NORMAN FINKELSTEIN on the Election, “It’s So Stupid. They don’t want to see…”

Eminent political scientist Dr. Norman Finkelstein joins me for a discussion on the election, in this first segment of a longer conversation. Finkelstein was one of the few public intellectuals who predicted a Trump win/Harris loss against mainstream media narratives and prominent pollsters. #normanfinkelstein #kamalaharris #Election2024 #Trump #democraticparty […]

The End of the Obama Coalition

The Democratic Party has been hemorrhaging nonwhite and working-class voters. There are a lot of theories about why that has been happening, blaming it on the party’s ideas or messaging or campaign tactics. But I think the problem might be deeper than that — rooted in the structure […]

Here We Go Again

NOVEMBER 15, 2024 Here We Go Again The Future of Public Health—or Lack Thereof—Under Trump → This week, pundits, journalists, and Internet trolls alike started to sift through the wreckage of the 2024 election to try to figure out what the Democrats did wrong. Did they hug too […]

Why Trump Wants His Own Generals

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2024 Limited government is a means to achieving the noble purpose of safeguarding the inalienable rights of all from those who would abuse power for ideological ends. –  Samuel Postell “States’ Rights or Inalienable Rights?” (2024) HORNBERGER’S BLOG November 15, 2024 Why Trump Wants His […]

Trump Staffs Up

NATIONAL REVIEW NOVEMBER 15, 2024 ◼ Matt Gaetz needs 51 votes, but he can’t even count past 17.   ◼ President-elect Trump nominated his prominent toady, Representative Matt Gaetz (R., Fla.), to be his attorney general. Gaetz resigned from the House, apparently to force the shutdown of an […]

Remember When…

by Peter Zeihan on November 16, 2024 If you want to see the deep dive on Trump’s Cabinet, join the Patreon! You’ll get early access to videos and newsletters, as well as exclusive perks like live Q&A sessions, a community forum, daily news digests, and more, only on Patreon. CLICK […]

The Pen and the Brush

Sponsored by the Classical Pursuits Ruth Bernard Yeazell is a scholar of the novel whose work has focused more on the visual arts than the average literary critic’s. She has written for The New York Review not only about Austen, Dickens, and George Eliot, but also about Frans Hals, Vermeer, female […]

Time to trump inflation?

November 16, 2024 Senior Fellow and Good as Gold author Judy Shelton explains the fundamental problem of the Fed, the state of inflation, and Trump’s reelection on Yahoo Finance. Trumping Inflation? Research Fellow Alexander Salter explores what a second Trump administration will do for the cost of living. […]

How Mexico’s Bernie Won

Episode 200 with Juan David Rojas Krystal Kyle & Friends Nov 15, 2024 Thanks for joining us, Juan David Rojas! For Episode 200 (woohoo!) of KK&F, we’re shifting focus to the Mexican presidency and getting our guest’s takes both on the legacy of AMLO and the nascent leadership […]

The Old Man’s Back Again

Sponsored by Reaktion Books In the days since Donald Trump was elected president, he has already pledged to end birthright citizenship—a right enshrined in the Fourteenth Amendment—by executive fiat, to shutter the Department of Education, and to deport millions of people. The Review has asked a number of contributors […]

America Second: Episode 6

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Watch now America Second: Episode 6 Henry Szamota and José Niño discuss the 2024 presidential election and what impact it will have on foreign policy Nov 12 READ IN APP Upgrade to paid Share With Donald Trump winning the 2024 presidential […]

Trump Is Not the “End of Liberalism”, Ending the War in Ukraine, European Industry Getting Ruined By US Diktaks, Germany’s Failing Economic Model , When Airlines Vanish

Niccolo Soldo Nov 12, 2024 Every weekend (almost) I share five articles/essays/reports with you. I select these over the course of the week because they are either insightful, informative, interesting, important, or a combination of the above. Share I am thankful that the readers of this Substack are […]

The Fate of Al-Aqsa

by Alexander Dugin Alexander Dugin Nov 14, 2024 Alexander Dugin asserts that the recent Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh, marked by unprecedented unity among leaders like Assad, Erdogan, and Mohammed bin Salman, signals a critical turning point in the Islamic world’s response to Zionist aggression and the Palestinian crisis. […]

The Horrors of Family Separation

Sponsored by the University of California Press Our December 5 issue is now online, with Fintan O’Toole on the return of Trump, Erin Maglaque on the silence of the convent, Patricia J. Williams on the horrors of family separation, Tim Judah on Ukraine three years after the invasion, Jonathan […]