Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Paul Krugman discusses how Donald Trump is eviscerating financial regulation and consumer protection just when it's most needed, while Henry Farrell points out how…
Assorted content to end your week.- Paul Krugman discusses how Donald Trump is eviscerating financial regulation and consumer protection just when it's most needed, while Henry Farrell points out how…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Owen Jones discusses how Donald Trump's new regime has abandoned any (however dubious) claim to U.S. moral influence around the globe with shameless…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Cory Doctorow highlights how Thomas Piketty's work on the effects of capital concentration shows that both the "national" and "capitalism" parts of the Trump…
Wide-eyed cat.
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Pema Levy observes that Elon Musk's use of the U.S. government to line his own pockets would be illegal under any standard in…
Ilan Bluestone & Jerome Isma-Ae - Tension
Assorted content to end your week.- Anne Applebaum discusses how the actual regime change under Donald Trump involves the replacement of any public service with a system devoted exclusively to…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Jared Yates Sexton discusses the Trump-Musk plot to replace any remnants of U.S. democracy with an oligarchy. Josh Marshall examines the mechanisms put…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way chart the likely road ahead in the U.S.' journey from democracy to authoritarianism, while Hamilton Nolan's interview with Stephanie…
Elevated cat.
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Paul Krugman discusses how Donald Trump and Elon Musk are severing the U.S.' ties around the world. And Eamon James and Dan Mangan…
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Carole Cadwalladr highlights the Elon Musk-led coup against democratic governance in the U.S., while Sarah Kendzior discusses how Musk and the rest of his…
Phantogram - Move In Silence
Assorted content to end your week.- Alex Cosh discusses how our response to the new Trump administration needs to move beyond avoiding tariffs toward routing our international relations around a…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Tyler McBrien writes about the U.S.' state capture which makes it impossible to know who's making decisions which can have catastrophic effects (let…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Tim Snyder calls out the coup in progress as unelected lackeys take over major elements of the U.S.' government, while Jamelle Bouie rightly makes…
Angled cat.
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Brian Beutler makes the effort to classify the crises created by the new Trump administration as well as the available responses. Jeet Heer…
There seems to be a general (and rightful) consensus that Elon Musk's demand to eliminate all regulations as a baseline position is high on the list of his unauthorized plans,…
Assorted content to start your week.- Jessica Wildfire discusses how the Trump/Musk administration is meeting or exceeding the most damning predictions, while Ian Dunt points out the similar pattern following…