Month: January 2024

Microsoft hits $3 trillion

January 25, 2024 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Hello! Introducing the worst new trend of 2024: People requesting individual checks for the food they ate at group dinners. In today’s big story, we’re looking at Microsoft notching another big win by briefly reaching a $3 trillion […]

America’s Military Empire

THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2024 One would get the impression … that no one had ever thought of doing anything for the poor until Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal in the 1930’s, or even until President Johnson’s “war on poverty” in the 1960’s. Yet private charity is as old as […]

1/25/24: UAW Backs Biden 2024, Texas Dares Biden To Remove Border Wire, US Begs China To Help With Red Sea, Israel Plans Gaza Buffer Zone, Boeing Caught With More Part Failures, Dems Try To Ban Zyn Pouches, Jon Stewart Returns To Daily Show, And Case Closed On Covid Origins

Ryan and Saagar discuss the UAW backing Joe Biden 2024, Texas dares Biden admin to tear down razor wires, Biden begs China to help with Red Sea crisis, Egypt outraged as Israel plans Gaza buffer zone, Alaska Airlines CEO says many loose bolts on Boeing planes, Dems move […]

Cancelled By The Left, Muzzled By The Right, What Did He Say?!?

Rav Arora is an independent journalist and podcaster based in Vancouver, Canada. He is the Co-Founder along with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya of The Illusion of Consensus, an independent, podcast-fuelled newsletter devoted to dismantling weaponized “consensus” in issues as far-reaching as COVID-19, transgender care, nutrition, and mental health. https://www.illusionconsensus.com/ […]

Tesla’s make-or-break time

January 24, 2024 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Hey there! We seem well on our way to a rematch of the 2020 US presidential election as Donald Trump secured a decisive win at the New Hampshire Republican primary. In today’s big story, we’re previewing Tesla’s make-or-break […]

Goodbye to Haley the Hawk

Goodbye to Haley the Hawk Plus: The most boring write-in campaign, some heat in the Argentine streets, Brooklyn’s penchant for vehicular manslaughter, and more… LIZ WOLFE No, she hasn’t dropped out. But it’s abundantly clear from the New Hampshire primary results—54.5 percent for Donald Trump, 43.2 percent for Nikki Haley, […]

How to become a billionaire

INSIDE SCOOP Getty/ABC How to become a billionaire Mark Cuban once said there is no downside to being a billionaire. So, how do you become one? Business Insider’s cofounder, Henry Blodget, outlines three basic ways. READ NOW Insider Today Newsletter Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories […]

Everyone, Together

New York Review of Books A dispatch from our Art Editor, Leanne Shapton, on the art and illustrations in the Review’s January 18 and February 8 issues. This sixteenth edition of the art newsletter comes to you from snowy Berlin, where I spent three nights this month. I landed […]

The Lighthouse: Where’s Milei’s Chainsaw?! | Hysterical Politics | Everything Is Intended

January 24, 2024  •  Weekly Newsletter Javier Milei’s Chainsaw Plan and the Five Principles of Oppression Gabriel Gasave Five obstacles have prevented Latin America from achieving its potential: corporatism, mercantilism, privilege, bottom-up wealth transfer, and politicized law. Argentine President Milei now has a golden opportunity to cut at […]

1/24/24: Nikki Refuses To Drop Out After Trump Win, Biden Wins New Hampshire, IDF Caught Committing War Crimes On CNN, SCOTUS Smacks Down Texas In Biden Border Fight, And Ryan Gosling Fumes Over Oscar Snub

Ryan and Emily discuss Nikki Haley refusing to drop out after Trump’s win, Biden wins New Hampshire as voters register Israel fury, IDF commits war crime in front of CNN journalist, SCOTUS sides with Biden over Texas in border dispute, and Ryan Gosling fumes over Oscar Snub for […]

Netflix rules the roost

January 23, 2024 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Hello! Tax season is approaching, and the IRS has a new pilot program that lets you file your taxes for free. Here’s the rundown on Direct File. In today’s big story, we’re looking at what to expect ahead of […]

A Fable for Race Realists

Augusto Monterroso’s “The Lion’s Share” Reads Like Alt-Right Aesop Kevin Barrett Jan 23 READ IN APP I discovered the great Latin American fabulist Augusto Monterroso through a bilingual Arabic-Spanish edition of La Oveja Negra y Demas Fabulas (The Black Sheep and Other Fables). I have read through it […]

Though It Have No Tongue

In the Review’s February 8 issue, Geoffrey O’Brien tries to get to the bottom of one of his abiding passions, the crime novel. Alongside several recent books about the genre, he surveys a passel of yellowed paperbacks “from thrift shops and attics”—by writers ranging from Arthur Conan Doyle […]

Massive Migrant Reduction

Massive Migrant Reduction Plus: Deepfakes of Biden, complaints of Californians, filters for aircrafts, and more… LIZ WOLFE Bipartisan consensus: A deal is emerging in the Senate, supported by both Republicans and Democrats, that would reduce the number of migrants granted asylum and beef up immigration enforcement. Republicans have stipulated that a […]

Merchants of Addiction

Our January, 2024 Issue Read Online Read as PDF FEATURED The Blue-Blood Families That Found Fortunes in the Opium Trade After Britain, the country that benefited the most from the China trade was the United States—and some of its oldest families were the ones leading the way. AMITAV […]

Abolish the FBI

TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2024 “We shouldn’t be here,” said one Marine infantryman bluntly. “There was no reason for invading this country in the first place. We just came here and [angered people] and killed a lot of innocent people,” said the marine, who has seen regular combat in […]

Creative Resistance

P R Reddall Jan 23, 2024 P R Reddall highlights the symbiotic power of physical fitness and creativity in bolstering both personal and cultural fortitude. In my last article, I stressed the importance of the gym in regards to not only looking good but to feeling good and […]