Michael Hudson: Hilarious IMF Demand on Ukraine
Is the IMF as stupid as it looks in pretending Ukraine loans can be repaid, or is it hostage to political pieties?
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Links 11/11/2026
Announcing Legal Defense Fund as Charles Asubonten Threatens to Escalate His Meritless Attempt to Censor Our Reporting via Yet Another Lawsuit
As you will see below, former CalPERS Chief Financial Officer Charles Asubonten is trying to silence our documentation of his vexatious legal campaign against Naked Capitalism. He is seeking the retraction of our publication of the filings in his new lawsuit in Federal Court in the Northern District of Alabama, along with some limited commentary. […]
Read more...Big Tech’s Political Headache and the Fight for America’s Future
US voters rejected AI and Big Tech power. Which Dems are poseurs who will make only Potemkin reforms?
Read more...Why Sudan’s Civil War Is Becoming a U.S. National Security Threat
Why the civil war in Sudan has much bigger implications for the region and the US than is generally acknowledged.
Read more...Links 11/10/2026
Representative Thomas Massie Introduces Impeachment Articles Against Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth, who celebrates maximum lethality, will soon be on the receiving end of a beating. Can he take it as well as he dishes it out?
Read more...Another French Revolution
The protests in France are part of the French Revolution tradition. But how much fundamental change is likely?
Read more...10 Reasons Hakeem Jeffries Should Not Be the Next Speaker of the House
Elections have consequences. One should be keeping an AIPAC-backed war-mongerer like Hakeem Jeffries from becoming Speaker of the House.
Read more...Iran War: Trump Signals No Big Attack in CBS Interview; Barmy CENTCOM “Iron Gate” Plan Proof of Weakness or Perhaps Cover for Iraq Ground Operation?
Today’s Iran war news: Is post-election fallout already starting to curb Trump’s maneuver room?
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Western Democracy Was Always a Managed Oligarchy. Now It’s Breaking
How democracies under stress are showing their true oligarchy status.
Read more...‘I Heard a Barnacle’ – How Paying Attention to Nature’s Background Noise Can Reveal Animal Secrets
The too-often-neglected importance of sound in nature and scientific investigation.
Read more...‘No Blank Checks for Big Tech’: Schumer Faces Protest Over ‘Dirty Data Center Deal’
Will a bill that disses the midterms’ AI repudiation by speeding up data center construction advance in the lame duck Congressional session?
Read more...Iran War: Will AI Rout, Report of Rubio Exit, End of Netanyahu Reign, Likely Hegseth Impeachment, Halt Plans to Hit Iran Over Weekend?
Today’s Iran war news: Trump is bleeding out power, but will he still proceed with his big beautiful attack on Iran to shore up his manhood?
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