I have argued in the past that a convincing case can be made that Trump is essentially a neo-Nixonian, i.e. a Rockefeller Republican with a faux right-wing populist gloss. I would also argue that Biden is essentially a Rockefeller Republican as well, albeit one who is formally a […]
Briahna Joy Gray reacts to Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe’s mention of the Taylor Swift-Scooter Braun feud in a new campaign ad.
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss the possibility that a trillion dollar coin could save the country from default.
Ryan Grim explains why Kyrsten Sinema’s attempts to be a maverick are actually hurting her career ambitions.
By Joel Kotkin, Newsweek It’s hardly debatable anymore that the Left is out of control, increasingly influenced and even governed by a radical authoritarian culture that brooks no dissent and over-corrects on all fronts it sets its sights on. You would think this would present a perfect opportunity […]
Open Secrets Here are the individuals who have dipped deepest into their own pockets for campaign contributions to federal candidates, parties, political action committees, 527 organizations, and Carey committees. Only contributions to Democrats and Republicans or liberal and conservative outside groups are included in calculating the percentages the […]
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss President Biden’s response to viral videos showing protestors harassing Senator Kyrsten Sinema.
Krystal and Saagar break down the economic consequences of the upcoming debt ceiling crisis and the games being played by both parties in Washington instead of fixing the problem
By Brigid Kennedy, The Week As a highly-speculated 2024 presidential campaign continues to gain steam, former President Donald Trump is reportedly “constantly” telling people “I’m running,” and was actually talked out of announcing his candidacy in August, The Washington Post reports. At first emboldened by the upheaval in Afghanistan, […]
Michael Lind has one of the best analyses of the origins of Trumpism I have seen to date. Back when Trump was elected, I wrote a somewhat similar piece to the Lind article. Like Lind, I don’t see Trump as pushing the Republicans further to the right as […]
An article from 2018 advocating splitting the US into a Red Federation, Blue Federation, and Neutral Federation. By Sasha Issenberg, The Intelligencer The year is 2019. California’s new governor, Gavin Newsom, recently elected on a platform that included support for the creation of a single-payer health-care system, now […]
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds 48 percent of voters approve of Joe Biden as president while 43 percent disapprove and 9 percent said neither. This survey was conducted online within the United States from September 27 – 28 among 935 registered voters by […]
In an exclusive interview, Krystal talks at length with Andrew Yang about his book release, plans to launch a third party, political campaigns, and more!
Krystal covers how the media has portrayed Kyrsten Sinema during the Democratic congressional battles over Biden’s Agenda, and what it shows about the weaponization of identity politics
Krystal and Saagar dive into the corruption of former Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and how a CNN anchor responded when Heitkamp was confronted on air about her new career as a lobbyist
Krystal and Saagar provide updates on the congressional battles happening between moderate and progressive Democrats, with a deal made by WV Sen. Joe Manchin at the center of the conflict
Former U.S. Senate candidate Sarah Riggs Amico gives her take on the latest efforts by President Trump to decertify the 2020 presidential election.
Ryan Grim breaks down mainstream media’s coverage of the ongoing fight in Congress to pass the sweeping reconciliation package
Team Rising discusses former President Trump’s efforts to have his Twitter account reinstated.
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss Congressional progressives’ weekend media blitz, plus increasing pressure on Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema from their constituents,
Krystal interviews Andrew Yang about the release of his new book, plans to form a third party, and more!
Krystal and Saagar cover the story of how South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem used her power to grant her daughter an appraiser’s license after she did not meet the standard requirements
Some years back, I rolled out the idea of a “pan-secessionist meta-party” as a means of implementing the wider ATS “anarcho-populist” strategy that I outlined some years before that. The most recent polling data, involving a poll taken by the University of Virginia Center for Politics, indicates that […]
David Sirota breaks down Kyrsten Sinema’s evolution as a Senator, and reacts to new ads praising the moderate Democrats who killed a bill that would allow the federal government to negotiate drug prices under Medicare.
Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky react to reporting that former Senator Al Franken has not ruled out a comeback campaign against Kirsten Gillibrand.
Ryan Grim details Joe Manchin’s disingenuous walk-back on negotiations to pass both the bipartisan infrastructure bill and budget reconciliation package.
Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky discuss all the elements at play in Congress’s efforts to halt the government shutdown.
Krystal and Saagar discuss the Biden presidency collapsing as congress fights about Biden’s agenda without any influence from the executive branch whatsoever
Krystal examines the Kamala Harris interview mishap that took place at The View because in some ways it seemed to be a suspiciously good result for all parties involved
This election is a joke. A corporate Democrat backed by Bill Kristol vs a corporate Republican, both of whom are trying to appeal to suburban and exurban voters. Krystal and Saagar break down why the GOP has a chance to win the VA Gov race and how the […]
Krystal and Saagar review the newest polling data on Biden showing that the majority of America mistrusts him on covid which could spell disaster in the near future
By Ivan Eland, Independent Institute After the Donald Trump presidency, some bipartisan motivation exists to restore some of the guardrails and norms of the executive branch that eroded during that time. However, the Trump administration was only the most recent episode of the usurpation by the executive of […]
Uber-neocon Bob Kagan, a founder of the Kristolite PNAC and husband of Vicki Nuland, pulls an AOCesque “I’m scared” routine and predicts that pan-secessionism, at least on a primitive level, will actually happen in the next few years. I wish I were as optimistic as Bob the Blob’s […]
By Daniel W. Drezner Over the weekend it was impossible for me to go on social media and not see someone linking or hyping Robert Kagan’s latest in The Washington Post. Kagan starts his essay with a large bucket of cold water: “The United States is heading into […]
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll shows 40 percent of voters will blame both parties if the government shuts down.
Krystal and Saagar interview candidates for Governor and Lt.Gov in Rhode Island who are leading a new political movement against the corrupt Democratic party machine in the state
Krystal and Saagar discuss the incompetence being shown by Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, and the Democratic party as a whole during the high stakes congressional battles taking place
Team Rising discusses reporting that a network of right-wing health care providers has made millions off of selling COVID treatments popular amongst vaccine skeptics.
It is interesting how the media is now promoting the Bushes and Cheneys as the legitimate Republican opposition to Trumpism. The ruling class is getting scared and circling the wagons. Liz Cheney tells Lesley Stahl about running for re-election as an anti-Trump Republican in Wyoming, where her own […]
Uber-neocon David Frum of “An End to Evil” fame goes full Antifa. (Yes, he actually co-authored a book with that title, and his co-author was a man whose literal and ironic nickname was “The Prince of Darkness.”) Sorry, Dave, I guess evil didn’t end, after all. By David […]
By Caitlin Johnstone t says a lot that AOC wasn’t even able to vote against an Israeli apartheid measure that everyone already knew would pass regardless of her vote. I mean, how far gone is your progressive revolution if you’re not even allowed to have a perfectly safe […]
By Damon Linker, The Week The most talked-about essay of the past week is undoubtedly Robert Kagan’s “Our constitutional crisis is already here” in The Washington Post, a long, gripping examination of the very serious danger that Donald Trump poses to American democracy as the country approaches the […]
Trumpism is Trump first, always has been. He could care less about working-class people. “America first” is simply American bourgeoisie over everyone else.
Knowing her delusional self, she’ll just take all that booing and assume she should run again.
Now that she’s burned her bridges with the Democrats she seems to be going over to the Republicans.
This guy sounds interesting, although I am very skeptical of electoral politics generally. By Bret Stephens, New York Times Ritchie Torres, a congressman from America’s poorest district — New York’s 15th, in the Bronx — quietly bristles at the A.O.C. comparison. “There’s a sense in which the media […]
A return of the abortion wars of the 80s and 90s would really heat up the already intense “culture war.” By David Cole, Taki’s Magazine Sometimes you wish that a certain group of people were never taught a certain phrase. In 1997, when O.J. Simpson ran afoul of […]
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll shows Kamala Harris’s approval numbers have dropped since August.
Congressional candidate for Nevada’s first district, Amy Vilela, breaks down her progressive campaign platform.
Briahna Joy Gray reacts to news that Nina Turner may resurrect her campaign for Congress.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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