sawicky.substack.com/p/questions-... Questions About Market Socialism, II

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/is-this-th... Nice round-up by Krugman of something I touched upon the other day: MAGA's assault in coalition with Russia on the last redoubt of social-democracy in the world, the European Union.

wsj.com/arts-culture/television/billy-bob-thornton-landman-rants-smoking-ocd-taylor-sheridan-20eb28dc?mod=hp_featst_pos3 So Billy Bob Thornton actually believes the idiotic shit he says on Landman, basically acting like Taylor Sheridan's Howdy Doody.

sawicky.substack.com/.../us-democ.... U.S. Democratic Socialism Has A Future

sawicky.substack.com/.../us-democ.... U.S. Democratic Socialism Has A Future

What I've been saying about "Affordability," but better. portside.org/2025-11-30/o...

sawicky.substack.com/p/my-miami-m... My Miami month.

Last segment of Mostly Economics for 2025, with Jared Bernstein prod.cdn.everyaction.comemails/van/EA/

I can't get over this photo, from the NY Times today. This was how air travel used to be. And I hate hate hate airports.

The new Greg Grandin book that I've been reading and writing about, "America, América: A New History of the New World," puts a whole different spin on Thanksgiving.

As always, if you know of a worthy book to be released, tip me off and I will pitch a review proposal to one of my usual outlets (Jacobin, In These Times, The Baffler, maybe The American Prospect.)

jacobin.com/2025/11/publ... My latest in Jacobin. I review a new book on public school financing.

awicky.substack.com/p/america-america-a-new-history-of-1fd America, América: A New History of the New World, Part III

www.nytimes.com/.../trump-in.... The trend in Trumpian socialism

sawicky.substack.com/p/when-zohra... When Zohran Met Donald

Looking for Qanon theories on what dark arts Zohran performed on Trump.

Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism

sawicky.substack.com/p/america-am... America, América: A New History of the New World, Part II

open.substack.com/pub/sawicky/... How Epstein rules America. Recycled.

sawicky.substack.com/p/shutdown-a... Shutdown Aftermath

Anybody who thinks replacing an ObamaCare subsidy with a tax credit is a fix has never had to buy group insurance. Which includes every member of Congress, by the way.

The new "Frankenstein" on Netflix is a great film.

Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going! Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists. We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.

Mike Johnson won't want you to see this.

That Netflix 4-parter about James Garfield is pretty good. I never had a clue about him, but it's clear his assassination was hugely consequential.

www.axios.com/local/washin... Get to know Janeese Lewis George, D.C.'s counterpart to Zohran Mamdani.

sawicky.substack.com/p/taxing-the... Taxing the Big Apple. Lots of misconceptions about a land value tax. I elaborate. No it would not raise rents.

Trump brags about how much money is being collected under tariffs, while his lawyers before SCOTUS claim they are not revenue-raising devices. 🙄🙄🙄If SCOTUS buys that we will know for sure they have shit for brains.

Hey Zohran, if you want to tax the rich, tax land. In NYC, only the rich own land. And they can't run away with it.

One factor in NYC, the R's overuse of the "socialist" label (now replaced by "communist"). If everything is socialist, as in their habitual rhetoric, then a new genuine socialist is less vulnerable to attack. Contributes to young folks having no clue why "socialism" is bad.

Once again, in Virginia, all the trans/bathroom bullshit didn't fly.

sawicky.substack.com/p/affordabil... "Affordability" Again.

If, like Norah O'Donnell on 60 Minutes, you are a journalist who interviews Trump and does not induce him to throw a fit and quit the interview, then you have failed.

substack.com/home/post/p-... Why health care is so expensive in the U.S.

Trump tells beef industry it should make less money. Interesting to see what the ranchers will swallow.

D stands for disaster.

There remain thousands of Palestinian hostages, held by Israel.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b... Steal $100, you go to jail. If you're an immigrant, you go to the monkey dung mine in Mongolia with Opus the Penguin. Steal a billion dollars, get invited to the White House.

www.thenation.com/article/econ... I talk Shutdown at The Nation. My original title for the article was "Revenge of the Feces-Flinging Monkeys," but Trump offered a new, noxious meme that was impossible to pass up.

We urge the immediate release of David Adler, a close CEPR collaborator, and other members of the Global Sumud Flotilla. Thank you to @rokhanna.bsky.social for your support — we hope other US lawmakers will follow this lead.

www.thenation.com/article/econ... I talk Shutdown at The Nation. My original title for the article was "Revenge of the Feces-Flinging Monkeys," but Trump offered a new, noxious meme that was impossible to pass up.

sawicky.substack.com/p/socialism-... Socialism Is Everywhere?

sawicky.substack.com/p/pension-te... Pension Tension

WE HAVE LIFTOFF www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

Why let kids go hungry, energy bills soar, schools crumble, youth clubs shut down, rents skyrocket and wages fall, when you could JUST TAX BILLIONAIRES? 📍Liverpool, for Labour Party Conference

The Trump administration’s zeal to stamp out FEMA has been interrupted by bureaucratic mismanagement after the Central Texas flash floods. Even wealthy states don’t have the fiscal wherewithal to absorb a major catastrophe, but that could be the mission now. From @gurleygg.bsky.social:

ok let's goooooooo (pre-launch page, sign up to be notified on launch) www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

Hey it's the colloquy from Hell

sawicky.substack.com/p/kill-your-teevee Kill Your TeeVee

If they can indict the former head of the FBI, who can't they indict? Sometimes it pays to be a nobody.