James Harris
@james-harris.bsky.social
National security consultant; economist by trade; former chief of the China Division and the Strategic Assessments Group at CIA; later, manager at CENTRA Tech.
AI is getting scary good. This from X. I use Gemini, but Claude is impressive.
January 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
AI is getting scary good. This from X. I use Gemini, but Claude is impressive.
Hurts to read this, but it's impossible to deny.
Specifically, it's a failure of American conservativism, which is pretty dead as I write this.
Specifically, it's a failure of American conservativism, which is pretty dead as I write this.
It's been five years since Trump tried to overthrow the Constitution.
What unfolded over the five years that followed will be remembered as one of the greatest failures of American institutions in our history.
What unfolded over the five years that followed will be remembered as one of the greatest failures of American institutions in our history.
January 6, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Hurts to read this, but it's impossible to deny.
Specifically, it's a failure of American conservativism, which is pretty dead as I write this.
Specifically, it's a failure of American conservativism, which is pretty dead as I write this.
No matter where things go from here, this may signal the end of NATO as we’ve known it. How do you establish organizational confidence after this?
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 2:48 AM
No matter where things go from here, this may signal the end of NATO as we’ve known it. How do you establish organizational confidence after this?
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Statement from she who should have been our President.
January 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Statement from she who should have been our President.
Oops! Wonder if the Cubans will fight back.
WELKER: Is the Cuban government the Trump administration's next target?
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
January 4, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Oops! Wonder if the Cubans will fight back.
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In a nutshell.
January 4, 2026 at 9:15 AM
In a nutshell.
A little harsh but makes a point.
It would be so cool if the United States Congress still existed.
January 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
A little harsh but makes a point.
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Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
January 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
Marginal Revolution has an open discussion of our seizure of Maduro amid our "sort of" invasion of Venezuela this morning. Wonder if anyone died. marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...
The Venezuela conflict - Marginal REVOLUTION
Comments are open, in case you have intelligent insight or useful facts to add…
marginalrevolution.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Marginal Revolution has an open discussion of our seizure of Maduro amid our "sort of" invasion of Venezuela this morning. Wonder if anyone died. marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...
Can an Executive Order that tries to override the law to release actually work?
In a new post on Truth Social, the President lashed out at the Department of Justice, complaining that "1,000,000 more pages on Epstein are found." But he didn't welcome the transparency. He demanded a shutdown.
December 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Can an Executive Order that tries to override the law to release actually work?
Computer engineer Wang Zhengdong: "Will AI capabilities go super-exponential in the next few years, because it figures out how to improve itself better than humans can?" Hmmm...
December 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Computer engineer Wang Zhengdong: "Will AI capabilities go super-exponential in the next few years, because it figures out how to improve itself better than humans can?" Hmmm...
Cancellations are mounting. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
New Year’s Eve concert is latest cancellation at the Kennedy Center
Jazz supergroup the Cookers scrapped their New Year’s Eve shows at the center days after a Christmas Eve concert was called off. The cancellations come after the board voted to add the president’s nam...
www.washingtonpost.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Cancellations are mounting. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
No, we're not close to peace in the Middle East. www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/t...
The Middle East is on the brink of a new crisis. Here’s where it could start.
No one should confuse the patchwork of temporary cease-fire agreements in place throughout the Middle East for sustainable deterrence and peace.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
December 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
No, we're not close to peace in the Middle East. www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/t...
Marginal Revolution: It's astonishing that so many in the most successful economy in the history of the world are convinced it was plundered by immigrants and by its trading partners.
December 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Marginal Revolution: It's astonishing that so many in the most successful economy in the history of the world are convinced it was plundered by immigrants and by its trading partners.
Meanwhile, over on X...
December 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Meanwhile, over on X...
A reminder just how sick Trump is. Renaming stuff is offensive, but this....
December 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A reminder just how sick Trump is. Renaming stuff is offensive, but this....
The President of the United States thinks our Navy’s battleships are not pretty enough and is creating a new “Trump Class” to improve aesthetics. I wish this were fake news.
December 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The President of the United States thinks our Navy’s battleships are not pretty enough and is creating a new “Trump Class” to improve aesthetics. I wish this were fake news.
David French, countering fundamentalism. "Many people do not appreciate it when a Christian loves their enemies. They do not like it when a Christian refuses to join their political crusade. That’s what happened to Jesus." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/o...
Opinion | Christianity Is a Dangerous Faith
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
David French, countering fundamentalism. "Many people do not appreciate it when a Christian loves their enemies. They do not like it when a Christian refuses to join their political crusade. That’s what happened to Jesus." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/o...
Ezra Klein, eloquent. "I’ll admit to surprise that Trump’s ghoulish response to the killings of Rob and Michele Singer Reiner attracted so much opprobrium on the right. But that sickness was, we were repeatedly told, what the culture hungered for." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/o...
Opinion | The Trump Vibe Shift Is Dead
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Ezra Klein, eloquent. "I’ll admit to surprise that Trump’s ghoulish response to the killings of Rob and Michele Singer Reiner attracted so much opprobrium on the right. But that sickness was, we were repeatedly told, what the culture hungered for." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/o...
Good piece. Demographic decline, decaying social norms, plus war equals very bad outcomes. nationalinterest.org/feature/russ...
Russia’s Potemkin Village Society
The government’s official image and the reality of Russian society could not be further apart.
nationalinterest.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Good piece. Demographic decline, decaying social norms, plus war equals very bad outcomes. nationalinterest.org/feature/russ...
"...The gun lobby boasting that it is “winning” the fight against Australia’s longstanding crackdown." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia had the ‘gold standard’ on gun control. The Bondi beach terror attack will force it to confront its surging number of weapons
There are now more guns in the community per capita than in the aftermath of the Port Arthur massacre, with at least 2,000 new firearms lawfully entering the community every week
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"...The gun lobby boasting that it is “winning” the fight against Australia’s longstanding crackdown." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I think that was actually 8, but I'm sure Trump will revise the number downward in light of this reality check.
Update on one of the 29 wars Trump says he personally ended.
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I think that was actually 8, but I'm sure Trump will revise the number downward in light of this reality check.
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Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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How very not surprising 👇
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
How very not surprising 👇