No Appeal Filed in The MH17 Case – Ursula von der Leyen Proposes The Start of a New Show Trial
The dubious but not surprising end of the MH17 trial.
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Pharmaceutical Drugs at Cost + 15%? It’s Here Now
A way out of price gouging on drugs?
Read more...Earth to Reporters: Why Is No One Asking SBF What Happened to the $3.3 Billion He Borrowed?
Journalists are ignoring an obvious and damaging line of questioning with SBF. Of course, the “damaging” part may be why they are punting.
Read more...New Global Estimates on Profits in Tax Havens Suggest the Tax Loss Continues to Rise
Quelle surprise! Despite EU and US initiatives to curb corporate use of tax havens, big companies continue to fatten their wallets.
Read more...Gates Foundation-Sponsored Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Gets Make-Up, Not Make-Over
The Gates Foundation has tacitly admitted the failure of its “green revolution” in Africa. Yet it is still following Big Ag approaches.
Read more...Poland’s Coming Economic Collapse: A Story in 8 Tweets
Why Poland is on its way to becoming an economic basket case.
Read more...Tom Ferguson: Worker’s Wages & Leverage are the Real Targets
Why did Corporate Democrats “cede” the economic argument? Are they really fighting inflation or trying to weaken workers’ bargaining power?
Read more...Sick Profit: Investigating Private Equity’s Stealthy Takeover of Health Care Across Cities and Specialties
Another account of the extent of the private equity health care grifting, as well as some avenues to check these abuses.
Read more...Congressional Amendment Opens Floodgates for War Profiteers and a Major Ground War on Russia
In a massive exercise in looting, two Senators are pushing for massive buys of outdated weapons systems, with the Ukraine war as cover.
Read more...U.S. to Announce Plan for Private Companies to Fund International Renewable Energy Transition
Yet more proof that the US is far more inteested in green energy profiteering than doing the hard work to reduce the pace of climate change.
Read more...#Musk + #Twitter, Liberal Democrat Aghastitude, and Social Capital on Social Media
Is Twitter really a hellscape of hate and bigotry? And what will happen to Twitter now that Musk has taken it over?
Read more...Centene Showers Politicians With Millions as It Courts Contracts and Settles Overbilling Allegations
Centene earns billions of dollars from governments and then uses its profits to back the campaigns of the officials who oversee those government contracts.
Read more...After Bolsonaro’s Failures, Why Was Brazil’s Election So Close?
Lula wins by a whisker, but the Bolsonao Christian Right remains a powerful threat.
Read more...The Ongoing Criminalization of Homelessness
States and localities across the US continue to pass laws criminalizing “public camping” and other draconian crackdowns on the increasing number of homeless people in the country.
Read more...What U.S. Africa Command Doesn’t Want You to Know
The US is trying to pretend it’s playing a kinder, gentler military game in Africa. If so, why the need for extreme secrecy?
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