The US press and punditry has been tip-toeing around the real problem with Facebook: that it has monopoly power.
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Brexit Looks Wobbly as Polls Go Negative, House of Lords Throws Spanner in the Works
Some Brexit updates.
CalPERS Board Member Margaret Brown Still Illegally Locked Out, Given Only Highly Restricted Access to Transcripts
CalPERS doubles down on its campaign against reform-minded board member Margaret Brown.
J.D. Alt: Framing the Progressive Agenda
Thoughts on how to present progressive policies without triggering “you mean tax and spend” reflexes.
Announcing 2018 Mini-Fundraiser for Water Cooler!
2018 Mini-Fundraiser for Water Cooler
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/17/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: TPP (again), 2020 contenders jostle, MI and NY governor races identity politics, industrial production, housing, employment situation, David Harvey, Los Angeles TImes, memes
Raising Tariffs on China Without Grabbing Headlines
How Europe raised tariffs on more Chinese imports than Trump has threatened to.
Los Angeles Times Confirms Our Reporting on CalPERS CFO Charles Asubonten’s Resume Misrepresentations; CalPERS Admits to Fabrications and Gets Defensive
The Los Angeles Times verifies and amplifies our reporting on the misrepresentations and inaccuracies in the resume that recently-hired CFO Charles Asubonten presented to CalPERS.
Gaius Publius: Fracking Has Brought the World to the Brink of Disaster
Fracking is one reason why our bad climate change picture is getting even worse.
Worksheet for the 2018 Midterms (Moving onto Republican Turf)
Expanded coverage into Republican districts, with Medicare support considered by backers.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/16/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, Cuomo v. Nixon, charters, Standing Rock, retail sales, manufacturing, containers, Uber and NLRB, Amazon, arboreal protagonists, infinite power
CalPERS’ Priya Mathur Opens, Reads, Even Answers Mail of Board Member Margaret Brown, Denies Her Access to Transcripts of Past Meetings.
Yet more lawless behavior at CalPERS.
