Musical interlude
Florrie - Pieces
Greg Fingas
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Greg Sargent writes about the utter villainy of Elon Musk's using the largest concentration of wealth on the planet as a tool to condemn…
On strategic considerations
Ontario's snap election is reaching its final day of voting following abysmal early turnout. And the campaign has seen a familiar range of attempts to get various configurations of parties,…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Max Stier discusses how Elon Musk's all-out assault on the U.S.' public service is contrary to every principle of competent management, while Pamela…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Alejandra Gomez and Greisa Martinez Rosas offer a reminder that Donald Trump's attempt to pit immigrants against other workers serves only to distract from…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cat with buddy.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Brian Cox writes that the combined cruelty and incompetence of the new Trump oligarchy should remind us of the need to tax the…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Charlie Angus discusses how the second Trump administration has been systematically dismantling both internal democracy and international alliances in order to tighten the executive's…
Musical interlude
Romy - She's On My Mind
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…
Thursday Afternoon Links
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…
Wednesday Morning Links
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…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Wide-eyed cat.
Tuesday Morning Links
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…
Musical interlude
Ilan Bluestone & Jerome Isma-Ae - Tension
Friday Morning Links
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…
Thursday Morning Links
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…
Wednesday Morning Links
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…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Elevated cat.
Tuesday Morning Links
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…