This reminds me of the wave of anti-gay marriage initiatives from the early 2000s. My guess is that this trend will probably be reversed eventually. By Natasha Lennard The Intercept South Dakota’s anti-trans sports ban is the first bill to pass among a record number targeting trans children […]
Of all the lame-ass shit to go to jail for. Kind of like going to jail for stealing a truckload of manure. Whatever law she may or may not have broken, my first inclination is to think this is a politically motivated prosecution. Now that what I call […]
By Zachary Stieber, Epoch Times The GoFundMe fundraising platform said Feb. 5 it will automatically refund donations made to a trucker convoy in Canada protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates after backlash. GoFundMe said Friday it was preventing the funds from going to organizers of the Freedom Convoy and would […]
I would agree that the Biden regime has so far revealed itself to potentially be more dangerous than any of its immediate predecessors, but for different reasons than Hanson. The efforts of the Biden regime to engage in a direct confrontation with Russia, a nuclear-armed power, over Ukraine […]
From 2018. Before the pandemic, the lockdown-induced recession, the BLM protests, the anti-lockdown protests, the 2020 election, and J6. By Mike Critelli On Sunday, October 21, I visited Belfast, Northern Ireland, for the first time, in advance of my Board meeting in Dublin, which began two days later. […]
The Police Chief in Ottawa held a press conference to insist that no officers on the Ottawa police force have been aiding and abetting the protesting truckers who have all but shut down the Canadian capital. Of course, his declaration merely fueled speculation that cops are, in fact, […]
By William Falk The Week Let’s be honest with ourselves: A censor lurks in all of us. When we encounter ideas and arguments that we believe are morally and factually wrong, we instinctively want them banned. When a speaker triggers our visceral disgust, we want him or her […]
By Grayson Quay The Week Spotify removed over 70 episodes of Joe Rogan’s podcast The Joe Rogan Experience Friday, according to The Daily Beast and the website “JRE Missing,” which compares Spotify’s current listings with a database that includes every episode ever released. Rogan has drawn criticism for […]
By Lydia Saad Gallup WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. public is more closely divided on social issues than on economic issues, according to Americans’ description of where they stand on each broad category of topics. Nearly equal percentages of U.S. adults now identify as socially liberal (34%), moderate […]
More Rogan drama. By Jessica Bennett New York Post Joe Rogan has responded to a resurfaced clip of him using the N-word almost two dozen times while hosting his wildly popular podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience.” Calling the clip “the most regretful and shameful thing I’ve ever had […]
Neil Young’s long-lost twin has been found. By Morgan Sung NBC News A far-right pastor hosted a book burning event, encouraging parishioners to toss books like “Harry Potter” and “Twilight” into a fire to denounce what he described as “demonic” materials. Greg Locke, head pastor at Global Vision […]
My father joined the NRA years ago and said all they ever did was repeatedly beg for money.
By Andrew Sullivan “The uprising in the Warsaw ghetto was not described as a riot, nor were the participants maligned as hoodlums: the boys and girls in Watts and Harlem are thoroughly aware of this, and it certainly contributes to their attitude toward the Jews,” – James Baldwin. […]
By Damon Linker, The Week Nothing will open a pundit to anger and abuse like pointing out that both sides in our politics have a point — or a specific blind spot. That’s especially true now, in our era of political polarization, and when one of our two […]
By David Klion, The Nation What’s most striking about the Mailer contretemps is how it embodies so many aspects of the current discourse around cancel culture and free speech. The first “cancel culture” episode of 2022 began just three days into the new year, when the journalist Michael […]
My whole issue with the censorship debate is they just assume we’re all too stupid to recognize information and make our own decisions
Krystal and Saagar respond to the comments made by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on behalf of the Biden administration demanding Spotify do more to censor Joe Rogan
Ben is usually pretty good on free speech.
By Robert Stark The Webster Dictionary defines racism as “a belief that race is a fundamental determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.” The term racism did not enter the vernacular until the early 20th Century and has since evolved from […]
Back in the 1980s and 1990s when the US religious right was more influential, I used to be a Richard Dawkins/Christopher Hitchens-like opponent of social conservatives. And I still maintain that a lot of conservatives would gladly maintain a cancel culture of their own when it comes to […]
By Noah Millman The Week Ever since the rise of President Donald Trump, Americans have been warned that our democracy is under attack, even in danger of being extinguished. From the left, the center, and the shrinking precincts of the anti-Trump right, that warning has primarily been about […]
By Joel Mathis The Week The author and podcaster Roxane Gay has joined the (so far, small) exodus of artists who are choosing to leave Spotify rather than share a platform with Joe Rogan and his COVID misinformation. “It was a difficult decision — there are a lot […]
By Caroline Mimbs Nyce The Atlantic ABC has suspended the View co-host Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks after she said on Monday’s show that the Holocaust was “not about race,” and later that day repeated the idea on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, saying that “most of […]
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and LEAH WILLINGHAM, AP News JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — If you are Black or Hispanic in a conservative state that already limits access to abortions, you are far more likely than a white woman to have one. And if the U.S. Supreme Court allows […]
Former Democratic presidential candidate says attempts to censor Joe Rogan is ‘latest indicator about the real danger’ society is facing.
The commentary on this issue I have heard so far. David Crosby of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young fame recently described his former bandmate and censorship fan Neil Young as “the most selfish person I know.” This assessment may help explain how the iconic ‘60s rock star could […]
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave make the case that the Biden administration’s public calls on Spotify to censor information is a violation of the First Amendment.
Krystal and Saagar offer their perspective on the comments made by The View’s Whoopi Goldberg about the holocaust and how the show has responded
–Radical Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene loses her mind during an interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, claiming that masks and vaccines don’t work and that not using Ivermectin to treat COVID is “murder”
On this week’s Bad Faith Brie tackled the latest Joe Rogan/Spotify controversy with an all-star panel: Taylor Lorenz, technology reporter for the New York Times; heterodox writer at Substack Freddie DeBoer; & Evan Greer — activist and musician with an album titled “Spotify is Surveillance.”
Who do you trust more about COVID? A legendary rock star or the world’s most popular podcaster? The biggest takeaway from the latest culture war battle is that you get to decide.
Florida recently passed a landmark Parents’ Bill of Rights. But in the long run, parental rights laws and anti–critical race theory bills can’t end the curriculum wars and secure the rights of parents. Only school choice can.
Robby Soave details his reporting on a California teacher who moved to Florida over critical race theory curriculum in the classroom.
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss Jeff Zucker’s shocking resignation as president of CNN.
By Peter Goffin GTA The 1972 hit ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ was called ‘transphobic’ by the University of Guelph student association, which apologized for playing the song on campus. The student union at the University of Guelph has gained international attention — much of it negative — […]
By Marjorie Hernandez New York Post San Francisco Police Chief William Scott’s criticism against “lenient” prosecutors took another turn on Wednesday after he announced his department will no longer work with the District Attorney’s Office in police-involved shooting cases. Scott, who has spoken against San Francisco District Attorney […]
Kim Iversen makes the case against Whoopi Goldberg’s suspension from The View.
But the first question is how is “crime” going to be defined in the first place? By Ed West I’m giving my first important TedTalk to a crowd of international executives and global ‘thinkfluencers’. I’m promoting a new airport psychology book, which is filled with curious and quirky […]
Cleveland radio host Darvio Morrow criticizes the Biden administration’s dismissal of violent crime as a problem.
$255 million to stop $5 million in theft. Just doing a little math here…
Always remember that Joe Rogan has let real leftists on his show while most of the lamestream media won’t even speak with them.
Team Rising debates whether Whoopi Goldberg’s suspension from The View is warranted.
Kim Iversen goes over the new Johns Hopkins study that shows lockdowns were an absolute disaster.
We need an “All In The Family” reboot with Alex Jones as Archie Bunker and David Pakman as Meathead.
Robby Soave details his experience at a D.C. area bar facing punishment for not following the city’s vaccine and mask mandates.
I wonder how many “Whoopise” jokes have been made about this already.
Ryan Grim breaks down the viral video raising questions about ballot harvesting.
The Iraqi people should sue CNN for at least $1 trillion dollars.
Saagar is joined by comedian Akaash Singh to discuss his new comedy special premiering today on YouTube and some of the topics he explores including the emergence of woke Indian Americans
By Samuel Goldman The Week Do you remember the “libertarian moment”? I wouldn’t blame you if not. For a few years around the end of the Obama administration, though, it looked as if the right just might coalesce around restrained foreign policy, opposition to electronic surveillance and other […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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