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[ad_1] Earlier this month, Bloomberg published a brutal autopsy of industrial policy gone wrong. The article documented how, beginning in 2020, the U.S. government provided $850 million to six American companies to bolster domestic manufacturing of nitrile gloves, a critical component of the medical supply chain. Six years later, not one of those companies is making gloves. The company that received the most funding, Blue Star NBR out of Wytheville, Virginia, was supposed to use that money to build the first American plant in a generation capable of making nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR)—the raw material every nitrile glove is made…

[ad_1] Cargo ship, Willamette River, Portland, Oregon. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. As we all know, Donald Trump likes to play the tough guy. Unfortunately, he often does it in really foolish ways, and this time I’m not talking about his war against Iran. I’m talking about Trump’s tariffs. From the way he talks, he seems to think that foreign countries are sending us checks equal to the tariffs he has imposed on U.S. imports from them. Donald Trump’s mind can be a scary place, so it’s not worth trying to tease out his thought process, except to point out that…

[ad_1] The U.S. conducted a tenth night of airstrikes and Tehran kept up attacks across the region as the Iran War entered its 144th day. CENTCOM stated Tuesday that U.S. forces had struck “Iranian military command centers, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and air defense systems” overnight. The IRGC said it attacked a U.S. military base and an Amazon data center in Bahrain, and claimed to have destroyed a missile defence radar system and an F-15 fighter jet in Jordan. The Kuwaiti government also reported another round of Iranian attacks aimed at its power and water infrastructure. Citing…

[ad_1] The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider an Alaska pilot’s challenge to the government seizure of his airplane for transporting an illicit six-pack of beer. In an orders list, the Court granted the petition of Ken Jouppi, a retired 82-year-old Alaskan bush pilot who argues that the seizure of his $95,000 Cessna U206D is an excessive fine under the Eighth Amendment. Jouppi was convicted of a misdemeanor in 2012 when Alaska state troopers searched his plane before takeoff and discovered that a passenger was attempting to bring several cases of beer to a “dry” village where alcohol is…

[ad_1] Every year in the for-profit food system, unsafe food causes 866 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths, with young children suffering nearly a third of all cases of food-borne disease. Anita Malfatti, Brazil, Tropical, 1917. (Via Tricontinental Institute) By Vijay PrashadTricontinental: Institute for Social Research The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a devastating assessment of the state of the world’s food systems, according to which unsafe food causes approximately 866 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths every year.  Nearly one in nine people globally falls ill from contaminated food, with the African and Southeast Asian regions together accounting for nearly…

[ad_1] New Hampshire’s Executive Council voted 3-2 to reject a proposed $100 million Bitcoin-backed municipal bond, shelving what supporters said would have been the world’s first such issuance despite arguments that it posed no risk to taxpayers. The New Hampshire Executive Council rejected a plan on Wednesday to authorize a $100 million bond backed by Bitcoin, killing a proposal that state officials had cast as a first-in-the-nation bid to draw digital finance to the Granite State. The New Hampshire councilors voted 3-2 against it, according to reporting from The Boston Globe. The New Hampshire Business Finance Authority and Governor Kelly Ayotte had promoted…

[ad_1] Monday, July 20th on RealClearPolitics – Joined by RCP White House Correspondent, Carolina Lumetta [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Iran’s nuclear program lies in ruins and its economy collapses, but the question remains when IRGC leader Ahmad Vahidi will accept the reality of defeat. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Are Americans Wired for Authoritarianism? Charles Derber argues the nation’s democratic ideals have long masked an entrenched system of elite rule. As Donald Trump openly defies constitutional norms and concentrates power in the White House, many Americans see him as a dangerous break from the nation’s democratic traditions. Sociologist Charles Derber argues the opposite. In this wide-ranging conversation with Robert Scheer, the Boston College professor contends that authoritarianism has been embedded in the American political system since its founding. In his new book, Wired for Authoritarianism: American Oligarchy and How to Revive America for the People. Derber draws…

[ad_1] July 21, 2026 Chuck Collins After nearly two decades of tracking the American private jet industry here at the Institute for Policy Studies, we are formally launching the Private Jet Accountability Project with a Tax Private Jets campaign during the final games of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. IPS has been tracking the emissions impact of mega-events, such as the Super Bowl and Davos for many years. But this year’s World Cup might be the biggest of these events yet, starkly illustrated by FIFA Chief Gianni Infantino burning up the atmosphere with multiple jet flights a day, when he…