More on DOGE’s Fraud and Destruction
An update on DOGE’s rampage through government functions.
Read more...Category Archives: Social policy
Michael Hudson: Return of the Robber Barons – Trump’s Inverted View of America’s Tariff History
Trump’s slash and burn tariff policy is to shrink government, gut regulation and sell off public assets to pay for his tax cuts on super rich
Read more...More Trump Punishment of the Poors: HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for 80 Million People
Yet another Trump gutting of a whole swathe of programs, here by eliminating the experts who knew how to determine poverty thresholds.
Read more...Food Banks Tighten Their Belts as Federal Cuts Keep Coming. Patrons Don’t Know Where Else to Turn.
Yet more Trump Administration cruelty: cutting support to food banks.
Read more...Christopher Lasch and the Distemper of Our Time: A Chronicle Foretold
Why Christopher Lasch, who died over 30 years ago, is the historian of our times…or perhaps our first psychohistorian?
Read more...Why America Is Acting This Way on Trade: A Globotics Shock, a Failed Social Policy, and Middle-Class Fury
An attempt to divine the political roots of Trump’s trade and tariff policies.
Read more...As Global Conflicts Rage, Has Neoliberalism Already Won?
If we look at the “Great Game” through the lens of internecine strife of the global neoliberal elite, does it matter who wins?
Read more...USDA Cuts Hit Small Farms as Trump Showers Billions on Big Farms
The dollars helped schools and food banks buy from small farmers, boosting the local food system.
Read more...The Trump ‘Threat’ Helps Sell the War Racket in Canada and Europe
The plan has long been for Europe to dramatically increase military expenditures. Embracing international Trump Derangement Syndrome along with relentless Russophobia helps “give history a shove.”
Read more...Advertising Makes You Unhappy – By Design
Is advertising bad for you?
Read more...GOP Lawmakers Eye SNAP Cuts, Reducing Benefits for the Low Income at a Time of High Food Prices
The GOP again has SNAP food assistance benefits in their crosshairs. How might they make cuts? Can they muster the votes?
Read more...Cuts to Science Research Funding Cut American Lives Short − Federal Support Is Essential for Medical Breakthroughs
Biomedical researchers explain why everyone stands to lose from the Trump/DOGE reduces US investment in medical research.
Read more...Trump and Musk Are Making It Harder for the IRS to Catch Wealthy Tax Cheats
The DOGE dismantlement/takeover of the IRS continues apace.
Read more...Coffee Break: Covid Denialism Is Not a Cure; Updates on the War on Cancer and Medicare
Covid and cancer are not going away soon, but if Dr. Oz has his way, Medicare might.
Read more...The Next American Constitution
Trump’s Constitution-trampling has historical predecents. Where might we be headed?
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