The Fed chair has been an enabler of the economy’s hyper-financialization and speculative excess. Resistance to Trump is too low a bar.
ON TAP
Hegseth, Xi, Stalin
Paranoid purges of generals and admirals are common to dictators and tin-pot wannabes.
The Working Families Party Goes National
The WFP has unveiled a national platform and is building party organizations in nearly two dozen states.
Amazon and Trump’s NLRB: So Happy Together!
Trump’s appointee as the Board’s general counsel stops an NLRB trial likely to find the company guilty.
Trump Sabotages His Own Much-Exaggerated Iran Deal
Did the president screw up a possible agreement with his own impulsivity? Or was the imminent deal that he touted on Friday an illusion all along?
How Trump Undermines Trump
Consider the president’s self-defeating assault against Jerome Powell.
Why Americans Hate Data Centers: Let Us Count the Ways
They fear AI. They fear higher electric bills. More reasons below.
A Really Bad Week for the Global Right
And what is it about Christian nationalism that looks to produce kleptocratic regimes?
Trump’s Kiss of Life
Canada’s Mark Carney, Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen, and maybe even Britain’s Keir Starmer can thank Trump for reviving their sagging fortunes. Viktor Orbán, not so much.

