Republican Ghouls Argue AGAINST Legal Weed As It Passes House
Big Pharma, Big Tobacco, Big Alcohol, law enforcement agencies, do-gooder entrepreneurs, etc don’t want the competition or the loss of revenue. Nor do the drug cartels, of course.
Big Pharma, Big Tobacco, Big Alcohol, law enforcement agencies, do-gooder entrepreneurs, etc don’t want the competition or the loss of revenue. Nor do the drug cartels, of course.
Status Coup News’ Jordan Chariton reviews how the Amazon Labor Union successfully created the retail giant’s first unionized workplace ever.
Saagar analyzes the methods being used by elite reporters at NBC, Washington Post, and elsewhere in mainstream media to prevent all criticism by labeling scrutiny online as harassment
He is literally saying “it sucks that these businesses won’t be able to completely control their employees cuz now they can’t just threaten to fire them”
Kim Iversen reviews newly released documents related to Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine research.
Krystal and Saagar comment on Amazon’s response to the successful Amazon Labor Union election by baselessly claiming the vote was rigged and that they will fight the results
I feel so bad for Amazon. I know it’s gonna be really tough for them to pay those unionized wages with as little money as they make. I mean, Amazon is barely scraping by.
Batya Ungar-Sargon reacts to reporting that White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki will soon resign from her position in the Biden administration.
Krystal and Saagar offer their perspective on a new study that demonstrated how much of an effect cable news networks can have on the political ideology of their viewers
Krystal and Saagar scrutinize the comments made by MSNBC anchor Ali Veshi where he expressed his desire for a full scale military confrontation between America and Russia
I think one of the funniest parts of this is that the majority of FOX regular viewers probably don’t have a clue who Krystal Ball is.
Colin Rogero and Inez Stepman react to Sarah Palin’s new campaign for Congress.
Krystal calls out Fox News for trying to score political points by criticizing AOC’s lack of support for Amazon workers when they themselves would not be in favor of unionization efforts
“The only place you can see a goat is in a zoo” – Corin needs some more life experience.
Robby Soave reflects on lessons to be learned from the media misfire on Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings.
Krystal and Saagar break down the effects that the economic battle between Russia and the west are having as the ruble rebounds from its collapse and oil producers withdraw from Europe
It’s a good political ad. It appeals to the right wing and left wing protectionists, the moderate blue collar workers, and the nationalists who see China as an existential threat to the US. And it’s concise for everyone with a short attention span. So basically it appeals to […]
Ryan Grim breaks down new reporting from Vanity Fair about the NIH’s possible funding of gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China.
Krystal and Saagar bring another battle update from the war in Ukraine as Russian troops retreat from Kyiv and zero in on the eastern regions that Putin views as independent states
“Some people say it was the most perfect hole-in-one ever.”
Vanity Fair’s Katherine Eban answers Ryan Grim and Robby Soave’s questions about her new lab leak reporting.
Krystal and Saagar take an in depth look at how Amazon Labor Union organizers and workers successfully took on the company and won their union election
Trump voice: Nobody knew a social media app was so difficult to create.
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s appearance at the Grammys last night.
Kyle Kulinski talks with podcaster Paul’s Ego about how strong Donald Trump’s position is in the Republican party and beyond as the media overlooks him and polls show he’s the 2024 favorite
Kyle strawman’s the reason for third parties. The strategy of third parties isn’t about getting candidates elected. Rather, it’s about pulling enough voters out of the Democratic party to force the party to move to the left in order to get those voters back. Now, maybe that’s a […]
Writer Egor Kotkin describes Russia’s departure from the neoliberal energy apparatus.
Krystal and Saagar examine the Wall Street journal investigation that chronicles how investors have reaped a fortune by trading shares right before big stock sales that they are not supposed to know about
“Keep my wife’s name out of your FUCKING MOUTH” – Kyle in response to AOC on Twitter
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss China’s ‘zero Covid’ policy.
Krystal and Saagar are joined by longtime labor organizer and author Daisy Pitkin to talk about the future of union organizing in the US and how Starbucks workers are shifting the landscape. Caveat: This segment was recorded before the Amazon Labor results came in.
By W. James Antle III The Week The gay rights debates of the 1990s and early 2000s ended with a whimper. Less than a decade after “values voters” were said to have swung the White House to George W. Bush for a second term over their opposition to […]
By Damon Linker, The Week Democrats were always going to have a tough time in the 2022 midterm elections, given historic trends and the party’s already extremely narrow majorities in Congress. Add in surging inflation and a brutal war being waged in Europe and things begin to look […]
By Brigid Kennedy The Week More Americans than not are in favor of a 15-week abortion ban, a new Wall Street Journal poll reveals. Such a ban out of Mississippi is currently under review at the U.S. Supreme Court, threatening the landmark abortion ruling Roe v. Wade, which safeguards […]
By Bill Angelbeck, Lewis Borck, Matthew Sanger The theory of anarchism primarily concerns the organization of society in a way that fosters egal- itarian or equitable forms of association and coop- eration and resists all forms of domination. An anarchist perspective involves an awareness of, and critique of, […]
By Peter Weber, The Week As Russian troops pull back from suburbs and villages surrounding Kyiv and other parts of northeastern Ukraine, they are leaving bodies of civilians in the street and in houses, some with their hands bound and gunshot wounds through their skulls, local residents and […]
I tend to agree with this. It’s going to have to be Germany and France that eventually make a peace deal with Russia. The Atlantic powers are going to have to fade into the background. By Andrew Day The Week Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has […]
By Joel Mathis, The Week Vladimir Putin is a war criminal. That’s not a strict legal judgment — not yet, at least — but the evidence keeps growing. Ukraine officials over the weekend said they had discovered a mass grave in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, and journalists visiting […]
By Joel Mathis The Week Suddenly the American right is fairly exploding with accusations of sexual “grooming” against its political opponents. Christina Pushaw, the spokesperson for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, used the term last month to defend the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill. “If you’re against the Anti-Grooming […]
by Peter Zeihan on April 4, 2022 Polish Deputy Prime Minister (and former Prime Minister) Jaroslaw Kaczynski caught my attention over the weekend when he mentioned that Poland would be open to hosting not only American forces, but also US nuclear weapons. Usually the statements of a country’s second […]
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s appearance at the Grammys last night. Vanity Fair’s Katherine Eban answers Ryan Grim and Robby Soave’s questions about her new lab leak reporting. Ryan Grim breaks down new reporting from Vanity Fair about the NIH’s possible funding of gain-of-function […]
Krystal and Saagar talk about the Amazon Labor Union victory, the company’s fight back against the workers, media freakout, Ukraine updates, hawkish rhetoric, Russia’s economy, cable news corruption, Taylor Lorenz blackmail, fake friends of workers, and an interview with Christian Smalls! Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Amazon Labor Union: https://www.amazonlaborunion.org/donate/ Ukraine: […]
Moldbug is the textbook definition of a doofus.
Technology is going to reintegrate the warrior class.
By Kerry J. Byrne New York Post A Washington state man was arrested after making a series of threats to kill Senator Ted Cruz. “I’m gonna blow your f—ing brains out dude, literally,” the man said in a voicemail message, according to a federal criminal complaint first reported […]
A history of Western geopolitics.
by Paul Blest Vice The email portrayed high gas prices and inflation as an opportunity for the company to rebuild its workforce and pay lower wages. Five hours into Jake Holcomb’s shift as the manager at an Applebee’s in Lawrence, Kansas, last Monday, a co-worker came in to […]
By Callie Patteson New York Post White House press secretary Jen Psaki was pressed Friday about a report that she will soon leave her current gig for MSNBC, which has raised questions about whether it is ethical for her to remain in the role. Psaki declined to discuss her […]
By Callie Patteson and MaryAnn Martinez New York Post Despite warnings, including from fellow Democrats, that it will lead to another surge of illegal migrants at the border with Mexico, President Biden will end the Trump-era policy known as Title 42 — which allowed the summary expulsion of […]
By MaryAnn Martinez New York Post Soon after entering the US, two-year-old Jocelyn and her parents laid down on the streets of Del Rio, Texas and slept. The Post witnessed three immigrant children bunking down outdoors Thursday, including Jocelyn — a taste of what aid groups fear will […]
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