# power & politics (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover power & politics. Page: Feed: --- ## [The M7: The US MIC Can't Even Make A Good Rifle](https://rogerboyd.substack.com/p/the-m7-the-us-mic-cant-even-make) _2026-08-21 · Roger Boyd · Great Power Politics, Elites & Energy_ And its bloody expensive ## [The New Scramble for Africa: The Coastal West](https://rogerboyd.substack.com/p/the-new-scramble-for-africa-the-coastal) _2026-08-19 · Roger Boyd · Great Power Politics, Elites & Energy_ A recent major change is the diversification of security relationships by Togo, balancing the West with Russia. ## [Basic Statistics Prove Western Propaganda Wrong About Socialism](https://rogerboyd.substack.com/p/basic-statistics-prove-western-propaganda) _2026-08-16 · Roger Boyd · Great Power Politics, Elites & Energy_ The Soviet Union, China, Vietnam and Cuba ## [Germany (and Europe) Losing Its Place In The Global Value Chain](https://rogerboyd.substack.com/p/germany-and-europe-losing-its-place) _2026-08-14 · Roger Boyd · Great Power Politics, Elites & Energy_ China: from spatial fix to spatial nightmare ## [AI Actress Ad Pulled, Baihaitun Disrupts Shanghai and Cicada Meme Bugs Huawei](https://www.whatsonweibo.com/ai-actress-ad-pulled-baihaitun-disrupts-shanghai-and-cicada-meme-bugs-huawei/) _2026-08-12 · Manya · Eye on Digital China_ Welcome to China Trend Watch (Week 32–33 | 2026), where I bring you the latest trends, memes, and debates driving conversation across Chinese social media. I’m Manya Koetse, a sinologist \[…\] The post AI Actress Ad Pulled, Baihaitun Disrupts Shanghai and Cicada Meme Bugs Huawei appeared first on Eye on Digital China . ## [The US Is Not More Productive Than Western Europe](https://rogerboyd.substack.com/p/the-us-is-not-more-productive-than) _2026-08-12 · Roger Boyd · Great Power Politics, Elites & Energy_ More hours worked and statistical manipulation ## [The Failing US Oligarchy-state](https://rogerboyd.substack.com/p/the-failing-us-oligarchy-state) _2026-08-09 · Roger Boyd · Great Power Politics, Elites & Energy_ In contrast to the highly effective and efficient Chinese Party-state, the US Oligarchy-state has been rendered significantly dysfunctional through the very victories that it has had over the past decades. ## [Eric Li, "Party Life: Chinese Governance And The World Beyond Liberalism"](https://rogerboyd.substack.com/p/eric-li-party-life-chinese-governance) _2026-08-07 · Roger Boyd · Great Power Politics, Elites & Energy_ Separating The Wheat From The Chaff ## [Andrew Burnham: Lipstick On A Pig](https://rogerboyd.substack.com/p/andrew-burnham-lipstick-on-a-pig) _2026-08-06 · Roger Boyd · Great Power Politics, Elites & Energy_ Andrew Burnham was born to a working class family, in the Aintree district of Liverpool. ## [How Chinese AI Videos Turned Foreigners into Villains](https://www.whatsonweibo.com/how-chinese-ai-videos-turned-foreigners-into-villains/) _2026-08-03 · Manya Koetse · Eye on Digital China_ How viral AI videos turn racialized outsiders into threats and violent Chinese heroes into defenders of social order, China’s first nationally broadcast AI drama, and why a newspaper is being sold for 50 times its original price. The post How Chinese AI Videos Turned Foreigners into Villains appeared first on Eye on Digital China . ## [One Cloud, Every AI Layer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/PtMtlKmbCmEG) _2026-08-03 · **Sponsored**_ Run agents, inference, and infrastructure on one stack — economics improve as you scale. ## [The Coming China Growth Surprise](https://rogerboyd.substack.com/p/the-coming-china-growth-surprise) _2026-08-03 · Roger Boyd · Great Power Politics, Elites & Energy_ For the past years, the Party-state has been driving a controlled deflation of the property market that has created a significant drag upon the overall economy, both directly through the property sector and indirectly through the effects of falling property prices upon consumption. ## [Mackinder's Nightmare: The Safe Asian Space](https://rogerboyd.substack.com/p/mackinders-nightmare-the-safe-asian) _2026-08-01 · Roger Boyd · Great Power Politics, Elites & Energy_ I am starting to work on my next book, titled “Mackinder’s Nightmare: The Safe Asian Space”. ## [The New Scramble for Africa: Sahara-Sahel](https://rogerboyd.substack.com/p/the-new-scramble-for-africa-sahara) _2026-08-01 · Roger Boyd · Great Power Politics, Elites & Energy_ Sahara-Sahel (regional population 182 million) ## [“God Won’t Save Us, but the PLA Will”: Floods, Faith, and Kung Fu Soccer Nostalgia](https://www.whatsonweibo.com/god-wont-save-you-but-the-pla-will-flood-narratives-kung-fu-soccer-nostalgia-and-the-online-hunt-for-plagiarism/) _2026-07-19 · Manya Koetse · Eye on Digital China_ Also: the Hong Kong bookstore arrests that did not go trending, AI bank cards, Haaland becoming China’s summer meme king, and a delivery rider winning the Lu Xun Literature Prize. The post “God Won’t Save Us, but the PLA Will”: Floods, Faith, and Kung Fu Soccer Nostalgia appeared first on Eye on Digital China . ## [“Even Pigs Have AC”: The European Heatwave Through Chinese Eyes](https://www.whatsonweibo.com/even-pigs-have-ac-the-european-heatwave-through-chinese-eyes/) _2026-07-05 · Manya Koetse · Eye on Digital China_ As Europe struggles through record heat, Chinese social media is turning the story into something much bigger than the weather. Plus: the graduation speech everyone is talking about & more. The post “Even Pigs Have AC”: The European Heatwave Through Chinese Eyes appeared first on Eye on Digital China . ## [China’s CITIC Tower Crash: The Story That Never Trended](https://www.whatsonweibo.com/chinas-citic-tower-crash-the-story-that-never-trended/) _2026-07-02 · Manya Koetse · Eye on Digital China_ How information surrounding the CITIC Tower crash was managed, from a five-day media blackout to a sixth-day official narrative. The post China’s CITIC Tower Crash: The Story That Never Trended appeared first on Eye on Digital China . ## [The Cascade Has begun](https://mercurial.substack.com/p/the-cascade-has-begun) _2026-03-19 · Kairon · Mercurial Space_ Free Brief ## [Dead Presidents in the Age of Silence](https://www.bossglobalradio.com/post/dead-presidents-in-the-age-of-silence) _2026-02-21 · The BEAT Boss · Boss Global Radio_ Thirty years after “Dead Presidents,” the real battle isn’t money. It’s visibility. It’s independence. It’s building without permission in an algorithm-controlled world. The BEAT Boss connects Jay-Z’s survival mindset to the modern struggle of independent media and Boss Global Radio. ## [They Are Hunting Your Name. They Want You Identified.](https://www.bossglobalradio.com/post/they-are-hunting-your-name-they-want-you-identified) _2026-02-15 · The BEAT Boss · Boss Global Radio_ The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly issuing hundreds of administrative subpoenas demanding the identities behind anonymous ICE critics. No judge. No public hearing. Just power. This is what it means for anonymous speech in America. ## [Why Boss Global Radio’s Ratings Tell a Bigger Story](https://www.bossglobalradio.com/post/why-boss-global-radio-s-ratings-tell-a-bigger-story) _2026-02-05 · Boss Global Radio · Boss Global Radio_ Boss Global Radio’s ratings are not the result of poor service or neglect. They document what happens when neutrality collides with grievance-driven loyalty cultures and organized retaliation. ## [Trade Smarter With IBKR (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/eEWkJh57l52D) _2026-02-05 · **Sponsored**_ Join Interactive Brokers through a referral and start investing with low-cost global access. ## [250 Years Later: Democracy Dies in Darkness](https://www.bossglobalradio.com/post/250-years-later-democracy-dies-in-darkness) _2026-02-05 · The BEAT Boss · Boss Global Radio_ As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, courts are ignored, records are hidden, and power is being centralized. This is not a sudden collapse. It is the slow erosion of democracy in the dark. ## [When the State Wears a Mask](https://www.bossglobalradio.com/post/when-the-state-wears-a-mask-ice-dhs) _2026-02-02 · The BEAT Boss · Boss Global Radio_ Masked federal agents shot and killed a U.S. citizen in public, then withheld their identities and blocked investigators. This piece examines how anonymity, secrecy, and delayed accountability are reshaping law enforcement and public trust in the United States. ## [The Maduro Doctrine](https://mercurial.substack.com/p/the-maduro-doctrine) _2026-01-06 · Kairon · Mercurial Space_ Venezuela, Oil, and Power Politics ## [Why We Killed the Old Era at Midnight | Boss Global Radio](https://www.bossglobalradio.com/post/why-we-killed-the-old-era-at-midnight) _2026-01-01 · The BEAT Boss · Boss Global Radio_ At midnight on January 1, 2026, Boss Global Radio drew a hard line. The stream stayed live, but the era ended. Here’s why the reset mattered. ## [THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL: A RICH MAN’S THEOLOGY FOR A BROKE WORLD](https://www.bossglobalradio.com/post/the-prosperity-gospel-a-rich-man-s-theology-for-a-broke-world) _2025-11-24 · Boss Global Radio · Boss Global Radio_ A scorched earth investigation into the prosperity gospel and the billion-dollar machine behind it. This piece exposes the money trail, the human cost, and the political influence behind America’s most lucrative theological export. ## [Fandoms Unmasked: Inside the Bot Armies Hijacking X](https://www.bossglobalradio.com/post/fandoms-unmasked-inside-the-bot-armies-hijacking-x) _2025-11-24 · The BEAT Boss · Boss Global Radio_ Fandoms didnt collapse on their own. Xs new transparency tool exposed the bot farms, foreign operators, AI scripts, and paid networks that have been driving K pop wars, Star Wars fights, and viral outrage for years. ## [The Day X Turned On the Lights and the Cockroaches Panicked](https://www.bossglobalradio.com/post/the-day-x-turned-on-the-lights-and-the-cockroaches-panicked) _2025-11-23 · Boss Global Radio · Boss Global Radio_ For six hours, X exposed the machinery behind viral posts. The filters dropped. The illusion cracked. What people saw wasn’t “public sentiment.” It was the factory floor of synthetic engagement powering the platform. ## [The State of MAGA on X: A Movement at War With Itself](https://www.bossglobalradio.com/post/the-state-of-maga-on-x-a-movement-at-war-with-itself) _2025-11-22 · The BEAT Boss · Boss Global Radio_ A raw visual metaphor of the MAGA movement in crisis. A charred red hat smolders against a wall of flames, capturing the internal collapse, factional wars, and identity fractures reshaping the political right in 2025. ## [We're Not Going to Take It Anymore](https://mercurial.substack.com/p/were-not-going-to-take-it-anymore) _2025-03-01 · Kairon · Mercurial Space_ The End of the Ukraine War ## [Understanding Trump](https://mercurial.substack.com/p/understanding-trump) _2025-02-25 · Kairon · Mercurial Space_ Administration 2.0 and Doing Business in America going Forward ## [Sync bookmarks across every browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/6ixER5HLz1eb) _2025-02-25 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync across Chrome, Firefox and Safari; built-in ad and tracker blocker. ## [Ringing in the New Year](https://mercurial.substack.com/p/ringing-in-the-new-year) _2025-01-03 · Kairon · Mercurial Space_ Cybertruck Terror, New Orleans Terrorism & Hybrid War ## [America Adrift](https://mercurial.substack.com/p/america-adrift) _2024-10-18 · Kairon · Mercurial Space_ Hurricane Helene and the Empty Throne ## [Port Authority](https://mercurial.substack.com/p/port-authority) _2024-10-04 · Kairon · Mercurial Space_ Power, Politics, and the ILA Shipping Strike