Steve Bannon’s Second Term

November 18, 2024 Steve Bannon had a week for the ages leading up to the election. On October 29, the right-wing organizer and former Trump lieutenant was released from federal prison after serving time for contempt of Congress. He immediately kicked into action, trying to get his old […]

Deadlock in Ukraine

Sponsored by the University of California Press Tim Judah Ukraine Divided Almost three years after the beginning of Russia’s invasion, Ukraine is not defeated, but Russia is not victorious, either. Erin Maglaque Soundscapes of the Silenced In late Renaissance Florence one in five women lived behind institutional walls whose […]

Terrorism and the demonocracy

winter oak Read on blog or Reader The Acorn – 98 By winter oak on November 19, 2024 Number 98 In this issue: Terrorism and the demonocracy The Veil Falls Farmers’ fires of rage against the global system Sri Aurobindo: an organic radical inspiration Acorninfo 1. Terrorism and the demonocracy […]

Election Postmortem…

by Peter Zeihan on November 19, 2024 This video was originally released on Patreon 1 week ago. If you want to see the videos as soon as they come out, join the Patreon! You’ll get early access to videos and newsletters, as well as exclusive perks like live Q&A sessions, […]

11/18/24: Trump Taps RFK For HHS, Matt Gaetz Senate Showdown, Elon At War With Trump Transition

Krystal and Saagar discuss RFK Trump appointment, Matt Gaetz nomination showdown, Trump authoritarian admin debate, Elon at war with Trump transition team, UFO hearing highlights, NYC working class shock reasons they flipped for Trump. Timestamps: (00:00)Intro (3:04)Krystal And Saagar DEBATE RFK Jr Appointment (42:42)Elon AT WAR With Trump […]

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. […]