No, The K-Shaped Economy Isn’t Over. Here’s the Data

Labors’ share of the national income is the lowest it has been since this has been measured.

We live in a world based on giant firms that are efficient and can do a lot of things with few workers. Needing less workers means workers have less bargaining power and therefore get paid less. Globalization also weakens bargaining power as companies can move some of the work overseas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgcNgo6IIpM

ICE’s Plan to Give Officers Electric Stun Gloves, and a Siege on Palestinian Homes

DHS said they needed airplanes immediately to deport people, so they bought used planes from a Trump administration donor in a no-bid contract. The planes have hardly been used, but that Trump administration donor made some profit.

Israeli settler violence is out of control.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmemqU-cQ-w

How China Is Quietly Winning the Iran War Energy Crisis | The Spillover

China has done a better job at building resilience to bad stuff happening in the world compared to the United States. Both US market actors and politicians have been too focused on short-term incentives rather than building resilience that helps in the long-run.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Qnf3-gZ4o

Andrew Tate’s ‘Empire of Abuse’ with Heidi Blake and Chris Hayes

A woman gained popularity in the online right-wing space by pushing back hard against Metoo. She then hung out with Andrew Tate and got raped and assaulted.

We’ve got to be able to recognize the excesses of certain movements without championing actual bad guys, or downplaying how bad they actually are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyXbhsrb4Rs

China is Now Mass Producing Nuclear Reactors – Nuclear Engineer Reacts to the B1M

Coal plants release more radiation into the world than nuclear plants.

Building nuclear plants would be a lot cheaper if you built many of the same ones repeatedly, as every piece along the way gets easier when you build many, with the high number planned in advance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jXCFCecO7Y

What Malta Tells Us About Oligarchy

The US loses 100 billion dollars a year due to corporate tax avoidance where corporations pretend like their profits came from low tax areas like the small island country of Malta. This is about equal to the budget of the food stamps program. It’s about equal to how much Medicaid spends on children’s healthcare. The Biden administration was trying to alleviate this, but Trump ended attempts to do so.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9vcKFX2V2I