Steve Clemons

If you are in to #AI #robotics #quantum #cybersecurity #biotech and deployment of these technologies -- and you are in the DC, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania corridor OR coming in from anywhere else in the country or world -- I hope you are going to the @scsp_ai AI+ Expo. I'll be there and would love to see some of you. if you are attending, zap me a note publicly or privately. Have some stuff going on there you might be up for. expo.scsp.ai #SCSPAI

Always a great night at the Amethyst raising money for SOME. Thank you @FrenchAmbUS, @HMPodesta, @KellyannePolls, and @SCClemons.

#SAFESummit2026 Panel Oil Shockwave 2026: Lessons on Leverage from the Strait of Hormuz 🟦Speakers: - Robbie Diamond, Founder & Executive Chairman (SAFE) - Sam Ori, Executive Director (@UChiClimate) - General Richard Cody (Ret.), Co-chair (SAFE’s Energy Security Leadership Council) 🟦Moderator: @SCClemons, Editor at Large (@TheNatlInterest) Summit registration: safesummit.org/safe-summit-20…

You may already have won the Iran war. Or you may already have lost. Commentators on both sides refuse to admit how little they know. #WSJ #WSJopinion wsj.com/opinion/you-ma…

On ne se rend pas compte de la gravité de la crise économique qui vient. Ce n’est pas seulement le prix de l’énergie qui augmentera durablement mais toutes les activités liées à la pétrochimie - des médicaments aux engrais - qui seront affectées.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷VP Vance told Netanyahu in a "difficult" call on Monday that several of Netanyahu's predictions about the war had proved far too optimistic, like the prospects of a popular uprising to topple the regime. @MarcACaputo & I write for @axios axios.com/2026/03/27/van…

This was cool to see this morning.... — SPOTTED last night at a pop-up policy and politics reception at Compass Coffee hosted by @AARP's @NancyLeaMond  and moderated by Widehall’s Steve Clemons to discuss the latest “She’s the Difference” survey — a deep dive into the economic priorities of 50+ women ahead of the midterms: Reps. Congresswoman @RepDebDingell (D-Mich.), @RepGwenMoore  (D-Wis.) and @RepSpartz  (R-Ind.), Rebecca Angelson, Kristen Soltis Anderson, @EBKDC , Apiyo Oloya, @ShailaManyam, Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat, @cspan_robb, David Sours, Nicole Austin-Hillery), David Smith, Liz Poston, Sirat Attapit, Chantel Sheaks, Beverly Gilyard, Richard Vague, Michael Balistreri and Kathleen Ford. (Pictured Left to Right: Rep. Gwen Moore, AARP's Nancy LeaMond, Widehall's Steve Clemons, Rep. Victoria Spartz)

@mkratsios47 @JosephSJewell very cool

Congratulations @JosephSJewell! Excited to have you on the team. 🇺🇸

It’s sobering and instructive to revisit this piece by @SCClemons 16 years after he published it. washingtonnote.com/if_you_could_s…

I discussed this in my recent show with @vali_nasr. There is a new permission slip out there for leaders to assassinate leaders they don’t like. And if Putin is spooked, many are spooked.

.@nicolange_ writes about the new economics of war. Read more: nationalinterest.org/feature/the-ne…

@RoKhanna How cool. This is a wonderful commemoration. Habermas was one of the truly tremendous intellectuals of the last century

Jurgen Habermas, one of the world's greatest philosophers, passed away today. These words are my north star. "If any trace of utopianism remains in me, it lies solely in the belief that democracy—and public debate in its optimal forms—has the capacity to cut the Gordian knot of problems that would otherwise be practically insoluble.” The greatest honor of my life was having him read and blurb my book, Dignity in a Digital Age.

Congratulations to @JenGriffinFNC, who received the RTDNA First Amendment Award recognizing her commitment to responsible journalism and protecting the freedoms that make it possible.

Greetings friends -- Do you know who financed the Louisiana Purchase, or who helped privately bankroll the weaponry, the ships, and needs of George Washington's soldiers during the most desperate days of the Revolutionary War? Do you know who John Adams would rail on about as the controlling manipulator of Washington and the ascending Alexander Hamilton? The person is Thomas Willing -- and he has essentially been overlooked by historians. He was the first President of the Bank of North America and the Bank of the United States, and had he not played his part, the United States would have been a shambles and we would probably have ended up British or French in the long run. My friend and colleague, Richard Vague - former Secretary of Banking & Securities for Pennsylvania, has written a riveting history of this important financial force in America's founding era, The Banker Who Made America: Thomas Willing and the Rise of the American Financial Aristocracy, to help celebrate our nation’s 250th anniversary. Because you are a friend of mine, or of Widehall, or a friend of a friend, we’ve arranged a 30% discount if you purchase it through the publisher, Politybooks.com and use the code BMA26 (enter on the “your cart” page in the checkout process). For lovers of the history of the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution, and the early years of the new country, we view this book as required reading. Here’s what some have said: “You will love it.” R. Scott Stephenson, Ph.D. President & Chief Executive Officer, @AmRevMuseum “Thomas Willing’s many interwoven careers—merchant trader, politician, peerless banker—contributed enormously to America’s early history.” @PatToomey Former United States Senator “A fascinating portrait of a cautious and reluctant revolutionary.” Liaquat Ahamed Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Lords of Finance “I urge you to read this insightful narrative about how our country’s Revolution was financed and our early Republic sustained.” @ChrisCoons United States Senator “A forgotten but essential figure in the founding of our nation.” Patrick Spero, PhD. Chief Executive Officer of the @AmPhilSociety and award-winning historian See below for more details. Thanks, and we hope you enjoy! Warmest regards, Steve Clemons mailchi.mp/60517ca3b2d5/a…

Promoting HIV protection deserves the sizzle. @heymistr_ #Housewives washingtonblade.com/2026/03/11/hou…

And one other notch on @nvidia ceo Jensen Huang's #5LayerCake is that the US must lead in each of these layers -- energy, chips, infrastructure, models AND applications. They all link up -- and packaging all of them together should be a national obsession. And connecting an evolved, trained and retrained workforce to these layers is what will make this work.

Watch out #Australia.

This seems relevant to @brithume's post on interceptors. Read @nicolange_ on The New Economy of War in @TheNatlInterest x.com/SCClemons/stat…

@ZacharyKeck agree - it would be useful to have context, and the implication of your note is that there probably isn't a one size fits all frame for the balance between exotic, complex system and simpler/mass ones.

To understand the new, I always first look to history. It would be good to see a study comparing similar eras in the past where highly trained troops or elite equipment dominated warfare for an extended period until it lost out to mass (human or equipment)