Simon Lewis
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It's like the Cuban missile crisis without the missiles. Or the Russians. Or any threat at all.
January 17, 2026 at 6:08 PM
It's like the Cuban missile crisis without the missiles. Or the Russians. Or any threat at all.
What is Harry's plan then? Let Trump take over Venezuela and Greenland and thank goodness that will be the end of that and we can all move on.
January 17, 2026 at 6:06 PM
What is Harry's plan then? Let Trump take over Venezuela and Greenland and thank goodness that will be the end of that and we can all move on.
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2. It is perverse to load 60-somethings with benefits and 20-somethings with disbenefits. It is time to take intergenerational questions seriously.
January 17, 2026 at 3:19 PM
2. It is perverse to load 60-somethings with benefits and 20-somethings with disbenefits. It is time to take intergenerational questions seriously.
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Whatever's going on between Trump and Putin will soon be made clear. Trump now has world's largest oil reserves and a powerful lever. If he cuts Venezuelan production, prices rise and Russia fights on. If he lowers prices, Russia implodes and Ukraine wins. Which path will he take? (h/t R_YP) 5/
January 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Whatever's going on between Trump and Putin will soon be made clear. Trump now has world's largest oil reserves and a powerful lever. If he cuts Venezuelan production, prices rise and Russia fights on. If he lowers prices, Russia implodes and Ukraine wins. Which path will he take? (h/t R_YP) 5/
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The cynics think today's attack on Venezuela is staged and transactional. Maduro is allied with Putin, but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. (See Fiona Hill's testimony in Trump's first impeachment trial, h/t @davetroy.com). Even Maduro may be in on it. 2/
January 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
The cynics think today's attack on Venezuela is staged and transactional. Maduro is allied with Putin, but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. (See Fiona Hill's testimony in Trump's first impeachment trial, h/t @davetroy.com). Even Maduro may be in on it. 2/
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Today is probably the day that I shifted to “whatever it takes to build European strategic autonomy”
The best time to build it was 10 years ago, the second best time to build it is now
The best time to build it was 10 years ago, the second best time to build it is now
January 3, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Today is probably the day that I shifted to “whatever it takes to build European strategic autonomy”
The best time to build it was 10 years ago, the second best time to build it is now
The best time to build it was 10 years ago, the second best time to build it is now
Reminds me of the line "I was handed down the looks of a man with a broken nose"
December 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Reminds me of the line "I was handed down the looks of a man with a broken nose"