Trump RIDICULES ‘Gutless’ DeSantis For Not Touting Booster
Krystal and Saagar react to the comments made by former President Trump about politicians who are too cowardly to celebrate taking the covid booster shot in public
‘You gotta say it’: Trump goes after the ‘gutless’ politicians who withhold their booster status
By Brigid Kennedy, The Week Former President Donald Trump doesn’t think very highly of politicians who refuse to admit they’ve received a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, it seems. During an interview with the far-right One America News Network that aired Tuesday, Trump described politicos who dodge […]
The problem with the ‘vaxxed and done’ convo
By Joel Mathis, The Week Here’s the problem with all the recent “vaxxed and done” discourse: While my pandemic may be over, ours isn’t. Like a lot of Americans, I’m vaxxed and boosted, and so is everybody in my household. My son goes to middle school every day and […]
The self-gratifying mood of American politics
By W. James Antle III, The Week Can calling people racist get them to support your agenda? President Biden will soon find out, at least where Democrats’ voting legislation is concerned. Continuing the pattern of his Jan. 6 speech in his address in Georgia on Tuesday, Biden presented his political opponents […]
Boris Johnson and elites’ bizarre oblivion to their own pandemic indecency
By Samuel Goldman, The Week British politics are different. While American politicians tend to hold onto their jobs until — and sometimes even after — they face charges for actual crimes, British officials are routinely forced out or resign for comparably minor lapses of behavior or judgment. That’s why U.K. […]
What Makes Riots, Conspiracies, Cabals, and Insurrections ‘Good’ or ‘Bad’?
By Victor Davis Hanson, Independent Institute “Indeed, men too often take upon themselves in the prosecution of their revenge to set the example of doing away with those general laws to which alike can look for salvation in adversity, instead of allowing them to subsist against the day […]
Vaccine Aristocrats Strike Again
By Matt Taibbi As yokel-bashing reaches impressive new heights, reports of yet another year of record profits and a widening wealth gap go unnoticed. Jimmy Kimmel Live, fast becoming Leonid Brezhnev’s never-realized dream of a Soviet Tonight Show, just put out a high-effort gag called “Anti-Vax Barbie.” It’s […]
Inside the fraught effort to create a Christian nationalist internet
Sounds reasonable enough. If some Internet platforms don’t want you, start your own. By Jack Jenkins Religion News This article is the second in a series on Christian nationalism supported by the Pulitzer Center. (RNS) — It was late September when Andrew Torba, founder of the social media […]
Diverging Perspectives on January 6th Anniversary
By Matt Taibbi In actions featuring prominent politicians on both the left and the right, two starkly different world views came into relief on the 1/6 anniversary. TK Partners News2Share report. News2Share captured a series of actions in Washington on the anniversary of January 6th. Ford Fischer walks […]
America’s road to January 6
One of the best analyses of the current US political situation I have seen to date. By Ed West Back in the late 1940s American politics had a problem. The issue was serious enough for Congress to authorise a committee looking into divisions between the country’s two parties. […]
Watchdog to Audit Military’s Screening for Extremists at Enlistment
By Konstantin Toropin Military.Com The Department of Defense inspector general has begun an audit of how the military is doing at screening out extremists during enlistment, the latest move in a new push to root out the activity, according to a publicly released memo. The watchdog audit comes […]
Marianne Williamson Drops Truth Bomb On Fox News
Honestly, if someone would just campaign on the numbers and drop the social/culture war stuff they’d have immense support from both “sides.”
Opinion: What authoritarianism would look like in America
I’m not exactly sure how different this is from what goes on now. By Jim Chrisinger, Yahoo Donald Trump and Republicans are shoving America toward authoritarianism. That’s why many of us are shouting about a threat to democracy. Many Americans don’t fear a potential slide into authoritarianism because […]
Noam Chomsky: GOP’s Soft Coup Is Still Underway One Year After Capitol Assault
C.J. Polychroniou,Truthout In the third and final presidential debate of 2016, Donald Trump had signaled that he might not concede the election should he lose to Hillary Clinton. However, he did say to his supporters a day later that he would definitely accept the results of the election […]
Jimmy Carter: I Fear for Our Democracy
By Jimmy Carter, New York Times Mr. Carter was the 39th president of the United States. This article is part of a collection on the events of Jan. 6, one year later. Read more in a note from Times Opinion’s politics editor Ezekiel Kweku in our Opinion Today […]
Yes, One Year Later, They’re Still Trying the Coup
–One year after the January 6 Trump riots, the coup fears are only bigger, with recent op-eds from Jimmy Carter and Noam Chomsky, as well as warnings from retired generals and many others
The New Fauci Emails Are Even More Damning Than You Think
Ryan Grim breaks down the content of the NIH emails released by the House Oversight Committee GOP.
Sarah Palin Incoherent: Liberals Want to “Pound”
–In a completely incoherent rant on Fox News, former Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin claims that liberals want to “pound pound pound” the idea of sex into the minds of Americans (???)
McCarthy’s Divorce From COC Could Signal GOP BREAKAWAY From Corporate Wokeness
Emily Jashinsky examines the impact of populism on the trajectory of both parties.
Anti-Vax Nut Promotes Drinking Urine for COVID
Golden showers are good for your health? Maybe Sophia Urista was on the right track. –Anti-vaccine lunatic Christopher Keys is now recommending so-called “urine therapy” to treat COVID, a bogus “treatment”
Fauci, Paul Clash AGAIN Over Emails Allegedly Showing He SHUT DOWN Convos Of Wuhan Lab Leak Theory
Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky react to another round of heated confrontation between Dr. Anthony Facui and Senator Rand Paul.
Steve Harvey Slams ‘Cancel Culture’ and Says ‘Political Correctness Has Killed Comedy’
What is interesting, however, is that a lot more people from outside the Right seem to be becoming increasingly critical of the PC/woke/cancel whatever trend. It’s not just Alt-Right/Lite, palecon, and Republican folks anymore. You have mainstream entertainers like Harvey and Chappelle, and increasing more people from the […]
With ‘Peace Activists’ Like These, Who Needs Warmongers?
By Mark Crispin Miller News from Underground It seems Medea Benjamin has been too busy seeking peace to do much reading on the subjects that she writes about (as in the piece below). If she were to look into that “coup attempt” almost a year ago, beyond the […]
Dr. Fauci tries to lie to Marco Rubio, Gets HUMILIATED in Congress instead
Some more great heel vs. heel matches.
Rand Paul, Dr. Fauci trade blows in tense Senate hearing
Senator Rand Paul asks questions to NAIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Senate committee hearing.
The self-radicalizing logic of conservative intellectuals
By Damon Linker, The Week How an unlikely hope led to a dark new radicalism among the right’s intelligentsia. Much has been written about the transformation of the GOP over the past several years from the party of Ronald Reagan to the party of Donald Trump and his […]
Where are the real threats to voting rights and elections in the U.S.?
The Signal Where are the real threats to voting rights and elections in the U.S.? Jessica Huseman on how Democratic legislative priorities are distracting from Republicans’ most consequential political initiatives. “A turning point in this nation’s history.” That’s how U.S. President Joe Biden described the upcoming consideration of voting-rights bills in […]
Andrew McCabe Compares Trump Supporters To TERRORISTS, Calls For MORE SURVEILLANCE Of Right Wingers
Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky react to comments made by former FBI deputy director, Andrew McCabe, about right-wing extremism.
Texas GOP Enters Dumb Tweet Hall Of Fame
“Ok Texans. To make it fair for everyone we’re gonna add lines to voting and discontinue mail-in option for COVID testing. Who says we don’t legislate towards equality.”
Big tech and woke are destroying the middle class: Joel Kotkin interview
With wealth inequality soaring and the power of the elites growing, is society returning to the feudal era? The demographer and geographer Joel Kotkin joins Steven Edginton in this week’s Off Script podcast to discuss his theory of “neo-feudalism”.
Canadian Christians fear new law will criminalize Bible
Progressotards never seem to learn that compulsory secularization is precisely how you fuel religious extremism. By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz A new law, put in place on Saturday in Canada, is causing concern that it may criminalize the dissemination of the Bible. The concern is that Bill C-4, the […]
Why the Jews? Thoughts by an Anarchist Jew on the Rise in Anti-Semitism
By Wayne Price, Anarchist Library “Traditional” Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism Political Conclusions A Jewish joke from World War II: A Nazi officer stopped an old Jewish man and demanded that he answer, “Who started the war?!” Knowing what was good for him, the old man answered, “The Jews!” […]
Republicans are trying to outlaw wokeness. Literally.
By Sean Illing Vox How the right is trying to “cancel” left-wing speech. We’re in the midst of something like a moral panic over so-called “cancel culture.” As I noted a few months ago, there’s a rising contingent of thinkers — on the left and right — who […]
Why we should do more politicizing — especially after Jan. 6
By Joel Mathis, The Week Republicans aren’t so angry about the insurrection. They just object to how Democrats talk about it. When President Joe Biden last week marked the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection with a speech castigating former President Donald Trump for inciting the rioters, Sen. […]
Novak Djokovic RELEASED From Australian Custody. Cops TEAR GAS Supporters On Melbourne Streets
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave react to Novak Djokovic’s legal victory in his fight to remain in Australia as protests break out in Melbourne.
MASSIVE Fake News Screwup EXPOSED At DC Insider Publication
Krystal and Saagar cover the major screwup from POLITICO over the weekend who falsely claimed liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor was seen with Democratic leadership at a fancy DC restaurant after conducing SCOTUS hearings remotely
REVEALED: Alex Jones Makes $55M A Year Selling Scam Supplements
Imagine being the guy who watches a Sandy Hook conspiracy theory video, and likes it so much he immediately buys Super Male Vitality.
NEW EVIDENCE Candace Owens is an Anti-Vax FRAUD
Krystal offers her perspective on Candace Owens’ claims about vaccines and why the rhetoric from the pharma skeptics on the right falls flat without proposing real solutions
Will Pence FLIP On Trump In Jan 6 Testimony?
“Don’t get into the limousine, Mike. Don’t get into the limousine, Mike. Don’t get into the limousine, Mike.” Mike Pence was wise to listen to his inner voice then.
Legacy Media WIGGING OUT Over Possible Second CIVIL WAR. Fear-Mongering Or Legitimate Concern?
Team Rising debates whether America is headed towards a second Civil War.
Could The Overturning Of Roe V. Wade HELP Dems In Midterms?
The hosts answer your questions about Roe v. Wade, politicians they admire, and natural immunity.
Andrew Cuomo SKATES, Avoids ALL Criminal Charges. Elites Will ALWAYS Protect Their Own
Katie Halper reacts to news that Andrew Cuomo will not face any prosecution for his alleged sexual harassment of a former aide, or his role in New York’s Covid nursing home deaths.
Jon Stewart RIPS ‘Fake News’, Divisive JK Rowling Lies
Krystal and Saagar respond to the controversy that developed when media outlets claimed Jon Stewart accused J.K. Rowling of antisemitism only for him to shut down the story
Archaeology of Freedom
It is interesting to find a discussion of David Graeber in the Examiner of all places. By Geoff Shullenberger Washington Examiner In his 2011 book Debt: The First 5,000 Years, the anthropologist David Graeber marshaled historical, ethnographic, and archaeological evidence in an effort to dismantle some of the […]
3 in 5 American Voters Fear Violence Over 2024 Presidential Election: Poll
By Anders Anglesey Newsweek A majority of American voters fear election-related violence at the next presidential election in 2024, recent polling suggests. It comes after three former U.S. Army generals raised concerns about the risk of “civil war” over the White House vote, although some experts downplayed such […]
Bad News: How Woke Media Undermines Democracy
It’s interesting how the critique of totalitarian humanism, or at least components of it, that I developed in the 2000s is now finding its way into mainstream discourse as well, and not just on the “far-right” or among ordinary conservatives, but also among centrists (James Lindsay), liberals ( […]
Liz Cheney and the Many Lives of Neoconservatism
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley Something truly terrifying is happening at the Capitol this January. Something deeply deadly to what passes for democracy in this stagnant empire. Something far more severe than the QAnon Shamen and Proudboy lunkheads who garnered so much media […]
Democrats ‘want a one-party state’: Hawley
By Graham Colton | Fox News The Missouri senator blasted Dems’ attempt to keep conservatives off ballots. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., claimed Democrats “want a one-party state” on Thursday during an interview on “Fox News Primetime.” Fox host Lawrence Jones began the interview highlighting a tweet from former […]
Is Trump Laying the Groundwork for a Coup in 2024? Bill Moyers Weighs In
Clashing ideologies about the meaning of democracy in America are no less harrowing than the events of January 6. Journalist Bill Moyers, a 30-time Emmy Award winner, shares his views and concerns in the new PBS documentary “Preserving Democracy,” airing tomorrow. Moyers speaks with Hari Sreenivasan alongside historian […]
How does this end? Where the crisis in American democracy might be headed
By Zack Beauchamp Vox Americans have long believed our country to be exceptional. That is true today in perhaps the worst possible sense: No other established Western democracy is at such risk of democratic collapse. January 6, 2021, should have been a pivot point. The Capitol riot was […]
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