Coffee Break: Competence, Corruption and Control Limit Administrative Ambition
Does the corrupt Trump administration have the competence and control to impose its will?
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Coffee Break: Doomscrolling the Influencer Apocalypse
The influencer apocalypse triggered by the assassination of influencer Charlie Kirk is the biggest American moral panic since 2001, but the right-wing may not be able to control what has been unleashed.
Read more...Coffee Break: Silicon Valley Ideologies as a Lens for Viewing Current Events
Silicon Valley ideologies like transhumanism, effective altruism, and neoreaction drive the actions of billionaires like Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg.
Read more...Coffee Break: Trump’s Imperial Boomerang Gets Different Reactions in Chicago, D.C.
As Donald Trump threatens to hit Chicago with the imperial boomerang, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson fights back with an executive order that contrasts sharply with the actions taken by Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.
Read more...Coffee Break: Trump Family Grab Their Share of the Crypto, Gaza Take
Donald Trump’s family and key cabinet members are grifting it up and battling one another for power as stresses on the administration build.
Read more...Coffee Break: Gavin Newsom Weaponizes ‘Dark Woke’ Cringe Against Trump
California Governor Gavin Newsom is using a cringe-worthy “dark woke” approach to counter President Trump on social media that is getting positive poll results.
Read more...Coffee Break: The Political Blender Is Throwing Up Some Odd Alliances
In 2025 we are witnessing a political blender: the collapse of old political alliances and the emergence of new coalitions.
Read more...Coffee Break: The Abundance Bros Notice the AI Bubble but What Is Their Narrative Leaving Out?
The AI bubble has gotten so big that even the Abundance Bros are noticing, but maybe conventional analysis is missing something really big.
Read more...Coffee Break: Andrew Cuomo Counting on Trump’s Support in New York Race
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is counting on support from President Donald Trump in the New York mayoral election.
Read more...Coffee Break: 2025 Gubernatorial Races Provide Preview for 2026 Mid-term Elections
The New Jersey and Virginia 2025 gubernatorial elections provide a preview of the 2026 midterm elections occurring in the shadow of Trump.
Read more...Coffee Break: Posse Comitatus and Trump’s Post-Constitutional Order
Trump and the GOP’s extra-Constitutional acts in Washington, D.C., California, and Texas raise questions about the Posse Comatitus Act.
Read more...Coffee Break: Larry Ellison + Oracle + AI + Paramount + Trump = Total Info Control
Oracle billionaire CEO Larry Ellison is aggressively moving into media and military contracting to consolidate his power in the Trump 2.0 era.
Read more...Coffee Break: Grifter as Greek God, Palmer Luckey of Anduril
Palmer Luckey, the CEO of autonomous weapons systems maker Anduril, is being heralded as the potential savior of America’s defense industry. He’s not.
Read more...Coffee Break: Kamala Harris Ducks California Governor’s Race, Drops New Memoir
Kamala Harris won’t be running for Governor of California, but she might want to make another Presidential run. Please don’t.
Read more...Coffee Break: Amway Oligarchy and Trump’s Willing Figureheads
Certain high profile appointees in the Trump administration, think Pete Hegseth or Kash Patel, function as figureheads to distract from the increasing power of the oligarchy.
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