Elections have consequences. One should be keeping an AIPAC-backed war-mongerer like Hakeem Jeffries from becoming Speaker of the House.
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Monday, November 9, 2026
10 Reasons Hakeem Jeffries Should Not Be the Next Speaker of the House
Topics: Dubious statistics, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Middle East, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:54 am | 16 Comments »
Links 11/9/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 32 Comments »
Iran War: Trump Signals No Big Attack in CBS Interview; Barmy CENTCOM “Iron Gate” Plan Proof of Weakness or Perhaps Cover for Iraq Ground Operation?
Today’s Iran war news: Is post-election fallout already starting to curb Trump’s maneuver room?
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Media watch, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:20 am | 30 Comments »
Black Sea Is Now World’s Most Dangerous Waterway: NATO Pushes Militarization, Will Türkiye Relent?
As pressure mounts on Turkiye to open its straits to the Black Sea, is there a deal the West can offer to make it happen?
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Russia, Turkey
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 5 Comments »
AI Companies Are Preying on Under-Resourced Schools, Students Say
Poorer schools are being lured into spending their limited funds on AI tech in the face of chronic understaffing.
Topics: AI, Income disparity, Privatization, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy, Social values, Surveillance state
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 5 Comments »
Links 11/8/2026
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 153 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: The Hour Of The Wolf (1968) Run Time: 1H 27M Plus Bonuses
The Hour of the Wolf is a film about creeping doom.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 2 Comments »
Is Recognising Possibility a Revolutionary Act?
Discussing the need for narrative as the basis of change and how the recognition of possibility is the basis for revolutionary thinking.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Health care, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 28 Comments »
Links 11/7/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 139 Comments »
Western Democracy Was Always a Managed Oligarchy. Now It’s Breaking
How democracies under stress are showing their true oligarchy status.
Topics: Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 26 Comments »
‘I Heard a Barnacle’ – How Paying Attention to Nature’s Background Noise Can Reveal Animal Secrets
The too-often-neglected importance of sound in nature and scientific investigation.
Topics: Guest Post, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:43 am | 11 Comments »
Coffee Break: Fake Medicine, Cancer Vaccines that Work, and an Update on Bigfoot and Democratic Politics
Part the First: How Do You Identify a Vanity Institution? Last week we discussed an alternative medicine clinic in Switzerland in which several patients died after alternative therapies. These clinics are, of course, everywhere, and sometimes they are difficult to identify. Jonathan Jarry has written The Parallel World of Fakery for the McGill Office of […]
Topics: Coffee Break, Curiousities, Health care, Science and the scientific method
Posted by KLG at 2:00 pm | 31 Comments »
‘No Blank Checks for Big Tech’: Schumer Faces Protest Over ‘Dirty Data Center Deal’
Will a bill that disses the midterms’ AI repudiation by speeding up data center construction advance in the lame duck Congressional session?
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Infrastructure, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 31 Comments »
Links 11/6/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 111 Comments »
How Did Paraguay’s Fastest Growing Bank Become the Country’s Worst Nightmare?
The fallout of Ueno Bank’s collapse has quickly spread across the economy, leading to the collapse of Paraguay’s government and the arrest of eight bank executives
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 18 Comments »




