Those Who Would Be King
Trump’s June 14 spectacle is an exploitation of the military for personal and political gain. Will No King protests make a dent?
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Forcible Removal of US Sen. Alex Padilla Signals a Dangerous Shift in American Democracy
Trump's war against the Constitution, Congressional oversight powers, and legislation escalates with the man-handling of Senator Padilla
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Links 6/15/2025
Our strategic daily links: , Time lapse travel, biofuels bust, Taiwan trouble, EU disunion, Mideast war, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretched excess
Nakedcapitalism.com by Haig Hovaness
Links 6/21/2025
Our ferocius daily link: Covid reinfections, uninhabitable heat levels? moar raw earths mess, Niger takes French uranium mine, Macron's space fantasies, Iran pounds Israel, US to attack soon, Gabbard humiliated, Ukraine update, Senate Parliamentarian whacks b…
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Michael Hudson: Why America Is at War with Iran
The neocon logic for needing to defeat Iran and break it into ethnic parts
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NATO’s Procurement Corruption Scandal Might Delay Its Rapid Militarization Plans
Yves here. Yet another example of European values in action! A corruption scandal in Aisle 5! While this procurement abuse is not all that big an impediment to European NATO members bulking up their armed forces, say compared to voters not being on board with…
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Links 6/28/2025
Our florid daily links: Doomsday preppers, mass casualty at graduations, EU warmongering, Iran exits IAEA oversight, Israel puts Oxy in Gaza flour, Russia troops massing? NATO bootlicking, Trump wins at Supremes, new fundamental AI problems, Tesla robotaxi fa…
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Michael Hudson: The U.S. Empire’s Plan for Global Domination
Michael Hudson: War on Iran is part of the US empire’s effort to re-impose its dominance on the global political and financial system
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Links 6/29/2025
Our strategic daily links: hungry elephant, more heat and less ice, Chinese hospital, Mexico an enemy, Gaza horrors, Iran damage assessments, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretched exce…
Nakedcapitalism.com by Haig Hovaness
The Millionaire Exodus Myth
Millionaires are not fleeing countries to escape taxes.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
This Time It’s Official: Mexico Is Going to the BRICS Summit
It's not just Mexico's federal government that is calling for economic diversification away from the US but also its biggest business lobby
Nakedcapitalism.com by Nick Corbishley
Trump’s Neo-Stalinist Pentagon Photo Purge
Controlling the future by controlling the past, here by censorship of narrative-busting photos.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
The Gates Foundation’s Global Reach Expands, to Mixed Reviews
The Gates Foundation steps into the void left by the U.S., and brings with it limited accountability, conflicts of interest, and a history of failure in its stated mission.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Stop Israel’s Dystopian “New Improved” Concentration Camp Plan—Before It’s Too Late
Israel keeping finding new lows in depraved behavior. Now we have Israel trying to brand a concentration camp as a "humanitarian city".
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Will Voters Turn to Corbyn and Socialism over Starmer’s Big Finance Love-In?
A discussion of whether voters would back Corbyn-style socialism, particularly given Starmer’s ever-rightwards shift.
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As White House Touts ‘Economic Boom,’ Americans Say They’re Barely Scraping By
Despite Trump's economic claims, with rising tariffs, just 30% of Americans say they can meet their costs per a poll from Data for Progress.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Michael Hudson: From Babylon to Wall Street – How Bankers Make You Poor
A wide-ranging historical discussion with Michael Hudson, tracing the destructive rise the power of lenders from ancient times to today.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Europe’s Energy Future Hinges on Global Powers
The EU’s energy transition goals (and so much else) are becoming increasingly reliant on trade and tariff policies from the US and China.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Michael Hudson: Europe’s Surrender
Michael Hudson returns to current events in an interview with Nima, focusing on what the Trump tariffs deals mean for Europe, the US and BRICS
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Links 8/9/2025
Our tremulous daily links: CDC shooting, wind auction fail, moar US DeepSeek alarm, Tucson beats Amazon, Sudan starvation, EU-US deal a stealth EU win? UK poverty, Israel Lebanon strikes, Putin-Trump summit, US Caucasus threat, auto co's tariff hits, AI looti…
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CBO Confirms Trump Budget Law Will Trigger Over $500 Billion in Automatic Medicare Cuts
Tax breaks for billionaires are set to force over half a trillion dollars in Medicare cuts.
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Links 8/16/2025
Our scintillating daily links: demon weed worries, Long Covid. Putin-Trump ho hum, China economy soft, NZ exodus, UK bond wobbles, IDF Gaza green light, Kristi Noem's free house, RIP Schumer? financial repression blowback? Musk, AI tower of Babel, US rich w/ …
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Links 8/17/2025
Our strategic daily links: Avalanche skiing, old black hole, sweaty Hong Kong, Chinese robots, electrifying Africa, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, hapless Democrats, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretch…
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The Straw Man City and the Architecture of Selective Small Government
Trump’s urban takeovers reveal a governing pattern that blends the language of small government with a readiness to deploy maximum state force when it serves political ends.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Powell Tap Dances on Interest Rate Outlook as Stagflation Starts to Kick In
Powell threw Mr. Market and Trump a bone by hinting the Fed might cut rates in Sept. But the Fed lacks good options with stagflation looming
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Links 8/23/2025
Our jabberwocking daily links: libraries of things, Gustave Dore, US bioengineered food, FBI raid on Bolton, Pakistan and India floods, US to strike Mexico? UN calls Gaza famine, Pokrovsk breakthrough, Ghislaine Maxwell transcript released, Alligator Alcatraz…
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Looking Back at the Positions on South African Apartheid Taken by Ambitious Democrats
Over time, Democrats came to support the end to South Africa's apartheid, whch makes the cowardice over Gaza genocide even more deplorable
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Links 8/24/2025
Our strategic daily links: Music box, Waymo in NYC, Chinese trains, Africa map, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, hapless Democrats, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, scams, and wretched excess
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Links 8/30/2025
Our vivid daily links: Solar wave? Trump approval tanks, ChatGPT reports to police, US bars Palestian diplomats, Japan-China gas field row, India tariff hit, Israel plans Lebanon invasion, US drug chains halt Covid vaccines, rat population rise, more Lisa Coo…
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Michael Hudson: How Lenders Sought and Got Power in the Roman Era and Helped Legitimate Later Rentierism
Michael Hudson recaps the long history of limits on lenders' rights for the benefit of society and how the Roman era was an inflection point
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Links 8/31/2025
Our strategic daily links: Kite surfing, marching baboons, factory farming, Chinese chips, India tariffs, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretched excess
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Nearly 1,000 ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ Protests Planned Across US for Labor Day
Are protests alone enough to confront the billionaires?
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Fed Governor Lisa Cook v. Trump: “That Mortgage Document Doesn’t Say What You Think It Says”
More on the holes in the Trump allegations that Fed governor Lisa Cook committed mortgage fraud.
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Coffee Break: Gavin Newsom Weaponizes ‘Dark Woke’ Cringe Against Trump
California Governor Gavin Newsom is using a cringe-worthy "dark woke" approach to counter President Trump on social media that is getting positive poll results.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Nat Wilson Turner
Farcical Visions of Competitiveness in the EU
What will stop these maniacs first? A popular revolt putting them in padded cells or Russian strikes?
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Links 9/1/2025
Our daily links, including EU’s “pretty precise” plan for troops in Ukraine, postwar Gaza plan, and the invisible swirls of sand and snow.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Links 9/6/2025
Our salubrious Seuss abuse, Covid shots in NY, solar windowpanes? China weapons, India-China thaw doubts? EU warmongering, Israel pathology, US awful infantry, RFR, Jr. wobbles, more tariff backfire, Epstein, bad jobs #s, $1 trillion Musk bonus? non-competes …
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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
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Michael Hudson: SCO and BRICS 2025
The SCO meeting looked to be a great success. But what can we expect in folllow through?
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Links 9/7/2025
Our strategic daily links: , Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretched excess
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Links 9/13/2025
Our contrary daily links: false blue eyes? first f-bomb, moar Charlie Kirk, Hyandai plant further backfire, Israel kills Yemen journos, Admin: 25 child Covid vax deaths, 40,000 troops to Poland border, Memphis next ICE target, US subprime auto lender fail, bo…
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How Student Loans Became America’s Financial Catastrophe
How student loans became a vehicle for higher educational profiteering and exploitation of students.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Links 9/14/2025
Our strategic daily links: Wild rides, naked black hole, bone glue, first female PM in Nepal, Europe's future, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, hapless democrats, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretched ex…
Nakedcapitalism.com by Haig Hovaness
Links 9/20/2025
Our rambunctious daily links: Ig Nobel prize winners, mirror life, dangerous bees? Poland v. China, France and Philippines protests, UK dire harvests, Qatar strike blowback with Pakistan-Saudi pact, moar "Russia incursion", TRIPP, Samsung fridge ads, Trump NY…
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The Dollar: Ripples Presaging a Financial Tsunami
A detailed analysis of the poor prospects for dollar hegemony and the forces that could trigger a sharp unwind.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Links 9/21/2025
Our strategic daily links: New gymnastic moves, Project Xanadu, COVID shots, drug cartels, green giant China, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretched excess
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Links 9/27/2025
Our fine daily links: harlequin toad, screen dangers, ocean acidification, China v. Mexican tariffs, Netanyahu dissed, UK bond sale wobbles, Russia-EU plane spat, German child poverty, Comey indictment, US private debt worries, AI workslop, unaffordable house…
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Bravo! Met First Goal Quickly, Now on to the Second: Supporting the Commentariat
Congrats! We are advancing at a healthy pace towards our fundraiser goals. Now on to our second, supporting the comments section.
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Links 9/28/2025
Our strategic daily links: Drifting cars, black hole collisions, bigger hailstones, Venezuela trouble, China?, Europe disrupted, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretched exc…
Nakedcapitalism.com by Haig Hovaness
Charlie Kirk and the Making of an AI-Generated Martyr
In the US, death and mythmaking are useful tools weilded to dictate the terms of public life.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Links 10/4/2025
Our bubbly daily links: herring farts, Antartic ice loss, Trump declares war, rupee at new low, Hamaspartial acceptance of peace plan, Canada debt, EU manufacturing shinks, Trump coin, farmer tariff bailout, TikTok to heart Israell, AI power shortage, moar Ch…
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Kudos! Hit Fourth Fundraiser Target, On to the Fifth: Our Esteemed Writers
Please visit the Tip Jar to give well-deserved bonuses to our stellar roster of writers: Conor, Nick, KLG, Haig, Nat, Curro & semper loquitur!
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US Economy Is Already on the Edge – A Prolonged Government Shutdown Could Send It Tumbling Over
Why a protracted US shutdown could seriously damage an already faltering economy.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Rajiv Sethi: The Compact
The Trump administration makes universities an offer they can't refuse: screen out applicants who demonstrate "hostility to American values"—or else.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Links 10/5/2025
Our strategic daily links: Amazing archery, peak social media?, target Venezuela, China developments, Euorpean disunion, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, hapless Democrats, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and w…
Nakedcapitalism.com by Haig Hovaness
Are We Waking Up Fast Enough to the Dangers of AI Militarism?
The Trump Administration is eager to integrate AI into military operations, even as experts warn: “The AI is always playing Curtis LeMay.”
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Links 10/11/2025
Our lightening daily links: Ig Noble pasta trick, China drops hammer on US, Trump drug war, Macron agonistes, Candice v. genociders, Russia massive missile strike, RFK, Jr. links circumcision to autism, shutdown firings, more debt/dollar worries, Musk's crash…
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Links 10/12/2025
Our strategic daily links: gymnastic dance, savants, coal-powered datacenters, Chinese drone show, UK Digital IDs, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretched excess
Nakedcapitalism.com by Haig Hovaness
Venezuela’s Opposition Used UN Meeting to Lobby for US Coup
The so-called opposition, with a much-needed rebranding assist from the Nobel Committee, proposes total economic surrender to US oligarchic interests.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Links 10/18/2025
Our bouncy daily links: new ice, moar measles, China new ocean surveillance tech, France downgrades, Zelensk dissed, AI power hogging, Israel torture, No Kings rallies, Canada recession, Bitcoin slump, Mangione win, shutdown losers, Prince Andrew gives up tit…
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Links 10/19/2025
Our strategic daily links: rhythmic gymnastics, youth mortality, target Venezuela, Chinese trucks, European draft?, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretched excess
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Links 10/25/2025
Our advancing daily links: vet recruitment, testosterone for women? Malibu exodus, US hearts Chinese drones, aircraft carrier to Venezuela, victory v. EU censorship, US wet noodle lashing over West Bank, EU asset seizure plan flops, Trump flailing, Dems reboo…
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Links 10/26/2025
Our strategic daily links: Blooming flower, strange shape, ocean plastic, EU rearmament, Gaza horrors, Chinese supercarrier, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, hapless Democrats, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretched ex…
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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?
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
SNAP, the Nation’s Largest Food Aid Program, Is About To See Cuts. Here’s What You Should Know.
A court ruling will force the Administration to use emergency funds for SNAP benefits. But the money will still run out in weeks. What then?
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Links 11/1/2025
Our rowdy daily links: Plastic surgery violence, US trade defeat v. China, Venezuela, Aussie subprime, ghost ICE vehicles, Reeves wants Brits all in, moar debt worries, Pharma loots Pentagon, map of US debt stress, threat to deport Cenk over Israel, jobs rece…
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Links 11/2/2025
Our strategic daily links: monkey bath, serial killers, climate chaos, student naps, African wars, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretched excess
Nakedcapitalism.com by Haig Hovaness
The Shutdown – And the House’s Inaction – Helps Pave Congress’ Path to Irrelevance
Where’s Congress? The institution is unwilling to assert itself as an equal branch of government.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Links 11/9/2025
Our strategic daily links: Impressionist animation, planetary sapience, hot lakes, fire fighting drones, African bloodlands, Mideast horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, the homeless and the hungry, Trumpishness, Musk world, immigration troubles, hapl…
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Links 11/15/2025
Our saucy daily links: seal escape, flu vaccine poor expectations, China v. US soyabeans, Berlin v. Huawei, Starmer sinking, Houthi Red Sea escalation, Mark Levin v. Tucker, Ukraine more dire, Trump interview backfire, no THC? Trump cuts some tariffs, datacen…
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Links 11/16/2025
Our strategic daily links: undersea courtship, chemtrails, Venezuela tensions, China EV slowdown, crumbling parliament, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, hapless Democrats, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wr…
Nakedcapitalism.com by Haig Hovaness
SNAP Is Funded Again. States Still Have to Deal With Trump’s New Eligibility Restrictions.
The biggest anti-hunger program in the U.S. is set to lose over $187 billion between now and 2034.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
‘The Main Course Is Inflation’: Thanksgiving Costs Surge Under Trump
A much needed, detailed debunking of Trump's claim that Thanksgiving meal costs, and by implicaiton inflation, are declining.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Links 11/23/2025
A 21-year-old Japanese snowboarder, Kokomo Murase, just landed a backside triple cork 1620. She’s the first woman ever to do it. Kokomo Murase pic.twitter.com/o5NI9P7xwJ — Science girl (@sciencegirl) November 20, 2025 The Math Shows Jackson Pollock Painted …
Nakedcapitalism.com by Haig Hovaness
Links 11/27/2025
Our stuffed daily links, including Thanksgving economics, the AI bailout begins, UK budget, and Europe no longer matters.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
The Trump Administration Is Now Directly Intervening in Honduras’ Presidential Elections, Confirming a Region-Wide Trend
Honduras may be a relatively small country but there is a huge amount riding on this Sunday's election result -- not just regionally but globally.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Nick Corbishley
Links 11/28/2025
Our daily links, including DC shooting, data center forever chemicals, pension scheme bailouts, and the Ukraine settlement sham.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
How to Stop a Nuclear War — and Why We’re Not Talking About It
The risk of nuclear war is higher than ever due to the Cold War never having ended while many leaders are insensitive to the consequences.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
As US Hunger Rises, Trump Administration’s ‘Efficiency’ Goals Cause Massive Food Waste
Feature or bug? 1890s-loving Trump's policies increase food waste, hurting citizens, farmers, and agriculture processors.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Links 11/29/2025
Our rebellious daily links: coffee's liver pluses, measels vaccination rebound, paralyzing Nexperia control fight, Venezuela delusions, Putin nixes peace plan process, IMF German growth warning, UK gas shortages coming? AI big leap happening? moar market wobb…
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Links 11/30/2025
Our strategic daily links: subway drumming, robot trek, long COVID, Tehran pollution, China space program, EU squabbles, Mideast horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, hapless Democrats, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, an…
Nakedcapitalism.com by Haig Hovaness
US “R” Us or Tax Sovereignty?
Countries can either capitulate to President Trump’s tax bullying or come together to fight for the sovereign right to tax multinationals fairly.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Links 12/6/2025
Our rollicking daily links: Lancet v. ultraprocessed foods, geoengineering necessity? China house price fall, Putin in India, Eurovision row, German auto distress, UK construction drop, US strategic plan freakout, Hegseth bloodied? affordability crisis, OpenA…
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With UK Politics in Flux, Corbyn’s Your Party May Surprise You Yet
Last weekend, two very different Your Party conferences took place: the one reported on in the press, and the real one
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Links 12/7/2025
Our strategic daily links: giant crystals, the time on Mars, climate disasters, China train, Modi meets Putin, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, hapless Democrats, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, scams, and wret…
Nakedcapitalism.com by Haig Hovaness
Links 12/13/2025
Our piebald daily links: Battle of the Atlantic, PCP burnout, hidden rainfall? anti Machado protests, UK brain drain, moar Russian frozen assets, US $1 trillion military spend, VPNs rule, Fed evades Trump, GOP Miami freakout, OpenAI whistleblower, violence v.…
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What’s at Stake in Trump’s Executive Order Aiming to Curb State-Level AI Regulation
Fortunately, an executive order won't stop states from restricting AI. But expect the Administration to try other routes.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Links 12/14/2025
Our strategic daily links: Mechanical bird, drunken raccoon, pirates of the Caribbean, self-parking car, Africa's resources, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretched excess
Nakedcapitalism.com by Haig Hovaness
Michael Hudson: Trump Floundering Efforts to Shore Up US Hegemony
Why Trump's National Security Strategy and his efforts to shore up dollar dominance are proofs of weakness.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Links 12/20/2025
Our stimulating daily links: kangaroo mechanics, food supply worries, China RE construction at low, Russian asset steal fail, Vilnius protests, moar genocide, T, Kennedy Center renaming, Home Depot v. immigrants, AI hackers, Bitcoin fall upsides, TSA fee grift
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
These 15 Coal Plants Would Have Retired. Then Came AI and Trump.
Utilities started reversing coal power’s “irreversible” decline. Will it last?
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Links 12/21/2025
Our strategic daily links: egg decorating, roving black hole, Venezuelan oil, Chinese robots, India's economy, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, hapless Democrats, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretched ex…
Nakedcapitalism.com by Haig Hovaness
Links 12/24/2025
Our festive daily links, including Epstein documents psyops, US food safety breakdown, Donald's deadly sins, and canine autarky.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Coffee Break: Going Beyond the MSM Name-Calling Narrative at TPUSA
The MSM covered the name-calling at TPUSA, but ignored the MAGA vs MIGA subtext driving the conflict between Ben Shapiro and Tucker Carlson.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Nat Wilson Turner
John Helmer: Merz’s War Against Russia Is Splitting the Europeans – Greek Role in Tanker Attack Exposed
NATO is trying to have it both ways: escalating against Russia via a naval/tanker campaign while pretending they are not directly at war.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Links 12/25/2025
Our festive daily links: Christmas truce, climate change v. food, water woes, China weak demand, EU-US censorship, Trump battleship fantasy, UK shoplifting, ICE bounty hunters, Israel diamonds & IDF, new food classism? Bari Weiss wobbles, Algeria v. colonizat…
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Elections in Venezuela and Honduras: Two Sides of the Same Coin — Minted in Washington
In Venezuela and Honduras, the U.S. demonstrates that political authority in Latin America derives not from democracy, but from U.S. endorsement
Nakedcapitalism.com by Curro Jimenez
US Launches Christmas Strikes on Nigeria—the 9th Country Bombed by Trump
With Nigeria, Trump—who calls himself “the most anti-war president in history”—has now bombed more countries than any president in history.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Links 12/26/2025
Our rich daily links, including US strikes Nigeria, Project 2025 progress, Kupyansk, Israel detains Santa, and radioactive reindeer.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Coffee Break: Boxing Day Miscellany
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…
Nakedcapitalism.com by KLG
Links 12/27/2025
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…
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Michael Hudson: The Economic Unravelling of the Political West
Michael Hudson describes the development and progression of America's economic parasitism.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Status of the US Dollar as Global Reserve Currency: USD Share Drops to Lowest Since 1994
Central banks diversify their holdings from the dollar into dozens of smaller non-traditional reserve currency alternatives.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Links 12/28/2025
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,…
Nakedcapitalism.com by Haig Hovaness
Did Israel’s Rivalry With Turkiye Play A Major Role In Its Recognition Of Somaliland?
Will the US follow in recognizing Somaliland?
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Links 1/1/2026
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…
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
The CIA Is Manipulating Trump Against Putin
Quelle surprise! The CIA is yet again up to no good.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Links 1/2/2026
Our plugged in daily links, including Iran protests, CIA in Ukraine, financialization collapse, and Bahrain butt plugs.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
How China’s Overinvestment Helped Produce Africa’s Deindustrialization
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
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
How Mexico Tripled Its (Nominal) Minimum Wage in Eight Years Without Triggering the Economic Disaster Many Had Predicted
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.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Nick Corbishley
Trump DHS Post Calling for ‘100 Million Deportations’ Suggests Intent to Kick Out Nonwhite Citizens
One journalist called it “absolutely insane Nazi propaganda, posted by the US government.”
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Links 1/4/2026
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…
Nakedcapitalism.com by Haig Hovaness
Rodriguez or Trump: Who Is Really Running Venezuela?
Will Delcy Rodriguez govern as a compliant and coerced US puppet, or as leader of an undefeated and independent Venezuela?
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Thrift Store. Clinic. Roller Rink. New Orleans Center Becomes ‘Radical’ Lifeline Amid Homelessness, Drug Crises.
A New Orleans collective is a heartening example of community self help...and an indictment of income inequality and failing social programs.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Schumer, Jeffries Refuse to Join Democrats’ Growing Calls to Slash ICE Spending
“I just don’t understand how we provide votes for a bill that funds the extent of the depravity,” says one senator.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
1 Year Into Trump 2.0, the Social Security Administration Is in Disarray
If you are so unfortunate as to need assistance from the Social Security Administration, good luck with that.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
The US’ New National Defense Strategy Calls For A World War-Like Military Build-Up
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…
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
ICE Execution in Minneapolis
ICE repeatedly shot and killed Alex Pretti who posed no threat to anyone. The US we once knew is over.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Why Venezuela’s Oil Comeback Is Proving Harder Than Trump Expected
Quelle surprise! More on how Venezuela's oil production prospects fall way short of Trump hucksterism.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
How a US/Israeli Strike on Iran Could Ignite a Wider Conflict
Neither Iran nor Trump look likely to blink in their regime change staredown. What happens if the US proceeds and can't win quickly?
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
How Much Further Can U.S. Forces Go in Mexico?
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?
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
With ICE Using Medicaid Data, Hospitals and States Are in a Bind Over Warning Immigrant Patients
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.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Links 4/25/2026
Our fancy dally links: salmon high, Middle English pronunciation, moar Iran negotiaiton fakes, White House China AI freakout, EU stagflation, glum UK consumers, global shipping damage, Russia attack, medicine shortages
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
To Solve Homelessness, Fix the Economy
A dangerous right-wing solution to homelessness is to hide the unhoused in out-of-sight detention camps
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Iran War: Waiting Is the Hardest Part, Back to Pakistan, USraeli Attack Incoming?
All of the ominous signs that have preceded previous "suprise attacks" on Iran are here: the markets are closed for the weekend, Kushner and Witkoff are headed to Pakistan for negotiations, and US forces are assembling across West Asia.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Nat Wilson Turner
Iran War: Israel Strikes Lebanon, Trump’s Negotiations Rug Pull, the View from the UAE
Today's Iran War update includes Netanyahu ordering strikes on Lebanon, Trump rug pulling "negotiations" in Pakistan, the MSM publishing more bad war news for the US, and some takes from the UAE and Israel.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Nat Wilson Turner
American “Micro-Militarism”
Or how defeat in the Iran War will accelerate American global decline.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Iran War: Trump Leans Towards Another Attack on Iran as More Weapons Arrive in Theater; Further Confirmation of US Base Damage in Theater, El Niño as Famine Multiplier
Today's Iran war update: Trump still seems primed to attack again in Iran even as costs to the US and Israel mount.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
The Licensing Revolution: Is Resistance to the End of Ownership Futile?
Increased incorporation of software into consumer products like cars means licensing is eroding privacy and ownership.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Iran War: Trump Whinges About Iran Proposal, China Rejects New US Secondary Sanctions, Ansar Allah Threatens Saudis
Today's Iran war news: The US and Iran standoff continues, with Trump signaling he still prefers striking to blinking.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
What’s in the Price of a Gallon of Gas?
Energy crises are good times for oil refiners—not so much for the rest of us.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Links 5/9/2026
Our poka-dotted daily links: Sunstone reveal, hantavirus worries, CO2 still rising, Starmer refuses to leave after big Labour loss, Trump-Xi summit doubts, Japan militarism, EU self-harm with cyber scheme, Trump tries to impose ceasefire on Ukraine, Gaza heal…
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Iran War: Iran Yet to Answer US Proposal as Recent Exchange of Fire in Gulf Exposes US Weapons Shortages; More on Poor Prospects for Global Economy, Resumption of Old Normal Gulf Traffic Levels
Today's Iran war news: Iran keeps Trump angrily waiting as recent skirmishes in the Gulf reveal critical US weaknesses.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Iran War: Momentary Quiet as Iran Withholds Answer on US Proposal; Iran Asserts Control Over Persian Gulf Cables; Debate Over US Destruction of Iran Tankers, Iran Destroyer Attacks
Today's Iran war update: The US and Iran stare at and skirmish with each other as the economy continues to bleed out .
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Michael Hudson: US Designs on Iran and the Trump-Xi Summit
With Iranian journalist Ali Alizadeh, Michael Hudson debunks White House spin on the Trump-Xi talk and gives a historical view of the war
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Iran War: Economic Pressures Rise and Bond Market Jitters Increase as Gulf States Rebel, Constraining Trump Even More
Today's Iran war news: Trump faces actual or incipient revolts from bond investors and Gulf States, with shortages also becoming visible.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Iran War: More Speculation that US Will Restart War, Along with Possible UAE Operation Against Key Iran Island, Big Explosion at Israel Weapons Factory; Yet More on Imminent Real Economy Damage
Today's Iran war news: Rumors on Trump to decide on restarting war, possible UAE action, Israel explosion, plus info on real economy damage
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Breaking: Ukraine Fires Hundreds of Drones at Moscow
Zelensky tries to show some muscle in a large drone attack on Moscow. Will Putin finally drop the hammer?
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Interpreting Lavrov’s Proposal That India Mediate Between Iran & The Gulf Kingdoms
Russian Foreign Minister offers reminders of BRICS inability to be counterweight to US geopolitical order.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Iran War: Trump and Top Officials Cancel Holiday Plans, Suggesting Imminent Attack; Walmart Reports Consumers Self-Rationing Gas
Today's Iran war news: Negotiations are now at an impasse and Trump is taking visible steps consistent with new attacks.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Lavrov Elaborated on the US’ Plans To Eternally Control the EU’s Energy Market
How the US is on the way to making the EU even more captured vassals by controlling critical energy supplies.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Iran War: Trump Announces Iran Deal with Iran Already Disputing His Claims; Hawk Heads Exploding; Even if Pact Concluded, Strait of Hormuz Traffic Expected to Reach Only 40% of Old Level by Year End
Today's Iran war update: Trump says he has a deal. Iran begs to differ as to what it would amount to.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Coffee Break: Resistance Meets Reaction, Pope, Pension Funds, Data Centers, Trump Crypto Edition
The American technocracy is using corruption, media manipulation, and sectarianism to crush popular (and Papal) resistance.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Nat Wilson Turner
Iran War: Trump-Claimed Agreement Coming Apart as Iran Sticks to Long-Held Positions and Republican Stalwarts Rebel; Experts Argue It May Be Only to Temporize
Today's Iran war news: As the latest Iran war "deal" comes unglued, it looks like it was intended merely to hit the pause button....why?
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Who Do Members of the Military Serve?
A Memorial Day look at a military recruitment crisis in a country being feasted on by transnational capital.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Private Equity Now Owns 1 in 8 Apartment Units, a 50 Percent Increase Since 2021
Private equity’s expansion into housing comes at the same time as Americans are increasingly struggling to afford rent.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Manufacturing Consent for Trump’s Invasion of Cuba
Team Trump's rhetoric against Cuba gets louder despite the lack of legal justification.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Shutting Down Federal Bee Labs Threatens Bees, Beekeepers and the US Food System
Is the country's food supply being destroyed intentionally?
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Michael Hudson: Geopathology and the Econopathology Behind it
How pervasive behavioral disorders among what passes for elites are destructive not just to the social order but ultimately to them too.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Michael Hudson: Debts That Cannot Be Paid Won’t Be
R. C. J. Cranstoun spoke with Michael Hudson on debt, rentierism, and the geopolitical rift around sanctions, energy, and the dollar system
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Iran War: Iran Insists on All “Deal” Sequencing, Above All Israel Exit of Lebanon, as No Date for Talks Set; Israel Immediately Violates New Lebanon Ceasefire; Strait of Hormuz Open or Not?
Today's Iran war news: The situation is particularly unsettled, so we will limit ourselves to bigger issues.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai: Iran Defeated The US Empire. What Happens Next?
A discussion of the plusses and minuses from the US loss against Iran, including possible major changes in the US.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Zelensky’s Ultimatum To Lukashenko Gives Putin The Chance To Finally Restore Deterrence
An argument that Russia risks losing key ally Belarus unless it responds more forcefully to Ukraine and NATO.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Iran War: Iran Snubs US, Walks Out of Direct Talks Due to Trump Threats; Israel Still Refusing to Exit Lebanon; Strait of Hormuz Transits Expected to Stay Low Due to Scrapping
Today's Iran war post: Ugly antics by Trump led to hard pushback by the negotiators, boding ill for fast progress the US so badly needs.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Ukraine’s Spree Of Strikes Against Russia Is More Showmanship Than Strategy
The European ruling class continues to deceive the EU people. Are they also deceiving themselves?
Nakedcapitalism.com by Conor Gallagher
Iran War: Struggle Over Strait of Hormuz Intensifies as US and Iran Strikes and Counterstrikes Intensify, US Navy Escorts Tankers on Oman Side; Yet More on Oil and Diesel Squeeze
Today's Iran war news: Escalating strikes and counterstrikes in the Strait of Hormuz area say the MOU is past its sell-by date.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Links 7/4/2026
Our rattled daily links: Record sea temps, China real estate sinks. yen crisis? >1 million Gaza deaths, Yemen threatens Saudis. grocery price emergency, Trump corruption details, quant emergency? retail dip-buying frenzy, America 250 ignorance, Cuba blackouts…
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith
Iran War: Iran Rejects Trump 24 Hour Ultimatum; US Launches Intense Attacks With Kuwait and Bahrain; Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz, Starts Counter-Strikes; Rumors of Mining of Oman Channel
Today's Iran war news: It looks as if a full-bore war, now over control of the Strait of Hormuz, is on.
Nakedcapitalism.com by Yves Smith