As Donald Trump threatens to hit Chicago with the imperial boomerang, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson fights back with an executive order that contrasts sharply with the actions taken by Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.
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Monday, November 24, 2025
Coffee Break: Trump’s Imperial Boomerang Gets Different Reactions in Chicago, D.C.
Topics: Coffee Break
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 2:00 pm | 13 Comments »
“I’ve Seen States Collapse; Now I See It Happening Here”
A grass-roots persepctive on the collapse of the rule of law in America.
Topics: Corporate governance, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 72 Comments »
Links 9/8/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 138 Comments »
Is Europe Preparing for War Against Russia or Against Own Populations?
Population control toys aren’t all that useful on the Eurasian Steppe.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Europe, Investment outlook, Market inefficiencies, Russia, Social policy, Social values, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class, UK
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 44 Comments »
Debate Over Conflicts of Interest at Top Pediatrics Association: What About Corruption in Medicine Generally? And With RFK Jr.’s MAHA Brand?
American medicine is rife with conflicts of interest and soft corruption. Don’t kid yourself that RFK, Jr. and his allies are any better.
Topics: Banana republic, Dubious statistics, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:00 am | 24 Comments »
Stablecoins Could Crash Our Economy
Finance loves to dress old risks in new language and call them innovation.
Topics: Banking industry, Moral hazard, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 4:00 am | 27 Comments »
Links 9/7/2025
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 169 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: The Last Days Of Patton (1986) Run Time: 2H 26M
The Last Days of Patton is a movie about the final weeks of General George Patton’s life.
Topics: Guest Post, Sunday morning Antidote movie
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 14 Comments »
“You Are My Friend”: Early Androids and Artificial Speech
Centuries before audio deepfakes and text-to-speech software, inventors in the eighteenth century constructed androids with swelling lungs, flexible lips, and moving tongues to simulate human speech.
Topics: Curiousities, Guest Post, Technology and innovation
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 8 Comments »
Links 9/6/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 176 Comments »
Michael Hudson: SCO and BRICS 2025
The SCO meeting looked to be a great success. But what can we expect in folllow through?
Topics: China, Currencies, Globalization, Guest Post, India, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:45 am | 41 Comments »
The Power of Siberia 2 Pipeline Deal Signifies the Failure of Trump’s Eurasian Grand Strategy
The consummation of the Russia-China Siberia 2 pipellne pact is yet another US policy backfire
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:31 am | 50 Comments »
Coffee Break: Make Polio Great Again, CDC, Institutions and Civilization, and How Animals Emerged
Part the First: Make Polio Great Again! And measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, bacterial meningitis, chickenpox/shingles, cervical cancer, hepatitis B! The title of Part the First comes from an old friend in both senses of the word. He is one of the very few Florida natives you would ever meet. But he is not a […]
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by KLG at 2:00 pm | 30 Comments »
The British Media Again Ignores the Corbyn Insurgency
As Nigel Farage dominates headlines, Jeremy Corbyn is being overlooked by the media – just as he was in 2017
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Media watch, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 33 Comments »
Links 9/5/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 164 Comments »



