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Keith Preston

May Day 2026; Israel kills over 30 in Lebanon; Displaced Palestinians burn tents in protest of conditions; Mali rebels call for nationwide uprising

Drop Site Daily: May 1, 2026 Drop Site News May 01, 2026 Iran delivers latest ceasefire proposal to Pakistan, according to IRNA. U.S. gas prices hit $4.30 per gallon. Iranian president calls U.S. naval blockade “intolerable.” Air defenses briefly activated in Tehran. UAE bars nationals from traveling to […]

RIP Voting Rights (1965–2026)

MAY 1, 2026 RIP Voting Rights (1965–2026) The Supreme Court Has Completed Its Quest to Kill the Voting Rights Act → “The Voting Rights Act changed the face and the structure of American politics—and government,” justice correspondent Elie Mystal writes. And “on Wednesday, Roberts and his cabal of […]

The True Threat to Democracy

Elie v. U.S. Elie Mystal May 01, 2026 I’ve spent most of the last 48 hours doomscrolling through people’s reactions to the destruction of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court. The people I follow most regularly have split into predictable camps. There are people like me […]

Office Hours at the Border of Metaphor

By Aleksey Bastavenko Professor Davidor had drawn the map again. It was not a map in the conventional sense—no scale, no legend, no cities—but a moral topography: a small circle labeled DAVID and, looming beside it, a larger shape labeled GOLIATH. The coastline was suspiciously tidy. The arrows, […]

Ernest Renan’s Aristocratic Dream

The Oligarchy of Intelligence vs. the Tyranny of Stupidity Antoine Dresse and Arktos Journal Apr 27, 2026 Antoine Dresse (“Ego Non”) rescues Ernest Renan from the reductive clichés that have long obscured his thought, whether as militant anticlerical or proto-civic nationalist. The real Renan, Dresse argues, was a […]

Just Looking…

Welcome to “Just Looking,” the Review’s new newsletter dedicated exclusively to visual art. Our annual Art Issue is now arriving on newsstands and in mailboxes, and on the very last page you’ll find “At the Galleries,” our brand-new column. At a rocky moment for art criticism, “At the […]

The Reluctant Architect of Rights

American Leviathan George Mason and the argument that saved the Constitution Apr 30, 2026 At the Constitutional Convention, most delegates wanted closure. Agreement. Finality. They’d spent four long months in hot, humid Philadelphia, hammering out compromises and trying to fashion the Declaration’s promises and framework into a workable […]

Whoopsy Daisy!

    Sponsored by Classical Pursuits No sooner had the printing press been invented than the typo appeared. For the NYR Online this week, Jo Livingstone visits an exhibition of errata slips, publishers’ sometimes humble, sometimes proud, occasionally sarcastic, and surprisingly poetic acknowledgments of mistake(s) in their already printed […]

Fauci Aide Charged

Fauci Aide Charged Plus: A dicey FISA reauthorization, kingly quips about burning down the White House, the world’s narrowest tax breaks, and more… CHRISTIAN BRITSCHGI Hello and welcome to the Reason Roundup, a weekday, morning newsletter from Liz Wolfe. Liz is out on temporary leave, which means you’ll […]

Russia Tucks Tail in Mali

Soon, new post emails from this creator will come from a new sender address peterzeihan@creator.patreon.com, as part of improvements to how creators’ emails via Patreon show up in your inbox. Listen now Russia Tucks Tail in Mali || Apr. 29, 2026 Peter Zeihan May 6, 2026 · Peter […]

Who’s Gouging California’s Drivers?

April 29, 2026 Dear Readers, In the most recent televised California gubernatorial debate, candidates were pressed on how they would lower gas prices for struggling residents. While the stage was filled with promises and finger-pointing, Craig Eyermann had already anticipated the politicians’ “go-to” line of reasoning: with a […]

Salt Lake Doom

Sponsored by Brandeis University Press   Today in The New York Review of Books: Rosa Lyster watches the world’s salt lakes dry up; Bijan Stephen listens to Beverly Glenn-Copeland; Clare Bucknell goes down the pedant’s rabbit hole; Max Norman visits a Eugène Atget exhibit; a poem by Fiona […]

How High

How High Plus: FISA reauthorization passes the House, a very capitalist museum, escalation in the redistricting wars, and more… CHRISTIAN BRITSCHGI Hello and welcome to the Reason Roundup, a weekday, morning newsletter from Liz Wolfe. Liz is out on temporary leave, which means you’ll hear from other Reason […]

4/30/26: Trump Orders Indefinite Blockade, Iran Lego AI Trolling, Dave Smith On Trump Losing & MORE!

Krystal and Saagar discuss Trump orders indefinite blockade, US tries to collapse Iran economy, Trump delusional bet on oil, Tim Dillon rips US losing narrative war, Dave Smith on Trump humiliation, actor speaks out on Ellison Hollywood merger. Dave Smith: https://x.com/ComicDaveSmith?s=20 Indya Moore:   / indyamoore   Rory Johnston: https://www.commoditycontext.com/ Timestamps: […]

Keith Preston: Toward Multipolar Neo-Globalism via Neo-Globalist Finance Capital

Analyst Keith Preston discusses global power structures positing that the world is transitioning from a US-led unipolar system toward multipolar neo-globalism where regional blocs are integrated through transnational financial and technological systems. Preston argues that true authority resides in institutional wealth—exemplified by entities like BlackRock—rather than elected heads […]

U.S., Iran remain deadlocked over blockade; Lebanese aid workers killed in Israeli “double tap“; Over half of South Sudan’s population faces acute hunger

Drop Site Daily: April 29, 2026 Drop Site News Apr 29, 2026 President Trump weighs extended Iran blockade, WSJ reports. Iran tells UN it has right to counter U.S. “state-sponsored piracy.” U.S. sanctions 35 individuals and entities over Iran “shadow banking.” Iranian rial drops to record low. World […]

Say their names

Repro Nation Monthly | April 2026 Turiya Tomlin-Randall, Shanette Williams, and April Newkirk gathered recently in Atlanta to highlight the consequences of abortion bans since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in June 2022. Most media outlets have moved on—but we haven’t Hey, Repro Nation readers, […]