Sunday, October 5, 2025

Economics and Corruption and Healthcare and Education related links 100525

 

Rev. Barber says capitalism has failed, new politics needed - October 1, 2021

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/vatican-conference-bishop-barber-says-capitalism-has-failed-new-politics-needed/

 

DOGE Is a Massive Scam—Even on Its Own Terms.  Even if you believe that Musk is trying to root out waste and fraud (and you really shouldn’t), he and his dweeby hatchet bros are only making things more corrupt and expensive. – February 18, 2025

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/doge-results-government-waste-scam/

 

Math and Poetry The making and remaking of Capital BY ALYSSA BATTISTONI – March 2025

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6282f32969cedf0cdea35eae/t/680290641d05076e80b0b4fb/1744998507532/Battistoni—Capital+review.pdf

 

Trump Loves Tariffs, Just Not for the Rich and Well-Connected.  Self-Dealing, Corruption, and Grift in Trump’s First-Term Tariff Exceptions – March 24, 2025

https://www.citizen.org/article/trump-loves-tariffs-just-not-for-the-rich-and-well-connected/

 

Trump’s Tariffs Are Extremely Dumb, Just Not For The Reasons You Might Think  This is a con on a global scale. Trump is not rejecting the corporate trade model. He’s weaponizing it.April 9, 2025

https://www.citizen.org/article/trumps-tariffs-are-extremely-dumb-just-not-for-the-reasons-you-might-think/

 

Economic Update: Who Will Likely Win and Lose the U.S.-China Trade War? – May 26, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFzXwhifmnw

 

First case of measles reported in Nebraska – May 27, 2025

https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/health/first-case-of-measles-reported-in-nebraska/

 

RFK Jr.’s Dangerous New Covid Vaccine Rules Ignore His Own Agency.  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is no longer recommending the vaccine for children and pregnant women. – May 27, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/195747/robert-f-kennedy-jr-covid-vaccine-rules-fda

 

Richard Wolff Exposes: The TERRIFYING Collapse Beyond a Recession Awaits... – May 27, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhePilNbPKI

 

Trump Education Secretary Offers Chilling Warning to Universities.  Linda McMahon revealed how the administration intends to rein in universities. – May 28, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/195797/donald-trump-education-secretary-warning-universities

 

Wolff Responds: "Trying to control Harvard" Dated May 28, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_J_pYEz3aU

 

"The Illusion Has COLLAPSED, The Horror Is Coming.." - Richard Wolff Last Warning! – May 28, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcVuGVGWLO4

 

The Billionaire Hoarding Plague: How America’s Richest Became Its Biggest Threat – May 28, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJZtXx7yKqw

 

The Billionaire Hoarding Plague: How America’s Richest Became Its Biggest Threat.  How a sick obsession is killing workers, democracy, and our planet… – May 28, 2025

https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-billionaire-hoarding-plague-how-8aa

 

"They STARTED IT...What I FEARED Has Come To Pass!" - Richard Wolff’s Explosive Warning – May 29, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQSbta-9l6k

 

Republican Congressman GETS ASS HANDED TO HIM by Crowd of Voters!!! – May 29, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSe3P4hn6pk

 

The Case for Racial Equity in Public Health.  Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable and treatable cancers when detected early. In Mississippi, Black women are 1.5 times more likely to die from this cancer than white women. – May 29, 2025

https://progressive.org/op-eds/the-case-for-racial-equity-in-public-health-bobrowwilliams-20250529/

 

The MAGA War on Science Is Deadly—and It’s Just Getting Started.  The administration’s anti-science posture has three different sources. Each is as extremist as the last. – May 29, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/article/195801/trump-maga-war-science-deadly

 

A new artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by OpenAI reportedly ignored instructions to shut down, according to findings from AI safety firm Palisade Research, as reported by The Telegraph. – May 27, 2025

https://www.sofx.com/openais-latest-ai-model-defies-human-commands-to-shut-down-study-finds/

 

Trump Ends The Penny: Here's What Happens Now – May 27, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaicqJJuAQU

 

The Secret to Reindustrializing America Is Not Tax Cuts and Tariffs. It’s Regulated Competition.

From airlines to energy, shipbuilding to railroads, America became a capitalist superpower in the 20th century based on careful market rules. It can do so again. – June 1, 2025

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/01/the-secret-to-reindustrializing-america-is-not-tax-cuts-and-tariffs-its-regulated-competition/

 

Economic Update: Europe Declines Faster than the United States – June 2, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsMJyoxB1F0

 

Six Shocking Medicaid Work Requirement Facts YOU NEED TO KNOW Before You Lose Coverage – June 2, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSYtyKrPs5Q

 

Economic WARNING: Trump’s Banking Rules Will Crash Economy WORSE THAN 2008 Financial Crisis – June 2, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tk4bhn2huw

 

China’s New Trade Negotiator Is Ready to Play Hardball.  He Lifeng, Beijing’s economic gatekeeper, has a clear mandate from Xi Jinping: China won’t be catering to the U.S. – June 2, 2025

https://www.wsj.com/world/china/trade-negotiator-he-lifeng-hardball-1f27e4c3

 

Why Do America’s Workers Need Welfare? The Scandal Nobody Talks About.  Exploring the GOP’s strategy to keep wages low and the poor desperate... – June 3, 2025

https://hartmannreport.com/p/why-do-americas-workers-need-welfare-981

 

The REAL Reason Republicans Want Medicaid Cuts – June 3, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzMqYttKv1c

 

Morality & Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" | Sen. Bernie Sanders – June 3, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KphWktquYQc

 

Trump asks Congress to wipe out funding for public broadcasting – June 3, 2025

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/03/nx-s1-5418080/pbs-npr-trump-rescission-public-broadcasting

 

‘The president is obsessed’: Trump fixates on Xi call amid faltering trade talks.  The White House says a call this week between the president and China’s leader is “likely” as it tries to restore a fragile truce in the U.S.-China trade war. – June 3, 2025

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/03/trump-xi-call-trade-talks-00381858

 

Trump tax bill would add $2.4 trillion to the deficit over a decade: CBO – June 4, 2025

https://thehill.com/business/budget/5332201-trump-tax-bill-deficit-cbo/

 

Wolff Responds: "Capitalisms Collapse in Four Acts" dated June 4, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKtZxckuoFM

 

U.S. tariffs doubled today to 50 percent on steel and aluminum imports. The levies rankled Canada, Europe, automakers, plane manufacturers, home builders, oil drillers, can manufacturers for food products and other companies that rely on metal purchases. – June 4, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/business/economy/trump-tariffs-steel-aluminum.html

 

With steel tariffs doubling today, a North Carolina manufacturer wonders how to compete – June 4, 2025

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/04/nx-s1-5422248/trump-steel-aluminum-50-tariffs-double-prices

 

Imported Steel Tariffs Double, White House Rescission Request, Gaza Aid Paused – June 4, 2025

https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=1253616089:1269418592

 

What to know about the Meta trial as judge weighs decision – June 4, 2025

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5330952-ftc-meta-social-networking-trial-what-to-know/

 

Social Darwinism Returns Under Trump.  Social Darwinism offered a moral justification for the wild inequities and social cruelties of the late 19th century when, according to Trump, “we were richest.” – June 4, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/democracy/social-darwinism-returns-under-trump

 

The Great American Tariff Scam: Starring Donald Trump as the Savior Who Sells You Out.  It’s not just bad economics. It’s a calculated con that’s costing us jobs, factories, and our future… – June 5, 2025

https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-great-american-tariff-scam-starring-458

 

“The Whole Government is DOGE Now”: The Coup's Second Wave Begins.  A lawless vanguard infiltrated the U.S. government; now they are being institutionalized and will work with Project 2025's own democracy destroyers – June 5, 2025

https://lucid.substack.com/p/the-whole-government-is-doge-now

 

Dialectic at Work: The Mystery of Marx’s Capital Volume 2 – June 5, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibr3YFNCKcM

 

Economist's Scary Warning: Trump's Tariff Are a SCAM to Make Billionaires Richer w/ Greg Palast – June 5, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egtNX9gFLhM

 

New Trump Policy Already Has a Death Toll & Your Daughters are Next – June 5, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV6Ucc5cZ3E

 

Economy on Edge as Trump Raises Retirement Age & Cuts Benefits – June 6, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VCcLTUn0yI

 

The 50 Year War on American Workers – June 6, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOireyeFhqk

 

Anti-Vaxxer RFK Jr. Gives 'Evil Vaccine Companies' Billions of YOUR MONEY in New Policy – June 6, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJXgEOAX8Wc

 

Cancer research is too crucial to be a partisan issue.  Finding a cure for one of America's greatest threats must remain a priority, regardless of political affiliation – June 6, 2025

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/cancer-research-is-too-crucial-to

 

At Columbia Graduation Event, Student Voices Rose.  This year’s Class Day ceremony included a referendum on the university’s capitulation to the Trump administration—delivered in boos. – June 6, 2025

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/at-columbia-graduation-event-student

 

Musk Turned a Government Role into a Profit Machine: Ginny Canter on Musk's Conflicts of Interest

Musk's wealth increased by an "estimated $140 billion since Inauguration Day" – June 6, 2025

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/musk-turned-a-government-role-into

 

Winning the Highest Minimum Wage.  It took more than two years of hard work and relentless campaigning for LA’s tourism workers to win $30 an hour. Here’s how they did it. – June 6, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/labor-social-justice/highest-minimum-wage

 

Chapter 7: Why public schools are on the GOP’s hit list.  Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Hidden History of the American Dream" – June 8, 2025

https://hartmannreport.com/p/chapter-7-why-public-schools-are

 

What Trump and Hegseth Really Fear.  Shows of Public Solidarity with the Vulnerable Must Be Extinguished by the State – June 8, 2025

https://lucid.substack.com/p/what-trump-and-hegseth-really-fear

 

Economic Update: Analyzing Trump's Mass Support – June 9, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC0N4EOet0Q

 

The 3 Lies Trump Used to Gut Social Security & Medicare – June 9, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFoXW49ZJiQ

 

Massive Tech Layoffs May Be the Fault of a 2017 Trump Tax Cut.  A new theory of the tech industry's economic woes has been found. June 9, 2025

https://gizmodo.com/massive-tech-layoffs-may-be-the-fault-of-a-2017-trump-tax-cut-2000613312

 

Trump Tariffs Under Legal Fire: What You Need to Know.  As a little-known trade court rules against the president, all eyes turn to the Supreme Court and how it will navigate its own Major Questions Doctrine. – June 9, 2025

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/09/trump-tariffs-headed-to-supreme-court/

 

World Bank: Trump’s Trade War Could Destroy the Global Economy.  The World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects report sounds a dire warning about tariffs. – June 10, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/196378/world-bank-trump-trade-war-economy-recession

 

Bird Flu Mutates as Trump Guts Biological Security & Vaccine Funding – June 10, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76dDnIxGebc

 

Our Knowledge System Has Collapsed. Can We Survive Without It?  Even as tech gets degraded, people will still need something solid and reliable that will contribute to human flourishing. In fact, they will need that more than ever. – June 10, 2025

https://www.thefp.com/p/the-knowledge-system-collapse?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

 

The United States of Stocks.  Members of Congress and their families were big buyers before tariffs were paused in April. – June 10, 2025

https://www.brewmarkets.com/stories/2025/06/10/congress-stock-picks-investing

 

Trump's budget cuts hurts working families: Lily Roberts on the sinister aims of the big, ugly bill

"This is just totally antithetical to the idea of how to invest in a strong and growing economy" – June 10, 2025

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trumps-budget-cuts-hurts-working

 

The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan) – June 10, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbtUYshYM8&t=11s

 

Federal Report Shows Remote Work Trumps RTO.  A new GAO report suggests that too many telework restrictions may not be beneficial. – June 10, 2025

https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/06/10/federal-report-shows-remote-work-trumps-rto/

 

TACO Trump Announces Paltry Trade Deal With China.  Trump has achieved nothing after months of tariff threats against China. – June 11, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/196681/trump-trade-deal-china-tariffs

 

Trump Treasury Secretary Suddenly Backtracks on Major Tariff Deadline.  Scott Bessent seems to realize the truth: Trump isn’t getting all those trade deals he promised were coming. – June 11, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/196711/trump-treasury-secretary-bessent-backtracks-tariff-deadline

 

Wolff Responds: "Why Is L.A. Happening?" Dated June 11, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heoWn7NIbBQ

 

Chapter 8: Student debt harms the American Dream.  Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Hidden History of the American Dream" – June 15, 2025

https://hartmannreport.com/p/student-debt-harms-the-american-dream

 

Economic Update: Making Sense Of Trump's Economic Plan – June 16, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arHEUWin3j8

 

Economists WARN Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Will Cause a Recession For Working Americans – June 16, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4JO4eD2pgk

 

Wolff Responds: "WAR!" Dated June 17, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkO6-Nty084

 

Trump’s Disastrous Budget Bill Is Even More Expensive Than We Thought.  A new report from the Congressional Budget Office shows just how expensive Donald Trump’s budget is. – June 18, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/196942/donald-trump-budget-bill-more-expensive-deficit

 

Federal Reserve Warns Trump’s Economy Is About to Get Whole Lot Worse.  Trump’s tariffs are directly to blame, said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. – June 18, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/196983/federal-reserve-warning-trump-economy-tariffs

 

The world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV could stop transmission — if people can get it – June 18, 2025

https://apnews.com/article/hiv-prevention-shot-lenacapavir-gilead-80fb37e2c5ac9b452488d7b86a10d568

 

How Much Would It Cost You in Taxes If We Had Universal Healthcare in America? – June 18, 2025

https://www.gobankingrates.com/money/economy/how-much-would-it-cost-in-taxes-if-we-had-universal-healthcare-in-america/

 

Dialectic at Work: Karl Marx In America With Andrew Hartman – June 19, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBY38uqtIp4

 

The Most Dangerous Corporation in America – June 20, 2025

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/palantir-the-worst-of-the-corporate

 

Economic Update: The Crisis in the Middle East With Chris Hedges – June 23, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCgQ5pehHqg

 

Scuttling International Humanitarian Assistance.  The Trump administration continues to cut programs that help the poorest of the poor. – June 23, 2025

https://fpif.org/scuttling-international-humanitarian-assistance/

 

Trump Tears Into Federal Reserve Chair Over Cratering U.S. Economy.  Jerome Powell, for his part, brushed off Donald Trump’s crazed rant. – June 24, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/197144/donald-trump-federal-reserve-jerome-powell-economy

 

Where the Money Is: America’s obscene wealth gap – June 24, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v06kPD09bs

 

Wolff Responds: "WAR & PEACE: An Inconvenient Truths" Dated June 24, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhoGS7kFrjQ

 

Has Trump’s FTC Abandoned Fair Markets?  A decision to drop a lawsuit against Pepsi may signal Trump’s embrace of corporate bullies. – June 25, 2025

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/25/has-trumps-ftc-abandoned-fair-markets/

 

Chapter 10: The impact of tax policy on the American Dream.  Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Hidden History of the American Dream"– June 29, 2025

https://hartmannreport.com/p/chapter-10-the-impact-of-tax-policy

 

Transcript: Trump Is Screwing His Voters in “Mind-Boggling” New Scam.  An economist explains how the sum total of Trump’s policies are hitting working-class voters, especially his own, with a mix of deception and upward redistribution that constitutes something new and unprecedented. – June 30, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/article/197403/transcript-trump-screwing-voters-mind-boggling-new-scam

 

Trump Threatens to Cut Aid to Israel for Stunning Reason.  Donald Trump is trying increasingly unhinged methods to come to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s aid. – June 30, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/197436/donald-trump-threatens-cut-aid-israel-benjamin-netanyahu-corruption

 

Economic Update: How Deep Fascist Parallels Run – June 30, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_HSk6HixNk

 

Why Trump's Shadow Fed Chair Scares the Economists & Working People – June 30, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csrnugAg1ZI

 

How Monopolies Secretly Steal Your Freedom (ft. Lina Khan) – July 1, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twdgxIJZDns

 

This Discovery in the Mariana Trench Will Transform Geopolitics (4K) – July 1, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NnLfbTCM2I

 

Wolff Responds: "The Big, Beautiful And The Ugly" Dated July 2, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAhnxGQhBDg

 

This Family Is on the Front Lines of Trump’s Push To Cut Health Care – July 2, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVgPZjsXxZ8

 

The Truth About Migrant Labor and America’s Economy – July 2, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6a59GKthxg

 

Alligator Alcatraz Isn’t Just a Prison. It’s a Mirror. And It’s Asking Us: Who Are We, Really?  The most dangerous thing about Alligator Alcatraz isn’t the alligators. It’s the message... – July 2, 2025

https://hartmannreport.com/p/alligator-alcatraz-isnt-just-a-prison

 

Trump’s Tax Cuts Come with a Body Count — Starting with Grandma.  Trump’s “Big Ugly Bill” isn’t just cruel: it’s the latest salvo in the war against democracy and the “We” society… – July 3, 2025

https://hartmannreport.com/p/trumps-tax-cuts-come-with-a-body

 

Southwest Nebraska medical center announces plans to close, blames uncertainty over funding – July 3, 2025

https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/southwest-nebraska-hospital-announces-plans-to-close-blames-uncertainty-over-funding/

 

Canada Just Made It Law — And These 6 U.S. States Will COLLAPSE First (2025 Trade Fallout) – July 4, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g09P4nSwiVc

 

I Told You Something BIG is Coming & Now It's Here... - Richard Wolff – July 4, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIIAgleGxNI

 

Pa. Governor lays out 'Big Beautiful Bill' Medicaid and SNAP cuts – July 4, 2025

https://www.northcentralpa.com/life/health/pa-governor-lays-out-big-beautiful-bill-medicaid-and-snap-cuts/article_1afd6d3c-a3b1-485b-a807-06afac76dd06.html

 

Why the U.S. Supreme Court Matters to Public Schools.  Supreme Court decisions affect educators, students and working families every day. Find out how we “graded” key decisions that have helped or hurt public education. – July 4, 2025

 

https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/why-us-supreme-court-matters-public-schools

 

"Most Massive Transfer of Wealth Upward in American History": John Nichols on Trump's Budget Law – July 7, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_uSFJ54ti0

 

Trump BLINDSIDED by SURPRISE RESIGNATION – July 7, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScBecZo7434

 

What new Medicaid work requirements Mean for enrollees with the Big Beautiful Bill?  Understand the incoming chnages and be ready for the moment of truth – July 6, 2025

https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/us-news/personal-finance/2025/07/06/686a3982e2704eb2578b4575.html

 

Miran: US, Vietnam deal ‘fantastic,’ ‘extremely one-sided’ – July 6, 2025

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/5386853-miran-us-vietnam-deal-fantastic-extremely-one-sided/

 

Gov. Shapiro says Pennsylvania “got screwed” in the reconciliation bill signed into law. – July 7, 2025

https://penncapital-star.com/briefs/gov-shapiro-says-pennsylvania-got-screwed-in-the-reconciliation-bill-signed-into-law/

 

Jack Dorsey launches a WhatsApp messaging rival built on Bluetooth – July 7, 2025

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/07/jack-dorsey-whatsapp-bluetooth.html

 

The Founders Knew Great Wealth Inequality Could Destroy Us – July 7, 2025

https://time.com/7297269/founders-wealth-inequality-could-destroy/

 

Transcript: Trump Blurts Out Awkward Truth About ICE as MAGA Seethes.  As Trump angers MAGA personalities by vowing to suspend deportations of farmworkers, a journalist who covers ICE explains how he accidentally revealed the deep unpopularity and unworkability of his own agenda. – July 8, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/article/197676/transcript-trump-blurts-awkward-truth-ice-maga-seethes

 

The Most Corrupt Corporation in the World Is Taking Over Our Food Supply – July 8, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRTfk4Y8tws

 

Where We Go From Here – July 8, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifcc8MNY304

 

Trump's Big Beautiful Bill is Pushing Economy into Depression: Why Americans AREN"T SPENDING – July 8, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x41uEgUZWIg

 

Trump Sneaked Huge Gift for Peter Thiel–Backed Company Into Budget.  Donald Trump’s budget essentially hands an exclusive contract to Anduril. – July 9, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/197779/donald-trump-peter-thiel-budget-anduril-surveillance

 

Wolff Responds "The BRICS Another Step Forward" dated July 9, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuTX4lmpL-0

 

JFK cited America’s ‘moral obligations’ in urging creation of USAID.  'A program of assistance to the underdeveloped nations must continue because the nation's interest and the cause of political freedom require it,' President Kennedy said. – July 9, 2025

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/jfk-cited-americas-moral-obligations

 

Kennedy touts ultra-processed meals he once called ‘poison’ – July 9, 2025

https://www.aol.com/kennedy-touts-ultra-processed-meals-140428047.html

 

MAGA’s Ugly Budget at Odds with Its Creepy Pronatalism.  Republicans’ legislation hurts kids and makes child-rearing more expensive – July 10, 2025

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/magas-ugly-budget-at-odds-with-its

 

90 Deals in 90 Days?  Inside Trump's Corrupt Trade Deals

https://www.citizen.org/article/90-deals-in-90-days/

 

An embarrassing exercise in economic and diplomatic futility.  Trump's tariff letters are a joke and the joke is on us. – July 11, 2025

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-tariff-letters-taco

 

How US Universities Became So Vulnerable to Government Threats.  Military and medical science brought federal funding to American college campuses, but student tuition helped keep it there. – July 11, 2025

https://archive.ph/pEhUo#selection-1519.0-1519.13

 

Economic Update: Capitalism and Culture, Their Connection in Crisis Now – July 14, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4tG3fhQQNg

 

Deborah Cai Named Acting Dean of Klein College – July 14, 2025

https://klein.temple.edu/news/2025/07/deborah-cai-named-acting-dean-klein-college

 

How Trump Will Bring Back Inflation.  Start with tariffs. Then replace Jerome Powell with a lackey. – July 15, 2025

https://timothynoah.substack.com/p/how-trump-will-bring-back-inflation

 

Trump Whines About Person Who Appointed Powell, Forgetting It Was Him.  As he wages war on Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Donald Trump can’t seem to remember he was the one who first appointed him. – July 15, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/198041/trump-whines-who-appointed-fed-chair-jerome-powell-forgets-it-was-him

 

Bigger benefits, smaller payoff? Medicare costs may cut into your next Social Security raise – July 15, 2025

https://thegrayvine.com/threads/bigger-benefits-smaller-payoff-medicare-costs-may-cut-into-your-next-social-security-raise.66732/

 

2026 Social Security COLA Forecast Rises Again as Trump Tariffs Fuel Inflation.  Current predictions for 2026 cost of living adjustment now up to 2.6% and 2.7%; larger Medicare Part B premium increase expected eat up most or all of it – July 15, 2025

https://401kspecialistmag.com/cola/

 

Transcript: Trump’s Pollster Hits Him with Brutal News as Econ Worsens.  As Trump downplays the new inflation numbers by venting at the Fed (even as his pollster delivers very bad news), an economist explains how he’s put us on a slow downward slide that will get much, much worse. – July 16, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/article/198010/transcript-trump-pollster-hits-brutal-news-econ-worsens

 

Wolff Responds: "Trumps Ugly Tax Law" Dated July 16, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JCZOxHXXHg

 

Trump's Economy Will Crash so Billionaires Can Profit off Your Pain – July 16, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjArH3PkA8U

 

Trump GONE MAD as U.S. CORN Shipments Rejected — Canada’s Premium Corn Lands Billion Dollar Deals – July 16, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMWlNbswyw8

 

Canada's Negotiation TRIUMPH Over TRUMP Tariffs — Carney's Strategy SECURES Key Concessions – July 16, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR9KcmdrJtU

 

USDA Ends Regional Food Center Grants.  USDA Shuts Down Regional Food Business Centers Created Under Biden Administration – July 16, 2025

https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/columns/washington-insider/article/2025/07/16/usda-shuts-regional-food-business

 

Dialectic at Work: Value & Prices: The Transformation Problem – July 17, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9dh1HLexSg

 

Cost of Obamacare expected to soar as subsidies expire and insurers hike premiums.  People who get their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act could see increases of more than 75% each month, one expert said. – July 18, 2025

 

Chapter 13: Invest in American manufacturing.  Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Hidden History of the American Dream" – July 20, 2025

https://hartmannreport.com/p/chapter-13-invest-in-american-manufacturing

 

Trump’s Budget Could Break the Economy.  For once, the deficit hawks are right. The tax cuts for the wealthy in the Republican budget could cause the third economic meltdown this century. Unlike the Financial Crisis and the pandemic, we couldn’t spend our way out. – July 20, 2025

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/20/trumps-deficits-could-break-the-economy/

 

Economic Update: Mamdani's Win in NYC: Causes & Prospects for a Socialist Mayor – July 21, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNz9IFpcjHg

 

America Won’t Exist If We Can’t Build Things.  Every great power in history lost its dominance when it gave up its industrial edge. The U.S. must act now to avoid the same fate. – July 21, 2025

https://www.thefp.com/p/america-wont-exist-if-we-cant-build-things-china-industrial-power

 

Here Come the New Industrialists.  America may be winning on software. But software isn’t enough to win the future. We need manufacturers—like the ones I met last week. – July 21, 2025

https://www.thefp.com/p/here-come-the-new-industrialists-tech-working-class-politics

 

Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen: The Fed Must Be Independent – July 21, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/opinion/federal-reserve-independence-trump.html

 

Here’s the most baffling part of the Republican budget bill – July 21, 2025

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/21/klobuchar-food-aid-snap-waste/

 

Giga-Yachts, Flo Rida, and Bunkers. . . What Could Go Wrong? – July 22, 2025

https://www.thefp.com/p/giga-yachts-flo-rida-and-bunkers-honestly

 

How the crypto industry bought Trump (and by extension DC).  What could possibly go wrong? – July 22, 2025

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/genius-act-crypto-trump-corruption

 

How to Take the Fight to the Oligarchy – July 22, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFI8U4kIzu0

 

Trump Admin STUNNED as Unexpected Heroes RISE UP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixsEN53t6lE

 

Disaster Warning: Profiteers Are Trying to Privatize America’s Public Weather Service – July 22, 2025

https://jimhightower.substack.com/p/disaster-warning-profiteers-are-trying

 

When your August 2025 Social Security check will arrive—exact dates and tips to plan ahead – July 22, 2025

https://thegrayvine.com/threads/when-your-august-2025-social-security-check-will-arrive%E2%80%94exact-dates-and-tips-to-plan-ahead.66934/

 

Wolff Responds: "Tariffs Bite Back" Dated July 23, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHikLlHZkFQ

 

Republicans Blocked Bernie Sanders' Bill That Could Save America – July 23, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLHFh47JJD4

 

Three mayors are reducing crime by investing in residents.  In Chicago, Baltimore, and Birmingham, three Black men are leading turnarounds. – July 23, 2025

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/three-mayors-are-reducing-crime-by

 

Would universal healthcare be cheaper? – July 23, 2025

https://insuredandmore.com/would-universal-healthcare-be-cheaper

 

U.S. Automakers Say They Were Screwed Over in Trump’s Japan Trade Deal.  Trump promised to help American manufacturing. But his trade deal with Japan breaks that promise. – July 24, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/198401/us-automakers-trump-japan-trade-deal-cars-tariffs

 

Trump is Wrecking our Travel Industry.  Anti-Trump fervor threatens foreign tourism and travelers between our border states, anticipating a poor showing at the forthcoming World Cup and Olympic games – July 24, 2025

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-is-wrecking-our-travel-industry

 

Economists Are Seriously Alarmed About Official Data Under Trump.  A new poll of economists finds an overwhelming majority agree that the U.S. government’s official data on the economy is a big problem. – July 25, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/198464/economists-alarmed-official-data-trump-economy-poll

 

Trump’s Big Trade Deal With Japan Is Already Falling Apart.  Japanese officials are pushing back on one of Trump’s central claims about the deal. – July 25, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/198469/trump-trade-deal-japan-falling-apart-joint-investments

 

Trump Appears To Be Intentionally Sabotaging The Economy – July 25, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ayBAEdZmeo

 

What Medicare Prior Authorization Changes in 2026 Mean for You

https://skylinebenefit.com/what-medicare-prior-authorization-changes-in-2026-mean-for-you/

 

FCC to Appoint a Babysitter to Make Sure CBS Isn’t Anti-Trump.  FCC commissioner Brendan Carr says CBS will have a "bias monitor." – July 25, 2025

https://gizmodo.com/fcc-to-appoint-a-babysitter-to-make-sure-cbs-isnt-anti-trump-2000634566

 

5 ways Trump has shaped the economy in 6 months – July 27, 2025

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/5-ways-trump-has-shaped-the-economy-in-6-months/ar-AA1Jnfvd

 

Schengen Surveillance.  By removing checks on borders between European countries while hardening those on the edges of Europe, the EU has redrawn borders along civilizational lines. – Spring 2025

https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/schengen-surveillance/

 

Slotkin's Intel Briefing: Trump Threatening the FED, FEMA Cuts and Partisan Gerrymandering – July 27, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuM2fzrmgzY

 

How the New GOP Healthcare Bill Could Raise Your Medicare Costs by 75% – July 27, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJig0wSqpTg

 

Malcolm Nance’s SICKENING Prediction That SHOCKS Stephanie Miller – July 27, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2rHw7H2Tz8

 

Economic Update: Best Of Series Part 1: Psychology & Trump – July 28, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpGrykNT52o

 

David Muir to receive 2025 Lew Klein Excellence in the Media Award – July 28, 2025

https://klein.temple.edu/news/2025/07/david-muir-receive-2025-lew-klein-excellence-media-award

 

Private Equity Quietly Scores a Bipartisan Win in Congress.  With backing from Wall Street trade group SIFMA, the House unanimously passed a bill to expand access to hedge funds, private equity, and other risky investment offerings. – July 28, 2025

https://readsludge.com/2025/07/28/private-equity-quietly-scores-a-bipartisan-win-in-congress/

 

Temple University Alumni Association (TUAA) Parliament serves as a voice for every one of Temple’s more than 365,000 alumni

https://alumni.temple.edu/s/705/alumni/16/interior.aspx?sid=705&gid=1&pgid=3717

 

How Do We Get Out of This Mess? – July 29, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osDCl0cPHB4

 

From Military Officer Magazine: How to Choose Insurance Policies – July 29, 2025

https://www.moaa.org/chooseinsurance/

 

Transcript: Krugman Wrecks Trump’s Europe Deal: “Scam on His Voters”.  As the emerging details of Trump’s trade agreement with Europe puncture his hype, economist Paul Krugman explains at length why it’s actually a big loss for our country—and especially for his MAGA base. – July 30, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/article/198586/transcript-krugman-wrecks-trump-europe-deal-scam-voters

 

Trump Treasury Sec. Brazenly Gives Up the Game on Social Security.  Scott Bessent is saying the quiet part out loud. – July 30, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/198619/donald-trump-treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-social-security

 

Wolff Responds: "A New Political Party" Dated July 30, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOI4kELhfOg

 

Even Big Pharma Begged Trump Not to Raise Prices This High – July 30, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5zwwQXyDjk

 

Even Big Pharma Begged Him Not to, but Trump Did It Anyway.  A 15% tariff on EU-branded drugs will make medicine more expensive, sick people sicker, and Big Pharma richer. Trump, doing this illegally, calls that “winning”... – July 30, 2025

https://hartmannreport.com/p/even-big-pharma-begged-him-not-to-f5d

 

How Trump’s tariffs could affect your grocery bill – July 30, 2025

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5428344-trump-tariffs-food-grocery-prices/

 

Dialectic at Work: Marx: the Business Analyst – July 31, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqd35s0zl7c

 

The Price We Pay for Vouchers.  Voucher programs harm public schools and entire communities. Why are some elected leaders forcing them on us? – July 31, 2025

https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/price-we-pay-vouchers

 

Trump Fires BLS Chief After Jobs Report Reveals How Bad Economy Is.  Donald Trump is going to cook the books. Prepare to question all official economic data from this administration. – August 1, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/198734/trump-cook-books-fire-commissioner-jobs-report

 

Trump Adviser Reminded on Live TV About Last Time Economy Was This Bad.  The jobs report is out—and Trump’s team is scrambling to defend the terrible numbers. – August 1, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/198714/trump-adviser-jobs-report-last-time-economy-this-bad

 

The Coming Republican Depression: How the GOP Turned America Into a Powder Keg, and Is About to Light the Match.  Housing bubbles, financial scams, and political sabotage are converging into a historic, preventable disaster. – August 1, 2025

https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-coming-republican-depression

 

Trump's Tanking Economy – August 2, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKKlprOrUoY

 

The Coming Republican Depression: How the GOP Turned America Into a Powder Keg & Lit the Match – August 2, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvGoOZI8pK8

 

Unredacted Tonight: A HUGE Financial Coup In The U.S. No One is Talking About! – August 3, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FaqktT4JbI

 

Think It Was NATO? Think Again... TRUE Trigger of Russia’s INVASION Exposed – August 3, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqcMCPSOUxE

 

Economic Update: Best Of Series Part 2: The Most Viewed Updates – August 4, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OII2tVDkMoY

 

When Trump's Lies Crash the Economy & Pariah America – August 4, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVPny3-uveE

 

Trump Hit by Harsh Blow From Fed Chair as Polls Reveal Fresh Weakness.  As Jerome Powell delivers a double whammy of bad news to Trump and new polls show him sliding, the author of a piece on the midterms explains why he’s politically weaker than he looks—and why Dems should act like it. – July 31, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/article/198639/trump-hit-harsh-blow-fed-chair-polls-reveal-fresh-weakness

 

Academic Freedom: How Universities Lost Their Way.  A canceled issue of a Harvard scholarly journal illustrates the dangers of the Trump era. – August 5, 2025

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/08/05/academic-freedom-how-universities-lost-their-way/

 

University Boards: How They Do (and Don’t) Maintain Independence.  The board at the University of Virginia failed to protect the school’s president against an assault from the Trump administration. Is this any way to run Thomas Jefferson’s school? – August 5, 2025

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/08/05/university-boards-how-they-do-and-dont-maintain-independence/

 

Wolff Responds "Statistics: The Real Issue" Dated August 6, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imnpz4NY9Ws

 

Economic Policy Institute

https://www.epi.org/

 

Huge Economic Problems Coming for Republicans and the U.S. | Explainer – August 7, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHZ0hiZUydA

 

Capitalism Hits Home: Epstein — A Marriage of Capitalist Corruption and Misogyny – August 7, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atOZISnxnLk

 

China Advances in ‘Silent War’ Against US Dollar – August 8, 2025

https://globalpost.com/stories/china-advances-in-silent-war-against-us-dollar/

 

US’ New Tariffs Hit Dozens of Countries Across the World – August 8, 2025

https://globalpost.com/stories/us-new-tariffs-hit-dozens-of-countries-across-the-world/

 

Undaunted in defense of academic freedom.  Harvard needs support to do the right thing. – August 8, 2025

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/undaunted-in-defense-of-academic

 

The Survey Says: ‘We’re at a Crisis Point’.  Educators seek comprehensive solutions to address student behavior problems. – August 8, 2025

https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/survey-says-were-crisis-point

 

Can We Stop Supporting Sociopathic Leaders? – August 9, 2025

https://www.americaamerica.news/p/can-we-stop-supporting-sociopathic

 

The stark math for olive oilAugust 10, 2025

https://view.nl.npr.org/?qs=034b2d0fb70cd3e6f3d5f8f1b409b392b7b29163455431f7782808de3be377a866aac7417c3f292b487690b16fd0a5b6166306f8072818265ed010390ad84e061498a5b6a8b54ecdd9f00320c05ec2cd9e3fe56266490231

 

Trump and the GOP’s goal is to “exterminate” the disability community.  These are the stakes! – August 10, 2025

 

Trump Is Breaking Boundaries of Constitution With Chips Payoff Deal.  Trump’s deal with Nvidia and AMD is completely unprecedented. – August 11, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/198966/trump-chip-sales-nvidia-amd-deal

 

Economic Update: Best Of Series Part 3: Interviews Echoing Today – August 11, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLn6bOK9RpY

 

Social Security FAQ – August 11, 2025

https://www.epi.org/publication/social-security-faq/

 

Trump Finds Sneaky Way to Steal More Health Care From Supporters.  As if the cuts to Medicaid in the “big, beautiful bill” weren’t enough. – August 12, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/199019/donald-trump-slashes-supporters-health-care-obamacare

 

Trump regime's lies about economic data will impact Social Security and much more!  We are on the way to becoming Argentina in the 2000's! – August 12, 2025

https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trump-regime-just-lied-about-the

 

Lawrence: Trump predicts a ‘1929-style result’ if Trump returns the tariff money he illegally took – August 13, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plopoB2SUac

 

Trump gets NIGHTMARE NEWS as economic report BURIES HIM – August 13, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXjUJm_e8Yc

 

MAGA minions are reeling as Trump weighs reclassifying weed – August 13, 2025

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/13/2338250/-MAGA-minions-are-reeling-as-Trump-weighs-reclassifying-weed

 

The party of fiscal conservatism, everybody – August 13, 2025

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/13/2338212/-The-party-of-fiscal-conservatism-everybody

 

A tale of 10 cities.  Metro areas signal what’s at stake for Black Americans under Trump’s anti-equity agenda – August 14, 2025

https://www.epi.org/publication/a-tale-of-10-cities-metro-areas-signal-whats-at-stake-for-black-americans-under-trumps-anti-equity-agenda/

 

Trump’s Worst Economic Move Yet? – August 14, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evbsHGtNLC4

 

Wolff Responds: "Washington DC: Police State" Dated August 14, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTFLP0A6Ofk

 

Why Is Social Security So Popular? | Sen. Bernie Sanders – August 14, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UkYL43_ggw

 

The jobs report that Trump can't kill – August 14, 2025

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/15/2338180/-The-jobs-report-that-Trump-can-t-kill

 

How Trump’s massive tax hike could bleed small businesses dry – August 14, 2025

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/14/2338203/-How-Trump-s-massive-tax-hike-could-bleed-small-businesses-dry

 

Trump taps one of his insurrectionists to hide tariff damage – August 14, 2025

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/14/2338425/-Trump-taps-one-of-his-insurrectionists-to-hide-tariff-damage

 

Trump gets RUDE AWAKENING as EVENT SPELLS DOOM – August 14, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZDelKVZrvU

 

A tale of 10 cities.  Metro areas signal what’s at stake for Black Americans under Trump’s anti-equity agenda – August 14, 2025

https://www.epi.org/publication/a-tale-of-10-cities-metro-areas-signal-whats-at-stake-for-black-americans-under-trumps-anti-equity-agenda/

 

Before A Steel Plant Exploded, Trump’s EPA Hid Risks From The Public - 15 August 2025
https://paydayreport.com/before-a-steel-plant-exploded-trumps-epa-hid-risks-from-the-public/

 

US Admiral: 'It's Already Too Late' - What Philippines Just Started Will Change Everything – August 19, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apIonnL8C_E

 

Trump purchased $100M+ in bonds since January, filings show – August 20, 2025

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5462286-trump-bond-purchases-office-ethics/

 

Wolff Responds: "Tariffs: Lies and More Lies" Dated August 20, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHLAppNObPI

 

TRUMP GETS BOOED - Trump CHASED OFF STAGE by "FURIOUS REPUBLICANS at Wednesday TOWN HALL!!" – August 20, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unXqvY_BPZw

 

Unions aren’t just good for workers—they also benefit communities and democracy – August 20, 2025

https://www.epi.org/publication/unions-arent-just-good-for-workers-they-also-benefit-communities-and-democracy/

 

Science v. Creationism with Eugenie Scott – August 20, 2025

https://pointofinquiry.org/2025/08/science-v-creationism-with-eugenie-scott/

 

Unions aren’t just good for workers—they also benefit communities and democracy – August 20, 2025

https://www.epi.org/publication/unions-arent-just-good-for-workers-they-also-benefit-communities-and-democracy/

 

U.S. investment in public education is at risk .  Vouchers, state budget austerity, and federal attacks on the Department of Education threaten children’s futures – August 21, 2025

https://www.epi.org/publication/u-s-investment-in-public-education-is-at-risk-vouchers-state-budget-austerity-and-federal-attacks-on-the-department-of-education-threaten-childrens-futures/

 

Chapter 18: Saving the American Dream for Zoomers and the rest of us.  Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Hidden History of the American Dream" – August 24, 2025

https://hartmannreport.com/p/chapter-18-saving-the-american-dream

 

Make CEOs Even Richer Despite National Opinion.  Siphoning resources to make CEOs even richer is outrageous when so many Americans are struggling with high costs for groceries, housing, and other essentials. – August 22, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/economic-equality/make-ceos-even-richer

 

Fed Chair Warns the Economy Is Even Worse Than We Realized.  Jerome Powell revealed the jobs market is suffering from a “much larger” slowdown than initially reported. August 22, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/199467/federal-reserve-jerome-powell-economy-worse

 

Experts issue warning over growing crisis reshaping US housing market: 'A new market reality' – August 23, 2025

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/experts-issue-warning-over-growing-213000828.html

 

Trump Adviser Vows Government Will Take Over More Businesses Soon

Isn’t this called ... communism?August 25, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/199541/trump-adviser-hassett-government-take-over-businesses

 

Economic Update: Government Deficits; Why They Happen, Who Benefits From Them, and MMT – August 25, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb1rn4JRWgA

 

Canada Unites with Germany, Spain, South Korea and the UK in Travel Freeze to US with Record Drop in Arrivals, What Are the Reasons - August 25, 2025

https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/canada-unites-with-germany-spain-south-korea-and-the-uk-in-travel-freeze-to-us-with-record-drop-in-arrivals-what-are-the-reasons/

 

Fed Governor Refuses to Cave—Vows to Sue Trump Over Firing Attempt.  Lisa Cook, the first Black woman to serve on the Fed board, dismissed the president’s attempt to remove her. – August 26, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/199622/lisa-cook-fed-governor-sue-donald-trump-firing-attempt

 

How Democrats Should Fight Trump – August 26, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4qV22WhSyo

 

In Funniest Twist, Trump Now Wants to Nationalize Lockheed Martin.  Welcome, Comrade Trump? – August 26, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/199648/trump-nationalize-lockheed-martin-lutnick

 

The last two recessions have hit low-income families of color hard.  Trump’s economic agenda will expose millions to even more pain when the next recession strikes – August 26, 2025

https://www.epi.org/publication/the-last-two-recessions-have-hit-low-income-families-of-color-hard-trumps-economic-agenda-will-expose-millions-to-even-more-pain-when-the-next-recession-strikes/

 

Events from within the past year illustrate why it is necessary to give the Office of the Attorney General the power to enforce the reproductive rights of Californians. – August 26, 2025

https://centerforinquiry.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/28113658/CFI-Written-Testimony-in-Support-of-California-AB-67-Aug.-26-2025.pdf

 

Wolff Responds: "The Estate Tax: An Immense Scandal" Dated August 27, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg_BRGY8nss

 

What They’re Not Telling You About the Future of Money I Anthony Scaramucci & Ken Rogoff I Open BookAugust 27, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIjJcTajmwA

 

Building a More Equitable Commonwealth: The Case for Collective Bargaining Rights for Virginia State Employees – August 27, 2025

https://thecommonwealthinstitute.org/tci_research/building-a-more-equitable-commonwealth-the-case-for-collective-bargaining-rights-for-virginia-state-employees/

 

Wolff Responds: "Milestone to Fascism" Dated August 28, 2025 (BONUS)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWb2mwr4tnM

 

Is the Trump Regime Trying to Kill Us?  The biggest threat to our health and safety is in the Oval Office – August 28, 2025

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/is-the-trump-regime-trying-to-kill

 

A Dangerous Liaison.  Trump and RFK Jr. play politics with public health and safety – August 28, 2025

https://steady.substack.com/p/a-dangerous-liaison

 

Higher Prices Are Coming for Household Staples.  Companies from Hormel to Ace Hardware forecast prices rising as the costs of Trump’s tariffs are passed on to consumers – August 28, 2025

https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/trump-tariffs-higher-prices-forecast-5233d6c4

 

Tracking National Labor Relations Board actions through its administrative dataAugust 28, 2025

https://www.epi.org/publication/tracking-national-labor-relations-board-actions-through-its-administrative-data/

 

CDC Official Makes Shocking Confession About RFK Jr.’s Intel.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in total chaos—and a recently departed leader is telling all. – August 29, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/199837/cdc-official-rfk-jr-briefings

 

Transcript: Trump Press Sec’s Dumb Spin Implodes as RFK Fiasco Worsens.  As Karoline Leavitt struggles to defend RFK Jr.’s purging of the Centers for Disease Control, a governing expert explains the enormity of the stakes involved in Trump’s destruction of our public health system. – August 29, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/article/199832/transcript-trump-press-sec-dumb-spin-implodes-rfk-fiasco-worsens

 

Trump Picks Nightmare Peter Thiel Acolyte to Replace CDC Director.  Jim O’Neill is the last person who should be in this role. – August 29, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/199846/trump-peter-thiel-acolyte-jim-o-neill-cdc-director

 

Three Undaunted Labor Figures.  Unions remain critical in the fight for democracy and social justice – August 29, 2025

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/three-undaunted-labor-figures

 

The Wednesday night massacre at the CDC.  What's at stake for Americans in the Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s war on public health – August 29, 2025

https://the.ink/p/the-wednesday-night-massacre-at-the

 

Labor Day 2025: Workers will take to the streets to protest the billionaire agenda.  Mobilizations will take place at over 1,000 "Workers Over Billionaires" rallies, demanding an end to wealth inequality amidst a deepening economic squeeze. – August 29, 2025

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/labor-day-2025-workers-will-take

 

Contrarians Fight for – & Celebrate! – Unions.  Publisher's Roundup 33 – August 30, 2025

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/contrarians-fight-for-and-celebrate

 

Saturday Report 8/30/25 — Medicare Under Siege: Trump’s Radical Plan Now in Motion. – August 30, 2025

https://hartmannreport.com/p/saturday-report-83025-medicare-under

 

RFK Jr Must Resign – August 30, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQY5G_NVRQA

 

A Warning From 1995 About the Working Class – August 30, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rW1kkAV-gw

 

Trump 2.0 is a disaster for workers.  Don't be gaslit when he says "Happy Labor Day!" – September 1, 2025

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-labor-day-2025-disaster-for-workers

 

Labor's Power to Check Authoritarians.  Today we celebrate a great tradition that has built the best of American democracy – September 1, 2025

https://ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p/labors-power-to-check-authoritarians

 

A Labor Day Reflection.  The last hazy days of summer—and a history of struggle – September 1, 2025

https://www.americaamerica.news/p/a-labor-day-reflection-181

 

The Most Communist President Ever.  How we lose our democracy and our economy – September 1, 2025

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-most-communist-president-ever

 

MAHA Madness: Bob Kennedy’s Cruel New Gospel of ‘Fitness’”  If we let Bob Kennedy, MAHA madness, and his billionaire patrons redefine America as a place where only the strong survive, we will lose not just our health but our souls. – September 1, 2025

https://hartmannreport.com/p/maha-madness-bob-kennedys-cruel-new-0d3

 

Why RFK Jr’s Anti-Vaccine Crusade Threatens Public Health – September 1, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecSHbw3uFX8

 

Trump’s DEVASTATING Education Cuts Backfire MASSIVELY – September 1, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV7jUAFhOkQ

 

Economic Update: Social Problems Require Social Movement Solutions – September 1, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgB4DMUALPw

 

How Inflation Affects the Census Bureau’s Income and Earnings Estimates – September 2, 2025

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/blogs/research-matters/2025/09/inflation-affects-income-earnings-estimate.html

 

Comparing Poverty Measures: Development of the Supplemental Poverty Measure and Differences with the Official Poverty Measure – September 2, 2025

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/blogs/random-samplings/2025/09/difference-supplemental-and-official-poverty-measures.html

 

Kennedy’s “Healthy Food” Reform Gets Eaten Up by Big Food Corporations – September 2, 2025

https://jimhightower.substack.com/p/kennedys-healthy-food-reform-gets

 

RFK, Jr. must be charged with manslaughter for killing Americans.  What RFK is doing is criminal! – September 2, 2025

https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-must-be-charged-with-manslaughter

 

RFK Jr. Is So Off the Rails States Are Forming Alliances to Push Back.  The move comes after a week of total chaos at the CDC. – September 3, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/199953/rfk-jr-california-oregon-washington-health-alliance

 

Unions raise wages. Tariffs don’t.  Why Trump’s trade policy won’t help U.S. workers – September 3, 2025

https://www.epi.org/publication/unions-raise-wages-tariffs-dont-why-trumps-trade-policy-wont-help-u-s-workers/

 

Wolff Responds: "The Importance of the BRICS " Dated September 3, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaxrwrITTeM

 

Philly’s first-in-the-nation experiment giving cash to struggling renters is working, researchers say.  Families that got cash rental assistance were less likely to be evicted, experience homelessness, and report having serious problems with their homes, according to a study of the PHLHousing+ program. – September 3, 2025

https://www.inquirer.com/real-estate/housing/rental-assistance-philadelphia-pilot-program-penn-research-phlhousing-20250903.html

 

Census Bureau Releases New Educational Attainment Data – September 3, 2025

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/educational-attainment-data.html

 

Unions raise wages. Tariffs don’t.  Why Trump’s trade policy won’t help U.S. workers – September 3, 2025

https://www.epi.org/publication/unions-raise-wages-tariffs-dont-why-trumps-trade-policy-wont-help-u-s-workers/

 

The Fed Is Dead, Long Live The Fed

https://www.forbes.com/sites/vipinbharathan/2025/09/03/the-fed-is-dead-long-live-the-fed/

 

Republican Senator Traps RFK Jr. With Trump Nobel Prize Question.  Senator Bill Cassidy put the HHS secretary in an extremely difficult spot. – September 4, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/200018/republican-senator-traps-rfk-jr-trump-nobel-prize-question

 

RFK Jr. Makes Up Batshit Reason for Why CDC Director Was Fired.  Senator Elizabeth Warren was stunned by the health secretary’s new defense. – September 4, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/200017/rfk-jr-makes-up-reason-why-cdc-director-fired

 

RFK Jr. Draws Backlash After Revealing How Little He Knows About Covid.  The HHS secretary seemed unable to answer a straightforward question. – September 4, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/200006/rfk-jr-hhs-senate-backlash-covid

 

5 takeaways as RFK Jr. battles GOP, Democratic senators on CDC, vaccines – September 4, 2025

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5487009-kennedy-defends-vaccine-policy/

 

RFK Jr. Gets Wrecked on the Hill – September 4, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mztSGFmmPrs

 

Capitalism Hits Home: Labors of Love – September 4, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP44a-qS4SI

 

Boeing Cuts Off 3,200 Striking Workers ' Health Insurance - VW Chattanooga Furloughs Workers - GE Aerospace Workers Dig in for a Fight – September 4, 2025

https://paydayreport.com/boeing-cuts-off-3-200-striking-workers-health-insurance-vw-chattanooga-furloughs-workers-ge-aerospace-workers-dig-in-for-a-fight/

 

First Jobs Report Since Trump Fired BLS Chief Is Still Total Disaster.  No matter how much Donald Trump tries to interfere in the jobs report, the truth is clear: Things are taking a turn for the worse. – September 5, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/200036/trump-august-jobs-report-five-alarm-warning

 

450 Detained by ICE at Hyundai Georgia Plant, Where 3 Workers Were Killed Previously – September 5, 2025

https://paydayreport.com/450-napped-by-ice-at-hyundai-georgia-plant-where-3-workers-were-killed-previously/

 

Democrats: Don’t Let Trump Define What State Capitalism Can Be.  There’s no turning back from Trump’s moves on Intel and U.S. Steel. The challenge is to make public ownership serve the people. – September 6, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/article/200025/trump-state-capitalism-intel-steel-democrats

 

NIH Funding Cuts Hurt Basic Research and Patients

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2025/08/nih-funding-cuts-hurt-basic-research-and-patients/

 

The Disturbing Attacks on Science.  We Must Stand Up for Science

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2025/08/we-must-stand-up-for-science/

 

Payday Only Publication to Focus on Workplace Deaths at Raided Hyundai Facility. – September 6, 2025

https://paydayreport.com/email/dd3545cb-1b35-43ec-9223-49851b046118/

 

Human Trafficking at Hyundai Concerns Raised Following ICE’s Raid & Detention of 300 Korean Workers in Georgia – September 7, 2025

https://paydayreport.com/human-trafficking-at-hyundai-concerns-raised-following-ices-raid-detention-of-300-korean-workers-in-georgia/

 

Poll: Americans Are Buying Way Less Thanks to Trump’s Tariffs.  It’s the latest worrisome economic sign. – September 7, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/200144/poll-americans-buying-less-trump-tariffs

 

Economic Update: An Argument for A New Labor Party – September 8, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uemUl5rcAO4

 

The President of the United States Essentially Just Declared War on a Major City In His Own Country – September 8, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95os9qIQJiY

 

Transcript: Trump’s Firing of Lisa Cook Backfires as Brutal Poll Hits.  As new reporting blows holes in Trump’s effort to fire the Federal Reserve’s Lisa Cook, a legal writer explains why Trump’s use of this tactic is so alarming—and what might happen when this goes to the Supreme Court. – September 9, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/article/200172/transcript-trump-firing-lisa-cook-backfires-brutal-poll-hits

 

How Big Oil is Picking Your Pocket – September 9, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDQXiNlM5iM

 

Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2024 – September 09, 2025

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/income-poverty-health-insurance-coverage.html

 

Income Gap Between Householders With College Degrees and Those With High School Degrees but No College Widened Over Last Two Decades – September 09, 2025

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2025/09/education-and-income.html

 

End of Pandemic-Era Benefits Resulted in Higher Three-Year Supplemental Poverty Rates From 2022 to 2024 Compared to the Official Poverty Rate – September 09, 2025

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2025/09/spm-below-official-poverty-rate.html

 

Most Workers Ages 19 to 64 Had Health Coverage but Farmers’ Uninsured Rate Was Over Nine Times Higher Than for Engineers – September 09, 2025

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2025/09/health-coverage-by-occupation.html

 

Median Income of Asian and Hispanic Households Rose From 2023 to 2024 – September 09, 2025

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2025/09/median-household-income.html

 

Post-tax Income Inequality Rose From 2009 to 2024 Despite More Equal Household Income After Taxes and Credits – September 09, 2025

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2025/09/post-tax-income.html

 

The Revolt of the Rich Kids.  Armed with Ivy League diplomas and cultural capital but locked out of wealth and status, this disaffected class is fueling America’s new radicalism. – September 09, 2025

https://www.thefp.com/p/the-revolt-of-the-rich-kids-privilege-status-america

 

Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2024 – September 09, 2025

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/income-poverty-health-insurance-coverage.html

 

Everyone Is Going to Be Worse Off After Trump but the Rich: Report.  A new study from the Center for American Progress contains some dire projections. – September 10, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/200293/economics-center-for-american-progress-trump

 

Wolff Responds: "The Crisis Of Inequality" Dated September 10, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVGg0T9kIyM

 

Global Capitalism: Evidence and Symptoms: U.S. Capitalism’s Decline Accelerates – September 10, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrzM-4CJMMo

 

The jobs reports were revised down by 911,000. What does it say about the economy? – September 10, 2025

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-jobs-reports-were-revised-down-by-911000-what-does-it-say-about-the-economy/ar-AA1MdpZC

 

Trump gets RUDE AWAKENING as SHUTDOWN is NOW IMMINENT!! – September 11, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4myvVDtGG8

 

The Cost of Homeownership Continues to Rise – September 11, 2025
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/acs-1-year-estimates.html

 

Millions face skyrocketing health insurance costs unless Congress extends subsidies – September 13, 2025

https://apnews.com/article/congress-health-care-tax-credits-obamacare-shutdown-f1ee636ddba7f65baa5234c55cb0c96e

 

Economic Update: The Fight Against Money Corrupting Politics – September 15, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3iGNLc1VXg

 

“America's Comeback” Is Nothing but a Con Job.  The recycled lies of trickle-down economics, designed to crush workers, women, and minorities alike – September 16, 2025

https://hartmannreport.com/p/americas-comeback-is-nothing-but-132

 

Economic Indicators

https://www.census.gov/economic-indicators/calendar-listview.html

 

Wolff Responds: "On Our Agenda Now: Stagflation" Dated September 17, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v4xf6dH7Pw

 

Public Housing Again, Really? Yes, Really.  The mid-twentieth-century versions were seen as sociological and fiscal nightmares. It’s time to reimagine and destigmatize the whole idea of public housing. – September 21, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/article/199743/public-housing-again-really-yes-really

 

Doctors Issue Stark Warning Against Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Rule.  The American Medical Association says Trump’s new H-1B visa restriction will have serious impacts on the country. – September 22, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/200760/doctors-warning-trump-h-1b-visa-rule

 

Economic Update: Higher Education Labor United (HELU) Rises – September 22, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3YbdHAi0uM

 

Why Corporate Media is Bending the Knee – September 22, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCuOx5yXeQU

 

Wolff Responds: "Globalization Unmasked" Dated September 24, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpY4xQk9_8I

 

Trump's Autism Lie May be More Dangerous Than Anything He's Done Before – September 24, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3wpWaNcIAc

 

The Social Security and Medicare Funding Problems Are Real.  Congress keeps making them worse with a budget process that’s broken. – September 22, 2025

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/22/the-social-security-and-medicare-funding-problems-are-real/

 

GOP Senator: Project 2025 Creator Has Dreamt About This Since Puberty.  Republicans all know the havoc Russell Vought is about to unleash this shutdown. – October 2, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/201276/republican-senator-project-2025-creator-vought-dream-puberty-shutdown

 

 

Transcript: Trump Admits He Screwed MAGA Voters as Econ Dips Again.  As Trump reveals that his policies are killing MAGA country even as job losses mount, a writer who’s tracking the government shutdown explains why all this bad news should embolden Dems to hang tough. – October 2, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/article/201246/transcript-trump-admits-screwed-maga-voters-econ-dips

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