Month: May 2023

Elon Musk leaves us hanging

May 12, 2023 Hello, Insiders. Shona Ghosh, UK deputy executive editor, here. Elon Musk says he’s found a new CEO for Twitter. He didn’t identify his candidate, but media industry insiders and Twitter staffers are all abuzz with speculation — as are jokesters, who are saying it could […]

Jordan Neely and the Tragic Commons

Sponsored by University of California Press Rachel Bedard A Culture of Repression and Neglect The inaction of Jordan Neely’s fellow passengers underscores the mistrust pervading our public spaces. We see a city operating with the fearful logic of a jail. Fintan O’Toole Golden Coats, Sacred Spoons Most of the coronation […]

Tom And Jane Eat Breakfast

Caitlin Johnstone May 11, 2023 [A breakfast table in America. TOM and JANE are eating breakfast and drinking coffee. JANE is reading the news on her tablet while TOM works on a crossword puzzle.] JANE: [Sips coffee, sighs] Another mass shooting. TOM: [Not looking up] Mmm, yeah. Des […]

Google’s AI makeover

May 11, 2023 Hello, Insiders. Matt Turner, editor in chief of business, here. I’m in San Francisco this week, and dropped by Google’s annual developer conference on Wednesday. My takeaway: AI is going to touch our lives in more ways real soon. More on that below.   Also […]

CNN went full ‘Jerry Springer’

Thursday, May 11, 2023 Tom Nichols Staff writer I have advocated for giving Donald Trump’s sociopathic behavior full exposure. But CNN’s decision to run a town hall with the former president enabled that behavior and managed to harm journalism, the network’s reputation, and the American political process all […]

5/11/23: Trump Says “THUG” COP Shot Jan 6th Protestor, Trump CNN TownHall on Debt Default, Ukraine, Abortion and more, Saagar and Ryan Debate Border Crisis, Tucker’s Twitter Show Plans Revealed, Is New Breast Cancer Guidance Scam?, JD Vance Interview

Saagar and Ryan discuss the CNN Townhall where Trump made statements on Jan 6th, Stop the Steal, the E Jean Caroll allegations, Debt Default, and his position on the Ukraine-Russia war. Also, we have a debate on the Border Crisis as Title 42 ends, Tucker’s Twitter show plans […]

Victims of Capitalism Day

Kevin Carson | Support this author on Patreon | May 10th, 2020 At Reason Ilya Somin, in keeping with his annual practice since 2007, has chosen May 1 — May Day — as his date for  observing “Victims of Communism Day.” Somin cites the “authoritative” Black Book of Communism as his source for a death toll […]

The REAL Faces of Black Conservatism

00:00 Intro and recap 11:14– The Distraction 43:35– The Double Agent 01:10:13– The Black Capitalist Further Learning The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power https://imixwhatilike.org/2020/05/25/… Lil Bill on Black Capitalism –    • Why Black Capital…   The missing story on Tulsa https://www.leftvoice.org/from-black-… Orgs and Initiatives to support Stop Cop City https://stopcop.city/ […]

El Nino Speaks 85: In the Navy

Nuclear Caudillo comes back to talk about how wokism is undermining the United States Navy 3 hr ago Listen to José Niño sound off on contemporary political affairs. Share Has the United States Navy gone completely woke? Nuclear Caudillo makes another appearance at El Nino Speaks to talk […]

We’re living in post-shame America

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Tom Nichols Staff writer A verdict against a sexual abuser and the indictment of a con-man fabulist are causes for optimism. But the fundamental indecency of the new American right marches on. First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic: An ominous warning […]

5/10/23: Trump GUILTY And NOT Guilty In E Jean Caroll Trial, Santos Arrested By Feds, Biden Threatens Debt Ceiling, Ukraine Counter Offensive, Trump V DeSantis, CIA Biden 2020, Ro Khanna on SCOTUS Corruption, David Miranda Remembrance

Ryan and Emily discuss Donald Trump being found liable by a New York federal jury for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll in a Manhattan department store in the 1990’s, George Santos is charged and arrested by the Feds for Fraud, Biden threatens to ignore the Debt Ceiling, Ukraine […]

Callin Discussion Today at 3:00 EST: On the “Top 50 Organizations to Know” in the Censorship-Industrial Complex

On the release of Racket’s “Top 50” census of “anti-disinformation” organizations, why the general public will have to keep fighting to keep track of the exploding censorship bureaucracy Matt Taibbi May 10, 2023 Visual representations of “misinformation,” 2016-2023 First of all, after months of work by a team […]