Simon Lester

I see lots of new followers popping up today. I assume you are here for the trade policy, in which case you might like my custom trade policy feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...

"Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services company led by the sons of US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, is creating a way for investors to bet that President Donald Trump’s signature tariffs will be struck down in court."

Comparing the Dem wins in tonight's #VA11 special election and the 2024 VA11 regular election: - 2024 regular: 66.68% (Connolly) to 32.86% - 2025 special (almost done counting): 74.9% (Walkinshaw) to 25.1%

My problem with the centrist pundits is that while they porport to have their finger on the pulse of the voters and thus know what is popular, I feel like they are actually more out of touch than the rest of us.

To add a point to my recent wishful thinking piece about the rise of decentralized social media and the decline of big tech in this space, if the Trump administration has any success in pushing the economy towards manufacturing, that has to come from somewhere, and that somewhere could be big tech.

This was a wonderful set of questions.

More on how Nixon didn't actually invoke TWEA for his 1971 tariffs, and the implications for the IEEPA tariffs case, here: www.thefreedomfrequency.org/p/the-tariff...

All these soybeans will be hand-picked by Bessent from his own farm.

I liked the two homers more than the two challenges.

"Four Republicans joined with all Senate Democrats to approve the measure, which passed 50 to 46. But it won’t go into effect because it would still need to be approved by the House, which voted earlier this year to block all legislation challenging Trump’s tariffs until March 2026."

People will be posting some pretty big numbers soon and that $13 figure is going to look silly.

"The Ontario ad was right: Reagan would not have approved of Mr. Trump’s protectionist trade policies, particularly when aimed at allies."

"Trump administration quietly pays overdue WTO fees" www.ft.com/content/e87a... I'll take any kind of payment, whatever the noise level! h/t @bobwolfe.bsky.social

If we can't have a non-interventionist foreign policy, can we at least have a non-interventionist domestic policy?