Bombshell Texts Reveal Trump Jr, Hannity, Ingraham BEGGED Mark Meadows To Have Trump Stop Jan 6
Team Rising weighs in on Mark Meadows’ contempt charges in relation to the House investigation into January 6.
Manchin PROVES Progressives LIED On Infrastructure Bill
Krystal and Saagar provide an update on the congressional battles around the Build Back Better legislation now that Manchin has renewed concerns about the bill and progressives have no leverage
Inside Biden and Trump’s BIPARTISAN Medicare Privatization Scheme
Ryan Grim breaks down more evidence of the bipartisan, bureaucratic effort to privatize Medicare.
Lawmakers CAUGHT Making Millions In ILLEGAL Stock Trades
Krystal and Saagar take an in depth look at the bipartisan corruption in congress as many politicians and staffers have made millions in illegal stock trades
The Right’s Sun Tzuicide
By David Cole, Taki’s Throughout my life, I’ve often been accused of lacking empathy. It’s a critique that goes back to high school, when I was a compassionless bully. And I’ll admit, I do have an empathy problem, but only when it comes to imbeciles. I just can’t […]
Cuomo Bros Used BIDEN Playbook To Avoid #MeToo Scandal
Krystal and Saagar look at how the disgraced Cuomo brothers planned to avoid a sexual misconduct scandal for Andrew by using the playbook Joe Biden deployed against Tara Reade.
Are the Trumpists Actually the Least Dangerous Ruling Class Faction?
By Keith Preston Anyone who follows the mainstream media, Congress, or elite intellectual circles knows that the Blue Tribe is increasingly fearful of a right-wing coup by the Trumpists with the common refrain being that January 6 was only a warm-up event for the real thing. I’m going […]
Matt Taibbi: Liberal MSM MELTS DOWN, Blames Bernie & Susan Sarandon For Biden’s Flailing Presidency
Matt Taibbi explains how media coverage of the Biden administration’s woes reveal the rot in elite journalistic circles.
Are We Doomed?
By George Packer, The Atlantic To head off the next insurrection, we’ll need to practice envisioning the worst. A year after the insurrection, I’m trying to imagine the death of American democracy. It’s somehow easier to picture the Earth blasted and bleached by global warming, or the human […]
Behind Democrats’ political agenda: Turn U.S. into one-party state
From, May 2021. BY ALEX GRANIER, Baton Rouge Advocate Democrats are waging political war on all fronts to transform America into a one-party state. Recently Democrats launched a legislative effort to “pack the court,” which if realized would add four seats to the U.S. Supreme Court. Since President […]
A Party, and Nation, in Crisis
By Jeffrey Goldberg The Atlantic The GOP’s leaders are attempting to destroy the foundations of American democracy. In October of 1860, The Atlantic’s first editor, James Russell Lowell, wrote of Abraham Lincoln that he “had experience enough in public affairs to make him a statesman, and not enough […]
The U.S. Is Headed for Single-Party Rule
From February, 2020. By Brynn Tannehill, Dame Magazine The GOP has rigged the system on every level of government. Is there a path forward? ell me why you kept kicking him. You had already won.” “Knocking him down won the first fight. I wanted to win all the […]
New High Favors One-Party Control of U.S. Federal Government
From October, 2020. The different ruling class factions and their constituent groups increasingly favor one-party rule. by Jeffrey M. Jones Gallup 41% of Americans favor unified control of federal government 23% want divided control 52% of Republicans, 43% of Democrats favor one-party control WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new […]
Democrats, Republicans both seek one-party rule
This editorial from the local newspaper in Colorado Springs (April 2021) nails it. The various ruling class factions understand their system is crumbling and the different factions are looking for ways to create a one-party state for themselves. By Barry Fagin, Colorado Springs Gazette It doesn’t take much […]
NY Democrats are moving to lock in one-party rule — maybe forever
From August 2020. New York Post Editorial Board Democratic lawmakers in Albany are never satisfied: Their party already has a firm lock on the key levers of power, yet last week they moved to solidify that power even more — via an amendment to the state Constitution. And […]
A vote for Biden is a vote for a one-party state
From September 2020. By Marc Thiessen, The Washington Post Democrats say “democracy is on the ballot” in November. They are right — because a vote for Joe Biden is a vote for a one-party state. That’s not hyperbole. If Biden wins, Democrats will likely keep the House and […]
Trump’s White House Emailed About a PowerPoint on How to End American Democracy
At present, the Trumpists are the least dangerous faction of the Republican Party. The other two major factions, the neocon-led Never Trumpers and the neocon-adjacent/infested Natcons are worse. The Never Trumpers are folks who want to return the Bush-era neocons to power (e.g. Liz Cheney). Natcons want to […]
Loudoun County, Virginia: A Culture War in Four Acts
By Matt Taibbi A furious controversy in the richest county in America was about race, all right, but not in the way national media presented it. Part one of a series. Part One: “The Inconvenient Minority.” November 2, 2021, Election night, town of Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia. Thanks […]
Jill Biden shuts down claims that president is mentally unfit: ‘Ridiculous’
By Summer Meza The Week First lady Jill Biden is not willing to entertain certain criticisms of her husband. Dr. Biden told CBS News’ Rita Braver that she thinks it’s “ridiculous” when critics suggest President Biden’s mental fitness is questionable. Per The Hill, she shook her head when Braver […]
Stacey Abrams JOINS GA Race For Governor, How Will This Time Be Different?
Former candidate for Georgia lieutenant governor, Sarah Riggs Amico, explains why Stacey Abrams is running again.
Marco Rubio LAMBASTS US’ Economic Love Affair With China, Calls For Working Family-First Capitalism
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Emily Jashinsky react to a speech given by Marco Rubio on reorienting the country’s economy away from reliance on China.
Appetite For Truth Social? Trump’s Platform Receives $1B Investment From “Diverse Backers”
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to the alleged one billion dollar investment in Trump Social.
Hillary Clinton Gets Emotional Reading Never-Heard 2016 Acceptance Speech, Is The Mask Off?
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Emily Jashinsky weigh in on a new emotional video from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Most Partisan Industries
This is incomplete but it’s a decent overview of the present alignments of ruling class faction. Open Secrets The most partisan industries are determined by calculating the amount of money given to Democratic or Republican candidates and party committees compared to all the money given, including money going […]
Is there something wrong with this picture?
“Democracy” is just a euphemism for “neoliberalism under the hegemony of Western capital”
City Council OKs bill allowing nearly 800,000 non-citizens to vote in local elections
By Sam Raskin New York Post A largely lame-duck group of city elected officials is about to saddle New Yorkers with yet another controversial measure that few have clamored for. The City Council on Thursday approved a measure to allow non-citizen, but legal, Big Apple residents to vote in […]
American democracy is in trouble, and centrist Democrats are squandering their chance to save it
By Ryan Cooper The Week Saule Omarova on Tuesday withdrew her nomination to serve as head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a federal financial regulatory agency. Republicans had conducted a classic McCarthyite smear campaign against her — implying she was a secret communist because […]
Is the dream of an ’emerging Democratic majority’ dead?
What seems to be happening is that as traditional minority groups are integrating into the mainstream society and becoming more upwardly mobile (on a big picture level, not that every individual minority person is becoming more upwardly mobile), many of their individual members are becoming more conservative in […]
AOC DISSES Lauren Boebert For Gun-Themed Christmas Card, Thomas Massie Family Gun Photo UNDER FIRE
Team Rising reacts to the controversy surrounding Rep. Thomas Massie and Rep. Lauren Boebert’s Christmas cards.
Jen Psaki, Biden’s PATHETIC Covid Testing Answer Shows Admin Unfit To Lead
Saagar covers the Biden administrations inability to administer the mass distribution of covid tests as part of a larger inability for the White House to lead and take on America’s challenges
SHOCK: Biden TIED With Trump For Latino Support
As the Latino population has continued to grow in recent decades, there has been a longstanding debate about its electoral implications. Some have argued, including myself, that Latinos might well continue to consistently vote Democratic by a substantive majority, which would effectively end the Republican Party as a […]
Media LAMENTS Bad Biden Coverage Will END DEMOCRACY
Krystal challenges a new mainstream media narrative that their coverage has been overly critical of Biden and poses a threat to American democracy
GOP Civil War ERUPTS: Dan Crenshaws Calls MTG & Gaetz ‘Grifters’
“There are two types of people in Congress. Performance artists, and legislators.” Dan Crenshaw did an ad for Kelly Loeffler parachuting in like he was a navy seal
If you want Americans to act like liberals, govern like a conservative
By Samuel Goldman The Week “Remain in Mexico” is back. Despite efforts by the Biden administration to end the policy, formally known as Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), a federal judge in Texas ruled proper steps have not been taken to shut it down. As of Monday, some migrants who […]
Why is political discontent destabilizing the democratic world?
By Damon Linker The Week We have many ways to describe the turbulent character of the political present: the populist moment, democratic backsliding, the authoritarian turn. But if a new analysis of global trends in public opinion from the Pew Research Center is correct, it might be more […]
Why Trump’s 2022 endorsements are ‘earlier, bolder, and more dangerous’ than before
By Brigid Kennedy The Week Many things have changed since former President Donald Trump left office, and his strategy for endorsing political candidates is no exception; in fact, the ex-commander in chief’s 2022 endorsements are “earlier, bolder, and more dangerous than when he was president,” argues FiveThirtyEight. As for the […]
Latinx FAIL? Hispanic Voters OFFENDED At Democrats’ Emphasis On The Term Vs. Working Class Policies
Dr. Xavier Bonilla discusses how the term “LatinX” reveals Democrats’ bigger problem connecting with working-class voters.
Matt Gaetz TEASES Making Donald Trump Speaker Of The House If GOP Retakes The Chamber In 2022
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to Matt Gaetz’s comments indicating he believes should Republicans take back the House in 2022, that they will install former President Donald Trump as speaker.
Huma WHITEWASHES Clintons Revealing Neoliberal Rot
Krystal Ball gives her perspective on the memoir written by lifelong Clinton aide Huma Abedin that glorifies Hillary Clinton and reveals the soul-sucking nature of working in DC politics
The nagging mystery of Trump’s BS
By Damon Linker The Week Hearing former President Donald Trump insist in a new interview Wednesday that the “real” insurrection took place not on Jan. 6, 2021, but on Election Day 2020 — much like watching Republican officeholders trash-talking their colleagues to earn constituent applause and social-media attention — I’m […]
Kamala Staffers FLEE Like Rats Off A Sinking Ship
Krystal provides a roundup of the staffers of VP Kamala Harris who are fleeing her office in droves due to terrible polling numbers and a dysfunctional workplace environment
Ron DeSantis To REPLACE Trump As “Fascist Authoritarian” In The Eyes Of The Media?
Kim Iversen details the backlash over Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ plan to establish a Florida state guard.
Perdue To CHALLENGE Kemp In GA Gov Race. Trump Calls Gen. Milley A F*cking Idiot Over Afghanistan
Team Rising weighs in on former President Donald Trump’s comments about General Mark Milley.
CNN FIRES Cuomo After New #MeToo Accusation
Krystal and Saagar cover the firing of Chris Cuomo from CNN after even more accusations about sexual misconduct and covering up his brother’s behavior came to light
GA Gov Kemp Faces TRUMP Backed Primary Challenge
Krystal and Saagar look at the intriguing GOP primary happening in the Georgia Governor’s race and the candidacy of liberal darling Stacey Abrams in a much less favorable political environment
Trump’s Next Coup Has Already Begun
This article is obviously not free of bias, given the source, but the scholars that are cited in this piece are serious scholars, particularly Robert Pape. Pape’s comparison of the political situation in the US at present to Northern Ireland in the late 60s or Yugoslavia in the […]
Reality Winner: The 60 Minutes Interview
Reality Winner was arrested in 2017 for leaking classified information about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Scott Pelley speaks with Winner in her first television interview since being released earlier this year.
Canadian Health Official FAKED Indigenous Identity
Krystal and Saagar tell the story of a top Canadian government official who faked indigenous identity to jumpstart her career in a similar fashion to Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Pro-Trump, America-First Republican Supports Public Healthcare Option. Now He’s Running For Congress
Candidate for New York’s 23rd congressional district, Andrew McCarthy, breaks down his campaign.
Chris Christie Book ‘COLOSSAL FLOP’ Despite Media Push
Krystal and Saagar discuss the colossal flop that was Chris Christie’s new book after he received adoring media coverage due to his criticism of Trump
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