Trump ONLY Gets 55% Of CPAC Poll. Is He Losing Steam?
Fracture, fracture, fracture… Team Rising discusses the possibility of a Trump 2024 presidential run.
Families UNABLE To Sue Nursing Home For Deaths Because Of Cuomo Corruption
Of course. Founder of The Daily Poster, David Sirota, explains the legal protections Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave nursing homes in New York
Media Ignores Jackson, Mississippi Missing Water For 2 WEEKS
“The people need water!” Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to reports of a water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi.
‘Centrist’ Third Party REVEALED To Be Funded ENTIRELY By Tobacco Exec
Team Rising reacts to reports of a former big tobacco executive funding a third political party, The Serve America Movement.
New Data Reveals Families Desperate For Cash Assistance To Help Rear Children
“The people want bread!” Executive director of American Compass, Oren Cass, discusses what kind of support American’s want from the government.
Michael Moore’s DISGUSTING Call To Deny Vaccines To Texans After Mask Mandate
Saagar Enjeti reacts to comments Michael Moore made following the Texas governor ending the statewide mask mandate.
GOP’s Midterm Strategy Is PATHETIC Identity Politics
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to reports that the GOP is focusing on winning back a majority in the House by focusing on more diverse candidates.
Mitch McConnell May Not Finish Term According To New Report
Bye. Krystal Ball discusses Ryan Grim’s new reporting on the future of Mitch McConnell’s political career.
“Cancel Culture” War is a Fight Against the Free Market
David is right about private publishers like the firm that publishes Dr. Seuss having the right to publish or not publish whatever they wish. However, I’m not sure I would apply the same “private company” framework to the question of tech companies. In my ideal economy, all economic […]
Dems Say Cuomo Won’t Be Subject To #MeToo
Prince Andrew the Other appears to be finished.
ANOTHER Bombing In Iraq Kills US Contractor. Iran To Blame
When in doubt, blame Iran.
Sacco & Vanzetti: Murderers Or Scapegoats?
This is the story of two Italian immigrants that were convicted of murder in 1920, but they were condemned before their trial even started. Were they truly guilty, or were they the victims of a discriminatory judicial system?
WH Bizarrely Cuts Feed Before Biden Can Answer Off The Cuff Questions
Eventually, his handlers will just stuff him and make him into a ventriloquist’s dummy.
MSNBC Ayman Mohyeldin: Is Biden Just Like Trump On MBS?
MSNBC host, Ayman Mohyeldin, discusses Joe Biden’s sanctions on several Saudi officials with ties to the Crown Prince instead of on MBS himself.
Are Dems Facing “Near CERTAIN DOOM” In Midterms?
The best possible outcome of the mid-terms would probably be for the social democrats to make gains against the neoliberals, with the Republicans continuing to fracture into a three-way fight between Never Trumpers, Reaganites, and Trumpists. Krystal Ball explains how the Biden administration’s current policy failures will affect […]
Vaccine Case Being DESTROYED By Dem, GOP Culture Wars
Saagar Enjeti how scientists and politicians are getting their COVID messaging all wrong.
Glenn Beck Says Dr. Seuss Ban Is FASCISM
It’s interesting how both sides in the “culture war” accuse each other of “fascism.” I guess that’s what happens when the discourse is dominated by neocons (right-wing Trotskyists) and neoliberals (right-wing Marcuseans). Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to the “cancelling” of Dr. Seuss.
Biden SLASHES Stimulus Checks For 17 MILLION Americans
So far, Joe sucks even worse than Trump on reparations for the government-induced depression. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to the Biden administration compromising on income qualifications for stimulus checks.
The Assault On The Branch Davidians Was About Guns – Full Stop!
By Peter R. Quinones “We determined, that at the compound, machine guns were being manufactured and explosive devices. Our goal through this investigation, was to execute a search warrant on that house to obtain those illegal weapons.” (Waco, ROE, 32:07) “In addition, it (ATF) had reason to believe that Koresh and his followers […]
10 rocket attack on US forces at Iraqi base – 1 American dead at base
By Ryan Long, American Military News 10 rockets were fired at Iraq’s Al Asad Airbase, which hosts U.S. and coalition forces on Wednesday morning. A U.S. contractor reportedly died of a heart attack while sheltering during the attack. Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) spokesman Col. Wayne Marotto tweeted, “Initial […]
Study Links Nike, Adidas And Apple To Forced Uighur Labor
By Simina Mistreanu, Forbes Nike, Adidas, Apple, Microsoft and Samsung are among 83 multinationals that have been linked to forced labor by Uighurs in factories across China, according to a new study by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). According to the researchers, Uighurs, a persecuted ethnic minority […]
Psychological study explains our strong feelings around immigration
By Nichole Argo and Wendy Feliz, Market Watch Even the most casual observer of American politics realizes that the rhetoric around immigration has become uncompromising and rigid. This can be said of politics more broadly in an era of toxic polarization, where policy attitudes generally fall along partisan […]
US sanctions Houthi commanders in Yemen for ‘worsening humanitarian crisis’
Middle East Eye The Biden administration imposed sanctions on two Houthi commanders on Tuesday, accusing the Yemeni rebels of prolonging the conflict and carrying attacks against civilians and neighbouring countries “to advance the Iranian regime’s destabilizing agenda”. The US Treasury Department announced the sanctions against Mansur al-Saadi, the […]
Syndicalism and the ‘transnational turn’
Reviewed by Lewis Mates, Durham University It has become something of a cliché to observe the remarkable explosion of renewed academic interest in syndicalism in recent years. While the British ‘baby boomers’ sought inspiration and understanding from early twentieth-century syndicalist movements in the context of increasing industrial militancy […]
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey donates $10 million to Ibram X. Kendi’s center on antiracism at Boston University
What does it mean when Big Tech is funding a guy who advocates literal totalitarianism, comparable to William Pierce’s “Order” or the Ayatollah Khomeini’s “Council of Guardians,” under the cover of a false “anti-racism”? Of all the political and/or commentariat figures out there today, I’m inclined to argue […]
Were The Branch Davidians A Suicide Cult?
By Peter R. Quinones Even people who can’t tell you what government agencies were involved in the Waco massacre will say, “The Branch Davidians were a suicide cult and set themselves on fire!” At a later date, possibly, we’ll look at the fire, and who started it, but […]
For Those Who Don’t Know, I Interviewed A Waco Survivor
By Peter R. Quinones My two part interview with David Thibodeau Episode 227: Waco Massacre Survivor David Thibodeau Tells His Story, Part 1 Episode 228: Waco Massacre Survivor David Thibodeau Tells His Story, Part 2 READ MORE
It’s That Time Of Year Again – Waco: 28 Years Later
By Peter R. Quinones On February 28, 1993, ATF’s “Operation Showtime” was launched at the Branch Davidian’s house/church dubbed; Mount Carmel, outside of Waco, Texas. The reasons for their invasion vary according to whomever is telling the story. Allow me to provide one that you won’t hear in […]
Immigration Has Winners and Losers
A very balanced treatment of this issue from Michael Lind. As a general rule, I currently find Lind and Joel Kotkin to be the best writers on socioeconomic issues and their relationship to culture. By Michael Lind, Tablet It’s way more complicated than left versus right. olitics often […]
Who Are the Real Radicals?
By Brad Littlejohn, The American Conservative Especially since the events of January 6, “Christian nationalism” has become all the rage among the chattering classes, promising to join such hallowed terms as “white nationalism,” “alt-right,” and “religious Right” as a catch-all for everything that is putatively wrong with American […]
Was Greek Philosopher Diogenes the Cynic the First Anarchist?
By Philip Chrysopoulos, Greek Reporter’ The ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes the Cynic (also known as Diogenes of Sinope) could have been the first anarchist, or the first absurdist, or the first satirist, or the first naturalist — depending on the reader’s point of view. By today’s standards, Diogenes […]
The Inherently Inefficient Union
By Ally Marie McLean When it comes to efficiently allocating resources, the United States federal government usually gets in the way. In his article “The Use of Knowledge in Society,” F.A. Hayek argued that the smaller and less centralized organizations are, the more efficient their economic activity will […]
From the Murder of Berta Cáceres to Dam Disaster in Uttarakhand
By Don Fitz March 2, 2021 was the five year anniversary of the murder of Berta Cáceres, who opposed the Agua Zarca dam in Honduras. That date was less than one month after the deaths of dozens of people from Tehri Dam disaster in Uttarakhand, India. The two […]
New Laws Against Domestic Terrorism Are Unnecessary and Dangerous
By J.D. Tuccille, Reason There is no crisis, real or imagined, that government officials don’t see as an opportunity to expand their authority and hurt their enemies. America’s ongoing political tensions, which erupted on January 6 into the Capitol riot, have become an excuse for spurring the latest […]
How To Fight Deplatforming: Decentralize
Meet the visionaries building a new, un-censorable, peer-to-peer web using the tools of encryption and cryptocurrency.
‘I Use Heroin to Be a Better Person’: Columbia University Neuroscientist Carl Hart
Professor Carl Hart of Columbia University is a recreational heroin user and is coming out of the “chemical closet” because he says the costs of the drug war are too large to bear.
Republican Calls Out ‘The Oligarchy’ — But There’s A Catch
A representative of the right-wing of the ruling class attacks the left-wing of the ruling class.
Ibram X. Kendi Turned Down My Offer
That’s too bad. A debate between Coleman Hughes and Ibram X. Kendi would have been interesting.
Ted Cruz Credits Limbaugh As The Godfather Of Modern Conservatism
This is so pathetic. One used car salesman memorializes another.
Trump Jr Pretends Daddy Wasn’t A Warmonger
Kyle is right that Trump’s non-interventionist rhetoric is largely fraudulent. However, it is interesting that this kind of rhetoric is now popular among “conservatives.” Not exactly the conservatism I grew up with.
Reflection on Future Goals for the Anarchist Movement(s) in North America
I’d say I have two basic goals for the future of anarchist movement(s) in North America. Jettisoning the prevailing Marxist economic paradigm in favor of the “left-wing market anarchist” paradigm that some newer camps have adopted. Jettisoning the prevailing progressive universalism (“worldwide wokeness”) in favor of the critique […]
Police Vision Test
Capitol Police officials say intel on possible March 4 plot being taken ‘seriously’
ByJack Date,Luke Barr, andMorgan Winsor, ABC News U.S. Capitol Police officials said Wednesday they have “obtained intelligence that shows a possible plot to breach the Capitol by an identified militia group on Thursday, March 4” — the date that far-right conspiracy theorists believe former President Donald Trump will […]
Texas FULLY REOPENS State As Biden Says Vaccines By May. Will Red & Blue America Divide?
Divide, divide, divide… Team Rising reacts to multiple states easing their pandemic restrictions, including mask mandates and capacity limits.
Assemblyman Ron Kim: Cuomo Must Be REMOVED, Chris Cuomo Should Apologize
It’s good to see this shithead being taken down. NY Assemblyman, Ron Kim, discusses Governor Andrew Cuomo losing his emergency COVID powers amidst several harassment allegations.
Dr. Seuss for Beginners
MSM ATTACKS Independent Journalists For BEATING Them As Trump Era Boom Wanes
Saagar Enjeti reacts to ex-NYT reporter, Donald McNeil’s, comments on his departure from the paper following the Peru/ N-Word controversy.
AOC CALLS OUT Facebook for evading taxes while families are struggling to stay alive
The war between the social democrats and neoliberals needs to escalate. At an Oversight Committee hearing to examine the GAO 2021 High-Risk List, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called out companies like Facebook for evading taxes while families are struggling to pay for rent and stay alive.
Cancel Culture is a Right-Wing Lie to Attack the Left
Liberals and leftists who fail to recognize the totalitarian humanist cultural revolution are on par with conservatives who think the cops are all a bunch of nice guys who just want to serve and protect.
Officials Get The Reason For The Rise In Domestic Terrorism Wrong
“Officials” need to realize that the primary cause of DT is that quite a few “officials” suck.
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