Category: American Decline

Is Trump’s America still a democracy?

Has the United States become an autocracy? As Donald Trump marks his 100th day in office, Ellen Halliday and Alona Ferber are joined by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, scholar of authoritarianism and author of ‘Strongmen: from Mussolini to the present’ (2020). Ruth analyses the Trump administration’s rapid shift towards authoritarianism. […]

Is the US Empire OVER?

Episode 223 with Richard Wolff Krystal Kyle & Friends Apr 25, 2025 Economics professor emeritus and renowned political commentator Richard Wolff joins the show to turn a critical eye on Trump’s trade war with China. In this episode, we talk about the continuing negative effects of the trade […]

This bill is terrifying

Donald Trump is on an illegal and unconstitutional rampage, and the one meaningful thing standing in his way so far has been the federal judiciary. But last week, the House of Representatives passed legislation to sweep away even that check on his power by stripping federal judges of […]

Why MAGA Is Losing Support FAST

This is the playbook for the almost four past months, so far: Talk a big game about a game changing policy. Talking heads point out ahead of time it’s going to backfire. Implement said policy. Policy immediately backfires in the VERY manner that talking heads predicted. Reverse course, […]

Good Friday Musings

By Ian Mayes Source I have really been struggling these past few days, this so-called “Holy Week“. The reason for this is because I follow the news, and I have been following the case of the U.S. government’s deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in particular. Relatedly, I have […]

Ignoring SCOTUS

Ignoring SCOTUS Plus: A deep dive into the likelihood of China invading Taiwan, a weak dollar, Kasparov sounds constitutional crisis alarms, and more… LIZ WOLFE Movement in Abrego Garcia case: Yesterday, a panel of judges with the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the administration’s attempts to stay a […]

The Emergency Is Here

The president of the United States is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists: a prison built for disappearance, a prison where there is no education or remediation or recreation, a prison where the only way out, according to El Salvador’s justice minister, is in a coffin. […]

The Soap Opera of American Politics

Troy Southgate Apr 11, 2025 I WAS casting my mind back to 2017, when an American diplomat suggested that Ivanka Trump’s distress over alleged gas attacks in Syria had ‘significant influence’ on US airstrikes. Professional nutcase, Alex Jones, on the other hand, had adopted a similar approach and […]

OCGFC: The Global Shift

This 6.5-minute video is absolute perfection in its simplicity and summarization of neoliberalism’s last 50 or so years. It can be a complex subject matter, and getting the masses to understand its birth and history is difficult. I wish this could be played on a billboard in every […]

Are Patriots Are Being Deceived? Why Trump and Elon Might Be the Globalists’ Greatest Weapons

Watch the full show: http://www.kimiversenshow.com Jeff Berwick is a financial freedom advocate, entrepreneur, and founder of The Dollar Vigilante, The Crypto Vigilante, and the annual liberty conference Anarchapulco. He is the best-selling author of Controlled Demolition of the American Empire—a bold exposé on how the globalist elites are […]

The Bully In His Pulpit

Tuesday night showed the core truth of Trump. And of liberal democratic collapse. Andrew Sullivan Mar 07, 2025 ∙ Paid Trump addressing Congress on Tuesday night. (Win McNamee/AFP via Getty) “Dennis Burnham, who lived next door, was a toddler when his mother briefly put him in a playpen […]

The American Condition

Shahid delves into the concept of “Americanness” and how being American is a condition rather than just a nationality, highlighting the deep-rooted issues associated with being an American. Highlights 💭 Being American is described as a condition that requires lifelong recovery from the damage caused by societal indoctrination. […]

Round-Table #123: Towards a New American Consciousness

On February 27, I streamed “Towards A New American Consciousness:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPTm5…, today I will be joined by Keith Preston and Florian to discuss it. My Contact Info: Locals: https://praiseoffolly.locals.com/ X: https://twitter.com/PoFPodcast Telegram: t.me/PraiseOfFolly_1511 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PraiseOfFoll… BuyMeACoffe: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/PraiseOf… Subscribe Star: https://www.subscribestar.com/PraiseO… Substack: https://substack.com/profile/40985862… Email: tertullian155@protonmail.com Co-host Contact Info: Keith […]

America: The Re-Balancing Has Begun

Shahid Bolsen breaks down the critical difference between moral justice and legal justice—and why focusing on the law is the key to ending Israeli crimes in Palestine. While public debate often gets stuck in subjective discussions of right and wrong, the legal reality is clear: Israel is committing […]

The DOGE and the neoreactionaries

The DOGE and the neoreactionaries By Matthew N. Lyons Three Way Fight Buy Three Way Fight I anticipated a drive toward dictatorship, but I didn’t anticipate DOGE. When Donald Trump was reelected president, I (like many other people) knew he would make a grab for power beyond anything […]

‘The Feeling of Decline’

Brought to you by Meco Recently at The Signal: This week’s member’s despatch + Mara Ostfeld on why U.S. public opinion is turning against immigration. … Today: Why does France seem to be falling apart? Marc Weitzmann on immigration, regulation, and the end of a political era. … Also: […]