Another Trump Big Lie: “Reciprocal Tariffs”
Further discussion of the delustions and misrepresentations of the Trump tariffs.
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Trump Deploys His Tariff Wrecking Ball; How Much Will the US Suffer Along with Most of the Rest of the World?
The latest Trump tariffs kick up the destructiveness of his administration up to a whole new level.
Read more...New Gallup Poll Finds Health Care Affordability Falling: One-Third Cannot Afford Care
More bad, if predictable, news on the US health care front.
Read more...GOP Lawmakers Eye SNAP Cuts, Reducing Benefits for the Low Income at a Time of High Food Prices
The GOP again has SNAP food assistance benefits in their crosshairs. How might they make cuts? Can they muster the votes?
Read more...Bracing for the Fallout from Trump Tariff Delusions
Trump is about to drop another big tariff shoe, and pretty much no one but very hard core ideologues is on board.
Read more...Europe Scrambles To Revive Metals Industry
The dire state of Europe’s metals industry is another example of the damage done by the loss of cheap Russian energy.
Read more...What Is Trump’s Grand Plan?
Is the real driving force behind the Trump agenda rule by broligarch?
Read more...The Next American Constitution
Trump’s Constitution-trampling has historical predecents. Where might we be headed?
Read more...Explosive New Book Argues Facebook Is a Global Engine of Harm and Corruption. Is Reform Possible?
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A new expose on Facebook confirms some known abuses while also describing malign influence in unexpected corners of the world
Payday Loan Apps Cost New Yorkers $500 Million Plus, New Study Estimates
A new study estimates the cost of payday loans in New York as the state debates tightening rules on these fintechs beyond existing usury laws
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: Crypto’s Role in Trump’s Economic Masterplan (With Special Emphasis on Stablecoins)
Might there be more method in Trump’s crypto and dollar madness than most assume?
Read more...The Dark Enlightenment: The Tech Oligarch Ideology Driving DOGE’s Destruction
How DOGE isn’t just tearing down institutions but also laying the groundwork for an experimental new kind of authoritarian rule.
Read more...Digital imperialism: How US Social Media Firms Are Using American Law to Challenge Global Tech Regulation
An update on the hard-fought battle between foreign states trying to regulate social media platforms and the broligarchs.
Read more...Medicine Is Under-Politicised in the UK
A further discussion of how societal problems that impact medicine and health policy are largely kept out of political discourse.
Read more...Fed Not Buying Trump Administration Economic Snake Oil but Stands Largely Pat While Depicting Higher Inflation, Lower Growth Prospects
The Fed has noticed that Trump’s policies are chilling growth while stoking inflation, but is not yet ready to react strongly.
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