Matthias Matthijs on how the war in Ukraine is changing the global security, economic, and political terrain. Germany’s historic remilitarization may be the clearest sign yet that Moscow’s war on Ukraine has reinvigorated the Western alliance. Meanwhile, the European Union imposed severe sanctions on Russia, and NATO member states approved […]
Krystal and Saagar talk with Russian anti-war activist Egor Kotkin who is currently in Moscow about conditions at home after sanctions, Putin’s calculations, wartime propaganda, and similarities to the US political moment
MSNBC contributor Malcolm Nance tweeted out recently that the notorious Ukrainian paramilitary force known as the Azov Battalion had been “cleansed” of its Nazi elements in 2014, shortly after helping to lead the Maidan Rebellion. Nance offered no supporting evidence for the claim, but his tweet fits into […]
Krystal and Saagar break down the warnings from the Biden administration about a coming Russian cyberattack on the US in response to western sanctions over the war in Ukraine
White House reporters love two things more than any others – getting to be on camera when they ask questions, and war. And thanks to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the current crop of predominantly women who comprise the White House press pool have been able to explore […]
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to physical abuse allegations against Missouri Senate candidate Eric Greitens.
Saagar looks at the humiliating response by the Biden administration to Saudi Arabia’s refusal to drill more oil to fulfill the supply needs of the US and elsewhere despite our continued support for their regime
Actor, comedian and podcaster Russell Brand has lately come under fire from the establishment press in his native England, labeled a “conspiracy theorist” who spreads misinformation and makes wild accusations without providing supporting evidence. Now Brand has used his platform to strike back, posting a video refuting the […]
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave react to horrific new reporting on the famine in Afghanistan. Lina holds her baby boy, Osman, as he undergoes treatment at the malnutrition ward of the Ataturk National Children’s Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec, 2, 2021. According to U.N. figures from early […]
Krystal and Saagar join the chorus of those ridiculing the comedian and Oscars host Amy Schumer for inviting Zelensky to the show as Ukraine faces an all-consuming invasion from Russia
Remember when actors were just court jesters and we didn’t give a f*ck what they thought? Wait, I still feel that way.
Kim Iversen calls out U.S. media for condemning Vladimir Putin’s attacks on free speech but ignoring the same kind of attacks happening in Ukraine.
Krystal and Saagar examine the growing generational wealth gap between Baby Boomers and Millennials exacerbated by covid that has caused major problems in the housing market
Not a surprise. When people are in economic dire straits do you have a tendency to try to take the edge off with all sorts of stuff. It just so happens that alcohol is one of the easiest things to get your hands on. It’s just another sign […]
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss the suspension of The Babylon Bee’s Twitter account.
Krystal and Saagar review the allegations made by the ex-wife of top GOP Senate candidate Eric Greiteins of Missouri who claims he committed domestic and child abuse. Graphic and explicit content will be covered in this segment.
I mean, I’ve never heard any prisoners executed by firing squad complain about it.
The Intercept’s Ken Klippenstein details the recent U.S. arms sale to Saudi Arabia. Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a signing ceremony during his meeting with Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 15, 2019. Amid a worldwide chorus of condemnation against Russia’s war on Ukraine, Africa […]
Krystal covers the incoming food crisis being caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the western sanction in response as the global wheat supply and growing inequality could be the recipe for bread riots
Kudlow about Manchin: ‘He stood up to Biden’. Which is not hard considering Joe spends most of his time in lying in his oxygen tent listening to the same Bing Crosby records over and over again cause as soon as the 2nd song starts he forgot about the […]
Olayemi Olurin and Rachel Bovard discuss Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s first day of confirmation hearings.
Krystal and Saagar issue a critique of former President Trump’s hawkish tone on the Russian conflict in Ukraine that contrasts with his foreign policy positions of old
Apparently calling someone a war criminal isn’t a verbal attack on them; I guess that’s why they never cared when Cheney and Rumsfeld were called war criminals. The irony.
Ryan Grim makes the case for fighting the opioid crisis by decriminalizing entheogens.
Krystal and Saagar cover the exasperation with which a Fox News host pressed former President Trump on his ‘Stop the Steal’ claims that the 2020 Presidential election was rigged against him
My favorite part is the below $300k qualifier, which is like 99% of Americans. So they want 99% of Americans riding buses and living off of beans? WTF?
Robby Soave details the Twitter beef that caused an LGBTQ+ author to lose out on a Lammy.
Krystal and Saagar give the newest information on the war in Ukraine as Biden calls Putin a war criminal putting US-Russia diplomatic ties on edge
Former senior advisor the Secretary of Defense Col. Doug Macgregor joins Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate for a candid, live discussion of the Russia-Ukraine war and his time in the Trump administration when an Afghan withdrawal was sabotaged and conflict with Iran and Syria continued.
This week, Briahna Joy Gray speaks to journalist & activist Abby Martin about the spate of left media censorship that’s occurred over the past few weeks. RT America, Russia’s 24/7 English-language news channel, has been shuttered — presumably because the cost of sanctions on Russia made it difficult […]
An Eastern Orthodox conservative challenges the anarchist position. By Jay Dyer The appeal of anarchism is understandable, especially in our day of what seems to be spectacular corruption on the part of members of the establishment. In the online-fueled furor of Ron Paul’s libertarian surge in 2008, those […]
By Jeff Schogol After spending 13 hours hiking into enemy territory and back to retrieve the body of a Georgian soldier who had been killed near Irpin, Ukraine, U.S. Army veteran Hieu Le knew that his war was over. Not long after recovering the fallen soldier, Le resigned […]
By David Kirby, Reason The education pioneer’s authoritarian personality was at odds with her commitment to children’s independence. The Child Is the Teacher: A Life of Maria Montessori, by Cristina De Stefano, Other Press, 248 pages, $28.99 Maria Montessori’s ideas about education stem from the principles of choice, […]
The Seattle Times Mar. 22—Nearly two decades ago, Carl Larson served in the Army as American troops toppled Saddam Hussein in a war that ignited home-front protests, claimed the lives of 4,418 U.S. service members by the end of 2010 and unleashed widespread sectarian violence in Iraq. Now […]
By Peter Zeihan on March 22, 2022 We are awash in news reports that the Europeans are poised to follow the US in banning all Russian Energy imports. Let me repeat: the Europeans are reportedly getting ready to ban imports from their largest supplier of crude oil, natural gas, […]
The Intercept’s Ken Klippenstein details the recent U.S. arms sale to Saudi Arabia. Robby Soave details the Twitter beef that caused an LGBTQ+ author to lose out on a Lammy. Ryan Grim makes the case for fighting the opioid crisis by decriminalizing entheogens. Kim Iversen calls out U.S. […]
Krystal and Saagar break down the collapse in Russia-US relations, threats of a Russian cyberattack, Trump’s hawkishness towards Russia, Trump’s fanatical obsession with ‘Stop the Steal’, Missouri Senate candidate Eric Greitens’ abuse, generational warfare in the economy, Oscars cringe, food crisis incoming, Saudi Arabia humiliation, and a Russian […]
Ukraine is a country that has experienced both a color-coded revolution sponsored by the West and a secession of its eastern regions sponsored by Russia, been in a state of de facto civil war for 8 years, and caught in the middle between Atlanticist aspirations for unipolar world […]
By Jon Skolnik, Salon Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., doubled down on his claim that Israel should take a stronger stance against Russia, insisting that “everyone must pick a side” amid Russia’s devastating invasion of Ukraine. “We have stood with Israel and will continue to do so. But at […]
The way she describes Russian society as divided is encouraging. Maybe the Russians can have their own culture war and growing pan-secessionist sentiment to mirror the American version. And so can the Chinese, Indians, Pakistanis, Europeans, Latin Americans, Middle Easterners, Africans, etc., etc., etc., Russian news director and […]
This is pretty good. Carlson is hit and miss, but when he’s right, he’s right. I’m thinking I’d like to see Tucker Carlson enter the GOP primaries and win, and then pick Tulsi as his running mate. Obviously, there are limitations to both, and to electoralism generally, but […]
Here’s the recording of a phone call featuring Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (whose boss was Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton) in a phone call to US Ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt; a phone call leaked to the news media on 4 […]
By Peter R. Quiñones At a time such as this one, no one wants to make it all about them and that’s not what I’m trying to do. But we ARE under attack. I will speak from my heart and hopefully some of this will resonate with you. […]
By Caitlin Johnstone We’re risking a very fast, very radioactive third world war defending the “democracy” of a regime who just banned eleven opposition parties. Liberals explaining why it’s fine to eliminate opposition parties when they become inconvenient is just liberals telling you who they really are. One […]
While I don’t share the politics of these folks, I consider them worthy and honorable opponents, unlike unworthy and dishonorable opponents like Alexander Reid-Ross, Vaush, and Goofy Gillis.
Krystal and Saagar cover how the peace talks that were taking place between Russia and Ukraine have broken down in large part due to the Kremlin’s demands for Ukraine.
By Isabel Fattal, The Atlantic “The evidence that Ukraine is winning this war is abundant, if one only looks closely at the available data,” our writer Eliot A. Cohen argues, citing Russian casualties and tactical blunders, and Ukraine’s unyielding resistance to the invasion. “The Ukrainians are doing their […]
Saagar offers his perspective on how the US media has covered India’s continued alliance with Russia as the west imposes harsh economic punishment for the invasion of Ukraine
By Peter Weber, The Week What the U.S. can learn from the war All Vladimir Putin wanted was to make Russia great again. There are many reasons Putin decided to invade Ukraine, which historians and other experts will be sussing out for years. But it seems clear that […]
Krystal and Saagar present the media’s silence on the Hunter Biden laptop coverup meanwhile the CIA operatives who worked with media and tech companies double down on their false ‘misinformation’ claim
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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