One country in decline on the world stage, the other on the rise, linked to the green energy revolution: "A Tale of Two Countries" open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
A Tale of Two Countries
Two superpowers, one behaving pathetically
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September 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
One country in decline on the world stage, the other on the rise, linked to the green energy revolution: "A Tale of Two Countries" open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Are we in 1984 yet? open.substack.com/pub/nathanie...
1984 and 2025
Intro note: Some people who have read this found it too gloomy.
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August 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Are we in 1984 yet? open.substack.com/pub/nathanie...
Deranged Bum vs. Mentally Deranged U.S. Dotard — very exciting!
The Political Economy of Incompetence
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The Political Economy of Incompetence
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The Political Economy of Incompetence
How Hannah Arendt predicted Stephen Moore
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August 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Deranged Bum vs. Mentally Deranged U.S. Dotard — very exciting!
The Political Economy of Incompetence
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The Political Economy of Incompetence
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Sanders-Omar Bill Would Repeal Big Oil 'Welfare' in Trump Budget Law www.commondreams.org/news/sanders...
Sanders-Omar Bill Would Repeal Big Oil 'Welfare' in Trump Budget Law | Common Dreams
Progressive lawmakers Sanders and Omar introduce bill to repeal nearly $200 billion in fossil fuel subsidies and tax loophole.
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July 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Sanders-Omar Bill Would Repeal Big Oil 'Welfare' in Trump Budget Law www.commondreams.org/news/sanders...
In case you missed this new frontier in AI for shameless profiteering and propaganda.. and a new twist on the Golden Calf motif: www.instagram.com/reel/DGhfpgH...
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July 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
In case you missed this new frontier in AI for shameless profiteering and propaganda.. and a new twist on the Golden Calf motif: www.instagram.com/reel/DGhfpgH...
Definitely Empathy Training needed: "We all are going to die" — Sen. Joni Ernst, answering a question about Medicaid cuts.
July 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Definitely Empathy Training needed: "We all are going to die" — Sen. Joni Ernst, answering a question about Medicaid cuts.
Which is most needed: Training in Climate Science or in Empathy?
“Ever since I have been governor, we have had weather events that were completely unpredictable. And that is just a part of nature." — Gov. Greg Abbott
“Ever since I have been governor, we have had weather events that were completely unpredictable. And that is just a part of nature." — Gov. Greg Abbott
July 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Which is most needed: Training in Climate Science or in Empathy?
“Ever since I have been governor, we have had weather events that were completely unpredictable. And that is just a part of nature." — Gov. Greg Abbott
“Ever since I have been governor, we have had weather events that were completely unpredictable. And that is just a part of nature." — Gov. Greg Abbott
Proud to be represented in DC by Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), who explains to her constituents why she stood up against the Big Horrible Bill: www.facebook.com/reel/1752444...
7.6K views · 552 reactions | This bill is a legislative, fiscal, and moral failure – and I voted no. | U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan
This bill is a legislative, fiscal, and moral failure – and I voted no..
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July 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Proud to be represented in DC by Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), who explains to her constituents why she stood up against the Big Horrible Bill: www.facebook.com/reel/1752444...
What does Musk have on Trump: Tax returns?
May 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
What does Musk have on Trump: Tax returns?
"In case of emergency, break open a book" — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, May 5, 2025
May 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"In case of emergency, break open a book" — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, May 5, 2025
More protection for Europeans, of course, than for Americans: www.politico.eu/article/tikt...
TikTok hit with €530M fine after illegally sending users’ data to China
Video-sharing app had for years claimed it did not store European personal data on servers in China.
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May 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
More protection for Europeans, of course, than for Americans: www.politico.eu/article/tikt...
"Waste that s***. You're never going to be able to negotiate with that kind of regime that has been destabilizing the region for decades already, and now we have an incredible window, I believe, to do that, to strike..." —John Fetterman. And when a foreign power acts on that principle toward the US?
April 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"Waste that s***. You're never going to be able to negotiate with that kind of regime that has been destabilizing the region for decades already, and now we have an incredible window, I believe, to do that, to strike..." —John Fetterman. And when a foreign power acts on that principle toward the US?
And Yale just signed the letter "against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education"! After Ben-Givr Visit, Yale Bans Pro-Palestine Group consortiumnews.com/2025/04/25/a...
After Ben-Givr Visit, Yale Bans Pro-Palestine Group
The university's reprisal against Yalies4Palestine followed campus protests against the visit to New Haven by Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's extremist police minister, Sharon Zhang reports.
By Sharon ...
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April 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
And Yale just signed the letter "against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education"! After Ben-Givr Visit, Yale Bans Pro-Palestine Group consortiumnews.com/2025/04/25/a...
In remembrance of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, which killed 146 workers 114 years ago today: nathanielsmith.substack.com/p/the-march-...
The March 25, 1911, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The other day at the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington I was struck anew by a drawing by John Sloan (1871-1951), The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, depicting a female body lying inside a black tria...
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March 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In remembrance of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, which killed 146 workers 114 years ago today: nathanielsmith.substack.com/p/the-march-...
The Golden Calf of Gaza, from Judd Legum, "Trump posts music video promoting his plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza and build a luxury resort" popular.info/p/trump-post....
February 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Golden Calf of Gaza, from Judd Legum, "Trump posts music video promoting his plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza and build a luxury resort" popular.info/p/trump-post....
Equalilty/Equity/Justice made clear: "What You Need to Know about Trump's Plan to Close the Department of Education" dianeravitch.net/2025/02/18/t...
What You Need to Know about Trump’s Plan to Close the Department of Education
Trump wants to close the U.S. Department of Education. He thinks the Department of Education has been indoctrinating Americans to accept DEI and “radical gender ideology.” He’s wr…
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February 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Equalilty/Equity/Justice made clear: "What You Need to Know about Trump's Plan to Close the Department of Education" dianeravitch.net/2025/02/18/t...
"Change would require more than messaging and branding. It would require going after Wall Street and large corporations through much tougher regulations, higher taxes on the wealthy, price controls on price gougers, ending stock buybacks, and more...." www.commondreams.org/opinion/alte...
Attacking Trump Without a Positive Alternative Is a Losing Game | Common Dreams
Trump winning twice is not an accident. It’s the result of the abject failure of a left political strategy that ignores financial reform and attempts to nudge the Democratic Party forward based more o...
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February 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
"Change would require more than messaging and branding. It would require going after Wall Street and large corporations through much tougher regulations, higher taxes on the wealthy, price controls on price gougers, ending stock buybacks, and more...." www.commondreams.org/opinion/alte...
Well, this will be interesting: Louisiana and Texas experiment with "personal choice" in protection against childhood diseases like measles: deutsch29.wordpress.com/2025/02/16/l...
Louisiana: Mass Vaccination Dies in Favor of “Personal Choice.”
If it were only that easy: Do you want to contract polio? Measles? Smallpox? No? Well, now it is only a matter of personal choice: Just say you don’t want a disease, and you will not catch a …
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February 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Well, this will be interesting: Louisiana and Texas experiment with "personal choice" in protection against childhood diseases like measles: deutsch29.wordpress.com/2025/02/16/l...
The Business Plot against FDR, 1933: FBI investigation, Congressional hearings, plot foiled, 2021 Washington Post article. How would such a plot be foiled today? www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021...
Wealthy bankers and businessmen plotted to overthrow FDR. A retired general foiled it.
Some of the country's wealthiest men – furious with President Franklin D. Roosevelt – decided to install a dictator who was more business friendly, according to the congressional testimony of a highly...
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February 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The Business Plot against FDR, 1933: FBI investigation, Congressional hearings, plot foiled, 2021 Washington Post article. How would such a plot be foiled today? www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021...
Jen Rubin shows why DOGE should be renamed Department of Government Inefficiency: contrarian.substack.com/p/words-and-...
Words and Phrases We Could Do Without
Trump voters may come to realize that this government’s “efficiency” means a good deal of pain and hardship
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February 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Jen Rubin shows why DOGE should be renamed Department of Government Inefficiency: contrarian.substack.com/p/words-and-...
Does Trump II have any unintended benefits? Yes, assuming Americans pay attention, understand what government is for, and act accordingly! nathanielsmith.substack.com/p/does-trump...
Does Trump II have any unintended benefits?
In December I asked: “Can we find a positive side to Trump II?” I wondered what the new administration might intentionally do to benefit the American people.
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February 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Does Trump II have any unintended benefits? Yes, assuming Americans pay attention, understand what government is for, and act accordingly! nathanielsmith.substack.com/p/does-trump...
"...As in Russia, a president supported by oligarchs and their media power is trying to humiliate the other branches of government..." —Timothy Snyder, Crossing a line open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Crossing a line
Borders between one kind of life and another
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February 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"...As in Russia, a president supported by oligarchs and their media power is trying to humiliate the other branches of government..." —Timothy Snyder, Crossing a line open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...