By Samuel Goldman The Week Did you hear that the U.N. General Assembly voted last week to remove Russia from the Human Rights Council? You’d be forgiven if not. President Biden praised the decision as “historic” and a “meaningful step by the international community.” But it barely cracked […]
By Grayson Quay The Week Pakistan’s parliament ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan with a vote of no confidence on Sunday, potentially bringing a peaceful and orderly end to a political standoff many feared would result in Khan’s arrest or a military coup, Al Jazeera reports. The vote was […]
NYU Shanghai professor, Rodrigo Zeidan, details his experience with the city’s Covid-19 lockdown and ongoing food shortages.
Julia Manchester and Philip Wegmann discuss Governor Ron DeSantis’s 2024 prospects.
Robby Soave breaks down the aquitall of individuals accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020.
Kim Iversen discusses the “”defeat the mandates”” rally held in Los Angeles over the weekend.
Kim Iversen and Robby Soave discuss the latest NATO arms export to Ukraine.
Journalist Amber Athey recounts her firing from a radio hosting gig for a joke she made about Kamala Harris’s State of the Union outfit.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave answer Rising viewers’ questions.
MSNBC host Ali Velshi claims to be a peacenik, but you wouldn’t know it from recent statements he’s made on the air and on Twitter. Velshi even got into something of a tiff with The Greyzone’s Aaron Maté on Twitter after demanding that he United States send armed […]
Katie Halper reacts to President Zelensky’s comments that he envisions post-war Ukraine that looks more like Israel than Switzerland.
US Government officials have revealed that, in an effort to counter Russian propaganda, the United States has been issuing propaganda of its own about Russia, Vladimir Putin and events in Ukraine. It’s a stunning admission from an administration that has consistently pushed the line that Russia is the […]
The Week: NEW Report Backs LAB LEAK, Big Bank Predicts RECESSION, US ADMITS To Ukraine PROPAGANDA
Krystal and Kyle Kulinski of Krystal Kyle & Friends discuss the decision by Russia to censor Breaking Points and ban the show from being shown to the Russian people through Spotify
The Lever’s David Sirota describes the Big Tech lobbying effort to stop Congress from regulating Amazon.
Krystal and Saagar bring in Matt Stoller who gives his latest BIG Breakdown on how corporate power was unleashed by government enforcers and the new generation of regulators who are trying to reign them in
What an entertaining relationship this must be lmao
Author of the Vulgar Marxism newsletter, Matthew Thomas, previews his own reporting on the meager wages some progressive New York politicians pay their own staff.
Krystal and Saagar look at the statistics on how much influence Tucker Carlson has over his audience when it comes to their views on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Kyle: this is not going to get political. Everyone else: so that was a lie…
Max Alvarez and Pamela Denise Long discuss media echo chambers and partisanship.
Krystal and Saagar are joined by author and energy expert Meredith Angwin to better understand the benefits of nuclear power and why the talking points against it fall flat
Has Megyn forgot all about when SHE was a snot nose kid?? Now she’s a snot nose adult, it should be relatable.
Colin Rogero and Inez Stepman discuss the new March jobs report and consider how President Joe Biden should address inflation.
Krystal and Saagar look at the New York Times’ recent business decisions that highlight their attempts to expand their subscriber base beyond the rich white liberal boomers who the publication caters to
20 years ago these were SNL parodies. Now they are actual Republican campaign commercials
Emily Jashinsky discusses the future of Republican efforts to nail Hunter Biden for his foreign business dealings.
Krystal and Saagar are joined by journalist for THE LEVER and elsewhere Adam Lowenstein to better understand how BlackRock will profit off climate change as part of the larger ESG scam
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave react to reporting that U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy personally profited off of the Biden administration’s free Covid-19 distribution plan.
CNN is like a sheltered trust fund baby being forced to compete in the real world for the first time and realizing they’re not about that life.
Krystal and Saagar review the statistics on corporate profits skyrocketing much higher than the inflation surge as workers get left to dry and some cannot pay their bills
Welcome to another episode of conversations with Coleman. My guest today is Briahna Joy Gray. Briahna was the national press secretary for Bernie Sanders and his 2020 campaign. Before that, she was a columnist and Senior Politics Editor at The Intercept. Her work has also appeared in many […]
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley There are few places on this wretched ball of shit we call earth that could benefit more from the concept of neutrality than the territory currently classified as Ukraine. For centuries these fields and forests have been the […]
Krystal and Saagar answer your questions about the one year anniversary, basics on unions, Breaking Points drinking game, an actual America First movement, synthesizing the news, and more! To ask a question, go to the Breaking Points AMA page here: https://breakingpoints.supercast.tech… Timestamps: One Year: 0:00 – 3:59 Unions: […]
Another great piece from Mike Lind. “Cold War Two” amounts to West vs. East in the geopolitical realm, Wokeism vs. Traditionalism in the cultural realm, and digital capitalism vs industrial capitalism in the economic realm. Domestic political conflict amounts to the same thing: Urban cosmopolitan centers vs Main […]
From the Center for Political Innovation Conference.
Todd Lewis will be joined by Caleb Maupin for a revisiting of his predictions made about breadtube and imperialism especially in light of the current war with Russia and the Ukraine. I had Caleb as a quest 8 months ago to discuss his book Breadtube Serves Imperialism. Recent […]
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave react to reporting that U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy personally profited off of the Biden administration’s free Covid-19 distribution plan. Emily Jashinsky discusses the future of Republican efforts to nail Hunter Biden for his foreign business dealings. Colin Rogero and Inez Stepman discuss […]
Krystal and Saagar discuss BlackRock’s climate profiteering, MSNBC shakeup, corporate profits, nuclear energy, Tucker’s influence, NYT audience, Kamala’s incoherent answers, Elon’s Twitter play, and corporate mergers with Matt Stoller!
By Keith Preston The Russian war in Ukraine has accelerated the rising trend toward multipolarity (or even a multi-order order) within international relations. The Western retaliatory sanctions against Russia have pushed the BRICS nations and their economic allies closer together. The conventional wisdom is that the 21st century […]
Keith, Swithun, Terminal Philosophy, and Todd Lewis will discuss the possible European future of a Federal Europe; especially in light of Germany’s new 100 billion Euro defense budget and renewed interest in an EU army.
By Layli Faroudi, Reuters PARIS, April 4 (Reuters) – Opinion polls point to the far-right’s Marine Le Pen as the main challenger to President Emmanuel Macron’s re-election, in a repeat of the 2017 match. Le Pen has shifted her campaign focus to purchasing power, the number one priority […]
By Noah Millman, The Week Ketanji Brown Jackson could be the last liberal SCOTUS appointment for the foreseeable future. With her confirmation vote on Thursday, Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court, the first Justice to have served as a […]
By Damon Linker The Week In a recent column about the landslide victory for Viktor Orban’s Fidesz Party in Hungary’s election last Sunday, I warned Western liberals and progressives against attributing the outcome entirely to electoral mischief and media manipulation by the incumbent. The truth is that the […]
This week, author and organizer Daisy Pitkin joins KK&F to break down the Amazon Labor Union’s thrilling win — but also to give us a sense of what comes next and what this victory means for workers attempting to keep up the momentum of unionization at Amazon, Starbucks, […]
Krystal and Saagar talk about the Amazon labor union, media manipulation, Starbucks workers, Elon’s Twitter play, regime change failures, Obama humiliating Biden, Chris Smalls’ next steps, and more! Matt Taibbi: https://taibbi.substack.com/ Amazon Labor Union: https://www.amazonlaborunion.org/donate/ Timestamps: Amazon Labor Union: 0:00 – 18:01 Media: 18:02 – 26:03 Christian Smalls: […]
Discussing Utopian Anarchism, Non-Violent Communication, and Communal Living with Parenthesis Eye!
Answering some of your questions.
By John Agar | jagar@mlive.com Defense attorney says Gov. Whitmer was ‘never in any real danger’ Gov. Whitmer kidnap case crashes: ‘Conspiracy that just never was,’ attorney says Gov. Whitmer’s office warns lack of accountability in kidnapping plot will embolden extremists GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A federal jury […]
The most sweeping account of how neoliberalism came to dominate American politics for nearly a half century before crashing against the forces of Trumpism on the right and a new progressivism on the left. The epochal shift toward neoliberalism-a web of related policies that, broadly speaking, reduced the […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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