By Caitlin Johnstone In a major walkback from his campaign pledge to make Saudi Arabia a “pariah” for human rights abuses like the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, President Biden will reportedly visit Riyadh with the goal of persuading Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to help the US alliance win […]
By Caitlin Johnstone If you’ve publicly challenged the official narratives of the western political/media class about any major issue, you’ve probably noticed that people can get pretty upset about it. Like, actually upset. Not mildly annoyed like you might get at someone who is saying something that is […]
by Peter Zeihan on June 1, 2022 I’m re-sharing a couple of videos from early May to highlight a couple key trends coming to a head: the EU ban on Russian oil imports, and a continuing challenge of indemnification for ships carrying cargoes of Russian goods–oil, stolen Ukrainian […]
By Jose Nino, Liberty Conservative Multipolarity has been a reality check for the West. In previous decades, the Anglo-American establishment could scuttle regimes at will through direct military interventions, sanctions, color revolutions, or palace coups. That’s how things went for the West in the latter stages of the […]
Saagar and Marshall discuss the disastrous police response to the Uvalde school shooting, where America’s gun debate heads next, whether the U.S. should defend Taiwan, and how the lessons of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will play out in the Asia-Pacific theater. 0:00 – Introduction 1:33 – Uvalde shooting […]
Krystal and Saagar provide an update on the Ukraine war that has become centered around the Russia offensive in the Donbas regions where they are gaining ground and Biden has rejected Ukrainian weapons requests
The Signal Where is the conflict in Ukraine headed? Chris Miller on the path dependencies, possible outcomes, and fraught psychology of a still-uncertain struggle. Pexels Despite attacking Ukraine with some 150,000 soldiers from the north, south, and east on February 24, Russian armed forces haven’t been able to oust […]
Bob Moriarty, Geopolitics and Empire Vietnam veteran, author, and investor Bob Moriarty discusses the war in Ukraine, how the U.S. has been supporting Nazis since WWII, and that Russia is acting in self-defense. Zelensky is being run by the U.S. and Ukraine will end up being split into […]
By Caitlin Johnstone Ahh, that’s much better. Problem solved. British empire smut rag The Times has a new article out titled “Azov Battalion drops neo-Nazi symbol exploited by Russian propagandists,” which has got to be the most hilarious headline of 2022 so far (and I’m including The Onion […]
Castro sounds like a right-wing Republican. Not coincidentally, a number of tankies in the US are starting to favor the Republicans over the Democrats. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY: https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/fidel…
The new Khashoggi case. Krystal and Saagar review the new reporting on the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by the Israeli Defense Forces during an anti-terrorism raid in the occupied west bank
Of course, that’s what all new administrations do. Cement the policies enacted by the previous administration. Ryan Grim and Ken Klippenstein of the Intercept break down the new Middle East negotiations by the Biden administration building on the Trump administration’s Abraham Accords deal
This week, Briahna spoke to Samar Al Bulushi UC Irvine professor with a focus on imperialism, East Africa, & geopolitics, about Biden’s choice to recommit troops to Somalia following Trump’s withdrawal. It’s everything you really wanted to understand about US imperialism in Africa that you can’t get from […]
It just shows how insane the Democratic Party had gotten when Kissinger is the arbiter of peace for them. 🤦🏻♂️Seriously, we live upside-down.
By Chris Hedges Permanent war has cannibalized the country. It has created a social, political, and economic morass. Each new military debacle is another nail in the coffin of Pax Americana. The United States, as the near unanimous vote to provide nearly $40 billion in aid to Ukraine […]
My favorite part is when Destiny was like “I don’t like these loose terms like fascism being thrown around because then it becomes a dick measuring contest.” Then immediately proceeds to measure the differences between Russia and the U.S.’s nationalism.
By Caitlin Johnstone It’s so important that the public have no real say in US politics that the empire not only set up two oligarchic puppet parties which pretend to oppose each other, but also set up fake populist movements within each of those factions which pretend to […]
By Caitlin Johnstone While everyone’s focused on the latest mass shooting in the US, The Washington Post published what may be the first major acknowledgement from the mainstream western media that Ukraine’s war against Russia has not been nearly the cakewalk they’ve been leading the public to believe. […]
Phil Klay, U.S. Marine Corps Veteran and author of Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War, Missionaries, and Redeployment, joins The Realignment to discuss how veteran and non-veteran Americans should reckon with the War on Terror, what policies should be up for debate when it […]
by Peter Zeihan on May 27, 2022 At the outset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there was significant concern that China would follow with its own invasion of Taiwan. With both Moscow and Beijing moving to secure what they consider breakaway states within days of each other, […]
Whether you’re a fan of Kissinger or not (I’m not) understanding his ideas and influences is important to understanding American foreign policy during the latter period of the Cold War because, along with Zbig B, he was one of its principal architects. He is from the old school […]
Kim Iversen breaks down the unexpected anti-war stance of former U.S. Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger.
Oliver Stone is a filmmaker with 3 Oscar wins and 11 Oscar nominations. His films include Platoon, Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July, Scarface, JFK, Nixon, Alexander, W, Snowden, and documentaries where he has interviewed Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, and Vladimir Putin.
The biggest problem with cancel culture is that it’s meant to shield you from “dangerous” ideas or people. But it doesn’t eliminate those ideas or people, so when you’re forced to encounter them you’re left without any preparedness. It’s also a sign of immaturity to toss out someone’s […]
Senior fellow and military expert at Defense Priorities, Retired Lt. Col. Daniel Davis, weighs in on President Biden’s latest comments on U.S. policy on Taiwan, and discusses his new op-ed in which he asks, why should American soldiers die for Taiwan?
Hawley talks a good game in this but he’s just working what he thinks is his main chance. He is associated with the “national conservatives” which also include neocons like Marco Rubio and Yoram Hazony. By Senator Josh Hawley, Compact Not so long ago, Republicans said they had […]
Happens non-stop every year. Russian presence never helped to stop this.
It is very common for countries to send special forces to guard it’s embassy in an area of conflict, for example France did this earlier in the conflict when they sent GIGN special forces to guard the embassy.
One of the best descriptions of the mechanics of domestic US politics I have seen to date from Michael Lind. By Michael Lind, Tablet If the Republicans retake Congress in the midterm elections of 2022, as many expect, a lament will be heard in 2023 and 2024 from […]
By Caitlin Johnstone US Senator Joe Manchin said at the World Economic Forum on Monday that he opposes any kind of peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia. Manchin, who at the moment is one of the most powerful elected officials in Washington, added that only the complete forcible ejection of […]
And Israeli money and influence is allowed in our elections because why exactly?
Robby Soave and Ryan Grim detail Ukraine updates, like Senator Mitt Romney calling on the U.S. to get serious about nuclear war with Russia, and Ukrainian President Zelensky saying the West should have better supported Ukraine more in 2014.
Krystal and Saagar talk with foreign policy analyst Elbridge Colby about the Biden administration’s policies towards Taiwan that are in the spotlight after Biden called for the military to defend the island nation
By Matt Taibbi George W. Bush returns to the news with a tad too much honesty, lifting a veil on Washington’s dirtiest open secret: the Biden Democrats have become the Bush Republicans. George W. Bush returned to the news last week. The man who once said, “Our enemies… […]
Only the cops and the Pentagon can say, “We’ve investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing.”
Breaking Points collaborator Ryan Grim of The Intercept talks with journalists Sara Sirota and Ken Klippenstein about the military industrial complex’s demand for ‘hunter killer’ drones to be sent to Ukraine
Breaking Points collaborator Ryan Grim of The Intercept talks with journalists Sara Sirota and Ken Klippenstein about Dems demand for the FBI to probe the killing of a Palestinian American journalist in an IDF raid
By Caitlin Johnstone (This article contains reports about child rape which might be intense for some people.) Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The Ukrainian government is quickly learning that it can say anything, literally anything at all, about what’s happening on the ground there and […]
by Peter Zeihan on May 20, 2022 Most NATO members have met Finland and Sweden’s joint application for membership with open enthusiasm. The US, UK, France; even the Italians and Greeks are cheering, in a rare moment of pan-European positivity. But not the Turks. Long kept at arm’s […]
Since things are going so well in Ukraine, the US must have at least one more little war going. After all, one day without war is akin to dishonor. Give the guy credit for having foresight & looking ahead. And this should be a surprise to no one, […]
This reminds me of when he joked at the press core dinner and said “I’m sure those WMDs are around here somewhere.” And the entire press that had been complicit in his lies laughed.
Briahna Joy Gray, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to former President George W. Bush’s apparent ‘Freudian slip’ when denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Kim Iversen criticizes the flow of information from Ukraine and quality of war reporting at ‘piss poor.’
Nicole Brener-Schmitz and Emily Jashinsky weigh in on Rand Paul’s attempted blockage of the $40 billion Ukraine aid bill.
Adam Weinstein discusses a U.S. government watchdog report released this week that reveals how the Afghan military lost power after America’s exit from the country.
Krystal and Saagar react to the freudian slip by former President George W Bush who confused Iraq with Ukraine in a speech condemning unjust invasions and the Russian war against Ukraine
Saagar takes aim at the disparity between the US and European NATO allies in terms of defense spending and aid to Ukraine to support their war against Russia
The Signal What’s at stake in Finland and Sweden joining NATO? Susan Colbourn on how the war in Ukraine has reset security calculations in Europe. Victor Jules Levasseur Finland and Sweden are “like guesthouses for terror organizations,” according to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. On Wednesday, as Finland and […]
This is a neocon project. Some of the speakers are from the neocon elite and none of the speakers are from outside the neocon orbit. And notice the neocon/natcon overlap in particular. The Jewish Leadership Conference (JLC) aims to develop a new political and cultural vision for American […]
By Caitlin Johnstone Oh my God. It happened. I can’t believe it really happened. During a speech in Dallas at Southern Methodist University’s George W Bush Presidential Center on Wednesday, the man himself, George W Bush, did the best thing ever. I am pretty sure it is the single […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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