Trump’s Idea for Health Accounts Has Been Tried. Millions of Patients Have Ended Up in Debt.
A look at Trump’s non-solution to the looming problem of the expiration of Covid-era ACA subsidies.
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The UK Government’s Plan to Resurrect the Public Finance Initiative (PFI) Is the Definition of Financial Insanity
The Starmer government, desperate to keep its public borrowing in check, is bringing back (in the words of a senior City of London banker) a “fraud on the people.”
Read more...President Putin and Prime Minister Modi Share a Future Strategy That’s No Joke for President Trump
Even with the Putin-Modi lovefest and shared strategic aims, meeting their trade targets will be a heavy lift.
Read more...What’s the Likelihood of a NATO-Russian Non-Aggression Pact?
How Poland will play an essential role in what happens next between with NATO and Russia.
Read more...Why Has the U.S. Bombed Somalia More than 100 Times This Year?
Examining chaos from the U.S. and friends across the Horn of Africa as the counterweight to China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
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The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Stalker (1979) Run Time: 2H 41M
Stalker is a sci-fi movie about truth and desire.
Read more...With UK Politics in Flux, Corbyn’s Your Party May Surprise You Yet
Last weekend, two very different Your Party conferences took place: the one reported on in the press, and the real one
Read more...Book Review: Harnessing the Power of Dreams and Nightmares
In “Nightmare Obscura,” scientist Michelle Carr argues that our dreams are essential pillars of who we are.
Read more...Brexit’s Slow‑Burn Hit to the UK Economy
A new analysis finds that Brexit imposed higher costs on the UK than forecasts at the time projected.
Read more...Just How Dystopian Can Starmer’s Britain Become? (Part 2)
Scaling back trial by jury, further attacks on lawful speech, the nationwide deployment of deeply flawed facial recognition systems… The list just keeps growing longer.
Read more...The Point of No Return for the Warm Water Atlantic Current Is Coming Up Fast
Just the way objects in your rear view mirror are closer than you think, so too are tipping points like the slowdown of the Gulf Stream.
Read more...Under Kennedy, America’s Health Department Is in the Business of Promoting Kennedy
More detail on Health and Human Services chief serving his own financial interests and pet causes as opposed to those of the public.
Read more...The Anti-MAGA Economics of the Second Trump Administration
How Trump has defaulted on his MAGA promises.
Read more...Report Shows How Recycling Is Largely a ‘Toxic Lie’ Pushed by Plastics Industry
More confirmation that recycling is no solution to relentlessly rising plastics use and health damage.
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