Joe Biden Vows To Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan By Sept 11 Unless…
US troops will probably remain in Afghanistan as long as they have been in Germany and South Korea.
Former police officer Kim Potter facing manslaughter charge in shooting of Daunte Wright out on $100,000 bail
By Dan Mangan, CNBC News Kim Potter, the Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, was arrested on a charge of second-degree manslaughter. Potter’s arrest came a day after she resigned from the Brooklyn Center Police Department and three days after her shooting of the 20-year-old Black […]
Protesters Clash With Police in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
The former Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer who shot Daunte Wright has been released from jail after posting a bond.
Democrats to introduce bill to expand Supreme Court from 9 to 13 justices
By By Sahil Kapur, NBC News WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats will introduce legislation Thursday to expand the Supreme Court from nine to 13 justices, joining progressive activists pushing to transform the court. The move intensifies a high-stakes ideological fight over the future of the court after President Donald […]
‘Anti-racist journey’ prompts UNR lecturer to apologize for teaching ‘Jingle Bells,’ ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’
By Ben Zeisloft, Campus Reform After discovering the tenets of what is referred to as “anti-racism,” one University of Nevada-Reno professor will stop teaching songs like “Jingle Bells” and “Baa Baa Black Sheep.” Kate Pollard — a senior music lecturer at the University of Nevada-Reno — wrote about […]
Professor rebukes social justice theory in scathing video. Despite student pressure, he refuses to resign.
By Ben Zeisloft, Campus Reform After a University of Vermont professor criticized the notion of “whiteness,” administrators denounced his comments and students called for his resignation. The professor refuses to resign. In a YouTube video entitled “Racism and the Secular Religion at the University of Vermont,” education professor […]
BLM activist calls for investigation into Marxist co-founder’s real estate purchases
By Mike Brest, Washington Examiner A local Black Lives Matter chapter chief has called for an investigation into one of the founders of the activist group after reports emerged the self-styled Marxist spent millions on multiple real estate purchases. Hawk Newsome, the head of the greater New York […]
Why the backfire effect does not explain the durability of political misperceptions
By Brendan Nyhan Previous research indicated that corrective information can sometimes provoke a so-called “backfire effect” in which respondents more strongly endorsed a misperception about a controversial political or scientific issue when their beliefs or predispositions were challenged. I show how subsequent research and media coverage seized on […]
Limitless Misrule
A pretty good critique of progressive totalitarianism from a conservative/constitutionalist perspective. By William Voegeli, American Mind When it comes to progressive ambitions, nothing is off the table. Editors’ Note The Claremont Institute’s DC Center for the American Way of Life is a new initiative for actively counteracting the […]
IRS Commissioner ADMITS Rich Avoiding $1 TRILLION In Taxes
Host of Bad Faith podcast, Briahna Joy Gray, discusses the how much in taxes the wealthy avoid each year.
We MUST FIGHT Left, Right Neocons Trying To DERAIL Afghan Withdrawal Plans
Saagar Enjeti reacts to Biden’s pledge to have all US troops out of Afghanistan by 9/11/2021.
Is Joe Biden The Mythical Populist Right Leader That MAGA’s Been Waiting For?
This is good. Don’t vote! Krystal Ball debates whether or not President Biden is populist right.
Defense expert: Floyd died from sudden cardiac arrhythmia, ‘significant’ contributing conditions
An expert called by the defense said that George Floyd died from sudden cardiac arrhythmia and ‘significant’ contributing conditions.
Who Ordered Capitol Police To STAND DOWN On 1/6?
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to newly released findings on the January 6th Capitol riots.
Did Fauci, CDC SCREW UP By Pausing J&J Vaccine?
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to the pause on the Johnson and Johnson coronavirus vaccine.
Judge DENIES defense request to acquit Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s death
The judge in the trial of Derek Chauvin denied a request by the defense to acquit Chauvin in George Floyd’s death.
Friend of Floyd invokes Fifth Amendment, refuses to testify in Chauvin trial
A friend of George Floyd who was with him the day he was killed said Wednesday that he would not testify in the ongoing trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, invoking Fifth Amendment privileges.
More Than A Dozen States Are Trying To Nullify Federal Gun Control
Conservative state legislators are taking a page from the playbook of pro-immigration activists and the marijuana legalization movement.
CNN Caught On Camera Admitting To Pro-Democrat Propaganda
And, in other news, CNN announces that the sun is hot.
Iran Vows Revenge Against Israel For Natanz Nuclear Plant Outage
Here’s wishing Iran some good luck.
Secretary Of State Tony Blinken Now Blames CHINA For Pandemic
Hating on Russia and China at the same time. This really is a neocon administration.
Was The Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Halted For Safety Or Was It For Money?
But don’t forget to “trust science.”
Princess Alexandra Kropotkin: Interview from September 3, 1951
Kropotkin’s daughter discusses life under the Stalin regime.
Tucker torches Biden’s pick to head ATF is an ‘unhinged’ man
‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ host says ‘nothing the Democratic party advocates for is more dishonest than gun control.’
Derek Chauvin Trial for George Floyd Death – Day 12
Watch daily live coverage of the trial of Derek Chauvin. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, faces charges of manslaughter, second-degree murder, and third-degree murder in the death of George Floyd. The trial is expected to last approximately four weeks.
“Cancel culture” and Solidarity
By Krystal Ball and Kyle Kulinski We’re looking forward to our conversation this Friday with Dan Kovalik, author of Cancel This Book: The Progressive Case Against Cancel Culture. In advance of this conversation, we’re thinking about how the Left will build an unapologetic movement for equality that goes […]
Due Process Is Good, He Said Controversially
By Matt Taibbi Gaetz, Greenwald, and accusations in the Twitter age. I interviewed friend Glenn Greenwald yesterday about his new book, “Securing Democracy” (review on the way). For those not familiar, that’s the one where Glenn and his husband David Miranda shepherded a major corruption story into print, […]
What Skyrocketing Home Prices Say About Inflation
By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals Exchange Anyone who says inflation isn’t a problem hasn’t tried shopping for a new home recently. Housing costs are skyrocketing. The median sales price of existing homes has spiked 16% over the past 12 months (from $270,400 to $313,000) – the fastest pace […]
Who Are the Squares?
By Gentleman Bandit How a dwindling minority of mid-caste teacher’s pets dominate the expert class despite their near-total lack of experience. I’ve written before about the Square University Culture. I don’t mean everybody who attends university — I mean people who are born in comfortable circumstances, advance easily […]
Officer who shot Daunte Wright and Brooklyn Center police chief resign
Just in time for the Chauvin trial and the warm weather season! Get ready for the next round. The officer who shot Daunte Wright and the police chief both resigned according to Mayor Mike Elliott.
Biden Re-Ignites the Waco Fire
By James Bovard, The American Conservative Last week, President Joe Biden nominated David Chipman to be head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the premier federal firearms enforcement agency. Biden complemented that announcement with a call for a national red flag law to entitle police […]
Dem Pollsters ADMIT They Failed, Have No Clue Why
Team Rising reacts to Dem pollsters acknowledging major errors in the 2020 election polling.
MSNBC CONFRONTS Fauci For Lying To Americans On Masks
Fraudci the Spin Doctor. Team Rising discusses the Biden administration’s COVID messaging.
Bernie Vs Pelosi! Battle Brewing Over Healthcare
I tend to agree with Michael Lind’s view that not only will the Democrats be the dominant party in the years ahead, but also that the real debates in mainstream politics will be between progressives and neoliberals in the Democratic Party over the issue of to what degree […]
Pelosi CAUGHT Buying Microsoft Stock BEFORE Giant Military Contract
Isn’t that more or less insider trading? Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s latest investments in Roblox.
The prosecution rests and the defense begins their case in the trial of Derek Chauvin
The prosecution in the trial of Derek Chauvin rested on Tuesday.
Biden’s ATF Pick Is Literally a Veteran of the Waco Massacre
Trump had Bill Barr of Ruby Ridge infamy. Now, Biden has this dude from Waco infamy. Saagar Enjeti reacts to Biden’s pick for head of the ATF, David Chipman,
Billionaires GO ALL OUT To FIGHT Tax Hike, Progressives Preemptively Surrender
I am opposed to taxes generally, but we need to start by reducing taxes from the bottom up. Some unusually insightful comments about the relationship between corporate profits and infrastructure about 11 minutes in. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss progressive priorities for the infrastructure bill.
“Envisioning a Greener New Deal”
Friends and Readers of ATS, I am working with Don Fitz of the Gateway Green Alliance in St. Louis for the zoom program on “Envisioning a Greener New Deal.” We would like to invite all of our supporters to co-sponsor the zoom. The announcement for the program says: […]
COVID Cronyism: How Government-Industry Ties Shaped Our Pandemic Response
It’s interesting that a bunch of Republicans are most aware of all this than much of the so-called Left. The American Conservative’s 5th Annual Crony Capitalism Conference The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was created to be a lifeline to small businesses struggling to stay afloat as the response […]
Why Does Your ‘Family’ Hate You?
By Peter R. Quinones “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member” – Groucho Marx When I think about that Groucho quote I wonder if he was a libertarian. Many in the Libertarian Party (LP) can’t comprehend what Dave Smith is doing in […]
U.S. Calls for Pause on Johnson & Johnson Vaccine After Rare Clotting Cases
But science and medicine are infallible. By Noah Weiland, Sharon LaFraniere and Carl Zimmer, New York Times The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control will stop using the vaccine at federal sites and urge states to do so as well while they examine the safety […]
A Quiet Purge of Alexander Reid-Ross?
Alexander Reid-Ross’ understudy turns on his master? Excellent.
Building alternative futures in the present: the case of Syria’s communes
By Leila Al-Shami We are no less than the Paris commune workers: they resisted for 70 days and we are still going on for a year and a half.” Omar Aziz, 2012 On 18 March 2021 people around the globe will be commemorating the 150th anniversary of the […]
Eliminate Taxes for the Poor
Wow. Gillis said something reasonable. Broken clock, twice a day. By William Gillis, Center for a Stateless Society If the problem with taxation is the coercion, then surely the priority of any coherent and consistent libertarian reformism on taxes should be to minimize the number of people who […]
Police Say an Antifa Activist Likely Shot at Officers. His Gun Suggests Otherwise.
By Mike Baker and Evan Hill, New York Times Investigators said that Michael Reinoehl probably opened fire before officers killed him last year. But some key evidence raises questions about that conclusion. SEATTLE — When a U.S. Marshals task force killed a self-described antifa activist in Washington State […]
Dances with Agitators: What is ‘Anarchist Music’?
By Jim Donaghey Robin Ballinger argues that ‘[m]usic is neither transcendental nor trivial, but inhabits a site where hegemonic processes are contested’ (in Sakolsky and Ho (eds.), 1995: 14) – in other words, music matters. However, music (and culture more widely) is often viewed as being of minor […]
Cardiologist: Death of George Floyd was ‘preventable’
A cardiologist at the trial of Derek Chauvin said that the death of George Floyd was “preventable.”
Derek Chauvin murder trial enters 3rd week amid protests over Daunte Wright shooting
Wright was killed during a traffic stop just miles away from where George Floyd died and where Chauvin is standing trial for his murder. “Nightline” speaks to Wright’s family’s lawyer.
Derek Chauvin Trial for George Floyd Death – Day 11
Watch daily live coverage of the trial of Derek Chauvin. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, faces charges of manslaughter, second-degree murder, and third-degree murder in the death of George Floyd. The trial is expected to last approximately four weeks.
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