The Most Important Corporate Subsidy Battle of 2025<\/a> Boondoggle<\/p>\n Climate\/Environment<\/p>\n Records show Big Sugar lobbyists are working on plans for an Everglades-area mine<\/a> Seeking Rents<\/p>\n Threats and killings increase in the area where agribusiness expands in the Amazon rainforest<\/a> Brasil de Fato<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Pandemics<\/p>\n Early adult death rates remain higher than expected post-pandemic<\/a> News-Medical<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n China?<\/p>\n Fretful of Trump, Philippines floats missile compromise with China<\/a> Asia Times<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Old Blighty<\/p>\n \u2018We\u2019d go absolutely nuts\u2019: PM warned of Labour fight if he backs huge oilfield<\/a> The Guardian<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n O Canada<\/p>\n Under Leader-for-Life @ElizabethMay<\/a>, the Green Party of Canada is considering a proposal to have CSIS, Canada\u2019s spy agency, screen candidates for the party\u2019s leadership in future leadership contests.<\/p>\n As Elizabeth May undoubtedly knows, CSIS has a long and sordid record of lying\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/pQVRbsgKfp<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Dimitri Lascaris (@dimitrilascaris) February 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n European Disunion<\/p>\n Europe\u2019s gas crisis: looking west as supplies dwindle<\/a> Daily Wrap<\/p>\n Europe in the dark, US to drive energy future<\/a> Financial Mirror<\/p>\n Will the Nord Steam gas pipelines be turned back on soon?<\/a> Bne Intellinews<\/p>\n Learning from shipwrecked sailors: Three ways Europeans can weather the Trump storm<\/a> European Council on Foreign Relations<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Founder of SJD giving instructions to Sweden Democrats on how to handle issues about Palestine.<\/p>\n The equivalents of AIPAC are hard at work globally manipulating your domestic and foreign policies. pic.twitter.com\/Y54s4wzouN<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Chasing Sunsets (@expat_vibes) August 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Move Over, St Patrick<\/a> New Lines Magazine<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Syraqistan<\/p>\n Let Donald Trump make Gaza great again \u2013 opinion<\/a> Jerusalem Post. A member of the board of trustees of the US Holocaust Museum calls for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.<\/p>\n Rebuffing US resettlement bid, Russia affirms Palestinians\u2019 right to Gaza<\/a> Anadolu Agency<\/p>\n Trump spoke to Egyptian president about plan to evict Palestinians from Gaza<\/a> Axios<\/p>\n Sick and wounded children begin crossing from Gaza to Egypt in first opening in months<\/a> The New Arab<\/p>\n Assad\u2019s Fall Sparks Fear and Reflection in Egypt<\/a> New Lines Magazine<\/p>\n New U.S. Intel Chief Slams Obama Era Policy of Supporting Al Qaeda in Syria: What Was CIA Operation Timber Sycamore?<\/a> Military Watch<\/p>\n The Muslim Brotherhood and the need to recalibrate the compass<\/a> GeoPolitiQ<\/p>\n Here\u2019s How Trump Can Make a Strong Deal With Iran<\/a> The American Conservative<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Africa<\/p>\n Trump says US conducted airstrikes against senior ISIS terrorists in Somalia<\/a> Anadolu Agency<\/p>\n French troops complete withdrawal from Chad after 70 years<\/a> Reuters<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Mali: TotalEnergies, the French hydrocarbon giant, leaves the country<\/p>\n https:\/\/t.co\/DMtTPIHwWb<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Pawe\u0142 W\u00f3jcik \ud83e\udd8b (@SaladinAlDronni) January 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n New Not-So-Cold War<\/p>\n Exclusive: U.S. wants Ukraine to hold elections following a ceasefire, says Trump envoy<\/a> Reuters<\/p>\n Ukraine\u2019s defense sector in disarray at crucial moment in the war<\/a> Washington Post<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u2757\ufe0fHuge crowds of Ukrainians civilian protestors have surrounded Zelensky\u2019s office in Kiev demanding his resignation!<\/p>\n \ud83d\udca5They chant \u201cZelensky get out!\u201d.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc4fIt\u2019s starting\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/qK1LHQQlXP<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \ud835\udc03\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2f\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1d \ud835\udc19 (@SMO_VZ) February 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Russian Fuel and Energy Complex \u2013 Reliability, Sustainability, Development<\/a> karlof1\u2019s Geopolitical Gymnasium<\/p>\n Norway releases Russian-crewed ship after cable damage investigation<\/a> Euronews<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n South of the Border<\/p>\n Chevron\u2019s operations in Venezuela will continue, as US relations shift<\/a> Al Mayadeen<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump 2.0<\/p>\n Musk\u2019s Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government<\/a> Doomsday Scenario (David in Friday Harbor). Important and Lambert will have more in a post tomorrow.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s ball of confusion bedeviling global markets<\/a> Asia Times<\/p>\n Canada, Mexico announce retaliatory tariffs against US; China turns to WTO<\/a> The Straits Times<\/p>\n New US President, Same Pursuit of Primacy: Cutting Through the Stunts & Rhetoric<\/a> The New Atlas (Video). Starting at 16:30 Brian Berletic shows the similarities between many Trump stunts in his first presidency and now.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n REPORTER: \u201cGiven your efforts to reduce the number of federal employees, are there any concerns about protecting the public ?\u201d<\/p>\n TRUMP: \u201cThey\u2019re all replaceable. We want them to go into the private sector. Our dream is to have almost everyone in the private sector.\u201d. pic.twitter.com\/ojbv0VXXmV<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Global Vissions (@GlobalVissions) February 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n ***<\/p>\n Milei, Modi, Trump: an anti-red-tape revolution is under way<\/a> The Economist. What happens when the last of the red tape is cut and Musk and friends want even more profit?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n This is the way https:\/\/t.co\/ia9dI42Re6<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n DC Airport Collision<\/p>\n Data from the deadliest U.S. air accident in a generation show conflicting altitude readings<\/a> AP<\/p>\n Air traffic controllers were initially offered buyouts and told to consider leaving government<\/a> AP<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Corporate-style understaffing (cost cutting, profit maximizing, labor disciplining), not \u201cwoke\u201d DEI staffing, is the capitalist scourge destroying workers, industries, supply chains, & safety systems across the economy. Workers have told us this for yrs. Writing more @TheRealNews<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/rXQkzPYGJp<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Maximillian Alvarez (@maximillian_alv) February 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Antitrust<\/p>\n After Antitrust<\/a> Phenomenal World. \u201cThe recent priority on antitrust enforcement obscures more direct solutions to wealth inequality: taxation and regulation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Democrats en d\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/p>\n Patrick Lawrence: Where Have All the Liberals Gone?<\/a> Scheerpost<\/p>\n Democrats, Times Like This Are Why Mayor Pete Exists<\/a> Slate<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Ken Martin, who no one has ever heard of, was just elected chair of the Democratic Party. Ken Martin is of course a genocidal Zionist who has vowed that the US will forever and unconditionally support the Israeli death-cult: pic.twitter.com\/xOKvklgCOR<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u2600\ufe0f\ud83d\udc40 (@zei_squirrel) February 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Democrats accused of corruption look to Trump for clemency<\/a> The Hill. Commentary:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Fascism is the inevitable conclusion to capitalism. Liberals are capitalists\/imperialists. The systemic developments of monopoly\/finance capital being buoyed by neoliberalism, which served as a bridge to corporate governance & overt fascism, is a bipartisan phenomenon in the US. https:\/\/t.co\/6tQXpm9hG6<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Hampton Institute (@HamptonThink) February 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Imperial Collapse Watch<\/p>\n Mark Sleboda: Is Trump Shattering the Unity of the Western World?<\/a> Dialogue Works (Video)<\/p>\n Trump is wreaking havoc at USAID. Is the goal to shut it down?<\/a> Politico. Discusses possibility of folding it into the State Department.<\/p>\n Did a Trump executive order just cripple the global US regime change network?<\/a> The Grayzone<\/p>\n Trump ally Peter Marocco behind evisceration of USAid: \u2018He\u2019s a destroyer\u2019<\/a> The Guardian<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The layers of irony in the U.S. ending its own foreign interference programs like USAID because it\u2019s somehow propagandized itself into thinking it was good-hearted \u201cDEI\u201d foreign aid are literally too rich to unpack.<\/p>\n Anyhow the end-result is that you end up in the hilarious\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/UpLgeoXhy9<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) January 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Groves of Academe<\/p>\n In This Brave New World, Does Scholarship Still Matter?<\/a> Law and Political Economy Project<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n AI<\/p>\n DeepSeek Debates: Chinese Leadership On Cost, True Training Cost, Closed Model Margin Impacts<\/a> Semianalysis<\/p>\n What DeepSeek Says About Nuland\u2019s Role in Ukraine War<\/a> Consortium News<\/p>\n DeepSeek and the Strategic Limits of U.S. Sanctions<\/a> The Wire<\/p>\n DeepSeek disappears from Italy Google and Apple app stores<\/a> Ansa<\/p>\n Uranium price\u00a0falls\u00a0as DeepSeek disrupts tech<\/a>\u00a0Mining.com<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Immigration<\/p>\n All is quiet in Omaha<\/a> Art Cullen\u2019s Notebook. \u201cWill they actually raid the food processing plants?\u201d<\/p>\n Ice Agents in Churches \u2018Does Not Bode Well for the Future of Religion\u2019 in America<\/a> Texas Observer<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Digital Watch<\/p>\n Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of their pransings<\/a> Internal exile<\/p>\n WhatsApp says its users targeted by Israeli spyware company Paragon<\/a> Al Jazeera<\/p>\n Forget Silicon \u2013 DNA Might Be the Future of Quantum Computing<\/a> SciTech Daily<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Healthcare?<\/p>\n Health Care Analyst\u2019s Focus is to Make Employers an Offer They Can\u2019t Refuse<\/a> HEALTH CARE un-covered<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Our Famously Free Press<\/p>\n Jeff Bezos\u2019s Company (Amazon) Is Suing Washington State to Block His Newspaper (The Washington Post) From Reporting<\/a> Gizmodo<\/p>\n FCC Probe Into NPR, PBS Denounced as \u2018Attack on the Freedom of the Press\u2019<\/a> Common Dreams<\/p>\n With Zero Evidence, NPR Suggests Trump May \u2018Work for Working Class\u2019 in Second Term<\/a> FAIR<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n BBC: the voice of the viscerally anti-Russian British\u00a0Government<\/a> Gilbert Doctorow<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Class Warfare<\/p>\n In Grim Memo to Staff, NLRB Counsel Says \u2018I Cannot Promise You Everything Is Going to Be OK\u2019<\/a> Common Dreams<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Antidote du jour (via<\/a>):<\/p>\n See yesterday\u2019s Links and Antidote du Jour here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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