Let’s follow the money to The White House east wing ballroom and the hidden Dr. Strangelove bunker below. We’ll also follow the money into Dem progressive politicial campaigns like Sanders’, Mamdani’s, Platner’s, Porter’s, and Fetterman’s.
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Friday, November 7, 2025
Coffee Break: Follow the Money Under Trump’s East Wing Ballroom and Behind Dem Progressive Campaigns
Topics: Coffee Break
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 2:00 pm | 19 Comments »
Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30
A look at some of the newest greenwashing phrases being road tested at COP30. The worst is many will go down easily.
Topics: Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Media watch
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 15 Comments »
Links 10/27/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 107 Comments »
Tenants Find Strength in Numbers in Fight Against Financialization of Housing
Tenant unions are forming across the country to battle rent hikes, poor living conditions, and the eviction-to-prison pipeline.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Private equity, Real estate, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 5 Comments »
You’ve Just Stolen a Priceless Artifact – What Happens Next?
How can the Louvre thieves—if they’re still out there—capitalize on their haul?
Topics: Curiousities
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 31 Comments »
How the Chinese Principles of the Tao Explain the Economy
Rethinking economics through Taoism: Money is the Tao, capital & labor are Yin/Yang, and the Invisible Hand is Wu-Wei (non-interference)
Topics: China, Currencies, Macroeconomic policy, Social values
Posted by Curro Jimenez at 1:30 am | 33 Comments »
Links 10/26/2025
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 121 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Peppermint Soda (1977) Run Time: 1H 40M Bonus: Original Poetry!
Welcome gentle reader to another installment of the Sunday Morning Movie. Today it’s a tender-hearted coming of age story about two young French sisters set during the political turmoil of the early 1960s. Also, a bit of poetry, a dark image of modern America that seems even more relevant given the state of things. Diabolo […]
Topics: Guest Post, Sunday morning Antidote movie
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 10 Comments »
As Pentagon Takes Secretive Donation for Military Salaries, AFL-CIO Says Pay All Workers Impacted by Shutdown
Is the $130 million “gift” to the Pentagon a trial balloon for further military privatization?
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Privatization
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 24 Comments »
Links 10/25/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 248 Comments »
Food Inflation: The Price Spikes of Beef, Coffee, Eggs, and Dairy
CPI for food at home has surged by 30% since January 2020.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:57 am | 33 Comments »
Economic Questions: The E F Schumacher Question
E F Schumacher of Small Is Beautiful, appeared influential in his heyday, yet his precepts seem not to have gotten a durable following. Why?
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Social policy, Social values, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:20 am | 36 Comments »
Coffee Break: Casey Means MD and MAHA, Health Insurance, Coffee Scat, and Big Brother at the Home of the Free Speech Movement
Part the First: Casey Means MD Is Still Awaiting Her Closeup. We discussed the Surgeon General in waiting some time ago in a review of her book, Good Energy. Her confirmation hearing in the US Senate is apparently still in the works. Dr. David Gorski has an update at SBM, Surgeon General nominee Dr. Casey […]
Topics: Coffee Break, Free markets and their discontents, Health care, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by KLG at 2:00 pm | 15 Comments »
Exposing the Hidden US History Fueling Tariffs, Shutdowns, and National Breakdown
Political slugfests and current controversies show how flattering tales from US history undermine the pursuit of its citizens’ interests.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 20 Comments »
Links 10/24/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 115 Comments »



