Edward Luce
@edwardluce.bsky.social
FT's US columnist/commentator. Author of several books including NYT best selling biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski (Simon & Schuster 2025). People lacking a sense of humour might get muted.
Palm Springs is officially now my favourite airport. This is after TSA
January 30, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Palm Springs is officially now my favourite airport. This is after TSA
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Is this an inflection point for Trump? @preetbharara.bsky.social is joined by @edwardluce.bsky.social to discuss the the aftermath of the deadly shooting of Alex Pretti by border patrol agents and what comes next.
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Is Minnesota Trump’s Waterloo? (with Ed Luce)
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January 29, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Is this an inflection point for Trump? @preetbharara.bsky.social is joined by @edwardluce.bsky.social to discuss the the aftermath of the deadly shooting of Alex Pretti by border patrol agents and what comes next.
Listen to a new episode of Stay Tuned with Preet:
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Kinetic subject matter.
listening to today's @cafedotcom.bsky.social (Stay Tuned w @preetbharara.bsky.social , w guest @edwardluce.bsky.social )...one of the most insightful, no-holds-barred conversations I've heard lately. It's not optimistic by any means, but it's what you need to hear. Listen.
January 29, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Kinetic subject matter.
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listening to today's @cafedotcom.bsky.social (Stay Tuned w @preetbharara.bsky.social , w guest @edwardluce.bsky.social )...one of the most insightful, no-holds-barred conversations I've heard lately. It's not optimistic by any means, but it's what you need to hear. Listen.
January 29, 2026 at 6:17 PM
listening to today's @cafedotcom.bsky.social (Stay Tuned w @preetbharara.bsky.social , w guest @edwardluce.bsky.social )...one of the most insightful, no-holds-barred conversations I've heard lately. It's not optimistic by any means, but it's what you need to hear. Listen.
"Anyone who thinks this administration is going to run out of assholes any time soon better think again,” Stephen Miller told reporters. “We have a very deep bench.” As they say, personnel is policy. @borowitzreport.bsky.social
www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-repl...
www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-repl...
Trump Replaces Asshole with Alternate Asshole
Tom Homan said he would assume Greg Bovino's post but not his helmet.
www.borowitzreport.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
"Anyone who thinks this administration is going to run out of assholes any time soon better think again,” Stephen Miller told reporters. “We have a very deep bench.” As they say, personnel is policy. @borowitzreport.bsky.social
www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-repl...
www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-repl...
I just can't..
Now I want to know which CNN reporter or producer doesn't know the word "sycophant."
January 27, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I just can't..
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BREAKING via Star-Tribune: GOP gubernatorial candidate ends bid, says he can’t support "stated retribution on the citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.”
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Chris Madel ends GOP bid for governor, says he can’t support federal ‘retribution’ against Minnesota
His exit comes as some other Republicans have started to distance themselves from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the state.
www.startribune.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:43 PM
BREAKING via Star-Tribune: GOP gubernatorial candidate ends bid, says he can’t support "stated retribution on the citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.”
Read more www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
Read more www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
UK's Reform party is making me think twice about using the word "reform", which is a shame. Reform should not mean 'vandalise your country's national interest while pretending to be patriotic'.
January 26, 2026 at 5:22 PM
UK's Reform party is making me think twice about using the word "reform", which is a shame. Reform should not mean 'vandalise your country's national interest while pretending to be patriotic'.
new gift link as.ft.com/r/db42e7fb-2...
January 26, 2026 at 5:17 PM
new gift link as.ft.com/r/db42e7fb-2...
Old gift link expired already. Here's another. as.ft.com/r/4a2581e2-3...
January 26, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Old gift link expired already. Here's another. as.ft.com/r/4a2581e2-3...
"A competent autocrat selects his enemies with skill. Trump’s Achilles Heel is that he gets worse at this with experience." Me on his administration's darkly comical and profoundly inept depiction of Pretti and Good as terrorists. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/60a0a558-2...
ICE and America’s flailing autocrat
[FREE TO READ] Easily discredited propaganda is undermining Trump’s assault on the constitution
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January 26, 2026 at 3:49 PM
"A competent autocrat selects his enemies with skill. Trump’s Achilles Heel is that he gets worse at this with experience." Me on his administration's darkly comical and profoundly inept depiction of Pretti and Good as terrorists. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/60a0a558-2...
The hope was that public video would make law enforcement think twice, resting on the naive idea that we're dealing with generally law-abiding officers. ICE beats people up and kills in full knowledge they're being filmed. They have lethal impunity.
January 25, 2026 at 1:39 AM
The hope was that public video would make law enforcement think twice, resting on the naive idea that we're dealing with generally law-abiding officers. ICE beats people up and kills in full knowledge they're being filmed. They have lethal impunity.
Feel that Maga's gargantuan 2nd amendment hypocrisy is being underplayed. Dems should defund ICE and call GOP's bluff by going for gun control.
January 25, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Feel that Maga's gargantuan 2nd amendment hypocrisy is being underplayed. Dems should defund ICE and call GOP's bluff by going for gun control.
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Minnesota is the best of us.
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Minnesota is the best of us.
Trump's cold-blooded belittling of British and other non-US Nato sacrifices in Afghanistan apparently leading all British broadcast bulletins. Trump lied to avoid military service. Hopefully his diatribe will boomerang onto Nigel Farage.
January 23, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Trump's cold-blooded belittling of British and other non-US Nato sacrifices in Afghanistan apparently leading all British broadcast bulletins. Trump lied to avoid military service. Hopefully his diatribe will boomerang onto Nigel Farage.
Gold prices rose by the most this week since the 2008 financial meltdown. Haven against chaos. All due to Trump. www.ft.com/content/6d7a...
Gold heads for best week since 2008 as Greenland crisis rattles dollar
Price closes in on $5,000 per ounce and silver tops $100 as Trump’s shortlived tariffs threat sparks rush into precious metals
www.ft.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Gold prices rose by the most this week since the 2008 financial meltdown. Haven against chaos. All due to Trump. www.ft.com/content/6d7a...
There were 35 US strikes on Caribbean boats between Sept 2 and Jan 3 (one every 3 days). None in the 21 days since then. Funny that.
January 23, 2026 at 5:11 PM
There were 35 US strikes on Caribbean boats between Sept 2 and Jan 3 (one every 3 days). None in the 21 days since then. Funny that.
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From this zinger of a paragraph
January 23, 2026 at 2:28 PM
From this zinger of a paragraph
"Having wracked my brains, I've come up with a slogan for Britain’s middle power opportunity: 'Take back control'." My Swamp Notes with @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on why Carney has laid out the rest of the west's only sane response to Trump. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/672930fc-c...
Britain’s golden middle power opening
[FREE TO READ] Prime Minister Keir Starmer has a chance to really ‘take back control’
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January 23, 2026 at 2:06 PM
"Having wracked my brains, I've come up with a slogan for Britain’s middle power opportunity: 'Take back control'." My Swamp Notes with @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on why Carney has laid out the rest of the west's only sane response to Trump. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/672930fc-c...
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Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States of America.
At least until tomorrow.
At least until tomorrow.
January 21, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States of America.
At least until tomorrow.
At least until tomorrow.
Remind me, what was the 25th amendment for?
January 21, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Remind me, what was the 25th amendment for?
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“As America prepares to commemorate its 250th anniversary, the republic is flirting with its own funeral.” My column. www.ft.com/content/dede...
America’s barbarian turn
No ideological code can fully capture Trump’s actions
www.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:25 PM
“As America prepares to commemorate its 250th anniversary, the republic is flirting with its own funeral.” My column. www.ft.com/content/dede...
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The inimitable @edwardluce.bsky.social is spot on: "Standing up to #Trump offers no guarantee of success. Submission, on the other hand, is certain to fail." www.ft.com/content/dede... via @financialtimes.com
America’s barbarians inside the gates
No ideological code can fully capture Trump’s actions
www.ft.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:08 AM
The inimitable @edwardluce.bsky.social is spot on: "Standing up to #Trump offers no guarantee of success. Submission, on the other hand, is certain to fail." www.ft.com/content/dede... via @financialtimes.com
Watching Mark Carney's Davos speech and his total clarity and gravity about the world having turned fills me with embarrassment about Keir Starmer's self-abasement to Trump. It doesn't work!
January 21, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Watching Mark Carney's Davos speech and his total clarity and gravity about the world having turned fills me with embarrassment about Keir Starmer's self-abasement to Trump. It doesn't work!