Jonathan Derbyshire
@jderbyshire.ft.com
US opinion editor at the Financial Times
Trump has put himself on the midterm ballot — should Republicans be worried? My latest FT Swamp Notes newsletter, with a response from James Politi as.ft.com/r/95396c9e-2...
Trump has put himself on the midterm ballot — should Republicans be worried?
The president’s low approval ratings could be a drag on GOP candidates in tight congressional races
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In today's edition of the FT's Swamp Notes newsletter, @ranaforoohar.bsky.social and I discuss the meaning of @abdulelsayed.bsky.social's victory in Michigan as.ft.com/r/6b62cd40-7...
The meaning of Michigan
What conclusions should Democrats draw from Abdul El-Sayed’s narrow win in the state’s Senate primary?
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Today's FT Swamp Notes newsletter, in which Lauren Fedor and I discuss how the Democrats can win back working-class Biden-Trump 'switchers' as.ft.com/r/88f18acc-5...
Can Democrats win over the working class?
A new report shows that the party can’t take disillusioned Trump voters for granted
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In today's edition of the FT's Swamp Notes newsletter, @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social and I discuss why Markwayne Mullin is struggling to keep ICE out of the headlines as.ft.com/r/15d5da39-a...
Why Mullin is struggling to keep ICE out of the headlines
Two killings by federal agents in the space of a week have drawn attention to the downsides of a DHS hiring spree
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In today's edition of the FT's Swamp Notes newsletter, @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social and I discuss why Markwayne Mullin is struggling to keep ICE out of the headlines as.ft.com/r/15d5da39-a...
Why Mullin is struggling to keep ICE out of the headlines
Two killings by federal agents in the space of a week have drawn attention to the downsides of a DHS hiring spree
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In the latest edition of the FT's Swamp Notes newsletter, James Politi and I discuss money in US politics and the implications of the Supreme Court's decision in National Republican Senatorial Committee et al vs Federal Election Commission et al as.ft.com/r/2ae7c804-d...
Money in politics, part 94
The US Supreme Court handed down a potentially transformative judgment on campaign finance last week
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This by @jamellebouie.net is superb on equality as a metaphysical category and a political one www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o...
Opinion | Five Words That Changed America
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In today's edition of the FT Swamp Notes newsletter, @joemillerjr.ft.com and I discuss how AI money is shaping America's elections as.ft.com/r/37dbccfa-a...
AI money is going to swamp the midterms this year
Alex Bores’ defeat in a New York congressional primary was a taste of things to come
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In today's edition of the FT Swamp Notes newsletter, @edwardluce.bsky.social and I agree to differ on the meaning of DSA's clean sweep in NYC on Tuesday as.ft.com/r/e7208e5a-7...
The Democrats’ DSA siren song
Democratic Socialists are winning in New York, but the city is not America
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Why is getting to a World Cup game so hard, asks Greg Meyer, who tried cycling to the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey as.ft.com/r/cc87a362-7...
Why is getting to a World Cup game so hard?
Fans travelling to the stadium in New Jersey are having to contend with high train fares, limited bus seats and a ban on walking or cycling
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In today's edition of the FT's Swamp Notes newsletter, @sohrabahmari.bsky.social and I discuss the GOP, the labour unions and the future of 'pro-worker conservatism' as.ft.com/r/16de40f0-a...
Josh Hawley and the future of pro-worker conservatism
Where does the Missouri senator fit in a party that has long promoted the interests of the wealthy?
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I wrote about @grahamformaine.bsky.social and the politics of authenticity in today's edition of the FT Swamp Notes newsletter, riffing on an excellent @newyorker.com piece by @jonallsop.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/a8276b0e-9...
Graham Platner and the politics of authenticity
Revelations about the candidate’s past have some senior Democrats worrying about the party’s ability to win back the Senate
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In today's edition of the FT Swamp Notes newsletter, @ranaforoohar.bsky.social and I discuss class war in America and the fortunes of the Democrats as.ft.com/r/3471259b-8...
People are starting to eat the rich
Free-floating rage against a super-wealthy elite could favour economic populists in the midterms
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I wrote about cycling and the narcissism of minor differences as.ft.com/r/2c2c422d-7...
On yer bike! Freud and middle-aged men in Lycra
The ever-present fear of ridicule among cycling’s weekend warriors tells us a thing or two about human nature
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"“America First” died in Operation Epic Fury. Real median wages are falling. Most of America is turned off by ICE’s shock troop tactics. All that’s left is Trump’s grand homage to himself and his pocket book." My Swamp notes with @jderbyshire.ft.com Free to read. as.ft.com/r/2b1aa8a8-8...
The Republican frog
Critical stands taken by GOP lawmakers against Trump are largely symbolic
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"California’s Democratic field us monotonous and complacent. If this is the best the party can muster, perhaps it deserves a shock." My Swamp Notes with Richard Waters. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/f8f9f8d0-4...
California’s zombie Democrats
The primary field is so uninspiring it could clear the way for the English-born Republican Steve Hilton
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Siona Jenkins on the political economy of grocery shopping in NYC as.ft.com/r/edfca8c2-9...
Counting the cost of New York’s sky-high food bills
Spiralling prices could lead to more public programmes
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In today's edition of the FT"s Swamp Notes newsletter, @ranaforoohar.bsky.social and I discuss the consequences of the gutting of the Voting Rights Act as.ft.com/r/feca7f30-1...
Politics just got even more partisan in the US
The gutting of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court will intensify the fight over redistricting
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In today's edition of the FT"s Swamp Notes newsletter, @ranaforoohar.bsky.social and I discuss the consequences of the gutting of the Voting Rights Act as.ft.com/r/feca7f30-1...
Politics just got even more partisan in the US
The gutting of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court will intensify the fight over redistricting
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I first got a sense that something remarkable was brewing in Maine when driving around conservative Somerset County in the fall, eight months before the Democratic primary. This was a county that Trump won 60.4% to 37% in 2024. And it was thick with Platner signs
Dave Weigel@daveweigel.bsky.social · 4mo agoJanet Mills is OUT of the Maine Senate race. Graham Platner will be the nominee.
Here's @hdrochon.bsky.social writing for the @financialtimes.com on the Grasset affair and what it tells us about modern elites as.ft.com/r/13ae7269-1...
What the Grasset affair tells us about modern elites
Protests by authors at the French publishing house are a symptom of the struggle between establishment and insurgents
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Richard Florida on America's changing corporate geography as.ft.com/r/7c59d984-6...
Starbucks, Nashville and the new corporate geography
Big US companies are realising they can unbundle their headquarters
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@jeremycliffe.bsky.social on the emergence of the neo-Gaullist right in Europe www.ft.com/content/cba2...
The European right is pivoting away from America
Electoral logic is driving a shift as polls lay bare European disgust at the US administration
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In today's edition of the FT Swamp Notes newsletter, @philgordondc.bsky.social and I discuss whether this is the US's Suez moment as.ft.com/r/0f682616-6...
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'I notice he has barely touched his prosecco, while I’ve guzzled most of mine.' I had lunch with Jay McInerney as.ft.com/r/3a99aa58-2...
Author Jay McInerney: ‘I went from being a nobody to being somebody’
[FREE TO READ] The unofficial laureate of 1980s hedonism on the truths behind his New York novels — and when the ‘Bolivian Marching Powder’ got out of hand
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Not waving but drowning: Trump’s poll ratings should worry Republicans - my latest FT Swamp Notes appearance giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Trump’s poll ratings should worry Republicans
Seven months out from the midterms, Americans are feeling economic pain
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