A shadowy group of Democrat insiders leads the effort to pick the party’s nominee in smoke-filled room.
Sunday, February 8, 2026
Michael Hudson: We Need a New Political Vocabulary
Yves here. Thank the persistent and very long running campaign to move the values of the US to the right for the hollowing out of the meaning of traditional political labels that Michael Hudson describes below. It can’t be said often enough that the change in the where the center was perceived to sit was […]
‘Disturbing Milestone’: Israeli Settler Attacks in West Bank Surpass 1,000 Since October 7
A group of aid agencies decried that no Israeli civilian or soldier has been prosecuted for any of these 1,000 attacks in the West Bank.
2:00PM Water Cooler July 5, 2004
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics: First post-debate RCP polling averages; forthcoming Biden interview; our famously free press; CDC flipflops on vax only (over the Fourth of July weekend); consciousness: we know nothing. ~
How Many People Knew About Biden? Turns Out, A Lot
How long has the cover-up about Biden’s deterioration been going on?
Will a Keir Starmer Government Make Digital Identity a Reality in the UK?
Big tech and fintech companies would certainly like to think so, as too does the City of London Corporation and Starmer’s mentor, Tony Blair
The New Curse of Critical Minerals
An updated look at the classic resource curse.
2:00PM Water Cooler July 4, 2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Germany’s Grid Is Getting Greener as Its Industry Is Weakening
Why Germany’s claimed green transition progress is less impressive than it appears when you decompose the data.
Project 2025 Architect Signals Bloodshed If Left Opposes Trump-Led ‘Revolution’
The “second American Revolution” underway will “remain bloodless,” said the head of Project 2025 “if the left allows it to be.”
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/3/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemis; Jill Biden, Vogue cover girl; Stevie Nicks and Taylor Swift; Great Barrington grifters.~
