A clinical look at Trump’s deal hucksterism versus his typical modest-at-best results.
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Is Trump Building a Massive Data Center Beneath the East Wing? If So, Why?
Is the East Wing redo intended to include a massive data center/command installation? If so, what is the main object of concern?
Coffee Break: The Tangled OpenAI and Microsoft Alliance Frayed Under Pressure
Microsoft and OpenAI’s partnership ignited the AI boom but frayed under pressure in 2025 revealing some of the hidden agendas of both companies.
In ‘Unhinged’ Rant, Miller Says US Has Right to Take Over Any Country For Its Resources
White House adviser Steve Miller pulls off the mask and shows the face of imperialism: “What’s yours is mine.”
American Hegemony by AI: The Role of Israel
The India-Middle East-Europe Corridor is back from the dead, but what of all the issues with an imperial strategy that relies on data centers and desalination in a hotbox ready to blow.
Why Politicians Won’t Fix Affordability
Why affordability crisis is a symptom of predatory neoliberal practices. Concentrated wealth looks set to keep this new norm in place.
Two Decades of Chinese Industrial Subsidies
A profile of China’s subsidies and how they have changed over time. Counter-intuitively, agriculture is the most important recipient.
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – U.S. War Without Boundaries
Over the past two decades, use of U.S. military force has shifted from an exceptional act governed by law and public accountability to a flexible, discretionary instrument of policy. This article examines how post-9/11 legal authorities, institutional convergence, and secrecy have eroded the boundaries between war, intelligence, and governance—producing a system of permanent, unbounded conflict.
With Global Attention on Venezuela, Israel Intensifies Assault on Gaza, Lebanon
Israel continues to kill children because it can.
Reopening the Veins of Latin America
It seems that a new chapter in Latin America’s long history of “open veins” is about to be written, and unfortunately Eduardo Galeano is no longer around to do it.
Trump’s Greenland Threats: Will He or Won’t He Act?
Why Trump’s saber-rattling over Greenland should be taken seriously.
Fed’s Standing Repo Facility (SRF) Drops to Zero, from $75 Billion on the Last Balance Sheet as Yearend Liquidity Turmoil Dissolves
Unpacking the much-ado-about-nothing over year-end use of the Fed’s pet liquidity-providing mechanism, its standing repo facility.
Coffee Break: Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Makes Microslop Trend
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has made the term Microslop go viral with his admonition to “get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication.”
