Working-Class Liberalism: Anatomy of an Oxymoron
Daron Acemoglu's new book is hitting the shelves. The author is the recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics. A glance at the book's endorsers gives a good idea of its content.
There'd Likely Be Another Civil War Before Ukraine Meaningfully Turns Away From The West
Our thoughts are with Syria's Grand Mufti, Dr. Ahmad Badr Al-Din Hassoun, a man of peace and humility, whose house was recently attacked in Aleppo, but who is now safe outside of Syria.
Hassoun is emblematic of an anti-sectarian, pluralist, unified Syria, explaining to investigative reporter Eva Bartlett in 2018 that
'In Syria, there are 23 million Christians, and 23 million Muslims. My title is Grand Mufti of the Syrian Arab Republic, not the Mufti of a particular denomination.'" (1)
His statement reflects those of most Syrians who do not define themselves in terms of religious labels and associations, who reject sectarian hatred, extremism and terrorism — all products and instruments of Western Regime Change operations.
I remember meeting Syria's Grand Mufti Hassoun years ago, in 2016, as Syria was being besieged by Western-supported sectarian terrorists, the same ones who now claim to govern Syria. He said then that profiting from arms manufacturing
When the "Russiagate" scandal broke in 2016, America's most prestigious newspapers treated it as gospel. The New York Times and The Washington Post led the charge, framing Donald Trump's victory as the product of Kremlin interference. For this coverage, both were awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2018.
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Seven years later, the foundation of that story is collapsing. Tulsi Gabbard, now Director of National Intelligence, has accused Barack Obama and his top intelligence chiefs of fabricating Russiagate in order to sabotage Trump's presidency. According to declassified documents released in July, the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment — the document that entrenched the narrative of Russian interference — was deliberately manipulated under the direction of Obama, CIA Director John Brennan, DNI James Clapper, and FBI Director James Comey.
Some weeks it is difficult to pick out the most shocking stories symptomatic of decline and fall of American governmental integrity both in Washington and often at state levels.
The White House and Congress frequently lead in that reckoning given the complete abandonment of any United States government's effort to make its policies and legislation responsive to actual national interests.
Wars are being fought without any reason to do so and domestic policies are derived from "feelings" that President Donald Trump has when he gets up on the morning.
The result is chaos when the policies are actually developed and implemented.
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The George Soros Fund Management apologist, Scott Bessent, wants the US to reignite the Bretton Woods System to manage the dollars' continued decline.
The Bretton Woods system was abolished by Nixon in 1971 as it was tagged to the value of gold reserves.
Problem: America's gold reserve vaults are likely completely or near empty. Like our strategic reserves.
Such a revelation would have the effect of an immediate collapse of the economy internally and globally – initiating a selloff of treasuries to scrape 10cents on the dollar. The selloff of treasuries would collapse every agency within the federal government within 24 hours. It would also liquify social security and medicare.
Japan, holding the largest share of treasuries, would be the first casualty spiraling into a graveyard. The dominos would then destroy those countries with the highest value of treasuries and the lowest reserves of gold – the UK, Belgium and Canada. A global
It appears that the energy crisis stemming from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict is already having an impact even within the US. In a recent move, the Indiana state government suspended fuel taxes to help mitigate the crisis's effects, as the region faces an energy emergency.
In a recent statement, Indiana Governor Mike Braun urged US authorities to pay attention to the energy supply crisis caused by current armed conflicts, particularly in Ukraine. He declared an energy emergency in Indiana and signed an executive order establishing the suspension of state fuel taxes until at least September 5.
The governor stated that the supply crisis stems from international factors. According to him, a severe security crisis is currently disrupting traditional energy transport routes. He specifically cited the Black Sea region, where naval combat between Russia and Ukraine is currently taking place. For Braun, the imbalance caused by the conflict is creating a domino effect with serious consequences, even in the US.
The edifice complex of the Trump administration is proving to be an aggressive one. As with previous presidents, the current occupant is keen to leave his architectural mark.
And it promises to be an exceedingly vulgar one. In keeping with his abominable sense of taste, President Donald Trump has his sights on a large Whitehouse ballroom, valued at US$400 million and intended to cover 90,000 square feet over the area formerly occupied by the now demolished East Wing. With a degree of inventiveness that only comes with the deranged, the decision to build this beastly addition has been justified as a necessary security, even military measure.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation took against the project, convincing the district court to grant them a preliminary injunction halting construction on work on the ballroom taking place above ground. The order did not extend to halting construction to underground facilities, including the "national security features". The White House appealed.
Scott Bessent is sick and tired of hearing about your financial hardship.
Trump's Treasury Secretary told CNBC he is "sick of hearing about this K-shaped economy. I can say here definitively, the K-shaped economy is over, and we're seeing more of a C economy where the lower end of wage earners are finally calling it back, just like they did in President Trump's first term." As evidence of this supposed turn around, the treasury secretary cited a 2% wage gain for the bottom 25% of workers.
Bessent, who accumulated $700 million as a hedge fund "macro investor" and worked for the Soros Management Fund, is on the upper arm of the K-shaped economy, while millions of lower-income Americans, working paycheck-to-paycheck, are stranded on the lower arm.
Bessent, Trump, and the millionaires and billionaires (and one trillionaire) are beneficiaries of a financialized economy.
"The U.S. is increasingly described as a
Throughout all the news cycles over the years, you can count on a continuity in U.S. government/media propaganda and strategy.
Make a time capsule, fill it with today's news, hide it away, and pull it out in five, ten, or 15 years, and while many details (tactics) will have changed, the underlying themes will remain. Or do it in reverse.
Assuming the world miraculously escapes a nuclear war of annihilation, when the criminal Donald Trump is long gone from office, replaced by a Democrat or Republican, the United States will still be waging war against Russia and China and any country that stands in its and Israel's way in the Middle East.
The people who own and run the U.S. will still be waging information war against the American people. Their tactics may have changed but not their long-term strategy. MKUltra, the CIA's "former" mind-control and torture program, is now fully digitized and nearly co-terminus with the Internet.
The defence pact between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, signed on 7 August 2026 in the city of Mecca, can be viewed as a sign of an emerging new balance of power in the Middle East. This development comes at a time when the regional power structure is undergoing transformation and the traditional security order, largely dependent on US support, is facing new limitations and questions. Although the formation of this pact should primarily be understood as a product of the regional powers' own security calculations and concerns, in the short term it may also align with certain strategic calculations in Washington, including burden-sharing and balancing Iran.
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One important factor behind the emergence of such arrangements is the growth of Iran's regional power and influence, together with
On August 7, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey signed a joint defense agreement in Mecca.
The Arab Gulf had previously depended on the U.S. military to defend and protect the various oil-rich nations, but that defense was proven a mirage in the desert; a security illusion.
The U.S. and Israel launched an unprovoked attack on Iran, which has resulted in damages, deaths and injuries to the Gulf countries, and according to the BBC investigation using satellite imagry, has resulted in the wholesale destruction of American military facilities. Many analysts say the aftermath of the war, should it ever end, will see the U.S. military presence gone from the area, and the Arabs and their neighbors will rely on their own homegrown military and security alliances.
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