By AMY FORLITI, Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges of violating George Floyd’s civil rights, averting a trial but likely extending the time he is already spending behind bars on a state conviction. Chauvin, who […]
Whatever the relationship between the policies of these “progressive prosecutors” and crime rates, it needs to be pointed out that the present surge in crime rates began during the same period as the pandemic and its related social and economic effects. Whatever one’s positions on criminal justice or […]
Tom Woods Show Anne Hendershott, a professor of sociology at the University of Steubenville, discusses the academic and cultural efforts to normalize pedophilia. LISTEN HERE
These kinds of lawsuits are essentially a means of getting around the First Amendment. Government cannot legally ban political organizations, so they simply try to sue them into oblivion instead. By Andy Sullivan Washington DC WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) – The city of Washington, D.C., sued right-wing groups […]
If you’re looking to verify a claim, you ought to research and check supporting statistics. In this video, Andrew shares twenty reasons why the USA is no longer the number one country in the world.
For quite some time, we’ve been saying that governments will be looking for more ways to take away your passport(s) and freedom. In this video, Andrew shares just another example of it.
By Dani Alexis Ryskamp The Atlantic The most famous dysfunctional family of 1990s television enjoyed, by today’s standards, an almost dreamily secure existence. The most famous dysfunctional family of 1990s television enjoyed, by today’s standards, an almost dreamily secure existence that now seems out of reach for all […]
By Bernadette Hogan, Reuven Fenton and Bruce Golding New York Post County officials statewide opposed to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s mask mandate called it “silly,” “misguided” and “unenforceable” on Tuesday — with one rejecting it as “Gestapo tactics” and another saying “we’re not going to become the mask police.” […]
By Kenneth Garger New York Post A Putnam County police officer was arrested Tuesday for allegedly providing protection to a Queens-based sex trafficking ring in exchange for sexual favors, prosecutors said. Wayne Peiffer, a Village of Brewster police officer, was among six suspects indicted in Brooklyn federal court […]
People are usually either annoying or forgettable. Hillary Clinton manages to pull off both at once.
Imagine needing a coup to save yourself from Sleepy Joe…
By Monique Beals, The Hill A Pew Research Center poll published Tuesday indicates that the number of people in the U.S. who describe themselves as religiously unaffiliated increased by 6 points in the last five years and 10 points in the last decade. When asked about their religious identity, […]
The latest neocon front project. By Josh Hammer, Newsweek In the 2016 Republican Party presidential primary, decades of dissonance between the party’s aggrieved grassroots and its blinkered elite spilled out into the open. For years, the chasm widened between the GOP’s heartland base, the river valley-dwelling “Somewheres” from […]
Kyle Strickland, Deputy Director, Race and Democracy at the Roosevelt Institute joins The Realignment to build upon last week’s episode with John McWhorter.
By Caroline Mimbs Nyce The Atlantic “He’s got to condemn this shit ASAP,” Donald Trump Jr. purportedly texted about his father to then–Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, as rioters smashed their way into the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2020. But in the months that followed, Republicans […]
Anarchist News from Libertarian Labyrinth Embracing Anarchy — Becoming Anarchists, Constructing Anarchisms Introduction: We become anarchists by embracing and internalizing anarchy. We express that internalized anarchy by constructing anarchisms. I take this to be a kind of general formula, describing the relations between three key concepts — anarchy, […]
Anarchist News Mutual aid has been in the spotlight recently in light of the current crisis, but what exactly does it mean? And what makes it a powerful form of anarchist praxis unique from charity and volunteering? Well, ‘mutual aid’ is essentially the very radical notion that co-operation, rather […]
Father Steven Allen(Orthodox Truth) Recently, while in Serbia to visit family, I had the pleasure of giving two lectures to an association of young people dedicated to Orthodoxy, monarchism, and Serbian patriotism. As are we here in the States, they also are facing the prospect of persecution by […]
Anarchist News What are the consequences of becoming an anarchist earlier in life vs. later? Which of these options better describes your path? How can diverse entryways influence new forms of anarchy? Motivations for wanting to rebel can differ with age. A younger person might seek to escape […]
By Bryan Caplan, EconoLib A few weeks ago, Robin Hanson posed a lunchtime challenge: What is the difference between Left and Right? The point of the question, of course, is not to explain how every self-styled leftist differs from every self-styled rightist. The point is to identify unifying […]
Lots of pundits have lots of thoughts and feelings about how to fix the Democrats’ messaging problems. A recent Jacobin study charted one path forward, “Shorism” offers another. This week, Briahna Joy Gray spoke to Professor Ian Haney López, Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at UC Berkeley, […]
Don’t forget that the UAE has a lot of foreign workers who do all the hard work in very harsh conditions. Universal income should be a thing if automation becomes a threat for more basic jobs. Citizen’s dividends for using the natural resources of a country sounds like […]
To be clear: not because he actually gives a damn about Palestinians, Israelis, or human rights…but because it made his fragile ego look bad. A narcissist is as a narcissist does.
Eric Levitz, New York Mag/Intelligency In a recent column for The American Conservative, Helen Andrews argues that Reconstruction — that brief slice of the 19th century during which Black Southerners enjoyed extensive political rights under the aegis of Northern Republicans — was “objectively bad.” Further, she insists that […]
Prof Wolff explains all the ways the U.S. and China depend on one another for production, finance and economic access. This is one of the major differences between the Cold War politics between the U.S. and Soviet Union and what is happening today.
By Scott Schieman The Conversation A record share of American workers are quitting their jobs, thanks in part to a strong economy and a labor shortage. Does that mean Americans are unhappy with where they work? The answer would seem to be yes, according to many economists and […]
IFLScience.Com New Zealand has announced plans to make it legally impossible for the next generation of adults to purchase tobacco products as part of a drive to create a smoke-free country by 2025. Expected to come into force next year, the new legislation will see the legal smoking age […]
By Brendan O’Neill, Spiked Mandatory vaccination spells the violent end of European liberalism. Europe is on a precipice. It has marched, blindly, towards something very much resembling tyranny. Austria will shortly criminalise those who refuse the Covid vaccine. Germany looks set to follow. Ursula von der Leyen, president […]
By Dean Kuipers, The Nation What will it take for an emerging patchwork of co-ops, food hubs, and farming collectives to challenge Big Ag? Starting any farm is a crapshoot, but Reginaldo and Amy Haslett-Marroquin went the hard way right from the start. In the fall of 2020, […]
By Molly Crabapple, The Nation The 45 days of fierce protest, shrewd organizing, and ferocious solidarity that ended the debt nightmare that had engulfed the taxi industry. On September 19, a group of cab drivers organized by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance rolled up to the corner of […]
By Lesley Wroughton Washington Post CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Omicron appears to cause less severe illness than earlier variants of the coronavirus but is more resistant to the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine widely used in South Africa, according to a major private study of the variant. The study […]
By Sarah Kaplan Washington Post The ice shelf was cracking up. Surveys showed warm ocean water eroding its underbelly. Satellite imagery revealed long, parallel fissures in the frozen expanse, like scratches from some clawed monster. One fracture grew so big, so fast, scientists took to calling it “the […]
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By Brigid Kennedy The Week The Jan. 6 House select committee made waves Monday night after revealing a slew of text messages sent to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows during the Capitol riot, urging him to convince then-President Donald Trump to denounce the attack. Everyone […]
By Joel Mathis The Week The decline of American Christianity is continuing apace. The Pew Research Center reports today that the number of self-identified Christians has declined by 12 percentage points since 2012, while religious “nones” have grown by 10 points during that time. (Other surveys have shown […]
By Damon Linker Listening to the right describe American reality today is a little like overhearing a mid-level military commander preparing a battalion for an upcoming fight to the death with a ruthless enemy: The stakes are enormous. The other side is incredibly powerful. They seek nothing less […]
Telos Press In today’s episode of the Telos Press Podcast, David Pan talks with Linus Recht about his article “After Desire: Foucault’s Ethical Critique of Psychological Man and the Foucauldian Ethos of the Internet Age,” from Telos 196 (Fall 2021). An excerpt of the article appears below. In their […]
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll reveals Vice President Kamala Harris’ approval numbers are underwater but steady, at 43 percent support.
Krystal and Saagar weigh in on the Biden administration’s decision to resume collecting student loan payments early in 2022 despite the difficult economic conditions for recent college grads
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to reporting that before a tornado destroyed their factory, Mayfield candle factory workers were told they would be fired if they left work.
Krystal responds to a Fox News host who was gleeful over mass layoffs of employees via zoom at a fintech company run by a CEO with a history of abusive, fraudulent behavior
Kim Iversen breaks down liberal hypocrisy and the housing market.
Krystal and Saagar deliver the gruesome details of the indictment of a CNN producer for child sex crimes as the mainstream media downplays the issue of child sex trafficking
Briahna Joy Gray shares her reaction to the viral teacher ‘cash grab’ video out of South Dakota, as well as President Biden’s decision to not cancel student debt.
Krystal and Saagar welcome Lucas Kunce back to the show to discuss his populist Senate campaign in Missouri as a Democrat and the issues he is running on
Team Rising weighs in on Mark Meadows’ contempt charges in relation to the House investigation into January 6.
Krystal and Saagar provide an update on the congressional battles around the Build Back Better legislation now that Manchin has renewed concerns about the bill and progressives have no leverage
Ryan Grim breaks down more evidence of the bipartisan, bureaucratic effort to privatize Medicare.
Krystal and Saagar take an in depth look at the bipartisan corruption in congress as many politicians and staffers have made millions in illegal stock trades
Robby Soave makes the case against overreaction to the Omicron variant.
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