The foreclosure crisis was a key element of Trump’s win in 2016, yet the Democrats are still in denial about its costs.
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Sunday, June 15, 2025
Michael Olenick: The Real Origins of Trump – The Foreclosure Crisis
Topics: Banana republic, Banking industry, Doomsday scenarios, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, Real estate, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:15 am | 155 Comments »
How Wiccans and Witches Mark Halloween With Reflections on Death as Well as Magic
A primer on Wiccans.
Topics: Guest Post, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:10 am | 21 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/30/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 188 Comments »
How Twitter Affected the 2016 Presidential Election
Quelle surprise! Twitter helped Clinton in 2016. So why the hysterical censorship in 2020?
Topics: Banana republic, Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 4 Comments »
Links 10/30/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 194 Comments »
We Have Published 25,000 Posts! And Recently Hit 1.5 Million Comments!`
A big thanks to everyone who has helped us get to this important post milestone!
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:51 am | 36 Comments »
Gig Worker Employment Fights Like Those in California Pit Flexibility Against a Livable Wage – But ‘Platform Cooperatives’ Could Ensure Workers Get Both
A proposal to improve gig worker bargaining power and solidarity.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:13 am | 9 Comments »
Glenn Greenwald Resigns from the Intercept Over Censorship of Article on Hunter and Joe Biden
Glenn Greenwald has resigned from the Intercept over an effort to gut a piece on the Bidens, in an apparent violation of his contract.
Topics: Banana republic, Legal, Media watch, New McCarthyism, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:59 am | 154 Comments »
The Scary Truth Is Many Senate Dems Share the Same Corporate Agenda as Amy Coney Barrett
Why the half-hearted Democratic Party opposition to Amy Coney Barrett should come as no surprise.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:18 am | 18 Comments »
Biden at Gettysburg and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural: Division and Unity
Biden on the campaign trail vs. Lincoln on the Capitol steps
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Lambert Strether at 5:25 pm | 37 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/29/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 149 Comments »
How Donald Trump Is Putting American Workers at Risk
A partial catalogue of how Trump has left worers high and dry.
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Pandemic, Politics, Regulations and regulators, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:49 pm | 9 Comments »
Don’t Look Down! Estimating the Depth of State Covid Budget Holes
The not-pretty picture of Covid impact on state and local governments.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Pandemic, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:36 pm | 28 Comments »
Links 10/29/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 262 Comments »
Ending Regime Change – in Bolivia and the World
How democracy triumphed in Bolivia…despite the best efforts of the US.
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:16 am | 34 Comments »