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Keith Preston

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The latest in Main Street conservative news View this email in your browser Dear Reader,We call this Friday Good. The offices of The American Conservative are closed today as we remember Christ’s Passion and look forward to celebrating his Resurrection. Assistant editor John Hirschauer has written a reflection […]

How the Deep State Took Down Nixon

Nathan Pinkoski April 6, 2023 Photo: AP In conventional histories, Richard Nixon’s impeachment is remembered as a triumph of good government. Nixon is viewed as a corrupt politician whose unconstitutional schemes threatened the republic, while his opponents are seen as defenders of the Constitution. This narrative, written by […]

Eat Me, MSNBC

Reviewing the last six years at the network that claims now to be concerned with integrity and accuracy: Matt Taibbi 6 hr ago I’m going to be interviewed on MSNBC today by Mehdi Hasan, the author of a book called Win Every Argument. I’m looking forward to it […]

4/6/23: Maddow Refuses To Broadcast Trump Live, Petrodollar Collapsing, Ukraine Open To Negotiations, West Admits Nordstream Coverup, Trump Major Cash Flow, NPR Labeled US State Media, Don Lemon’s Psycho Behavior, Feds Inside Proud Boys, Millions Flee Coastal Cities, New Chicago Mayor

Krystal and Saagar discuss Rachel Maddow refusing to broadcast Trump’s speech live, the Petrodollar collapsing with new China deals, Ukraine open to negotiating with Russia, the West admitting the Nordstream bombing coverup, Russia’s dire warning after Finland officially joins NATO, Trump swamping the competition in fundraising dollars, Twitter […]

Ex-Urbia

By Joel Kotkin “Town and country must be married and out of this joyous union will spring a new hope, a new life, a new civilization.” — Ebenezer Howard, 1898” All cities must evolve over time. Those that fail to do so end up, at best, like Venice, […]

Environmentalists Are China’s Useful Idiots

By Joel Kotkin In his drive to achieve absolute power, Vladimir Lenin could count on Western progressives and opportunist executives to serve as “useful idiots.” Today’s most prominent Communist, China’s Xi Jinping, can count on similar help, this time from the West’s environmentalist, corporate elites. Nowhere is this […]

The New Great Game

By Joel Kotkin The Western response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine is widely seen as a sign of a reinvigorated alliance of democracies against authoritarianism. Even historically anti-war publications like the Guardian speak volubly about the West’s heroic “defense of liberty.” Raising concerns about petty issues like […]

The Rich Are Eating Themselves

By Joel Kotkin Beware of plutocrats bearing gifts. The annual clown show at Davos epitomises how today, the global elites have embraced an unholy trinity of ‘progressive’ doctrines: climate-change apocalypticism, a belief in systemic racism and racial ‘equity’, and radical gender ideology. The super-rich hope that by genuflecting […]

Race and State

By Joel Kotkin The upcoming ruling by the US Supreme Court on racial preferences is certain to ignite yet another divisive debate about whether or not a person’s ethnic heritage should determine their treatment by the state and major institutions. After steady progress towards “race-blind” governance, the notion […]

The Great Awokening as a Global Phenomenon

The striking synchronicity with which Great Awokening terminology increased in news media worldwide David Rozado 12 hr ago I have documented previously a post-2010 sharp increase of words used to denounce prejudice (i.e. racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, etc) in US and UK news media content. Some have […]

Taiwan Loses Honduran Support to China

by Peter Zeihan on April 6, 2023 Today’s rainbow is brought to you by Wanaka, New Zealand. For those following Chinese relations, you’ve probably heard that Honduras just dropped its recognition of Taiwan to establish ties with mainland China. President Tsai responded with a trip to Central America […]

Work-life balance battle

 View in browser Subscribe April 6, 2023 Hello, Insiders. Everyone’s talking about Ben Affleck’s new movie “Air,” which recounts how Nike signed Michael Jordan. So I wanted to highlight some of our reporting on the footwear giant, from Matthew Kish’s report on graphic employee surveys that rocked the […]

ChatGPT Has a Big Privacy Problem

ChatGPT Has a Big Privacy Problem Matt Burgess Italy’s recent ban of Open AI’s generative text tool may just be the beginning of ChatGPT’s regulatory woes. READ The 45 Best Shows on Netflix Right Now From “Naoki Urasawa’s Monster” to “Lost in Space,” these are our picks for […]

Exiting the Vampire Castle

We need to learn, or re-learn, how to build comradeship and solidarity instead of doing capital’s work for it by condemning and abusing each other. This doesn’t mean, of course, that we must always agree – on the contrary, we must create conditions where disagreement can take place […]

Building the Anti-Russian Alliance

View this email in your browser Building the Anti-Russian Alliance by Peter Zeihan on April 5, 2023 Today’s video comes to you from Doubtful Sound in Fiordland National Park. The European space has historically been disconnected. Between geographical barriers, neutral countries, and bloody history, that shouldn’t come as […]

Boomer homebuying bonanza

 View in browser Subscribe April 5, 2023 Hello, Insiders. I’m Jennifer H. Cunningham, the editor in chief of Insider’s news division. Yesterday, the eyes of the world turned to a New York City courtroom, where former President Donald Trump was arraigned on 34 felony counts of falsifying business […]