PIPELINE REOPENS, Is Gas Shortage Over?
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss the Colonial Pipeline resuming operations and President Biden’s actions to thwart future cyberattacks.
DEBUNKING Inflation Scaremongering
I lean toward the view that inflation is more of a long-run than immediate danger. Inflation is a potential though not inevitable consequence of more immediate problems. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti share their thoughts on new numbers revealing the Core CPI Inflation numbers.
Anarchism in India: Theory and Praxis
Anarchist Library UGL: Ok, let us start with the basic things like the project itself. What is it? TSU: Okay, well, the scarlet underground’s got three parts of the project—the first part of course is the immediate mutual aid that we need to be using as a direct […]
Homeless Oaklanders were tired of the housing crisis. So they built a ‘miracle’ village
By Gabrielle Canon, The Guardian Under a highway, beautiful structures offer food, healthcare, showers and a free ‘store’ – as well as a strong sense of community. Tucked under a highway overpass in West Oakland, just beyond a graveyard of charred cars and dumped debris, lies an unexpected […]
Democracy’s invisible armor against bullies
This is one of the most comical editorials I have read in a while. Christian Science Monitor Biden has shored up four key allies – and their democratic ideals – against next-door aggressors. During his early months in office, President Joe Biden has taken an unusual approach to […]
The Facts About Israel and Palestine
It’s rather ironic that “woke” America’s two closest allies are an ethnostate and a theocratic absolute monarchy.
DEBATE: GUN CONTROL / 2ND AMENDMENT – Ben Burgis vs Steve Cox
Zac & Gavin of The Vanguard host and moderate a live #DEBATE between Steve Cox (Independent Congressional Candidate) and Ben Burgis (Philosophy instructor, Jacobin columnist) concerning gun control, gun rights and the second amendment in general.
On the Peculiar Character of American ‘Racism’
As a social scientist myself, I lean toward the view that the evidence indicates that racism in the United States today is neither the pervasive, all-encompassing racism that existed in past times, nor is racism non-existent or entirely marginal or peripheral. Instead, I think the evidence supports the […]
Is the United States a racist country?
For the prosecution. By Rashawn Ray Brookings Institute South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott shocked many people when, in response to President Joe Biden’s congressional address, he stated that “America is not a racist country.” He admitted that he himself had experienced “the pain of discrimination,” and noted, “I know what it […]
Defense Secretary Austin calls for ‘new vision’ for American defense
Austin’s comments fit the general pattern of a shift toward soft power, outsourcing imperial functions to client state and proxy forces, and greater reliance on technology. By Robert Burns, The Associated Press NAVAL STATION PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — In his first major speech as Pentagon chief, Lloyd Austin […]
How Israel Helped to Spawn Hamas
By Andrew Higgins, Washington Post Surveying the wreckage of a neighbor’s bungalow hit by a Palestinian rocket, retired Israeli official Avner Cohen traces the missile’s trajectory back to an “enormous, stupid mistake” made 30 years ago. “Hamas, to my great regret, is Israel’s creation,” says Mr. Cohen, a […]
How Israel helped create Hamas
By Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post All signs indicate that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is prepared to wage a protracted battle in the battered Gaza Strip as it seeks to crush the capabilities of the Islamist militant group Hamas. The ongoing conflict has already exacted a […]
Blowback: How Israel Went From Helping Create Hamas to Bombing It
By Mehdi Hasan, Dina Sayedahmed What do you know about Hamas? That it’s sworn to destroy Israel? That it’s a terrorist group, proscribed both by the United States and the European Union? That it rules Gaza with an iron fist? That it’s killed hundreds of innocent Israelis with […]
‘Allergic reaction to US religious right’ fueling decline of religion, experts say
By Adam Gabbatt, The Guardian The percentage of churchgoing Americans is steadily falling, and the swirl of right-wing politics and Christianity is playing a key role. Fewer than half of Americans belong to a house of worship, a new study shows, but religion – and Christianity in particular […]
When Eminent Domain Is Used for Economic Assassination
By J.D. Tuccille, Reason Government officials who wield land grabs to pick economic winners and losers now want to use them to kill disfavored businesses. In 2005, the United States Supreme Court ruled that it’s constitutional for government officials to use eminent domain to steal private property and […]
Andrew Yang CALLED OUT by THE ENTIRE LEFT
Yang was always weak on Israel/Palestine. ANDREW YANG UNITES THE LEFT! Everyone from Vaush to Kyle Kulinski to Virgil Texas to Chelsea Manning to Abby Martin to Aaron Mate to Ryan Knight to Eddie Huang to David Doel is calling out Andrew Yang over an extremely offensive Tweet […]
Estimates of People Denied Voting Rights Due to a Felony Conviction
These estimates sound a bit low. By Chris Uggen, Ryan Larson, Sarah Shannon, and Arleth Pulido-Nava, Sentencing Project 5.2 million Americans are forbidden to vote because of felony disenfranchisement, or laws restricting voting rights for those convicted of felony-level crimes. In the past 25 years, half the states […]
Despite Record Turnout, 80 Million Americans Didn’t Vote in 2020. Here’s Why
There is hope. By Domenico Matanaro, National Public Radio More Americans voted in 2020 than in any other presidential election in 120 years. About 67% of eligible voters cast ballots this year, but that still means a third did not. That amounts to about 80 million people who […]
Cops Wrecked a Home, Terrorized a Family, Assaulted a Man. It Was the Wrong Place.
By Billy Binion, Reason Hernan Palma is suing after he says he was punched in the face and his family restrained by cops during a botched no-knock drug raid. Officers with Maryland’s Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) allegedly executed an illegal no-knock raid against the wrong residence, assaulting […]
Gas CRISIS Expands As States Declare States Of Emergency
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to fuel shortages popping up across the country following a cyberattack.
Record # Of Republicans Want Third Party
Team Rising weighs in polling that reveals a majority of Republicans believe a third political party is needed.
2020 Data DESTROYED Identity Politics. Women, POC Were Majority Of Trump Voters
Ideologies are the new religions. Subcultures and interest group affiliations are the new tribes. Krystal laments the lack of class politics in the US but class politics doesn’t happen in a society fragmented into warring tribes. Saager laments the 70 million who didn’t vote. Are non-voters a macro-tribe […]
Warren’s SAD Journey To Irrelevance
Good riddance to another fraudster. Fmr national press secretary to Bernie Sanders & co-host of The Bad Faith Podcast, Briahna Joy Gray, weighs in on Elizabeth Warren’s new book and her plans to run for re-election in 2024.
Elitist NY Mayoral Candidates Have NO CLUE How Expensive Housing Is In Brooklyn
This is like when Nelson Rockefeller was running for office in the 1950s and described “the average guy making about $100,000 a year.” Krystal Ball demonstrates how “wealth serving wealth has nearly shut working class people out of politics.”
Fauci CAUGHT HIDING Key Facts From Senate On Lab Leak Hypothesis
So Fauci is a Fraudci? Only what some of us have been saying for the whole time this pandemic has been going on. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Senate testimony on the Covid-19 response.
Vaush & Shoe0nHead Discuss Her Old Videos About Feminism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwYE8qVTtCY Vaush & Shoe0nHead discuss her old videos about Feminism. Shoe0nHead talks about how she doesn’t have an issue with feminism overall she just criticized certain aspects of ‘pop-feminism’
POST CONFERENCE PUBLICATION ‘LANCASHIRE AND THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR’
By Peter Billington Seven North East Lancashire men fought as International Brigade volunteers during the Spanish Civil War. Four came from Burnley, two from Nelson and one from Colne. Two were killed in action, four served with great distinction and one deserted. The pamphlet looks at the North […]
How Iraq’s sectarian system came to be
There are three different parts of the world that provide some indication of what the future of the USA will look like. Increasingly, our educated, managerial classes and elites are moving toward the social norms of Western Europe (e.g. support for gay marriage is regarded as the hallmark […]
America’s First Infantada
By Joel Kotkin, American Mind The national consciousness regresses to the level of the toddler, casting everything in stark terms of good and bad. “We are here to guide public opinion, not to discuss it.” Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, 1804 By the calendar, the American republic is mature, but […]
What if we replaced politicians with randomly selected people? | Brett Hennig
If you think democracy is broken, here’s an idea: let’s replace politicians with randomly selected people. Author and activist Brett Hennig presents a compelling case for sortition democracy, or random selection of government officials — a system with roots in ancient Athens that taps into the wisdom of […]
‘Defund the Police’ Breaks Windows in Baltimore
As I have recently said, look for an eventual shift away from “defund the police” rhetoric (which is already fading) toward a renewed emphasis on “law and order” in response to rising crime rates, and with a move toward the creation of a national police force, which will […]
The Anarchist Mission in the Modern World
Anarchist News It’s not a novel idea, for today large projects aimed to rebuild the world are in decline. In the twentieth century, the powerful movements mobilized millions of people to storm political Olympus and start “great construction projects”. But during the last century, they have gone bankrupt […]
GOP CAUGHT Hiding Data Showing Trump Unpopularity
Team Rising discusses reporting that reveals Donald Trump’s campaign hid unfavorable polling from members of the GOP.
A Biden Doctrine Starts to Take Shape
By Andrew Bacevich, The American Conservative In President Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress, military issues figured as an afterthought. Yet implicit in his presentation was a potential shift in basic U.S. policy from activism to restraint. The central purpose of American military power, he announced, […]
SHOCK: Biden Hits 63% Approval in New Poll
–President Joe Biden’s approval rating climbs further, now to 63%, buoyed by high approval for Biden’s handling of the pandemic, and the economy
Today’s Left: Unwitting Stalking Horse for the Oligarchy
By CLG News Editor, Lori Price 4 May 2021 This morning, I received an unsubscribe request from a long-time reader of the CLG newsletter. They wrote: I think you turned on the left and Democrats –Somewhere along the line, you switched sides. I once preferred your e-mails because […]
Norman Finkelstein on Israel & What’s happening Here
Late Night Stream With Norm Finkelstein
Andrew Yang’s OTHER Awful Israel Statements
He’s probably okay for mayor of NYC but keep him away from the presidency. Andrew Yang’s recent dehumanizing and pandering statements (https://twitter.com/kthalps/status/13…) in support of Israel as it engages in ethnic cleansing have rightfully earned him criticism. But, as Abby Martin already pointed out, Yang has a history […]
Why Did Tulsi Gabbard have Such Ideological Diversity Supporting her in 2019/2020?
“She seemed real.”
US Retreats From Afghanistan: Truth Behind The Empire’s Defeat
Abby Martin explores what’s missing from coverage of Biden’s announcement of the Afghanistan withdrawal.
Iran’s supposed threat to the U.S. is a scam Israel and its lobby promote to change the subject from Palestine
By Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss Some day historians will scratch their heads over the fact that for the better part of 20 years U.S. presidents were engaged as a leading foreign policy question in how to restrain Iran, a small country half the world away that has not attacked […]
The Military Origins of Facebook
By Whitney Webb, Unlimited Hangout Facebook’s growing role in the ever-expanding surveillance and “pre-crime” apparatus of the national security state demands new scrutiny of the company’s origins and its products as they relate to a former, controversial DARPA-run surveillance program that was essentially analogous to what is currently […]
Support the Tropes
By Alan McLeod, MROnline riginally published: FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) (April 9, 2021) | In an earlier piece (FAIR.org, 3/3/21), we explored some country case study examples of how the press helps to manufacture consent for regime change and other U.S. actions abroad among left-leaning audiences, […]
The Tuscarora Tribe Endured Violence and Upheaval, But Some Have Survived to Tell Their Story
By Mark Miller, Ancient-Origins The Tuscarora tribe numbered an estimated 25,000 in some 24 villages, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in Virginia and North Carolina to the Shenandoah River and the Appalachian Mountains. Their numbers and territory were greatly reduced after contact with British colonists. Eventually the Tuscarora […]
Oxfam: 8 richest billionaires have as much wealth as the world’s poorest half
By Marion Solletty, Politico Global inequality is so significant that the eight richest billionaires have as much wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population combined, NGO Oxfam said Monday. In a report released ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the charity estimated the funds available to the eight […]
These three firms own corporate America
By Jan Fichtner, Eelke Heemskerk, Javier Garcia-Bernardo, The Conversation A fundamental change is underway in stock market investing, and the spin-off effects are poised to dramatically impact corporate America. In the past, individuals and large institutions mostly invested in actively managed mutual funds, such as Fidelity, in which […]
Why we need to colonize Mars as soon as possible
The Next Web Exploring other worlds and moving humans onto the Moon and Mars may seem foolish in light of the significant challenges we face as a species. On the surface, it might seem superfluous to bring humans to the Moon and start living on Mars, while hunger, […]
Kyle Responds To Criticism from Vaush
Social democracy vs. Breadtube
Caitlyn Jenner Gets Only 5% In Latest CA GOV Poll
Team Rising weighs in on a proposal in California that would give residents tax rebates of up to $1,100.
GOP Account OWNS Moms To Own The Libs
Team Rising discusses claims by the GOP that President Biden is “proving to be a detriment to getting mothers back to work.”
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