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Announcing Our 2025 “Double Your Donation” Challenge!
Bravo! Met Our Second Goal, On to Our Third: Supporting the New Coffee Break/Sunday Movie Feature
Coffee Break: Delusion, Deception and Dipshittery: Hasbara on the 8th Front
Quelle Surprise! Advanced Nations Stymie Governance Reforms at World Bank Intended to Increase Influence of Global Majority
Tony Blair and Larry Ellison Make One HELL of a Partnership
Censorship, Surveillance, and Spin: EU, UK, and Ukraine Try to Drive the Narrative
Trump’s Desire to Seize Bagram Airfield Will End in Disaster
The Rev Kev: Naked Capitalism – Bringing You Next Year’s News Today
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Stopping START
Exploring the High Rates of Social Violence in the Americas
Chasing Down Old Nazis in New York Court: Suit Against Volkswagen Controlling Shareholders and Key Managers Over Massive Clean Diesel Fraud
What Does All the Justice Department Sleaze Mean for Your Rental Housing Costs? 
Michael Hudson: Naked Capitalism – Your Source for Unique, Unsparing Coverage of Late-State Barbarism
“AI Makes Past Hype Cycles Look Tame”: PitchBook on the Stunning Venture Capital Mania for AI
Announcing a Surprise “Double Your Donation” Challenge!
Coffee Break: Shutdown, Clampdown, Clownshow or Horror Movie?
Hooray! Met Our Third Target! On to the Fourth: Continuing Expanded Daily Links
How Climate Change Is Driving Home Insurance Turmoil
Israeli Forces Spark Global Outrage by Intercepting Sumud Flotilla Off Gaza Coast [Updated]
Naked Capitalism: Your Indispensable Bullshit Detector
Trump Admin Moving Fast, Breaking Things as Shutdown Continues
Trump’s Imminent War(s) and Economic Damage as His Legitimacy Crumbles
With Venezuela and Iran, Is the U.S. Trying to Revive the Petrodollar?
The J K Galbraith Question: The Tyranny of Private Consumption
The AI Bubble and the U.S. Economy: How Long Do “Hallucinations” Last?
Colombia’s Petro Government Once Again Shows Rest of World How to Respond to Israel’s Naked Criminality
US Workers Experience Large Month-to-Month Fluctuations in Pay
Announcing Our Biggest Ever Double Your Donations Challenge!
Coffee Break: Vaccines Continued, Ancient Art, Renewables, Ignis Fatuus Explained, Good Sleep, and Jane Goodall
Green Capitalism in the Americas: False Solutions, Real Threats
US Economy Is Already on the Edge – A Prolonged Government Shutdown Could Send It Tumbling Over
Kudos! Hit Fourth Fundraiser Target, On to the Fifth: Our Esteemed Writers
Henry Moon Pie: Time to Support a Reader-Supporting Site
Rajiv Sethi: The Compact
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: The Man Who Laughs (1928) Run Time: 1H 54M
KLG: Naked Capitalism – Your Essential Community
Fundraiser SOS! We Are REALLY Behind!
Pakistan as a Consequence of the Partition of British India in 1947
Workers’ Wages Siphoned To Pay Medical Bills, Despite Consumer Protections
Lecornu Resigns Less Than a Day After Forming Government; How Long Can Macron Hang On?
Nat Wilson Turner: Naked Capitalism – Your Antidote to The Stoopid
What Do Trump Administration’s Threats on “Anti-Capitalism” Terrorism and RICO Mean for Organized Labor?
Coffee Break: Bari Weiss, CBS News, Meet the New Boss, Same as the Same Old
RFK, Jr. Push to Falsely Treat Autism as Produced by Vaccines Would Break Vaccine Injury Scheme, Potentially Risking All US Vaccines
TINA Never Die: Is Taxing the Rich Unthinkable Forever?
Even Palantir Says It Wants Nothing to Do With UK’s Proposed Digital Identity System
David in Friday Harbor: How Naked Capitalism Made a Difference at CalPERS
More Trump Jackbootery? Body Camera Video Betrays DHS Account of Chicago Border Patrol Shooting, Attorney Says
Announcing Our Everyone-into-the-Pool “Double Your Donation” Challenge
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Drone Evolution
Thanks! Met Our Fifth Goal, On to Our Sixth: Karōshi Prevention
After Tariffs, Trump Courts India With Energy and Defense Deals
A Front Line Report of AI Damage to the Job Market
The Illnesses of Basic Biomedical Science, Continued: Scientific Publishing
Conor Gallagher: Naked Capitalism – A Bulwark Against the Breakdown
Tom Neuburger: Is the Trump Administration Out to Trigger Civil War Soon?
Coffee Break: Ken Paxton Takes His Anti-Antifa Fight Undercover
Urgent Next Steps for Palestine at the UN
Economic Justice, Desert, and Capitalism (Again)
Will Trump Work Himself Into a Shoot Versus Illinois Governor?
Mark Ames: Why Finance Is Too Important to Leave to Larry Summers
Waiting for the Wheels to Come Off as Jamie Dimon, the IMF and Bank of England Warn of Damage of an AI Bubble Burst
Europe Is Not a State; That Is Why It Is at War With Russia
Kudos! Met Our Sixth Goal, On to Our Seventh: More Original Reporting
Ten Reasons Why Trump Should Never Be Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Time Bomb: How Uninsured Stablecoins and Crypto Derivatives Threaten Financial and Economic Stability
Things Are Getting Seriously Surreal in Milei’s Argentina
Procrastinators of the World, Unite! Last Day, Last Chance for Our 2025 Fundraiser!
Farmers Fight Federal Efforts to Block States from Promoting Humane Animal Agriculture
Down to the Wire for 2025 Fundraiser, Help Hit Our New Donor and $ Targets!
Coffee Break: Genes and Disease, Workslop Passing for Science, Nobel News, a Labor Party in the US, and Our Sick Politics
Countdown!
Are We Waking Up Fast Enough to the Dangers of AI Militarism?
What Version of Democracy Will Prevail?
Venezuela’s Opposition Used UN Meeting to Lobby for US Coup
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Moscow, My Love (1974) Run Time: 1H 29M
AI: Is it Really Different this Time?
How Technology Shapes How We Move, Speak, and Think
Crypto Crash Leads to Customer Bail-Ins to Prevent Some Exchanges from Failing
Looking to Türkiye For Clues About What’s Coming in Western Asia
Coffee Break: Bad Jacketing Katie Porter
The Rising Carbon Footprint of Electricity in the United States
Economic Myths: Homo Economicus
War in Venezuela Could Be Another Vietnam, Warns Mexican Analyst Fernando Buen Abad
The Huge US Bond Market and the US Dollar Blow Off the “Debasement Trade”
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Rare Earth Elements
Israel, the US, and the New Aerial Imperialism
As Trump Sells Peace in West Asia, His ‘Route for International Peace and Prosperity’ in the Caucasus Fails to Live Up to Its Name
Trump 2.0’s Eurasian Balancing Act Has Failed
Financial Institution Leaders Issue More Warnings of Equity Market Froth, Dodgy Debt Bombs
Coffee Break: Russell Vought, Stephen Miller, and Eric Trump Trio of the Week
Drug Price Wars: What Can Really Tame Big Pharma?
Winning with Misinformation: New Research Identifies Link Between Endorsing Easily Disproven Claims and Prioritizing Symbolic Strength
Trump Plans to Use Men With Guns as Part of IRS Campaign Against “Left-Leaning” Groups
What Does New High in US Stock Market Margin Debt Portend?
Afghanistan–Pakistan Clashes in Middle East Context
Data Centers Spark Bipartisan Fury As Energy Costs Soar
How a One-Man Grassroots Campaign Scuppered the EU’s Latest Plan to Suffocate Online Privacy (For Now)
The Trump-Putin Phone Call: US Makes Process Concession to Russia and Trump Softens Stance on Tomahawks.
‘We’re Not Going to Forget’: Pritzker Warns Trump Enforcers Miller, Homan, Bovino That Immunity Not Forever
Coffee Break: Politics and Science and Politics, a Coral Catastrophe, Mamdani, and the New ICE Age
Book Review: The Mixed Blessing of Antibiotics
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Amounts of Lead, New Report Says – A Pharmacologist Explains the Data
How a Bush-Era ‘Green’ Solution Made Climate Change Worse
The Sunday Movie Presents: Charade (1963) Run Time: 1H 56M
Commodities: Why They Are a Challenge for Investors
FEMA Buyouts vs. Risky Real Estate: New Maps Reveal Post-flood Migration Patterns Across the US
Who’s Profiting off of the Criminalization of Homelessness?
AI Is Coming For Your Doctor
Coffee Break: Pyrrhic Victory Drives Dystopian High Tech Drive for Control
Putting a Pause on the Practice of Surrogacy
Not the Fix—The Tell: The Meaning of a $100,000 H-1B Fee
Who’s Delusional, Who’s Drugged, Who’s Disinformed? It’s Hard to Tell
Western Media Finally Admit That Trump’s Mobilisation of Forces Against Venezuela Is All About Regime Change
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Wonder Weapons
OpenAI Slipped Shopping Into 800 Million ChatGPT Users’ Chats − Here’s Why That Matters
Former NATO Chief Stoltenberg Says Alliance Let Ukraine Down, Washington Was ‘Defeatist’
Generational Political War in a Hypernormalized Context
Whither Food in the Twenty-First Century?
Coffee Break: Gerontocrats Bad Jacket Tactics Not Working in U.S. Senate Primary?
The American Augean Stables — How Corruption Has Amended the Constitution
A New Car vs. Health Insurance? Average Family Job-Based Coverage Hits $27K
Brain Rot: LLMs, Long Covid Edition
The Personal Is the Political for Publishers and Presidents Alike
Reward and Retribution Is the New U.S. Policy for Latin America
Rob Urie: Democrats Who Created the Bad Status Quo Won’t Become Saviors
Brain Rot 2: Legal Corruption, Cuomo Rascist AI Slop Edition
Wall Street Banks Come to the “Rescue” of Milei’s Argentina Just Days Before Make-or-Break Elections
Exposing the Hidden US History Fueling Tariffs, Shutdowns, and National Breakdown
Coffee Break: Casey Means MD and MAHA, Health Insurance, Coffee Scat, and Big Brother at the Home of the Free Speech Movement
Economic Questions: The E F Schumacher Question
Food Inflation: The Price Spikes of Beef, Coffee, Eggs, and Dairy
As Pentagon Takes Secretive Donation for Military Salaries, AFL-CIO Says Pay All Workers Impacted by Shutdown
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Peppermint Soda (1977) Run Time: 1H 40M Bonus: Original Poetry!
How the Chinese Principles of the Tao Explain the Economy
You’ve Just Stolen a Priceless Artifact – What Happens Next?
Tenants Find Strength in Numbers in Fight Against Financialization of Housing
Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30
Coffee Break: Follow the Money Under Trump’s East Wing Ballroom and Behind Dem Progressive Campaigns
The US Is “Getting a Real Strong Handle” on South America “in a Lot of Ways”, According to Trump
The World Confronts the Genocide Washington Is Trying to Bury
Hogs at the AI Slop Trough, Gulf States, UFC Edition
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Gunboat Stupidity
‘The Stuff of Nightmares’: Hurricane Melissa Makes Catastrophic Landfall in Jamaica
Revolt Against Data Centers Spreading Around the World
How Tariffs Hurt the Ones You Love
How Will Capitalism End? Essays on a Failing System
The Diminishing Returns of ‘Victory’: Empire in the Age of Climate Tipping Points
Coffee Break: ICE Barbie on the Bleeding Edge of Trump Era Conflict & Corruption
Trump Team Takes Aim at State Laws Shielding Consumers’ Credit Scores From Medical Debt
Nationalism – Good or Bad?
The Stage Is Set For a US-Instigated Security Dilemma Between the Eurasian Rimland & Heartland
Big Employers Using AI to Decimate White Collar Jobs; What Happens When Real Incomes, Employment, and Social Compacts Erode?
Sudan War: Gold, a Key Port, and Two Armies With No Legitimate Claim
Rage Against the ICE Machine
A Few Thoughts About the Russian End Game in Ukraine and the Risk of Losing the Peace
The Pushback Against Marco Rubio Begins in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Macroeconomic Implications of Extreme Weather Events: Insights from Advanced Economies
Coffee Break: Political Grownups, Bending Time, CDC at Sea, Snakebites, and AI Again
SNAP, the Nation’s Largest Food Aid Program, Is About To See Cuts. Here’s What You Should Know.
Data, Power and Emissions: How AI’s Growth May Slow Down the Green Transition
The Shutdown – And the House’s Inaction – Helps Pave Congress’ Path to Irrelevance
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Faust (1926) Run Time: 1H 46M Plus Halloween Bonuses!!