Monthly Archives: March 2025

March 31, 2025

• Coffee Break: Across the Pond and the Online Safety Act
  by Kevin Kirk 2:00 pm

• Trump Executive Order Calls for End of Paper Checks for Taxpayer and Government Payments by Sept. 30; Industry Official Snort About Deadline; What About User Payment Charges?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/31/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Will Trump Deliver on His Threat of Taking Military Action Against Iran?
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Satyajit Das: European Mirages – Why Crises and Decline Lies Ahead
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Cuts to Science Research Funding Cut American Lives Short − Federal Support Is Essential for Medical Breakthroughs
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• What Is Trump’s Grand Plan?
  by Yves Smith 3:20 am

March 30, 2025

• Links 3/30/2025
  by Haig Hovaness 6:55 am

• Increasing Alignment Between the US and Türkiye Means Trouble
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Trump and Musk Are Making It Harder for the IRS to Catch Wealthy Tax Cheats
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

March 29, 2025

• Links 3/29/2025
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Book Review: The Dazzling Complexity of the Polar Realm
  by Yves Smith 6:28 am

• How Worker-Owned News Outlets Are Changing the Media Industry
  by Yves Smith 6:07 am

March 28, 2025

• Coffee Break: Covid Denialism Is Not a Cure; Updates on the War on Cancer and Medicare
  by KLG 2:00 pm

• The Next American Constitution
  by Yves Smith 10:21 am

• As AI’s Power Grows, So Does Our Workday
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/28/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Banks and Payment Card Companies Form a Discount Cartel to Take Down Cash in “Cash-Addicted” Germany
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Explosive New Book Argues Facebook Is a Global Engine of Harm and Corruption. Is Reform Possible?
  by Yves Smith 3:24 am

March 27, 2025

• AI Robot Pets Can Be Adorable and Emotionally Responsive. They Also Raise Questions About Attachment and Mental Health
  by Yves Smith 10:39 am

• Links 3/27/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Payday Loan Apps Cost New Yorkers $500 Million Plus, New Study Estimates
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• House Speaker Johnson Threatens to Defund Federal Courts
  by Yves Smith 3:16 am

• Ukraine Rare Earths Deal Is Nonsense To Mining Experts
  by Yves Smith 2:45 am

March 26, 2025

• Russia-US Negotiations: Trump Criticism Follows the Bad Sign of the Lack of a Joint Statement After Last Round and the Iran Angle
  by Yves Smith 11:21 am

• Links 3/26/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Biomedical Research, Its Funding and Its Practice: Where Do We Go from Here?
  by KLG 6:54 am

• Yanis Varoufakis: Crypto’s Role in Trump’s Economic Masterplan (With Special Emphasis on Stablecoins)
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• Extreme Heat, Hospital Crowding, and the Hidden Health Costs of Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 5:01 am

March 25, 2025

• Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Missile Defense Pretense
  by Haig Hovaness 2:00 pm

• Trump’s Desire to ‘Un-Unite’ Russia and China Is Unlikely to Work – In Fact, It Could Well Backfire
  by Yves Smith 10:01 am

• Links 3/25/2025
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Five Reasons Why Euro Area Citizens Should Be Terrified By the ECB’s (Apparently) Fast Approaching Digital Euro
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• The Dark Enlightenment: The Tech Oligarch Ideology Driving DOGE’s Destruction
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• Putin’s Senior Aide Patrushev Shared Some Updates About the Arctic & Baltic Fronts
  by Yves Smith 5:50 am

March 24, 2025

• Coffee Break: Across the Pond – Even the Best Laid EU Plans…
  by Kevin Kirk 2:00 pm

• The Colorado Psychedelic Mushroom Experiment Has Arrived
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/24/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Satyajit Das: DOGE – The Accelerant in American Decline
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• When Will Courts Start Using Contempt Power To Stop Trump Administration Procedural and Constitutional Abuses?
  by Yves Smith 6:45 am

• ‘Quiet Panic’ as National Rental Assistance Program Set to Run Out of Cash
  by Conor Gallagher 4:00 am

March 23, 2025

• Links 3/23/2025
  by Haig Hovaness 6:55 am

• The Middle East Logistics Wars 
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• The Little-Known ‘Supreme Court Justices’ Who Decide Your Electricity Rates
  by Conor Gallagher 4:00 am

March 22, 2025

• Links 3/22/2025
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Trump Trying to Retrade Minerals Deal with Ukraine
  by Yves Smith 6:47 am

• Digital imperialism: How US Social Media Firms Are Using American Law to Challenge Global Tech Regulation
  by Yves Smith 6:16 am

March 21, 2025

• Coffee Break: End-of-the-Week Thoughts on Science and Other Matters Arising
  by KLG 2:00 pm

• Medicine Is Under-Politicised in the UK
  by Yves Smith 9:58 am

• Links 3/21/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Moody’s Heaps Further Pressure on Mexico’s Economy by Changing Outlook of Banking System to Negative
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Judge Blocks DOGE ‘Fishing Expedition’ in Sensitive Social Security Data Systems
  by Yves Smith 3:28 am

• The Structural Transformation of the Public Space: High Street Changes and Populism
  by Yves Smith 2:53 am

March 20, 2025

• Fed Not Buying Trump Administration Economic Snake Oil but Stands Largely Pat While Depicting Higher Inflation, Lower Growth Prospects
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/20/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Replacing Foreign Aid: A Macroeconomic Plan B for Ukraine (and Europe)
  by Yves Smith 6:26 am

• How an Israeli-US Startup Wants to Make Geoengineering Profitable
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• Is the Endgame with Iran About to Begin?
  by Yves Smith 2:38 am

March 19, 2025

• Will Russia Expand Its Ground Campaign Into Sumy, Dniepropetrovsk, and/or Kharkov Regions?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/19/2025
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• A Strange “Peace” in the South Caucasus and the Encirclement of Iran
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• More on Trump Defiance of Court in Venezuela Deportation Case
  by Yves Smith 4:07 am

• More IDF Depravity: Use of Palestinians as Human Shields
  by Yves Smith 2:08 am

March 18, 2025

• Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Last Dreadnoughts
  by Haig Hovaness 2:00 pm

• New York’s Economy Teeters on a Precipice
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/18/2025
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Caribbean Countries Blast US Plans to Sanction Cuban Medical Missions Around the World
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• IM Doc: Report from Flyover on the Democratic Party’s Self Destruction
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• Income, Wealth, and Environmental Inequality in the US
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

March 17, 2025

• Coffee Break: Across the Pond – Europe on the Brink
  by Kevin Kirk 2:00 pm

• The Far-Right and the Crypto Scam
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/17/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Why the EU Is Failing
  by Kevin Kirk 6:50 am

• DOGE Going Dark as Evidence of Fabrications, Destructive Results and Citizen Anger Rises
  by Yves Smith 6:49 am

• Heritage Foundation and Allies Discuss Dismantling the EU
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• MAHA Three Card Monte? Decision to Axe Advisory Groups Could Spell Trouble for US Food Safety
  by Yves Smith 3:00 am

March 16, 2025

• Links 3/16/2025
  by Haig Hovaness 6:55 am

• Why Is the Trump Administration So Obsessed with Shipping Lanes?
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• When Algorithms Take the Field – Inside MLB’s Robo-Umping Experiment
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

March 15, 2025

• Links 3/15/2025: The Ides of March
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Book Review: How Our Digital Infatuation Undermines Discourse
  by Yves Smith 5:52 am

• Tightening the Screws: Columbia as Early Focus of Conservative Revenge on Universities
  by Yves Smith 5:37 am

March 14, 2025

• Coffee Break: End-of-the-Week Thoughts on Science and Other Matters Arising
  by KLG 2:00 pm

• Putin’s Nyet to US-Ukraine Ceasefire Scheme: More Than Meets the Western Eye?
  by Yves Smith 11:04 am

• Links 3/14/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Call Your Senators This Morning to Object to the Continuing Resolution That Will Enable Cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans Programs and More
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• Stablecoins vs CBDC — US and EU Are on Different Paths to the Same Destination: Programmable Money
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Leadership in the Senate: New Boss Same as the Old Boss?
  by Yves Smith 5:50 am

• The Price of Monopoly and Oligopoly Power: Why Rising Markups Hurt Innovation and Widen Inequality
  by Yves Smith 2:43 am

March 13, 2025

• Russian Negotiator Reiterates “Nyet” on Ceasefire Even Before US Emissary Steve Witkoff Arrives in Moscow
  by Yves Smith 11:42 am

• Links 3/13/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Business Press Suddenly and Widely Reporting Damage Done by Trump Economic Policies
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Neoliberalism and a Healthy Population Are Incompatible
  by Yves Smith 3:03 am

• Trump Tariffs Plunge Local NYC Businesses Into Uncertainty
  by Yves Smith 1:38 am

March 12, 2025

• So Much for Trump’s Peace Deal with Russia: US Backs Zelensky with Pre-Rejected-by-Russia Ceasefire Scheme
  by Yves Smith 10:55 am

• Links 3/12/2025
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Politico-Scientific Responses to the Current Pandemic: An Update Based on a Retrospective by Anthony Fauci and Gregory Folkers
  by KLG 6:54 am

• The Perceived Costs of Business Cycles and Inflation
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Trump’s Address to Congress, Lame Democrat Proposals, Highlight the Absence of Opposition
  by Yves Smith 4:44 am

March 11, 2025

• Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Rise of the Drones
  by Haig Hovaness 2:00 pm

• Labour Is Becoming the Enemy of the Vulnerable and the Disabled
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/11/2025
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• BlackRock’s Takeover of Panama Canal’s Two Main Ports Is First Major Victory for Trump’s “Americas First” Policy
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Under Trump, Social Security Resumes What It Once Called ‘Clawback Cruelty’
  by Yves Smith 4:30 am

• Charting the Uncharted: The (Un)intended Consequences of Oil Sanctions and Dark Shipping
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

March 10, 2025

• Coffee Break: Across the Pond
  by Kevin Kirk 2:00 pm

• DOGE: Chaos, Damage, Drama Not Enough to Cover the Stench of Corruption
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/10/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Elite Failure and the Collapse of the EU Project
  by Kevin Kirk 6:50 am

• Climate Change: Insuring the World of Tomorrow
  by Yves Smith 5:05 am

• Authorities Reject Georgescu’s Presidential Candidacy, Sparking Violence In Bucharest
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

March 9, 2025

• Links 3/9/2025
  by Haig Hovaness 6:55 am

• The Empire Rebrands: Foreign Policy Under Trump 2.0
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• ‘Dangerous Union-Busting’: Trump Rescinds Collective Bargaining for Air Safety Union
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

March 8, 2025

• Links 3/8/2025
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• How Trump’s $2B Court Battle Over Foreign Aid Could Reshape Executive Authority
  by Yves Smith 4:31 am

• How Scientists Can Adapt to a New Normal
  by Yves Smith 4:09 am

March 7, 2025

• Coffee Break: End-of-the-Week Thoughts on Science and Other Matters Arising
  by KLG 2:00 pm

• As US Markets Look a Bit Wobbly, the Press Looks for the Next Crisis in the Rear View Mirror
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Trump Presents the Gravest Threat to Social Security in Its 90-Year History
  by Yves Smith 8:12 am

• Links 3/7/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Are the Wheels Finally Beginning to Fall Off the Mileis’ Faux Libertarian Clown Bus?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• New Analysis from Economists for Ukraine: The Cost of US Aid to Ukraine Is Less Than Half the Official Figures
  by Yves Smith 3:38 am

March 6, 2025

• “A Generational Loss of Talent” – Scientist Warns Funding Cuts in Science, Tech, and Health Undermine U.S. Leadership
  by Yves Smith 10:55 am

• Links 3/6/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• France, Germany, & Poland Are Competing For Leadership Of Post-Conflict Europe
  by Yves Smith 5:29 am

• ‘We Know What It’s Like’: How Appalachian Towns Are Learning to Help Each Other After Floods
  by Yves Smith 2:06 am

• Where Did U.S. Public Health Go Wrong?
  by Yves Smith 12:29 am

March 5, 2025

• “Might the US Be About to Fall Off an Economic Cliff?”
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/5/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Checking In on the Democrats’ Search for the “Good Billionaires”
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• “SOTU” Reactions: Business Press Turning on Trump as Tariffs Whack Markets, Look Set to Increase Inflation, Approval Falls and Even Republicans Getting Restive
  by Yves Smith 5:58 am

• Capitalism in Decay
  by Yves Smith 12:29 am

March 4, 2025

• Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse
  by Haig Hovaness 2:00 pm

• New York Fed’s Measure of “Inflation Persistence” Nixes Friday’s Idea that YoY PCE Inflation Cooled, Using Same Data
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/4/2025
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Coca Cola: Made in Mexico, Apparently
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• The GENIUS Act: Setting the Stage for a Federal Bailout When Stablecoins Become Insolvent
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• Twilight of the Woke, or How to Historicize with a Hammer
  by Yves Smith 3:58 am

March 3, 2025

• Fifteen Songs About Airplanes and Flight
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 pm

• Coffee Break: Across the Pond
  by Kevin Kirk 2:00 pm

• Links 3/3/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• DOGE Taketh Away From the Many as Trump Pays Off Crypto Bros With New “Strategic” Fund, Above All, Crypto Czar David Sacks
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Woe to You Who Deprive the Poor of Their Rights
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• Jane D’Arista on How the Failure of Global Finance Is Systemic
  by Yves Smith 12:37 am

March 2, 2025

• Links 3/2/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• The Empire Rebrands
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Mass Terminations Have Cut USDA ‘Off at the Knees,’ Ex-employees Say
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

March 1, 2025

• Trump-Zelensky-Vance Blowup: Does Zelensky Regime End with a Bang, Not a Whimper?
  by Yves Smith 10:06 am

• Links 3/1/2025
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Trump and Wealth-Price Inflation: Still Running in the Background All the Time
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am