Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "

Danish pension fund to dump US treasuries "The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer www.investing.com/news/stock-m...

One year into Trump's second presidency, how are science and medical research faring? Our @nature.com team breaks it down for you. (1/n) From @virginiagewin.bsky.social, learn about Layoffs ✅ Funding cuts ✅ Attacks on science ✅ www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

"International law is either universal or meaningless. Greenland will show which one we choose." Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...

Incredible report on how patriotic Americans in Minneapolis are dealing with the invasion of Miller’s Gestapo.

Mate, Ronald Lauder pushing Trump to invade is already having consequences for Estee Lauder in my community in Australia. If the US invades Greenland, not only is every one of your companies Estee Lauder but everyone will know what your companies' profits fund. bsky.app/profile/unab...

I found this very interesting perspective thread on FB.

The insurrection act was always the end goal - I’ve been talking about this for months. He’s been trying to find a city that would push back enough to give him a (flimsy) excuse to do it

In an oligarchy, business costs outweigh human costs.

Of course. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years But we've identified 10 promise keepers: Farmers Airbnb Expedia Nike Clorox Eversource Energy Holland & Hart Qurate Whirlpool Lyft

What do these companies have in common? -Cigna -Comcast -General Mills -Allstate -Marriott -Hilton -Walmart -Amazon -Microsoft -Meta All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election. And all have broken that promise.

What do Greenland, Honduras, Venezuela, and Nigeria have in common? The “network state” cabal—which includes Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, & Joe Lonsdale—has been circling them like vultures. 1/

😳 Thiel Fellowship co-founder Michael Gibson & American Moment founder Nick Solheim led a 2024 talk about colonizing Greenland. Gibson wrote yesterday that someone shld “pitch Rubio on building a charter city in Venezuela…” In reply, his colleague tagged an American Moment alum IN THE STATE DEPT. 1/

Probably not trolling. bsky.app/profile/jenn...

This is the video you need to watch, two parts.

Really important work from my lovely former colleagues on NPR's investigations team, making sure Jan 6 is documented accurately for the history books. apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/

Good morning to everyone who doesn’t want to annex Canada, Columbia, Cuba, Greenland, Mexico, or Panama, and just wants universal healthcare.

There is a lot of money and coordination behind those pushing America and Europe in the same far right direction. Based on recent conversations with friends, I don’t think enough people know this.

"The swift degradation of CBS's reputation under Weiss’ leadership is just one more proof point that the American media is being commandeered by an aggressive and coordinated conservative movement that is moving as quickly as possible to usurp control and rewrite history in deference to Trump."

How much is enough? (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

An immigrant who thinks it’s perfectly fine for him to buy elections is mad other immigrants are allowed to even vote in elections. I really don’t understand how he’s convinced so many people he’s smart. Also, no, humans aren’t going to turn into butterflies just bc caterpillars can

After Trump Cuts to Kenya Food Aid, Children Died of Starvation%%page%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% www.propublica.org/article/keny...

NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇

Nothing more than perceived wealth that doesn’t exist for the purposes of taxes, but magically does for the purposes of leverage. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay real taxes on low wages and can’t leverage shit. The game is rigged. Tax the rich.

Long article, but worthwhile reading. Truly mind-blowing. Details how Epstein made his millions. Unreal. Also makes it easy to understand how he and DJT could be best buddies - very similar personalities. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...

Yesterday, I told you that my law firm is litigating 66 voting and election cases in 35 states. By the end of today, it is up to 69 cases in 37 states. The 2026 midterm elections will be a fight to protect democracy. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

It seems that Russia is stirring the pot with regard to the far-right AfD party in Germany, as well. The party’s members have made more than 7,000 attempts in the past five years to unseal sensitive details about national security. (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/w...

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It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted

The answer is yes, if this keeps up. www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

look at the dots www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...

Yet another reason for foreign tourists to avoid visiting the US.... www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) will potentially treat opponents of President Donald Trump’s policies as “domestic terrorists,” according to a leaked memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi to all U.S. law enforcement agencies. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I turned off the news for 1 day to give myself a break, and came back to this. wtf is going on now?

Trump administration formally abandons our western alliances heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-5...

Why have so many corporations lined up to donate to Trump’s ballroom project? Because in Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building itself. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbf6BJzpk1E

Bernie Moreno has introduced a bill to ban Americans from holding dual citizenship, in the latest attempt by the right to attack immigrants and tighten the rules around citizenship. The bill makes the sweeping assertion that people with foreign citizenships may have “divided loyalties.”

We’re in a hell of a lot of trouble.

Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes? That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.

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What elite isolation reveals about the fragility of modern democracy and the cost of unchecked billionaire power… hartmannreport.com/p/the-great-...