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Gut feelings, water rights and the Belluminati + this day in history w/the AOL-Time Warner merger and our song of the day by Diane Coffee on your Morning Monarchy for January 10, 2018.

Chiraq peacekeepers, thought police and Pentagon programs + this day in history w/Michael Jackson charged and our song of the year by Cory Branan on your Morning Monarchy for December 18, 2017.

Agent Manson, botched raids and illegal orders + this day in history w/the indictment of Phil Spector and our song of the day by METZ on your Morning Monarchy for November 20, 2017.

International business marijuana, banning killer robots and breaking your FaceID + this day in history w/the Marshall University plane crash and our song of the day by Gorillaz on your Morning Monarchy for November 14, 2017.

This week on the New World Next Week: the Saudi-China Aramco deal takes on greater significance in the wake of the Saudi purge; the US Air Force is collecting Russian RNA “for science”; and the Paradise Papers shine another light on tax havens.

This week on the New World Next Week: the Saudi-China Aramco deal takes on greater significance in the wake of the Saudi purge; the US Air Force is collecting Russian RNA "for science"; and the Paradise Papers shine another light on tax havens.

The so-called Paradise Papers may sound familiar – leaked documents from a law firm that specializes in offshore services reveal how the global elite avoids paying taxes. Even the name has the same ring to it as last year’s Panama Papers expose. But the Paradise Papers are different, reflecting the complexity of the global offshore tax system.

The major issue of our time is the rapid movement toward international oligarchy, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) declared in a statement to the Guardian on Monday, which noted that “Sanders’ intervention in the debate sparked by the Paradise Papers marks the most prominent political response to the leak in their opening 24 hours.”

Some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people will be waking up on Monday to discover that some of their best-kept secrets—how they hide their vast wealth and avoid paying taxes—are now being read about in newspapers across the world after the release of a trove of offshore legal and banking documents were leaked to journalists and published Sunday as a joint project called the ‘Paradise Papers

Unpopular opinions, naming names and red carpet redemption + this day in history w/Laika in space and our song of the day by Run The Jewels on your Morning Monarchy for November 3, 2017.