great sunday read
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Debt, Energy, and Sovereignty: Past and Present - Middle East & North Africa
Introduction The financial and trade warfare launched by western allies on Russia after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 was unquestionably unprecedented, yet the triangulation between external deb...
noria-research.com
April 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
great sunday read
noria-research.com/mena/debt-en...
noria-research.com/mena/debt-en...
getting closer to the social security benefits be paid in dogecoin
March 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
getting closer to the social security benefits be paid in dogecoin
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Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
President Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term, adding that “it is far too early to think about it.”
www.nbcnews.com
March 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Iran's president said the Islamic Republic rejected direct negotiations with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program, Tehran's first response to a letter sent by President Trump.
Iran has rejected direct negotiations with the US in response to Trump's letter
Iran's president said the Islamic Republic rejected direct negotiations with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program, Tehran's first response to a letter sent by President Trump.
www.npr.org
March 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Iran's president said the Islamic Republic rejected direct negotiations with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program, Tehran's first response to a letter sent by President Trump.
America’s fiscal profligacy has come to an end, which means that American exceptionalism has come to an end.
themarket.ch/interview/ma...
themarket.ch/interview/ma...
Marko Papic: Trump has Popped the Bubble of American Exceptionalism
Marko Papic, Chief Strategist at BCA Research, talks about the effects of President Trump’s tariff policy, his expectations for the gold price and the dollar – and he reveals why he is bullish on Euro...
themarket.ch
March 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
America’s fiscal profligacy has come to an end, which means that American exceptionalism has come to an end.
themarket.ch/interview/ma...
themarket.ch/interview/ma...
March 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Our world crisis of ecology, economics, and empire, has continued to metastasize. It is shaking confidence in established worldviews & ruling elites everywhere.
@iliasalami.bsky.social & @danieldenvir.bsky.social & I chatted about @thepolycrisis.bsky.social
thedigradio.com/podcast/glob...
@iliasalami.bsky.social & @danieldenvir.bsky.social & I chatted about @thepolycrisis.bsky.social
thedigradio.com/podcast/glob...
Global Conjuncture w/ Ilias Alami and Tim Sahay
Featuring Ilias Alami and Tim Sahay on a global conjuncture defined by Washington’s shredding of the liberal international order’s legitimacy amid a panic over decline: the escalating Cold War with Ch...
thedigradio.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Our world crisis of ecology, economics, and empire, has continued to metastasize. It is shaking confidence in established worldviews & ruling elites everywhere.
@iliasalami.bsky.social & @danieldenvir.bsky.social & I chatted about @thepolycrisis.bsky.social
thedigradio.com/podcast/glob...
@iliasalami.bsky.social & @danieldenvir.bsky.social & I chatted about @thepolycrisis.bsky.social
thedigradio.com/podcast/glob...
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Two of the smartest people I know (@iliasalami.bsky.social & @70sbachchan.bsky.social) take a deep dive - and provide indispensable context and analysis- into the contemporary mess, in this latest not-to-be-missed episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/t...
Global Conjuncture w/ Ilias Alami and Tim Sahay
Podcast-Folge · The Dig · 19.03.2025 · 1 Std. 52 Min.
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March 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Pritzker: The question I ask is: if you’re willing to hand the keys to Europe over to Putin, what’s next? How does the US retain its leadership in the world when he’s essentially retreating to our own borders? He’s even made enemies of the Canadians—I can’t imagine anything more telling than that.
March 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Pritzker: The question I ask is: if you’re willing to hand the keys to Europe over to Putin, what’s next? How does the US retain its leadership in the world when he’s essentially retreating to our own borders? He’s even made enemies of the Canadians—I can’t imagine anything more telling than that.
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"we all knew trump was senile and losing his mind in 2025. it was an open secret, frankly only morons didn't know" is what a lot of reporters who are refusing to report this fact now are going to tell you in 2-5 years, to absolve themselves for their failures.
President Donald Trump downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn't signed the proclamation, even as he stood by his administration's move.
Trump says he didn’t sign proclamation invoking Alien Enemies Act | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn’t signed the proclamation, e...
cnn.it
March 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"we all knew trump was senile and losing his mind in 2025. it was an open secret, frankly only morons didn't know" is what a lot of reporters who are refusing to report this fact now are going to tell you in 2-5 years, to absolve themselves for their failures.
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"Note the words AI, payments network, and shopping assistant. Should have thrown in AI agents and embedded finance into that for full hype! The investment bankers and expensive PR agency working their magic."
March 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"Note the words AI, payments network, and shopping assistant. Should have thrown in AI agents and embedded finance into that for full hype! The investment bankers and expensive PR agency working their magic."
this is great. very informative
On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, I speak with the always insightful Alexander Vindman (@avindman.bsky.social) about his important new book, "The Folly of Realism: How the West Deceived Itself About Russia and Betrayed Ukraine." www.powervertical.org/2025/03/07/l...
LAZY ‘REALISM’ AND THE APPEASEMENT OF RUSSIA
powervertical · LAZY 'REALISM' AND THE APPEASEMENT OF RUSSIA From the moment the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, there is a strong case to be made that the United States and its allies ma…
www.powervertical.org
March 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
this is great. very informative
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Musk told the Polish FM, a long-standing conservative ally of the US, "be quiet small man".
What I find so fascinating about Trump, Vance and Musk's verbal abuse of Ukrainians & Polish officials etc, is: can you imagine them speaking like this to a Russian or Chinese official?
What I find so fascinating about Trump, Vance and Musk's verbal abuse of Ukrainians & Polish officials etc, is: can you imagine them speaking like this to a Russian or Chinese official?
March 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Musk told the Polish FM, a long-standing conservative ally of the US, "be quiet small man".
What I find so fascinating about Trump, Vance and Musk's verbal abuse of Ukrainians & Polish officials etc, is: can you imagine them speaking like this to a Russian or Chinese official?
What I find so fascinating about Trump, Vance and Musk's verbal abuse of Ukrainians & Polish officials etc, is: can you imagine them speaking like this to a Russian or Chinese official?
What seems clear, however, is that Trump genuinely believes in corruption as a normal and acceptable way to do business.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump Says the Corrupt Part Out Loud
It’s infrastructure week, but for bribery.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
What seems clear, however, is that Trump genuinely believes in corruption as a normal and acceptable way to do business.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
"This, one might argue, is pretty rich for two people who have directly accused the Biden-era Treasury of engaging in unusual and potentially economically-damaging behaviour."
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves About Bonds
Hello and welcome to the newsletter, a grab bag of daily content from the Odd Lots universe. Sometimes it's us, Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, bringing you our thoughts on the most recent developme...
www.bloomberg.com
February 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"This, one might argue, is pretty rich for two people who have directly accused the Biden-era Treasury of engaging in unusual and potentially economically-damaging behaviour."
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Stablecoins are largely on their own. There’s no emergency liquidity injections, no daylight overdraft, and no netting.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Josh Younger and Lev Menand on Why Stablecoins Aren't the New Eurodollars
Hello and welcome to the newsletter, a grab bag of daily content from the Odd Lots universe. Sometimes it's us, Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, bringing you our thoughts on the most recent developme...
www.bloomberg.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Stablecoins are largely on their own. There’s no emergency liquidity injections, no daylight overdraft, and no netting.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
what an annoying, great and insightful book! 😼
February 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
what an annoying, great and insightful book! 😼
petro bros in control
Trump will declare a national energy emergency after his inauguration on Monday to reduce energy costs, an incoming White House official says.
Trump is also set to sign an executive order specifically to unleash energy production Alaska. Greenland has incredible geothermal energy potential.
Trump is also set to sign an executive order specifically to unleash energy production Alaska. Greenland has incredible geothermal energy potential.
January 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
petro bros in control
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Then we get to the ACTUAL radicalizing moment.
“Then they just came after crypto. Absolutely tried to kill us.”
A16z bet HUGE on NFTs and other blockchain bullshit. Major funder of Yuga Labs (Bored Apes), etc.
“Then they just came after crypto. Absolutely tried to kill us.”
A16z bet HUGE on NFTs and other blockchain bullshit. Major funder of Yuga Labs (Bored Apes), etc.
January 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Then we get to the ACTUAL radicalizing moment.
“Then they just came after crypto. Absolutely tried to kill us.”
A16z bet HUGE on NFTs and other blockchain bullshit. Major funder of Yuga Labs (Bored Apes), etc.
“Then they just came after crypto. Absolutely tried to kill us.”
A16z bet HUGE on NFTs and other blockchain bullshit. Major funder of Yuga Labs (Bored Apes), etc.
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The next 4yrs are apparently just gonna be Squid Game for people trying to reason about anything.
January 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The next 4yrs are apparently just gonna be Squid Game for people trying to reason about anything.
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On the ‘bright side’ some of the coolest people around are crypto skeptics and that looks like a fairly good career path now.
a man in a suit and bow tie is sitting at a desk with a national geographic poster in the background
ALT: a man in a suit and bow tie is sitting at a desk with a national geographic poster in the background
media.tenor.com
January 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
On the ‘bright side’ some of the coolest people around are crypto skeptics and that looks like a fairly good career path now.
a handful to-do list
cepa.org/article/maki...
cepa.org/article/maki...
Making Russia Pay for Hybrid Attacks
There is a range of actions the West can take to counter Russia‘s malign activities. With the problem worsening, they need to be swift.
cepa.org
January 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
a handful to-do list
cepa.org/article/maki...
cepa.org/article/maki...