Maryland Governor Wes Moore just approved a new carveout exempting predatory payday lenders from state regulations.
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The GENIUS Act would require banks to prioritize stablecoin owners over customers if there’s a financial collapse.
European nations including Spain and Germany have publicly condemned Israel’s war in Gaza. But records show they’ve quietly signed massive arms deals with Israeli firms to prepare for a potential war with Russia.
The post Revealed: EU Nations Condemning Gaza Genocide Secretly Inking Billion-Dollar Arms Deals with Israel appeared first on MintPress News.
The sudden withdrawal of big corporate sponsors from Pride events is an opportunity, not a crisis.
The post Corporate Pride Is Dying. Good. appeared first on The Intercept.
Mann understood, almost too well, the allure of tradition and irrationalism, of the poetic and the mystical.
Recently, I’ve been turning off my iPhone — all the way off! — for 10 to 30 minutes at a time. I leave it somewhere in the house, while I try to live IRL (“in real life”), washing dishes, hanging up laundry, or even going for a walk, phoneless. In this hyper-connected world of ours, doing so, even for such a short time, often feels like an enormous act of self-deprivation — no podcasts, no long-distance communication with those I’m closest to, no social media, no para-social relationships, no steps of mine being counted, or micro-health-tracking going on. So much, in other words, missing in action. I’m not a digital native. In fact, I am what they call a late adopter. I didn’t... Read more
Source: A World Without iPhones? appeared first on TomDispatch.com.
Το ΜέΡΑ25 χαιρετίζουμε την μερική στροφή που παρατηρείται σε μεγάλο μέρος του πολιτικού κόσμου το οποίο από την 7η Οκτωβρίου 2023 έως πρόσφατα δεν τολμούσε να καταδικάσει απερίφραστα το Ισραήλ. Άργησε αυτή η «στροφή» απελπιστικά αλλά τουλάχιστον έγινε – έστω και μερικώς. Αυτό που λείπει για να ολοκληρωθεί είναι, πέραν της κατάργησης κάθε στρατιωτικής συνεργασίας […]
The post Δεν αρκεί η καταδίκη του Ισραήλ. Γιατί το ΜέΡΑ25 απαιτούμε εμπάργκο και κατάργηση κάθε οικονομικής συνεργασίας – Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών 28 Μάη 2025 appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.
Μέσα σ’ όλα τα τραγικά που έχει κάνει ο Τραμπ, έκανε κι ένα καλό: διέλυσε κάθε αυταπάτη ότι η διεθνής οικονομία μπορεί να παραμείνει όσο ανισόρροπη ήταν τις τελευταίες δεκαετίες. Τα γιγαντιαία ελλείμματα κάποιων και τα θεόρατα πλεονάσματα άλλων είτε θα εξισορροπηθούν είτε το διεθνές σύστημα θα καταρρεύσει με τρόπο που θα κάνει το Κραχ […]
The post Ένα κινεζικό νέο Μπρέτον Γουντς; – Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών 2 Ιουνίου 2025 appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.
The IMF-World Bank Spring meetings are usually placid affairs that participating central bankers wish to forget soon after they are over. Not this Spring. This April the feeling several central bankers brought back home with them was not the usual relief but something far more visceral: dread, terror even. The reason? The spectre of the […]
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Just days into his premiership, Keir Starmer announced the commissioning of a “root and branch” Strategic Defence Review (SDR), writes Kate Hudson. Under the leadership of Lord Robertson, former defence secretary and NATO secretary general, the review panel claims to have broken with tradition, by including a much wider range of participants than usual – […]
The post Exposing Keir Starmer’s military spending scam – interview with Declassified UK appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.
Failure, corruption and warmongering: Ursula von der Leyen is awarded the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen for her contribution to the EU – because in Europe utter failure is not only tolerated, but celebrated! It is one of life’s guilty pleasures when one’s cynical prejudices are confirmed. One such moment, when I allowed myself a […]
The post In the EU nothing succeeds like gross failure: The astonishing case of Ursula von der Leyen – Der Freitag 29 MAY 2025 appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.
“After losing big with men under 30 in the 2024 election, Democrats have spent $20 million on a program called ‘Speaking with American Men’ (SAM) to help figure out which ‘spaces’ they need to show up in to fare better with this demographic.” — MSNBC
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Sign all bills using one of those pens where, when you flip it upside down, the woman’s clothes come off.
Play beer pong on the White House lawn.
Say you totally liked Shane Gillis this whole time.
Have the Green M&M take off her glasses and scrunchy to reveal she was secretly hot all along.
During speeches, let everyone know if there’s a sick BBQ spot nearby.
Talk more about MMA and aliens and elk meat next time you’re on the Call Her Daddy podcast.
Attempts by centre left parties to mimic the right on immigration almost always ends up strengthening the very far right parties they hope to defeat, reports Olly Haynes
Federal regulators have authorized hundreds of drugs without evidence they work, and many are dangerous.
- by Aeon Video
Psychologists have tested a way to seed ‘involuntary positive mental images’ in the brain. You can try it for yourself
- by Christian Jarrett
Dr. Rupa Marya of San Francisco is suing for discrimination after her university punished her for speaking out against Israel’s genocide of Palestinians.
The post A Doctor Said Israel’s War Is Fueling Health Crises in Gaza. UCSF Fired Her. appeared first on The Intercept.
- by Urte Laukaityte
The story of climate change told through a fictional volleyball’s 450-year journey across rising seas
The post The Ocean Odyssey of Wilson appeared first on Nautilus.
A fight is brewing
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Keir Starmer's commitment to upholding international human rights law doesn't appear to extend to the Israeli Government, argues Martin Shaw
Jamie Waddell and Danny Walker Would expanding mortgage supply lead to increased home ownership? Given that 90% of young home owners have a mortgage, it’s tempting to assume the answer is yes. But our analysis suggests that assumption is not necessarily true. We show that increases in mortgage supply have historically had no discernible effect … Continue reading More mortgage lending might push home ownership further out of reach
So a few days ago I posted about newts, and I mentioned that there was an American newt that was ridiculously toxic. But then (I said) there wasn’t space or time to go into why. And of course I was immediately bombarded by many* comments and e-mails asking why. *three Well, fine. The world’s most toxic […]