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Max Buccini @maxabuccini.bsky.social · 2d

Zero chance. Like, literally not even a single one in all of the chances there are possible.

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ReRouted By History @reroutedbyhistory.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s the Gladiator II film Ridley Scott should have made about a real story of the emperor after Commodus who did attempt to restore the a quasi-republican system. We reroute it and see if he had succeeded…stay tuned Friday!

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ReRouted By History @reroutedbyhistory.bsky.social · 2d

“Ahmad al-Mansur inherited the absolute crown & built an empire of splendor: the El Badi Palace, the conquest of Songhai, the sugar fortunes of Marrakech. Imagine a single difference: a fever, a vision, a moment of revelation on that blood-soaked plain… reroutedbyhistory.substack.com/p/a-rerouted...

A Rerouted Battle of The Three Kings (1578): When Morocco Became The Florence of Africa In A Golden Federation

Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.

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ReRouted By History @reroutedbyhistory.bsky.social · 3d

Stay tuned tonight!

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ReRouted By History @reroutedbyhistory.bsky.social · 4d

“Something of Hadrian lingered there. Something of Antinous. What if the Red Sea’s most remote outpost, Farasan, was never a garrison at all, but a grief disguised as devotion—a palace hidden in coral where an emperor once tried to escape the world?.. reroutedbyhistory.substack.com/p/the-palace...

The Palace Beneath the Sun: When Hadrian and Antinous Built Love at the Edge of Empire

Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.

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Reboot The Renaissance @rebootrenaissance.bsky.social · 5d

“Through The Medici lens, we see the metamorphosis of civic finance into factional faith. Lorenzo’s Florence ran on reputation. Trump’s DC runs on retribution. The Treasury has become a tribunal. The accounting sheets, a list of enemies. Indulgences for the loyal… open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

Rolling Out “The Receipts” of the Republic: Remember — Congress Carries the Coin of the Realm

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Reboot The Renaissance @rebootrenaissance.bsky.social · 6d

Coming up for a special weekend edition: we apply The Medici Method(™️) on how states can “Rollout The Receipts” as the kids today would say, with the federal government illegally impounding its funds.

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Reboot The Renaissance @rebootrenaissance.bsky.social · 6d

Incredibly insightful comments hot-off-the-printing presses of President Emmanuel Macron on liberal democracy and social media. The Medici would agree. Take a look at the article, plus our profile of him:

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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ReRouted By History @reroutedbyhistory.bsky.social · 6d

“Into this fevered imagination walked a woman: Theophanu, Byzantine-born, Ottonian-crowned. Married into the West in 972, widowed too young, regent of an empire that doubted her, mother of a boy many believed destined to close the book of history itself reroutedbyhistory.substack.com/p/the-regent...

The Regent of Revelation: Theophanu, The Tide Tying Together Two Romes

Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.

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Reboot The Renaissance @rebootrenaissance.bsky.social · 8d

The great economic unmasking begins. The ADP jobs data is getting closer and closer to predicting the BLS numbers—catch up on what we wrote about the Phantom Quarter economic fundamentals below from last month:

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Reboot The Renaissance @rebootrenaissance.bsky.social · 9d

“For those pretending Machiavelli stands at his shoulder—whispering clique cynicism into his ear, validating each abuse—let us call the esteemed Florentine secretary to the stand. His writings are clear, his intent sharper still. Demolish distortion reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/maga-misre...

MAGA Misreads Machiavelli, Now Trump Marches the Military Into the Republic

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Reboot The Renaissance @rebootrenaissance.bsky.social · 10d

For any of the MAGA morons who want to shroud themselves in Machiavelli at training MILITARY in AMERICAN cities, you’ll be in for a rude introduction to the real Niccolo. Stay tuned, Humanists.

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ReRouted By History @reroutedbyhistory.bsky.social · 10d

“In real history, Crusaders took Antioch, carved principalities, and toppled Jerusalem in 1099. But here, with the pilgrimage dissolved in the mud of Nicaea, Fatimids fill the void. Jerusalem falls not to the West, but to Cairo, everything changes... reroutedbyhistory.substack.com/p/the-road-t...

The Road to Cairo: How Nicaea’s Walls Could Have Made the Fatimids Masters of Jerusalem

Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.

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ReRouted By History @reroutedbyhistory.bsky.social · 10d

“At the heart of that frost stood one woman, denied her coronation yet crowned by circumstance: Elizabeth Stuart. She was no Winter Queen where she wore the Bohemian crown. No, she became something greater. What followed was Europe’s first Cold War… reroutedbyhistory.substack.com/p/the-winter...

The Winter That Never Thawed: Elizabeth Stuart’s Cold Reign from The Hague

Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.

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Max Buccini @maxabuccini.bsky.social · 11d

What’s the win rate here, though? Considering the Supreme Court

Max Buccini @maxabuccini.bsky.social · 12d

Since today still feels like summer, I went out and decided to start rereading one of my favorite books that has inspired me to dive into historical writing myself: The Darkening Age by #CatherineNixey. I forgot how striking this dichotomy of quotes is.

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Max Buccini @maxabuccini.bsky.social · 12d

Since today still feels like summer, I went out and decided to start rereading one of my favorite books that has inspired me to dive into historical writing myself: The Darkening Age by #CatherineNixey. I forgot how striking this dichotomy of quotes is.

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Reboot The Renaissance @rebootrenaissance.bsky.social · 12d

“This assault is weaponized against patriotism. A Trump-aligned candidate in NJ now circles Sherrill’s privacy like a vulture. The message is as clear as it is chilling: step into public life as a veteran opposing the regime, and your very life will be laid bare… open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

The Archives Breached, The Honor Betrayed: Hands Off Sherrill’s Service Files

In life, a healthy amount of skepticism of correlation and causation is warranted.

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Reboot The Renaissance @rebootrenaissance.bsky.social · 12d

Far left @reason.com (again, please understand sarcasm), has yet another devastating piece on the regime’s state-run economy:

reason.com/2025/09/26/a...

Agriculture Secretary Rollins promised tariffs would help American farmers. Now she says they need a bailout.

The bailout would simply redistribute wealth from American businesses and consumers to farmers. Here's a better idea: end the tariffs.

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Reboot The Renaissance @rebootrenaissance.bsky.social · 13d

“The MAGA project depends on ignorance. It depends on a citizenry unmoored from facts, leaders untethered from planning, and institutions stripped of foresight. To kill the Global Trends report is to blind America by design. It is the most blatant declaration yet… open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

The Blindfold of “America First”: How Gabbard’s Gutting of Foresight Marks MAGA’s Master Plan to Cripple the Global Order

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Reboot The Renaissance @rebootrenaissance.bsky.social · 14d

We must shatter this myth of “neutrality” in media with truth, facts, verified data, and provable claims. Read my piece on how 50/50 “unbiased” coverage has been distorted into supplication. open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

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Reboot The Renaissance @rebootrenaissance.bsky.social · 14d

This is OUTRAGEOUS. Hands off Sherrill’s service files! Also, CBS @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy , grow a spine, this is an egregious violation of a service member’s privacy.

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Reboot The Renaissance @rebootrenaissance.bsky.social · 14d

“The next American election—if it is permitted to be free—will be about more than the transfer of power. It will be about the transfer of narrative. Who gets to tell the story of America when authoritarianism has already maimed its institutions, mocked its norms… open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

From Left to Center, Americans Must Shatter the Legacy Media Spell of Mindless "Neutrality"

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Reboot The Renaissance @rebootrenaissance.bsky.social · 15d

“A titan of media, gilded in capital and cloaked in brand prestige, bends the knee to Trump, yet again. AppleTV is postponing The Savant, Jessica Chastain’s series about infiltrating extremist cells. The timing: grotesquely convenient, even as Jimmy Kimmel returned… open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...

The Savant Silenced: Apple, Chastain, and the Cowardice of Capitulation

The prospect of government silencing us repeats itself.

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