Facebook’s EMBARRASSING Lab Leak Flip Flop
Team Rising reacts to Facebook’s decision to stop removing posts that question the origin of Covid-19.
65% Of Americans Believe LIES About Psychedelics
35% of US adults say that magic mushrooms have a medical use, while 65% disagree. Research has shown that psychedelics like mushrooms can help treat depression and PTSD. Oregon in 2020 became the first state to legalize mushrooms for therapeutic use. More than a third of US voters […]
Trump Family PANICS, Told to Lawyer Up
–Donald Trump’s family is in the crosshairs of multiple investigations and his adult children are being advised to hire personal lawyers
NEW Burisma Investigation REIGNITES Hunter Biden Questions
Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky discuss President Biden’s connection to Burisma.
Why The Left Actually LOVES The Culture War
I agree with Emily’s analysis of the Left on the culture war, but the history Ryan outlines is on the money as well. Emily Jashinsky breaks down who is responsible for the ongoing culture war.
AOC calls for CLOSING JAILS to reduce violent crime
Well, Saddam Hussein implemented a general amnesty program for prisoners in October of 2002 in order to rally public support for his regime. If it’s good enough for Saddam… Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for closing jails and treating mental health issues to reduce violent crime.
Care About Inequality in America? Try Race-Neutral Economic Reform
By Michael Lind, Tablet The great civil rights leaders of the 1960s were right to champion universal, inclusive social programs. Americans on the left, right, and center agree that America has too much inequality. They just can’t agree on what kind of inequality to complain about. Unable to […]
Lindsey Boylan EXCLUSIVE: Women Are TOOLS To Andrew Cuomo
Lindsey Boylan, Democratic candidate for Manhattan Borough President, explains what convinced her to go public with her allegations against Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Despite Videotaped Proof, Flynn Denies Urging Myanmar-Style Coup
By David Badash, The National Memo Reprinted with permission from Alternet Fired former Trump National Security Advisor and retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn is now denying he ever called for a violent Myanmar military-style coup in the U.S., despite numerous reports and video that prove he did. Flynn […]
What happens if an ex-president goes to jail (hypothetically speaking)? It wouldn’t be pretty
Berlusconi, Sarkozy…Trump? By Matthew Rosza, Salon What will happen if a certain former president faces a criminal trial? History’s answer is clear: Nothing good. The United States has never had a president go to prison. Neither a sitting president, nor a former one. Arguably there are a few who […]
Michael Flynn Says Trump Coup Should Happen in America
–Former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn says that a coup should take place to remove Joe Biden from the White House
Noam Chomsky Destroys Modern Day Trump-Republican Party
Noam is obviously not long for this world. He looks worse in this than I’ve ever seen him. Noam Chomsky is one of the most renowned and quoted intellectuals of our time and is the author of over 25 books, including “Chomsky for Activists (Universalizing Resistance),” and joins […]
TYT’s Meltdown and Why Leftists Shouldn’t Watch TYT with Jimmy Dore
A pretty good takedown.
Jimmy Dore Discusses Boogaloo Boy Controversy
This is an interesting discussion. A Boogaloo guy posted some comments in the threads for this video that I reposted below. “I’m gonna weigh in. I’m a proud boogaloo boi, have been since the start of the movement. The boogaloo is not a racist movement, racists are ostracized […]
Against the Rainbow Capitalists
I advise the paleo-populists to jettison the capitalist class and conservative “big media.” By Keith Preston, Chronicles Broad swaths of conservative opinion today would have it that the enemy of the right is some variant of Marxism. But this does not accurately describe people like Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, […]
How The Culture War Is Stopping Paul Ryan From SCREWING OVER Workers
Journalist, Zaid Jilani, reacts to Paul Ryan’s comments about the culture war.
NYT BOTCHES dispatch on local culture war blow-up
Emily Jashinsky shares her thoughts on today’s cultural climate.
GOP Rep.’s house VANDALIZED with ‘Antifa symbols’
GOP Rep. Nancy Mace had her house vandalized with ‘Antifa symbols.’
Trump Will Be INDICTED For Tax Fraud Or Bank Fraud – Roger Stone
Berlusconi, Sarkozy…Trump? Roger Stone, a longtime friend and former advisor to Donald Trump, said in an Infowars interview on Friday that he believed the former president would face an indictment imminently, Salon reported. “I would be shocked if they did not come forward with a fabricated indictment for […]
The Continuing Fictitious Struggle
By Paul Gottfried, American Consequences Antifascists and others on the Left like to believe they have been struggling against the same Right for almost 100 years. But there is little evidence for this assumption. Breitbart last week published a commentary about homosexuals who were demonstrating against the Israelis […]
Cornel West DENIED Tenure for Supporting Palestine
Virgil Texas and Briahna Joy Gray speak to the one-and-only Dr. Cornel West about the professional consequences of his advocacy for Palestine, his tenure battle with Harvard, and what he makes of the gap between the media response to his case versus Nikole Hannah-Jones’s tenure battle. How does […]
Mothers of Tamir Rice, Breonna Taylor Criticize Black Lives Matter: ‘Benefitting Off the Blood of Our Loved Ones’
By Jack Phillips, Epoch Times The mothers of several people whose names have been invoked by Black Lives Matter activists panned the group’s co-founder, Patrisse Cullors, for benefitting “off the blood” of their family members. Cullors last week announced last week that she would be departing the organization, […]
Politics Is Seeping Into Our Daily Life and Ruining Everything
By J.D. Tuccille, Reason Americans are choosing jobs, brands, and friends for partisan reasons, say researchers. Is there anything that politics can’t ruin? The answer, it appears, is a resounding “no” as partisan conflict creeps into all areas of American life. Our political affiliations, researchers say, obstruct friendships, […]
Parent: Why I pulled my daughter out of antiracist school
Freddie Sayers meets Andrew Gutmann. Listen to the podcast version here: https://shows.acast.com/lockdowntv-wi… Accompanying article here: https://unherd.com/thepost/parent-why… Brearley is one of the most prestigious private schools in America. Based in the Upper East side of Manhattan, where the children of plutocrats and power brokers attend, the $54,000 a year […]
Is There a Future for the American Middle Class?
This discussion between Michael Lind and Walter Russell Mead is a must-watch. Among Lind’s observations: -The USA is actually becoming less racially polarized as more integration is taking place along socioeconomic, geographical, institutional, and even partisan lines. -More class polarization is taking place but the working class is […]
New Pluralist Vision for California
By Robert Stark, Medium The nation is caught up in a reckoning over racial justice that coincides with civil unrest and greater political polarization. In line with these national trends, California has put forth measures on racial justice grounds that include racial favoritist cash payouts, educational curriculum based […]
A New Study Shows Us the Single Biggest Motivation for the Jan. 6 Rioters
This is fairly interesting. A new study on the January 6 Capitol insurrection finds that of the nearly 400 rioters arrested or charged, 93% are white and 86% are male. Michel Martin speaks to the study’s principal investigator, Professor Robert Pape, to discuss these findings and some surprising […]
A new report complicates simplistic narratives about race and the 2020 election
By Andrew Prokop The report from the firm Catalist looks at what changed since 2016, but also at the parties’ coalitions overall. In the days and weeks after presidential election results come in, commentators attempting to figure out what happened with voter demographics are often in a fog […]
VIDEO: Marjorie Taylor Greene Against Removal of Hitler Statues
She’s crazy, but I don’t necessarily disagree with her on this. I think the decision concerning what public monuments to have should be made by the people who actually live in a community and pay for the upkeep of the community. But the wave of statuephobia we have […]
Rachel Maddow Finally Criticizes Biden BUT It’s Over Russiagate
As I said, they’re getting desperate. Krystal Ball reacts to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow attacking Attorney General Merrick Garland.
A Culture of Free Speech Protects Everyone
By Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic The journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones appears to be a victim of viewpoint discrimination. Academic freedom needs a vigorous defense—and not just at UNC. Last week, the journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, who led The New York Times Magazine’s 1619 Project, was named the Knight Chair in […]
A divided nation flocks to partisan brands
By Sara Fischer, Danielle Alberti , Axios Americans are leaning into companies that have strong political positions, in the wake of one of the country’s most divisive election years. Driving the news: New rankings from the Axios/Harris 100 poll — an annual survey to gauge the reputation of the […]
Behind the Black Umbrellas Debating Violence with Portland’s Antifa and the Proud Boys
By Patrick Tomassi, Plough “What’d you see?” a man shouted. Around him, a crowd of black-clad activists gathered outside the Multnomah County Democrats building in northeast Portland, Oregon, the Sunday night after the US presidential election in November 2020. “You didn’t see shit!” the protesters chanted in response. […]
How American Journalism Became a Mouthpiece of the Deep State
By Peter Van Buren, The American Conservative Reporters joke that the easiest job in Washington is CIA spokesman. You need only listen carefully to questions, say, “No comment,” and head to happy hour. The joke, however, is on us. The reporters pretend to see only one side of […]
Transforming the Military to Transform the Country
By Douglas McGregor, The American Conservative If the U.S. Armed Forces are compelled to internalize the Biden administration’s ideology, they will cease to be a national military establishment. The Biden administration took Americans on the right by surprise. In the opening weeks of the new administration, very few […]
We Can’t Cancel Ourselves Into A Better World
Ben appeared on Majority Report to argue with Sam and Emma about cancel culure and promote his new book.
Essential Politics: The left-right split is far bigger in the U.S. than in Europe — and it’s growing
By David Lauter,Los Angeles Times Anyone who has watched U.S. politics in recent years knows that a widening gap between left and right, Democrat and Republican, has defined our era. Hardly a week passes without fresh evidence. Americans — and some Europeans — have often talked of similar divisions […]
QAnon DISAPPEARS, Can Cable News Let Go?
Team Rising reacts to research that reveals QAnon chatter has decreased on social media platforms.
Data Reveals Class POPULISM Is Key To Winning Elections
Class divisions are the widest they have been since the Great Depression. But tribal/sectarian divisions are the widest they have been since the Civil War. Existential issues trump class politics. Among the Red Tribe, there is an audience for “national-conservatism,” “national-populism,” etc. Among the Blue Tribe, there is […]
Russell Brand: Democrats, Big Tech, Media ‘Conspired’ To Influence 2020 Election
Of course. Big Tech and the Media represent the left-wing of the capitalist class just as the fossil fuel and Big Ag represent the right-wing of the capitalist class. By Tim Pearce, Daily Wire Comedian Russell Brand ripped into the Democratic Party and accused it of colluding with […]
Facebook to take action against users repeatedly sharing misinformation
Reuters Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Wednesday it would take “stronger” action against people who repeatedly share misinformation on the platform. Facebook will reduce the distribution of all posts in its news feed from a user account if it frequently shares content that has been flagged as false […]
Grand Jury CONSIDERS Charges Against Trump
Remember that Silvio Berlusconi went to jail after his term as Italy’s Prime Minister. Purging the opposition. Team Rising reacts to reports of a grand jury convening to examine evidence in a criminal investigation into Trump’s business dealings.
HANNITY Reveals Key Role In Saving Joy Reid’s Job
They all work together behind the scenes like in pro-wrestling. Team Rising discusses the unexpected connection between MSNBC’s Joy Reid and Fox News’ Sean Hannit
Cancel culture is real, and it sucks. (a lib’s take)
In this video, Laci makes her case against cancel culture. She highlights 5 ways that cancel culture fails as a method of justice, or actively perpetuates injustices.
Lyceum Round-Table #37: Cult of the Veterans, Origin of Id-Pol
Todd Lewis is joined by Keith Preston and Swithun Dobson to discuss the connection between the cult of the Veterans and Identity Politics.
DeSantis Bill FINES Big Tech For Deplatforming Politicians
Team Rising discusses Florida governor Ron DeSantis’ new bill, which allows the state to penalize social media platforms that ban political figures.
“Fact-Checking” Takes Another Beating
By Matt Taibbi Fact-checkers are great, but the media business keeps trying to solve its credibility problem by misrepresenting what they do. The news business just can’t stop clowning itself. The latest indignity is an international fact-checking debacle originating, of all places, at a “festival of fact-checking.” The […]
Vaccine CLASS Divide Shows The Failure Of Public Establishment
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss who is still hesitant to take the COVID vaccine and why.
How the ‘Culture War’ Could Break Democracy
By Zack Stanton, Politico Thirty years ago, sociologist James Davison Hunter popularized the concept of culture war. Today, he sees a culture war that’s gotten worse—and that spells trouble for the future of the American experiment. In 1991, with America gripped by a struggle between an increasingly liberal […]
What We Know About Anti-Semitic Attacks Across US
Journalist, Zaid Jilani, discusses the rise in anti-Semitic hate crimes amidst the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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