By Tess Riley, The Guardian Just 100 companies have been the source of more than 70% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1988, according to a new report. The Carbon Majors Report (pdf) “pinpoints how a relatively small set of fossil fuel producers may hold the key […]
By Dr. Michael Robillard “Universities are madrassas for woke stupidity.” -James Delingpole When I first encountered the discipline of Philosophy as an undergraduate at West Point some twenty years ago, I was put into a state of awe. Encountering the ideas of Plato and Aristotle, Kant and Hume, […]
Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald criticized top military officials for politicizing the armed forces and the media praising them on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’
–Caller wonders if the far left is turning away centrists from voting for Democrats
“Terrorist” is a label that only applies to people that are engaged in violence. –Voicemail caller asks why the Trumpist Q types aren’t considered terrorists by law enforcement
A pretty good takedown of Republican scamsters.
Middle East Eye An Israeli Knesset member has called for the killing of couples involved in mixed marriages during a speech in parliament. Yitzhak Pindrus is a member of the United Torah Judaism, an ultra-Orthodox party that believes in a homogenous Jewish state and society. He called for […]
By Robert Hunziker, Counterpunch The news does not get much worse than a recent scientific report that the planet is trapping twice as much heat as it did only 14 years ago. If this one report does not turn heads and create a sense of panic to get […]
By Lucien Van Der Walt ABSTRACT The historiography of the socialist movement in South Africa remains dominated by the interpretations developed by Communist Partywriters, and this is particularly true of the left before Communism. This article defines the key arguments of Communist writers regarding the left in the […]
Can the Libertarian Party (L.P.) become “a major contender that consistently wins elections?” If the organization’s dismal, 50-year track record in winning elections isn’t discouraging enough, now the L.P. is in disarray after its chairman and two members of its national committee resigned in the wake of an […]
It’s really interesting how history repeats itself it’s almost eerie how similar the 2020s is playing out compared to the 1920s. Rising support for socialism, increasing disparity in wealth, labor movements, and strikes gaining traction. Let’s just hope the 2030s turns out better than the 1930s.
When the police are militarized, they are already a standing army, deployed on American streets. Unconstitutional for over 100 years.
I’m sure a lot of folks were hoping.
Krystal and Saagar mourn the passing of American hero Sen. Mike Gravel who will be missed dearly.
Team Rising reacts to Right Wing Watch’s temporary suspension from YouTube.
Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky react to Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson’s claims that the NSA is spying on him.
Israeli President Rivlin speaks to the media outside the White House after his meeting with President Biden on Monday.
Team Rising debates whether or not New York prosecutors will pursue tax-related charges against Donald Trump and the Trump administration.
President of Families Against Mandatory Minimums, Kevin Ring, discusses the story of Gwen Levi, the woman who was sent back to jail for not answering her phone.
Sara Nelson, President of the International Association of Flight Attendants, discusses airline staff shortages and ongoing plane mask mandates.
Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky react to Sen. Bernie Sanders latest pushback in the infrastructure negotiations.
Candace Owens strikes me as something of a con artist but I greatly suspect she is correct about the federalized policing bit. ‘Candace’ podcast host says the Democrats are winning while everyone focuses on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight.’ #FoxNews #Tucker
Krystal Ball exposes the hypocrites on the left and right on the issue of cancel culture.
Matt Stollers joins the show to analyze the latest Facebook anti-trust decision alongside Krystal and Saagar.
Saagar Enjeti informs viewers on how Carl Sagan predicted the friendship crisis in America
Krystal and Saagar cover the decision by Bernie Sanders to put a tax break for the rich in his budget
Krystal and Saagar break down the extent to which BlackRock controls the US Government
Krystal and Saagar separate fact from fiction when it comes to the covid unemployment benefits.
Krystal and Saagar go over the unilateral decision made by Joe Biden to bomb Syria once again.
The Mindcrime liberty show discusses whether children are overrated with respect to different political groups and outlooks. Why do so many political/social movements across the spectrum seem to be about defending or doing things “for the children.” Are they really doing it for the children or their own […]
Krystal and Saagar examine the airstrikes in Syria, pandemic unemployment benefits, BlackRock’s power over the US government, tax cuts on the wealthy, the life of the late Sen. Mike Gravel, cancel culture hypocrisy, America’s friendship crisis, Facebook’s monopoly power, and more! You can now watch the video from […]
I disagree with this author’s claim that Marxism is what is driving the alleged “far-left” in the US, just as I disagree that the alleged “far-right” is driven by fascism. Actual Marxists are rare in US political culture (as are actual fascists). While there are Maoist-like tendencies on […]
A pretty good discussion of why totalitarian humanism and its derivatives are dangerous. Right now, US political culture faces three primary authoritarian dangers. The most immediate is the consolidation of a totalitarian humanist regime by the Center, and the use of inherited anti-crime and anti-terrorism laws to repress […]
By John Gertz Scientific American SETI, as a modern astronomical endeavor, dating to 1959 (first paper) and 1960 (first observation). Modern UFO sightings date to the late 1940s. Though superficially similar, the two fields in practice have had virtually nothing to do with one another. SETI usually requires […]
By Lucien van der Walt This paper examines the development of anarchism and syndicalism in early twentieth-century Cape Town, South Africa, drawing attention to a crucial but neglected chapter of labor and left history. Central to this story were the anarchists in the local Social Democratic Federation (SDF), […]
An interesting point the speaker makes is that surges in right-wing terrorism tend to accompany international warfare. Whenever the US is waging a major war internationally, a surge in right-wing violence tends to follow. However, I would argue that the main authoritarian danger from the right-wing is not […]
By Jonathan Karl, The Atlantic In the final months of the administration, the doggedly loyal attorney general finally had enough. Donald Trump is a man consumed with grievance against people he believes have betrayed him, but few betrayals have enraged him more than what his attorney general did […]
This latest bit of dumbassery from Dave Rubin provides a great context for me to explain why I am not a Republican. Some of Dave’s interviews have been interesting. I used to like his show. But over time he’s just become a Republican brown noser. He reminds me […]
By Martin Pengelly, The Guardian Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has dismissed comments in which the Georgia Republican extremist Marjorie Taylor Greene called her a “little communist” and said she should be locked up, tweeting: “First of all, I’m taller than her.” Greene is a far-right congresswoman and controversialist who was […]
By Paula Bolyard, PJ Media Former CIA Director John Brennan let the cat out of the bag during an MSNBC appearance Wednesday, saying that the Biden administration is laser-focused on rooting out “insurgency movements” in the U.S., cracking down on pernicious malefactors like (gasp!) libertarians. No, really. READ […]
By Casey Chalk, The American Conservative As a U.S. Army medic in the early 1970s, my father worked with wounded veterans who were suffering from what we would now call Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. At the time, so my dad told me, many of these PTSD victims were heavily […]
The US has a two-tiered and multi-dimensional class system that largely pits unionized public sector workers against private-sector workers, and highly skilled blue/white-collar workers against the low-skilled, unskilled, or unemployed. It’s one of the main reasons why the “free market vs welfare statist” and “unions vs right to […]
By Cyrus Farivar NBC News “It would be difficult to introduce a single thing and it causes crime to go down,” one expert said. When the Westland Real Estate Group bought Liberty Village, a sprawling 1,000-unit apartment complex on the northeastern edge of Las Vegas nearly two years […]
By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News The war in Afghanistan has looked a lot like the war on drugs in Latin America and previous colonial campaigns in Asia, with a rapid militarization of the area and the empowerment of pliant local elites. AFGHANISTAN — The COVID-19 pandemic has been […]
By Mel Leonor, Richmond Times-Dispatch Kisare Bundy had been on probation for most of his adult life when, at 22, a marijuana possession charge sent him to prison for just under a decade. An ounce and a half in his car toppled his probation status, altering the course […]
Trita Parsi, Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky discuss President Biden ordering airstrikes in Syria and Iraq.
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds 23 percent of voters say crime in their area has gotten worse in the past year as President Biden rolls out a plan to address the rise in violence. Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky discuss. This survey was […]
Ryan Grim breaks down the history of MSM’s coverage, or lack thereof, of the climate crisis.
Author, Matt Stoller, explains why Congress voted to break up Big Tech.
White House reporter for The Hill, Alex Gangitano, discusses newly released intelligence documents on UFOs.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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