It can reasonably be said that most of the media is merely the propaganda arm of the DNC at this point with the obvious exceptions being, FOX, evangelical TV, talk radio, a few print publications, and startups like Newsmax and OANN. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to […]
Anarchist News It has now been more than one year since the world that we have known all of our lives came screeching to a halt. And what a year’s it’s been. The collective unconscious roils in the throes of a bad acid trip, the realization seeps slow […]
Founder of The Daily Poster, David Sirota, discusses the latest updates on an FBI investigation into Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the nursing home scandal.
TELOS Press On The Agenda with Steve Paikin, the discussion about governmental responses to the COVID-19 pandemic turned to Thomas Brussig’s recent editorial “Risk More Dictatorship,” originally published in the Süddeutsche Zeitung and translated into English in TelosScope. Listen to the discussion below (beginning at 15:01), and read […]
Michael Lind nails it again. By Michael Lind, Tablet The bitter debate over lockdowns and mask mandates in America is not just another polarizing culture war between left and right. It also has elements of a class war. But it’s not the class war you might think it […]
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Saagar Enjeti explains the long-term mental health repercussions of COVID and lockdowns.
Years from now, they will probably be talking about the 25th wave or whatever.
Psychopath, sociopath, or just arrogant? Few people understand the science behind the psychopath and the sociopath. In this full-length masterclass video, clinical psychologist and personality disorder expert Dr. Ramani Durvasula does a deep dive on the psychopath, the sociopath, and everything you need to know about antisocial personality […]
Krystal Ball explains how the coronavirus vaccine scarcity is a problem manufactured by Big Pharma.
By German Lopez, Vox For too long, America has approached public health issues with puritanical, black-and-white approaches. Whether it’s an abstinence-only approach for teen sex and HIV/AIDS, or refusing to provide clean needles and overdose antidotes to people who use drugs, the country has a tendency to prefer […]
By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams Affirming that healthcare is a basic human right and that people must come before profits, Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2021 on Wednesday, exactly one year after the first coronavirus cases were confirmed in all […]
The present situation is probably perceived as one of those “nowhere to go but up” scenarios. On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds 57 percent of voters say the pandemic is getting better while 33 percent say the same of the economy. This survey was […]
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss Trump supporters who refuse to take the COVID vaccine and debate what went wrong in the vaccine messaging.
Imagine that.
Team Rising reacts to Donald Trump encouraging his supporters to get vaccinated for COVID.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to a Pfizer executive’s plan to cash in on the COVID pandemic through potential yearly boosters.
President of Center for Health & Democracy, Wendell Potter, discusses the Koch network’s private-sector health care plans.
By Matt Purple, The American Conservative One year ago this week, my old boss here at TAC told us to start working from home. I remember riding the Metro train back to my apartment that evening—the last time I took public transportation, as it turns out—and naively looking […]
By Kit Knightly, Off-Guardian President John Magufuli’s disappearance makes him potentially the 2nd “Covid denier” head of state to lose power. John Magufuli, President of Tanzania, has disappeared. He’s not been seen in public for several weeks, and speculation is building as to where he might be. The […]
Global Capitalism: Live Economic Update – March 2021 March 2020-March 2021: Covid and the Crash In connection with Prof. Wolff’s discussion of the main topic above, he will also give short updates on: who lost what; who gained what; where is the US economy headed now; and lastly, […]
By Alec MacGillis, photography by Celeste Sloman In Hobbs, New Mexico, the high school closed and football was canceled, while just across the state line in Texas, students seemed to be living nearly normal lives. Here’s how pandemic school closures exact their emotional toll on young people. Everything […]
By Rachel Schallom, Fortune This week marks the first anniversary of Fortune’s decision to ask all U.S.- and Europe-based staffers to work from home. Looking back on the email announcement is like looking at a time capsule. There was a strong focus on cleaning and sanitization, which we now […]
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss British viewers’ reactions to the advertisements played during the Oprah interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.
By Jamie Ducharme, Time Magazine U.S. suicide rates are at their highest since World War II, according to federal data—and the opioid crisis, widespread social media use and high rates of stress may be among the myriad contributing factors. In 2017, 14 out of every 100,000 Americans died […]
By Thomas Russig, TELOS The corona crisis remains an experience of helplessness, even though infection rates are falling. Despite all the limitations on everyday life and despite the start of the vaccinations, an end to the restrictions is nowhere in sight—even though a few countries have succeeded in […]
Saagar Enjeti explains how the media’s coverage of Gov. Andrew Cuomo throughout the past year allowed him to get away with damaging COVID policies and sexual harassment allegations.
Krystal Ball and Kyle Kulinski interview Dr. Carl Hart. Listen here. This week’s conversation with Dr. Carl Hart gave us the chance to dig into the topics of the U.S.’s racist and dysfunctional criminal justice system, the importance of personal freedoms, and the struggle to legalize drug usage. […]
Of course. Founder of The Daily Poster, David Sirota, explains the legal protections Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave nursing homes in New York
Saagar Enjeti reacts to comments Michael Moore made following the Texas governor ending the statewide mask mandate.
Saagar Enjeti how scientists and politicians are getting their COVID messaging all wrong.
The US public: “If Fauci and the media are for the vaccine, there must be something wrong with it.” Saagar Enjeti explains why there is hope for COVID herd immunity by April and argues the case for getting vaccinated.
Tucker and Naomi discuss the totalitarian state we are facing.
Hopefully, this scumbag will get his comeuppance. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo is threatening people who ask questions about his nursing home policies.
So he speaks truth to power but tells lies to everyone else? By Daniel Estrin, NPR America’s top infectious disease official Dr. Anthony Fauci received a prestigious $1 million Israeli prize Monday, along with six other researchers who shared two additional $1 million prizes for their contributions to […]
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo covered up the number of COVID deaths in nursing homes throughout New York.
Where are your papers?
By Otfried Höffe, TELOS It is hard to believe. More than seventy years after the adoption of the Basic Law, a constitution opposed to all dictatorships, two principles have ceased to be self-evident: the content of the basic freedoms and the separation of powers in the organization of […]
By Russell A. Berman, TELOS Both sides of the transatlantic alliance, America and Europe, pride themselves on their commitment to freedom. And rightly so: these political communities emerged out of histories of extended emancipation struggles, laying claim to rights against pre-democratic authoritarian states, just as they have done […]
By John Matrix, Police State USA Editor’s note: A police state is a “state in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic, and political life of the population.” The micromanagement and control over entire industries — such as health care — is categorically […]
This is more like it.
NBC News RICHMOND, Va. (NBC News) – Federal and state officials are investigating after a woman from Gloucester died shortly after receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Last Saturday, 58-year-old Drene Keyes received the shot. Keye’s daughter says her mother started vomiting, had trouble breathing and then died hours later. […]
Keith & RJ Study claims vaccines saved 37 million lives mostly children over the past two decades, anti-vaxxers are growing, backlash to over-medicalization, the complexity of the immune system, a long history of human poisonings, paranoia and the American tradition, criticisms of scientism, SpaceX Starship SN9 explodes during […]
Journalist and CEO of Status Coup, Jordan Chariton, discusses the death of an Amazon worker, Poushawn Brown, who was responsible for testing her coworkers for COVID.
Keith, Emma & RJ Game Stop vs Wall Street, Robinhood, micro-revolts in the United States, Dodger Stadium’s COVID-19 vaccination site temporarily shut down after protesters gather at entrance, Robinhood was supposed to be for the little guy, Citadel, aristocrats pretending to be friends with the peasants, rich people […]
Watch this idiot end up being Attorney General or even President someday. Team Rising reacts to reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York and his administration underreported nursing home COVID deaths by thousands.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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