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Links 11/23/2024

Dems Rip Musk-Ramaswamy Plan for Spending Cuts as Illegal ‘Power Grab’

Yves here. I’ve been waiting for legal arguments against the planned wholesale Federal budget whackage under the Trump DOGE initiative to start. Admittedly its leaders Musk and Ramaswamy had not given much insight into how they intended to achieve their ambitious aims. The little I have seen suggests that they effectively intend to override regulations….which […]

Neglecting Health Care May Have Cost Democrats the Election

Health care inequality and the Covid-19 pandemic’s toll put Democrats at a structural disadvantage in the 2024 election.

2:00PM Water Cooler 11/22/2024

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Trump border czar beats chestResistance 2.0 funders and NGOs; Mathematical thinking ~

Fueling the Flames: How the West’s Military Emissions Undermine Climate Action

World leaders criticized COP29 host Azerbaijan for its oil-dependent economy while ignoring the massive climate bootprint of their militaries.

Links 11/22/2024

FT Confirms What We’ve Been Saying for Three Years: The US Is Losing the “Battle… for Latin America” to China

“Beijing is now the main trading partner for most nations in the region and has the fastest-growing stock of investments.”

Trump Nominates Corporate Lobbyist and Foreclosure Fraudsters Defender Pam Bondi as Attorney General

Pam Bondi has a terrible record as far as going after corporate misconduct is concerned, which explains Senate enthusiasm for her.

Trump’s Opportunity to Reset U.S.-Iran Relations

An in-depth look at Iran’s economic and political situation suggests that Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign will not have much impact.

2:00PM Water Cooler 11/21/2024

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Gaetz: Exit, stage rightOrtberg: “The beatings will continue until morale improves”; How the Democrats abandoned the working class ~

International Criminal Court Issues Arrest Warrants for Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Former Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallant

After a long delay, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against the open genociders Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.

Links 11/21/2024

RFK, Jr. Plans Attack on AMA’s Big Meal Ticket, Licensing Fees for Medical Billing Codes

RFK, Jr.’s plan, if confirmed as HHS chair, to end Medicare use of AMA licensed-billing codes somehow will increase, not lower, costs.

What Is Politics & What Is the Political?

An effort to get at the root of what politics is meant to achieve.

“Entropy and Information Control: the Key to Understanding How to Mount the Fightback Against Trump and Other Populists”

A reader critical thinking exercise, in form of yet another attack on populism dressed in the pseudo-science of trying to link it to entropy.

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