The Wars Come Home
Silicon Valley looks to bring tech used in conflicts abroad back to American shores.
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Dems Rip Musk-Ramaswamy Plan for Spending Cuts as Illegal ‘Power Grab’
Yves here. I’ve been waiting for legal arguments against the planned wholesale Federal budget whackage under the Trump DOGE initiative to start. Admittedly its leaders Musk and Ramaswamy had not given much insight into how they intended to achieve their ambitious aims. The little I have seen suggests that they effectively intend to override regulations….which […]
Read more...Neglecting Health Care May Have Cost Democrats the Election
Health care inequality and the Covid-19 pandemic’s toll put Democrats at a structural disadvantage in the 2024 election.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 11/22/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Trump border czar beats chest; Resistance 2.0 funders and NGOs; Mathematical thinking ~
Read more...Fueling the Flames: How the West’s Military Emissions Undermine Climate Action
World leaders criticized COP29 host Azerbaijan for its oil-dependent economy while ignoring the massive climate bootprint of their militaries.
Read more...FT Confirms What We’ve Been Saying for Three Years: The US Is Losing the “Battle… for Latin America” to China
“Beijing is now the main trading partner for most nations in the region and has the fastest-growing stock of investments.”
Read more...Trump’s Opportunity to Reset U.S.-Iran Relations
An in-depth look at Iran’s economic and political situation suggests that Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign will not have much impact.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 11/21/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Gaetz: Exit, stage right; Ortberg: “The beatings will continue until morale improves”; How the Democrats abandoned the working class ~
Read more...RFK, Jr. Plans Attack on AMA’s Big Meal Ticket, Licensing Fees for Medical Billing Codes
RFK, Jr.’s plan, if confirmed as HHS chair, to end Medicare use of AMA licensed-billing codes somehow will increase, not lower, costs.
Read more...What Is Politics & What Is the Political?
An effort to get at the root of what politics is meant to achieve.
Read more...“Entropy and Information Control: the Key to Understanding How to Mount the Fightback Against Trump and Other Populists”
A reader critical thinking exercise, in form of yet another attack on populism dressed in the pseudo-science of trying to link it to entropy.
Read more...Thomas Neuburger: Tulsi Gabbard’s DNI Nomination
Like Gaetz, Gabbard is a mixed-bag candidate. Should she get your support?
Read more...A Post-Election Reflection on Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right
On how the shame resulting from the loss of seen-as-meaningful and well-paid work led many to reject the rule of their PMC betters.
Read more...How the Wall Street Journal Blew the Story of the Democrats and Inflation
The firehose of affluent consumption continues to drive inflation, not the stimulus package
Read more...Requiem for an Empire
While historian Alfred McCoy made an early and accurate call on the erosion of the US empire, his current readings are a mixed bag.
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