AI, Antitrust & Privacy: When More Competition Makes Things Worse
Increased AI competition worsens surveillance, manipulation, and disinformation—threatening privacy, autonomy, and democracy.
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Centuries-Long History of Russophobia Opens the Doors to Cold War 2.0
How Russophobia has been long in the making and continued to color international relations.
Read more...The UK Aims to Entrench Its Influence in Estonia in Order to Lead the Arctic-Baltic Front
The UK’s clever scheme to enlist rabid chihuahua Estonia to harass Russia in the Baltic theater.
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The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: The Night Strangler (1973) Run Time: 1H 30M2
The Night Strangler is a movie about an investigative reporter hot on the trail of an immortal killer in Seattle.
Read more...The Gates Foundation’s Global Reach Expands, to Mixed Reviews
The Gates Foundation steps into the void left by the U.S., and brings with it limited accountability, conflicts of interest, and a history of failure in its stated mission.
Read more...Why UK [and US] Governments Are Never Dependent on Financial Markets
As Mr. Market idelivers a big raspberry in response to Trump’s big beautiful bill, remember it won’t affect the ability to keep spending
Read more...Global Carbon Emissions Reach Record High Despite Green Efforts
So much for “green energy will save us” hype. Carbon emssions keep rising.
Read more...How Global Value Chains, Much Hyped by Development Experts, Slowed Growth and Preserved Inequality in Middle Income Countries
Tackling a pro-multinational development canard which looks to have made the so-called middle income trap worse.
Read more...This Time It’s Official: Mexico Is Going to the BRICS Summit
It’s not just Mexico’s federal government that is calling for economic diversification away from the US but also its biggest business lobby
Read more...Trump’s Neo-Stalinist Pentagon Photo Purge
Controlling the future by controlling the past, here by censorship of narrative-busting photos.
Read more...Michael Hudson: The Collapse of America’s Economic Empire
Michael Hudson, expanding on his seminal work Super Imperialism, chroniciles the rise and in-process decline of US financial hegemony.
Read more...Trump’s Homeland Security Council Sets Its Sights on Zohran Mamdani
A window into the thuggish efforts to sabotage Zohran Mamdani bid for New York City mayor, here by the Department of Homeland Security.
Read more...The Plebeian Council as an Example for Modern Citizen Empowerment
How the Roman Plebeian Council used tribal allegiances to curb the power of patricians.
Read more...Coffee Break: Rahm Emanuel’s Kayfabe Candidacy
Rahm Emanuel is teasing a run for President in 2028. His brother Ari, a Democratic power-broker and a Trump insider will be a problem.
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