McCarthy Ouster, Senate Republican Opposition Bode Ill for 2023 Ukraine Funding
Ukraine funding, a big focus of the row over McCarthy’s speakership, is not getting any easier.
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Ukraine’s Unraveling, the Funding Row, and Coalition Wobbles
Project Ukraine is having another bad week.
Read more...Ukraine Endgame Accelerates as Congress Denies Any Funding in Stopgap Bill and Fico Wins in Slovakia Vote
Project Ukraine is going wobbly.
Read more...IM Doc on the Corruption of Public Health and the Breakdown of Medical Practice in the US
Sadly, famed short seller David Einhorn’s saying applies to US public health: “No matter how bad you think it is, it’s worse.”
Read more...Too Late to Not Nominate Biden
Biden’s refusal to step down assures chaotic outcomes. It is hard to see how he can win and hard to see how Trump would be permitted to win.
Read more...Original Sin: How the Weak Legal Foundations of NATO Make Negotiations With Russia Virtually Impossible
As if there weren’t already a boatload of impediments to a settlement of the Ukraine war, NATO’s inability to enter into treaties is a biggie
Read more...Poland Hinted That Germany Is To Blame For Its Dispute With Ukraine
More discussion of the Poland-Ukraine dustup, which has major implications for the war.
Read more...Hot Temperatures: A New Player in Housing Markets
Identifying a new source of climate change housing price risk: heat, as in too much.
Read more...The Coming Ukraine Collapse and the “Rebuilding” Headfake
The hyping of Ukraine rebuilding is at least as delusional as the earlier war talk.
Read more...Poland & Ukraine Have Plunged Into A Full-Blown Political Crisis With No End In Sight
Ukraine and its one-time enthusiastic backer Poland are in an escalating row, due at least in part to the need to play domestic politics.
Read more...When Authorities Believe Their Citizens Will Become Dangerous…
Ordinary citizens are not worried enough about the prospect that the police/surveillance state will be used against them.
Read more...How the Fed Created the Post-2008 Global Safety Net for Banks
The “liquidity” support provided by the Fed to megabanks through cross-border lending in fact acted as subsidies.
Read more...Dangerous Scramble for Renewable Energy Resources
Demand for materials like lithium that are essential to many so-called “green energy” technologies are setting up conflicts, including war.
Read more...Iran’s Latest Move Brings A New Nuclear Deal With The U.S. Closer
The US is trying to craft JCPOA 2.0 with Iran.
Read more...The Resumption Of US Military Activity In Niger Puts France On The Strategic Backfoot
The Niger situation has developed not necessarily to France’s advantage.
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