Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Seva Gunitsky notes that the same culture of elite impunity is behind both the Epstein files and Donald Trump's Russian connections. And Alan…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Seva Gunitsky notes that the same culture of elite impunity is behind both the Epstein files and Donald Trump's Russian connections. And Alan…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Anand Giridharadas writes that the most important takeaway from the Epstein files is the existence of the "Epstein class" which considers itself beyond…
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Don Moynihan examines how the U.S. is experiencing a more rapid fall from democracy to autocracy than any other country in recent history.…
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Sidney Blumenthal writes that the Trump regime never ceases to spiral downward (no matter how difficult it would seem to get worse than their…
OK, I admit it. I’m an addict. No, not to alcohol or opioids. I AM addicted to caffeine, but you’ll have to pry my Tims out of my cold, dead…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Adam Serwer offers a hopeful take on how Minnesota is proving MAGA social theory wrong, showing that the vast majority of people are…
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading.- Francine Prose offers a reminder that everything else happening in the U.S. is secondary to the imminent threat of an authoritarian takeover. Ed Burmila…
Assorted content to end your week.- Adrienne Tanner comments on how Canada has taken on unacceptable risks in accepting industry-funded "research" as a substitute for an accurate assessment of the…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Charlotte Clymer discusses Mark Carney's Davos speech as signaling a divorce from the U.S. But Justin Ling points out the need to match…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Inae Oh weighs in on the neo-royalism fueling Trump's sense of divine right. Seva Grunitsky points out that a hubristic belief that might makes…
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading.- Gaby Hinsliff highlights the need for the UK (and the rest of the world) to cut ties with an entirely unerliable U.S., while John…
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Heba Gowayed and Victor Ray discuss the need to go beyond merely calling to abolish ICE and other human rights abuses, and instead…
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- George Monbiot recognizes that all of the major problems now confronting us derive from the political class' willing subservience to the filthy rich. And…
Assorted content to end your week.- Matt Simon writes that Donald Trump's plans to kill off clean energy are futile in the face of its inexorable progress in price and…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Thomas Seal and Derek DeCloet warn about the threat the U.S. poses to Canada - including the risk of becoming even more of…
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Paul Crider discusses how the Trump regime is setting up the U.S. for explosive internal violence - while planning to blame its victims…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Linda McQuaig writes about the need for international solidarity in responding to the corruption and aggression of Donald Trump. Stephen Maher notes that…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Robert Reich discusses how Donald Trump is a threat to civilization (in the form of any social order other than one based on…
Credit where credit is due, U.S. President Donald Trump’s Venezuelan raid and kidnapping has accomplished one important thing: There was hardly a word in the media about the Epstein Files…
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading.- Stephen Beschloss writes that while the specifics may be unpredictable, the broad strokes of the Trump regime are entirely in keeping with a U.S.…