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Keith Preston

New York’s Panic-Room Boom

Everyone has their musts when looking for an apartment. I like a high floor and natural light. A friend refuses to live without a dishwasher. Bill Rigdon’s clients need a walk-in closet that can withstand nuclear fallout. “I’ve never been busier,” says Rigdon, who has been building panic […]

Where’d the rate cuts go?

May 1, 2024 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Halfway to the weekend! Stagecoach, or Coachella with cowboy hats, might have taken over your social media this weekend. Here’s how it’s become the new “it” festival. In today’s big story, what another delay to interest rate cuts […]

May Day Special

For the sake of the day, May Day, I will be doing a special episode. I have been working on for years, a unified theory of politics, history, and economics that explains the last two-hundred years. I have ended up taking the Hegelian composite approach whereby the thesis […]

A conversation with Kruptos on Collapse

I will be joined by Kruptos to discuss collapse. Expect a free-wheeling discussion ranging from the effects of collapse to the various stages collapse to what a post collapse future might look like. Locals: https://praiseoffolly.locals.com/ Twitter:   / pofpodcast   Telegram: t.me/PraiseOfFolly_1511 Facebook:   / praiseoffollypodcast   BuyMeACoffe: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/PraiseOf… Subscribe Star: https://www.subscribestar.com/PraiseO… Substack: https://substack.com/profile/40985862… […]

Protesters take down American flag at UNC — then chancellor personally restores it and makes courageous promise

Trending story May 01, 2024 Protesters take down American flag at UNC — then chancellor personally restores it and makes courageous promise The chancellor of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill personally helped reinstall the American flag on Tuesday after student protesters took it down.Anti-Israel protests at North […]

El Nino Sounds Off #4

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more   El Nino Speaks El Nino Sounds Off #4 0:00 4:16 El Nino Sounds Off #4 José Niño sounds off on Congress critters’ latest proposal to send military aid to Ukraine. May 1 READ IN APP Upgrade to paid Share Jose […]

Paul Krugman’s Magical Thinking

The standard-bearer for the “Voters are too dumb to understand the economy” movement takes an ironic stand against “magical thinking” Matt Taibbi May 02, 2024 ∙ Paid Last week, in “It’s Not Me, It’s You,’” I wrote about a booming new op-ed genre, the editorial that bashes hick […]

CIA confirms contractor in damning footage was employed by agency but denies his claims about the agency’s approach to Trump

Trending story May 02, 2024 CIA confirms contractor in damning footage was employed by agency but denies his claims about the agency’s approach to Trump James O’Keefe released hidden camera footage Wednesday of an undercover journalist’s troubling conversations with a Central Intelligence Agency contractor. The unsuspecting interviewee, Amjad […]

The Tucker Carlson Interview: Terminology Explained

by Alexander Dugin Arktos Journal May 01, 2024 Alexander Dugin discusses the nuances of political terms and their different interpretations between Russia and the United States, highlighting the challenges of concepts like ‘woke’ and ‘liberal’. The interview with Tucker Carlson has been hastily and somewhat inaccurately translated into […]

Cones of Interest

Sponsored by University of Chicago Press Our May 23 issue is now online, with Joanna Biggs on Madonna undaunted, Fintan O’Toole on Henrik Ibsen, Martin Filler on supertall skyscraper saturation, Timothy Garton Ash on the future of Germany, Pamela Druckerman on Jill Biden, Matthew Aucoin on a masterpiece of Finnish […]

Weaponized Bananas

Weaponized Bananas Plus: Ceasefire negotiations, Chinese regulators, American crime, and more… LIZ WOLFE Which side were you on in the allergy wars? Over at UCLA, the pro-Palestine protesters have reached peak Angeleno zoomer by figuring out how to be victimized by bananas. According to Twitter user Linda Mamoun (with video footage […]

Sign the petition: Netanyahu continues threats to invade the densely populated city in Gaza where over a million Palestinians have taken refuge

Israeli airstrikes are falling on Rafah1 as Netanyahu continues his threats to invade the densely populated city in Gaza where over a million Palestinians have taken refuge.2 This escalation would displace, kill, and cut off humanitarian aid like food and water to even greater numbers of Palestinians — […]

L.A. Beats NYC?

L.A. Beats NYC? Plus: Trump speaks at L.P. convention, Bill Ackman buys Zyn for the frat bros, Ukraine flagging, and more… LIZ WOLFE Who has better crazies? Last night, California law enforcement moved in to start clearing the pro-Palestine encampment of protesters at UCLA. Not to be outdone by […]

Advertising’s hottest asset

May 2, 2024 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Almost Friday! Hopefully, you have fun plans for the weekend. But even if you don’t, you can do better than jumping on the PowerPoint party trend. In today’s big story, we’re looking at the biggest topic at this […]

Alexander Dugin’s Eurasianism

by Constantin von Hoffmeister Constantin von Hoffmeister May 02, 2024 Constantin von Hoffmeister outlines Alexander Dugin’s theories of Eurasianism and multipolarity. Alexander Dugin pushes for a reconsideration of Eurasian values and identities distinct from those propagated by the West (such as uncontrolled mass immigration, extreme individualism, and bizarre […]

The Relief of Exile

Luke Dodson May 02, 2024 Last October, walking through London’s Hampstead Heath, Jasun Horsley and I discussed the strange sense of relief that one can feel after being ousted, exiled, or in modern terms, cancelled. My own personal experiences of this began during 2020, when so many social […]

Police & Thieves

Some inside news: The Long Game, The Signal’s first-ever print extra is now available—a limited-run magazine, exploring the new frontiers of the global conflict between authoritarian states and democratic life. The Long Game is a first for us—a print edition, a beautiful object, a new exploration of design […]

Ex-attorney for Daniels, McDougal says clients wanted to revive careers — and he never saw Trump’s signature on agreement

PM Edition May 2, 2024 TRENDING NOW Another Boeing-linked whistleblower dies suddenly CIA confirms contractor in damning footage was employed by agency but denies his claims about the agency’s approach to Trump MORE STORIES THAT MATTER How to block distractions on your phone Fraternity brothers protected the American […]

Fraternity brothers protected the American flag when protesters tried tearing it down — now donations are pouring in

Trending story May 02, 2024 Fraternity brothers protected the American flag when protesters tried tearing it down — now donations are pouring in Thousands of generous Americans are donating to North Carolina fraternity brothers for defending the American flag.On Tuesday, anti-Israel protesters at the University of North Carolina-Chapel […]