With the killing of Renee Good, Minneapolis has become the frontline of POTUS Trump’s ICE incitement and the reasons why go back decades and across the globe to Somalia.
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Monday, January 12, 2026
Coffee Break: Minnesota on ICE, Part One
Topics: Coffee Break
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 2:00 pm | 27 Comments »
Do You Want to Work Less?
Richard Murphy look at the growing number of high-paid professionals in the UK are choosing to work fewer hours.
Topics: Income disparity, Social policy, Social values, UK
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 9:55 am | 12 Comments »
Links 1/12/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 89 Comments »
Does Washington’s Global War Against China’s Oil Suppliers Stand Any Chance of Success?
The prospects are not looking good.
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Middle East, Russia
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 8 Comments »
Justice Department Subpoenas the Fed, Threatens Powell with Criminal Indictment. Powell Comes out Swinging. Stock Futures Tank
Trump pursues another own goal by escalating with Fed chair Powell over his refusal to lower interest rates by launching a criminal probe.
Topics: Credit markets, Currencies, Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Guest Post, Investment outlook, Legal, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:28 am | 35 Comments »
“Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict Win Midterm Votes?”
Trump’s plan for US military spending of $1.5 trillion puts the military at the core of his presidency and may signal a move to all-out war.
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Russia, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:29 am | 32 Comments »
Links 1/11/2026
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 112 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: One Eyed Jacks (1961) Run Time: 2H 21M And A Bonus Documentary!
One Eyed Jacks is a movie about love and revenge in the Old West.
Topics: Guest Post, Sunday morning Antidote movie
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 22 Comments »
Schumer, Jeffries Refuse to Join Democrats’ Growing Calls to Slash ICE Spending
“I just don’t understand how we provide votes for a bill that funds the extent of the depravity,” says one senator.
Topics: Guest Post, Politics, Social policy, Social values, Surveillance state
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 20 Comments »
Is an Attack by Iran Imminent?
Signals are growing that Iran may be on the verge of Doing Something.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:16 am | 74 Comments »
Links 1/10/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 187 Comments »
Rodriguez or Trump: Who Is Really Running Venezuela?
Will Delcy Rodriguez govern as a compliant and coerced US puppet, or as leader of an undefeated and independent Venezuela?
Topics: Energy markets, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:05 am | 52 Comments »
Thrift Store. Clinic. Roller Rink. New Orleans Center Becomes ‘Radical’ Lifeline Amid Homelessness, Drug Crises.
A New Orleans collective is a heartening example of community self help…and an indictment of income inequality and failing social programs.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:00 am | 9 Comments »
Coffee Break: Pluto’s Republic, Dietary Guidelines, Vaccine Nonsense, Ancient Poison Arrows, and Renaissance DNA
Part the First: We Live in Pluto’s Republic. With apologies to the shade of Walt Disney, this was bound to happen eventually. From Corey Robin, who notes that at Texas A&M a philosophy professor must dispense with Plato in his course because the content will be in violation of this edict: “No system academic course […]
Topics: Africa, Coffee Break, Garrulous insolence, Health care, Science and the scientific method
Posted by KLG at 2:00 pm | 36 Comments »
Portland Mayor Decries Mounting Bloodshed, Tells ICE to Get Out After Federal Agents Shoot Two
Portland mayor Keith Wilson called on ICE to halt operations pending a probe of its latest shootings. That won’t happen. So what do cities do?
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 50 Comments »



