Labour Is Becoming the Enemy of the Vulnerable and the Disabled
Labour goes all in for cutting social spending, first for the disabled, almost certainly with the excuse that it’s needed to fund rearming.
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Coffee Break: Across the Pond
This week’s Europe/UK focused Coffee Break: German and Romanian election chicanery, UK snooping, why Western pols believe Ukraine can win.
Read more...DOGE: Chaos, Damage, Drama Not Enough to Cover the Stench of Corruption
DOGE is up to even more no good than you imagined.
Read more...Elite Failure and the Collapse of the EU Project
The backstory of how the EU has come to fall short of its considerable potential.
Read more...Trump Presents the Gravest Threat to Social Security in Its 90-Year History
Cuts to the Social Security Administration are cuts to Social Security. Raise hell with your Congresscritters about this looting
Read more...The GENIUS Act: Setting the Stage for a Federal Bailout When Stablecoins Become Insolvent
Why the GENIUS Act does not live up to its pretenses of making stablecoins safe, thus setting the stage for a Federal bailout.
Read more...Coffee Break: Across the Pond
Our first UK/Europe-focused Coffee Break, which examines Europe’s self-inflected energy cost uncompetitiveness
Read more...DOGE Taketh Away From the Many as Trump Pays Off Crypto Bros With New “Strategic” Fund, Above All, Crypto Czar David Sacks
We warned that crypto was closely aligned with criminal activity. The open grift of the new “strategic” Trump fund proves that case.
Read more...Cuts to U.S. Weather and Climate Research Could Put Public Safety at Risk
Weather and climate research are yet more examples of how the DOGE slash and burn can and probably will do real harm.
Read more...Blackouts Are Becoming the Norm—Can the U.S. Power Grid Be Saved?
The US future of more erratic power supplies comes nearer as officials dither over what to do about a creaky grid.
Read more...“We Must Fund Oppositions Properly to Save Democracy”
The Financial Times’ Martin Wolf, like quite a few others, looks for ways to save democracy from itself, as in rule by voters.
Read more...Tankus and Kelton on Musk’s DOGE Seizing Treasury’s Payments Chokepoint. But Where Are The Lawyers?
What attack surfaces does DOGE present?
Read more...California Blesses Political Donors’ Strategy to ‘Multiply Their Influence’
Venture capitalists and tech execs strengthen control over Democrat-controlled California while they do the same at the national level under Trump’s GOP.
Read more...How Shareholder Activism Became Toxic—and How to Fix It
How shareholder activism, which once helped check self-serving managements, has become the province of hedge fund extortionists.
Read more...Federal Threats Against Local Officials Who Don’t Cooperate with Immigration Orders Could Be Unconstitutional − Justice Antonin Scalia Ruled Against Similar Plans
Trump’s aggressive anti-immigration push is on a collision course with states’ rights to control policing. Which might prevail/
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