Author Archives: Yves Smith
How Much Further Can U.S. Forces Go in Mexico?
A drug kingpin’s arrest in Mexico shows Trump using the war on drugs to justify intervention. Will he deliver on his military action threat?
Read more...Why Futuristic, Tech-Centered ‘Smart City’ Projects Are Destined To Fail
Why the smart city idea regular falls short of its hype.
Read more...Q&A: Tech Billionaires’ AI Space Empire Fantasies Are ‘An Insidious Form of Climate Denial’
Science journalist Adam Becker dissects offensively crazy tech billionaires’ schemes that greenwash their planetary looting.
Read more...Bitcoin/Crypto Crash Captures Headlines as Potentially More Serious Tech-Driven Debt Retreat Progresses
As much fun as it is to watch Bitcoin swoon, a more serious erosion is underway on the big tech borrowing front.
Read more...How Vulnerable is the US Electrical Grid to Winter Outages?
A look at the shaky state of the US electric grid and how it came to be in such sorry shape.
Read more...The Actual Gavin Newsom Is Much Worse Than You Think
A Gavin Newsom rap sheet, starting with his fake progressiveness.
Read more...American Society for Plastic Surgery Position Statement Withdraws Support for Transition Surgery for Those Under 19 as New $2 Million Judgement Points to Looming Liability for Hospitals
How large is the exposure of gender transition doctors who were quick to provide treatments to teens? A $2 million award says pretty big.
Read more...Historia Arcana of the NATO Pact
Did the success of former Nazi officers in landing key positions in NATO help explain NATO’s Russia hostility even after the USSR fell?
Read more...ICE and Border Patrol in Minnesota − Accused of Violating 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th Amendment Rights − Are Testing Whether the Constitution Can Survive
A law professor recaps ICE and DHS violations of the Constitution in Minnesota alone and their import in reversing Federal oversight.
Read more...Turmoil at FEMA Adds to the Revolt Against Kristi Noem
Is Kristi Noem incompetent, evil, or just doing exactly what Trump wants her to do? Her misrule at FEMA provides more to consider.
Read more...Links 2/4/2026
Collective West Press Starting to Acknowledge Ukraine’s Untenable Position and Inevitable Loss
More truth nuggets about Ukraine’s desperate position are appearing in the Western press, but the level of denial is still high.
Read more...Why American Life Expectancy is Falling Behind Globally, Falling Apart by State
The features of American life, policy, and economics are stalling out and even shortening life expectancy and what we can do to change it.
Read more...US Military Helping DHS Build Massive Network of ‘Concentration Camps,’ Navy Contract Reveals
DHS is using a repurposed $55 billion Navy contract to turn warehouses into makeshift jails and plan sprawling tent cities in the boonies.
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