A historical look at Presidential power grabs, um, authority expansion, with an eye to what that means under Trump 2.0.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
How Local and Federal Institutions Are (and Aren’t) Taking Care of North Carolina’s Hurricane Helene Survivors—and What Mutual Aid Groups Are Doing to Help
Grassroots organizations are helping rebuild North Carolina communities after Hurricane Helene. And how about FEMA?
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/7/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; BIden addresses the nation; Deploy the Blame Cannons!; Ventilation in schools (in Australia and the United States); Mushroom color atlas ~!
How the Trump Presidency Might Change the Global Economy
Trump tariffs are coming! What does that mean?
“An Honest Discussion of Covid Vaccine Side Effects Is Overdue”
Even with more willingness to discuss Covid side effects, most medical professionals still seem reluctant to admit to the probably frequency
How to Protect Your Pet from Climate Change
Your pet more vulnerable to climate change than you might think. Some helpful suggestions.
Longer-Term Treasury Yields & Mortgage Rates Explode, Yield Curve Un-Inverts Further as Bond Market Gets Spooked
Stock jockeys love Trump and bond vigilantes do not. What do their diverging views say about the prospects for the US economy?
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/6/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; Election 2024 roundup; Gram Parson’s birthday; Welding ~
Netanyahu Replaces Fired Israeli Defense Minister With ‘Another Genocidal Lunatic’
Israel’s new defense minister, Israel Katz, is even more bloody-minded than the one Netanyahu sacked.
Going Back to the Source: A Personal Reflection on Capital, Volume 1
KLG reflects on how Marx’s Capital was an important primer for him in understanding capitalism, and why it remains a seminal guide.
BRICS Isn’t De-Dollarizing Anytime Soon
Why the Global South path away from the dollar will be longer and more difficult than many friends of BRICS imagine.
Live Blog, The Main Event: Election Day 2024
The Naked Capitalism live blog for Election Day 2024.
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/5/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics; Today’s RCP polling: Kamala closing, but Trump holds; Election prediction round-up ; Boeing workers sign contract, News Guild tech workers on strike at NYT ~
