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With ICE Using Medicaid Data, Hospitals and States Are in a Bind Over Warning Immigrant Patients
Conor Gallagher, Nakedcapitalism.com
ICE access to Medicaid data is forcing hospitals and states to consider alerting immigrant patients that information from emergency medical coverage applications could be used in efforts to remove them from the country.
Feb 8, 2026, 10:00 AM
How Much Further Can U.S. Forces Go in Mexico?
Yves Smith, Nakedcapitalism.com
A drug kingpin's arrest in Mexico shows Trump using the war on drugs to justify intervention. Will he deliver on his military action threat?
Feb 7, 2026, 11:41 AM
How a US/Israeli Strike on Iran Could Ignite a Wider Conflict
Yves Smith, Nakedcapitalism.com
Neither Iran nor Trump look likely to blink in their regime change staredown. What happens if the US proceeds and can't win quickly?
Jan 31, 2026, 11:51 AM
Why Venezuela’s Oil Comeback Is Proving Harder Than Trump Expected
Yves Smith, Nakedcapitalism.com
Quelle surprise! More on how Venezuela's oil production prospects fall way short of Trump hucksterism.
Jan 31, 2026, 8:07 AM
ICE Execution in Minneapolis
Yves Smith, Nakedcapitalism.com
ICE repeatedly shot and killed Alex Pretti who posed no threat to anyone. The US we once knew is over.
Jan 25, 2026, 11:54 AM
The US’ New National Defense Strategy Calls For A World War-Like Military Build-Up
Conor Gallagher, Nakedcapitalism.com
Conor here: It’s almost as if the US is run by a cabal of war criminals who are the biggest threat to everyone on the planet. Here are some other reactions before the main piece: BREAKING The 2026 US National Defense Strategy, released late Friday night spe…
Jan 25, 2026, 11:00 AM
1 Year Into Trump 2.0, the Social Security Administration Is in Disarray
Yves Smith, Nakedcapitalism.com
If you are so unfortunate as to need assistance from the Social Security Administration, good luck with that.
Jan 17, 2026, 11:53 AM
Schumer, Jeffries Refuse to Join Democrats’ Growing Calls to Slash ICE Spending
Conor Gallagher, Nakedcapitalism.com
“I just don’t understand how we provide votes for a bill that funds the extent of the depravity,” says one senator.
Jan 11, 2026, 10:00 AM
Rodriguez or Trump: Who Is Really Running Venezuela?
Yves Smith, Nakedcapitalism.com
Will Delcy Rodriguez govern as a compliant and coerced US puppet, or as leader of an undefeated and independent Venezuela?
Jan 10, 2026, 11:05 AM
Thrift Store. Clinic. Roller Rink. New Orleans Center Becomes ‘Radical’ Lifeline Amid Homelessness, Drug Crises.
Yves Smith, Nakedcapitalism.com
A New Orleans collective is a heartening example of community self help...and an indictment of income inequality and failing social programs.
Jan 10, 2026, 10:00 AM
Links 1/4/2026
Haig Hovaness, Nakedcapitalism.com
Our strategic daily links: kung Fu handstands, wildfire smoke, Venezuela attack, Chinese lasers, Bollywood's angry men, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, hapless Democrats, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wr…
Jan 4, 2026, 11:55 AM
Trump DHS Post Calling for ‘100 Million Deportations’ Suggests Intent to Kick Out Nonwhite Citizens
Conor Gallagher, Nakedcapitalism.com
One journalist called it “absolutely insane Nazi propaganda, posted by the US government.”
Jan 4, 2026, 10:00 AM
The CIA Is Manipulating Trump Against Putin
Yves Smith, Nakedcapitalism.com
Quelle surprise! The CIA is yet again up to no good.
Jan 2, 2026, 2:55 PM
Links 1/2/2026
Conor Gallagher, Nakedcapitalism.com
Our plugged in daily links, including Iran protests, CIA in Ukraine, financialization collapse, and Bahrain butt plugs.
Jan 2, 2026, 11:55 AM
How Mexico Tripled Its (Nominal) Minimum Wage in Eight Years Without Triggering the Economic Disaster Many Had Predicted
Nick Corbishley, Nakedcapitalism.com
Yet more evidence that improving the lot of those at the very bottom of the income ladder does not necessarily produce unemployment or runaway inflation.
Jan 2, 2026, 11:45 AM
How China’s Overinvestment Helped Produce Africa’s Deindustrialization
Yves Smith, Nakedcapitalism.com
An in-depth article from a leftist vantage on China's extensive involvement in Africa finds that it has been a net negative for development
Jan 2, 2026, 10:55 AM
Links 1/1/2026
Yves Smith, Nakedcapitalism.com
Our solemn daily links: New Year in Gaza, nifty nugget, US contagion surge, Xi Taiwan vow, Pax Silica? Putin drone attack dispute, Trump tariff retreat, Google warrantless searches, billionaires richer, moar US boat strikes, metal margin panic debunked, crypt…
Jan 1, 2026, 11:55 AM
Links 12/28/2025
Haig Hovaness, Nakedcapitalism.com
Our strategic daily links: guitar string frequencies, money mad Americans, climate disasters, Venezuela troubles, Chinese singles, Somaliland, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, hapless Democrats, immigration troubles,…
Dec 28, 2025, 11:55 AM
Did Israel’s Rivalry With Turkiye Play A Major Role In Its Recognition Of Somaliland?
Conor Gallagher, Nakedcapitalism.com
Will the US follow in recognizing Somaliland?
Dec 28, 2025, 10:00 AM
Links 12/27/2025
Yves Smith, Nakedcapitalism.com
Our trenchant daily links: Wild boar watch, Ozempic teeth? CA mudslides, adapting to affordability crisis? snow polo, Thai-Cambodia negotiations, Israel reputation plunges, Iran tanker seizure, pejorism, moar ads v. illegal orders, AI bubble over? investors v…
Dec 27, 2025, 11:55 AM
Michael Hudson: The Economic Unravelling of the Political West
Yves Smith, Nakedcapitalism.com
Michael Hudson describes the development and progression of America's economic parasitism.
Dec 27, 2025, 10:56 AM
Status of the US Dollar as Global Reserve Currency: USD Share Drops to Lowest Since 1994
Yves Smith, Nakedcapitalism.com
Central banks diversify their holdings from the dollar into dozens of smaller non-traditional reserve currency alternatives.
Dec 27, 2025, 8:27 AM
Coffee Break: Boxing Day Miscellany
KLG, Nakedcapitalism.com
Part the First: No, This Is Not Another Bell Labs. Bell Labs was justifiably renowned as the place to do high level physics and engineering. It also supported Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson in their research that identified the background cosmic microwave r…
Dec 26, 2025, 7:00 PM
Links 12/26/2025
Conor Gallagher, Nakedcapitalism.com
Our rich daily links, including US strikes Nigeria, Project 2025 progress, Kupyansk, Israel detains Santa, and radioactive reindeer.
Dec 26, 2025, 11:55 AM
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