# coffee break (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover coffee break. Page: Feed: --- ## [Links 8/22/2026](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/links-8-22-2026.html) _2026-08-22 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ ## [Michael Hudson and Steve Keen: The Federal Reserve, the Constitution, and the End of US Hegemony](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/michael-hudson-and-steve-keen-the-federal-reserve-the-constitution-and-the-end-of-us-hegemony.html) _2026-08-22 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ Steve Keen and Michael Hudson discuss empire, finance, and the coming crises. ## [How Living in a ‘Digital First’ World Has Made Our Lives Smaller](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/how-living-in-a-digital-first-world-has-made-our-lives-smaller.html) _2026-08-22 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ We are stuck in digital bureaucracies— more effective than real life ones at runarounds, time-wasting, and conditioning for resignation ## [Coffee Break: Notes on the Surveillance State, AI, and Scientific Communication](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/the-surveillance-state-grows-while-ai-metastasizes-but-scientific-communication-remains-possible.html) _2026-08-21 · KLG · naked capitalism_ Part the First: Is There No Place to Hide, or Just Be Yourself? Caitlin Johnstone points out once again that while we have been snoozing happily in a virtual haze, we are being followed by the latest incarnation of Big Brother to come along. From Today in Dystopia: We Have Cameras Everywhere in that Town: \[…\] ## [‘Utterly Unsustainable’: Employer-Sponsored Health Care Costs Set to Keep Surging](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/utterly-unsustainable-employer-sponsored-health-care-costs-set-to-keep-surging.html) _2026-08-21 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ Health care costs are out of control. Medicare for All would help but is not a sufficient remedy. ## [Links 8/21/2026](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/links-8-21-2026.html) _2026-08-21 · Conor Gallagher · naked capitalism_ ## [The EU Commission’s Secret Plan to Share EU Citizens’ Most Sensitive Data With Israel](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/the-eus-von-der-leyen-commission-is-considering-sharing-eu-citizens-most-sensitive-data-with-israels-genocidal-state.html) _2026-08-21 · Nick Corbishley · naked capitalism_ For three years the Von der Leyen Commission has been secretly negotiating to hand over its citizens' data to a state committing a genocide. ## [Iran War: Bessent Effectively Admits New Ferocious Iran Sanctions Likely to Fizzle as Treasury Intervention Fails; More Evidence of US Military Impotence; Ansar Allah Makes Drone Strikes Into Saudi Arabia](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/iran-war-bessent-effectively-admits-new-ferocious-iran-sanctions-likely-to-fizzle-as-treasury-intervention-fails-more-evidence-of-us-military-impotence-ansar-allah-makes-drone-strikes-into-saudi-ar.html) _2026-08-21 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ Today's Iran war news: As Bessent and Trump flail about, a discussion of what the coming crisis might look like. ## [Why Working‑Class People Account for Around 1% of Lawmakers in the US – and Only 2% in the Average Democracy Around the World](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/why-working%e2%80%91class-people-account-for-around-1-of-lawmakers-in-the-us-and-only-2-in-the-average-democracy-around-the-world.html) _2026-08-21 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ Working-class members are less well represented in politics than most imagine. ## [An ‘Islamic NATO’ Without Iran Is Symbolic: That’s Its Purpose and Its Problem](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/an-islamic-nato-without-iran-is-symbolic-thats-its-purpose-and-its-problem.html) _2026-08-20 · Curro Jimenez · naked capitalism_ The U.S. and Israel achieved what Iranian propaganda never could: they legitimized Iran in the eyes of many Sunni Muslims ## [Fast, secure international transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/RFwnwYQ8dTWT) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Bank transfer, cash pickup, mobile wallet — low fees and real-time tracking ## [Pro-Israel Pressure Group Honest Reporting Received Grant from Knight Foundation](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/pro-israel-pressure-group-honest-reporting-received-grant-from-knight-foundation.html) _2026-08-20 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ DropSite News exposes how the too-cutely-named Israel front Honest Reporting managed to secure funds from the Knight Foundation ## [Links 8/20/2026](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/links-8-20-2026.html) _2026-08-20 · Conor Gallagher · naked capitalism_ ## [Iran War: Further Admission of Weakness With New Super Duper Trump Sanctions Threat; Israel Moves Against Turkiye Risk Broader Conflagration; Bessent at Odds with Fed in Move to Contain Longer-Dated Treasury Yields](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/iran-war-further-admission-of-weakness-with-new-super-duper-trump-sanctions-threat-israel-moves-against-turkiye-risk-broader-conflagration-bessent-at-odds-with-fed-in-move-to-contain-longer-dated-t.html) _2026-08-20 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ Today's Iran war news: More proof of Trump impotence via sanctions huffing and puffing, plus Bessent weirdly going to war with the Fed. ## [Michael Hudson: U.S. War Against Russia Has Blocked Black Sea Grain Transport as Well as the Persian Gulf Oil Trade](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/michael-hudson-u-s-war-against-russia-has-blocked-black-sea-grain-transport-as-well-as-the-persian-gulf-oil-trade.html) _2026-08-20 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ Russia's blockade of Odessa, which will have a global impact on grain supplies, is not getting the attention it warrants. ## [Personal Bankruptcy Filings Are Soaring in 2026, Signaling Growing Economic Distress](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/personal-bankruptcy-filings-are-soaring-in-2026-signaling-growing-economic-distress.html) _2026-08-20 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ As bankruptcy rates rise, a primer on the process and some strategies that might hold the creditor wolves at bay. ## [Coffee Break: Stressed Oligarchs at Meta, OpenAI, and the Ellison Empire](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/stressed-oligarchs-meta-openai-ellison-warnermount-empire-oracle.html) _2026-08-19 · Nat Wilson Turner · naked capitalism_ Three particularly stressed oligarchs are getting a lot of negative attention this week as Mark Zuckerberg's Meta faces a $1.4 trillion lawsuit, Sam Altman's OpenAI is bleeding talent and their IPO seems an ever more remote possibility, and Larry and David Ellison are in a full-on media war with 12 attorneys general over their attempted purchase of Warner Bros Discovery. ## [More on the Next ‘Super El Niño’](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/more-on-the-next-super-el-nino.html) _2026-08-19 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ An update on near and longer-term forecasts for the impact of the arriving super El Niño. ## [Links 8/19/2026](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/links-8-19-2026.html) _2026-08-19 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ ## [Iran War: US Considers Reducing Middle East Military Presence as Conflict Widens Regionally; Market Wobbles Intensify as Government Bond Interest Rates Rise Globally and AI Bubble Implosion Seems Imminent](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/iran-war-us-considers-reducing-middle-east-military-presence-as-conflict-widens-regionally-market-wobbles-intensify-as-government-bond-interest-rates-rise-globally-and-ai-bubble-implosion-seems-immi.html) _2026-08-19 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ Today's Iran war news: Iran ups the ante as markets look even more green around the gills.