MGEmancipation
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Host, FRDH podcast www.goldfarbpod.com RU listening? MichaelGoldfarb.substack.com R U reading? Been doing this forever: BBC, NPR, NYTimes, WashPo, Guardian etc
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I thought this was the @nytimespitchbot. Everybody knows FIFA has no ethics.
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been accused of breaching FIFA’s ethics codes in relation to the process that saw President Trump receive an inaugural peace prize.
Gianni Infantino accused of breaching FIFA’s ethics codes in relation to President Trump comments
Advocacy group FairSquare has also requested an investigation into President Trump being awarded the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize last Friday.
nyti.ms
December 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I thought this was the @nytimespitchbot. Everybody knows FIFA has no ethics.
posting especially for the Macron, Merz & Downing St staffers. Please share with your bosses
This was a good conversation with Martin Wolf and Michael Goldfarb @mgemancipation.bsky.social frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/europe-202...
EUROPE 2025: LEARNED HELPLESSNESS/ SPECTATORS AT THEIR OWN CRISIS
It is a question worth asking again and again: a decade into the new historical epoch symbolized by the fact that Donald Trump was elected twice, freely and fairly:
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
posting especially for the Macron, Merz & Downing St staffers. Please share with your bosses
I hope that Starmer, Macron & Merz are screwing their courage to the sticking place in their meeting with Zelenskyy today and not following Trump's advice and just screwing him full stop.
A rock and roll infused FRDH, First Rough Draft of History this week, With a little added S & M:
"Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory." National Security Strategy 2025
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/time-is-on...
"Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory." National Security Strategy 2025
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/time-is-on...
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I hope that Starmer, Macron & Merz are screwing their courage to the sticking place in their meeting with Zelenskyy today and not following Trump's advice and just screwing him full stop.
A rock and roll infused FRDH, First Rough Draft of History this week, With a little added S & M:
"Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory." National Security Strategy 2025
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/time-is-on...
"Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory." National Security Strategy 2025
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/time-is-on...
December 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A rock and roll infused FRDH, First Rough Draft of History this week, With a little added S & M:
"Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory." National Security Strategy 2025
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/time-is-on...
"Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory." National Security Strategy 2025
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/time-is-on...
The latest FRDH, First Rough Draft of History, anticipated this development and is all about Europe's "learned helplessness" before America and what it can do to "unlearn" it. With the FT's Martin Wolf and Martin Sandbu
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/europe-202...
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/europe-202...
December 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The latest FRDH, First Rough Draft of History, anticipated this development and is all about Europe's "learned helplessness" before America and what it can do to "unlearn" it. With the FT's Martin Wolf and Martin Sandbu
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/europe-202...
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/europe-202...
In latest FRDH, First Rough Draft of History: The
FT's martin wolf_& Martin Sandbuget to grips with the question: Why have Europe's leaders continued to act as if the US of today is the same US of the Marshall Plan and NATO. It’s not.
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/europe-202...
FT's martin wolf_& Martin Sandbuget to grips with the question: Why have Europe's leaders continued to act as if the US of today is the same US of the Marshall Plan and NATO. It’s not.
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/europe-202...
EUROPE 2025: LEARNED HELPLESSNESS/ SPECTATORS AT THEIR OWN CRISIS
It is a question worth asking again and again: a decade into the new historical epoch symbolized by the fact that Donald Trump was elected twice, freely and fairly, why do the leaders of the European ...
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
In latest FRDH, First Rough Draft of History: The
FT's martin wolf_& Martin Sandbuget to grips with the question: Why have Europe's leaders continued to act as if the US of today is the same US of the Marshall Plan and NATO. It’s not.
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/europe-202...
FT's martin wolf_& Martin Sandbuget to grips with the question: Why have Europe's leaders continued to act as if the US of today is the same US of the Marshall Plan and NATO. It’s not.
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/europe-202...
I keep telling you: Don't watch the Sunday news shows. They are bad for your mental health. Better to listen to the latest FRDH podcast with Robin Lustig on Britain's Malaise and coming winter of unfocused Discontent.
soundcloud.com/michael-gold...
soundcloud.com/michael-gold...
Britain 2025: Malaise and Unfocused Discontent
Britain in 2025 is in the grip of a malaise that has no single focus. What is behind it? Things have been much worse economically and politically but the mood in the country is sour edging towards bit
soundcloud.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I keep telling you: Don't watch the Sunday news shows. They are bad for your mental health. Better to listen to the latest FRDH podcast with Robin Lustig on Britain's Malaise and coming winter of unfocused Discontent.
soundcloud.com/michael-gold...
soundcloud.com/michael-gold...
Tom Stoppard: my one chance at immortality will be this mention, in his acknowledgements for Leopoldstadt.
November 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Tom Stoppard: my one chance at immortality will be this mention, in his acknowledgements for Leopoldstadt.
"Violence is as American as cherry pie"
H Rap Brown
H Rap Brown
Violence has no place in America. Michelle and I are praying for the servicemembers shot in Washington, DC today, and send our love to their families as they enter this holiday season under the most tragic of circumstances.
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
"Violence is as American as cherry pie"
H Rap Brown
H Rap Brown
I don't get this framing. We've been told by people in the know on this platform that Trump has been a Kremlin asset for decades. Presumably Russia already knows how to manipulate him and get into his good graces.
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I don't get this framing. We've been told by people in the know on this platform that Trump has been a Kremlin asset for decades. Presumably Russia already knows how to manipulate him and get into his good graces.
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
The decline of American journalism continues @washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The decline of American journalism continues @washingtonpost.com
"I make my music for people. I looked up the meaning of politics — poli means people, and tics is a bloodsucking parasite.”
RIP Jimmy Cliff
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7dB...
RIP Jimmy Cliff
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7dB...
Jimmy Cliff You Can Get It If You Really Want
YouTube video by Rocksteady Freddie
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November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"I make my music for people. I looked up the meaning of politics — poli means people, and tics is a bloodsucking parasite.”
RIP Jimmy Cliff
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7dB...
RIP Jimmy Cliff
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7dB...
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You might wanna read this - 👇
"England so hated the thought of war that she could not believe it was going to happen, and the appeasement policy gave her confidence that this hope has some basis.” John F. Kennedy, Why England Slept, 1940
Who is Europe appeasing?
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/why-europe...
Who is Europe appeasing?
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/why-europe...
WHY EUROPE SLEPT
Trump & Putin's 28 Point Ukraine Peace Plan Is Yet Another Wake-up Call
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
You might wanna read this - 👇
"England so hated the thought of war that she could not believe it was going to happen, and the appeasement policy gave her confidence that this hope has some basis.” John F. Kennedy, Why England Slept, 1940
Who is Europe appeasing?
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/why-europe...
Who is Europe appeasing?
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/why-europe...
WHY EUROPE SLEPT
Trump & Putin's 28 Point Ukraine Peace Plan Is Yet Another Wake-up Call
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
"England so hated the thought of war that she could not believe it was going to happen, and the appeasement policy gave her confidence that this hope has some basis.” John F. Kennedy, Why England Slept, 1940
Who is Europe appeasing?
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/why-europe...
Who is Europe appeasing?
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/why-europe...
Who is Europe appeasing: Putin or Trump?
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/why-europe...
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/why-europe...
WHY EUROPE SLEPT
Trump & Putin's 28 Point Ukraine Peace Plan Is Yet Another Wake-up Call
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Who is Europe appeasing: Putin or Trump?
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/why-europe...
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/why-europe...
Jesus Bsky, could you just viralize this? Or do you all think Ukraine should do what Trump tells it to do?
"Luca Brasi held a gun to his head, and my father assured him that either his brains or his signature would be on the contract."
November 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Jesus Bsky, could you just viralize this? Or do you all think Ukraine should do what Trump tells it to do?
"Luca Brasi held a gun to his head, and my father assured him that either his brains or his signature would be on the contract."
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"Luca Brasi held a gun to his head, and my father assured him that either his brains or his signature would be on the contract."
Ashes to a-shit, dust to dust
November 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Ashes to a-shit, dust to dust
In addition to being a cunt this man is a Scotch Egg Eating Surrender Monkey, although TBF the deathly silence of
@hooverinstitution.bsky.social titans since Trump regime's 2nd legit bite of the cherry is of a piece with this. Vile overprivileged has-beens.
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@hooverinstitution.bsky.social titans since Trump regime's 2nd legit bite of the cherry is of a piece with this. Vile overprivileged has-beens.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
In addition to being a cunt this man is a Scotch Egg Eating Surrender Monkey, although TBF the deathly silence of
@hooverinstitution.bsky.social titans since Trump regime's 2nd legit bite of the cherry is of a piece with this. Vile overprivileged has-beens.
1/
@hooverinstitution.bsky.social titans since Trump regime's 2nd legit bite of the cherry is of a piece with this. Vile overprivileged has-beens.
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Top item: Surprise
Bottom item: No Surprise
Bottom item: No Surprise
November 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Top item: Surprise
Bottom item: No Surprise
Bottom item: No Surprise
5-fer
That is all, now go about your business
That is all, now go about your business
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
5-fer
That is all, now go about your business
That is all, now go about your business
A travel diary, and a business proposition for anyone interested in a surefire concept.
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/chasing-au...
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/chasing-au...
CHASING AUTUMN SOUTH
A Non-Chronological Diary of a Road Trip a Year After Trump's Re-election
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A travel diary, and a business proposition for anyone interested in a surefire concept.
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/chasing-au...
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/chasing-au...
This is especially for Sulzberger the Vth, Joseph Kahn & Kathleen Kingsbury (oh, there's a firewall between news & opinion at the Times? Yeah, and there IS such a thing as Santa Claus)
November 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is especially for Sulzberger the Vth, Joseph Kahn & Kathleen Kingsbury (oh, there's a firewall between news & opinion at the Times? Yeah, and there IS such a thing as Santa Claus)