by Daniel Brouse June 29, 2025 Regarding Trump’s tariffs, while he did negotiate a few deals, the reality is that the tariffs themselves raised prices for many goods before any deals were even on the table, hitting consumers immediately. Ironically, the Trump tariffs represent the largest tax increase in U.S. history, even as Trump claims […]
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Trump’s Tariffs, Debt, and the Collapse of Capitalism: An Ironic Path to Slowing Climate Change
The Converging Collapse: AMOC, Jet Streams, and Deadly Wet-Bulb Temperatures
by Daniel Brouse June 28, 2025 Climate Change Is System Collapse, Not Just Warming The narrative of “climate change as gradual warming” is dangerously outdated. We are witnessing the destabilization of the Earth’s core regulatory systems, driving abrupt, non-linear climate acceleration: 1. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is weakening at 1–3 Sv per century, […]
The Broken Math of Today’s Economy: A Simplified Look
by Daniel Brouse June 27, 2025 The math of the current U.S. economy is revealing just how unprecedented—and reckless—today’s fiscal and monetary environment has become. We’ve never seen fiscal shenanigans on this scale, largely because no leadership has ever been this shortsighted. Almost everything is moving in the wrong direction compared to historical norms, while […]
The Coming Famine: Climate Chaos and the Collapse of Food and Water Systems
By Daniel BrouseJune 24, 2025 One of the most urgent realities of climate change is the collapse of food and water security. What was once a theoretical threat has rapidly evolved into a planetary crisis—already driving economic upheaval, hunger, social unrest, and mass migration. This global emergency is unfolding at both local and international scales. […]
Burning to Stay Cool: How Our Fight Against Heat Is Fueling Climate Collapse
by Daniel Brouse June 24, 2025 Infrastructure failures—as power grids buckle under cooling demand—represent one of the most dangerous and ironic feedback loops in the climate crisis. As rising temperatures and wet-bulb conditions make vast regions increasingly uninhabitable without artificial cooling, our dependence on air conditioning and refrigeration surges. In response to manmade heating, we […]
Crossing the Heat Threshold: Wet-Bulb Temperatures Signal a Climate Turning Point
by Daniel Brouse June 24, 2025 With today’s forecast of 101°F and a dew point of 72°F, Philadelphia is expected to reach a wet-bulb temperature of approximately 72.2°F. This may seem like just another hot day in summer, but it marks a dangerous threshold—one where the body’s ability to cool itself through sweating begins to […]
Pennsylvania’s Chaotic Climate: Local Symptoms of Global System Collapse
by Daniel Brouse June 23, 2025 From Spring to Summer in Pennsylvania, the weather veered from one climate extreme to another—what began as a cool and damp Spring quickly turned into record-breaking high temperatures by the first days of summer. This abrupt shift, while jarring, is becoming increasingly common and is emblematic of the broader […]
From Superpower to Strongman State: How Trump Turned the U.S. into a Failing Authoritarian Oligarchy
Under Donald Trump’s leadership, the United States has undergone a dramatic and alarming transformation—from a global superpower and economic leader to a fragmented, unstable, and increasingly authoritarian oligarchy. Through reckless trade wars, isolationist policies, racial division, and open hostility toward democratic institutions, Trump has weakened America’s alliances, undermined its credibility, and accelerated its decline on […]
How Bombing Iran Creates the Greatest Modern Threat to U.S. Homeland Security
The U.S. bombed the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical plant in Khartoum, Sudan on August 20, 1998. This military strike occurred as part of Operation Infinite Reach, a response to the August 7, 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, which were carried out by al-Qaeda. The Clinton administration claimed the Al-Shifa plant was linked to chemical […]
Unauthorized and Unraveled: Trump’s Reckless War with Iran Has Unleashed Global Peril
To go to war with Iran without Congressional approval is not only unconstitutional—it’s a direct violation of both U.S. and international law. Yet that’s exactly what has occurred. Under President Trump’s direction, the United States has entered a dangerous and destabilizing conflict that was not only preventable, but entirely manufactured by his administration’s failed diplomacy […]