Stephen Colbert Thinks RFK Jr. Is Not the Right Man for the Job
Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50…
A Fish Farm Offered 40,000 Pounds of Salmon for Free. There Was a Catch.
The offer was too good for the Food Bank of Central New York to pass up. A local fish farm was going out of business, and it wanted to donate…
Richard Wolff: Settler Colonialism – ‘It Ends With Us’ in Palestine and Israel | naked capitalism
Yves here. Richard Wolff gives a new vantage on settler colonialism as practiced by Israel through the lens of being descended from Holocaust survivors and victims and having made colonialism…
Higher Impact of Inflation on Lower Income Households Means US Poverty Is Understated | naked capitalism
Yves here. This important post originally had an anodyne headline, Distributional consumer price indices and the measurement of inequality, which obscured its important finding: that adjusting inflation for its impact…
Schumer Is Pushed by Democratic Governors to Fight Harder Against Trump
A group of six Democratic governors pressed Senator Chuck Schumer of New York during a tense call on Wednesday night to be more aggressive in fighting back against President Trump’s…
Trump Says U.S. Will Hold Migrants at Guantánamo Bay
President Trump on Wednesday ordered his administration to prepare to house tens of thousands of “criminal aliens” at the Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, the latest prong in his widening…
Nasdaq Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.24 Per Share
NEW YORK , Jan. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Board of Directors of Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.24 per share on the…
Nasdaq Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Results; A Year of Strong Financial Performance and Strategic Execution
NEW YORK , Jan. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2024 2024 net revenues 1…
Trump’s Firings Could Bring Court Cases That Expand His Power
President Trump abruptly fired dozens of officials in the past few days — including inspectors general, a member of the National Labor Relations Board and career prosecutors — in ways…
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/29/2025 | naked capitalism
Bird Song of the Day Brown Thrasher, Newnans Lake SF–East Trail (Pithlachocco Trail), Alachua, Florida, United States. Virtuosic! In Case You Might Miss… Anti-Trump lawfare begins… but with far, far…