A critique of David Graeber By David A. Bell “The Dawn of Everything” has been hailed as a masterpiece. But a careful reading of its look at the Enlightenment exposes concerning mistakes. “What if everything you learned about human history is wrong?” This is the way The New […]
“There are two types of people in Congress. Performance artists, and legislators.” Dan Crenshaw did an ad for Kelly Loeffler parachuting in like he was a navy seal
By Michael Loadenthal The Prosecution Project Since the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 by Minneapolis police and the resulting waves of protests nationwide, tPP has fielded many requests to help provide a count of resulting felony cases. The early summer protests, riots, and sporadic uprisings […]
Give her a fair hearing. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, along with Rep. Matt Gaetz, Rep. Paul Gosar and Rep. Louie Gohmert held a press conference Tuesday to call on justice for the detainees of the January 6th Capitol attack.
When you know a lot about a topic the media are discussing you realise how terrible they are at reporting the truth
By Samuel Goldman The Week “Remain in Mexico” is back. Despite efforts by the Biden administration to end the policy, formally known as Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), a federal judge in Texas ruled proper steps have not been taken to shut it down. As of Monday, some migrants who […]
By Damon Linker The Week We have many ways to describe the turbulent character of the political present: the populist moment, democratic backsliding, the authoritarian turn. But if a new analysis of global trends in public opinion from the Pew Research Center is correct, it might be more […]
By Brigid Kennedy The Week Many things have changed since former President Donald Trump left office, and his strategy for endorsing political candidates is no exception; in fact, the ex-commander in chief’s 2022 endorsements are “earlier, bolder, and more dangerous than when he was president,” argues FiveThirtyEight. As for the […]
This talk by Caleb Maupin, given in January 2021, provides an excellent overview of US politics, including an examination of different ruling class factions, with Kamala Harris representing the currently dominant faction, why Trumpism is a fraud, and why the Left is a gross failure. Caleb is basically […]
Jeffrey Epstein seems to have made his money as a “pimp to the elite” while masquerading as a “financier.” Maxwell was obviously his connection to the Israelis, apparently through her father. High-ranking Israeli officials were among his clients. It looks like that part of his operation was making […]
By Ben Feuerherd and Tamar Lapin New York Post Ghislaine Maxwell was once photographed rubbing Jeffrey Epstein’s feet on what appears to be his private jet — with her breasts spilling out of her skimpy top, according to new evidence released by federal prosecutors Wednesday. The raunchy photos […]
By Ben Feuerherd and Tamar Lapin New York One of Ghislaine Maxwell’s accusers claimed she once saw a photo of the British socialite “nude and pregnant” inside of Jeffrey Epstein’s Florida mansion. The woman, who testified using only her first name, Carolyn, was asked by defense attorneys at […]
Send Fuentes back to kindergarten. He needs to start over.
In a TV interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, actor Alec Baldwin said he never pulled the trigger of the gun that killed Rust’s director of photography and wounded the director. Here is visual proof that what he said could not possibly be true. He had to have his […]
By Daniel Engber The Atlantic Like it or not, the Omicron variant is already here, and it’s spreading fast. Just how bad will this get? Omicron’s explosive growth is a warning sign. We’re not back to where we were in early 2020, Sarah Zhang writes, but early data […]
Dr. Xavier Bonilla discusses how the term “LatinX” reveals Democrats’ bigger problem connecting with working-class voters.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave break down new details in the tragic high school shooting in Oxford, Michigan.
Host of Bad Faith Podcast, Briahna Joy Gray, reacts to viral video out of the White House press briefing room.
Kim Iversen details the new Novavax COVID-19 vaccine anticipated to hit the market soon.
Robby Soave further breaks down Jussie Smollett’s testimony while on trial for allegedly faking a hate crime.
Ryan Grim details the latest developments in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to Matt Gaetz’s comments indicating he believes should Republicans take back the House in 2022, that they will install former President Donald Trump as speaker.
Here we go. Another step toward Civil War Two. By ADAM BEAM, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With more than two dozen states poised to ban abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court gives them the OK next year, California clinics and their allies in the state Legislature […]
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll reveals almost half of all voters believe pandemic restrictions should increase in their area if Covid-19 hospitalizations tick up.
Kim Iversen breaks down yesterday’s testimony at Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial.
Krystal Ball gives her perspective on the memoir written by lifelong Clinton aide Huma Abedin that glorifies Hillary Clinton and reveals the soul-sucking nature of working in DC politics
Rhode Island state senator, Cynthia Mendes, explains the mission behind the #SleepOutRI protest.
Krystal and Saagar detail the tensions building in Ukraine as Biden meets with Putin and a combination of neocons and Russiagate war hawks gets excited about what could happen
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to the Biden administration’s diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Saagar Enjeti uncovers how Elon Musk and Tesla have been forced to cave to the demands of the Chinese Communist Party like many corporations looking to profit off China’s market
Robby Soave makes the case that schools should spend their COVID relief funding on measures that will kelp kids immediately, not in the abstract long term.
Krystal and Saagar outline the coming legal battle between Chris Cuomo and CNN after he was fired from his primetime spot on the network due to various scandals involving how he covered his brother
Ryan Grim details NSA whistleblower Reality Winner’s first television interview since her release from prison.
Krystal and Saagar talk to union organizer David Levin about the election of militant leadership to the Teamsters Union and what that could mean for the future of organized labor
Deputy opinion editor at Newsweek, Batya Ungar-Sargon, details why she believes so much of the country is willing to accept COVID-19 misinformation,
Krystal and Saagar break down everything you need to know about the vaccine mandate being imposed in NYC by outgoing Mayor Bill De Blasio in response to Omicron
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss Jussie Smollett’s testimony.
Krystal and Saagar examine the growth of conservative media alternatives now that Trump’s new media organization has launched and is getting investigated by regulators
Team Rising discusses whether military action is necessary to counter China’s influence in space.
Krystal and Saagar review the comprehensive polling data showing that hispanic voters are turned off by the term ‘latinx’ that has been introduced by activists to Democratic party politics
Walter Block correctly predicted the fragmentation of libertarianism when he wrote this back in 2010. By Walter Block, THE PRESENT PAPER DEFENDS the position of libertarian centrism, or libertarian purity (Gregory 2006), or plumb line libertarianism,1 vis-a-vis its two competitors for the libertarian mantle: left wing libertarianism and […]
By Mira Fox, Forward No one looks to porn for its great morals and upstanding behavior; even ethically-made porn, which ensures respect, safety and good pay for everyone on set, can depict BDSM scenes that (consensually!) hurt or humiliate the participants, which many people find troubling. Mainstream porn […]
This is an interesting body of analysis though the view of international relations expressed is a bit neoconnish. By Andrew Roberts Quillette How will the United States react domestically should she be dislodged from her role of global top-dog power by China? As well as the obvious economic […]
By Damon Linker, The Week America’s abortion precedents are a mess. They’re also as good as we’ll get. Even in our politically polarized time, abortion stands out as an issue uniquely defined by extremes. On one side, anti-abortion activists want the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade […]
By David Faris The Week Watching the almost certainly doomed negotiations between Iranian and European leaders in Vienna this month is to witness the real-time end of the effort to use diplomacy to short-circuit Tehran’s nuclear weapons program. When these talks inevitably collapse, they will entomb decades of delusion and […]
Krystal and Saagar talk about the new NYC covid mandate, Chris Cuomo’s legal battle with CNN, conservative media’s growth, Ukraine tensions, Dems failing with Latinos, Huma Abedin’s time in Clinton world, Elon Musk caving to China, Teamsters for a Democratic Union, and more! Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Support TDU: https://www.tdu.org/ […]
By Tom O’Connor, Newsweek As crises mount over Ukraine and Taiwan, an unprecedented bond between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping has allowed the United States’ two top rivals to force President Joe Biden into a two-front crisis that could spread his administration too thin […]
This interview with Yarvin, the de facto intellectual leader of the “neo-reactionaries,” is interesting but it also demonstrates the limitations of that milieu. What Yarvin offers here is a high-quality and reasonably accurate analysis of the socio-cultural and political role of the technocratic class, or what has been […]
By Alex Ballingall Toronto Star OTTAWA—It was brisk and overcast on Parliament Hill this week when a small group from the distant First Nation of Attawapiskat presented a letter to two Liberal cabinet ministers charged with Indigenous affairs. Less than a decade ago, Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence staged a […]
By Brigid Kennedy The Week An ex-Washington, D.C. National Guard official has accused two senior Army leaders of both lying to Congress and secretly attempting to “rewrite the history of the military’s response to the Capitol riot” in a report he believes worthy of “the best Stalinist or […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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