Luke Ford

01:00 What makes Stephen Miller successful with Donald Trump
16:30 My 3am AI nightmare
25:00 “Ties bind and blind.” I am triply inclined not to criticize Ben Shapiro because I share his outlook, his sacred values, his Orthodox Judaism, and many of his friends.
28:00 60 Minutes did nothing wrong in its Kamala Harris interview edit
37:00 Hoover: Apocalypse Now? Peter Thiel on Ancient Prophecies and Modern Tech, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqHueZNEzig
48:00 Peter Thiel: The Techno-Apocalypse is Nigh, https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/peter-thiel-the-techno-apocalypse-is-nigh
1:12:30 Can a barking dog be racist?
1:23:00 The Eagles are bigger, stronger, faster and more talented than the Chiefs, but Kansas City has a better coach
1:45:00 Ungoverning: The Attack on the Administrative State and the Politics of Chaos, https://www.amazon.com/Ungoverning-Attack-Administrative-State-Politics/dp/0691250529
2:19:00 Andrew Gelman: “Florida man eats diet of butter, cheese, beef; cholesterol oozes from his body”: How much am I to blame for this?, https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/02/06/florida-man-eats-diet-of-butter-cheese-beef-cholesterol-oozes-from-his-body/
2:27:00 Andrew Gelman: What do I think of this Bayesian analysis of the origins of covid?, https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/02/03/bayesian-analysis-of-origins-of-covid/
2:29:30 Andrew Gelman: Dan Ariely: “Why Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law is a broken moral compass”, https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/01/22/ariely-why-louisianas-ten-commandments-law-is-a-broken-moral-compass/
2:33:30 Andrew Gelman: The “delay-the-reckoning heuristic” in pro football?, https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/01/20/the-delay-the-reckoning-heuristic-in-pro-football/
2:38:00 My disdain for RFK Jr and Trump’s health picks
2:45:00 My character flaws of lying and cheating
2:49:30 Virtue Signalling Is Virtuous, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=146676
2:54:00 Decoding Decoding The Gurus, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=144554
4:15:30 The rise of the far-right
4:11:00 The Great American Bank Robbery: The Unauthorized Report About What Really Caused the Great Recession by Paul Sperry

04:00 All In Podcast: DOGE vs USAID, Crypto Framework, Google’s $75B AI Spend, US Sovereign Wealth Fund, GLP-1s, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3q5TrwSek0
10:00 WP: Elon Musk’s ultimate goal becomes clear
Shrink government, control data and — according to one official closely watching the billionaire’s DOGE — replace “the human workforce with machines.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/08/doge-musk-goals/
22:00 Elon Musk’s strategy, https://www.stevesailer.net/p/elon-musks-strategy-of-purge-and
29:50 Mark Halperin talks to Commentary magazine podcast crew about the second Trump administration, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ths5cov8EA
55:00 Gidley on “Racist” Elon Musk Aide: “The Guy Made a Mistake. He Doesn’t Deserve To Be Killed for It”
1:01:20 JD Vance on “Racist” Elon Musk Aide: “We’re Not Going To Fire Somebody Because of Some Old Tweets”
1:02:50 Why does YT push the pro Islamic terro network Al Jazeera (funded by Qatar, which also funds Hamas) but bans Russia Today?
1:15:00 Explaining Trump’s Middle East policy, https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5130444-what-trump-actually-wants-in-the-middle-east/
1:121:30 Contra David Brooks, Donald Trump is not stupid
1:41:00 Emilia Pérez & The New Gaza, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7icy5LJVZXE
1:43:00 Is it a big shock that a trans woman does not adore Islam?
1:48:30 The DOGE Boys Take DC, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzh_G8JEyd0
1:54:00 Why Trump is Uniquely Positioned to “Fight, Fight, Fight” on Cultural Issues, with Andrew Klavan, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K6irMABta0
1:58:00 NYP: Inside Trump’s hectic day-to-day schedule – with prez revealing the phrase that keeps going through his mind when he first wakes up, https://nypost.com/2025/02/08/us-news/inside-trumps-hectic-day-to-day-schedule-as-prez-begins-to-transform-federal-government/
2:09:20 Mick Cronin fixed UCLA | How ripping his team changed their season, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IwzITE3nJE

01:00 NYT: ‘Trump’s Thomas Cromwell’ Is Waiting in the Wings, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/opinion/trump-vought-omb-government.html
10:00 Jesse Waters
42:00 Mark Halperin on Trump’s executive orders, https://www.smerconish.com/podcasts/the-smerconish-podcast/
55:00 RCP: Is Trump’s Plan for Gaza “America First?”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1lPAiAKb90
58:45 TRUMP & THE FUTURE OF GAZA – with Rich Goldberg, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc3p2NKGfvU
1:05:40 The mental health crisis on the left, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kGlC49vnLA
1:20:40 Common Sense and the Liberals, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJhtWunA29k

01:00 Fox is playing down the Gaza story.
04:30 The Morning Meeting S4E23 | Trump’s First 100 Days, Democrat Realignment & Today’s Political News, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9sRJvNc4ek
24:00 How the Palestinians are like Trayvon Martin
30:00 Tyler Cowan: Trumpian policy as cultural policy, https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/02/trumpian-policy-as-cultural-policy.html
38:00 AXIOS: Trump’s Gaza shock wave stuns Middle East and some in White House, https://apple.news/A1PH7Kfn8RL6Pjj0Bv1mfJw
40:00 AXIOS: Behind the Curtain: Trump’s wild Middle East vision, https://apple.news/A93OKCeGDSf-ZEICbJJ-1Eg
45:00 Glenn: If You Want Another 9/11, Take Over Gaza, https://statesofexception.substack.com/p/if-you-want-another-911-take-over
53:20 World media has a negative reaction to Trump’s plans for Gaza
55:00 Conservatives were defending, MAGA is on the offensive
1:13:20 Trump wants to sell energy harvested from Gaza to Europe
1:19:00 Donald J. Nietzsche Solves the Gaza Crisis, https://www.commentary.org/john-podhoretz/donald-j-nietszche-solves-the-gaza-crisis/
1:26:50 Dooovid joins to discuss right-wing Jewish ecstasy over Trump’s plan
1:44:00 Mr. Netanyahu’s Opus, https://www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/mr-netanyahus-opus/
1:51:40 John Podhoretz and the Commentary magazine crew react to Trump’s Gaza proposal
1:55:00 Kip joins to discuss Trump’s dramatic moves
2:09:00 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
2:11:00 Covid deaths per year in USA
2:57:00 Rebecca Lobach’s special privilege
2:58:00 DEI Black Hawk pilot Rebecca Lobach
3:03:40 Ezra Klein: Don’t believe him
3:06:20 Pesach And Gaffney On Israel Being A Speedbump On The Way To America For Hamas, https://rumble.com/v6h1k0m-pesach-and-gaffney-on-israel-being-a-speedbump-on-the-way-to-america-for-ha.html
3:14:15 President Trump, Gaza, and the need for journalists and analysts to demonstrate a little humility, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc3zI30UEF8
3:22:00 Bombshell Announcement as Trump Says America Might “Take Over” Gaza, with The Fifth Column, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXpvi6W1ptk
3:30:00 Trump’s plan for Gaza – with Eylon Levy, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAFP0uDdr8M
3:47:45 Senator Fetterman open to US OCCUPYING Gaza, calls it “provocative”
4:10:00 Romantic success is primarily a reflection, a symptom, of the overall quality of your life
4:25:00 VDH: What We Have Forgotten About War, https://mosaicmagazine.com/response/israel-zionism/2025/01/what-we-have-forgotten-about-war/

01:00 If you find DEI, you know you are going to find a whole lot of horrible things, dishonesty and corruption. DEI attracts the worst people. Good people don’t mind being judged on merit.
02:00 NYT: Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government: The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/musk-federal-government.html
04:50 John Podhoretz on DOGE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ooM2vRh2ec
12:20 The USAID Drama, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5ZPMaddhvg
17:30 We’re at the highest risk for terror attacks since 9-11
29:00 Inez Stepman: Trump is the most competent Republican in decades, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5P6vNRxMcw
30:00 This is the most ruthless [American] right-wing government in a 100 years.
46:00 Christopher Caldwell: The Biggest Policy Change of the Century, https://www.thefp.com/p/christopher-caldwell-dei-trump-executive-order
1:01:00 Donald Trump says the US is taking over Gaza
1:31:00 Mario Nawfal Space, https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1886935358799061274
1:37:30 Al Jazeera reacts to the US taking over Gaza
2:29:00 Elliott Blatt joins to talk about Trump going big
3:26:40 Is The US Going To Annex The Gaza Strip, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3C6VxAn-O4
3:45:40 ABC: Global Affairs Editor John Lyons warns Trump’s future for Gaza risks ‘long-term conflict’