Thomas Pogge
tpogge.bsky.social
Thomas Pogge
@tpogge.bsky.social

Global Justice, Human Rights, Poverty, Undernourishment, School Meals, Deprivation Data, Climate & Pollution, Ecological Impact Fund, Otiose Debt, Global Financial Corruption, Leave No One Behind

Thomas Winfried Menko Pogge is a German philosopher and is the Director of the Global Justice Program and Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale University, United States. In addition to his Yale appointment, he is the Research Director of the Centre for the Study of the Mind in Nature at the University of Oslo, Norway, a Professorial Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University, Australia, and Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Central Lancashire's Centre for Professional Ethics, England. Pogge is also an editor for social and political philosophy for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. .. more

Political science 46%
Economics 17%

"China is leading the charge to nuclear Armageddon"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This headline provides cover for US aggression around the world.
The text states China is catching up: 600 nuclear warheads versus 8000 for the US + Russia.
The US abandoned INF & Open Skies Treaties.
China is leading the charge to nuclear Armageddon – and Starmer barely noticed | Simon Tisdall
The Doomsday Clock is ticking ever more loudly as arms control mechanisms fail and leaders become more reckless. The time to be alarmed is now, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com

50 years ago, the US Supreme Court decided that political campaign contributions are protected under the First Amendment (free speech).
This finding was a central target in John Rawls's important essay "The Basic Liberties and their Priority."
He failed to turn the tide.
Can we?

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Detailed report on trade-related illicit financial flows in Africa - published by Washington NGO Global Financial Integrity.
gfintegrity.org/report/trade...
Trade-Related Illicit Financial Flows in Africa, 2013-2022 - Global Financial Integrity
Illicit financial flows represent a formidable barrier to Africa’s inclusive growth and economic sovereignty. With this new report, Global Financial Integrity presents estimates for trade-related valu...
gfintegrity.org

And they did so under the motto: make America great again!

Mission accomplished:
The unreleased Epstein files are out of the headlines.

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CNN @cnn.com · 4d
Gun-rights groups decried the administration’s rhetoric on Alex Pretti’s gun. Then Trump went even further. | Analysis
Gun-rights groups decried the administration’s rhetoric on Alex Pretti’s gun. Then Trump went even further. | CNN Politics
The Trump administration didn’t have a whole lot to work with after a federal officer shot and killed someone again this weekend in Minneapolis.
www.cnn.com

Iran's government forces may have killed as many as 30,000 civilians, many in gruesome ways.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Disappeared bodies, mass burials and ‘30,000 dead’: what is the truth of Iran’s death toll?
Testimony from medics, morgue and graveyard staff reveals huge state effort to conceal systematic killing of protesters
www.theguardian.com

Anonymous statement by top advertising executives.
insidetrack.org.uk/admemo

While reducing imports of natural gas from Russia (good), Europe is massively increasing imports of liquified natural gas (LNG) from the USA.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
This is a terrible choice because LNG's climate footprint is 33% LARGER than that of coal.
gasoutlook.com/analysis/lng...
Europe set for record LNG imports in 2026, IEA says
Europe is expected to import a record amount of liquefied natural gas this year with global supply also expected to soar, the International Energy Agency said on Friday.
www.reuters.com

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US natural gas production, transmission, storage, distribution, & consumption release millions of tons of methane annually.
Each ton of methane has the global warming potential of 80+ tons of CO2 over the 20 years following release.
www.ft.com/content/2009...
Big US gas producers are methane super emitters, environmental groups’ data shows
EQT, Expand and Berkshire Hathaway Energy identified by air surveillance of their emissions
www.ft.com

Massive reduction in air pollution adds years to life expectancy in China (3.9 years in Beijing).
sammatey.substack.com/p/beijing-la...
Can India achieve a comparable feat?

The US exit from the World Health Organization takes effect today. This is the first time any country has left the WHO.
It's unclear whether the US will pay the ca. $260m in membership fees it still owes.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US set to quit World Health Organization
The U.S. is due to officially exit the World Health Organization on Thursday, in the face of warnings it will hit both U.S. health and global health and also in violation of a U.S. law that requires W...
www.reuters.com