Trump’s Concentration Camp Build-Out Includes Nearly $40 Billion for Warehouse Conversions
Disclosure to a GOP governor confirms that Trump plans to devote nearly $40 billion to one element of his concentration camp plan.
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Germany’s “Two-Speed Europe” Proposal Is the EU’s Adaptation to Great Power Geopolitics
Germany, following the European Commission’s lead, is moving forward a plan for the biggest members to impose decisions on the others.
Read more...When War Weakens Democracy
Wars often undermine democracy, but it appears that that result is not baked in but operates in particular circumstances.
Read more...The EU’s Digital Euro Is Just a Whisker Away from Becoming a Legal Reality
The European Parliament wants a central bank digital currency. And it wants it as soon as possible, and in all its possible forms.
Read more...Iran Has More Options Up Its Sleeve Than Trump and Netanyahu Assume
As Israel attempts to push the US into war with Iran, more hard looks at how Tehran could retaliate
Read more...Suffocating an Island: What the U.S. Blockade Is Doing to Cuba
Medea Benjamin provides a gripping on-the-ground report of how conditions in Cuba are deteriorating due to the US oil blockage.
Read more...Satyajit Das: On Cinema – Antonioni’s Mysteries
A look at the major works of Michelangelo Antonioni and how he influenced film-making.
Read more...Costs of Device-Reliant Parenting: Kids Deficient in Empathy and Storytelling Skills, Can’t Read, Show Declining Cognitive Performance
Another disconcerting report on the harm done to kids by device and tech heavy parenting
Read more...The Finance Curse Is Killing Britain
A well-warranted harsh look at the high cost an overly-large and ever-more-extractive finance sector imposes on society as a whole.
Read more...Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Incredible Shrinking “Most Powerful Military in History”
The United States is not merely losing military capacity—it is losing the ability to recognize what it no longer has. As political posture outruns material readiness, allies and adversaries are conditioned to expect reserves of power that do not exist. The result is systematic risk mispricing, easier escalation, and a growing risk of military defeat.
Read more...‘This Is Your Money’: Trump Assault on CFPB Has Cost Consumers $19 Billion
The affordability crisis includes the cost of being cheated, which due to the weakening of the CFPB alone is a handsome sum.
Read more...The Ultimate Insult: As Washington Starves Cuba of Energy (And Most Everything Else), It Offers $6 Million in Humanitarian Aid
The US State Department insists that US restrictions on oil in Cuba are not amplifying the need for humanitarian aid there.
Read more...America’s Real Health Crisis? Inequality— and a Generation Pays
Raw milk won’t cut it. Even being rich won’t save you. The fast track to improving health in America is tackling inequality
Read more...The European Veal Pen: How the US Weaponized Russophobic Paranoia & Energy Geopolitics To Capture Control of Europe
Can Europe free itself from its capture by the US, which looked like a dandy idea until the US became an openly predatory hegemon?
Read more...Journalism May Be Too Slow To Remain Credible Once Events Are Filtered Through Social Media
Some hand-wringing, as well as blame shifting, as to why social media and independent sites are eating the lunches of mainstream media.
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