David Ellison is installing Bari Weiss as the new EIC of CBS News, paying $150 million for her publication The Free Press. She will likely handle hasbara for the network.
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Friday, October 24, 2025
Coffee Break: Bari Weiss, CBS News, Meet the New Boss, Same as the Same Old
Topics: Coffee Break
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 2:00 pm | 65 Comments »
What Do Trump Administration’s Threats on “Anti-Capitalism” Terrorism and RICO Mean for Organized Labor?
If the administration continues to expand guest worker programs and makes good on anti-capitalism pre-crime threats, who there by any union workers left for planned general strike on May Day of 2028?
Topics: Legal, Politics, Social policy, Social values, Surveillance state, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 9:55 am | 21 Comments »
Links 10/6/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 118 Comments »
Nat Wilson Turner: Naked Capitalism – Your Antidote to The Stoopid
Thanks to your support, Naked Capitalism has been able to keep telling truths that the officialdom tries hard to hide. Please chip in!
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 6:54 am | 14 Comments »
Lecornu Resigns Less Than a Day After Forming Government; How Long Can Macron Hang On?
The third government Macron has tried to form, under Sébastien Lecornu, fell with shocking speed. Time for a Macron death watch?
Topics: Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:28 am | 40 Comments »
Workers’ Wages Siphoned To Pay Medical Bills, Despite Consumer Protections
“If you can’t maintain your health, how are you going to work to pay back a debt? And if you fundamentally can’t pay the bill, wage garnishment isn’t going to help you do that. It’s going to put you in more financial distress.”
Topics: Health care, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 1 Comment »
Pakistan as a Consequence of the Partition of British India in 1947
A look at Pakistan’s history, emphasizing its politics and the ongoing complexities of reconciling interests among ethnic groups.
Topics: Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:06 am | 11 Comments »
Fundraiser SOS! We Are REALLY Behind!
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Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:05 am | 21 Comments »
Links 10/5/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 150 Comments »
KLG: Naked Capitalism – Your Essential Community
How Naked Capitalism’s community is a bulwark against neoliberalism and PMC energy-sapping hopium.
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 8 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: The Man Who Laughs (1928) Run Time: 1H 54M
The Man Who Laughs is a movie about the depths of true love.
Topics: Guest Post, Sunday morning Antidote movie
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 5 Comments »
Rajiv Sethi: The Compact
The Trump administration makes universities an offer they can’t refuse: screen out applicants who demonstrate “hostility to American values”—or else.
Topics: Middle East, New McCarthyism, Social values
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 5 Comments »
Henry Moon Pie: Time to Support a Reader-Supporting Site
Reader Henry Moon Pie describes how he came from Kos to Naked Capitalism and why he stayed.
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 10:52 am | 14 Comments »
Links 10/4/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 191 Comments »
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Please visit the Tip Jar to give well-deserved bonuses to our stellar roster of writers: Conor, Nick, KLG, Haig, Nat, Curro & semper loquitur!
Topics: Notices
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