When the same capital entities own multiple layers, competitive constraints may weaken, creating opportunities for extraction without traditional market checks.
How Seven Countries Handle AI’s Employment Impact The Open Record Investigative AnalysisBy Angela FisherFebruary 4, 2026 Bottom Line Up Front When Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei all acknowledged AI’s displacement impact in late January 2026, they left two questions unanswered: “Without entry-level jobs, where can … Read more
From Economic Resistance to the Modern Tea Act – And Why Banks Will Fight Like Hell to Stop Discovery
The barrier keeping McKinsey’s 57% theoretical wasn’t primarily cost. It was the talent bottleneck: companies couldn’t hire AI specialists to implement automation even when they wanted to. Job postings requiring “5 years experience in 4-year-old fields” became the practical barrier that kept automation locked in the realm of theory.
On December 3, 2025, AWS eliminated that barrier.
Part 2 of “Why AI Isn’t a Bubble” series Introduction In the three weeks since we published “Why AI Isn’t a Bubble,” a predictable narrative emerged: “$25 billion in data center debt comes due in 2026-2027. Companies will default. The bubble will pop.” Here’s what that analysis misses: While American media debates debt sustainability, China … Read more
The infrastructure is real, the money is real, and refusing to engage won’t protect you Update: 11/20/2025 Employment Data UpdateLatest employment data reveals a more complex picture than initial reporting suggested. While BLS reports 119,000 total jobs added and unemployment at 4.4%, continuing jobless claims rose to 1.974 million (up 28,000 which is slightly about … Read more
The United States has a well-documented history of military interventions globally. According to Congressional Research Service documentation, the U.S. has used armed forces abroad in over 500 instances since 1798. From 1898 to 1994, the U.S. successfully intervened to change governments in Latin America alone at least 41 times. An average of one every 28 months or one global intervention every 18 months for over a century. When expanded globally to include interventions in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, the documented count exceeds 52 major interventions.
The systematic invisibility of Native Americans reveals a pattern of marginalization that spans from colonial treaties to modern immigration enforcement. And the data vacuum itself is the story. By Angela Fisher On October 14, 2025 – Indigenous Peoples Day – President Trump issued a proclamation honoring only Columbus Day, celebrating the explorer who ‘opened the … Read more
America’s Housing Crisis: How much more wealth extraction will Americans tolerate before demanding fundamental change The systematic displacement of American families reveals a pattern of wealth extraction that threatens the very foundation of middle-class stability Note: For detailed source citations and methodology, see Sources & Citations section at the end of this article. The Squeeze: … Read more
Bottom Line Up Front: American agriculture faces its most severe crisis since the 1980s. Farm bankruptcies accelerated 96% in Q1 2025, with 352 total filings projected for the year. The Argentina bailout scandal exemplifies how US policy actively undermines American farmers—taxpayers funded a $20 billion bailout that immediately enabled Argentina to undercut US soybean exports to … Read more
