Freedom Digest: MONDAY, MAY 2, 2022

If men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences that can invite the consideration of mankind, reason is of no use to us; the freedom of speech may be taken away, and dumb and silent […]

The Intercept: Left News Digest April 28, 2022

Bottled Water Giant BlueTriton Admits Claims of Recycling and Sustainability Are “Puffery” Sharon Lerner BlueTriton, owner of Poland Spring and other brands of water packaged in plastic, stated in a court filing that its claims of sustainability are “vague and hyperbolic.” READ MORE →   The $287 Million […]

David J. Theroux 1949-2022

The Independent Institute David Theroux will remain a living presence through his many publications and media creations, through the ongoing dynamism of the Independent Institute, and through his beloved family. * * * David launched the Independent Institute, an academic non-profit, public policy, research and educational organization, as […]

Freedom Digest: April 27, 2022

April 27, 2022 Is Putin Right About a U.S. Proxy War? On the surface of things, it appears that Russia is at war with Ukraine. But Russian president Vladimir Putin is saying that in actuality it is the United States that is warring against Russia and is simply […]

Deutsche Bank source found dead in Los Angeles

By Daniel Chaitin, Deputy News Editor A man believed to have assisted federal investigators and journalists looking into Deutsche Bank was found dead in Los Angeles, local officials said. A cleaning crew found the body of Val Broeksmit, the adopted son of the late Deutsche Bank executive William […]

10 Bizarre Amendments That Actually Got Passed

From weaponized ticks to expert wizards… is there anything held sacred anymore? 0:30 the expert wizard amendment 1:35 the 27th amendment passed 200 years late 2:51 the weaponized tick amendment 3:49 the amendment amendment 4:43 Luxembourg amended their monarch out of power 5:37 the 19th amendment 6:35 Switzerland […]

The Individual in Community

By Adam Ormes, Nowhere News (Original version delivered as a speech in Porto on February 15th, 2020.) “I would not encourage in your minds that delusion which you must carefully foster in the minds of your human victims. I mean the delusion that the fate of nations is […]

“Making the world a ‘better place’ “ is a stupid idea

H.L. Mencken: The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.

The Populist Delusion

By Neema Parvini, Imperium Press The 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump unleashed a wave of populism not seen in America since the Nixon era, which carried him into the presidency. Seen widely as a vindication of the people over elites, his failure to bring about any meaningful […]

Introducing the World System

By Christopher Sandbatch, Sorry for the technical delay, folks. A lot has happened since we last tuned in…we think the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl. People have also been talking about nationalism and imperialism as though these things are somehow opposed. Sometimes they are, but they […]

“The facts of life are neoconservative”

Some comedy for today. This article is an example of what full-on neoconservatism actually looks like, basically a hybrid of the French revolutionary tradition, Trotsky’s concept of permanent revolution, and Zionism. Although this author is not a neocon leader, just some talentless and thoughtless hack. By Shay Khatari, […]

Liberal BRAINWORMS: Maher Calls Trump Putin’s Boyfriend

Krystal and Saagar bring fresh content from political commentator Kyle Kulinski where he covers the liberal obsession with Putin and Trump’s relationship and why the war in Ukraine started under Biden

Rising: 3/21/2022 Full Show

Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss the state of peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. Robby Soave commends a recent op-ed from the New York Times editorial board. Ryan Grim calls out Dr. Peter McCullough and financier Edward Dowd for misrepresenting data regarding excess deaths in 2021. | […]

What a Tom Cotton Presidency Would Probably Look Like

The Winner in Ukraine Won’t Be Russia or America. It Will Be China.

I tend to regard Ukraine as Russia’s Iraq War, but even if Putin is more limited in his objectives and essentially gets away with it, it will come at the cost of increased Russian dependency on China’s energy markets, military and diplomatic support, and financial system.  At best, […]

The View Host LAMENTS Lost Italy Trip Due to War

Krystal and Saagar respond to the comments by The View co-host Joy Behar about how the Russian invasion of Ukraine will jeopardize her plans to take a vacation in Italy

Slavery is permanent

Slavery never went away.

The Coming MAGA Cultural Revolution?

LA Progressive The Terrifying World of 2025 I’ve just wrapped up my shift at BurgerBoy and I don’t have much time before the weekly self-criticism session at town hall. This hour with my diary is precious, especially when I have to make a big decision. Writing used to […]

Thoughts on the Diamond Jubilee: Sixty Years a Rubber Stamp By Sean Gabb

By Sean Gabb Dear All, I see Her Majesty the Queen is having yet another jubilee. I can’t be bothered to comment on this one. The comment I made on the last holds just as well. Sean Thoughts on the Diamond Jubilee: Sixty Years a Rubber Stamp By […]

The Neocons Are Back

The American Conservative The war drums are beating in Washington, as our bipartisan establishment looks to get the country involved in rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Emile, Sohrab, Micah, and Helen unpack the return of the neocons. Plus, the hosts assess Glenn Youngkin’s war against mask mandates […]

13,000 Pounds at 118 Miles Per Hour It was the deadliest wreck in years. And the man behind it was one of the FBI’s most notorious informants.

By Ben Ryder Howe New York Magazine On September 4, 2018, Nauman Hussain, a 28-year-old professional paintball player, was working at his family’s business when a state inspector arrived for a routine visit. Nauman’s father owned Prestige Limousine, a small company touting “modern, classy vehicles” for “exquisite wedding, […]

The Libertarian Party Is Not About ‘Education’ – And Can Never Be

By Peter R Quinones In January of 2020 I was happy to keep trudging along in my podcasting and theorizing about a fantasyland that will never exist: Ancapistan. A magical place where all property is private and the currency is what you want it to be. Reality finally […]

Peter Zeihan Makes Bad Predictions With Bad Premises

By Brian Wang, Next Big Future Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical strategist who specializes in global energy, demographics and security. He has been quoted in national and international media on a variety of geopolitical topics. He makes a prediction in the video below about the breakup China and […]

Julian Assange Ordered EXTRADITED To US, Liberals Wrestle With Hypocrisy And Principle

Ryan Grim and Robby Soave react to a British court’s decision to overturn a lower court ruling that had blocked Julian Assange’s extradition. They also discuss Steven Donziger being released to home confinement for the rest of his sentence.

Biden Team PANICS As Dems Doubt He Can Run Again

Krystal and Saagar cover the most recent reports about how Democratic Party insiders and those on the Biden campaign team have tried to reassure themselves that Biden will run again

CIA Torture Victim Publicly Reveals Abuse Details For 1st Time, Officers BLAST Use Of Torment

Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss the CIA’s use of torture post-9/11.

In Defense of Littering

By Drew Hornbein, Medium To throw trash away is to hide a truth from ourselves. When we throw trash into designated bins, we cast a veil over our choices. We cannot throw trash away, because there is no “away.” There is only this world, our home. When a […]

Remembering Brian Micklethwait

By Sean Gabb Remembering Brian Micklethwait: The Man Who Made Libertarianism Fun Obituary by Sean Gabb Published on the 20th October 2021 in The Critic Magazine Brian Hugh Micklethwait was born on the 26th September 1947, the youngest son of Sir Robert Micklethwait, a lawyer of some distinction […]

‘I Come Here Not As Paris Hilton, But As A Survivor’: Hilton Speaks Out Against Child Abuse

Paris Hilton spoke at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday to advocate for the Accountability for Congregate Care Act of 2021. The presser discussed establishing a bill of rights for children placed in congregate care facilities, according to organizers. Earlier this year, Hilton lauded the passage of a troubled teen […]

Colin Powell Dies After Complications From COVID, Previously Diagnosed W/ Multiple Myeloma

Ryan Grim and Robby Soave react to breaking news that former Secretary of State Colin Powell has died as a result of complications from COVID-19. Powell had previously been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer that hurts the body’s ability to fight infections.

The Richest Family in Every U.S. State

What I found the most interesting about this was the degree to which the “old money” industrial bourgeoisie WASP elites are being integrated with the “newly rich” and “rainbowized” digital capitalist class. By Max DeNike, Family Minded America’s richest families are taking the whole idea of “born with a […]

Glenn Beck Asks Mike Pompeo If He Plotted To Kill Assange

Concerned about what they believed were plans by Russia to sneak Assange out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where the WikiLeaks founder had lived since 2012, and onward to Moscow, CIA and Trump administration officials also discussed crashing a car into a Russian diplomatic vehicle carrying Assange […]

Beyond the QAnon Shaman: The Disturbing Relationship Between New Age and Far Right Movements

By Triumph Kerins The McGill International Review Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have witnessed a proliferation of conspiracy theories. While it may seem peculiar, this recent rise in conspiratorial thinking follows a historically significant trend: conspiracy theories often take hold during periods of societal crisis, […]

Gen. Milley Reportedly Called China AFRAID Trump Would Start A WAR, Legacy Media EXPLOIT Ensues

This is an illustration of why I do not consider Trump to be a threat as far as being some kind of “fascist dictator.” Clearly, the military-industrial complex and intelligence services despise him, and they’re certainly not going to help him facilitate a personal coup. And the majority […]

ACTIVE Bomb Threat Near The U.S. Capitol

U.S. Capitol Police are investigating an active bomb threat near the Library of Congress. According to reports officials are negotiating with a man in a suspicious vehicle.

Census shows US growth driven by minorities; white population falls under 60 percent

The good news for liberals is that the US is becoming more diverse ethnically and otherwise. The good news for conservatives is that many Hispanics are becoming the “new white ethnics,” comparable to the descendants of Southern and Eastern Europeans who started moving rightward in the aftermath of […]

Watching America’s Crack-Up

By Benjamin Kerstein Quillette When you have lived long enough in a foreign country, you eventually begin to realize that the one you left behind, once accepted as utterly unique since it was all you knew, is not particularly different from anywhere else. One can call this perspective, […]

Extremist Initiative By ADL, PayPal WEAPONIZES Ideology. Sets A DANGEROUS Precedent

Rachel Bovard details a new initiative to track and disrupt payment activity from extremist and hate groups.

Yeonmi Park Details Horrific Effects of North Korean Starvation

Yeonmi: “And that’s where I saw rats eating their eye” Joe:”Because they’re soft”

Defector Yeonmi Park on Escaping North Korea

“An entire country became a concentration camp.”

Kamala Harris Is Not Popular, And Tulsi Gabbard Reminds Us Why

The rising wing of the ruling class is grooming Kamala to be the next Hillary and wants to install her as the President eventually. Fortunately, most of the public seems to know better. From the comments thread: “Instead of prosecuting Mnuchin she tried to put single moms like […]