How the propaganda machine behind the BRICS 2025 summit works—told from the inside, it reveals that nothing truly new is happening
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Friday, July 11, 2025
BRICS 2025: Propaganda and the Illusion of Change
Topics: Coffee Break, Media watch, Politics
Posted by Curro Jimenez at 2:00 pm | 23 Comments »
Del Monte Foods Goes Into Bankruptcy: A Trump Tariff Casualty
Struggling Del Monte Foods keeled over due to its exposure to steel and aluminum cost increases from ‘Trump’s tariffs.
Topics: Credit markets, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Legal, Taxes
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 37 Comments »
Links 7/10/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 192 Comments »
Genius Act: This New US Crypto Law Could Pave the Way for the Next Global Financial Crisis
On top of the leverage bombs in the US and other financial systems, the embrace of crypto, specifically stablecoins, is another systemic risk
Topics: Currencies, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Payment system, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:16 am | 31 Comments »
Early Job Mentoring, Placement, and Training Boost Refugee Integration Without High Costs
Like it or not, advanced economies are committed to immigration to counter low birthrates. Better refugee integration reduces the friction.
Topics: Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:27 am | 10 Comments »
The Inevitable Militarization of Space?
A high level review of the US efforts to project power in space and the actions/reactions of Russia and China.
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:59 am | 11 Comments »
Coffee Break: P. Diddy, RICO, Politicized Prosecutions
The Sean Combs trial provides a lens through which to look at RICO and prosecutorial overreach in an era of collapsing rule of law.
Topics: Coffee Break
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 2:00 pm | 14 Comments »
The Sad (Very Familiar) New York Times and Its Mamdani Hit Piece
The hit parade, as in the hit piece parade, on New York City mayor candidate Zohran Mamdani, is still in high gear.
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Media watch, Middle East, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 60 Comments »
Links 7/9/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 156 Comments »
Chaos in the Caucasus: The Great Armenian Sell Out and Turkish/NATO Dreams of a Turan Corridor Stretching to China
The great question is how Russia and Iran will respond if Turkiye and friends attempt to muscle their way across the Southern Caucasus.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Middle East, Moral hazard, Russia, Turkey
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 12 Comments »
Trump Just Gave a Huge Gift to China’s Economy
The GOP’s huge new tax and spending law will make it even harder for U.S. companies to compete in clean technologies.
Topics: China, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Environment, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:36 am | 11 Comments »
“The Pandora’s Box Has Been Opened”: Von der Leyen Faces Impeachment Risk
EU Commission head Ursula von der Leyen is (finally) in some trouble. How much of a sweat does she need to break to survive?
Topics: Europe, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:13 am | 11 Comments »
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Stab in the Back
As the war in Ukraine moves toward an ugly conclusion unfavorable to the U.S., I anticipate the appearance of a common propaganda phenomenon following lost wars: the stab in the back. This is a propaganda tactic in which military defeat is attributed to domestic treachery undermining the heroic efforts of the military. The bellicose elements […]
Topics: Coffee Break, Guest Post
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 2:00 pm | 35 Comments »
Will Russia Greatly Accelerate Its Ukraine Tempo to Facilitate Responding to Turkiye-Azerbaijan Threat to Iran?
Will Azerbaijan turning against Russia, perhaps supporting an attack on Iran, force Russia to move faster than it might otherwise in Ukraine?
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Middle East, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 10:40 am | 58 Comments »
Links 7/8/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 155 Comments »