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Announcing Our 2025 “Double Your Donation” Challenge!
Bravo! Met Our Second Goal, On to Our Third: Supporting the New Coffee Break/Sunday Movie Feature
Coffee Break: Delusion, Deception and Dipshittery: Hasbara on the 8th Front
Quelle Surprise! Advanced Nations Stymie Governance Reforms at World Bank Intended to Increase Influence of Global Majority
Tony Blair and Larry Ellison Make One HELL of a Partnership
Censorship, Surveillance, and Spin: EU, UK, and Ukraine Try to Drive the Narrative
Trump’s Desire to Seize Bagram Airfield Will End in Disaster
The Rev Kev: Naked Capitalism – Bringing You Next Year’s News Today
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Stopping START
Exploring the High Rates of Social Violence in the Americas
Chasing Down Old Nazis in New York Court: Suit Against Volkswagen Controlling Shareholders and Key Managers Over Massive Clean Diesel Fraud
What Does All the Justice Department Sleaze Mean for Your Rental Housing Costs? 
Michael Hudson: Naked Capitalism – Your Source for Unique, Unsparing Coverage of Late-State Barbarism
“AI Makes Past Hype Cycles Look Tame”: PitchBook on the Stunning Venture Capital Mania for AI
Announcing a Surprise “Double Your Donation” Challenge!
Coffee Break: Shutdown, Clampdown, Clownshow or Horror Movie?
Hooray! Met Our Third Target! On to the Fourth: Continuing Expanded Daily Links
How Climate Change Is Driving Home Insurance Turmoil
Israeli Forces Spark Global Outrage by Intercepting Sumud Flotilla Off Gaza Coast [Updated]
Naked Capitalism: Your Indispensable Bullshit Detector
Trump Admin Moving Fast, Breaking Things as Shutdown Continues
Trump’s Imminent War(s) and Economic Damage as His Legitimacy Crumbles
With Venezuela and Iran, Is the U.S. Trying to Revive the Petrodollar?
The J K Galbraith Question: The Tyranny of Private Consumption
The AI Bubble and the U.S. Economy: How Long Do “Hallucinations” Last?
Colombia’s Petro Government Once Again Shows Rest of World How to Respond to Israel’s Naked Criminality
US Workers Experience Large Month-to-Month Fluctuations in Pay
Announcing Our Biggest Ever Double Your Donations Challenge!
Coffee Break: Vaccines Continued, Ancient Art, Renewables, Ignis Fatuus Explained, Good Sleep, and Jane Goodall
Green Capitalism in the Americas: False Solutions, Real Threats
US Economy Is Already on the Edge – A Prolonged Government Shutdown Could Send It Tumbling Over
Kudos! Hit Fourth Fundraiser Target, On to the Fifth: Our Esteemed Writers
Henry Moon Pie: Time to Support a Reader-Supporting Site
Rajiv Sethi: The Compact
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: The Man Who Laughs (1928) Run Time: 1H 54M
KLG: Naked Capitalism – Your Essential Community
Fundraiser SOS! We Are REALLY Behind!
Pakistan as a Consequence of the Partition of British India in 1947
Workers’ Wages Siphoned To Pay Medical Bills, Despite Consumer Protections
Lecornu Resigns Less Than a Day After Forming Government; How Long Can Macron Hang On?
Nat Wilson Turner: Naked Capitalism – Your Antidote to The Stoopid
What Do Trump Administration’s Threats on “Anti-Capitalism” Terrorism and RICO Mean for Organized Labor?
Coffee Break: Bari Weiss, CBS News, Meet the New Boss, Same as the Same Old
RFK, Jr. Push to Falsely Treat Autism as Produced by Vaccines Would Break Vaccine Injury Scheme, Potentially Risking All US Vaccines
TINA Never Die: Is Taxing the Rich Unthinkable Forever?
Even Palantir Says It Wants Nothing to Do With UK’s Proposed Digital Identity System
David in Friday Harbor: How Naked Capitalism Made a Difference at CalPERS
More Trump Jackbootery? Body Camera Video Betrays DHS Account of Chicago Border Patrol Shooting, Attorney Says
Announcing Our Everyone-into-the-Pool “Double Your Donation” Challenge
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Drone Evolution
Thanks! Met Our Fifth Goal, On to Our Sixth: Karōshi Prevention
After Tariffs, Trump Courts India With Energy and Defense Deals
A Front Line Report of AI Damage to the Job Market
The Illnesses of Basic Biomedical Science, Continued: Scientific Publishing
Conor Gallagher: Naked Capitalism – A Bulwark Against the Breakdown
Tom Neuburger: Is the Trump Administration Out to Trigger Civil War Soon?
Coffee Break: Ken Paxton Takes His Anti-Antifa Fight Undercover
Urgent Next Steps for Palestine at the UN
Economic Justice, Desert, and Capitalism (Again)
Will Trump Work Himself Into a Shoot Versus Illinois Governor?
Mark Ames: Why Finance Is Too Important to Leave to Larry Summers
Waiting for the Wheels to Come Off as Jamie Dimon, the IMF and Bank of England Warn of Damage of an AI Bubble Burst
Europe Is Not a State; That Is Why It Is at War With Russia
Kudos! Met Our Sixth Goal, On to Our Seventh: More Original Reporting
Ten Reasons Why Trump Should Never Be Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Time Bomb: How Uninsured Stablecoins and Crypto Derivatives Threaten Financial and Economic Stability
Things Are Getting Seriously Surreal in Milei’s Argentina
Procrastinators of the World, Unite! Last Day, Last Chance for Our 2025 Fundraiser!
Farmers Fight Federal Efforts to Block States from Promoting Humane Animal Agriculture
Down to the Wire for 2025 Fundraiser, Help Hit Our New Donor and $ Targets!
Coffee Break: Genes and Disease, Workslop Passing for Science, Nobel News, a Labor Party in the US, and Our Sick Politics
Countdown!
Are We Waking Up Fast Enough to the Dangers of AI Militarism?
What Version of Democracy Will Prevail?
Venezuela’s Opposition Used UN Meeting to Lobby for US Coup
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Moscow, My Love (1974) Run Time: 1H 29M
AI: Is it Really Different this Time?
How Technology Shapes How We Move, Speak, and Think
Crypto Crash Leads to Customer Bail-Ins to Prevent Some Exchanges from Failing
Looking to Türkiye For Clues About What’s Coming in Western Asia
Coffee Break: Bad Jacketing Katie Porter
The Rising Carbon Footprint of Electricity in the United States
Economic Myths: Homo Economicus
War in Venezuela Could Be Another Vietnam, Warns Mexican Analyst Fernando Buen Abad
The Huge US Bond Market and the US Dollar Blow Off the “Debasement Trade”
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Rare Earth Elements
Israel, the US, and the New Aerial Imperialism
As Trump Sells Peace in West Asia, His ‘Route for International Peace and Prosperity’ in the Caucasus Fails to Live Up to Its Name
Trump 2.0’s Eurasian Balancing Act Has Failed
Financial Institution Leaders Issue More Warnings of Equity Market Froth, Dodgy Debt Bombs
Coffee Break: Russell Vought, Stephen Miller, and Eric Trump Trio of the Week
Drug Price Wars: What Can Really Tame Big Pharma?
Winning with Misinformation: New Research Identifies Link Between Endorsing Easily Disproven Claims and Prioritizing Symbolic Strength
Trump Plans to Use Men With Guns as Part of IRS Campaign Against “Left-Leaning” Groups
What Does New High in US Stock Market Margin Debt Portend?
Afghanistan–Pakistan Clashes in Middle East Context
Data Centers Spark Bipartisan Fury As Energy Costs Soar
How a One-Man Grassroots Campaign Scuppered the EU’s Latest Plan to Suffocate Online Privacy (For Now)
The Trump-Putin Phone Call: US Makes Process Concession to Russia and Trump Softens Stance on Tomahawks.
‘We’re Not Going to Forget’: Pritzker Warns Trump Enforcers Miller, Homan, Bovino That Immunity Not Forever
Coffee Break: Politics and Science and Politics, a Coral Catastrophe, Mamdani, and the New ICE Age
Book Review: The Mixed Blessing of Antibiotics
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Amounts of Lead, New Report Says – A Pharmacologist Explains the Data
How a Bush-Era ‘Green’ Solution Made Climate Change Worse
The Sunday Movie Presents: Charade (1963) Run Time: 1H 56M
Commodities: Why They Are a Challenge for Investors
FEMA Buyouts vs. Risky Real Estate: New Maps Reveal Post-flood Migration Patterns Across the US
Who’s Profiting off of the Criminalization of Homelessness?
AI Is Coming For Your Doctor
Coffee Break: Pyrrhic Victory Drives Dystopian High Tech Drive for Control
Putting a Pause on the Practice of Surrogacy
Not the Fix—The Tell: The Meaning of a $100,000 H-1B Fee
Who’s Delusional, Who’s Drugged, Who’s Disinformed? It’s Hard to Tell
Western Media Finally Admit That Trump’s Mobilisation of Forces Against Venezuela Is All About Regime Change
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Wonder Weapons
OpenAI Slipped Shopping Into 800 Million ChatGPT Users’ Chats − Here’s Why That Matters
Former NATO Chief Stoltenberg Says Alliance Let Ukraine Down, Washington Was ‘Defeatist’
Generational Political War in a Hypernormalized Context
Whither Food in the Twenty-First Century?
Coffee Break: Gerontocrats Bad Jacket Tactics Not Working in U.S. Senate Primary?
The American Augean Stables — How Corruption Has Amended the Constitution
A New Car vs. Health Insurance? Average Family Job-Based Coverage Hits $27K
Brain Rot: LLMs, Long Covid Edition
The Personal Is the Political for Publishers and Presidents Alike
Reward and Retribution Is the New U.S. Policy for Latin America
Rob Urie: Democrats Who Created the Bad Status Quo Won’t Become Saviors
Brain Rot 2: Legal Corruption, Cuomo Rascist AI Slop Edition
Wall Street Banks Come to the “Rescue” of Milei’s Argentina Just Days Before Make-or-Break Elections
Exposing the Hidden US History Fueling Tariffs, Shutdowns, and National Breakdown
Coffee Break: Casey Means MD and MAHA, Health Insurance, Coffee Scat, and Big Brother at the Home of the Free Speech Movement
Economic Questions: The E F Schumacher Question
Food Inflation: The Price Spikes of Beef, Coffee, Eggs, and Dairy
As Pentagon Takes Secretive Donation for Military Salaries, AFL-CIO Says Pay All Workers Impacted by Shutdown
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Peppermint Soda (1977) Run Time: 1H 40M Bonus: Original Poetry!
How the Chinese Principles of the Tao Explain the Economy
You’ve Just Stolen a Priceless Artifact – What Happens Next?
Tenants Find Strength in Numbers in Fight Against Financialization of Housing
Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30
Coffee Break: Follow the Money Under Trump’s East Wing Ballroom and Behind Dem Progressive Campaigns
The US Is “Getting a Real Strong Handle” on South America “in a Lot of Ways”, According to Trump
The World Confronts the Genocide Washington Is Trying to Bury
Hogs at the AI Slop Trough, Gulf States, UFC Edition
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Gunboat Stupidity
‘The Stuff of Nightmares’: Hurricane Melissa Makes Catastrophic Landfall in Jamaica
Revolt Against Data Centers Spreading Around the World
How Tariffs Hurt the Ones You Love
How Will Capitalism End? Essays on a Failing System
The Diminishing Returns of ‘Victory’: Empire in the Age of Climate Tipping Points
Coffee Break: ICE Barbie on the Bleeding Edge of Trump Era Conflict & Corruption
Trump Team Takes Aim at State Laws Shielding Consumers’ Credit Scores From Medical Debt
Nationalism – Good or Bad?
The Stage Is Set For a US-Instigated Security Dilemma Between the Eurasian Rimland & Heartland
Big Employers Using AI to Decimate White Collar Jobs; What Happens When Real Incomes, Employment, and Social Compacts Erode?
Sudan War: Gold, a Key Port, and Two Armies With No Legitimate Claim
Rage Against the ICE Machine
A Few Thoughts About the Russian End Game in Ukraine and the Risk of Losing the Peace
The Pushback Against Marco Rubio Begins in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Macroeconomic Implications of Extreme Weather Events: Insights from Advanced Economies
Coffee Break: Political Grownups, Bending Time, CDC at Sea, Snakebites, and AI Again
SNAP, the Nation’s Largest Food Aid Program, Is About To See Cuts. Here’s What You Should Know.
Data, Power and Emissions: How AI’s Growth May Slow Down the Green Transition
The Shutdown – And the House’s Inaction – Helps Pave Congress’ Path to Irrelevance
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Faust (1926) Run Time: 1H 46M Plus Halloween Bonuses!!
Medicare Advantage: Fraudulent and Misleading Marketing Lures Seniors into Plans Inferior to Traditional Medicare
Trump’s Deportations Are Causing Farm Labor Issues. He Hasn’t Presented a Viable, Long-Term Solution.
Tracing a Line Between Israeli Pager Attacks and Ukraine Collapse to the Tennessee Munitions Factory Explosion that Killed 16 Workers in an Impoverished Region of the U.S.
Mission Impossible: Why the US Cannot Reverse Its Manufacturing Decline
Coffee Break: MAGA Civil War – America First vs. Israel First
Technology Empires and the Race to Cement Dominance
Wall Street Journal Insults Reader Intelligence, Depicts Lenders as Addressing Loan Risks When That Horse Has Left the Barn and Is in the Next County
How Brazil’s New Digital Payments System Managed to Enrage (and Terrify) Both Wall Street and Silicon Valley
The Lasting Economic Scars of War
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Poseidon Problem
“The Multipolarism of Fools: The BRICS Are Not the Answer”
With Baseless Fraud Claim, White House Says Trump Preparing Anti-Voter Executive Order
The Primary Care Puzzle: Can It Be Solved?
Revolutions in Russia in 1917: February and October
Coffee Break: Zohran Mamdani Wins New York City in a Youthquake
Health Advocates Call for a Federal “Reboot” in Addressing Ultra-Processed Foods
China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the Shifting Landscape of Trade and Investment
Call Your Congresscritters: OpenAI Laying the Groundwork for Massive Federal Bailout
Trump Looks Likely to Lose at Supreme Court on Challenge to His Assertion of Emergency Tariff Authority. How Much Damage Would That Do to His Pretenses of Power?
Bill Gates Wants to Set the Environmental Agenda Ahead of COP30: It’s Not Surprising
Mamdani’s Win and the Price of Urban Life: Why City Voters Are Seeking Change
Fatties and Diabetics Not Welcome! Immigrants With Health Conditions May Be Denied Visas Under New Trump Administration Guidance
The Digital Euro Just Hit a Wall of Resistance
How Neoliberalism Is Digging the Holes of Flagging, Indebted Economies Even Deeper
Coffee Break: Wither Sport, Unwellness, Chimpanzee Metacognition, The Sokal Hoax, and a Political Temblor
Another Shutdown Cost: Skewed and Limited Private Data as Economic Hazard
Always Watching: How ICE’s Plan to Monitor Social Media 24/7 Threatens Privacy and Civic Participation
What Can Europe Learn From China’s Critical-Tech Innovation Push?
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: The Confessions of Felix Krull (1958) Run Time: 1H 46M
Military Moral Injury, Violence, and the Parable of the Guinea Worm
Book Excerpt: How Coyotes Found a New Homeland in the East
The E.U. ‘Derisks’ Itself Into Another Disaster
Russia’s Choices as It Brings Ukraine to the Brink with Electricity War, Takes Pokrovsk
Coffee Break: Mamdani’s Battle With Entrenched Power Begins
Who Will End Up Paying for the AI Spending Spree?
Shutdown Has Highlighted Washington’s Retreat From Big Ideas on Health Care
Washington and Tel Aviv Accuse Iran of Planning to Assassinate Israeli Ambassador in Mexico Without Presenting a Shred of Truth
The ‘Supercenter’ Effect: How Massive, One-Stop Retailers Fuel Overconsumption − and Waste
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Future of Elite Forces
“Regime Change” in Venezuela Is a Euphemism for U.S.-Inflicted Carnage and Chaos
Why Trump’s 50 Year Mortgage Scheme Is an Even Worse Idea Than You Imagined
The Trans-Caspian Pipeline Is Resurrected as the U.S. Plots a Return to Central Asia
‘An Indictment of the Trade Union Movement’: Why No One is Organising Seasonal Workers
Coffee Break: Senate Dems Throw Teetering Trump a Lifeline
What the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain
Tom Ferguson and Nick French: Red Tech’s Political Power, Its War on Labor and the Environment
Has Ed Zitron Found the Fatal Flaw with OpenAI and Its Flagship ChatGPT?
Paying for Euroskepticism
Venezuela Symbolizes for the U.S. What Palestine Does for Israel
Ever Be Escalating: A Short History of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump
More and More Young People Disengaged from Work and Social Contact
Even Washington’s European Vassal States Are Now Denouncing Trump’s Extrajudicial Killings on the High Seas
MAGA Is a NATO Racket – Trump’s 5% Military Budget Hike to Fight Russia Stokes Corruption In Estonia
Coffee Break: Unstable Climate-Unstable Economy, Gambling and the Decline of Sport, the Last of the Great Men of Molecular Biology, and SNAP
Cities Panic Over Having to Release Mass Surveillance Recordings
This Car-Free Neighborhood Was Designed to Revolutionize American Cities
SNAP Is Funded Again. States Still Have to Deal With Trump’s New Eligibility Restrictions.
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Whisky (2004) Run Time: 1H 38M
Social Reuse of Seized Assets
“NatSec Democrats” Go to Governors Offices in Preparation for 2028 POTUS Runs 
Yet More AI Bubble Worries, Now on Debt Side, with Wall Street Journal Featuring AI Datacenter Borrowing “Frenzy”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Coffee Break: TACO MIGA Breaks With MAGA Over the Epstein Files
Godzilla v. Mothra: How Google Is Winning Struggle Among AI Giants to Control News Flow
Is the US Trying to Set in Motion a Colour Revolution in Mexico?
Rob Urie: American Decline in Three Parts
Public Money, Private Innovation: How Government Funding Built – and Sustains – America’s Technological Leadership
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Trump’s Falklands Temptation
Top of the BoP and Other Trump Fantasies From the Battlefields of Ukraine and Gaza to the Shores of Pakistan and Venezuela – This Is How The US Is Retreating
“European Nations Have No Choice but to Raise Retirement Ages – Our Case Study Shows Why”
The Making of the MAGA Right
Losing Money Every Month: Growing Finance Crisis Threatens Affordable Housing, Challenges Mamdani
Coffee Break: Hasbara Ain’t Cheap, Musk, Ellison, Saudis, All Tapped
Economic Questions: The Stephanie Kelton Question
“Mayday: The White House Is Attempting to Circumvent Congress and Crush the Rights of Individual States to Regulate AI”
Why Did Russia Abstain From the Latest UNSC Resolution on Gaza Instead of Veto It?
A War Against Children? ADHD Drugs Become DeFacto Gateway for Many to Multi-Medication “Treatments” Despite Dearth of Clinical Evidence for Use
From the Narrative Collapse, a New World Will Emerge: Will It Be Different?
Human Gene Editing and the CRISPR Revolution
New Poll Suggests US Public Are Not Buying Trump and Rubio’s Regime Change Narrative for Venezuela
Yet Another Dead-on-Arrival Ukraine Peace Scheme: Leaked 28 Point Plan Predictably Unable to Reconcile Irreconcilable Positions
Sanders Denounces Trump-GOP Healthcare Proposal as ‘Absurd’—and Deadly
Coffee Break: CDC – Vaccines – Autism, Oh, My!; Wellness; Prioritized Science; Very Ancient Art; and MAGA
‘The Main Course Is Inflation’: Thanksgiving Costs Surge Under Trump
The System That Produced Dick Cheney Honors Dick Cheney
Why Did Britain Stop Making?
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad (1973) Run Time: 1H 44M
Colorado Is Pumping the Brakes on First-Of-Its-Kind AI Regulation to Find a Practical Path Forward
Nation’s Largest Landlord Is Encouraged to Break the Law With Measly Fine for Price Fixing Scheme That Kept Rents Artificially High and Worsened Homelessness Crisis
The Poison Pill in the US Peace Plan for Ukraine: Europe Written Into the Outline
“From ‘Mail-Order Brides’ to ‘Passport Bros,’ the International Dating Industry Often Sells Traditional Gender Roles”
Coffee Break: Flailing OpenAI Follows Meta’s Malignant Model
Even the Wall Street Journal’s Editors Have Had It With RFK, Jr.’s Anti-Vax Con Job
AI Hyperscalers Crash the Grid as Big Tech Becomes a Power Trader
Former MI6 Chief Warns of the Security Risks of the UK Government’s Proposed Digital Identity System
Flock Camera Vulnerability: It’s Worse Than You Think
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – RAND Alarms the China Hawks
U.S. Dams, Levees, Stormwater, and Wastewater Systems Get D To D+ Grades, Need Almost $1 Trillion in Upgrades
Will MTG’s Resignation Trigger Other Republican Exits, Ending House Majority Before Midterms?
TurkStream Is in Washington and Brussels’ Crosshairs, But Math to Replace the Russian Gas Doesn’t Add Up
Quelle Surprise! Companies With Market Power Drive Inflation
Coffee Break: Nvidia’s Narrative Breaking Down?
Encountering the Buddha
Heavy Metals Contamination Fears Go Mainstream with Infant Formula and Protein Powders
Systemic Entropy and Power: Explaining the Breakdown of World Order
Thomas Hobbes and His Political Philosophy
How to Stop a Nuclear War — and Why We’re Not Talking About It
The Trump Administration Is Now Directly Intervening in Honduras’ Presidential Elections, Confirming a Region-Wide Trend
Coffee Break: Science and Belief, Working AI, ADHD Update, and Research Support
As US Hunger Rises, Trump Administration’s ‘Efficiency’ Goals Cause Massive Food Waste
The UK Is Cursed: How Finance Destroyed Our Economy
US “R” Us or Tax Sovereignty?
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Import/Export (2007) Run Time 2H 21M
Protestor Confrontation with ICE in New York City Appears to Have Stymied Raid; Is There Any Hope for ICE Opposition?
Why Do We Still Have Poverty?
MAGA Antitrust Is Officially Dead: DOJ Sanctions Price Fixing With Slap on the Wrist Settlement Against Rental Housing Collusion Kingpin RealPage 
Car Industry Woes Intensify as US Consumers Refuse to Eat the Dog Food, China Suffers from Overcapacity
Coffee Break: Personnel and Pardons as Policy in the Trump National Security Regime
The Cloud’s Not Fluffy, It’s a Hot, Loud, Energy-Voracious Factory
Bitcoin, Crypto Plunge Accelerates as Leveraged Players (“Treasuries”) Like Strategy Dump Holdings
The Lies Being Used to Justify the US’ War Against Venezuela (and Latin America in General) Are Unravelling Before Our Eyes
Internet of Beings: The Dream of Digitising Human Bodies for Healthcare (and the Nightmare)
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – How DARPA Lost Its Mojo
Trump Administration Supporting Bayer at Supreme Court Over Monsanto/Roundup Deal, Savaged by Investors for Wealth Destruction in the Name of Executive Preservation
Trump Goes Full Biden, Insists No Inflation, Affordability a Con as Strained Consumers Know Better and Trump’s Polls Sink Further
The Meaning of Freedom in These United States
Is Male Infertility Contributing to Falling Birth Rates?
Coffee Break: Trump Insider Deals Hitting the Rocks?
How Wage Increases Became the Fed’s Red Line
Report Shows How Recycling Is Largely a ‘Toxic Lie’ Pushed by Plastics Industry
Blockbuster San Francisco Lawsuit Targets Food Industry Giants Over Ultraprocessed Foods, with Extensive Documentation of Health Damage and Success in Producing Addiction
The Anti-MAGA Economics of the Second Trump Administration
Could an AI Have Suggested that the Earth Is Not at the Centre of the Universe?
Under Kennedy, America’s Health Department Is in the Business of Promoting Kennedy
The Point of No Return for the Warm Water Atlantic Current Is Coming Up Fast
Just How Dystopian Can Starmer’s Britain Become? (Part 2)
Brexit’s Slow‑Burn Hit to the UK Economy
Coffee Break: American Science Shattered
Book Review: Harnessing the Power of Dreams and Nightmares
With UK Politics in Flux, Corbyn’s Your Party May Surprise You Yet
Investigation Reveals How Amazon Is Fleecing Public Schools With ‘Algorithm-Driven Pricing’
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Stalker (1979) Run Time: 2H 41M
The Housing Crisis Is Forcing Americans to Choose Between Affordability and Safety
Why Has the U.S. Bombed Somalia More than 100 Times This Year? 
Revulsion, La Grande Bouffe, and the Spectacle of Grotesque Elite Self and System Destruction
What’s the Likelihood of a NATO-Russian Non-Aggression Pact?
Coffee Break: Informational Force-Feeding Divides and Distracts
President Putin and Prime Minister Modi Share a Future Strategy That’s No Joke for President Trump
Steve Keen Warns Crash of 2026 Will Be Worse Than 2008
The UK Government’s Plan to Resurrect the Public Finance Initiative (PFI) Is the Definition of Financial Insanity
Trump’s Idea for Health Accounts Has Been Tried. Millions of Patients Have Ended Up in Debt.
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Death of Full Spectrum Dominance
How Corporate Democrats Made Trump Possible: A 10-Year Timeline
Moral Means Testing: Utah’s Isolated Homeless “Campus” to Require Education of the Soul Under Trump-Led Push To Divert Attention from Economic Causes of Crisis
Wordle, the Wisdom of Crowds, and Bubbles
Coffee Break: GOP Lures Jasmine Crockett Into US Senate Primary
The U.S. Is Betting the Economy on ‘Scaling’ AI: Where Is the Intelligence When One Needs It?
Economic Questions: James Tobin’s Transaction Tax
U.S. Seizes Oil Tanker Off Venezuelan Coast
Trump Administration Joins EU in Russian Frozen Asset Madness
Israel Is Acting with Impunity. Is It Overconfident in Trump’s Support?
Doha Forum in Qatar: Another Node on the Grid of the Machine
AI’s Errors May Be Impossible to Eliminate – What That Means for Its Use in Health Care
Jeffrey Sachs: Trump’s Empire of Hubris and Thuggery
The Empire of Lies Is Once Again Sowing Chaos In Its Own “Back Yard”
Russian Central Bank Sues Euroclear Over Frozen Assets; Will the EU Be Hoist on the Investor-State Settlement Disputes (ISDS) Petard?
Coffee Break: Science Update, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Political Power and Profitable Trades in the US Congress
What’s at Stake in Trump’s Executive Order Aiming to Curb State-Level AI Regulation
In an Ohio Suburb, Sprawl Is Being Transformed Into Walkable Neighborhoods
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Sweet Movie (1974) Run Time: 1H 38M
Africa’s New Data Dependency – Technology Colonialism
Oklahoma’s Ban on Chinese-Owned Farmland Made an Exception for Smithfield Foods
How the Pandemic Accelerated the Geopolitical Breakdown 
Obamacare Enhanced Subsidies/Health “Care” Fixes, Expressed as Pentagon Units
Coffee Break: Trump Loses in Indiana as the MAGA Civil War Rages On
Why Housing Prices in Big Cities Cannot Be Expected to Come Down Any Time Soon
Satyajit Das: AI – Artificial Intelligence or Absolute Insanity?
Israel Is Trying to Turn the Tide of Opposition (to Its Genocidal Proclivities) in Latin America
Doctors, Strikes and the Failures of Wes Streeting and Labour
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Africa’s Enduring Wars
The EU’s New Policy Towards Russia’s Seized Assets Isn’t About Helping Ukraine
Is AI Creating Monsters?
What to Eat Now, More Than Ever
The Bondi Strike: Who Will Control the Narrative?
Coffee Break: MAGA’s Messaging Meltdown Snags Susie Wiles, Kash Patel’s FBI
Poor Health Weakens Support for Fairer Healthcare
What Will Happen If the Right Wins Absolutely?
We Are Nineteen Years Old
“Trump Supporters Distrust Science. We Need Ways to Reach Them”
‘Emotional Loading’: Decoding the Media Coverage of the Bondi Beach Shooting
Today’s Doctored CPI Inflation Release Is Like a Bad Joke, but Very Serious
“The Truth Behind Trump’s Aggressive Venezuela Strategy”
Shining a Light on How Exxon Mobil Indirectly Funds Think Tank “Experts” Calling for Regime-Change War in Venezuela
Ethnic Cleansing, Trump Style: Administration Moves to Send Asylum Seekers to Uganda, Honduras and Ecuador
Coffee Break: Climate, Eugenics, and a Note on mRNA Vaccines
Has Public Debt Become Unmanageable?
Michael Hudson: Trump Floundering Efforts to Shore Up US Hegemony
These 15 Coal Plants Would Have Retired. Then Came AI and Trump.
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: An Ideal Husband (1969) Run Time: 1H 22M Bonus: Woo!
Some Perhaps Not Fully Anticipated Effects of Increased AI Use: Evidence Doubts, Fraud and Fraud Containment
Pax Germanica 
Improving Indoor Air Quality Might Save Your Life
Near-Term Climate News and Other Tall Tales
Coffee Break: Democrats Looking to Coast on Anti-Trump Sentiment
Americans Aren’t Traumatized Enough by Gun Violence
US (So Far) Fails to Capture Third Venezuela Tanker. What Does the US Do to Restore Its Manhood? Allow Privateers via Letters of Marque?
Governments in the West Are Turning Their Sights on VPNs As They Escalate Their Assault on Online Privacy and Anonymity
Trillions for War, Pennies for People: How Soaring Military Spending Fails Americans
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Unfortunate Philippines
Merry Christmas and Holiday Schedule
Behind the USDA’s Regenerative Rhetoric Lurks Business as Usual
John Helmer: Merz’s War Against Russia Is Splitting the Europeans – Greek Role in Tanker Attack Exposed
What World Was Jesus Born Into? A Historian Describes the Turbulent Times of the Real Nativity
Coffee Break: Going Beyond the MSM Name-Calling Narrative at TPUSA
Why the Ukraine Electric War Has Been Failing Until Now
Satyajit Das: The Shadow of Financial Instability
Elections in Venezuela and Honduras: Two Sides of the Same Coin — Minted in Washington
Is Your Dog or Cat Getting Old? These Simple Gestures Could Help Them Live Longer and Happier Lives
US Launches Christmas Strikes on Nigeria—the 9th Country Bombed by Trump
Coffee Break: Boxing Day Miscellany
Status of the US Dollar as Global Reserve Currency: USD Share Drops to Lowest Since 1994
Michael Hudson: The Economic Unravelling of the Political West
Did Israel’s Rivalry With Turkiye Play A Major Role In Its Recognition Of Somaliland?
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Sholay (1975) Run Time: 3H 10M Bonus Cinema Documentary
Progressive Educator Myles Horton’s Lessons for Fighting for Social Justice Today
American Pirates and the Coming Militarization of Commercial Shipping 
Coffee Break: ICE, Antifa, and the Ever Expanding Definition of Terrorism
How Some Courageous Super Rich Can Save Our Country from Trump’s Expanding Dictatorship!
Halliburton Files ISDS Suit Against Venezuela for Damages Resulting from… US Sanctions on Venezuela
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – U.S. Militarism Comes Home
AI and Systemic Risk
A Few Notes on Progress in Gene Therapy
Coffee Break: What Are They Thinking? Son, Altman, Ellison Edition
Deaths by Liposuction Still Fail to Stop Ads Promising ‘Dream Body’ With Minimal Risk
Satyajit Das: Staying Alive! The Quest for Longevity
There Are No Free Markets
How China’s Overinvestment Helped Produce Africa’s Deindustrialization
How Mexico More Than Tripled Its Minimum Wage in Eight Years Without Triggering the Economic Disaster Many Had Predicted
The CIA Is Manipulating Trump Against Putin
Coffee Break: More on Our Lousy Diet and Recovery of the Iconic American Chestnut
Screens and Social Media Are Damaging Kids’ Conversation Skills. Here’s Why This Matters, and How to Get Them Back
SMRs Explained: Real-World Economics, Fuel Bottlenecks, and the Race to Scale
Trump DHS Post Calling for ‘100 Million Deportations’ Suggests Intent to Kick Out Nonwhite Citizens
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: A Child’s Garden And The Serious Sea (1991) Run Time: 1H 31M
West Coast Levee Failures Show Growing Risks From America’s Aging Flood Defenses
Even the Wall Street Journal Doubts the Trump Seize-Venezuela-Oil Scheme
Dollar Supremacy Strategy or All-Time Grift? American AI Imperialism’s Reliance on the Middle East 
EU’s Carbon Border Tax Goes Live, Eliciting Threats from China and Perhaps Soon, the US
Coffee Break: Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Makes Microslop Trend
Fed’s Standing Repo Facility (SRF) Drops to Zero, from $75 Billion on the Last Balance Sheet as Yearend Liquidity Turmoil Dissolves
Trump’s Greenland Threats: Will He or Won’t He Act?
Reopening the Veins of Latin America
With Global Attention on Venezuela, Israel Intensifies Assault on Gaza, Lebanon
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – U.S. War Without Boundaries
Two Decades of Chinese Industrial Subsidies
Why Politicians Won’t Fix Affordability
American Hegemony by AI: The Role of Israel
In ‘Unhinged’ Rant, Miller Says US Has Right to Take Over Any Country For Its Resources
Coffee Break: The Tangled OpenAI and Microsoft Alliance Frayed Under Pressure
Is Trump Building a Massive Data Center Beneath the East Wing? If So, Why?
Satyajit Das: Much Ado About Nothing – Why President Trump’s ‘Big Deals” Are No Big Deals
Trump’s Gangsterism Escalation: Plans to Steal and Sell Venezuela Oil; Seizure of Russian And Chinese Tankers; Greenlight of Maximum Pressure Sanctions; Venezuela and Denmark Not On Board With Heists
New York City’s MTA Explores How to Use AI to Monitor Thousands of Cameras in Transit System
The U.S.–Venezuela Coup: The Quiet Part Out Loud
The Next Frontier of Climate Accountability: Making Big Food Pay Its Ecological Bill
Russia’s Second-Ever Use of the Oreshniks Was a Response to Three Recent Provocations
Even the US’ Most Servile Vassal State in Latin America, Argentina, Is Determined to Keep Trading With China
Portland Mayor Decries Mounting Bloodshed, Tells ICE to Get Out After Federal Agents Shoot Two
Coffee Break: Pluto’s Republic, Dietary Guidelines, Vaccine Nonsense, Ancient Poison Arrows, and Renaissance DNA
Thrift Store. Clinic. Roller Rink. New Orleans Center Becomes ‘Radical’ Lifeline Amid Homelessness, Drug Crises.
Rodriguez or Trump: Who Is Really Running Venezuela?
Is an Attack by Iran Imminent?
Schumer, Jeffries Refuse to Join Democrats’ Growing Calls to Slash ICE Spending
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: One Eyed Jacks (1961) Run Time: 2H 21M And A Bonus Documentary!
“Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict Win Midterm Votes?”
Justice Department Subpoenas the Fed, Threatens Powell with Criminal Indictment. Powell Comes out Swinging. Stock Futures Tank
Does Washington’s Global War Against China’s Oil Suppliers Stand Any Chance of Success?
Do You Want to Work Less?
Coffee Break: Minnesota on ICE, Part One
What Would a Trump Takeover Mean for Greenland’s Resources?
Illinois, Minnesota Sue Over Trump ICE Agents Who ‘Have Acted as Occupiers’
The Extortionate Human Cost of US-Led Sanctions, and the Role of Western Media in Covering It Up
Michael Hudson: Weaponizing the World’s Oil Trade is the Bedrock of the U.S. Rules-Based Order
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – U.S. Militarism and Nuclear Proliferation
Greenland Is the Crown Jewel of “Fortress America”
Venezuelan Oil and the Limits of U.S. Refining Capacity
Here Comes the Sun: A Way Forward if We Take It?
Move Fast and Break Everything: Crypto and the Democrats
Coffee Break: Democrats React to Minnesota on ICE
How Voting Systems Influence Immigration Policy
Climate Engineering Would Alter the Oceans, Reshaping Marine Life – Our New Study Examines Each Method’s Risks
The Ever-Shrinking Eldercare Workforce
Trump’s “Fix Affordability” 10% Credit Card Interest Rate Cap: A Gimmick, Not a Solution (and It Won’t Happen Anyhow)
A Quick Guide to the Power Restructure in the Middle East
Critics Say Trump ‘Joke Healthcare Plan’ Nothing But a ‘Con’ of the American People
The Economist Wrecks Its Limited Credibility in Article on Dark Factories That Ignores That China Already Has a Lot of Them
Why Keir Starmer’s Partial “U-Turn” on Mandatory Digital IDs Is Merely a Symbolic Victory
The Day of the Dollar: Is It Over?
Coffee Break: The President Fixes Health Care While Unfixing the Air We Breathe, Among Other Things
Book Review: A Portrait of the Arctic World in Flux
1 Year Into Trump 2.0, the Social Security Administration Is in Disarray
What Can We Do for the 250 Million and Counting Displaced by the Environmental Crisis?
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Ballad Of Orin (1977) Run Time: 1H 58M Plus Bonus Jazz!
‘Could I Be in Their Cabinet?’: Big Business Eyes Up Reform
“We Are Watching Critical Thinking Disappear in Real Time” Due to AI Addiction: 40% of Kids Can’t Read, Teachers Quitting in Droves
Greenland and Irrational Responses to the Crisis of Capital Accumulation 
Polymarket Manipulation and Other Guessing Games
Coffee Break: Bari Weiss’ CBS Not an Auspicious Beginning to Total Info Control
Inside the Economics of Venezuela’s Elusive Oil Reserves
Europe Can Impose Costs on Trump Over Greenland, But Looks Too Craven To Try
The (Attempted) Israelisation of Latin America
NYC Is Testing Guaranteed Income for Homeless Youths. Here’s How It’s Going.
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Dangerous New Mideast Alliances
ICE Called Out by Minneapolis Police for Harassing Off-Duty Officers of Color as DOJ Targets Minnesota Officials Personally with Criminal Subpoenas
Capital Dividing Lines in the New Police State. Are We Approaching Reconciliation? 
Satyajit Das: President Trump’s Spat With the Federal Reserve Is Not About Central Bank Independence
The World is in Water Bankruptcy, UN Scientists Report – Here’s What That Means
Coffee Break: Democrats Tangle Themselves on ICE and Israel
“Who Gets to Decide How Much Is ‘Enough’ to Live a Good Life?”
The Great AI Displacement: Fracturing Tomorrow’s Labor Market
Trump at Least for Now TACOed Over Greenland at Davos in Rambling Speech as His Poll Ratings Continue to Fall
ICE War on Rights and Safety Continues With Policy of Illegal, Fourth Amendment-Violating Home Break-Ins, Detainee Homicide, and Detention and Transport of Children
What Davos 2026 Can Tell Us About the World That Is Coming
AI-Induced Cultural Stagnation Is No Longer Speculation − It’s Already Happening
USDA Researchers Instructed to Investigate Foreign Colleagues
UK Home Secretary’s Shocking Admission About the Emerging AI Surveillance State
3 Trump Administration Health Policy Changes That Will Worsen Care for the Elderly
Coffee Break: Ancient Travelers and Artists, an Enigmatic Devonian Giant, and a Thinking Cow
As the UN General Assembly Turns 80, Can Ordinary Citizens Change How the World Is Governed?
Black Sites and Black Days
The US’ New National Defense Strategy Calls For A World War-Like Military Build-Up
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: 101 REYKJAVÍK (2000) Run Time: 1H 24M
ICE Execution in Minneapolis
Blue Monday Isn’t Real, but Sadness Is – And It Plays a Vital Role in Children’s Development
Ukraine Hoist on Its PR Petard? Bizarre Media and Official Silence Over Humanitarian Crisis From Russian Grid Attacks, Extreme Difficulty of Rebuilding
Washington Reactivates ISIS 
Is Being Virtuous Good for You – or Just People Around You? A Study Suggests Traits Like Compassion May Support Your Own Well-Being
Coffee Break: Oracle Debt and TikTok Transition Troubles Vex the Ellison Media Empire
Geopolitics as a Monetary Shock: The ‘Silent Tightening’ in the European Banking System Due to Sanctions Against Russia
Trump Does a Soft TACO as Republicans, NRA and Law Enforcement Officers Oppose ICE Thuggery. A Gambit or a Real Climbdown?
German Economists Call For Full Repatriation of Germany’s Gold Held in US Amid Colossal Loss of Trust
Retro Fever: Cranking Back the Years
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Silicon Valley and The Military–Industrial–Venture Complex
Creative Energy Diplomacy Might Avert Another American Attack On Iran
More Evidence of Destructive Deflation in China
Science and President Trump: Year Five and Counting
Population Growth Slows to Crawl, Net Migration May Turn “Negative”: Census Bureau’s New Population Estimates
Coffee Break: Stephen Miller vs ICE Barbie & Corey Is a Distraction
Satyajit Das: Book Essay – Measuring Progress
Defeat of the West – Michael Hudson and Lena Petrova on Davos Panic, Destruction of the EU & Economic Collapse
ICE Not Only Looks and Acts Like a Paramilitary Force – It Is One, and That Makes It Harder to Curb
Iran War Watch
Why Iran Must Be Broken to Build the U.S.–Israeli Vision for a “New Middle East”
The US Dollar: Not a Traditional Safe Haven
Is Your Pension Safe?
The US Is Making Moves in Latin America’s Southern Cone
Trump Support Negative Even Among White Working Class; Approval of His Agenda at Only 27%
Coffee Break: Never Underestimate What People Can Do As Members of Community
Why Venezuela’s Oil Comeback Is Proving Harder Than Trump Expected
How a US/Israeli Strike on Iran Could Ignite a Wider Conflict
Cybernetic Attention: All Watched over by Machines We Learned to Watch
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Lilya 4-Ever (2002) Run Time: 1H 44M Plus Bonus Horror
‘Corruption on a Breathtaking Level’: Report Details Massive Foreign Investment in Trump Crypto Firm
The US of AI: How Energy Laws and Oversight Are Being Trashed to Benefit the Broligarchy
Iran War? A Look at Boundary Conditions Says Trump Will TACO With Intent to Strike Later; Israel Terrorism Set to Continue
Michael Hudson and Vijay Prashad: How Hyper-Imperialism Shapes Global Conflict
Coffee Break: The Mask of Unreality Slipping?
It’s 2026 and You’re Uninsured. Now What?
Modi Appears to Cave to Trump, Agrees to Buy Venezuela Oil in Place of Russia’s, End Tariffs on US Agriculture
Mexico Warns of “Far-Reaching Humanitarian Crisis” in Cuba, As US Seeks to Starve Island Nation Into Final Submission
US Military Helping DHS Build Massive Network of ‘Concentration Camps,’ Navy Contract Reveals
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Folly of Bombing Iran
Why American Life Expectancy is Falling Behind Globally, Falling Apart by State
Türkiye Plays Peacemaker But Has Central Role in Iran Encirclement
Collective West Press Starting to Acknowledge Ukraine’s Untenable Position and Inevitable Loss
Turmoil at FEMA Adds to the Revolt Against Kristi Noem
Coffee Break: Elon Musk Headed for Supernova with OpenAI Suit, SpaceX-xAI Merger?
ICE and Border Patrol in Minnesota − Accused of Violating 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th Amendment Rights − Are Testing Whether the Constitution Can Survive
Historia Arcana of the NATO Pact
American Society for Plastic Surgery Position Statement Withdraws Support for Transition Surgery for Those Under 19 as New $2 Million Judgement Points to Looming Liability for Hospitals
The Actual Gavin Newsom Is Much Worse Than You Think
The Epstein Files as a Weapon in the Conflict Over Currency and the “Central Domain”
How Vulnerable is the US Electrical Grid to Winter Outages?
Bitcoin/Crypto Crash Captures Headlines as Potentially More Serious Tech-Driven Debt Retreat Progresses
The Political Fallout from the UK’s Mandelson-Gate Scandal Has Only Just Begun
Q&A: Tech Billionaires’ AI Space Empire Fantasies Are ‘An Insidious Form of Climate Denial’
Coffee Break: Science and Medicine, Bad and Good
Why Futuristic, Tech-Centered ‘Smart City’ Projects Are Destined To Fail
How Much Further Can U.S. Forces Go in Mexico?
With ICE Using Medicaid Data, Hospitals and States Are in a Bind Over Warning Immigrant Patients
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Paprika (2006) Run Time: 1H 38M
An Effort to Ease Water Pollution With Oysters Fizzled. Why?
An Iranian Architecture Appreciation Post 
Iran War Watch: US Moves Towards Attack Footing Despite Questionable Odds of Success
Journalism May Be Too Slow To Remain Credible Once Events Are Filtered Through Social Media
Coffee Break: Trump’s Stochastic Election Attacks, AIPAC Misfire
The European Veal Pen: How the US Weaponized Russophobic Paranoia & Energy Geopolitics To Capture Control of Europe
America’s Real Health Crisis? Inequality— and a Generation Pays
The Ultimate Insult: As Washington Starves Cuba of Energy (And Most Everything Else), It Offers $6 Million in Humanitarian Aid
‘This Is Your Money’: Trump Assault on CFPB Has Cost Consumers $19 Billion
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Incredible Shrinking “Most Powerful Military in History”
The Finance Curse Is Killing Britain
Reuters Finds AI-Using Surgery Devices Harmed Patients; Nature Magazine and Reuters Find Medical Chatbots Not Beating Patients’ Own Internet Sleuthing
Health and Wellbeing in the Age of Diagnosis
Costs of Device-Reliant Parenting: Kids Deficient in Empathy and Storytelling Skills, Can’t Read, Show Declining Cognitive Performance
Coffee Break: Crisis of Credibility Edition
Satyajit Das: On Cinema – Antonioni’s Mysteries
Suffocating an Island: What the U.S. Blockade Is Doing to Cuba
Bloomberg’s $108 Oil as Worst Case Iran War Scenario: Too Optimistic?
Has the Rate of Global Warming More Than Doubled?
Why Governments Insist on CBDCs or Stablecoins When Most People Don’t Want Them
Iran Has More Options Up Its Sleeve Than Trump and Netanyahu Assume
The EU’s Digital Euro Is Just a Whisker Away from Becoming a Legal Reality
More Handwringing About Collapsing Birth Rates: How Focus on Gender Roles Misses the Mark
When War Weakens Democracy
Coffee Break: Science Agonistes, with Hope at the End
Germany’s “Two-Speed Europe” Proposal Is the EU’s Adaptation to Great Power Geopolitics
Trump’s Concentration Camp Build-Out Includes Nearly $40 Billion for Warehouse Conversions
Trump’s DHS Is Pushing the Boundaries of Probable Cause and Due Process to Fuel a Farm Labor Crisis
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Defamation (2009) Run Time: 1H 31M Plus Bonus Jazz!
Ralph Linton (1936), Identity Politics, and the Concept of Ascribed Status
Will Russia and Iran Be Forced to ‘Restore Order’ in the Caucasus? 
War With Iran to Accelerate Trump’s Golden March to Ruin
As Alberta Separatists Court the U.S., Prosperity Is Fuelling a Sovereigntist Turn
Coffee Break: Rubio and AOC Audition for 2028 in Munich
Urban Slums: Stepping-Stone for Some and Traps (or Shields) for Others
Why Does Economics Refuse to Acknowledge John Ruskin’s Illith, as in Harmful Activity?
Trump To Host “Six Stooges” Presidential Summit in Miami With Goal of Pushing China Out of Latin America
Iran Regime Change Tout Spews NSFW, Misogynistic Abuse When Asked Merely to Stop Spamming
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Requiem for Nuclear Arms Control
One Affordability Battle After Another: What To Do About the AI-Fossil Fuel Industrial Complex
Twin Cities Unions Planning ‘Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years’ as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis
Will Russia (and Iran) Be Forced to ‘Restore Order’ in the Caucasus? Part 2: The March to Central Asia 
Would Raising Taxes on the Richest New Yorkers Drive Them Away?
Coffee Break: Paramount Still Reaching for WBD as CBS Misplays Colbert-Talarico Interview
The Myth of the West: Democracy and the State
Russia’s BRICS Sherpa Debunked Speculation About It Turning Into A Security Bloc
Iran War Watch: Why Trump Looks Primed to Proceed Despite High Odds of US Failure
Big Tech Accused of AI ‘Greenwashing’
The Geopolitics of the Commencement of Ramadan
Iran Crisis Exposes the Impotence of America’s Neoliberal War Machine
Private Equity Is Coming for Your 401(k)
“Think of the Children”: The Big Lie Used to Justify the End of Internet Freedom
AI Chatbots Attacks May End the Internet as We Know It
Coffee Break: Landscape, Immigration, mRNA Vaccines, and a Safe Football Helmet
Michael Hudson: Destiny of Civilization – Financialization & Collapse
Rob Urie: No Exit – How Obama’s Bank Bailouts Produced Trump
Do You Trust Epstein Elite With Nuclear Weapons?
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Andrei Rublev (1966) Run Time: 3H 2M plus bonus documentary
Bibi Put Israel’s Partners in an Awkward Position With His Description of the “Hexagon”
India Exchanges BRICS Ties for Lead Role in the American AI Cage 
Trump Doubling Down on Tariffs After SCOTUS Nixing Sweeping “Emergency” Abuse: Bad for Businesses, Economy, and Trump
Trump Pledges Hospital Boat for Greenland—Which, Unlike US, Has ‘Free and Equal Access to Health for All’
Coffee Break: Local Protests Against Data Centers, Surveillance Uniting Broad Political Spectrum
Ruling for the Rich: Evidence of a Pro-Wealthy Bias on the US Supreme Court
Iran War Watch: Trump Dithers
Russia Just Denied Claims It Is Planning to Break the US’ Oil Blockade of Cuba, Albeit Only Partially
Republicans Scheming to Preserve Trump Tariffs Even After They Create Fewer Manufacturing Jobs
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – America’s Coming Suez Moment
How Africa Keeps Losing Despite China v. West Race for Minerals
Senate Democrats to Introduce Bill to Limit Private Equity and Big Investor Ownership of Single Family Homes Despite Nearly Zero Impact on Affordabilty
In Praise of the Lunch Ladies Who Can Save Us from the Great American Food System
The Work-From-Home Wage Premium
Coffee Break: SOTU 2026 Kabuki Theater, Bipartisan Kayfabe
The Roots of Nazi Ideology: Arthur Graf J. Gobineau and His Racial-Racist Political Theory
Pets Are Expensive and Shelters Are Packed. Advocates Say Mamdani Should Help.
Trump Policies and “Donald Dash” Expats Produce Net Emigration for US, Prospective Population Shrinkage
From Fed Failures to Inflation and Stablecoins: America’s Trust Is Cracking
Curtis Yarvin’s Dystopian Plan for “Gaza Inc.” Closer With Proposed Stablecoin
How X’s Algorithm Shifts Political Attitudes
Will the US Try to Pull a False Flag to Justify Escalating Its War on Cuba?
Iran War Watch: Iran Makes Real Concessions on Nuclear Enrichment But Can Trump Take That Win? UPDATE: Israel Embassy Evacuation Says War May Be Imminent
The Hidden Math Behind Rising Electricity Prices
Coffee Break: A Few Notes on the Incoming Surgeon General
Trump Says He’s ‘Entitled’ to Illegal Third Term as Allies Draft Voter Suppression Decree
US, ISRAEL ATTACK IRAN, START REGIONAL WAR; IRAN RETALIATES AGAINST ISRAEL, US BASES IN BAHRAIN, SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR. UPDATE: ISRAEL TV REPORTS IRAN BLOCKS STRAIT OF HORMUZ
Massive US War Spending Hike Raises Debt, Taxes, Doubts
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Yeelen (Brightness) Run Time 1H 38M
Iran War: Quick Early Updates
Democratic Leaders Face Backlash Over ‘Cowardly’ Responses to Trump War on Iran
How Often Is ICE Acting as a Goon Squad for Landlords? 
Iran War Widens as Iran Attacks Saudi Oil Infrastructure, Israel and Hezbollah Exchange Strikes
Is That New Procedure Proven? MedTech Billing Codes and Evidence-Based Medicine
Coffee Break: Narrative Wars as US Media Struggles to Manufacture Consent
Qatar’s LNG Blackout Just Broke the Global Gas Market
Spain Risks Wrath of Trump After Denying US Forces Permission to Use Jointly Operated Bases to Attack Iran
Iran War: Israel Air Defenses Crumbling, US Base Attacks Continue as Markets Set for Wile E. Coyote Moment
AI and the Distribution of Income Between Capital and Labour
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Algeria and Gaza Parallels
Even Patients Are Shocked by the Prices Their Insurers Will Pay — And It Costs All of Us
Türkiye Does Standoff Shuffle With Kurds Toward Iran
Iran War: More on Why US/Israel Success Impossible as Israel and US Operations Take More Hits, Trump Proposes Unhinged Strait of Hormuz Escort Scheme, Western Media Misinforming Public
Can Sheinbaum Avoid A Death Spiral After the El Mencho Killing?
Coffee Break: Texas Primary Results Could Flip US Senate
Autonomous AI Agents Have an Ethics Problem
Shadows Over Brussels and Kiev: Corruption Scandals Challenge Von der Leyen’s Ukraine Agenda
URGENT: Please Write the FCC to Oppose Latest SpaceX World-Changing Plan, Massively Light Polluting Reflect Orbital Satellites, Which Will End the Night Sky
Iran War: Systemic Risk of a Strait of Hormuz Closure, US Plan to Enlist Kurds, Hezbollah Unexpectedly Pounds Israel
Companies Report Raging Inflation, Except in Wages & Rents
Do Iranians Really Want to Overthrow the Islamic Republic?
US Military Opens Up Another Front, This Time Against Ecuador’s “Narco-Terrorist” Organisations
Iran War: More on Systemic Impact of Strait of Hormuz Closure, US Inability to Intervene as Trump Team Doubles Down on Hare-Brained Schemes to Prevail via Force
Why Chase Taylor Swift? Stop the Corporate Looting That Makes Billionaires
Coffee Break: Vaccines, Libraries, and Diet…Nothing About the War
Michael Hudson: Today’s Global Choice – A U.S. Ruler-Based Order or International Law
Iran War: Brent Ends Week at Over $90 a Barrel, Doubts About Damage to Iran and Condition of Israel Rise, Trump Doubles Down on Failing Kinetic War and Desperate Messaging
What Is the US Exit Strategy From Its War on Iran?
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: In This House Of Brede (1975) Run Time: 1H 44M plus Jazz bonus!
Iran War: More Trump Bluster as US and Israel Weapon Stocks Thin and Claims of Success Questioned; Report of Plans to Send Special Forces to Seize Nuclear Material Among Signs of US Troop Mobilization
Trump’s Iran War Is an Affordability Disaster
What Exactly Was the Plan Here?
Iran War: Oil Rises to Nearly $120, Stays Above $100 Despite G7 Plans for Reserves Release; Foreign Markets Swoon; Iran Increasing Intensity of Strikes, Targeting More Assets in the Gulf
Why We Ignore the Warnings That Could Save Us
Coffee Break: Mask-Off Moment as Paramount at Nexus of AI, Gulf State Financing, and Private Equity
Newsom Picks a Dogfight With Trump and RFK Jr. on Public Health
Switzerland Just Voted to Enshrine the Right To Cash In Its Constitution
Iran War: Administration Succeeds in Talking Down Oil Price to Below $100 as Trump Seeks Off Ramp to Opposition of Pentagon and Hawks; Iran Continues to Reject Talks, Announces Increase in Strikes, Pounds US Bases Into Dust
In Latest Blow to Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan, Judge Blocks Overhaul of Immigration Appeals
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Armed Transgression
The Pakistan Navy’s Regional Escort Mission Puts Iran in a Dilemma
The Invention of Infinite Growth: How Economics Went Down the Rabbit Hole of No Return
Iran War: Iran Seeks Decolonization of Gulf Region; IEA Proposes Emergency Release of Reserves; Nuclear Strike Risk Assessment; Iran Escalates Strikes
Coffee Break: Doomsday Delusions, Iran Eschaton Edition
Why Did Most Of The World Condemn Iran At The UN?
Iran War: Oil Again Breaches $100 as Iran Escalates Attacks on Israel, Shipping, Dubai; More on the Effects of a Long Closure of the Strait of Hormuz
Armageddon Now! Israel’s Nuclear Weapons Program
Universities Survived Trump’s 2025 Funding Freeze, but the Money Still Isn’t Flowing to Researchers
Can Sun Tzu’s The Art of War Predict the Outcome of the War on Iran?
Satyajit Das: Iran – Even War Has Been Financialized
One of the US’ Biggest Vassal Governments in Latin America Just Banned the Country’s Main Opposition Party
Iran War: Oil Flirts With $100 as More Commercial Ships Hit, US Refueling Plane Downed, with Iraqi Militia Taking Credit; Demands for Hormuz Opening Intensify; Private Debt Wobbles Add to Market Pressure
Why Environmental Tipping Points Don’t Have to Spell Doom
Coffee Break: Lifestyle Medicine, More Quackitude, Ancient Manuscripts, Gut Health, and the Epstein Class
How Accent Discrimination Reinforces America’s Deepest Divides
Michael Hudson: Persia’s Monopoly Concessions to Britain, 1872-1901
Iran War: US Strikes Kharg Island, Deploys More Marines Even as Administration Shows Desperation; Iran Hits Saudi Base Amid Signs of Decaying US Position, Increases Attacks on Israel
Widening the ‘We’: Meeting the Crisis of Common Sense
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Salt For Svanetia (1930) Run Time: 49M
Iran War: US Being Driven From Iraq, Tells Americans to Leave; Iran Keeps Pounding Israel, Gulf States; Trump Calls on Other Countries Including China to Send Warships, Effectively Threatens to Use Nukes; FCC Threatens to Pull Broadcast Licenses Over War Reporting
‘Serious Threat to the First Amendment’ as Trump Admin Wins First Antifa Terror Charge
With Shipping Industry in Meltdown, Struggle to Oust China from Global Ports Intensifies
Iran War: Trump Administration Attempts to Deny Long Conflict Risk; Trump Threatens NATO Over Hormuz Scheme; Kinetic and Economic Situation More Desperate Than Acknowledged
Economic Questions: The Thorstein Veblen Question
Coffee Break: AIPAC, Crypto, Gambling, AI Money Coalitions Up The Dark Money Game in Dem Primaries
Causal Evidence on Cost-of-Living Shocks: How the Energy Crisis Affected Energy Demand, Labour Supply, and Financial Strain
Palantir Faces Growing Backlash in UK Following Mandelson-gate Scandal
Iran War: No Uptake to Trump Plea for Help With Opening Strait of Hormuz; Israel Claims Assassination of Iran Security Chief; Iran Clarifies That Friendly Countries Can Transit, Strikes UAE Terminal at Fajarah, Trump Delays Xi Summit
Why Insect Farming Startups Are Going Bankrupt
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Distributed Deterrence
“Regime Tweaking” In Cuba Is The Most Realistic Outcome Of Its US-Instigated Crisis
What Does Europe Do Now? 
Iran War: Joe Kent Resignation Bombshell; US Deploys Bunker-Busters Near Strait of Hormuz; Iran Makes Retaliatory Strikes on Israel, Across Gulf for Ali Larijani Assassination; Real World Oil Prices Diverge from Paper Oil
AI-Powered Robot Dogs Guarding Reviled Data Centers Is Where We Have Arrived
Coffee Break: Silicon Valley Accelerationists Take On the World and Everyone in It
Rifling Through the Evidence: Uncertainty in Firearms Analysis
Trump FBI and IRS Team Up to Probe US Nonprofit Groups for ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Links
Iran War: Leap Up Escalation Ladder with Israel//US Attack on Iran Gas Field, Nuclear Plant, Iran Retaliation on Qatar Gas Facilities, Other Energy Infrastructure Across Region; MSM Initial Under-Reporting Not Blunting Surge in UK, EU Gas Prices;
Tall Buildings Lead to More Compact and Productive Cities
The Epistemic Break of the Iran War
Will World’s “Most Zionist President”, Javier Milei, Deploy Argentina’s Navy for Trump’s Kamikaze Strait of Hormuz Mission?
Iran War: Even as Breakdowns and Lasting Damage Mount, Denial, Normalcy Bias, and Arrogance of the Belligerents Will Produce a Long and Highly Destructive War
Manure-to-Energy Project Touted as Climate Fix Emits Thousands of Tons of Methane
Coffee Break: Breaking American Science, COVID Undercount, Food Politics, St. Patrick, and a Brief Diversion
Many ACA Customers Are Paying Higher Premiums. Most Blame Trump and Republicans, Poll Finds.
Michael Hudson: Iran, Israel, and World War III
Iran War: Trump Escalates via Preparation for Ground Assault; Israel Takes More Pounding, Husbands Air Defenses; Coming Helium, Jet Fuel Shortages; Prospects for Vastly Higher Oil Prices
Apocalypse Now— West Asia Edition
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Solaris (1972) Run Time: 2H 47M
Iran War: Trump Issues 48 Hour Unhinged Ultimatum to Iran; Iran Vows Mass Destruction Countermeasures; Israel Takes Hit to Dimona Area, Other Blows After Second Firing on Iran Nuclear Reactor Site ; More Warnings of Deep Damage from Strait of Hormuz Closure, LNG Reduction Effects
Boomerangs of Empire: Latin America as Colonial Laboratory
War Widens to the Caspian. Why Isn’t Iran Attacking Azerbaijan? 
Iran War: Trump’s 48 Hour Deadline Approaches; Soldiers Fearful as Lindsey Graham Calls for Their Sacrifice; Complacency in Face of Intersecting Shortages, Like Food and Plastics
Claims About Genetic Superiority Ignore the Real Drivers of Human Inequality
Coffee Break: Trump’s TACO Designed to Manipulate Markets
The Economic Consequences of a Low-Skilled Immigration Sudden Stop: Evidence from Korea’s Guest Worker Programme
Spanish Government Intensifies Criticism of US-Israeli War on Iran As Trump Mulls Withdrawing US Troops from Spanish Bases
Iran War: US/Israel Attacks Near Iran Energy Infrastructure; Temporary TACO as Boots on the Ground Moves Continue? Postol on How Iran Nukes Israel in Retaliation and the Horrific Consequences; Gulf States Double Down on Loyalty to US
Economic Questions: The Robert Nozick Question
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Cheap Guidance and Big Consequences
Concentration Camps, US Style: Dehumanization for Fun and Profit
Clearing the Air: Fifty Answers to Our Climate Questions
Iran War: Mainstream Media Starting to Acknowledge Potential Iran Victory as Trump Flails About, Readying Ground Assault; EU Reversal on Russia Oil Sanctions, Emergency Actions in Asia, Even China, Shows Accelerating Economic Damage
Easing Capital, Reviving Risk: The Quiet Return of Too Big to Fail
Coffee Break: OpenAI, Sora, Iran, the Ellison Empire, and Maybe a Recognition Event?
How the US Became an International Serial Killer
Satyajit Das: The Modern ‘Share the Scraps’ Economy
Iran War: Accelerating Economic Damage Creates Urgency on Strait of Hormuz Closure; Shambolic US Assault Preparations Continue; Iran Demands Recognition of Sovereignity Over Strait; Houthis Set to Strangle Red Sea Traffic if US Makes Ground Attack
Australia’s Fuels Dependence Turns Into a Crisis
The War on Iran Cannot Be Explained by Material Interests Alone
Two Verdicts in Two Days: How American Courts Are Rewriting the Rules for Big Tech and Children
The Trump Administration’s Supposed “War” on Latin America’s Drug Cartels Has a New Name: “Operation Total Extermination”
Iran War: Trump Faffs About, Extending Deadline for Strike Threat by 10 Days as US Military and Energy/Materials Shortfalls and Shortages Expected in Weeks; Iran Allows Transit of Trapped “Friendly” Ships
The Controversy Over Deep-Sea Mining, Explained
Coffee Break: East Asia and the War in West Asia, RIP Metaverse, Cetacean Doulas, and Social Sycophancy
Book Review: How Genetics Shapes Our Ideas About Vice and Blame
Iran War: More Escalation – US Strikes Iran Steel Plants, Israel Sends Third Missile at Iran Nuclear Plant; Yemen Joins War
Beavers Can Turn Streams Into Carbon Stores – We Measured How Much
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Silence (Chinmoku) (1971) Run Time: 2H 9M Plus Jazz!
Iran War: More Signs of a Long Conflict and Resulting Severe Economic Damage
Nationwide General Strike Planned for May 1: No Kings Organizer
Europe Tries Magical Thinking with Algerian Gas—Again 
Iran War: US/Israel Escalation and Forceful Iran Retaliation Continue as Trump Says He May Take Iran’s Oil and Pakistan Hosts Talks With Nobody; Mr. Market Finally Waking Up as Brent Rises to $115
Drillers See Triple-Digit Crude and Hit the Brakes
Coffee Break: Moral Imbeciles Lead U.S. to War
Five Reasons Why the US Declined To Enforce Its De Facto Blockade on Cuba for Russia
Where Does Russia’s Just-in-Time Energy Lifeline Leave Cuba?
Iran War: Trump Threatens Destruction of Iran Electric Generation and Oil Wells Even as WSJ Reports Temporary TACO on Trying to Force Open Strait of Hormuz
Michael Hudson and Steve Keen: How the Global Crisis Will Unfold
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Invulnerable Golden Dome
How Polling Failures, Gambling Legalization and Political Gridlock Paved the Way for the Explosive Rise of Prediction Markets
Türkiye and Other ‘Mediators’ Play Good Cop Against Iran
Iran War: Israel Would Thwart Trump TACO Even if Genuine; US Forces Still Arriving in Middle East as Trump to Speak This Evening; Could Strait of Hormuz Traffic Rise Meaningfully With Less Hot Conflict?
A Fifth of NYC Built on Bygone Water Now at Risk: Study Maps City’s ‘Blue Zones’
Coffee Break: AI Subprime Crisis Both a Victim and an Expression of Idiocracy
Beyond Oil: The Macroeconomic Impact of Commodity Supply Disturbances
Satyajit Das: The Wages of War
Iran War: Iran Pounds Israel with Huge Missile Barrage Just Before Trump’s Unhinged Speech Doubling Down on Failed Escalation; US Greatly Exposed to Shock as Inventories Depleted During April
Will Trump’s Idiotic Iran War Spell the End of NATO?
How the Iran War Could Reshape the Global Cultural Order
AI’s Fluency in Other Languages Hides a Western Worldview That Can Mislead Users
Keir Starmer’s Schrödinger’s War
Iran War: US Continues Escalation by Striking Iran Bridge, Opening Way for Iran Destruction of Critical Links; Iran Moving to Attack Economic Targets
What’s Cheaper: Fueling Your Car With Gas or Electricity?
Coffee Break: The Fallacy of ESG, Baseball, Deep Education, and More AI Follies
Prediction Markets Make a Bet Against Public Health
Iran War: Disaster in Iran as Multiple Aircraft Downed, Pilot Missing; Iran Pounds Israel Hard After Trump Asks for 48 Hour Ceasefire; Concerns in Military and Congress Over Purge of Reality-Grounded Officers
The 2026 Southwest U.S. Heat Wave Was One of the Six Most Astonishing Weather Events of the Century
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Night On The Galactic Railroad (1985) Run Time: 1H 48M
Iran War: Trump Doubles Down on “Reign Hell” April 6 Threat, Also Reports F-15 Officer Rescued; US Strike on Bushehr Nuclear Plant Breaches Protection Circuit; Multiple Interconnected Supply Crises Baked in Within Weeks; UPDATE Iran Claims Two More US Planes Downed
Standing Witness to University Complicity in Criminal Wars of Aggression
War Against Iran Exposes Fragility of Much Ballyhooed Eurasian Trade Corridors 
Iran War: Trump Makes Even More Unhinged Threat as Details of F-15 Pilot Rescue Point to Much Bigger Plan, Say to Seize Enriched Uranium; Trump Legitimacy Crisis Grows as Battered Gulf States Pull Back on US Investment, Particularly AI
Zero-Waste Community Kitchens Turn Scraps into Flavor-Packed Dishes
Coffee Break: Weak Links Oracle, OpenAI, UAE Are Hammered by Iran War
As Rocket Launches Increase, They May Be Polluting the Skies
Claudia Sheinbaum’s Blitzkrieg War on Cash
Iran War: Trump Threatens to Destroy Iran in 4 Hours This Evening if No Capitulation; US/Israel Again Attack South Pars Gas Field
The Fed, Congress, and the President: The Constitutional Authority to Make Money
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Running Dry in the Sky
Can I Opt Out of Having My Doctor Take Notes With AI?
Notes on the American Justification for the Ramadan War in West Asia of 2026
Iran War: MSM Ceasefire Reporting Obscures Iran Agreeing to US Capitulation, Trump Depicting Different Deal; Israel Not a Party, States It Will Not Comply; Reason to Doubt Much Hormuz Traffic Increase Soon, Which Would Mean More Supply Pressure
The Fight Over ‘Critical Minerals,’ Explained
Coffee Break: Fake Ceasefire, Cognitive Dissonance, & Conflicting Agendas
Why Europe Can Still Face a Gas Crisis Without a Gas Shortage
Satyajit Das: BNPL – Buy Now, Pain Later
Iran War: US Pokes Iran in the Eye with Immediate Bad Faith Dealing Over Ceasefire; Strait of Hormuz Again Closed; US Insists Talks in Pakistan On but Iran Demands Halt in Lebanon Attacks
Psilocybin Mushrooms Are Going Mainstream, but Scientific Research and Regulation Lag Behind
After the Iran War: A New World Order, but Not a New System
Gig Jobs and Crime: Evidence from Food Delivery Platforms in France
US Considers Withdrawing Joint Military Base(s) in Spain As “Punishment” for Its Non-Cooperation in Iran War: WSJ
Iran War: Ceasefire Negotiations a Ruse to Buy Time for Ground Attack as Hormuz Stays Closed; Hezbollah Hits Israel Hard After Savage Bombing; Saudis Move Back Syria Against Israel? Update: Iran Delegation Has Not Arrived in Islamabad?
God Isn’t Good Enough – The Pope and the US Bishops Are Threatening the Catholic Vote for Trump and His Successors
Coffee Break: All War All the Time, AI on the Loose, and Hope for Muscular Dystrophy Patients
‘Disgusting’: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Brags About Killing 300,000 ‘High-Paying’ American Jobs
Iran War: Talks Delayed; Concerns That Conflict Destined to Resume; US to Concede Release of Some Iran Frozen Assets?
US Revisits Georgia’s Black Sea Port as Strategic Corridors Rise
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Häxan (1922) Run Time: 1H 45M
Iran War: Negotiations Fail; US Provokes with Destroyer Entry into Strait, Perhaps Pointing to Next Kinetic Moves
Sanders Leads Launch of ‘Union Now’ Movement to Fight ‘Status Quo Economics’
Bombing Schools Abroad, Destroying Education at Home
Iran War: US Imposing Strait of Hormuz Blockade Monday AM; Experts Criticize Further Pressure on Oil Prices, Illegality, and Risk of Failure; Will Houthis Close the Red Sea to Back Iran?
The Causes & Consequences of Orban’s Downfall
Coffee Break: Information War Goes Sectarian, Trump vs. the Pope
Kevork Almassian, Michael Hudson, and Tarik Cyril Amar: Has the Iran War Created a New Geopolitical Reality?
With US Bogged Down in West Asia, Cuba Agrees to Grant Russian Companies Management of Cuban Industries
Iran War: Contested Reports About US Blockade Failure in First 24 Hours as Saudi Arabia Protests and Experts Warn of Difficulty and High Risk; Markets Still Buying Trump Howlers About Iran Begging for Deal Despite Intelligence-Insulting Lie About His Jesus Tweet
They Speak for the Trees: Meet the ‘Petal Protectors’ Guarding NYC’s Cherry Blossoms
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Eyes in the Sky that Cannot Hide
Armenia Relations with Russia Reach Crisis Point, Continuing Worrying Trend for Moscow
Economic Questions: Guy Standing and the Rise of the Precariat
Iran War: Pervasive Misinformation About the (So Far Successful) US Blockade; Trump Keeps Up “Negotiations Soon” Hype; Markets Become Even More Unhinged
Maine Gov. Mills Urged to Sign ‘Nation-Leading’ AI Data Center Moratorium
Coffee Break: AI’s Reputational Crisis Leads to Popular Backlash and Violence
Satyajit Das: Book Essay: Walter Benjamin – Leftist Outsider, Man of Letters
Jesus Christ! Xi Jinping Is Hugging Donald Trump on the Sidelines of Three US-Israeli Genocidal Wars
Iran War: Trump Expects Hugs From China, Israel Still Bombing Lebanon
Democracy Depends on Broad-Based Taxation—History Is Clear About That
The War on Iran Is to Isolate It From Its Neighbours and Curb a Rising Sunni Bloc
Home Care Workers Launch Hunger Strike as 24-Hour Work Shifts Persist
The EU’s Digital Gulag Is (Apparently) Ready to Roll
Iran War: Narrative Wars and Ceasefire Claims
Diplomacy, and Politics Before the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor: A Precursor to Current Use of Economic Sanctions
Coffee Break: Scientists Being Bad and Good, the Moon, and More Ancient Archaeology
Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson: The Blockade Stage of Trump’s Absurdities
Iran War: Gaslighting Hits Epic Levels Over “Strait Completely Open” Fast Breakdown, Trump Smack Talk About Collecting Uranium as US Looks to Be Readying Massive Attack
It’s Ok to Love All the Bees (The Honey Bees, Too)
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: The Lathe Of Heaven (1980) Run Time 1H 37M
Iran War: Mad King Trump Gets the Strait Slammed in His Face
Louisiana Advances One of the Country’s ‘Cruelest’ Anti-Homeless Bills
Maybe It Wasn’t Such a Hot Idea to Turn Libya into a Failed State: 2026 Shortages Edition
Iran War: Talks Kiboshed, U.S. Seizes Iranian Tanker, Leaks Confirm Mad King Claims
Postponing the World’s Financial Winter – For How Long? Iran’s MAD Standoff with the Rest of the World
Coffee Break: Palantir’s Manifesto Drops and So Does Objection
The US Demanded That Europeans Accelerate Their Transition to “NATO 3.0”
“Let Them Eat Donkey Meat”: Javier Milei’s Economic “Miracle” Enters New Phase
Iran War: Fraying Nerves, Nonsense Negotiations, Psyops, and Ominous Notes
Half of AI Health Answers Are Wrong Even Though They Sound Convincing – New Study
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Greater Israel?
What Does it Mean to Work Under Algorithmic Eyes?
Industrial Agriculture and the Future of Food and Health
Iran War: TACO Tuesday Strikes Again, Trump Extends Ceasefire
Wildfires Used to ‘Go to Sleep’ at Night. Climate Change Has Them Burning Overtime
Coffee Break: Israel Dominant Issue in Michigan Democratic Senate Primary
Defending TrumpRx Scam, RFK Jr. Absurdly Claims Trump ‘Has His Own Way of Calculating’ Percentages
Michael Hudson: US Economy is Based on a Ponzi Scheme
Iran War: Inflation Hitting the U.S., More to Come, Don’t Tell Mr. Market
A More Troubling Picture of Sea Level Rise Comes Into View
Palantir’s Manifesto Is the Agenda of the New Class Reconfiguring the System’s Power Structure
Maritime Law and US Naval Power Under Stress Even Before Strait of Hormuz Standoff
Iran War: Team Trump as Narrative War Captives?
The US’s Not-So-Secret War in Mexico
Iran War: Trump Says Time Is on His Side, Iranian Leadership Is Divided, Iran Begs to Differ
Food Stamp Work Rules Don’t Increase Employment, Researchers Say
Coffee Break: Alzheimer’s Disease Still a Mystery and Books Worth Reading
To Solve Homelessness, Fix the Economy
Iran War: Waiting Is the Hardest Part, Back to Pakistan, USraeli Attack Incoming?
American “Micro-Militarism”
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: White Sun Of the Desert (1970) Run Time: 1H 23M Plus Naive Atheism Refuted!
Iran War: Israel Strikes Lebanon, Trump’s Negotiations Rug Pull, the View from the UAE
China Surpasses US in Research Spending – The Consequences Extend Far Beyond Scientific Ranking and Clout
Von der Leyen’s ‘Gaffe’ Hints at Pressure Building on Türkiye
Iran War: Narrative Dissolution as Ceasefire Continues Except in Lebanon
Why Food Additives May Not Be FDA Reviewed
Coffee Break: Has the Ellison Infotainment Empire Peaked?
Palantir in Argentina and the Future of U.S. Dominance
All Talk, No Action: The EU’s Abject Failure, Once Again, to Correct Course On Israel
US Military Strategy Document Misleads. Deliberately?
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The U.S. Navy Adrift
Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Cold. Russia Deals Germany Impeccably Timed Oil Blow 
Iran War: Trump Insanity Escalates, Administration Doubles Down on Failed Economic Strangulation as Iran Digs In and Costs to World Rise; Israel Destruction of South Lebanon Continues
Russell’s Teapot: Dispatches From the Final Stage of the AI Bubble
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Supreme Court Justices Weigh Monsanto Bid to Block Warning Lawsuits in Glyphosate Litigation
Coffee Break: OpenAI Trial Pits Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman
Satyajit Das: The Re-Shaping of the Persian Gulf and Energy Markets
US-Led Sanctions: The End of a Regime
Iran War: Oil Rises to $126 Due to Press Reports of Briefing to Trump on Military Options; Iran Threatens to Counter US Blockade
Teens’ Social Media Behaviour in 43 Countries – Those From Disadvantaged Backgrounds Face Greater Harms
How Islamic Is the Islamic Republic of Iran?
Trump’s Neo-Reagan Doctrine Is Rolling Back Russian Influence Across The World
Leaked Audio Files Point to Israeli Involvement in Trump’s Pardon of Honduran “Narco-President” Juan Orlando Hernández
Iran War: Trump Mulls Kinetic Options, Mojtaba Warns, US Consumers Suffer
US Judge Calls Proposed Bayer Roundup Settlement a “Filthy” Deal
Coffee Break: American Science in the Crosshairs, Nuclear Nightmares, and a Vision of a Good Life
The Licensing Revolution: Is Resistance to the End of Ownership Futile?
Iran War: Trump Leans Towards Another Attack on Iran as More Weapons Arrive; Further Confirmation of US Base Damage in Theater; More on War Cost; El Niño as Famine Multiplier
Iran War: Trump Whinges About Iran Proposal, China Rejects New US Secondary Sanctions, Ansar Allah Threatens Saudis
What’s in the Price of a Gallon of Gas?
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Iphigenia (1977) Run Time 2H 8M
US Energy Push In Western Balkans Sparks Tension with Brussels
Artificial Stupidity in the Persian Gulf
Iran War: Peak Chaos as Trump Announces “Humanitarian” Convoy to Enter Strait to Free Trapped Ships, Soon Walked Back by Officialdom; Negotiations Reported as Collapsing as Iran Toughens Position; UAE Enters War
HHS’ Healthy Food Agenda Puts Hospitals on Notice About Patients’ Meals
Coffee Break: Abundance Bro Seth London & Lis Smith’s Caper Typifies State of the Art Dem Dark Money Schemes
“Watch Out for the Chinese Supremacist, Imperialist Mindbenders”
Claudia Sheinbaum Is Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Iran War: Iran Targets US Warships, US Reports Small Successful Gulf Transit, Iran Hits UAE; Putin Call for Middle East to Be a WMD-Free Zone, Challenging Israel Nuclear Program; US Renewed Strikes Still Look Imminent
The Fertility Panic Is a Racist, Sexist Tool to Push More Austerity
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Endangered Warships
Karaganov’s Candid Assessment Of Europe Shows The World What Russian Hardliners Think
The Credibility Crisis in Science
Iran War: Trump “Pauses” Failed Operation Freedom, Rubio Claims End to Epic Fury With Strait of Hormuz Still Blockaded and Alarms About Real World Damage Rising
Economic Management in War: Professor Michael Hudson in Discussion with Ian Proud
Coffee Break: Self-Dealing and Self-Deluding Two Sides of Trump and His Ilk
Heartland Institute Podcast Questions Whether All Americans ‘Should Have the Right to Vote’
Understanding the Rise in CEO Age
Iran War: Iran Pushes Back Against Trump “Deal Is Nigh” as More Evidence of US Failure Emerges, Including Gulf State Mini-Revolt, Even More US Base Destruction, Jet Fuel Price Rise Damage, Conservative Opposition to Trump Climbdown
Russia’s Threat of a Massive Retaliatory Strike on Kiev Likely Isn’t A Bluff
Musk vs. Altman: The Feud of a New Elite Bidding for Power
Who Gives a Hug – China Changes Its Position Towards Iran, US
Iran War: Lull Before Expected Big Strikes or Is Trump Stuck?
Are the US and Israel Planning to Use Morocco As a Weapon Against Spain?
England Is Splitting Apart as Labour Collapses
Coffee Break: Counterfeit Scientific Papers, Deep Fakes, CDC on the Ropes, MAHA, and Hope from the Middle of the Country
When Poverty Makes You Sick: The Hidden Cost of Neglecting Youth Health
Iran War: Iran Yet to Answer US Proposal as Recent Exchange of Fire in Gulf Exposes US Weapons Shortages; More on Poor Prospects for Global Economy, Resumption of Old Normal Gulf Traffic Levels
Iran War: Momentary Quiet as Iran Withholds Answer on US Proposal; Iran Asserts Control Over Persian Gulf Cables; Debate Over US Destruction of Iran Tankers, Iran Destroyer Attacks
Criminalizing Childhood: When the Justice System Fails America’s Youth
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: The Man Who Stole The Sun (1979) Run Time: 2H 27M Plus Bonus Short Silent Film!
Why ‘De-Risking’ May Not Deliver a Large Peace Dividend
The Same Democrats Behind War Crimes ‘R’ Us Are Preparing to Sell You an Imperial Rebrand for 2028
Iran War: Iran’s Response to US Proposal Deemed “Totally Unacceptable,” as Bibi Makes Even More Demands; Xi Summit Confirmed; Crunch in Physical Oil Eases as Traders Back Off
Putin’s Misleading Factoids on Russia-Israel Ties
Coffee Break: Trump Admin Combines Reality Show Nonsense With Very Real Grifting
How the Green Revolution Went Awry: Food Systems and Policies Undermining Food Security
Is This the End of Keir Rodney Starmer (As UK Prime Minister)?
Iran War: More Trump Sound and Fury as Financial Times and Old Line Neocon Robert Kagan Declare War on Iran Conflict; Plastics and Other Shortages Becoming Visible
AI is Hungry for Power and You Are Footing the Bill
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Ageing Patriots
Tech Billionaires Accelerate Homelessness Crisis
The Missing Elephant: India’s Silence on the US-Israel-Iran War
Iran War: Iran Escalates With Threat of Even Higher Level of Enrichment, Assertion of Larger Gulf Control Area as US Revealed to Have Lost 39 Planes and Press Gives Ever More Coverage to Economic Damage; Israel Political Meltdown Could Stymie Further Attacks; Trump More Visibly Losing His Mind
The Russian Triad Is Now on the Same Page Regarding Southern-Emanating Threats from NATO
Coffee Break: Epstein Class All-In on Massie Primary But Do Midterms Matter?
‘Hands Off Our Pensions’: Belgian Workers Take to the Streets in General Strike Against Austerity Measures
China’s Real Estate Reckoning: Lessons from Japan’s Lost Decade
Iran War: Tanker War Lite as Trump Comes Even More Unglued and Real Economy Damage Becomes More Visible
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa: How They Stack Up on Reusing Waste
Spanish Politics Take the International Stage: Pedro Sanchez vs. Isabel Ayuso
Ready or Not, AI Government is Already Here
Iran War: Trump in China, Ship Seized in the Strait, War Powers Vote Comes This Close, Saudis Make Peaceward Moves
Washington Is Closer Than Ever to Pulling Off Its 66-Year Dream of Regime Change in Cuba
South Korea Will Remain a Key Part of the US’ Chinese Containment Plans
Coffee Break: Scientists and the Growth Economy, Sternly Worded Letters, Scientist Runs Afoul of RFKJr, Timothy Snyder with the Editor of Science, and Wither Food
Michael Hudson: US Designs on Iran and the Trump-Xi Summit
Iran War: Economic Pressures Rise and Bond Market Jitters Increase as Gulf States Rebel, Constraining Trump Even More
Iran War: More Speculation that US Will Restart War, Along with Possible UAE Operation Against Key Iran Island, Big Explosion at Israel Weapons Factory; Yet More on Imminent Real Economy Damage
Interpreting Lavrov’s Proposal That India Mediate Between Iran & The Gulf Kingdoms
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Dersu Uzala (1975) Run Time: 2H 21M Bonus: Bizarre New Band!
Breaking: Ukraine Fires Hundreds of Drones at Moscow
Trump Admin Claims of Cuban Plans for Drone Attacks Denounced as ‘Ludicrous Pretext’ for War
Covid and Public Health Establishment Work Together to Make Next Pandemic More Likely
Iran War: Trumps Makes New Threat as Buildup Continues; Middle East Data Centers, Key to US Military, at Risk; More Recognition of Risk of Shortages Like Impact of Scarce Diesel
Macroeconomics of Tariffs with Global Production and Finance Networks
Coffee Break: Primaries, Redistricting Reveal American Political Fault Lines
Seasonal Patterns That Farmers Trusted for Generations Have Suddenly Turned Unpredictable
US-Israeli Plan to Neo-Colonise Latin America Hits Resistance in Bolivia
Iran War: Trump’s Latest TACO on Iran Strike Pits Gulf States Against Israel; Bond Market Tremors Add to Hard-to-Deny Signs of Economic Stress
Are People Just “Lower-Value Human Capital”?
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Ukraine Drone Escalation Peril
Michael Hudson Warns: Imminent Economic Catastrophe – War, Oil Crisis & Bond Market Panic
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act and Medical Education in These United States
Iran War: US Experts and Iran Still Expect Major Attack; Wall Street Journal Debunks Trump Claim of Gulf State Intervention; Bond Rout Intensifies
Why Public Policy’s Core Value Should Be Equality
Coffee Break: AIPAC Wins in Kentucky, Loses in Pennsylvania
Norway Wants To Lead a “Viking Bloc” for Containing Russia in Northern Europe
Satyajit Das: The Global Economy – A Very Uncertain Future!
Iran War: Trump-Netanyahu Dust-Up Over Negotiations – Bona Fide or Deception? Oil Speculators Cheer Three Supertankers Leaving Gulf, as Continued Bond and Financial Market Decline Seems Likely
Establishment Democrats Still Don’t Get Why They Lost in 2024
Holiday Coverage Note
Climate Denier Group Pushes States to Embrace Coal Power for Data Centers
The US Just Went Full Orwellian on Cuba and Argentina
Iran War: Quelle Surprise! Vanishingly Unlikely “Deal” Visibly Falling Apart as US Consumer Spending Crumbling