Corruption • Fascism • Financial • Global • White Supremacy

David Futrelle — The Nation

What’s Really Behind Peter Thiel’s Panicked Move to Argentina

Some tech observers think that the Palantir overlord sees the end times coming, but his real motivation is likely much more mundane and self-interested.

Corruption • Democracy • Elections • Financial • Legal • Regulations

Harold Meyerson — American Prospect

Hawaii Just Found a Way to Keep Corporations Out of Politics

A new law makes clear that corporations derive their powers from states, and they don’t necessarily include the right to spend on elections.

Democracy • Executive Power • Financial

Andy Kroll — ProPublica (Oct. 17, 2025)

What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President

From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that insiders say they feel like “he is the commander in chief.”

Artificial Intelligence • Cyber Security • Democracy • Disinformation • Economy • Fascism • Financial • Global • Social Media • Surveillance • Technology

Resistance Media

Elon Musk’s $2 Trillion IPO is a Weapon, Not an Investment

What Wall Street Won’t Tell You About the SpaceX Initial Public Offering.

Economy • Environment • Financial • Global • Health • Science

Resistance Media — Resistance Media (04/16/2026)

A Ticking Time Bomb: War and Climate Are About To Collide

The world’s continued dependence on fossil fuels is at the heart of every aspect of this emerging polycrisis - driving oil wars, climate destruction and famine.

Corruption • Democracy • Economy • Executive Power • Financial

Mitch Jackson — Uncensored Objection. Law. Facts. No Spin.

Minutes Before Trump Speaks, Someone Gets Rich: The BBC Just Exposed The Insider Trading Operation The White House Wants Buried

The evidence shows a consistent pattern of trading spikes minutes and hours before Donald Trump moves the markets with his mouth. The evidence is not complicated. The evidence is in the timestamps.

Democracy • Disinformation • Economy • Executive Power • Financial

Thom Hartmann — The Hartmann Report

The National Debt Is the Evidence of the Crime: Who Pocketed the $38 Trillion?

The national debt isn’t the cause of our problems: it’s the receipt. It’s the paper trail of the largest upward transfer of wealth in 250 years of American history…

Artificial Intelligence • Financial • Legal • Regulations

Lawrence Lessig

The Extortion Presidency

Anthropic in the cross-hairs.

Democracy • Disinformation • Financial • Journalism • Press Freedom

Rebecca Solnit — Meditations in an Emergency

Journalism Is Dead. Long Live Journalism

Right now, a host of brilliant, dedicated souls do fantastic work reporting and interpreting the news in independent newsletters, podcasts, magazines and even mainstream media. In other ways, journalism is in an age of slop and slime and decline.

Corruption • Disinformation • Financial • Human Rights • Violence

Sharon Zhang — Truthout

Kushner Reveals Dystopic Plan to Build Data Centers on Ruins of Gaza Genocide

The plan appears to be to finish Israel’s bulldozing of Gaza to make real estate opportunities for investors.

Democracy • Financial • Technology • White Supremacy

Rachael Levy and Alexandra Ulmer — Reuters (April 10, 2025)

Greenland ‘Freedom City’? Rich donors push Trump for a tech hub up north

Silicon Valley investors propose Greenland as a libertarian 'freedom city'

Artificial Intelligence • Democracy • Elections • Financial • Technology

Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby and Noel Sims — Popular Information

The AI industry’s $100 million play to influence the 2026 elections

LTF has already secured more than $100 million, including $50 million from venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz and another $50 million from OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman.

Corruption • Democracy • Executive Power • Fascism • Financial • Global • Human Rights

The Big Picture and Todd Beeton — The Big Picture

The Disturbing Return Of The Prodigal Son-In-Law

Jared Kushner is so back, and what he's up to should concern us all.

Disinformation • Economy • Financial • Social Justice and Equity

Dr. Stacey Patton

The Dells’ $250 “Investment” Accounts for Kids Is Scammy Billionaire Philanthropy Theater

Why a few hundred dollars per child won’t fix housing, tuition, or poverty—and how billionaire generosity disguises the systems keeping kids poor.

Artificial Intelligence • Corruption • Democracy • Financial • Global • Social Media • Surveillance • Technology

A project led by Prof. Francesca Bria with xof-research.org — The Authoritarian Stack (11/21/2025)

The Authoritarian Stack

How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next

Artificial Intelligence • Economy • Financial • Global • Technology

Carole Cadwalladr — How to Survive the Broligarchy (November 16, 2025)

Peter Thiel Gets Out of Dodge

Yesterday, I published on the "Great AI Bubble". Today, Silicon Valley's Dr Evil dumps his stock

Corruption • Europe • Financial • Global • Russia

Drew Hinshaw, Benoit Faucon, Rebecca Ballhaus, Thomas Grove, Joe Parkinson — The Wall Street Journal

Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine

The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.

Economy • Financial • Global • Regulations

Thom Hartmann — The Hartmann Report

What Happens When the AI Bubble Blows Up on Main Street?

When this bubble bursts, the collapse won’t hit Google’s coders — it’ll hit the electricians, nurses, teachers, retirees, renters, and low-income families who never got a penny from the boom…

Corruption • Disinformation • Fascism • Financial • White Supremacy

John Knefel and Sophie Lawton — Media Matters

Suddenly, Steve Bannon isn’t interested in transparency around Epstein anymore

Steve Bannon was loud about Epstein disclosure — until emails revealed his own very cozy relationship

Financial • Human Rights • Journalism • Press Freedom

Lara Witt & Maya Schenwar — Truthout

The Right Funds Its Media. Can Progressive Philanthropy Meet the Moment?

Anger and bigotry are profitable models if you rewire people’s brains to be driven by fear.

Corruption • Democracy • Elections • Financial • Legal

Natalie Jonas — Open Secrets

Fifteen years after Citizens United, the Montana Plan poses the latest challenge to dark money

The proposed amendment to the state Constitution redefines what is considered legitimate business activity and acceptable corporate donations by limiting corporate charters.

Democracy • Democratic Party • Economy • Elections • Financial • Social Justice and Equity

Michael Beyea Reagan — In These Times

The Biggest Threat to Mamdani’s Agenda Isn’t Trump—It’s Wall Street

Wall Street destroyed New York City’s social welfare economy in 1975. Avoiding that fate under Mayor Mamdani will require popular movements to discipline the super rich.

Democracy • Executive Power • Financial • Journalism • Press Freedom

Amy Kroin — Free Press

The Defunding of Public Media Is Hitting Local Stations Hardest

“The urgent task is to build a public-media system capable of resisting autocracy and restoring democracy.”

Corruption • Democracy • Executive Power • Fascism • Financial

The New Republic and Greg Sargent — The New Republic

Trump’s Vile New $230 Million Shakedown of DOJ Just Got Even Worse

Donald Trump is rapidly transforming the presidency into a massive Bribe Delivery System.

Artificial Intelligence • Cyber Security • Economy • Elections • Financial • Technology

Daniel Pinchbeck — Liminal News

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Occult

How Dominion's sale, the AI bubble, and ecological collapse reveal the occult logic behind America's authoritarian acceleration

Democracy • Executive Power • Exile • Fascism • Financial • Legal • Resistance • Social Justice and Equity

Vittoria Elliott — Wired

The Trump Administration Is Coming for Nonprofits. They're Getting Ready

As the Trump administration threatens them, liberal nonprofits have been quietly preparing to do everything from surrendering 501(c)(3) status to relocating outside the US.

Artificial Intelligence • Financial • Journalism • Press Freedom • Social Media • Technology

Jake Lahut — Wired

Larry Ellison Is a ‘Shadow President’ in Donald Trump’s America

The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.

Corruption • Cryptocurrency • Executive Power • Financial • Global • Technology

Eric Lipton, David Yaffe-Bellany, Bradley Hope, Tripp Mickle and Paul Mozur — New York Times (Gift)

Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.

A lucrative transaction involving the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm and an agreement giving the Emiratis access to A.I. chips were connected in ways that have not been previously reported.

Corruption • Financial • Human Rights • Legal

Amy Goodman — Democracy Now

Jeffrey Epstein & JPMorgan: How the Largest U.S. Bank Enabled the Sexual Predator’s Crimes

The Times reports JPMorgan processed more than 4,700 transactions for Epstein totaling more than $1.1 billion, including payments to some of the women who were sexually trafficked.

Corruption • Democracy • Democratic Party • Disinformation • Economy • Executive Power • Fascism • Financial • Human Rights

Garrett Graff — Doomsday Scenario

America Tips Into Fascism

Whether we can come back from this moment is a story yet unknown. But it’s clear today America is different and, even if we fight our way back, it will never be the same again.

Corruption • Cryptocurrency • Executive Power • Financial • Global

David D. Kirkpatrick — The New Yorker

The Number

How much is Trump pocketing off the Presidency?

Economy • Executive Power • Financial • Global

Dan Froomkin — Press Watch

Media coverage of Trump’s tariffs has grown more skeptical – but not nearly skeptical enough

The tariffs are not the product of serious policymaking. They are the irrational and capricious result of Trump’s delusional thinking.

Corruption • Financial • Legal

David Voreacos and Chris Strohm — Bloomberg

Epstein’s Work for Leon Black Deserves IRS Probe, Wyden Says

Wyden’s staff has pursued a “follow the money” strategy as it investigates the flow of funds in and out of Epstein’s accounts...

Democracy • Elections • Financial

Esther Eriksson von Allmen — CREW

Corporate America has largely abandoned its post-January 6 promises on democracy

“By continuing to financially support anti-democratic lawmakers, these companies and trade groups fail to grasp the serious business consequences of such a dangerous political trajectory.”

Democracy • Fascism • Financial • Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom • Regulations

Laura Flanders — Laura Flanders Substack

The Paramount Skydance Sale Makes the Case for Public Media

We must radically recommit to public media before every newsroom, every voice, is up for sale to the highest bidder or the ruling party’s favorite mogul. The time is now.

Corruption • Democracy • Financial • Legal • Regulations

Greg Sargent — The New Republic

Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Takes Darker Turn as Dem Senator Drops New Bomb

The Oregon Democrat said that his investigators had discovered that four big banks had flagged to the Treasury Department $1.5 billion in potentially suspicious money transfers involving Epstein, much of which appeared to be related to his massive sex-trafficking network.

Corruption • Cryptocurrency • Executive Power • Financial • Legal • Regulations

Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby and Noel Sims — Popular Information

From Truth Social to bitcoin empire: Trump’s $2 billion pivot

Trump has the authority to take actions that will drive the price of bitcoin higher. If recent history is any guide, that is exactly what Trump will do.

Democracy • Financial • Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom

Maya Yang — The Guardian

‘Devastating’: US Public Broadcasters Condemn Trump Cuts

PBS chief says cuts package ‘goes against the will of the American people’ as smaller outlets could face total closure

Corruption • Democracy • Democratic Party • Economy • Fascism • Financial • Global • Human Rights

Thom Hartmann — The Hartmann Report

America on the Brink

We must call this what it is: a full-scale assault on our economy, our democracy, and the peaceful world order that’s prevented a third world war for nearly 80 years…

Corruption • Cryptocurrency • Executive Power • Financial • Global • Legal • Regulations • Technology

Jacob Silverman — The Nation

Does Trump’s Biggest Crypto Backer Really Exist?

The strange saga of a shadowy UAE company’s $100 million investment in World Liberty Financial, the Trump-aligned crypto trader.

Economy • Financial • Global

Robert Reich — https://robertreich.substack.com

Trump’s Huge Tariff Hoax

A big lie is at the heart of Trump’s tariffs

Corruption • Executive Power • Financial • Legal

David Frum — The Atlantic

The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History

"It is corruption and self dealing on a scale that we've never seen in American history."

Corruption • Financial • Global • Legal

Judd Legum — Popular Information

Trump promised no new business deals with foreign governments. He lied.

The Trump Organization has announced new developments in the UAE, Qatar, India and Vietnam. But none in the United States.

Economy • Executive Power • Financial • Global

Timothy Noah — The New Republic

Trump’s Recession Has Begun

It’s already in Seattle. It will now travel east.

Disinformation • Economy • Executive Power • Financial • Global

Jay Kuo — The Status Kou

So Much That’s Wrong, All In One Story

A move by Amazon to show the cost of tariffs to its customers gets smacked down by the White House.

Financial • Legal • Resistance

David Smith — The Guardian

US Philanthropists Warn Against Capitulating to Trump

Foundation leaders say charitable organisations could be next in the firing line – but must ‘stand together’ to resist

Democracy • Financial • Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom

Joel Simon — Columbia Journalism Review

Why the Fight for Local Journalism Matters

To sustain this new system, Thornton told me, nonprofit news organizations need diversified funding from membership, sponsorship, events, and philanthropy, which will need to support local media in perpetuity, the way they do the arts.

Corruption • Financial • Legal • Regulations

Chris Murphy — Chris Murphy's Substack

Trump’s Biggest Corruption is Flying Under the Radar

It’s all just a shameless scheme for Trump to legalize large scale bribery, and shockingly, very few people seem to have taken notice.

Democracy • Economy • Executive Power • Financial • Technology

JULES EVANS — Ecstatic Integration

Peter Thiel is betting on the apocalypse

An emerging alliance between Tech, the Pentagon and the Christian Right

Cyber Security • Democracy • Economy • Financial • Technology

Dave Troy — The Washington Spectator

The Wide Angle: Elon Musk and the American Endgame

...Congress is baffled as to why Musk is doing all of this, and what he possibly wants from access to sensitive data including US Treasury records on social security numbers, bank routing and account numbers, healthcare data, and Department of Energy information on nuclear weapons. He has given free rein to a group of 20-ish boys — tech enthusiasts with no training or relevant experience — so they can “improve” things and harvest information.

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