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Associate Editor, Financial Times, US-based writer/columnist. Former DC & India bureau chief. Author of The Retreat of Western Liberalism. Tweets are personal.

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    Dec 10

    "To those of you...throwing in the towel on the kids and going virtual, I think it's a shame, I really do. You’re letting the children down and I don’t see any reason for it. The statistics that are coming in around the harm to our children being out of school are heartbreaking."

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    A lot of you asked me to share 's comments on schools going to distance learning and her pointed message to those superintendents. Here is an extended and edited clip of her remarks including the question I asked her on the matter⤵️
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    Dec 10

    I still cannot believe that, as a nation, we basically just decided to give up on meaningfully educating children for a entire year. What a disgrace.

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  3. Dec 9

    On this day when another 3000 Americans have died I strongly agree with call for a 9/11-style commission into America’s catastrophic mishandling of coronavirus.

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  4. Dec 9

    It’ll take years for America to measure the damage of a president who refuses to accept election outcome. Hard to overstate the corrosive harm to the legitimacy of the system.

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  5. Dec 9

    Pleased to see you’re moving beyond denial to acceptance.

    There is massive evidence of widespread fraud in the four states (plus) mentioned in the Texas suit. Just look at all of the tapes and affidavits!
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    Dec 9

    The newsletter's main essay today attempted to round-up the vast and growing body of "coup" commentary out there, including and others

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  7. Retweeted
    Dec 8
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    Holy crow. Trump is a total mess. A very dangerous few weeks ahead.

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    Dec 8

    such an excellent, important and timely column by my esteemed colleague

    "There's a simple test of whether Trump’s grip will endure. He looks set to boycott Biden’s inauguration next month. If senior Republicans follow suit, the party will remain his. If they show up, his spell will have broken." Me on Trump's durability.
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  9. Dec 8

    "There's a simple test of whether Trump’s grip will endure. He looks set to boycott Biden’s inauguration next month. If senior Republicans follow suit, the party will remain his. If they show up, his spell will have broken." Me on Trump's durability.

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  10. Dec 8

    Applaud Britain's decision to inoculate William Shakespeare against Covid-19. I had no idea he was only 81.

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    Dec 7

    1/ There will be no update today. At 8:30 am this morning, state police came into my house and took all my hardware and tech. They were serving a warrant on my computer after DOH filed a complaint. They pointed a gun in my face. They pointed guns at my kids..

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  12. Dec 5

    "...the reason Mishra provokes such ire is because he repeatedly misrepresents viewpoints he doesn’t agree with." nails why Pankaj Mishra is unpopular with so many fellow writers. But he does worse than misrepresent.

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  13. Dec 5

    "Do we really want to risk returning to a world where enquiring minds huddle together in secret, debating banned works and wondering if they dare say what they believe?" on Cambridge's foolish plans to ban opinions that are not "respectful".

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    Dec 4

    In this in-depth analysis, our global China editor James Kynge and US national editor Edward Luce discuss how the relationship between the world's two superpowers will change once Joe Biden takes over as US president

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    Dec 4

    Would you like to come work on our fantastic team ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩? Of course you would! We are hiring a Brent Scowcroft Fellow for 2021. Please see below. 👇 And spread the word! Thank you! 🌳 🌎

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    Dec 1

    On today’s episode of “Coronavirus: a world transformed,” US national editor of the , , joins me to discuss the political future for the US and how the next administration will likely manage the . Listen here:

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  17. Dec 3

    "Biden looks set to be the first president since Abraham Lincoln where a large part of the country sees him as illegitimate before he is sworn in." Me on how if Dems do not retake Senate they will be stifled by McConnell and a 6-3 originalist Supreme Court

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  18. Dec 2

    With each day Giuliani becomes more like the mob bosses he put away.

    Giuliani, with Michigan GOP chair Cox beside him, urged activists to pressure lawmakers to remember their oath to the constitution & to award electors to Trump. 'Sometimes it even requires being threatened.'
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  19. Dec 2

    "For the first time in America's 244-year history, we have no president. Since the election, Trump's schedule has been virtually empty though there has been plenty of golf & tweeting." on a fitting closure to Trump's kakistocratic reign.

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    Nov 26

    “America cannot lead internationally unless it is reforming domestically." Ed Luce of Financial Times discusses what a Biden will look like in our Altamar Podcast.

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