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Only Time Will Tell

Only Time Will Tell Plus: Zohran’s universal childcare wins support, Harvard’s screwed, Minneapolis won’t keep kids in school, and more… LIZ WOLFE “Only time will tell,” said President Donald Trump, in response to questions about how long the United States expects to help run Venezuela following Nicolás Maduro’s […]

What’s America need allies for?

William Rudolph Developments Over the last week, Washington has captured a dictator, threatened an ally, and stayed warm with its number-one strategic rival. The one through line seems to be: American power is all that really matters to America’s place in the world. So what do alliances actually […]

Spheres of Influence

Venezuela and the end of Pax Americana Anne Applebaum Jan 06, 2026 Nearly a year ago, I heard an American woman tell a large room full of people that the recently inaugurated US president was going to bring about world peace. Implying that she had special links to […]

The Right-Wing Immigration Paradox

How Meloni’s Italy shows that immigration isn’t necessarily a Left–Right divide — only a difference in motives. Davide Piffer Oct 20, 2025 We’re used to thinking of immigration as a partisan issue: The Left welcomes it; the Right resists it. But in Italy today, that distinction has collapsed. […]

Anarchism/Leftism/Black

By Cake Boy Anarchism is destroyed by leftism, according to Bob Black. When I was in anarchist circles, there where a lot of ex communists within these circles. . The thing with Communism is that it’s an absolutist theory. They are right, and the rest of the world […]

Now Available! Telos 213 (Winter 2025)

Trouble viewing this email? View it in your browser. Now available! Telos 213 (Winter 2025): China Keywords I Defining China, From Within and Without “China saturates Western media and academic discourse . . . while the political and social-theoretical ideas through which China thinks, judges, and interprets that world remain largely unheard.” —Eric Hendriks […]

Cuba Libre

Plus: Nvidia bootlickers, Yeltsin moments, Trump Tower anti-imperialism, and more… LIZ WOLFE Is Cuba next? “I don’t think we need [to take] any action,” said President Donald Trump on Sunday. Without the regime of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and a steady supply of oil, “Cuba looks like it’s […]

ICE agent kills legal observer and mother of three in Minneapolis as nationwide protests escalate; House to subpoena Epstein associate Les Wexner

Drop Site Daily: January 8th, 2026 Drop Site News Jan 08, 2026 ICE agent kills Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three in Minneapolis. The Trump administration baselessly accuses the killed woman, who was acting as a legal observer, of “terrorism” and “rioting.” Venezuelan communes mobilize against […]

Same streets, same dictators

Recently: Why is a living American president memorializing himself? Today: Caracas celebrated on Saturday. Now, residents are texting each other routes to avoid paramilitaries armed with machine guns. + For members: Why are business leaders across China disappearing into prisons? Jiangnan Zhu on the motives behind Beijing’s anti-corruption […]

Limitless

Thursday, Week II, MMXXVI Recently: Why are business leaders across China disappearing into prisons? Jiangnan Zhu on the motives behind Beijing’s anti-corruption campaign. Today: Iran’s protests began over inflation. Twelve days later: “Death to the dictator.” + For members: Can Europe defend its northern border? Paul Taylor on […]