Wednesday, November 26, 2025

MAGA Is a NATO Racket – Trump’s 5% Military Budget Hike to Fight Russia Stokes Corruption In Estonia

Yapping dog Estonia is out to take the lead among NATO members not only in arms spending to GDP but also in open corruption.

Links 11/14/2025

Even Washington’s European Vassal States Are Now Denouncing Trump’s Extrajudicial Killings on the High Seas

The Trump administration’s war (of pretext) against Latin America’s drug cartels is further isolating the US on the world stage. 

More and More Young People Disengaged from Work and Social Contact

Unemployment among young graduates has hit a sustained high level in many countries, which will produce further social and economic harm.

Ever Be Escalating: A Short History of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump

The twisted history of the US war on drugs shows how failed policies come to have a life of their own.

Venezuela Symbolizes for the U.S. What Palestine Does for Israel

The ideological currents behind U.S. aggression against Venezuela and Israel’s war on Palestine are the same: Yoram Hazony’s neo-nationalism

Paying for Euroskepticism

A new data analysis shows that Euroskepticism, as in regional voting for nationalist/anti-European Union policies, produces lower growth.

Links 11/13/2025

Has Ed Zitron Found the Fatal Flaw with OpenAI and Its Flagship ChatGPT?

The Financial Times has re-reported cautious but devastating-looking findings by Ed Zitron on OpenAI’s inference costs and truthfulness.

Tom Ferguson and Nick French: Red Tech’s Political Power, Its War on Labor and the Environment

An in-depth talk between political scientist Tom Ferguson and Jacobin’s Nick French about recent big shifts, above all the rise of red tech.

What the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain

Why it behooves you to care about air quality, specifically PM2.5 pollution.

Coffee Break: Senate Dems Throw Teetering Trump a Lifeline

Senate Democrats threw a teetering Trump administration a lifeline by folding on the U.S. government shutdown. Let’s parse the kayfabe.

‘An Indictment of the Trade Union Movement’: Why No One is Organising Seasonal Workers

Farm workers go on unofficial strikes as their temporary visas create barriers to union membership

Links 11/12/2025

The Trans-Caspian Pipeline Is Resurrected as the U.S. Plots a Return to Central Asia

The Turkish Trojan Horse pressures Russia and Iran on new fronts, but China holds dominant position.