Tech billionaires are embedding themselves in U.S. economic systems while experimenting with new ways to manage their fortunes
Thursday, April 3, 2025
New Gallup Poll Finds Health Care Affordability Falling: One-Third Cannot Afford Care
More bad, if predictable, news on the US health care front.
The Trump ‘Threat’ Helps Sell the War Racket in Canada and Europe
The plan has long been for Europe to dramatically increase military expenditures. Embracing international Trump Derangement Syndrome along with relentless Russophobia helps “give history a shove.”
Advertising Makes You Unhappy – By Design
Is advertising bad for you?
GOP Lawmakers Eye SNAP Cuts, Reducing Benefits for the Low Income at a Time of High Food Prices
The GOP again has SNAP food assistance benefits in their crosshairs. How might they make cuts? Can they muster the votes?
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Bombing Yemen
Our warfare focused Coffee Break: The bombing of Yemen, a story of pernicious foreign policy and misguided military action
Bracing for the Fallout from Trump Tariff Delusions
Trump is about to drop another big tariff shoe, and pretty much no one but very hard core ideologues is on board.
As Future of Panama Canal Hangs in Balance, Mexico Quietly Begins Testing Its Interoceanic Rail Corridor
South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai just became the first company to use the rail corridor, which is being touted as a possible plan B to the embattled canal.
Why Did the CDC Bury Its Latest Measles Forecast?
The CDC planned to announce a new risk assessment that stressed the need for MMR vaccinations. Last week, it reversed course.
Europe Scrambles To Revive Metals Industry
The dire state of Europe’s metals industry is another example of the damage done by the loss of cheap Russian energy.
Coffee Break: Across the Pond and the Online Safety Act
The UK is attempting to set the rules for what and how information is served across the whole internet through the Online Safety Act.
Trump Executive Order Calls for End of Paper Checks for Taxpayer and Government Payments by Sept. 30; Industry Official Snort About Deadline; What About User Payment Charges?
Trump has mandated a Mission Impossible: getting rid of paper checks for Treasury receipts and payments by September 30
