One of the best descriptions of the mechanics of domestic US politics I have seen to date from Michael Lind. By Michael Lind, Tablet If the Republicans retake Congress in the midterm elections of 2022, as many expect, a lament will be heard in 2023 and 2024 from […]
By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals Exchange Central bankers and bureaucrats are seizing on recent turmoil in cryptocurrency markets to push aggressively for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). They made their case to other global elites gathered in Davos on Monday for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting. Kristalina […]
Corporate America always reminds me of a line from Spaceballs: “We’re not doing it for money… We’re doing it for a shitload of money!”
“This happened because…” 1. A factory wasn’t held to regulatory standards (government’s failure) 2. That factory was almost all of the formula production in the country, with few backup facilities (capitalism failure) 3. The company owning that factory was allowed to become 40% of the market share (government […]
Saagar takes another deep look at the gas price crisis from the angle of how it is hurting American savings and what the administration could do about it right now
Max Alvarez of the Real News and Working People podcast talks about the deadly and growing epidemic of workplace bullying that has become pervasive across America
By Larry Reed Americans today are once again the victims of price inflation brought on by runaway government spending and printing of unbacked paper money. According to the most recent polling data, the American public’s approval of Congress stands at a dismal 21 percent. Almost four times as many people […]
By TRAVIS LOLLER, AP News COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Miranda Atnip lost her home during the coronavirus pandemic after her boyfriend moved out and she fell behind on bills. Living in a car, the 34-year-old worries every day about getting money for food, finding somewhere to shower, and […]
By Jose Nino Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Europe has committed itself to sanctioning Russia to the last European with five Euros in his pocket in an effort to strangle its economy, thereby throwing a major wrench in its military campaign. So far, Russia […]
By Peter Baker and Zolan Kanno-Youngs TOKYO — President Biden has enlisted a dozen Asia-Pacific nations to join a new loosely defined economic bloc meant to counter China’s dominance and reassert American influence in the region five years after his predecessor withdrew the United States from a sweeping […]
LISTEN HERE C4SS fellow Jason Lee Byas recently joined Alex Aragona on “The Curious Task” to discuss the complexities of responding to questions of historic injustice, reparations, and compensation within a libertarian framework.
Krystal and Saagar have James Li of 51-49 break down the dark side of the non profit industrial complex rife with corruption, power, and a lack of transparency for all parties involved
By Peter Zeihan on May 21, 2022 Several signs point to THE possibility of Chinese officials instituting at least a partial lockdown of the northern port city of Tianjin as early as this weekend. The largest northern Chinese port, Tianjin is also a city of over 12 million […]
Executive director of Americans for Public Trust, Caitlin Sutherland, details her organization’s lawsuit against the FEC.
Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky react to a controversial 5th Circuit Court ruling on how the SEC can enforce securities law.
Tonight’s guest is the inimitable Doug Henwood, economic journalist and analyst — and the person we’ve come to in order to discuss the crypto crash of just a few weeks ago. Whether you have a deep understanding of all things blockchain and are looking to hear a left-wing […]
By Stratton J. Davis, The Societal Scope Whenever the Power Elite take interest in helping “develop” the third world, you can be sure the development is in their favor, and theirs only. From New American: “The Gates-led Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) was supposed to […]
Let me guess, somewhere in this Defense Production Act is more money for the weapons manufacturers….I’ll be shocked if I’m wrong about that one.
Briahna Joy Gray, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss rising U.S. gas prices, which have hit at least four dollars, and could get even more expensive.
Nicole Brener-Schmitz and Emily Jashinsky weigh in on Rand Paul’s attempted blockage of the $40 billion Ukraine aid bill.
Briahna Joy Gray breaks down Democratic primary voters’ rejection of corporatist candidates across the country.
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave discuss President Biden’s invocation of the Defense Production Act to address the country’s baby formula shortage.
Krystal and Saagar cover the policies President Biden announced would be enacted to combat the baby formula shortage crisis that has hit young families across the country
Krystal and Saagar bring geopolitical analyst and author Peter Zeihan onto Breaking Points for his insight on the Ukraine war, demographic changes, and the end to globalization as we know it
By Matt Taibbi Regulatory controversies help explain corporate flight in part, but why else is California struggling? Washington [D.C.] is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting, and the morals are deplorable. Go West, young man, go […]
Kyle Kulsinki comments on the Wall Street firm backed by Goldman Sachs that bought an entire community of homes in a Florida town
By Richard Vague Evonomics Neither do rapid growth in government debt, declining interest rates, or rapid Increases in a central bank’s balance sheet. Monetarist theory, which came to dominate economic thinking in the 1980s and the decades that followed, holds that rapid money supply growth is the cause […]
by Peter Zeihan on May 18, 2022 My fourth book, The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization is scheduled for release on June 14. In coming weeks we will be sharing graphics and excerpts, along with info on how to preorder. Former Soviet states […]
By Paul Blest, VICE The grocery workers are the latest to join the revitalized labor movement, along with workers at Amazon, Starbucks, and Target. Employees at a Trader Joe’s store in western Massachusetts are attempting to form the grocery chain’s first union, they told their CEO in a […]
This has been going on for months in Florida. Investment firms buying up residential houses like crazy and pushing out first time homebuyers by offering cash offers.
Imagine agonizing over a policy that would make you more popular and possibly save your party from being destroyed in the upcoming elections.
Jordan Chariton and Philip Wegmann discuss why the Biden administration’s handling of inflation isn’t landing with voters.
Krystal and Saagar consider the threats Elon Musk is making publicly about walking out of his agreed upon Twitter purchase due to bot counts and probably the market factors causing economic turmoil
The Signal What’s Vladimir Putin trying to accomplish by cutting off gas supplies to Europe? Samantha Gross on Moscow’s energy-blackmail scheme amid “the first global natural-gas crisis.” Scott Rodgerson Finland was prepared for Russia to cut off natural-gas exports to the country last week, cabinet ministers in Helsinki said, […]
By Michael Lind, Tablet Who benefited from the obvious nonsense that became post-Cold War America’s trade, foreign, and federal deficit policies? In the three decades since the end of the Cold War, there have been three great public policy debates in the United States—one about trade, another about […]
By Tiffany Kary Bloomberg Welcome to the Dose. Sure, Davos has always sought to raise global consciousness — addressing topics like food scarcity and climate change. But psychedelic drugs? These substances are still illegal in most places. Finding out that influential shamans and companies will present in Davos in parallel with a […]
It may be used as a reason to lower the purchase price of Twitter if the count of fake accounts is higher than the company reported.
Just what we need, the ultra wealthy dictating policy, like they don’t have enough say.
Batya Ungar-Sargon reacts to Jeff Bezos’ criticism of the Biden administration’s narrative on inflation.
Kat Rosenfield and Jeff Charles react to turbulence in Elon Musk’s attempted purchase of Twitter.
Krystal and Saagar separate fact from fiction on the news about Elon Musk’s Twitter deal being held up by concerns about fake accounts that the company had not made known to Elon beforehand
Krystal breaks down the three economic stories from the weekend about baby formula, housing prices, and crypto markets that show American economic collapse is coming and this is just the beginning
By Clint Siegner, Money Metals Exchange Money Metals An occasional critic will ask that we “stick to our lane” and limit commentary to metals and the markets. They would prefer we avoided politics. When it comes to gold and silver, that is easier said than done. There is […]
by Peter Zeihan on May 16, 2022 The Ukrainian military has been punching well above their weight, something I touched upon in an earlier video. The assessment of the Ukrainians and their success comes partly from Russia’s inability to achieve key objectives, such as seizing Kyiv or achieving […]
By Robert Stark Update: Today there was a pause in Musk’s acquisition of Twitter. Elon Musk had initially offered to purchase Twitter in April for $43 Billion. Then Twitter invited Musk to join the board but reneged with obstructionism. For instance what is colloquially known as a “poison […]
Russia Today The Wall Street bank predicts only a moderate recession due to sanctions Russia’s economy is coping better with Ukraine-related Western sanctions than could be expected, JPMorgan Chase said in a note to clients dated last week and made public on Monday. According to the biggest US […]
It’s the 1970s again.
Americans: “Inflation is high and we’re struggling to feed our babies” US Government: “We’re sending another $40 billion to Ukraine”
Watching them shame Rand Paul and shake their heads about NOT spending the PEOPLE’S money on someone else’s war. NO WAR. NO FUNDING WAR.
This should surprise no one! He’s a man who believes he can fool everyone.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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