STARK Rural, Urban Political DIVIDE Will Force RECKONING In 2024
Hill Correspondent, Reid Wilson, discusses the divide between the most heavily populated and the least populated counties in America.
Senate Parliamentarian Makes A LAUGHING STOCK Of Democrats
Ryan Grim breaks down the complicated process behind Democrats’ efforts to pass the $3.5T budget resolution.
Biden Has WORST Week Of Term Thus Far, IGNORES Multiple Crises For BEACH Vacation
Alyssa Farah details the Biden administration’s response to what may be their worst week thus far.
Americans not only divided, but baffled by what motivates their opponents
View the report as a PDF By Eric Plutzer and Michael Berkman The McCourtney Institute for Democracy As it became clear that Democrats would win control of the U.S. House of Representatives, pundits immediately began explaining the “Blue Wave.” Some said it was rooted in concerns that President Trump was leading the […]
Who Are the Trumpists?
Does not this Wikipedia description of France’s National Rally not sound like a perfect description of the transformation of the Republicans from Reaganism to Trumpism? “At the end of the 1970s, Le Pen refurbished his party’s appeal by breaking away from the anti-capitalist heritage of Poujadism. He instead […]
Who Are the Progressive Democrats?
Does not this Wikipedia description of Ted Kennedy sound like a perfect description of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party today? The only difference between the Ted Kennedy liberals and today’s progressives is that the identity politics/political correctness of today’s liberals have become more extreme and visceral. […]
Who Are the Neoliberal Democrats?
Does not this Wikipedia description of the Rockefeller Republicans sound like a perfect description of the neoliberal wing of the Democratic Party today? These were driving out of the Republicans by the Reaganites so they moved over to the Democrats, and that’s how we got the Clintons, Obama, […]
Biden Approval Continues To SLIP After ROCKY Month In WH, Attempts To Reclaim The Narrative
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds 47 percent of voters approve of President Biden in the White House. Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss.
Dems ABANDON Capital Gains Reform, ALLOWING Ultra Rich To SKIRT The System
HuffPost reporter Arthur Delaney breaks down President Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ tax reform plan, including the controversial ‘Zombie Tax.’
Newsom’s ‘Virtue Signal’ Mandates, Israel Cases SPIKE As Country REQUIRES 3rd Jab
Kim Iversen reacts to the mandates Governor Gavin Newsom issued immediately after defeating a recall election.
DANGEROUS Dead End Nuclear Energy Subsidies Are A WASTE Of Money
Ryan Grim makes the case against investing more in nuclear energy.
Centrist Dems SINK Rx Drug Pricing Legislation, Cigarette Tax Proposal HURTS Working Class
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss the latest roadblock in Democrats’ efforts to lower prescription drug prices.
The Good, Bad and UGLY of AOC’s Dress
Krystal gives her perspective on the highly controversial dress worn by AOC to the lavish Met Gala event in New York City
White Liberals RESCUE Newsom With Latino Warning Signs For Dems
Krystal and Saagar break down the results of the California recall election and what the voting trends among white liberals and latinos could mean for Dems in the 2022 midterms
Will Corrupt Dems SINK Biden Bill For Big Pharma?
Krystal and Saagar are joined by journalist David Dayen to break down the fight over lowering drug prices taking place within the Democratic party as negotiations for the reconciliation bill heat up
Biden COVID Approval SINKS As He Bets On Mandate To Save Him
Krystal and Saagar look at the newest polling data out on Biden’s approval rating and the public opinion about his covid vaccine mandate
The increase in LGBTQ support for Trump has a silver lining
Those who interpret Trumpism only in terms of “white rage,” xenophobia, or the evangelicals end up missing a lot of important points. If the Democrats are now two parties within one, neo-Rockefeller Republicans and neo-Ted Kennedy liberals, the Republicans seem to be developing a rainbow of their own […]
We should be thankful to him’: why some Muslim voters stood by Trump
It comes down to social conservatism, business conservatism, and objections to Obama’s continuation of the Bush wars, and new wars in Libya, Syria, and Yemen. By Erum Salam, The Guardian Despite the president’s anti-Muslim policies, the margin between Trump and Biden among Muslim voters was closer than experts […]
Trump Derangement Syndrome So Bad it Has CNN Praising George W Bush
Imagine going back to 2003 and telling liberals and leftists that they’ll be praising George Bush in the future.
The American One Party State
Tom Woods Show Paul Gottfried joins me to discuss the emerging one-party state in America. This isn’t the kind of conversation we might have had in the old days, lamenting the lack of difference between the two parties. This time the emergence of a one-party state is taking […]
Andrew Yang To Start Third Party
Third Parties can be viable if we implement ranked-choice voting nationwide.
AOC Wears ‘Tax The Rich’ Dress To $30k Per Plate Met Gala
At this rate she’ll be attending a Bilderberg conference soon.
Kyle ASTONISHED By New Poll Of Trump Supporters
I keep forgetting, just how old Trump really is. Especially considering his health and behavior, he could die any time, and when that happens the conspiracy theories are gonna be nuts.
Trump’s IDIOTIC Move CRUSHES GOP Recall Hopes Against Newsom
Krystal and Saagar look at the GOP’s prospects of defeating Newsom on the day of the California recall election and Trump’s renewed calls of election fraud on the eve of the contest
Kamala Vets Sell CANCELLATION INSURANCE to CEOs in New Grift
Krystal and Saagar break down the new grift from former Kamala staffers where they get demand payment to ensure CEOs that they will not be cancelled for being insufficiently woke
Gavin Newsom DEFEATS California Recall Vote, DODGES Fallout Over Pandemic Response
Team Rising reacts to Gavin Newsom’s victory against Larry Elder in California’s gubernatorial recall election, and debates the implications for the upcoming 2022 midterms.
Progressives Can FORCE The $3.5T Budget Resolution, Here’s How
The progressives are showing that their priorities are simply to increase the amount of welfare for corporations, private contractors, and state and local governments. Why isn’t their priority to defund the Saudi genocide in Yemen or Israel’s open-air concentration camp in Gaza, or end America’s drone wars against […]
YANG To Launch Third Party, Will It Work?
Krystal and Saagar weigh in on Andrew Yang’s decision to launch a third party instead of working within the Democratic party to further his priorities
When Never Trumpers become Never Republicans
By Damon Linker, Yahoo News! Members of the Republican establishment who refused to throw their support to Donald Trump spent the four years of his presidency hoping first that he would lose his bid for re-election and then that things would return to something approaching the pre-2016 normal […]
What the Never Trumpers Want Now
Taking advice from David Frum is a remarkably bad idea. By David Frum, The Atlantic The former cultural core of the GOP is exiting the party. The Democrats should keep those voters in their corner. Here’s how to do it. Many of the conservatives and Republicans appalled by […]
It’s now Larry Elder’s California GOP. What’s his next move?
It’s somewhat interesting that a Thomas Sowell acolyte is now the leading Republican politician in California. By James Rainey Los Angeles Times Although the effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom failed, the lightning two-month campaign appears to have had at least one clear beneficiary — Larry Elder. The […]
DARK HORSE NYC Mayoral Candidate BLASTS AOC For Met Gala Appearance, Calls for $14M UBI Program
Republican NYC mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa calls out Bill de Blasio for his lack of action on the ongoing humanitarian crisis at Rikers Island.
Dems Allowing Senate Parliamentarian To BULLDOZE Them, MASSIVE Immigration Reform In JEOPARDY
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Rachel Bovard discuss congressional Democrats’ latest efforts to pass immigration reform.
FEC DEFENDS Twitter For LIMITING Hunter Biden Reporting Ahead Of 2020 Election
Team Rising reacts to the FEC’s dismissal of claims that Twitter violated election laws by blocking tweets about the New York Post’s Hunter Biden reporting last October.
Biden Won’t End the Warfare-Surveillance State
National security reporter Spencer Ackerman on 9/11, mass surveillance at home, and failed wars abroad. In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the United States invaded and occupied two countries, bombed four others, helped create 21 million refugees and cause over 800,000 deaths, and spent over $6 trillion […]
Rose McGowan ACCUSES Newsom’s Wife Of Bribery To Suppress Weinstein Scandal
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Emily Jashinsky discuss Rose McGowan’s support for California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder.
Ilhan Omar questions Blinken on drone strikes harming civilians
I generally like Ilhan Omar much better than AOC. She seems to be much more serious. Rep. Ilhan Omar questioned Sec. Antony Blinken on drone strikes.
AOC wears ‘Tax the Rich’ dress to Met Gala
As they say, you can’t make this shit up. Social democratic chic. By Kirsten Fleming New York Post Well, isn’t that rich. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — who is the face of the Democratic Socialists of America — showed up to the glitzy Met Gala wearing a political message […]
GOP Culture War CRASHES AND BURNS in California
Krystal delivers an update on the California recall election and breaks down the reasons why the GOP’s culture war politics have ruined their chances of winning
Bernie Hits Manchin For ‘UNACCEPTABLE’ Posturing On Budget Bill
Krystal and Saagar go through the war of words between senators Bernie Sanders and Joe Manchin in the public fight over the Democrats’ proposed budget bill
Krystal SPARS With Bernie’s Campaign Manager On Biden’s Record
Definitely wasn’t a Mike Tyson type sparring session but more like 3 kittens play fighting over a mouse toy.😀
Biden enters a politically perilous phase
By Damon Linker, The Week How low will he go? That’s the question those watching President Biden’s aggregate approval rating have been pondering since early August. For the entirety of Biden’s first several months in office, from January through early June, he remained above 52 percent. Then, in […]
Michael Wolff On The Trump Threat
Based on how Trump is described in this, I would say this confirms my view that having Trump in office is strategically advantageous because he is a chaos agent that keeps the wider ruling class/power elite in a state of confusion. And having him as the leader of […]
The War on Terror Gave Us Donald Trump
By Micah Uetricht In These Times In an interview, Reign of Terror author Spencer Ackerman explains how the brutal legacy of America’s post-9/11 wars has reshaped U.S. society and led to our era of authoritarian demagoguery. The September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, carried out 20 years […]
On Becoming Mainstream and Beyond
When I founded Attack the System over 20 years ago, my objective was to lay the blueprint for an insurgent anarchist movement in North America that could eventually take down the US regime and ruling class, in solidarity with those under attack by US imperialism in each of […]
Gavin Newsom Recall Is Hillary 2.0
Kim Iversen explains why Gavin Newsom’s campaign against recall may be in more trouble than Democrats think.
Why It’s Time to Take Secessionist Talk Seriously
By Richard Kreitner, The New York Review Disunion is hardly a new theme in American politics. In this moment of tumult, it would be unwise to rule out its return. fter what even Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell called, with surprising accuracy, a “failed insurrection” at the United […]
Biden’s SEPTEMBER HELL As Approval Rating Sinks To Below 40
Krystal and Saagar go through all of the forces leading to Biden’s tanking approval ratings and what looks to be a hellish September for the administration
Docs REVEAL Manchin’s Crime Family PROFITS off Misery & Death
Krystal provides a rundown of the corruption and criminal activity that has occurred in the Manchin family, especially in the sales and distribution of lifesaving treatments by pharma companies
SHOCK POLL Reveals Chance For GOP Upset In Virginia
Krystal and Saagar break down the shocking new poll that shows a tight gubernatorial race in Virginia between former Gov. Terry McAuliffe and GOP upstart Glenn Youngkin.
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