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Monday, May 25, 2026
Links 5/25/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:58 am | 54 Comments »
Iran War: Trump-Claimed Agreement Coming Apart as Iran Sticks to Long-Held Positions and Republican Stalwarts Rebel; Experts Argue It May Be Only to Temporize
Today’s Iran war news: As the latest Iran war “deal” comes unglued, it looks like it was intended merely to hit the pause button….why?
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Media watch, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 92 Comments »
Who Do Members of the Military Serve?
A Memorial Day look at a military recruitment crisis in a country being feasted on by transnational capital.
Topics: Income disparity, Middle East, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 37 Comments »
Private Equity Now Owns 1 in 8 Apartment Units, a 50 Percent Increase Since 2021
Private equity’s expansion into housing comes at the same time as Americans are increasingly struggling to afford rent.
Topics: Guest Post, Market inefficiencies, Politics, Private equity, Real estate, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 4 Comments »
Links 5/24/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 62 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Vampira (1971) Run Time: 44M Bonus: Tangerine Dream
Vampira is a movie about a very strange household indeed.
Topics: Guest Post, Sunday morning Antidote movie
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 8 Comments »
Russia Launches Largest Missile Attack Against Kiev of War
Iskanders, Kalibrs, Zircons, and Oreshniks target Kiev in response to drone attack on Russian university dormitory.
Topics: Russia
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:30 am | 38 Comments »
Iran War: Trump Announces Iran Deal with Iran Already Disputing His Claims; Hawk Heads Exploding; Even if Pact Concluded, Strait of Hormuz Traffic Expected to Reach Only 40% of Old Level by Year End
Today’s Iran war update: Trump says he has a deal. Iran begs to differ as to what it would amount to.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Media watch, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:36 am | 130 Comments »
Links 5/23/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:59 am | 108 Comments »
Iran War: Trump and Top Officials Cancel Holiday Plans, Suggesting Imminent Attack; Walmart Reports Consumers Self-Rationing Gas
Today’s Iran war news: Negotiations are now at an impasse and Trump is taking visible steps consistent with new attacks.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Media watch, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:57 am | 126 Comments »
Ex-CIA Officer John Kiriakou Breaks Down Spy Movies
CIA torture whistleblower John Kiriakou talks spy tradecraft.
Topics: Curiousities, Media watch, Surveillance state
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:00 am | 26 Comments »
Lavrov Elaborated on the US’ Plans To Eternally Control the EU’s Energy Market
How the US is on the way to making the EU even more captured vassals by controlling critical energy supplies.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Europe, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:00 am | 12 Comments »
Coffee Break: The Furies are Coming for US
Today’s Coffee Break on a holiday weekend in the US is the simple recommendation that you go straight to this long essay in Front Porch Republic by W. Aaron Vandiver of Carbondale, Colorado: Trump and the Furies of Empire –– Trump, in his crude way, is forcing us to confront the false stories we have […]
Topics: Coffee Break, Doomsday scenarios, Free markets and their discontents, Social values, The dismal science
Posted by KLG at 2:00 pm | 66 Comments »
Links 5/22/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:58 am | 72 Comments »
Iran War: Quelle Surprise! Vanishingly Unlikely “Deal” Visibly Falling Apart as US Consumer Spending Crumbling
Today’s Iran war news: Talks fantasies get a harsh dose of reality as Iran rejects a US nuclear demand while consumers go green at the gills.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Income disparity, Investment outlook, Media watch, Middle East, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 123 Comments »




