History Professor Answers Dictator Questions

Professor and authoritarianism scholar Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about dictators and fascism. Why do people support dictators? How do dictators come to power? What’s the difference between a dictatorship, an autocracy, and authoritarianism? What are the most common personality traits found in […]

Zionism and American Politics

Troy Southgate Mar 25, 2025 WITH Zionism having become such a hot potato, particularly in light of the continuing extermination of the Palestinians, it is important to sort out the issue of who actually has who’s hand rammed up America’s backside. The Right will tell you that the […]

Tackling a Tough Problem

Nvidia’s CEO: “This Will Be a Multitrillion-Dollar Industry.” (From Brownstone Research) Could Palantir’s R1 Deal Be the Catalyst for a Stock Surge? Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: PLTR) stock is finding support around its 15-day simple moving average after the company announced a partnership with R1 to launch R37, […]

First They Came for the Cowards

TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2025 When A annoys B on the pretense of saving or improving X, A is a scoundrel. –H.L. Mencken, Newspaper Days: 1899-1906 [1941] HORNBERGER’S BLOG March 25, 2025 First They Came for the Cowards When I read about the capitulation to President Trump by the big […]

Perfectly legal

Brought to you by Geneva Recently: What’s Beijing’s strategy for dealing with Donald Trump? Scott Kennedy on where China sees the threats and opportunities from the new U.S. administration. Today—from our latest print extra, Altered States: How common is the corruption of public officials in the U.S.? Ben Freeman […]

Waltz Must Go

View this email in your browser READ ON SITE NOW      I don’t see how the National Security Advisor Mike Waltz organizing group chat with the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg goes away without Waltz’s resignation. There may be some ambiguity about whether Signal, the app used for the chat, […]

Erdoğan Alone

by Alexander Dugin Alexander Dugin Mar 25, 2025 Alexander Dugin on why Erdoğan is in a very bad situation and cannot expect any assistance from either Russia or Iran. Following the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, serious unrest has erupted and continues to escalate in Turkey. The […]

The Externalization of the Money Masters with Jacob Nordangård

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Watch now The Externalization of the Money Masters with Jacob Nordangård The Corbett Report Mar 25 READ IN APP SHOW NOTES AND COMMENTS: https://corbettreport.com/the-externalization-of-the-money-masters/ Author and researcher Jacob Nordangård joins James to discuss his new article, “Externalization of the Money Masters,” […]

Deportation Standoff

Deportation Standoff Plus: Rehiring federal workers, using Signal to orchestrate bombing the Houthis, and more… LIZ WOLFE Tren de Aragua (and other) deportations continue: Yesterday, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg “ruled his temporary order will remain in effect, restricting new deportations [of accused Venezuelan gang members] until the men […]

Netanyahu’s Political Death Spiral

In this critical discussion, Shahid Bolsen breaks down the latest developments in Gaza, the Israeli assault, and the broader geopolitical implications. He explores Netanyahu’s political desperation, the regional consensus on Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, and the shifting dynamics in the Middle East. What does the future hold […]

Trump’s Israel policy called ‘beyond immoral,’ ‘extremely reckless’ by analyst

President Donald Trump’s support for Israel’s genocidal blockade of humanitarian aid to Gaza, with even the bombing of Yemen, risks ‘incalculable’ fallout, according to analyst Alex Krainer. Alex KrainerYouTube Patrick Delaney Mon Mar 24, 2025 – 7:15 pm EDT BeyondWords (LifeSiteNews) — The Trump administration’s current policy of defending […]

I’m Already Against the Next War

MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2025 There seems to be but one remedy for the acute Politcoholics. They should be placed in a comfortable institution, beyond the reach of dangerous weapons, where they can act out their fantasies with each other, unencumbered by the real world. –Sy Leon HORNBERGER’S BLOG […]

Insider Trades Newsletter for 3/24/2025

Insider Trades for SoFi Technologies, NVIDIA, Copart, Electronic Arts, Keurig Dr Pepper, Huron Consulting Group and more… VIEW LATEST INSIDER TRADES March 24th, 2025 | Unsubscribe Long-Forgotten Trump Prophecy Finally Coming True? (ad) This shouldn’t surprise anyone who’s been paying attention, but… Pres. Trump may be about to […]

New Case Against Khalil

New Case Against Khalil Plus: Sanders supports deportations, tariff tracker, Panama’s Jewish enclave, and more… LIZ WOLFE Did Mahmoud Khalil fail to disclose relevant information when applying for his green card? The government has stealthily added some new allegations in its case against Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, who […]

Hossam Shabat’s Last Article

Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel’s scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun. Drop Site News Mar 24, 2025 Hossam Shabat is dead. I am beyond rage and despair as I write these words. The […]

3/24/25: Glenn Schools Saagar On Deportation, Bernie Rallies Thousands, Trump Aide Folds To Israel

Saagar and Ryan discuss Glenn Greenwald on deportation, Bernie rallies tens of thousands as Schumer flails, Elon set for billions in Gov contracts, Trump Israel aide folds to lobby, billionaire Trump Sec laughs at missed Social Security checks.  Timestamps: (00:00)Intro (2:15)Glenn Greenwald SCHOOLS SAAGAR ON Deportation (27:09)Bernie Rallies […]

The F-Word

By William T. Hathaway “Fascism” is the current malediction of the left media to evoke fear and loathing of Trump, Alternatives for Germany (AfD), and other right-wing movements. It’s a strongly charged term, but false and harmful. What we are witnessing now is not the rise of fascism […]

Zazen: No End in Sight

Troy Southgate Mar 23, 2025 I HAVE been practicing Sōtō meditation for some time now, but I still come across plenty of people who seem to think that zazen (‘just sitting’) is all about striving for enlightenment. Prior to the late-twelfth century – and directly inspired by the […]