Aeron Davis

Great what AI can do ...

Donald Trump plans to build new $200mn White House ballroom Addition to historic mansion to be paid for by US president and ‘patriotic donors’, says administration

All a bit Louis XIV really ...

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Manchester University Press - Reckless opportunists Reckless opportunists - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Reckless opportunists by Aeron Davis

Britain is very much not the US but this is a nice example of such research

It's not trickle down, it's trickle up ...

And the UK? Not in the top 10 here?

This week's cover, on the newsstand from tomorrow.

The Lib Dems (Vince Cable) was on side as was Nick Macpherson top dog at the Treasury...Dunn's review draws on Aeron Davis's book- Bankruptcy, Bubbles and Bsilouts - another must-read.

The extraordinary thing was Labour going along with the lie, on the grounds that they didn't want to challenge the right wing papers (a Blairite obsession with the idea that doing so will lose you votes). Even Corbyn didn't challenge it directly enough, maybe felt he had enough fights on his plate.

People looking back on this period will never understand, because there is no way to understand, how Israel deliberately starved Palestinians in Gaza, how food aid piled up at every border of the Gaza strip and the entire world could not compel Israel to let it through

Dear Grok

How corrupt is Elon Musk?

How many days have passed since Trump said he would end the Russian-Ukraine war (invasion really) on day one of his presidency ...?

The U.S. Under Trump: Alone in Its Climate Denial

The US is now almost alone in climate change denial. Worse, the Trump administration is destroying even our capacity to understand it
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/c...

Musk is enabling election interference against political parties he dislikes. He will keep doing it until governments stop him.

So gutted that one of the last people the pope saw, probably under duress, was JD Vance.

Wisconsin supreme court race: liberal Susan Crawford beats Musk-backed candidate Liberal judge says victory is against ‘unprecedented attack on our democracy’ after defeating Brad Schimel in the most expensive judicial election in US history

please keep spending Elon ... all the way to those mid terms
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Dogequest’ Site Claims to Dox Tesla Owners Across the U.S. The site also has information on Tesla dealerships and members of DOGE. “At DOGEQUEST, we believe in empowering creative expressions of protest that you can execute from the comfort of your own home.”

New from 404 Media: a site called 'Dogequest' claims to be doxing Tesla owners across the U.S. Verified that at least some of the people in there are Tesla/Musk supporters. Comes as Trump has said that violence against Tesla would be domestic terrorism www.404media.co/dogequest-si...

or anyone remotely critical of MAGA

Short sellers make $16bn profit from Tesla’s share price plunge Payday follows years of pain for hedge funds that bet against Elon Musk’s electric carmaker

Was never a fan of short selling ... until now

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Oklahoma Proposes Teaching 2020 Election ‘Discrepancies’ in U.S. History The Oklahoma Board of Education recently approved a new, more conservative social studies agenda that has irked even some Republicans.

In fewer than 2 months, the US is approaching North Korean levels of Dear Leader sycophancy--not just at the federal level, but in the states.

Oklahoma, which already forced public schools to buy Trump Bibles, is now trying to get them to teach "Stop the Steal."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/u...

The best bit is noone actually signed the letter for fear of getting fired 😂

Tesla warns Trump administration it is ‘exposed’ to retaliatory tariffs Elon Musk’s electric-car maker says levies could make it costlier to produce vehicles in the US

🤣😂

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‘I feel utter anger’: From Canada to Europe, a movement to boycott US goods is spreading Tesla sales are falling and apps and online groups are springing up to help consumers choose non-US items

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Make Billionaires Fret Again

When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies.

Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.

Funny how that works, huh?

Why housing is a pass/fail question for climate Housing is a climate issue we can't afford to ignore — Matthew Lewis explains why.

Today on Volts: you may have noticed that some climate/energy types (like me) have become obsessed with housing & urban land use lately. Why? Why are they climate issues? What's the connection? The great @mateosfo.bsky.social and I attempt to answer those questions.

Revealed: House of Lords members have given £109m to political parties Conservatives benefit most from donations provided either before or after peers secured their seats

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nothing will ever trickle down.