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.
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#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?
Read more...‘Good Vibes Only’: Why Toxic Positivity Is Slowly Killing Us
Humans are meant to feel and embrace a full range of emotions.
Read more...In Just 44 Days, Liz Truss Has Made the UK Immeasurably Worse
Truss’ legacy will be one of a tanking pound, soaring inflation, and a seemingly inevitably recession.
Read more...Wheels Come Off for Tories. Update: Truss Resigns
The Tories, who not long ago seemed poised to permanently cripple Labour, are now in a remarkable crisis with no ready exit.
Read more...What Social Security Should Really Be Paying to Survive in This Economy
Inadequate cost of living adjustments are nevertheless giving Social Security gutters new talking points.
Read more...An Official Smoking Gun on #CovidIsAirborne Denial by Hospitals Because They Didn’t Want to Spend Money Changing Their Physical Plant
We’ve never had an official come right out and say “We’re not dealing with airborne transmission in hospitals because that would cost too much money.” Well, now one has.
Read more...Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters: An Assault on the Adminstrative State?
If the NLRA does not pre-empt management tort claims against unions, the consequences are grave, not just for unions, but for the administrative state as a whole.
Read more...Brexit Britain Is All Alone in a Senseless Pursuit of Disaster Capitalism
As other nations return to state-led investment, Truss and Kwarteng act to weaken the democracy, economy and rights of Britain.
Read more...Satyajit Das: The Financial Party Is Coming to an Abrupt End
There seems to be no escape from looming economic and financial problems, but the officialdom will do it best to delay the reckoning.
Read more...How Ashish Jha and Rochelle Walensky of Newton, MA Protect Their Children from Covid (But not Yours)
But Jha and Walensky aren’t the only residents of Newton, thank heavens.
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