Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Black Lives Matter Inland Empire Announces Break With BLM Global Network: Calls Out Lack of Transparency, Democratic Party Control

A Black Lives Matter group calls out the organization’s embrace of capitalism, self-promotion, and the Democratic Party.

‘Fire DeJoy Before He Burns Down USPS’: Postmaster General Pushes Plan for Slower Mail, Higher Prices

The planned demolition of the USPS continues. Can it be stopped?

Valentine’s Day Food Security Special: Hold the Pink Kraft Dinner, Serve Up Comfort Food

Kraft serves up a pink-hued, candy-flavored Valentine’s Day version of its boxed mac ‘n cheese. What’s on your comfort food menu?

Links 2/14/2021

‘Beyond Outrageous’: Big Pharma Using Loophole to Get Taxpayers to Fund Billions in Fines for Fueling Opioid Crisis

Big Pharma firms may try and take a tax deduction for some of the $26 billion opioid settlement, thus reducing its payout.

Links 2/13/2021

Working From Home: Too Much of a Good Thing

Why and how much the working from home trend is likely to be unwound post Covid (assuming a post Covid).

Yanis Varoufakis: Trumpism after Trump – NEWSWEEK Magazine, Interviewed by Basit Mahmood

Varoufakis believes Biden Administration fecklessness and love of austerity will strengthen the Trump faction.

2:00PM Water Cooler 2/12/2021

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The Bank of England Should Stop Broadcasting the Views of a Comfortable Financial Elite

A “put foot in mouth and chew” episode from Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane.

Links 2/12/2021

The Chip Shortage: Brought to You By American Neoliberalism

While the chip shortage will sort itself out in the next six months, the US can’t remedy its dependence on foreigners for critical supplies.

Big Money Drove the Congressional Elections—Again

The press account of the 2020 Congressional races got the money part completely wrong: Republican outspending was key to their wins.

Why Amazon Is Fighting So Hard to Stop Warehouse Workers From Unionizing

Amazon has much to answer for, like wage theft and brutal workplace condidtion, and is throwing its muscle behind not being held to account.

2:00PM Water Cooler 2/11/2021

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