Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Why the Enthusiasm for Mass Deportation, A Hard and Likely Largely Losing Way to Deal with Illegal Immigration?
Why the idea of mass deportation is set to become the “Defund the Police” of the right: vague but appealingly absolute, and unworkable.
In Amish Country, an Unlikely Partnership With Beef Giant JBS Roils Community
Big Ag comes for the Amish.
Bank Servicers Whittling Away at Hard-Won Protections Against Foreclosure Abuses: The Maine Example
Banks are slowly making gains in court rulings that will help them again engage in foreclosure abuses.
Germany, Trump, and Walking the Trans-Atlantic Plank
Is government collapse a comeuppance for the German elite, or is everything right on schedule for the transatlantic plutocrats?
Matt Bruenig: Election Musings
A somber reflection on another lesser of two evils election that didn’t even have the benefit of featuring leftist proposals in a primary despite the incumbent not being on the ballot.
About This Election Week….
Was it a change election after all?
Many Voters Backed Abortion Rights and Donald Trump, a Challenge for Democrats
Abortion rights were a winning issue for Democrats in the midterms. Many voters gave it high priority in 2024 but not enough to stop a Trump win.
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/8/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics;
DNC Doubles Down on Failure, Rejecting Sanders’ Calling Out Party for Abandoning Workers and Economic Justice
Quelle surprise! Some Democratic party leaders double down, denying Sanders was right and kicking workers and the poors is not a good strategy
After Weeks of Political Chaos and Uncertainty, Mexico’s Judicial Coup Fizzles to Nothing
President Claudia Sheinbaum, her governing party, Morena, and arguably Mexico as a whole just dodged a rather large bullet.
A New Age of Presidential Unilaterism?
A historical look at Presidential power grabs, um, authority expansion, with an eye to what that means under Trump 2.0.
