Monthly Archives: June 2025

June 26, 2025

• The Israel–Iran Conflict Tests “America First” and Redefines ‘Auctoritas’
  by Curro Jimenez 2:00 pm

• Tallying the Costs to Israel of Its Failed Iran Regime Change Operation
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• Satyajit Das: Middle East Trajectories – Implications for the Region and Energy Markets
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• A Possible Connection Between Mental Illness and Diet
  by Yves Smith 3:47 am

• Why the US and the WTO Should Part Ways
  by Yves Smith 1:11 am

June 25, 2025

• Coffee Break: Is Mamdani’s Win Over Cuomo The End of Democratic Party Neoliberalism?
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• US Shale Can’t Scale If No One’s Left to Work It
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• ‘Looking Backwards’ and Forward: How Democrats Who Voted for Iraq Cashed In and How It Ensured the Rise of the Imperial Uniparty
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Rob Urie: Why Did the US Attack Iran?
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• Gen. Michael Kurilla and the Pivot to Asia
  by Yves Smith 12:53 am

June 24, 2025

• Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Circular Error Probability
  by Haig Hovaness 2:00 pm

• Downgrading Uncle Sam, Not America
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• Israel Orders Attack on Iran After Iran Allegedly Violated Ceasefire It Never Agreed To
  by Yves Smith 6:52 am

• Javier Milei’s Controversial “Memorandum of Understanding” With Israel
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• On the Accelerating Decline in US Medical Training, and With It, Doctor Competence
  by Yves Smith 3:08 am

June 23, 2025

• Coffee Break: Nihilists at Google Wrecking Existing Business to Chase AI Growth
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• Trump Backfire: How the 2018/19 US Tariffs Against China Boosted Exports and Employment in Mexico
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/23/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Breaking: Fordow Attacked Again; Trump Talks Up Regime Change, Brays About Iran Nuclear Site Success as Israel Taking Increasing Toll from Attacks, Iran Puts Pieces in Place for Strait of Hormuz Closure; UPDATE: Iran Media Claims Attack on US Base in Syria
  by Yves Smith 6:45 am

• Proxy Fighters in the Fog of War
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• At Antarctica’s Midwinter, a Look Back at the Frozen Continent’s Long History of Dark Behavior
  by Conor Gallagher 4:00 am

June 22, 2025

• Links 6/22/2025
  by Haig Hovaness 6:55 am

• The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: In The Soup (1992) Run Time: 1H 33M
  by semper loquitur 6:30 am

• The Senate GOP’s Great Western Land Heist
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• US Attacks Iran: Start of a Long War? Update: Iran Parliament Votes to Close Strait of Hormuz
  by Yves Smith 1:43 am

June 21, 2025

• Links 6/21/2025
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson: Why America Is at War with Iran
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• NATO’s Procurement Corruption Scandal Might Delay Its Rapid Militarization Plans
  by Yves Smith 1:05 am

June 20, 2025

• Coffee Break: Healthcare and the State of Science, Plus Baseball and Abundance
  by KLG 2:00 pm

• ICE’s Rap Sheet Grows With Continuing Defiance of Congressional Oversight at Facilities, Attempt to Write Its Own Rules
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• Christine Lagarde’s Delusions of Grandeur(o)
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• What if MAGA Has a Point About Science?
  by Yves Smith 3:23 am

• The US Is Taxing the World’s Poorest — and Is Disguising It as Regulation
  by Yves Smith 1:08 am

June 19, 2025

• Nihilism is at the Core of the Israel-Iran Conflict — Not Nuclear Weapons
  by Curro Jimenez 2:00 pm

• Trump Reportedly Greenlights Plan for US Attack on Iran Without Congressional Approval
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/19/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Will Iran Actually Close the Strait of Hormuz? Eni CEO Weighs In
  by Yves Smith 3:00 am

• Via the False Claims Act, NIH Creates Another Weapon for Ideological Enforcement at Universities
  by Yves Smith 2:03 am

• What’s Next for Capitalism — Reinvention or Authoritarian Rule?
  by Yves Smith 1:41 am

June 18, 2025

• Coffee Break: Texas Is the MAGA vs RINO Frontline
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• The Economic Consequences of the Second Trump Administration: A Preliminary Assessment
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/18/2025
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• The Ancients: What Can They Teach Us About Our World and How to Live in It?
  by KLG 6:50 am

• Rob Urie: As Goes Iran, So Goes Humanity
  by Yves Smith 6:05 am

• Plans for More Intense Censorship if US Joins Israel Attack on Iran?
  by Yves Smith 3:10 am

June 17, 2025

• Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Israel’s Ominous Future
  by Haig Hovaness 2:00 pm

• Laith Marouf on Iran’s Escalatory Path and Its Expectations of a Long War
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/17/2025
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Welcome to Peak Palantir
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Generative AI in Universities: Grades Up, Signals Down, Skills in Flux
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• ‘Not Accountable to Anyone’: As Insurers Issue Denials, Some Patients Run Out of Options
  by Yves Smith 4:03 am

June 16, 2025

• Coffee Break: 2025 New York Mayoral Primary, Mamdani Vs. Cuomo
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• Links 6/16/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Does TACO Have Predictive Value? Pressures on Trump With Respect to Joining Israel in its Iran War
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• What’s the Vision for the Middle East if Iran Falls?
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Inside Bolsonarists’ Campaign to Impose US Sanctions on Brazilian Judges
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• The Economics of Undyed Hair Roots
  by Yves Smith 3:06 am

June 15, 2025

• Links 6/15/2025
  by Haig Hovaness 6:55 am

• The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Sorcerer (1977) Run Time: 1H 58M
  by semper loquitur 6:30 am

• Believe It or Not, There Was a Time When the US Government Built Beautiful Homes for Working-Class Americans to Deal With a Housing Crisis
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

June 14, 2025

• Links 6/14/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Forcible Removal of US Sen. Alex Padilla Signals a Dangerous Shift in American Democracy
  by Yves Smith 3:39 am

• Those Who Would Be King
  by Yves Smith 2:25 am

June 13, 2025

• Coffee Break: The Future and Follies of Science and AI as Automation, for Better or Worse
  by KLG 2:00 pm

• Yanis Varoufakis: The Economics of Europe’s Descent into Warmongering
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• Is A Soft Coup Brewing in Colombia, the US’ Long-Time “Israel of Latin America”?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Israel Launches Attacks Against Iran; Iran Begins Retaliation
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• Kennedy’s HHS Sent Congress ‘Junk Science’ To Defend Vaccine Changes, Experts Say
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

June 12, 2025

• Gaza: The Sacrificial Ram on Capital’s New Altar
  by Curro Jimenez 2:00 pm

• Climate Adaptation and Inequality: Lessons from Cape Town’s Drought
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/12/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:45 am

• Rob Urie: Why Retaliation Rhymes with Negotiation, US – Russia Edition
  by Yves Smith 6:33 am

• Satyajit Das: A Fist Full of Dollars
  by Yves Smith 5:00 am

• “Is All Economic Growth Good?”
  by Yves Smith 3:31 am

June 11, 2025

• Coffee Break: Trump Deploys National Guard to LA
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• The Projected Death Count from Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/11/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• How the ICE Raids and Crackdowns on Anti-Genocide Speech Are A Threat to All American Workers
  by Conor Gallagher 6:50 am

• “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling”: Why Are Young Men Giving Up on Sex?
  by Yves Smith 6:31 am

• Do AI Models Think?
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

June 10, 2025

• Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Implausible Deniability and the Deep State
  by Haig Hovaness 2:00 pm

• “Is the US on the Path to Becoming a Failed State?”
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/10/2025
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• A New Gold Rush Is Causing (Potentially) Irreversible Damage to the Amazon Rainforest, Study Warns
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• The 2025 Trade War: Dynamic Impacts Across US States and the Global Economy
  by Yves Smith 5:50 am

• “Trump Administration Closes In on Hard-Hitting Sanctions on Russia”
  by Yves Smith 4:55 am

June 9, 2025

• Coffee Break: Trump vs. Musk Omnibus
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• China’s Rare Earths Weapon Could Kill Europe’s Auto Industry
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/9/2025
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Trump Administration Violating Yet More Individual Rights in Escalation Over ICE Raid Protests in Los Angeles
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Are US Talks With Moscow and Tehran Just Propaganda in the Destabilization Campaigns?
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• The Threat From Extreme Centrists
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

June 8, 2025

• Links 6/8/2025
  by Haig Hovaness 6:55 am

• The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Shadowlands (1993) Run Time: 2H 11M
  by semper loquitur 6:30 am

• Your Smartphone Is a Parasite, According To Evolution
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

June 7, 2025

• Links 6/7/2025
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson: Trump’s Contradiction-Riddled Strategy to Preserve US Hegemony
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• How Tourism Pushed Barcelona to Breaking Point, and How Social Movements Are Fighting Back
  by Yves Smith 6:26 am

June 6, 2025

• Announcing New Coffee Break Writers!
  by Yves Smith 5:48 pm

• Coffee Break: Working Class Life in 17th-Century Italy, Science in Decline, AI and Scientific Understanding, and Neanderthal Art
  by KLG 2:00 pm

• Golden Dome Dangers: How Trump’s Scheme Threatens to Make the US Less Safe
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• China’s Quiet Rapprochement With Israel
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Satyajit Das: Lessons from Japan’s Massive Debt Hangover
  by Yves Smith 3:10 am

• Yanis Varoufakis: In the EU Nothing Succeeds Like Gross Failure: The Astonishing Case of Ursula von der Leyen
  by Yves Smith 2:16 am

June 5, 2025

• John Helmer: Putin Hits Pause Button on Oreshnik-Level Retaliation for Ukraine Strike on Russian Nuclear Deterrence Assets
  by Yves Smith 11:36 am

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

• A Culture War is Brewing Over Moral Concern for AI
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Like China, a Mexico Tariffs Own Goal: US Dependence on Mexico Energy Trade Means “Those Tariffs Never Stood a Chance”?
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

• Rajiv Sethi: American Leadership in Higher Education Is Being Lost for Good, to China’s Benefit
  by Yves Smith 3:18 am

June 4, 2025

• Plastic Mulch Promised Better Harvests. It May Be Hurting the Soil Instead.
  by Yves Smith 10:01 am

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

• MAHA Influencers, the Future of Public Health, and Longings for Immortality
  by KLG 6:54 am

• Rob Urie: What Do the Western Drone Attacks Mean for US – Russia Relations?
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Continues Assault on Obamacare
  by Yves Smith 5:05 am

June 3, 2025

• Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Ukraine War Report
  by Haig Hovaness 2:00 pm

• ‘Another Aid Massacre’: Israeli Military Kills Dozens More Near Privatized Gaza Food Site
  by Yves Smith 10:15 am

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

• Larry Wilkerson: “We’re Looking at Nuclear War”
  by Yves Smith 6:57 am

• Iron Rivers Everywhere: How US Arms Smuggling Is Fuelling Violence in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Tariff Turmoil and the Money Markets: Yet Another Rescue Coming
  by Yves Smith 5:01 am

June 2, 2025

• “Germany Steps Up to Replace ‘Unreliable’ US as Guarantor of European Security”
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• ‘Freedom Cities’ and Our Tech Overlords’ Visions for the Future
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Elon Musk’s Government Legacy Was Enacting Project 2025. His Ties Go Back Years
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• Richard Murphy Gets ChatGPT to Describe How It Inherently Makes Shit Up
  by Yves Smith 5:30 am

• Book Review: A Single Street as a Parable for Global Warming
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

June 1, 2025

• Ukraine Engages in Massive Escalation Against Russia on Eve of Talks; Smuggled in Drone Hit Airbases; Claims of 40 Bombers Destroyed
  by Yves Smith 12:27 pm

• Links 6/1/2025
  by Haig Hovaness 6:55 am

• The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Fantastic Planet (1973) Run Time: 1H 11M
  by semper loquitur 6:30 am

• Senator Demands Tyson Child Labor Probe. Trump’s Cuts to DOL Could Make That Difficult.
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am