By Shivshankar Menon Foreign Affairs Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has provoked outrage and unleashed a barrage of economic sanctions from many Western governments. Some, such as Germany, have boosted their military spending after years of riding on American coattails. In these actions, certain analysts have found a silver […]
Tom Woods Show The great Paul Gottfried, who holds a Ph.D. in history from Yale and is editor of Chronicles magazine, joins me for a wide-ranging discussion that begins by contemplating whether we should go so easy on the voters, or whether they’re in fact getting precisely what they […]
By Andrew Romano West Coast Correspondent, Yahoo News According to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll, more than three-quarters of Republicans (76%) support Florida’s controversial new “Don’t Say Gay” measure, which seeks to silence any discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity in public elementary school classrooms by allowing […]
By Thuy Linh Tu, New York Times Ms. Tu, a professor of social and cultural analysis at New York University, moved from South Vietnam to Connecticut as a child not long after the fall of Saigon. My dad’s American dream was made of aluminum. Not that he would […]
By Luke Carberry Mogan Yahoo Finance Republican-leaning states tend to be more reliant on federal funding, according to a recent study from WalletHub. The analysis looked at the return on taxes paid to the federal government, the share of federal jobs, and federal funding as a share of […]
By Andrew Korybko, One World Global Think Tank Everyone is trying to figure out who exactly President Putin is and what he’s trying to achieve. Many of his opponents and even quite a lot of his foreign supporters alike have regularly misportrayed him as a strongman who’s obsessed […]
By Simon Springer If anarchism is a spirit, it is the spirit of revolt. For those unfamiliar with the actual content of anarchism or the enabling possibilities of revolt this statement might appear doubly negative. Just as so much of the contemporary discourse surrounding anarchism is framed by […]
By Caitlin Johnstone British politician and broadcaster George Galloway has made headlines in the UK with his threat to press legal action against Twitter for designating his account “Russia state-affiliated media”, a label which will now show up under his name every time he posts anything on the […]
By Josué Michels The Trumpet Warfare is becoming increasingly complex and dangerous. Few understand the ramifications. Germany’s former foreign minister Heiko Maas warned in 2021 of developments in artificial intelligence (AI) that have led to a new kind of arms race. Beyond AI, technological supremacy in general will […]
Krystal and Saagar cover the return of Barack Obama to the White House and how particular comments he made and the star treatment he received humiliated President Biden
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave lament the euthanization of a rabid fox that terrorized Capitol Hill.
Krystal and Saagar take a look at the comments made by President Biden in support of the Amazon Labor Union that the administration soon walked back in a rapid flip flop
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to news that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has Covid-19.
Krystal and Saagar are joined once again by veteran journalist Matt Taibbi who lays out the reasons why regime change has failed before and will fail again if America tries to topple Putin
“A news outlet that does not inform, inflames.” – Beau of the fifth column (Justin King)
Kim Iversen discusses the role of U.S. intelligence in manufacturing consent for intervention in the war in Ukraine.
Krystal and Saagar review the verified footage showing war crimes being committed by Ukrainian and Russian forces on the ground as the war in Ukraine rages on
Anyone remember when Starbucks used to pretend to be a left wing company?
Independent journalist Manny Marotta breaks down the conditions on the ground in Ukraine and reacts to the Biden administration’s latest round of sanctions against Russia.
Krystal and Saagar highlight comments made by longtime public intellectual Noam Chomsky on the war in Ukraine and the possible consequences of escalation with Russia.
He’s not wrong though, but he should have expanded it. Rupert Murdoch has a massive influence on American, British and Australian media and political discourse. He owns about 70% of Australian print media and a significant amount of television media as well. by definition that is not good […]
Political journalist Rebecca Azor, Ryan Grim, and Robby Soave discuss renewed tensions at the southern border.
Krystal and Saagar dive into the investigative reporting over the past few months documenting the rampant fraud, corruption, and lies at the heart of the Black Lives Matter organization that has become a vehicle for Clintonworld & corporate America
“Voting for Biden is like eating poop.” I mean was she wrong?
Ryan Grim breaks down a group of pro-Israel Democrats’ efforts to sabotage the Biden administration’s efforts to negotiate a new nuclear deal with Iran.
Krystal details the additional indicators warning of a recession that have Wall Street banks panicking as the Fed tries to use its monetary policy tools to curb the rampant inflation in the economy
I want to see the police officer’s face as they had to write this report (if the officer even took it seriously).
Robby Soave criticizes journalist Judd Legum’s reporting on a leaked internal email from the Koch family’s Stand Together foundation.
Krystal and Saagar break down the numbers that have come in showing the failed launch of CNN+ despite the company spending over 100 million dollars on the network’s streaming service
When he said “Amazon, here we come”, he was referring to all of his staffers who intend on getting positions at Amazon after they leave the White House.
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss the latest Covid-19 updates.
Saagar follows the money trail of failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams who has used her media generated fame to build large amounts of wealth in preparation for another run
I bet a part of him feels lucky to be near the end of his life naturally rather than having to live decades longer into this bleak future like many of us. Like the lady says at the end of the recent Extinction Rebellion video 2 weeks ago, […]
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to a Huffpost video depicting GOP lawmakers unable to answer the question asked to SCOTUS Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Krystal and Saagar react to the media’s pressure on White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki at the recent press briefing to escalate with Russia and start WW3
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss the latest Covid-19 updates. Robby Soave criticizes journalist Judd Legum’s reporting on a leaked internal email from the Koch family’s Stand Together foundation. Ryan Grim breaks down a group of pro-Israel Democrats’ efforts to sabotage the Biden administration’s efforts to negotiate a […]
LA Progressive More than 100 years after World War I, Europe’s leaders are sleepwalking toward a new all-out war. In 1914, the European governments believed that the war would last three weeks; it lasted four years and resulted in more than 20 million deaths. The same nonchalance is […]
By Peter Weber, The Week The Pentagon said Wednesday that Russian forces have completely withdrawn from near Kyiv and Chernihiv in northern Ukraine and are refitting in Belarus and Russia for probable eventual deployment to eastern Ukraine. “The withdrawal of Russian troops from the north around Kyiv wasn’t […]
The Signal Why is Disney suddenly at the center of such a fierce cultural fight in the U.S.? Carmenita Higginbotham on the newly polarizing politics of America’s most mainstream entertainment brand. David Everett Elites on the American right are in an intense conflict with an iconic American institution, the […]
Chapter 3 of “BreadTube Serves Imperialism” read by Sophia.
Krystal and Saagar look at the war crimes in Ukraine, media warmongering, Chomsky’s comments, Obama humiliating Biden, Amazon Labor Union updates, Black Lives Matter corruption, CNN+ pathetic numbers, Stacey Abrams grifting, more recession indications, and the case against regime change with Matt Taibbi! Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Matt Taibbi: https://taibbi.substack.com/ […]
Are the Russian’s retreating from Kyiv or was this the plan all along?
This is interesting. Taft Republicanism is definitely making a comeback, although some of these characters are more “neo-Know-Nothings” than Taftians. My take on NATO is that the European countries are collectively wealthier and more densely populated than the USA. It should be their responsibility to provide for their […]
By W. James Antle III The Week Colorado’s Democratic governor, Jared Polis, has acquired a reputation as a bipartisan bridge-builder. He was the only Democrat ranked in the top 10 of governors by the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council. He was praised for his relaxed attitude on COVID-19 […]
By Damon Linker, The Week Remember the Trump administration? I sometimes wonder if we do. Not the big moments — the corporate tax cut, the chummy meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, the insults to our NATO allies, the two impeachments, the insurrection on Jan. 6, […]
By Peter R. Quiñones Recently, a few people have asked what I believe the end game is for everything that’s happening now. Inflation, warmongering, educators grooming kindergartners – an endless stream of insanity that points to everything coming to a head. Soon. Some are predicting nuclear war. Is […]
By Caitlin Johnstone NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has announced that he expects NATO will be deepening its relationship with its “partners” in the Asia-Pacific because China has not condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “We see that China has been unwilling to condemn Russia’s aggression, and has joined […]
By Blair Taylor From Alterglobalization to Occupy Wall Street: Neoanarchism and the New Spirit of Capitalism The Research Group on Post-Growth Societies, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena Tuesday, September 29th This talk will present an overview of my doctoral research, which examines how political transformations within left social movements have helped […]
by Peter Zeihan on April 7, 2022 There has been a persistent argument made by Russia apologists – unwitting or otherwise – that Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine is the fault of the West. Or NATO. Or some combination, but with the United States ultimately bearing the brunt of responsibility. […]
By Caitlin Johnstone NBC News has a new report out citing multiple anonymous US officials, humorously titled “In a break with the past, U.S. is using intel to fight an info war with Russia, even when the intel isn’t rock solid“. The officials say the Biden administration has […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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