-ocracies and -isms: How the USA Broke
Once upon a time, the USA was a democracy. While vestiges of democracy can still be found in the USA, it is being actively and aggressively eradicated at the federal…
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Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- A.R. Moxon writes about the desperate need for a radical reshaping of both stories and substantive policy when even the most modest challenge…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Toby Buckle and Greg Sargent highlight the need for a global response to the race war being propagated by Elon Musk and other white…
How to Fight Fascism
When I first become politically aware during the 1960s it was not that long since World War II and The Holocaust and Fascism was seen as repugnant by almost everyone…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Judd Legum discusses how Donald Trump's corruption includes such blatant market manipulation as buying stocks then using speeches to promote the companies involved. -…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Ian Bremmer highlights how countries around the globe are hedging their bets rather than risking being taken down as the U.S. collapses. And Karen…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Tim Murphy, Schuyler Mitchell and Chasity Hale chart the obscene concentration of wealth in the U.S., while Murphy also highlights the flaws in how…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Zohra Ahmed warns that the Trump regime is now looking to impose guilt by solidarity on anybody with the slightest connection to social justice…
Revolution Or Armageddon
Further Thoughts On “Operation Epstein Fury” A few important further notes and updates on the Iran War, and what it means – the third in a series of essays on…
The Decline Of The Nation-State & The Rise Of The Oligarchs: The Deeper Meaning Of The War On Iran
Part Two of the essay series on The Iran War, Imperial Over-Reach & Collapse ~*~ Part of the bigger picture, I would say, is that there are multiple power blocks…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Anne Applebaum weighs in on the inevitable recognition by any remotely rational actor that it's pointless to offer Donald Trump any respect or trustworthiness…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Mona Charen writes that Donald Trump's war in Iran can't be explained by any motive other than a sheer ego trip. Steven Beschloss…
Blowback, Imperial Over-Reach & Collapse: A Case Study – The US-Israeli War On Iran
The US-Israeli war on Iran is a classic text book case of imperial over-reach: driven by greed, power lust and hubris, as all empires are, they over-reach, especially when in…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Brian Beutler comments on the Trump regime's absolute lack of distinction between war and politics, and what that means for any hope of…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Charlie Angus discusses the realities of being next door to a gangster regime. And Navigator Research finds that a majority of Americans recognize that…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading.- Patriotic Millionaires highlight the connection between the extreme concentration of wealth and the Epstein class' culture of depravity and impunity. Amanda Mull is the…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- David Lurie is rightly appalled by the Trump regime's nihilism, combining insatiable greed for whatever it can seize with a willingness to destroy…
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…
Trump’s Nazification of the USA
Project 2025 was the MAGA world’s blueprint for turning the USA into a totalitarian state run by President — now dictator in all but name — Donald Trump. But the…
Sunday Afternoon Links
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.…