Category Archives: Politics

Imperialism (Still) Rules

Many in the West now deny imperialism. But even the Economist now sees Trump’s revival of this US legacy.

The Execution of the CFPB: Capitalism Survives Another Attempt to Save It

A discussion of Elizabeth Warren’s naivete about the predatory nature of capitalism.

US History of Duplicity Means Impossibility of Negotiated Settlements, Including Ukraine; Could a Government in Exile Be Coming?

Why there will be no deal between the US and Russia on Ukraine: the US really is incapable of entering into an agreement it will respect.

Paradise Is a Police State: Examining the Techno-Optimism of Billionaire Silicon Valley Investor (And Unofficial Trump Administration Adviser) Marc Andreessen

The unlimited AI and energy now being unleashed is supposed to usher in a new utopia centered around low wages and prices. So why are Andreessen and friends so intent on a police state as part of the grand experiment we’re all being enlisted in?

Southern District of NY Pauses DOGE Data Hoovering in State AG’s Case: The Issues, and an Excursion into Federalist 51

DOGE is a dog’s breakfast, considered as a separation of powers issue.

On the Front Lines Against Bird Flu, Egg Farmers Say They’re Losing the Battle

infectious disease experts agree that the risks to human health of continuing current protocols are unsustainable, because of the strain of bird flu driving this outbreak.

Medicaid Work Requirements Could Boot 36 Million People Off Their Health Coverage: Report

“Work requirements are simply another way to cut Medicaid.”

It’s Going to be Torture as the Path to Starmer’s Inevitable Demise Is Rolled Out

A Starmer death watch sighting.

Is Trump Serious About Trying to Close the Private Equity Carried Interest Loophole?

Trump wants to revive his 2017 plan to curb a private equity tax abuse, the so-called carried interest loophole. Is he likely to succeed now?

Even US Messaging Outlet RFE/RL Having Trouble Prettying Up Trump Planning to Buy Ukraine Rare Earths Empty Bag

There is both less and more in the Trump offer to arm Ukraine in return for rare earths than meets the eye.

James K. Galbraith Discusses His New Book, Entropy Economics, Plus DOGE, Bitcoin and Tariffs

A wide-ranging talk with Jamie Galbraith on his book, Entropy Economics, which focuses on the neglect of real resources, and recent events.

ICE Faking News: Games Search Engines to Make Mass Deportations Appear Way More Massive Than They Are

Mass deportation raids have barely started, yet ICE is faking their prevalence! What gives?

Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Thirty-Four – Tony West’s Calamitous Legacy at Uber and with the Kamala Harris Campaign

On Tony West as intellectual leader and major implementer of the similar Uber narrative-driven strategy and the failed Harris campaign.

The Mass Deportation Handoff, Biden to Trump

Despite Trump’s enthusiasm for rough treatment of illegal immigrants, growth of the deportation industrial complex has been a two-party affair

Does Trump’s Attempted “Dismantling” of Spook-Infested, Regime Change Agency USAID Herald a New Foreign Policy Era?

It looks more like an attempt to bring under control rogue agencies that were hostile to Trump during his first term in office as well as a shift in the type of “values” the US will support abroad.