Daily News 08/27
Daily News 08/27
Daily News Archives Since June 2026
American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World’s Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History.
American Kleptocracy examines just how the United States’ implosion into a center of global offshoring took place: how states like Delaware and Nevada perfected the art of the anonymous shell company, and how post-9/11 reformers watched their success usher in a new flood of illicit finance directly into the U.S.; how African despots and post-Soviet oligarchs came to dominate American coastlines, American industries, and entire cities and small towns across the American Midwest; how Nazi-era lobbyists birthed an entire industry of spin-men whitewashing trans-national crooks and despots, and how dirty money has now begun infiltrating America’s universities and think tanks and cultural centers; and how those on the front-line are trying to restore America’s legacy of anti-corruption leadership—and finally end this reign of American kleptocracy.
Capitalism’s War on Life Capitalism’s War on Life from Palestine to the Burning Planet From the scorched-earth campaigns of early colonialism, to today’s climate apartheid, exterminatory violence against peoples and ecosystems have always been central to the imperial project. The Exterminating Empire traces capital’s centuries-long war against life itself.
The Fact Thta There is Support/Not Opposition to Trump By the Three Branches of the Government Proves That the 1% Want and Need the Iron Heel!
Video: The Secret Behind High Electricity Bills
Video: The Cliff Hedges Report: Independence Day Drag
Move to Rescind Roadless Rule Rewards Logging and Mining Interests Last week, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brook L. Rollins moved forward on the agency’s promise to revoke the 2001 Roadless Rule, opening a public comment period on the proposal and a draft environmental statement on its impact. If this sounds familiar, that’s because we covered this almost a year ago during the scoping process.
Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running
Don’t Look Up: Trump EPA aims to exempt datacenters from disclosing air pollution, advocates warn Trump administration proposes new rule to dismantle requirement for datacenters to publicly report air pollution
Another brilliant move by our “Stable Genius”: Remember the Venezuelan oil tankers Trump seized with more than 1.8 million barrels of their petroleum on Dec. 10 as they made their way from Venezuela to Asia? From the NY Times: “The seizures have put the U.S. government in a financial bind. The ships are highly expensive to maintain. And the Trump administration cannot legally sell their oil without a judge’s permission. Maintaining the seized tankers has already cost the United States tens of millions of dollars — and complicates Mr. Trump’s claims of swift financial victories from his military operations targeting Venezuela and Iran. The government has already spent $47 million repairing and maintaining an aging ship, which is only valued at $10 million. And will most likely need to spend another $5 million over the next few months to cover insurance and crews, among other costs. Moreover, storing the ships’ oil costs the government $15,000 per day, or about $450,000 per month. The petroleum cargo seized from the ship has a value of $120 million to $135 million.”
Legal Battle Erupts Over FEMA’s Election-Related Funding Conditions Nashville, Tennessee, and several other cities and counties filed a lawsuit last week against the Trump administration for requiring mandatory changes to election procedures to receive grants. The lawsuit is one of many arising from the administration’s attempt to use Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants to advance its preferred policies at the state level. The grants in question come from FEMA’s Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP), which provides funding for “preventing, protecting against, mitigating, responding to and recovering from acts of terrorism and other threats.” Funding from the program also supports projects aimed at strengthening the National Preparedness System, which identifies community risks and hazards — including climate risks — and helps communities build capacity to address these issues.
ICE arrested 50,000 people in July – quietly the biggest month in Trump’s second term
Only sanctions imposed on Israel will workThe UK’s response to flagrant breaches of international law is pathetic, writes Bernie Evans, and sanctions against a few individuals have no effect
53 days of struggle: a balance of the Bolivian mass movement For 53 days, Bolivia witnessed an intense struggle that reached insurrectionary proportions.
The stark fate of KashmirThe situation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is on a knife edge. This mass movement is a continuation of the revolutionary unrest that swept through Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal over the past two years. And it now faces a crossroads: the bloody path of compromise, or onwards down the road to revolution.
Video: China Is Pulling Its Money Out of America — Here Is Why Africa Should Pay Attention China once held more than $1.3 trillion in U.S. government debt. Today, that number has fallen to roughly $633 billion—while Beijing steadily increases its investment in something else.
The Quiet American Crisis We Keep Refusing to See Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is often treated as a distant problem, something that happens far from American shores. But that illusion collapses the moment one looks at the data. In the United States, hundreds of thousands of women and girls are believed to be affected or at risk. Despite its serious consequences, the practice remains almost entirely unknown to the general public.