Venezuela and a naked seizure of oil resources. Wall Street is overjoyed. Plus, Mamdani takes office and billionaires rage at a wealth tax.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Monopoly Round-Up: A Gunboat Oligarchy Goes After Venezuelan Oil. Trump kicked off 2026 with a military attack on Venezuela and a naked seizure of oil resources. Wall Street is overjoyed. Plus, Mamdani takes office and billionaires rage at a wealth tax. open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
Monopoly Round-Up: A Gunboat Oligarchy Goes After Venezuelan Oil. Trump kicked off 2026 with a military attack on Venezuela and a naked seizure of oil resources. Wall Street is overjoyed. Plus, Mamdani takes office and billionaires rage at a wealth tax. open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
Monopoly Round-Up: A Gunboat Oligarchy Goes After Venezuelan Oil
Trump kicked off 2026 with a military attack on Venezuela and a naked seizure of oil resources. Wall Street is overjoyed. Plus, Mamdani takes office and billionaires rage at a wealth tax.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Monopoly Round-Up: A Gunboat Oligarchy Goes After Venezuelan Oil. Trump kicked off 2026 with a military attack on Venezuela and a naked seizure of oil resources. Wall Street is overjoyed. Plus, Mamdani takes office and billionaires rage at a wealth tax. open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
It's become increasingly rare to find someone who has the integrity to disagree with an actual, sound legal argument—and not the above vitriol. I welcome disagreement. I welcome debate. But debate is not "Go back where you came from, camel jockey."
open.substack.com/pub/qasimras...
open.substack.com/pub/qasimras...
Dialogue Is Deteriorating Before Our Eyes
Dehumanization has replaced dialogue and we are all worse off for it—but we can change if we choose to
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
It's become increasingly rare to find someone who has the integrity to disagree with an actual, sound legal argument—and not the above vitriol. I welcome disagreement. I welcome debate. But debate is not "Go back where you came from, camel jockey."
open.substack.com/pub/qasimras...
open.substack.com/pub/qasimras...
It's become increasingly rare to find someone who has the integrity to disagree with an actual, sound legal argument—and not the above vitriol. I welcome disagreement. I welcome debate. But debate is not "Go back where you came from, camel jockey."
open.substack.com/pub/qasimras...
open.substack.com/pub/qasimras...
Dialogue Is Deteriorating Before Our Eyes
Dehumanization has replaced dialogue and we are all worse off for it—but we can change if we choose to
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:56 AM
It's become increasingly rare to find someone who has the integrity to disagree with an actual, sound legal argument—and not the above vitriol. I welcome disagreement. I welcome debate. But debate is not "Go back where you came from, camel jockey."
open.substack.com/pub/qasimras...
open.substack.com/pub/qasimras...
Maduro is gone. That is not nothing. But...World affairs cannot be governed by wounded pride. If they are, the stain will not be limited to Trump’s legacy. It will belong to all of us who knew better and said nothing. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
A Nobel Prize, a Bruised Ego, and the Danger of Letting Trump Run the World
If U.S. policy toward Venezuela is being shaped by Donald Trump’s resentment over a Nobel Peace Prize he didn’t control, then the problem isn’t strategy—it’s his fitness to wield power at all.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Maduro is gone. That is not nothing. But...World affairs cannot be governed by wounded pride. If they are, the stain will not be limited to Trump’s legacy. It will belong to all of us who knew better and said nothing. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Maduro is gone. That is not nothing. But...World affairs cannot be governed by wounded pride. If they are, the stain will not be limited to Trump’s legacy. It will belong to all of us who knew better and said nothing. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
A Nobel Prize, a Bruised Ego, and the Danger of Letting Trump Run the World
If U.S. policy toward Venezuela is being shaped by Donald Trump’s resentment over a Nobel Peace Prize he didn’t control, then the problem isn’t strategy—it’s his fitness to wield power at all.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Maduro is gone. That is not nothing. But...World affairs cannot be governed by wounded pride. If they are, the stain will not be limited to Trump’s legacy. It will belong to all of us who knew better and said nothing. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
A president who cannot tolerate perceived slights, who views global leadership through the lens of personal validation, is not equipped to oversee regime change, stabilization or democratic transition. History does not forgive pettiness when it masquerades as power.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
A Nobel Prize, a Bruised Ego, and the Danger of Letting Trump Run the World
If U.S. policy toward Venezuela is being shaped by Donald Trump’s resentment over a Nobel Peace Prize he didn’t control, then the problem isn’t strategy—it’s his fitness to wield power at all.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:52 AM
A president who cannot tolerate perceived slights, who views global leadership through the lens of personal validation, is not equipped to oversee regime change, stabilization or democratic transition. History does not forgive pettiness when it masquerades as power.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
A president who cannot tolerate perceived slights, who views global leadership through the lens of personal validation, is not equipped to oversee regime change, stabilization or democratic transition. History does not forgive pettiness when it masquerades as power.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
A Nobel Prize, a Bruised Ego, and the Danger of Letting Trump Run the World
If U.S. policy toward Venezuela is being shaped by Donald Trump’s resentment over a Nobel Peace Prize he didn’t control, then the problem isn’t strategy—it’s his fitness to wield power at all.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:51 AM
A president who cannot tolerate perceived slights, who views global leadership through the lens of personal validation, is not equipped to oversee regime change, stabilization or democratic transition. History does not forgive pettiness when it masquerades as power.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The question confronting the U.S...is whether the person making decisions about what comes next possesses the maturity, discipline & psychological steadiness required to navigate 1 of the most complex post-authoritarian environments in the hemisphere. Nothing in Trump’s behavior suggests he does.
A Nobel Prize, a Bruised Ego, and the Danger of Letting Trump Run the World
If U.S. policy toward Venezuela is being shaped by Donald Trump’s resentment over a Nobel Peace Prize he didn’t control, then the problem isn’t strategy—it’s his fitness to wield power at all.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:50 AM
The question confronting the U.S...is whether the person making decisions about what comes next possesses the maturity, discipline & psychological steadiness required to navigate 1 of the most complex post-authoritarian environments in the hemisphere. Nothing in Trump’s behavior suggests he does.
Decisions that will shape the lives of millions of Venezuelans—and potentially cost American lives—are being filtered through the ego of a man so thin-skinned that personal grievance outweighs strategy, stability, or consequence. That alone should stop us cold. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
A Nobel Prize, a Bruised Ego, and the Danger of Letting Trump Run the World
If U.S. policy toward Venezuela is being shaped by Donald Trump’s resentment over a Nobel Peace Prize he didn’t control, then the problem isn’t strategy—it’s his fitness to wield power at all.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Decisions that will shape the lives of millions of Venezuelans—and potentially cost American lives—are being filtered through the ego of a man so thin-skinned that personal grievance outweighs strategy, stability, or consequence. That alone should stop us cold. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Decisions that will shape the lives of millions of Venezuelans—and potentially cost American lives—are being filtered through the ego of a man so thin-skinned that personal grievance outweighs strategy, stability, or consequence. That alone should stop us cold. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
A Nobel Prize, a Bruised Ego, and the Danger of Letting Trump Run the World
If U.S. policy toward Venezuela is being shaped by Donald Trump’s resentment over a Nobel Peace Prize he didn’t control, then the problem isn’t strategy—it’s his fitness to wield power at all.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Decisions that will shape the lives of millions of Venezuelans—and potentially cost American lives—are being filtered through the ego of a man so thin-skinned that personal grievance outweighs strategy, stability, or consequence. That alone should stop us cold. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
A Nobel Prize, a Bruised Ego, & the Danger of Letting Trump Run the World. If U.S. policy toward Venezuela is being shaped by Trump’s resentment over a Nobel Peace Prize he didn’t control, then the problem isn’t strategy—it’s his fitness to wield power at all. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
A Nobel Prize, a Bruised Ego, and the Danger of Letting Trump Run the World
If U.S. policy toward Venezuela is being shaped by Donald Trump’s resentment over a Nobel Peace Prize he didn’t control, then the problem isn’t strategy—it’s his fitness to wield power at all.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:45 AM
A Nobel Prize, a Bruised Ego, & the Danger of Letting Trump Run the World. If U.S. policy toward Venezuela is being shaped by Trump’s resentment over a Nobel Peace Prize he didn’t control, then the problem isn’t strategy—it’s his fitness to wield power at all. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...