U.S. militarism has not remained confined to foreign battlefields. Over the past two decades, doctrines, technologies, and reflexes developed for war abroad have migrated into domestic governance. Immigration enforcement, protest policing, surveillance, and political investigations increasingly operate through militarized frameworks that treat civic life as a security problem—quietly reshaping democracy without declaring its suspension.
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Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – U.S. Militarism Comes Home
Topics: Coffee Break
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 2:00 pm | 5 Comments »
Links 12/30/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 85 Comments »
Halliburton Files ISDS Suit Against Venezuela for Damages Resulting from… US Sanctions on Venezuela
Talk about making the victim pay…
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 9 Comments »
How Some Courageous Super Rich Can Save Our Country from Trump’s Expanding Dictatorship!
Ralph Nader describes how the anti-Trumpers in ranks of the rich can engage in regime change.
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:55 am | 23 Comments »
Coffee Break: ICE, Antifa, and the Ever Expanding Definition of Terrorism
The Trump administration has expanded the official definition of “terrorism” and is already getting guilty pleas from alleged Antifa members.
Topics: Coffee Break
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 2:00 pm | 23 Comments »
Links 12/29/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 117 Comments »
American Pirates and the Coming Militarization of Commercial Shipping
Much be made o’ china militarized commercial ship sightin’ but there be Yankee gentlemen o’ fortune o’er yonder.
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Globalization, Guest Post, Market inefficiencies, Russia
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 27 Comments »
Progressive Educator Myles Horton’s Lessons for Fighting for Social Justice Today
Horton’s work offers a compelling model of how popular education can contribute to progressive change, fostering critical thinking in slow times and accelerating the spread of radical ideas during movement peaks.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 8 Comments »
Links 12/28/2025
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 124 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Sholay (1975) Run Time: 3H 10M Bonus Cinema Documentary
Sholay is a movie about friendship, romance, and high adventure.
Topics: Guest Post, Sunday morning Antidote movie
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 22 Comments »
Did Israel’s Rivalry With Turkiye Play A Major Role In Its Recognition Of Somaliland?
Will the US follow in recognizing Somaliland?
Topics: Africa, Middle East
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 10 Comments »
Links 12/27/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 107 Comments »
Michael Hudson: The Economic Unravelling of the Political West
Michael Hudson describes the development and progression of America’s economic parasitism.
Topics: Banana republic, China, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:56 am | 47 Comments »
Status of the US Dollar as Global Reserve Currency: USD Share Drops to Lowest Since 1994
Central banks diversify their holdings from the dollar into dozens of smaller non-traditional reserve currency alternatives.
Topics: Currencies, Economic fundamentals, Globalization, Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:27 am | 19 Comments »
Coffee Break: Boxing Day Miscellany
Part the First: No, This Is Not Another Bell Labs. Bell Labs was justifiably renowned as the place to do high level physics and engineering. It also supported Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson in their research that identified the background cosmic microwave radiation that is the remnant of the Big Bang. But Bell Labs worked […]
Topics: Coffee Break, Curiousities, Health care, Market inefficiencies, Politics, Social policy, Social values, Species loss
Posted by KLG at 2:00 pm | 26 Comments »




