Joe Miller
@joemillerjr.ft.com
Correspondent for the Financial Times. In Washington DC, with eyes on the 🌎. Previously in NYC, various cities in Germany, New Delhi and London. Ex BBC. 💬 Signal @joemillerjr.48
Can a man fighting looted art be *too* successful? It's a good question Joe tackles in this deep dive
Joe Miller@joemillerjr.ft.com · 3w agoI wrote about Matthew Bogdanos, the scourge of NYC’s oh-so-respectable art world, for @joshspero.ft.com’s FT Wealth magazine.
I wrote about Matthew Bogdanos, the scourge of NYC’s oh-so-respectable art world, for @joshspero.ft.com’s FT Wealth magazine.
The Manhattan prosecutor fighting the trade in stolen antiquities
After witnessing mass looting in Baghdad in 2003, Matthew Bogdanos now recovers illegally trafficked artefacts
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I wrote about JD Vance’s focus-grouped Catholicism. as.ft.com/r/c0646a3d-6...
JD Vance and Mike Pence: two very different views on faith, Republicanism — and Trump
In ‘Communion’ and ‘What Conservatives Believe’, the vice-presidents past and present take opposing sides in the battle for the soul of their party
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WATCH: @dangarrahan.bsky.social ’s brilliant, insightful film on Palantir’s current troubles. youtu.be/kJ5XRl7PWxM?...
Palantir: profits, procurement and power | FT Film
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Our latest @financialtimes.com film looks at the rise of Palantir and the mounting scrutiny the company is facing on both sides of the Atlantic. @dangarrahan.bsky.social @joemillerjr.ft.com @cynthiao.bsky.social #palantir #nhs #technology #data www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ5X...
Palantir: profits, procurement and power | FT Film
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In which I discover, and reluctantly share, the wonder of Virginia wine. 🍇 as.ft.com/r/5320ab31-4...
Virginia wine is very good, actually
Some of the world’s most exciting vineyards are less than two hours’ drive from Washington DC
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Which grammatically correct words nonetheless sound wrong to you? I can never get past “prided”. (As in, X prided himself on…)
It's a big day for us "AI money in politics" nerds.
AI’s money machine faces first real test in Manhattan primary
Industry spends millions to target candidate who supports greater regulation of the technology
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Sometimes your intro writes itself… as.ft.com/r/ff367904-8... Trump stages show of political domination with UFC bout on White House lawn
FT Exclusive: Donald Trump's son is joining the US president on a state visit to Beijing while a family-linked group explores a deal with a Chinese chipmaker that the US Congress has warned is connected to the Communist Party. ft.trib.al/xSNgcVG
Doug Wilson was once a fringe figure on the evangelical Right. Now he preaches at the Pentagon and his adherents are dotted throughout the Trump administration. My Lunch with the patriarch of America's growing Christian Nationalist movement, in this week's @ftweekend.com as.ft.com/r/a37925a9-9...
Christian nationalist pastor Doug Wilson: ‘I’m starting a fight’
The influential church leader on his ties to Pete Hegseth, dismantling the fences of liberal democracy — and why Trump is ‘like chemo’
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Christian nationalist pastor Doug Wilson: ‘I’m starting a fight’ ft.trib.al/vnitPOZ
Christian nationalist pastor Doug Wilson: ‘I’m starting a fight’
The influential church leader on his ties to Pete Hegseth, dismantling the fences of liberal democracy — and why Trump is ‘like chemo’
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A group pushing Republicans to restore foreign aid slashed by Doge is targeting key swing districts with a multimillion-dollar ad spree ahead of the midterms. “America is strongest when we help our farmers stop starvation,” runs one ad in Iowa. as.ft.com/r/05fec6f0-f...
Republican-led group mounts $8mn midterms push to undo Musk aid cuts
Billionaire’s Doge assault emerges as vulnerability for Donald Trump’s party in swing districts
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Josh Hawley tells me: “I’m worried that the Senate’s behaving more like there’s a sign on the door that says ‘Property of Big Tech’”
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 3mo agoTop Republican pushes party to shun $300mn AI lobby ft.trib.al/1B2qQ9c
Terrific reporting by @kayewiggins.ft.com, addressing a question that has been bugging me throughout Trump 2.0: What does the white-collar defence bar even do these days? as.ft.com/r/4b987ba4-1...
The white-collar defence lawyers with nothing to do
The Trump administration’s approach to justice has made life quieter for those who defend alleged financial criminals
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Amid growing anger on the left, Palantir hired two DC lobbyists with ties to the Democratic Party. One of them, Cristina Antelo, told the FT that Democrats angry with Trump “have misplaced that anger at a US corporation” whose software helps make ICE’s operations more precise. More in today’s FT:
Palantir turns poisonous on the midterms campaign trail
[FREE TO READ] Donald Trump’s unpopular immigration crackdown has made links to the Peter Thiel-backed company a liability for candidates
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One of Trump’s closest White House advisers has called for the US to “find the off-ramp” in its conflict with Iran. It's the first 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 signal of discontent over the war from a senior figure in his administration. as.ft.com/r/5eb73ba7-c...
Trump adviser calls for US to ‘declare victory and get out’ of Iran
[FREE TO READ] Remarks by AI and crypto tsar David Sacks show anti-war sentiment in the president’s Maga coalition
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Farage misses out on Trump meeting as their relationship cools w/ @annasophiegross.bsky.social & @joemillerjr.ft.com www.ft.com/content/9391...
Farage misses out on Trump meeting as their relationship cools
British populist politician aimed to reinforce his view about the UK’s Chagos Islands deal in conversation with US president
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EXCLUSIVE with @georgehammond.bsky.social: The Trump admin has drawn up rules for civilian AI contracts that would require companies to allow “any lawful” use of their models. Comes amid Pentagon vs Anthropic. Similar rules are likely to follow for military contracts. as.ft.com/r/e240c02b-e...
US draws up strict new AI guidelines amid Anthropic clash
[FREE TO READ] Draft rules mandate civilian government contracts make models available for ‘any lawful’ use
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Today @georgehammond.bsky.social and I explore how AI dollars 💵💵💵 are likely to dominate key races in the upcoming midterms as.ft.com/r/c5e49e9f-0...
The Silicon Valley billionaires spending big to write America’s AI rules
[FREE TO READ] Midterm election contests poised to become battlegrounds over nascent technology
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The likes of Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Alex Karp will help train a crack squad of techies with a mission to overhaul the federal government, OPM chief Scott Kupor tells me:
Trump administration recruits tech bosses to train ‘elite’ government coders
[FREE TO READ] Programme aims to modernise digital infrastructure of US federal agencies
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"But across the US, citizens, clergy and elected officials in conservative communities are leading a grassroots rebellion against the rapid rollout of the technology. Political strategists fear this could wreck Republicans’ chance of maintaining their majority in Congress this November..."
Donald Trump’s AI push fuels revolt in Maga heartlands
Republicans fear backlash against White House agenda could undermine support in this year’s midterm elections
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I went to Missouri to report on the grassroots backlash to the AI revolution, which is gaining momentum by the day.
Donald Trump’s AI push fuels revolt in Maga heartlands
[FREE TO READ] Republicans fear backlash against White House agenda could undermine support in this year’s midterm elections
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NEW: The White House is upping the ante in its war against state-led AI regulation - this time warning a Republican legislature to kill a safety bill it sees as burdensome to American companies. as.ft.com/r/3f8d92cc-3...
Trump leans on Utah Republicans to scrap AI safety bill
[FREE TO READ] Memo sent to state lawmakers threatens to escalate feud between the White House and conservative states
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A story by the great @pickardje.bsky.social and yours truly from 2023 has become the fulcrum of a crisis that might end with the ousting of a British prime minister... www.ft.com/content/0723...
Rachel Cunliffe@rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 6mo agoMandelson: here's where we're at so far... The government knew Mandelson had ties to Epstein - as was reported in the FT in 2023. This was raised in the initial vetting report when he was a candidate for ambassador (the full vetting process dind't happen til after he'd been announced)
“Their policy was to kneecap the states and let Big Tech write the rules.” RDS indirectly blasts Trump's team, including David Sacks, for seeking to give the AI industry everything it wants. as.ft.com/r/9d5096fe-7...
Ron DeSantis lashes out at ‘harmful’ AI in break with Trump’s White House
[FREE TO READ] Florida’s Republican governor criticises attempts by administration to ‘kneecap states and let Big Tech write the rules’
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Trump and his allies raised a record $429mn in donations last year, as tech billionaires and companies lobbying for policy changes helped build a war chest ahead of the midterm elections. rpt by @joemillerjr.ft.com Ian Hodgson and Paul Caruana Galizia www.ft.com/content/5038...
Trump has “a lot of money to potentially spend on a handful of competitive Senate and House races... or to make himself politically relevant after he leaves the White House."
Tech billionaires fuel Donald Trump’s $429mn haul ahead of midterm elections
[FREE TO READ] Executives seeking regulatory relief help make lame-duck president a potent political force with record fundraising
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Elon Musk continued to donate to the GOP, giving a further $5mn to the Senate Leadership Fund PAC in mid December, per filings. Definitely back in the Trump tent.
