‘I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don’t think he knows what he said either.’ While Donald Trump often reached for sleepy metaphors to make hay of his opponent’s incognition, the question of whether Joe Biden was really awake in the dwindling days of his presidency is surely […]
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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – July 20, 2025 by Tony Wikrent Trump not violating any law ‘He who saves his Country does not violate any Law’ ICE Is Planning Mass Extraordinary Renditions Spencer Ackerman, 14 Jul 2025 [FOREVER WARS] AT THE START of this newsletter nearly four years ago, I wrote about how what […]
Why Trump is hiding the Epstein files, the absurd handouts in the tax bill, and more from The Lever this week.
Twenty-two years ago, Swedish citizens were asked whether they wanted to join the eurozone. Of the 83% of registered voters who participated in the referendum, nearly 57% voted ‘no.’ The result came as a complete shock to the Swedish establishment. All major political parties and business organisations had backed the euro. Despite the ‘yes’ side […]
. Hyperinflation — a rapid and uncontrolled surge in prices that destroys the value of money — is often wielded as a warning against excessive government spending or monetary expansion. Cases like Weimar Germany, Zimbabwe, and Venezuela loom large in policy discussions. Yet for nations that issue their own sovereign fiat currency, hyperinflation is far […]
Sunday – and the squirrels are lazing in their branches,the sheep are congregating for morning service,and the bears are sleeping off their sore heads. The sloths are taking things slow, the hippos are wallowing,the cats are curling up on the newspaper in front of the television.The alpacas will spend the day in their fluffies. Not…
Unlike Keynes, yours truly won’t live to regret not drinking more champagne. It’s one of life’s few invitations I always accept …
States stand up to ICE, a class act in the Garden State, wildlife crossings get a boost, and an agency backtracks on DOGE cuts.
Socialismens ABC är en fördjupningspodd från Katalys. Den inledande serien — där bland andra Sven-Eric Liedman, professor emeritus i idé- och lärdomshistoria, medverkar — fokuserar på Karl Marx liv och idéarv. Få tänkare har haft ett så genomgripande inflytande på världen som Karl Marx. Trots att det har gått över två sekler sedan hans födelse […]
Lone soldier programs recruit American teens to provide reinforcements to the Israeli military during its ongoing genocide in Gaza.
The post U.S. Nonprofits Funnel Millions to Israeli Army Volunteers appeared first on The Intercept.
From imposter syndrome and proportional representation, to fixing the fundamentals and the 'incestuous' Westminster media-political class – Labour’s Greater Manchester Mayor believes the right can be defeated at the ballot box if bold changes to connect with the public and their day-to-day lives are made now
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England’s privatised water system leaves us incapable of responding sensibly to droughts. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 17th July 2025 For a rich and fairly stable country, we are staggeringly ill-prepared for climate shocks. We respond to predictable crises as if we had had no warning. Lessons from previous disasters go unlearned, mistakes […]
Black helicopters roll over the tarmac. From off screen we hear a voice with a...
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Mamdani struggled against Andrew Cuomo in majority-Black precincts — but his lackluster performance may not tell the whole story.
The post Zohran Mamdani and the “Black Vote” appeared first on The Intercept.
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER!
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I REMAIN FULLY AWARE OF WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER!
Is "weaponised nostalgia" (as writer/actor Mark Gatiss called it) hurting Doctor Who's efforts to find a modern audience? Some thoughts...
The Afghan data leak has shed light on the role of interpreters and local journalists and why they deserve much better, argues Mathilda Mallinson
A new MintPress News study has found dozens of former agents of the Israeli spy agency, Unit 8200, working at tech giant Apple.
The post Rotten Apple: Dozens of Former Israeli Spies Hired by Silicon Valley Giant appeared first on MintPress News.
Between 1968 and 2024, not a single Labour MP had the whip withdrawn for voting against their own party. In the past year alone, that number has risen to eleven. After suspending seven MPs in July 2024 for voting to abolish the two-child benefit cap, Labour confirmed this week the suspension of four more: Neil […]
The Short and Disastrous Life of the World’s Biggest Newspaper
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I hesitate a moment at Stanford University’s Special Collections desk. “I got in touch about seeing the Constellation? The newspaper from 1859?” I ask Tim Noakes, the library’s head of public services.
“Oh”—he motions toward the front of the room, where a newspaper sprawls over an entire reading table—“the big one?”