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
Siona Jenkins on the political economy of grocery shopping in NYC as.ft.com/r/edfca8c2-9...
Richard Florida on America's changing corporate geography
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I wrote about cycling and the narcissism of minor differences as.ft.com/r/2c2c422d-7...
In today's edition of the FT Swamp Notes newsletter, @ranaforoohar.bsky.social and I discuss class war in America and the fortunes of the Democrats as.ft.com/r/3471259b-8...
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...
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...
Spiralling prices could lead to more public programmes
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Big US companies are realising they can unbundle their headquarters
Protests by authors at the French publishing house are a symptom of the struggle between establishment and insurgents
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Jonathan Derbyshire
Jonathan Derbyshire
Jonathan Derbyshire
Jonathan Derbyshire
Jonathan Derbyshire
Jonathan Derbyshire
Jonathan Derbyshire
Jonathan Derbyshire
"California’s Democratic field us monotonous and complacent. If this is the best the party can muster, perhaps it deserves a shock." My Swamp Notes with Richard Waters. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/f8f9f8d0-4...
"“America First” died in Operation Epic Fury. Real median wages are falling. Most of America is turned off by ICE’s shock troop tactics. All that’s left is Trump’s grand homage to himself and his pocket book." My Swamp notes with @jderbyshire.ft.com Free to read. as.ft.com/r/2b1aa8a8-8...
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The primary field is so uninspiring it could clear the way for the English-born Republican Steve Hilton