This is a funny description of how Congress critters act like middle-schoolers behind the scenes. Ryan Grim explains how Rep. Josh Gottheimer’s unpopularity with his colleagues in Congress is affecting the outcome of budget resolution.
While I have no doubt that Donald Trump would have no problem with becoming an Erdogan-like president for life if he could, even more dangerous are the right-wing plutocratic flunkies in the Republican Party like Marco Rubio, Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, and others who want a […]
My main priority as far as US politics is concerned is to keep the Bush-era neocons and their allies or descendants from ever returning to power. Right now, we have three de facto political parties: the neo-Rockefeller Republicans (centrist Democrats), neo-Know Nothings (Trumpists/American Le Penists), and neo-Ted Kennedy […]
Rick Scott, the Republican senator from Florida who ran a company that committed the largest Medicare fraud in American history, suggested on Monday that the senate should consider using the 25th Amendment to remove President Joe Biden from office. This was Scott’s response to the situation unfolding in […]
Krystal and Saagar react to the shocking new poll that shows Governor Gavin Newsom could potentially be recalled by California voters
US involvement in Afghanistan actually began with Jimmy Carter, not George W. Bush. Under the tutelage and influence of Zbigniew Brzezinski, the US began arming the mujahideen who flocked to Afghanistan to fight the Soviets, and who then conquered the country falling the Soviet withdrawal and the subsequent […]
Krystal and Saagar go through the new census data that outlines demographic trends and the failures of Democrats across the board
I’ve always disliked David Brooks as a neocon mouthpiece. But his “bourgeois bohemians” thesis was prophetic. When you’re right, you’re right. By David Brooks, The Atlantic The dispossessed set out early in the mornings. They were the outsiders, the scorned, the voiceless. But weekend after weekend—unbowed and undeterred—they […]
By Matt Taibbi On the road from stirring symbol of hope and change to the Fat Elvis of neoliberalism, birthday-partying Barack Obama sold us all out. It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. — Leo Tolstoy “Even Scaled Back,” wrote Vanity Fair, “Barack […]
Aug. 2, 2021: Nationally syndicated radio talk show host, Larry Elder, met with California opinion editors to share his views and explain his reasons for entering the California recall election.
Biden had the advantage of being an “elder statesman” and Obama’s VP, as well as having an image of a moderate. Finding a suitable replacement will be hard for the Democrats because their in-house candidates are generally unpopular with the public, and their popular candidates are unpopular with […]
David Sirota, founder of The Daily Poster, discusses the financial motivations behind the seven Democratic lawmakers who voted to pass a GOP amendment prohibiting the government from banning fracking.
Ryan Grim, Alyssa Farah and Kim Iversen discuss the Biden administration’s handling of spiking gas prices.
Ryan Grim, Alyssa Farah and Kim Iversen react to reports that Sen. Rand Paul’s wife invested in a drug company that produced COVID treatments back in February 2020.
Krystal and guest host Kyle Kulinski look at the overwhelming passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill and Mitch McConnell’s comments afterwards.
Krystal and guest host Kyle talk about Andrew Cuomo’s resignation and Joe Biden’s praise for the disgraced Governor.
Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. Voltairine de Cleyre was shot by a would-be assassin. Rosa Luxemburg was killed by the Freikorps. Emma Goldman was deported. Sophie Scholl was beheaded. Anne Frank was (probably) gassed. Sarah Jane Moore was behind bars for decades. Assata Skakur is […]
Briahna Joy Gray, host of Bad Faith podcast, discusses the budget resolution that Senate Democrats just approved.
Team Rising discusses the arrest warrants for Texas Democrats who left the state to avoid voting on an election reform bill.
Ryan Grim explains how GOP senators may have made an enemy of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.
Ross Barkan, author, discusses NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s announcing his official resignation following sexual harassment allegations.
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds 47 percent of voters approve of the job Kamala Harris is doing as Vice President while 43 percent disapprove and 10 percent said neither.
Micah Lee, director of information security at The Intercept, discusses the major donors behind the Tea Party Patriots.
Ryan Grim argues that President Biden and the Democrats are running out of time.
Krystal and guest host Kyle Kulinski cringe at the glowing press CNN gave to AOC and the potential that she runs against Chuch Schumer.
Krystal and guest host Kyle Kulinski go over all the details of Bernie’s proposed senate budget reconciliation package.
Krystal and guest host Kyle Kulinski criticize Sen. Josh Hawley for opposing Biden’s infrastructure bill and fundraising off of January 6th.
By Damon Linker, The Week Making predictions about the political future is a fool’s game. Pundits do it a lot because it’s fun and easy, and because there are effectively no professional consequences for getting things wrong. But thinking about how events might unfold need not be entirely […]
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds 55 percent of voters approve of President Biden in the White House while 45 percent disapprove, a 4 percentage point drop from last month. Ryan Grim, Alyssa Farrah, and Kim Iversen discuss.
Team Rising reacts to Sean Spicer’s comments on a potential Trump 2024 presidential run.
Krystal and guest host Kyle Kulinski comment on the details surrounding the maskless, soulless birthday party thrown by Barack Obama.
The neocons want to push Trump to the side so they can put forward a front man like Pence, De Santis, Rubio, Cotton, etc. who will assume the same role as George W. Bush, a puppet who initiates a regime change war against Iran. Trump is a douchebag, […]
A majority of Americans in a new poll think it would be bad for the country if former President Trump runs for office in 2024.
Rachel Bovard and Kim Iversen weigh in a reported “crisis dinner” held in response to several apparent missteps by Kamala Harris.
Krystal and Saagar break down the comments made by a top Dem campaign official about the party’s chances in 2022.
Kim Iversen and Rachel Bovard react to a new Quinnipiac poll on President Biden’s handling of COVID.
This is a panel discussion conducted for state legislators in New Hampshire to help them understand critical race theory.
Ryan Grim breaks down the relationship between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the woman who led the investigation into claims of sexual assault against him, NY AG, Letitia James.
Ron Kim, New York assemblyman, discusses the findings of the NY attorney general’s investigation into sexual harassment claims against Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
This is a pretty good debate between Ryan and Kim over the issue of tenants’ rights vs small landlords’ rights. Ryan Grim and Kim Iversen react to the Biden administration’s new ban on evictions for renters following protests from major progressives, including Rep. Cori Bush.
Ryan Grim and Kim Iversen react to calls to extend the eviction moratorium.
Team Rising reacts to reports that President Barack Obama will have 700 people attending his 60th birthday party in Martha’s Vineyard.
“Congressional brainpower.” Talk about an oxymoron. Ryan Grim explains how lawmaking has become privatized.
The Democraps are rapidly entering a position where they will be a de facto one party state (like Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party for most of the 20th century) with the Trumpized Repugs functioning as the American version of France’s Le Penists, a family fiefdom that operates as a […]
Krystal and Saagar look at the chaotic blame game being played by Pelosi and Biden now that the eviction moratorium has expired.
Krystal and Saagar cover Sen. Lindsey Graham’s covid diagnosis and what that means for the bipartisan infrastructure bill.
Krystal and Saagar bring Rep. Ro Khanna onto the show to go over The Squad’s action regarding the eviction moratorium and more.
Krystal and Saagar question Barack Obama’s decision to throw a massive birthday party amidst the spread of the Delta variant
She is the darling of woke suburbia, left-Wall Street, the media, and that’s about it. The general public seems to have far more sense than I would have thought. Krystal and Saagar provide an update on Kamala Harris and how historically unpopular she is.
A weakened Trumpism that still manages to hold on to the GOP to the degree necessary to deflect the neocons would be the ideal situation. Meanwhile, left and centrist opposition would prevent the neocons from gaining hegemony in the Democrats as well.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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