Doug Henwood
@doughenwood.bsky.social
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Economic journalist and utility pundit.
http://lbo-news.com
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Jay McInerney has Lunch with the
@financialtimes.com
âI had this persona created around me: coke-snorting, model-chasing man about town. But it was fun.â But?
www.ft.com/content/ce0f...
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Author Jay McInerney: âI went from being a nobody to being somebodyâ
The unofficial laureate of 1980s hedonism on the truths behind his New York novels â and when the âBolivian Marching Powderâ got out of hand
https://www.ft.com/content/ce0fee9e-a403-4d02-907c-e5be322289f4?syn-25a6b1a6=1
about 2 hours ago
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Couldnât happen to a nicer fake currency
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This man is a disgrace
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China surpasses US approval ratings globally, says Gallup. But I thought we've never been so respected!
news.gallup.com/poll/707945/...
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fresh audio product: ⢠Gabriel Hetland on whatâs been happening in Venezuela since the kidnapping of Maduro ⢠David Griscom
@davidgriscom.bsky.social
, author of The Myth of Red Texas, on that stateâs forgotten radical history
www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...
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"We have to take care of one thingâmilitary protection."
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You and your idiot boss caused the problem!
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3 days ago
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This makes no sense from any perspective.
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Axios asking the hard questions: "Some top Democrats are quietly debating a fraught question: whether the party's best bet for winning back the presidency in 2028 is to nominate a man â perhaps a straight, white, Christian man."
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www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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The Strait of Hormuz Oil Shock Is Now Heading West
US government officials and Wall Street analysis are starting to consdier the prospect that oil prices might surge to an unprecedeted $200 a barrel.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-iran-war-hormuz-closure-oil-shock/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=email
6 days ago
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Measured relative to GDP, Trump in one year has added three times as much to federal debt as Biden did in four.
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Utterly vile law.
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Yikes. Letâs see if this provokes a lot of anguish about Islamophobia and anti-Pal bigotry.
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8 days ago
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After all these years I still don't understand what this man is so angry about.
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Who says our best days are behind us?
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Of course the
@nypost.com
pushed this nonsense
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8 days ago
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reposted by
Doug Henwood
KPFA Radio
9 days ago
What does an energy crisis look like? In Cuba: waking up at 3am to cook before the power cuts. But thatâs only part of the story. Helen Yaffe breaks down sanctions, resilience, and the bigger picture on Behind the News. Listen @
kpfa.org
#KPFA
#Cuba
@doughenwood.bsky.social
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Adam Keiper
9 days ago
I remember Nuclear Suicide Vest's first album.
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fresh audio product: ⢠Mouin Rabbani on the Iran war and its many complications ⢠Helen Yaffe on Trumpâs oil embargo on Cubaâits effects and how Cubans are reacting
www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...
9 days ago
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So many chapters in the Book of Winning: Trump at highest disapproval rating ever, according to Fox News (!).
www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
9 days ago
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Via Bloomberg Politics: Alex Young, the former head of MI6: âThe reality is that the US underestimated the task and I think as of about two weeks ago lost the initiative to Iran,â the British ex-spy chief said in an Economist podcast this week.
9 days ago
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"We bought it, we paid for it, it's ours." - Reagan on the Panama Canal "We invaded it, we stole it, it's ours." - Trump & Co.
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10 days ago
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I'd forgotten the PPI, the DLC's think tank, still exists. It's high comedy that they have a Project on Center-Left Renewal, given 1) how dead that formation is, and 2) how it contributed to Trumpism. Funny it's run by a former Starmer adviser.
www.progressivepolicy.org/project/proj...
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Project on Center-Left Renewal - Progressive Policy Institute
https://www.progressivepolicy.org/project/project-on-center-left-renewal/
10 days ago
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What if itâs considered rather than blithe?
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10 days ago
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reposted by
Doug Henwood
Hurst Publishers
11 days ago
Purchase AurĂŠlie Daher's book 'Hezbollah' here:
tinyurl.com/5yut9few
Get 25% off with promo code: HEZBOLLAH25
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'We Warned About It': Doctors Are Leaving Israel in Growing Numbers - Israel News
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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I mean why stop there? Once they've established a new border, there will be new threats and then the border will have to be moved further north, and thenâŚ
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This is a real estate trade pub. No "Mamdani effect" on NYC luxury market.
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Lunacy
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Guy belongs in a straitjacket
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12 days ago
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reposted by
Doug Henwood
Ken Klippenstein
13 days ago
the opposition party had more to say about Robert Mueller than the Iran War this weekend
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Ignorance on the march
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13 days ago
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So tired of winning
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/b...
13 days ago
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reposted by
Doug Henwood
Walter Olson
13 days ago
Nick Gillespie recalls a "devastating" 2009 critique of Cesar Chavez at
@doughenwood.bsky.social
's old Left Business Observer, as well as a 1997 Reason cover story on the UFW's finances.
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Cesar Chavez's other crimes
Accused of rape and sexual abuse, the late labor organizer's UFW mercilessly bilked its members and taxpayers for years.
https://reason.com/2026/03/20/cesar-chavezs-other-crimes/
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reposted by
Doug Henwood
Verso Books
13 days ago
Join us on April 7 in NYC for a panel discussion on Paul Heideman's "Rogue Elephant". He will be joined in conversation by Kim Philips-Fein,
@doughenwood.bsky.social
, and Anand Gopal.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/r...
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Rogue Elephant | NYC Book Launch
On April 7 in NYC, Verso will host a panel discussion on Paul Heideman's Rogue Elephant. He will be joined in conversation by Kim Philips-Fein, Doug Henwood, and Anand Gopal. Due to limited space an R...
https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/rogue-elephant-nyc-book-launch
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Itâs going to be fun to watch Bessent and the Team of Morons manage a financial crisis.
14 days ago
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Gracious as always
14 days ago
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A map of more vs. less civilized states.
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15 days ago
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Ugh. The Spectatorâs âCockburnâ: âNorris was a close allyâŚMike Huckabee, who he endorsed for president in the 2016 campaign. In a tribute, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu âa great friend of Israel and a close personal friend.ââ
15 days ago
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I hear you, but headlines like this have a jinxed history.
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fresh audio product: ⢠Nancy Fraser goes beyond the class/identity disputes ⢠Natalie Y. Moore on the effects of federal layoffs on black women
www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...
16 days ago
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To âwhat do you do what then sun donât shine and the wind donât blowâ should be added âwhen the oil donât flow."
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Apparently this was written, though not posted, before ZMâs fabulous St Patrickâs Day video. Perhaps an update would be in order? Mamdani Stumbles Over the Irish Question
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Mamdani Stumbles Over the Irish Question
The mayorâs difficulty in handling a question on Irish unification wasnât entirely his fault. But it was also a trap he should have seen coming.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/zohran-mamdani-irish-unification-ethnic-politics/
16 days ago
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How are wind and solar looking now, you fossil-heads?
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The DOGE assholes saved no money and did a lot of damage to good programs and workersâ lives. And now they want to blow $200 billion on this lunacy?
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Why is
@damagemag.bsky.social
setting one segment of the working class against another? âWhite collarâ workers are mostly working class too. "Let's Not Confuse Labor's Problems with White-Collar AI Doomerism"
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So
@socialists.nyc
is out with a ballot for the Antiwar Working Group. 19 candidates, all suffering traumatic surname loss. And their endorsers are suffering the same malady. So you canât vet any of these people unless you know them. How insider-y.
18 days ago
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Some publicists want to put me on the beauty beat! "Hi Doug, Just following up in case you missed this. Experts at Harley Street Hair Clinic break down the most popular hairstyles that are actually harming your hair."
18 days ago
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Doug Henwood
19 days ago
Excellent conversation between historian Nikhil Pal Singh and
@doughenwood.bsky.social
about Trumpism, "tying together the domestic and foreign policy strands of the regime into a single domain of impunity" Singh calls "Homeland Empire.â
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Behind the News: Homeland Empire w/ Nikhil Pal Singh
Podcast Episode ¡ Jacobin Radio ¡ March 16 ¡ 53m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/behind-the-news-homeland-empire-w-nikhil-pal-singh/id791564318?i=1000755601388
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Big if true
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