Saturday, January 24, 2026
Why It’s Time to Declassify the Documents From Trump’s Basement
It’s time for “Show me the documents” in the fight over records Trump had at Mar a Lago and the Feds took back, alleging serious misconduct
‘Culture Has Lost the Ability to Grasp the Present’
An extract from Mark Fisher’s ‘Ghosts of My Life’ discusses how culture has hit the pause button.
Mark Ames: Why Finance Is Too Important to Leave to Larry Summers
Mark Ames’ biting classic is a reminder that Larry Summers, like so many prominent economists, has become too big to fail.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/16/2022
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Using the Payments System to Enforce an Russian Oil Price Cap Likely to Cause Supply Shock
The G7 plans to use its payments system to enforce a Russian oil price cap, because that worked so well in the shock and awe sanctions.
EU Hypocrisy Hits Dizzying New Heights As Commission’s Scandal-Tarnished President Pledges to Wage Global Fight on Corruption
Given von der Leyen’s apparent allergy to basic transparency, she is the last person in Brussels to be leading the EU’s roll out of so-called “corruption sanctions”.
Congressional Sausagemaking, or How Inflation Reduction Became Fossil Fuel Export Promotion
How Manchin and Sinema got dirty energy goodies and financier breaks into the Inflation Reduction Act.
Naked Capitalism: Working Together to Combat 21st Century Lies
Governments, tech companies, and big businesses wage war on working people the world over. We must work together to fight their lies.
The Russian Situation Comedy Is No Lying Matter – The Joke Is on the Office of Foreign Assets Control
How Russian comedy producers and broadcasters are laughing their way to the bank thanks to Western sanctions.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/15/2022
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US Is Becoming a ‘Developing Country’ on Global Rankings that Measure Democracy, Inequality
High levels of inequality are correlated with poor social indicators, so the US falling in global scores should come as no surprise.
Naked Capitalism: Lambert, an Unexpected Optimist Speaks….and Asks for Support
Critical thinking means we can have your back in crisis.
