Kurt Hackbarth News Today

The New York Times shames asthmatics and Epipen users over their carbon footprint while championing elites’ private jet usage.

Clearly, a majority of voters have had enough of the status quo. What they want is a seismic shift in the underlying political and economic dynamics. And that is what they will get, for better or worse (my money is on the latter).

Gov. Greg Abbott has wasted billions on Operation Lone Star, his constitutionally dubious effort to make the lives of migrants a living hell.

AMLO’s commitment to securing Mexico’s energy sovereignty has been a source of tension between his administration and the US and Canadian governments. Ottawa and Washington want to maintain favourable access to Mexican energy resources for their own companies, an agenda that is diametrically opposed to AMLO’s “fourth transformation” policies.

"We are going to carry out an anti-inflation plan of mutual aid for growth, for commercial and economic exchange with Latin American countries."

The nearshoring trend is triggering a significant influx of global companies, including Tesla and many of its suppliers, to Northern Mexico, particularly the state of Nuevo León. But is there enough water to go round?

AMLO may seem like a bizarre choice for "Tyrant of the Year," especially given the fierce competition for the title, but once you see who leads and finances the NGO in question, it all makes a bit more sense. 

Mexico's economy was one of the best performers of 2022, despite (or perhaps because of) a whole raft of worker-friendly policies from the AMLO government.

The reemergence of "payment strikes" is perhaps a sign that as economic conditions deteriorate, people will begin to leverage the only real power they have left in today's hyper-consumerist societies -- i.e., as consumers. 

As the Mexican government's commitment to energy independence smashes into US financial interests, President López Obrador threatens to put sovereignty first.