Monthly Archives: July 2026

July 28, 2026

• French Climate Lawsuit Offers a Window into the Next Round of the Global Legal Fight
  by Yves Smith 12:37 pm

• Marx and Nature: Why a Socialist Transformation Cannot Ignore the Transformation of Human Relations with Nature
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/28/2026
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Iran War: Despite Serious Damage to Saudi Oil Infrastructure and No Settlement in Sight, Oil Prices Drop; Netanyahu to Talk War with Trump
  by Yves Smith 6:57 am

• Why Is Javier Milei Trying to Sabotage Argentina’s Relations With Its Biggest Trade Partner, Brazil?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Social Security and the Vanishing Paycheck
  by Yves Smith 3:24 am

July 27, 2026

• Coffee Break: Dem Establishment Resorts to Racial Divide & Conquer in Michigan
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• The AI Race With China Is a Lie Told by Big Tech to Justify the Data Center Invasion
  by Conor Gallagher 9:55 am

• Links 7/27/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:58 am

• Iran War: Trump Dithers as Strait of Hormuz Damage Compounds; Ansar Allah-Saudi Conflict Spirals, Adding to Economic Harm; Iran Threatens Retaliation Against Ukraine
  by Yves Smith 6:42 am

• As New Era of Global Conflict Rages, Climate Change Turns the Prizes to Dust 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Michael Hudson: The U.S. Plan to Revive Geoeconomic Dominance
  by Yves Smith 2:29 am

July 26, 2026

• Links 7/26/2026
  by Haig Hovaness 6:55 am

• The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Cwal AKA At Full Gallop (1996) Run Time: 1H 44M Plus Bonuses!
  by semper loquitur 6:30 am

• How Anti-Worker Lawmakers Are Trying to Muzzle Voters
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

July 25, 2026

• Links 7/25/2026
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Humanity and Nature Through Social Production: Marx’s Materialism Unfolded from Epicurus
  by Yves Smith 3:09 am

• How Technology Is Rewriting the Way We Write
  by Yves Smith 2:23 am

July 24, 2026

• Coffee Break: Longevity, Quackitude, a Supplement that Works, and a Short Meditation on Orthodoxy
  by KLG 2:00 pm

• Could a Crash Halve Stock Prices?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/24/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:58 am

• Marco Rubio’s Supersized Reboot of Operation Condor
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Iran War: Trump Threatens More Intense Attacks as Advisors Push for Humanitarian Crisis by Hitting Food and Water Stores; Oil Rises to Over $100 a Barrel; Iran Warns UK; Trump Retrades Saudi Nuclear Deal with Abraham Accord Requirement
  by Yves Smith 5:16 am

• Pakistan’s US-Iranian Mediation Services Were Just a Bid To Get a Multibillion-Dollar Bailout
  by Yves Smith 1:33 am

July 23, 2026

• “Islamist Extremism” Has Been Defeated; a New (Old) Foe Is Needed: “Left-Wing Political Terrorism”
  by Curro Jimenez 2:00 pm

• The Kansas Community Fighting Data Centers Before They Arrive
  by Yves Smith 10:22 am

• Links 7/23/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:58 am

• Iran War: Trump and Iran Exchange More Threats; Oil at $98 After Ansar Allah Tanker Strikes; House Passes $1.15 Trillion NDAA with Israel “Merger”; Trump Signs Saudi Nuclear Deal
  by Yves Smith 5:13 am

• The Global Food Crisis
  by Yves Smith 2:57 am

• Satyajit Das: Book Essay: “At the Risk of Being Pedantic…?”
  by Yves Smith 1:12 am

July 22, 2026

• Coffee Break: Oracle’s Exploding Debt and Plumeting Stock Price Threaten Paramount Media Empire?
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• Latest Chapter in Long-Running Kentucky Retirement Systems Case: Attorney General, Acting on Behalf of Private Equity Kingpins, Throws Legal Mud at Wall to See if Enough Will Stick to Confuse Judge Wingate
  by Yves Smith 11:05 am

• Links 7/22/2026
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Iran War: Iran Rumored to Be Readying Big Attacks as Trump Vows More Escalation and Rubio Disses Talks; Brent Rises to $94 a Barrel as Hormuz Transits Fall, Ships Turn Away from Bab el-Mandeb; Hegseth Fried in Iran Hearings
  by Yves Smith 6:57 am

• Why Is NATO Attacking ExxonMobil and Chevron Infrastructure in the Black Sea? 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Yanis Varoufakis: An Athenian View of America’s Democracy
  by Yves Smith 4:08 am

July 21, 2026

• Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Two Faces of Starlink
  by Haig Hovaness 2:00 pm

• More Testosterone Won’t Make a Better Soldier or a Tougher Man – Aggression and Strength Drive T Levels, Not the Other Way Around
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/21/2026
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Iran War: Washington Post, Telegraph Confirm US Inability to Sustain War; Ansar Allah Closes Bab el-Mandeb Amid Reports of MBS Dethronement; Possibility of Nuclear Attack on Pickaxe Mountain
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• The US Escalates Its Assault on Brazil’s Free-to-Use (for Citizens and Micro Businesses) Digital Payments System
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Turkiye Is Poised To Open Up A New Containment Front Against Russia in the Black Sea
  by Yves Smith 4:16 am

July 20, 2026

• Coffee Break: The Worst People on Earth Have Big Plans for Us All
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• Europe’s Heatwave Is Becoming an Energy Crisis
  by Conor Gallagher 9:55 am

• Links 7/20/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:58 am

• Iran War: Brief US Pause Followed by Renewed Strikes as Iran Intensifies Attacks on Bases and Kuwait Desalination; Continued Speculation About US Operation
  by Yves Smith 6:07 am

• American Oligarchs Sell the Ground Out From Underneath Their Own Feet
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Dangerous and Historic Wildfire Smoke Pollution Event Engulfs the U.S. and Canada
  by Yves Smith 1:12 am

July 19, 2026

• Links 7/19/2026
  by Haig Hovaness 6:55 am

• The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Ítélet AKA Judgement (1970) Run Time 1H 31M Plus Bonuses!
  by semper loquitur 6:30 am

• What Science Loses When T. Rex Becomes a Trophy
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

July 18, 2026

• Links 7/18/2026
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Michael Hudson with Radhika Desai: We’re Headed for a Depression Worse Than 2008
  by Yves Smith 5:00 am

• Albania’s Flamingo Revolution Tests the New Western Order
  by Yves Smith 1:40 am

July 17, 2026

• Coffee Break: Health Care Digest
  by KLG 2:00 pm

• Links 7/17/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:59 am

• As Argentina Celebrates World Cup Revenge Over England, Milei Is Trying to Literally Auction Off the Country
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Iran War: US Sixth Wave of Escalation Strikes Hits Bridges, Civilian Infrastructure, More Promised Next Week; Iran Hits Bahrain Refinery, Signaling Ability to Destroy Gulf Energy Assets; Closure of Bab el-Mandeb Strait Expected
  by Yves Smith 5:18 am

• Rob Urie: No Path Forward, No Way Back, Imperial Decline Edition
  by Yves Smith 4:52 am

• How Apocalyptic Worldviews Are Moving from the Fringes to the Corridors of Power
  by Yves Smith 1:34 am

July 16, 2026

• How Did We Get Stuck?
  by Curro Jimenez 2:00 pm

• Big Money and the Maine Election: Round 2
  by Yves Smith 10:05 am

• Links 7/16/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:58 am

• Iran War: Strait of Hormuz Traffic Falls as Trump Threatens Infrastructure Strikes; Iran Alleges $9 Billion of Witkoff/Kushner Profits from Negotiation Intel, Demands Cut
  by Yves Smith 5:15 am

• Satyajit Das: Déjà Vu All Over Again! Are Stock Markets Repeating Dot.com Mistakes?
  by Yves Smith 3:50 am

• Senators and Representatives Block $1.15 Trillion Pentagon Bill Over Trump’s Illegal Iran War, Israel Integration
  by Yves Smith 1:11 am

July 15, 2026

• Coffee Break: Texas Gets Trampled by Trump’s DHS
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• Should BRICS+ Lead the Global South?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/15/2026
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Iran War: Trump TACOs on Strait of Hormuz Fee as Blockade Starts but Again Threatens to Attack Iran Energy and Critical Infrastructure as Iran Warns of Closure of Bab el-Mandeb, Destruction of Gulf State Energy Production
  by Yves Smith 6:57 am

• The Peculiar Notion of “Free Stuff” in Modern American Society
  by KLG 6:45 am

• Hochul Temporarily Bans New Data Centers in NY Amid Scrutiny of Climate Impacts
  by Yves Smith 2:35 am

July 14, 2026

• Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Peace Power and Arms Control
  by Haig Hovaness 2:00 pm

• Knee Pain? Ragged Cartilage? Research Suggests Surgery’s Not the Best Answer
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/14/2026
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Iran War: Trump Lashes Himself to Strait of Hormuz Mast With Renewed Blockade, Intensified Attacks on Iran; Oil Crunch Worsens as Iran Halt Fujairah Shipments, Houthis Threaten to Close Bab el-Mandeb
  by Yves Smith 6:57 am

• Will the Bank of England Ever Give Venezuela Back Its Gold?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• On the US-EU Productivity Debate: James Galbraith Responds to Paul Krugman
  by Yves Smith 4:28 am

July 13, 2026

• Coffee Break: Will the Trump Admin Make OpenAI Its Lucky 31st Investment and Bailout Softbank?
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• Trapped at Home: Climate Stress Is More Likely to Immobilize the Poor Than to Move Them
  by Yves Smith 9:58 am

• The Case of the (France-Sized) Missing Antarctic Ice
  by Conor Gallagher 9:35 am

• Links 7/13/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:58 am

• Iran War: What Happens When the US Hits the Limits of Escalation Options?
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Lindsey Graham Bites the Dust 
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

July 12, 2026

• Links 7/12/2026
  by Haig Hovaness 6:55 am

• The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Hószakadás AKA Snowfall (1974) Run Time: 1H 33M Plus Anil Seth On Why AI Is Not Conscious Plus Bonuses!
  by semper loquitur 6:30 am

• Machine Gun-Toting Israeli Settlers Detain Ro Khanna During Trip to Occupied West Bank
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• Iran War: Iran Rejects Trump 24 Hour Ultimatum; US Launches Intense Attacks With Kuwait and Bahrain; Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz, Starts Counter-Strikes; Rumors of Mining of Oman Channel
  by Yves Smith 3:26 am

July 11, 2026

• Links 7/11/2026
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Graham Platner Affair
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• How Stories Change the Human Brain, Empathy, Memory, and Behavior
  by Yves Smith 6:45 am

July 10, 2026

• Coffee Break: More on American Science, Thomas Jefferson and AI, and Natural History for the Ages
  by KLG 2:00 pm

• Cloudflare Threatens to Cut Google Off From Their Publishers in Searches Due to AI Scraping
  by Yves Smith 10:03 am

• Links 7/10/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:59 am

• Iran War: Conflicting Reports on Momentary Pause – Restart of Talks or Iran Readying Big Strike? Russia Diesel Export Halt and Qatar LNG Pullback Increase Energy Pressure
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Europe’s Gathering Backlash Against Palantir Hits NATO Resistance
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• AI Investment Mania Has Begun to Percolate Through the Economy, and the Fed Has Begun to Fret About the Effects
  by Yves Smith 2:00 am

July 9, 2026

• How Winning Became the Shared Ethos of the US Oligarchy
  by Curro Jimenez 2:00 pm

• How Unions Pave the Way to the American Dream
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/9/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:58 am

• Iran War: US and Iran Continue Escalation With New Exchange of Harsher Strikes; Iran Options Include Closing Strait of Hormuz
  by Yves Smith 4:55 am

• Greenspan Ran the Fed for 18 Years and Left an Economic Time Bomb
  by Yves Smith 4:29 am

• Culture Is the Far Right’s Secret Weapon – and It’s Winning Over Some of Europe’s Most Educated Youth
  by Yves Smith 2:04 am

July 8, 2026

• Coffee Break: The Machine Gets Its Man in Maine
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• Fire Any Financial Advisor Who Tells You to Utilize a Trump Account
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/8/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:59 am

• Iran War: Trump Declares MOU Over After Biggest US-Iran Exchange of Strikes Since Signing in Struggle Over Strait of Hormuz Control; US Suspends Iran Oil Sanction Waiver
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• A Bang or a Whimper? Comparing Imperial Collapse in the US to the UK’s Decline
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• A Super El Niño Is Coming: 5 Hard‑Won Lessons the World Can Learn From Africa
  by Yves Smith 2:46 am

July 7, 2026

• Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – From Spy Satellites to Peace Satellites
  by Haig Hovaness 2:00 pm

• How the Lack of Housing Affordability Harms Europe’s Citizens
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/7/2026
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Iran War: Expected Hardening of Iran Posture in Wake of Funerals for US-Israel War Martyrs; Iran Hits Two Tankers Transiting on Oman Side; China Buying Non-Iran Gulf State Oil, Opposes Iran Control Plans; Yet More on Oil Price Anomalies as Crack Spreads Widen Further
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• The Day Trump and the Epstein Class Nearly Broke the FIFA World Cup
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• The Colorado River Crisis Is Reaching a Breaking Point
  by Yves Smith 3:04 am

July 6, 2026

• Coffee Break: The Fake Progressive Lane Closes in Michigan Senate Primary
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• The Spectacular Regrowth of New England’s Forests
  by Conor Gallagher 9:55 am

• Links 7/6/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:57 am

• The Hypersociality Hypothesis
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Is the U.S. Preparing to Ramp Up the Dirty Wars Against China? 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:53 am

• Iran War: Iran Stance Hardening in Connection with Funerals for Supreme Leader and Other Martyrs; Strait of Hormuz Dominance Struggle Continues; More on Oil Price Anomalies
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

July 5, 2026

• Links 7/5/2026
  by Haig Hovaness 6:55 am

• The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Into Great Silence (2005) Run Time: 1H 6M Plus Bonuses!
  by semper loquitur 6:30 am

• Russia Exposed Ukraine’s New Three-Pronged Infowar Campaign About The Battlefield
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

July 4, 2026

• Links 7/4/2026
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson: How US Slave Interests Stifled US Monetary and Banking Policy Until 1913
  by Yves Smith 4:03 am

• Why AI Doesn’t Think, Cannot Reason, Isn’t Intelligent and Will Never Achieve Consciousness
  by Yves Smith 3:37 am

July 3, 2026

• Coffee Break: Apathetic Americans, Science Agonistes, and Cool Science
  by KLG 2:00 pm

• Links 7/3/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• The UK’s Latest “Debanking” Scandal Should Give Everyone Pause
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Iran War: Philip Pilkington, Nate Wade Debunk Oil Cliff Hopium; Pilkington Explains Prices Derived from Crack Spreads are $100 to $115 a Barrel; US Declares Fertilizer Emergency
  by Yves Smith 5:30 am

• Living in a Ghost Town: The Geography of Depopulation and Aging
  by Yves Smith 1:50 am

July 2, 2026

• Do Muslims Want Sharia Law in the West?
  by Curro Jimenez 2:00 pm

• Links 7/2/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Iran War: Vance Confirms Plan to Use “Deal” as Minsk-Type Pause to Restock Fuel (and Arms); US Ostentatiously Failing to Implement MOU, Seeking to Isolate Iran Over Strait of Hormuz Control
  by Yves Smith 5:42 am

• Supreme Court Denies Pork Industry Appeal of Animal Welfare Law
  by Yves Smith 2:41 am

• When Trust in Official Statistics Declines
  by Yves Smith 1:09 am

July 1, 2026

• Coffee Break: Tawdry Trump Gang Corruption Wave Cresting?
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• Most EU Citizens Support Economic Growth Even Though Climate Experts Question Its Role
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/1/2026
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Iran War: Iran Disses Witkoff and Kushner in Doha but Does Not Get $6 Billion in Frozen Assets; Strait of Hormuz Traffic Sub-Par but Continues on Oman Side as Talks Over Future Management Continue
  by Yves Smith 6:57 am

• Progress in Understanding Early-Onset Cancers?
  by KLG 6:45 am

• Big Money, the Maine Senate Race and US Party Competition: A Tale in Two Pictures
  by Yves Smith 5:01 am