The warning that “the unimaginable has become every day in America” doesn’t read like metaphor anymore. Stuart says he lingered on that line from The Next Civil War, not because it shocked him, but because it so perfectly captured the way chaos has been absorbed into the ordinary. […]
Sep 19, 2025 Charlie Kirk is dead. Shot while speaking on a college campus for daring to exercise his right to freedom of speech. The regime will tell you this was the act of a lone gunman. A disturbed young man. A tragedy, yes, but not political. Don’t […]
A Collection of Poetry and Martyred Palestinian Poets Ahmad Ibsais Sep 17, 2025 As we head into two years of Israel’s Genocide of Gaza, more than 300 journalists, artists, intellectuals, and poets have been killed. They are among the over 200,000 Palestinians who have been murdered in the […]
Kevin Carson | Support this author on Patreon | September 14th, 2025 My Assessment When I wrote my original piece after the election and before Trump took office, I somewhat underestimated how rapid and extensive his power grabs would be. I very badly underestimated how incompetent he’d be […]
Scott speaks with Barbara F. Walter, professor at UC San Diego and author of How Civil Wars Start, about what the Charlie Kirk assassination reveals about America’s political future. They discuss how leaders exploit crises, why the U.S. is at higher risk of civil unrest, and how social […]
2015 Charleston church massacre: Dylann Roof killed nine Black parishioners in South Carolina. Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting: Three dead, nine injured in anti-abortion attack. San Bernardino terrorist attack: ISIS-inspired couple killed 14 at a holiday party. St. Cloud Crossroads Center knife attack: Somali refugee injured 10 in […]
By Aleksey Bashtavenko, Academic Composition When I first arrived in America in 1998, three images on television etched themselves into my memory: the chaos of The Jerry Springer Show, the impeachment of Bill Clinton with its infamous parsing of “the meaning of is,” and the bizarre arithmetic of […]
Trump’s attacks on our voting rights and elections have one goal: rig the 2026 midterms. Governors J.B. Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are warning about the prospect of Trump sending federal agents to intimidate voters at the polls after Trump’s military takeover of Democratic cities.1 Pam Bondi is demanding […]
“The great fear here is that American democracy will be undermined at its core.” John Mearsheimer joins Adam Boulton to discuss Russia-Ukraine, Israel-Gaza and the future of America.
The current peak in the number of assassinations has exceeded that of the 1960s Peter Turchin Sep 13, 2025 In this blog I usually don’t comment on events as they occur, because my focus is not on individual occurrences, but on broader societal trends. Also, our understanding of […]
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By Nicky Reid aka Comrader Exile in Happy Valley I’ve never been much of an opportunist when it comes to America because quite frankly, there is really very little to be optimistic about. A cursory glance at this nation’s history should be more than enough to prove that. […]
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, what does this precarious moment mean for American politics? UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers speaks to Thomas Chatterton Williams, author of ‘Summer of Our Discontent: The Age of Certainty and the Demise of Discourse’ about the eerie parallels between 2020 and 2025.
1990s–2010s (Old Model): one global hegemon (U.S.-led empire) vs. resistance from below. 2025 (New Model): multiple competing empires (U.S., China, Russia, EU, Gulf states, etc.) with decentralized enclaves of pan-secessionist resistance in all directions.
Unipolarity → Multipolarity Globalization → Deglobalization Neoliberalism → Populism/Industrial Policy Neoconnism → Post-Iraq fatigue & Great Power Rivalry Democratism → Democratic Crisis & Illiberal Models Rising Totalitarian Humanism → Contested in Global Culture Wars
This video is about the modern history of presidential power in the United States framed by the pardon of Richard Nixon and the soon-to-be second Trump term. I contend that there has been a concerted effort by the Republican Party to expand presidential power over the last 50 […]
Has Donald Trump just taken his biggest step yet towards authoritarian rule? Can America, and the Democrats, fight back before it’s too late? Is this the week that marks a true turning point for U.S. democracy? Join Katty Kay and Anthony Scaramucci as they answer all these questions […]
Kevin Carson | Support this author on Patreon | August 20th, 2025 Recently Beth, an online anarchist friend, commented that “people’s models for genocide are wrong.” Genocide “rarely looks like the Holocaust,” involving the killing of “thousands and millions in camps.” It’s more likely to result from “ordinary […]
Go to war in some faraway country for no obvious reason, slaughter a bunch of peasants, and then import their relatives into your cities and put them on welfare. That’s been the US government’s main occupation for 60 years. Auron MacIntyre explains how it works. Auron MacIntyre is […]
The United States, through USAID, not only supplied a big chunk of the world’s humanitarian aid, it also provided almost all of the logistical support for other aid organizations to deliver relief as well. Now in Sudan, where the state has disintegrated and millions of people are trying […]
Trump’s first year has been a triumph for autocracy in America. And it will last. Andrew Sullivan Aug 08, 2025 “If someone has the power of the presidency and also has the power to sue and take bribes, then he can do anything to anyone!” – Jesus, to […]
The FACT that the American empire is over is a very good thing for the world. The fact that democracy in the USA is ending is NOT good – for anyone.
Millions of Americans are living without access to healthcare, affordable food, safe housing, or basic security. We were one of them. We lived off-grid in rural Appalachia, doing everything “right” — working hard, living frugally, and still barely getting by. Eventually, we made a drastic choice: we left […]
How the US Empire won the Cold War and lost the world Krystal Kyle & Friends and Egor Kotkin Jul 29, 2025 Guest Op-Ed from Egor Kotkin. Support Egor’s work on Substack and Patreon. Follow him on Twitter and YouTube. As I have documented numerous examples of the […]
By Aleksey Bashtavenko Academic Composition In Average Is Over, economist Tyler Cowen makes an optimistic claim: Latino immigration to the United States not only strengthens the American economy, but also transmits liberal and democratic values back to Latin America. The idea is compelling. As immigrants live and work […]
American Leviathan Jul 19, 2025 Philosophy is not enough. Good ideas are not enough. White papers are not enough. People with good ideas and bad political organizing will almost always be beaten by bad people with good political organizing. What if we were to actually wed our good […]
Based on the viral essay “How We Live in the US is Not Normal” my upcoming book examines the toll of hyper-capitalism on Americans’ lives and what we can do about it Kirsten Powers Jul 10 ∙ Paid READ IN APP I am thrilled to announce that Harper […]
Unmaking the Leviathan Part V: Why I’m a Restorationist, Not a Conservative The professional Conservative class in DC loves to talk about how much they’ve conserved and how they’re a bulwark for our Constitutional traditions and… June 2025 Unmaking the Leviathan Part IV: Who Decides? Trump and the […]
A Fourth of July reflection from afar Kirsten Powers Jul 02, 2025 My relationship with the US lives in a complicated space—a love rooted not in blind allegiance but in recognition of what this country could be, measured against the reality of what it has become. I believe […]
In this in-depth interview, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and journalist Anne Applebaum joins us to discuss her latest book, Autocracy, Inc., a searing examination of the global alliance of autocratic regimes and the threats they pose to liberal democracies. Drawing from decades of reporting and research, Applebaum lays out […]
Jose Nino’s Digest Here is my most recent content for you ‘Politburo’ Ruled America During the Biden ‘Presidency’ – American Free Press By José Niño May 30, 2025americanfreepress.net See all of Jose Nino’s content
Trump, the ugly Anti-American, is bringing the US military to bear at home. Andrew Sullivan Jun 13, 2025 ∙ Paid Trump at Fort Bragg. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images) Reading Stephen Miller’s Twitter feed is a useful way to see the core motivations of the second Trump term. With […]
Once a regime starts to send people to concentration camps — including those in El Salvador — it creates a system of detention that eschews due process and disappears citizens into black holes. Read the article here: https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/am… Full interview: • The Shared Mythological History of Israel … Support my independent journalism at Substack: https://chrishedges.substack.com/
Kevin Williamson muses about the voters’ culpability for Trump, socialism, the “Abundance” agenda, and more. Support American family farms and join the Moink Movement today at Moinkbox.com/MONA and get FREE wings FOR LIFE. This show is brought to you by BetterHelp, get 10% off your first month at […]
UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers interviews Leighton Woodhouse. Watch it on the UnHerd website: Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Freddie Sayers interviews reporter and documentary filmmaker Leighton Woodhouse for an on-the-ground account of the LA protests that followed ICE immigration raids. Woodhouse was in the thick of it—witnessing firsthand the […]
Week XXIII, MMXXV Brought to you by Valas Los Angeles Recently, in The Signal: What does financial repression in autocracies have to do with financial freedom in democracies? Justin Callais on human flourishing in the modern world. Today: Why are Americans becoming so lonely? Milena Batanova on a […]
The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee. By Ava Kofman June 2, 2025 Yarvin wants to destroy democracy. Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, and J. D. Vance are among his fans.Photograph […]
The Atlantic’s Jonathan Rauch joins Mona to talk about Trump’s Achilles Heel. The two discuss Trumpism through the lens of “patrimonialism”—a corrupt, loyalty-based system where the state is treated as the leader’s personal property. Rauch explains how this framework better describes Trump’s regime than classic authoritarianism, emphasizing its […]
View in browser Pardon The Death Of Liberal Democracy Pulling on the thread of the absolute pardon power, Trump is wrecking the rule of law. Andrew Sullivan May 30 ∙ Paid READ IN APP Supporters of Donald Trump inside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. (Brent Stirton/Getty […]
View in browser The Dishcast with Andrew Sull… Tapper & Thompson On The Bide… 0:00 1:36:40 Listen now Tapper & Thompson On The Biden Cover-up They dug up a ton of depressing details on the denialist Dems. But not the media! Andrew Sullivan May 30 […]
By Rev. Chuck Baldwin Published: Thursday, May 29, 2025 Download free computerized mp3 audio file of this column (To subscribe to my columns at no cost, click here.) The title of today’s column is the same as the title of my homily last Sunday, May 25, 2025. On […]
TELL CONGRESS: Trump is putting on a military parade for his birthday. It would be a grotesque symbol of authoritarianism that will cost taxpayers at least $45 million. Sign the petition: Block funding for Trump’s military parade! ADD YOUR NAME Keith, Trump is planning a $45 million military […]
Imagining a post-American world Apr 17, 2025 We’ve raised about $1,500 of the $7,000 we need to run our next poll. Thank you to everyone who donated! Donate Now If you haven’t donated yet, please give what you can! It costs about $14 to poll one Californian, and […]
and this month’s updates on secession Feb 04, 2025 Deep State Resistance Since I wrote that “Trump’s win isn’t enough – We Need a National Divorce,” we’ve seen three of Trump’s decisions blocked by federal judges… judges who would have no influence in a federation of red states. […]
As seen in mapped data by county Apr 07, 2025 Here are maps showing how a federation of red states would differ from the US. But after all the drama of secession, the federation will certainly not grant much power to a central government, so culture will be […]
and legislative news May 20, 2025 For years, I’ve predicted where the borders of a federation of red states would be located if the red states peacefully secede. Only 7% of Americans think fedgov should attack if a state secedes. Our map for that is below. It assumes […]
By Dandy Andy Since the January inauguration, developments in the US have proceeded with breathtaking speed in a way that fulfills and moves beyond Steve Bannon’s 2018 call to “flood the zone with shit.” Bannon was calling for the massive use of disinformation to undermine the media. The […]
Trouble viewing this email? View it in your browser. Save 25% while supplies last! The Travails of Trumpification Revisited With Donald Trump’s second presidential term now underway, it is the perfect time to pick up your copy of Timothy W. Luke’s The Travails of Trumpification, from Telos Press Publishing. Save […]
JD Vance, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and many other operatives in the Trump administration are all united in their belief in the ideological teachings known as Neo-Reactionism, popularized by fringe blogger-turned Silicon Valley darling Curtis Yarvin. His pseudo-intellectual ravings have been adopted by some of the most powerful […]
View in browser The Dishcast with Andrew Sull… David Graham On Project 2025 0:00 1:33:54 Listen now David Graham On Project 2025 We talk executive power-grabs by both parties over the decades. And why this is new. Andrew Sullivan May 16 ∙ Paid READ IN […]
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