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The Barnes Brief: Friday, February 14, 2025

Robert Barnes

February 14, 2025

Art of the Day w/ Wisdom of the Day

Schedule

Friday at 9ish pm eastern: Betting w/ Barnes: AMA
Saturday Night at 9 pm eastern: Movie TBD
Monday at 9 pm eastern: Viva & Barnes, Law for the People

Book Recommendation: Essential Federalist & Anti-Federalist Papers. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/110335.The_Essential_Federalist_and_Anti_Federalist_Papers

Art of the Day: As a 12-year-old boy, just a bit removed from the death of my father (who died 12 days from my 12^th birthday), I looked for role models, and I found two that baffled some of my schoolmates. Inspired by two books I carried around with me everywhere, the texts I turned to for inspiration were Donald Trump’s Art of the Deal and Robert Kennedy’s To Seek a Newer World. Now, I helped bring the two movements together in RFK Jr. and Trump, completing an extraordinary journey. I never forgot Trump’s pearl of proverbial wisdom to expect the best but also plan for the worst, a brilliant balancing act of mindset I find useful to this day. I also never forgot the quote on the screen, that we must not just ask why things are but also why not change them? A simple question with a revolutionary effect for both men – dream big, and believe those dreams, and you might be surprised just how much those very actions can make them come true.

Wisdom of the Day: “Look at what can be, and ask – why not?” Robert Kennedy.

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The Barnes Brief: Weekend of July 31, 2026

I. THE INTRODUCTION

A. Art of the Day

My idea for a perfect Saturday brunch, sitting by an open window in Venice along the canals, fresh flowers gracing the table and balcony, the blue skies and 18th century buildings smiling back, gondoliers parked, an Italian meal awaiting, in this Atlantis of cultured living.

B. Wisdom of the Day

Hubris infects the strong, not the weak; the clever, not the knave; the smart, not the illiterate; the previously successful, not the prior failed. It’s what makes it so inviting, so tempting, and so destructive — precisely because it infects the very people who need to be most immune from it.

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D. Daily Picks

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A. Food & Medicine

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B. Economics

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C. Politics

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D. Geopolitics

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I. THE INTRODUCTION

A. Art of the Day

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B. Wisdom of the Day

“Hubris is the arrogance that just scrapes the stars as it falls fast and furious to the demise of its exhibitor.”

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II. THE EVIDENCE: BARNES LIBRARY

A. Food & Medicine

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The Barnes Brief: Wednesday, July 29, 2026

I. THE INTRODUCTION

A. Art of the Day

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B. Wisdom of the Day

“When we don’t put the brakes on our self-absorption, we have nothing stopping us from self-destruction.” Zeena Shreck.

C. Appearances

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D. Daily Picks

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A. Food & Medicine

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