8/29/23: Trump Trial Date Right Before Super Tuesday, Dems Overwhelmingly Think Biden Too Old, Warren Buffet Bets Against Economy, Krystal Calls Out Bernie and Cornel West, Eminem Cease and Desists Vivek, Europe Freaks At Potential Trump 2.0, AutoWorkers Demand 4 Day Work Week

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Krystal and Saagar discuss Trump’s long list of trial dates being set with one being right before Super Tuesday, Democrats overwhelmingly say Biden is too Old to run, Kamala cries about Newsom-Desantis Debate stealing her spotlight, Warren Buffet predicts Recession and makes bets against US economy, Krystal calls […]

China’s hidden crisis

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August 29, 2023 Hey there! We might have been on the cusp of some breakthrough evidence of the Loch Ness monster had it not been for a recorder not being plugged in. In today’s big story, we’re looking at why China’s decision to limit publishing certain data on […]

Climate: Extreme heat

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Summer is coming to an end, and what a summer it has been. The various catastrophes that scientists had warned about—extreme heat, flooding, wildfires—hit full-tilt over the past few months.   Yesterday we recapped the summer in 10 alarming maps and graphs, and below, we’ve gathered the essential […]

Moralizing Capitalism

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In The New York Review of Books’s September 21 issue, Osita Nwanevu reads What It Took to Win, Michael Kazin’s history of the Democratic Party, alongside Left Behind, the historian Lily Geismer’s critical assessment of the last forty years of the Democrats’ attempts to address inequality. Following Kazin’s chronicle […]

Blackstone’s next big bet

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August 28, 2023 Welcome back! The internet didn’t waste time having fun with former President Donald Trump’s mugshot.   In today’s big story, we’re looking at how PE giant Blackstone is making a big bet on a behind-the-scenes piece of the AI revolution.   What’s on deck: Markets: […]

8/28/23: Trump DOWN After Missing Republican Debates, Trump Mugshot, Putin Confirms Prigozhin Death, Panic Over Paid UPS Drivers, Oliver Anthony Calls Out Republicans, Media Simps Nikki Haley, BRICS Expansion Threatens PetroDollar

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Krystal and Saagar discuss Trump going down in polls after missing debates, Trump’s mugshot raising millions for his campaign, Putin confirms Wagner Leader’s death, US military blasts Ukraine Tactics, Bloomberg TV Panics over well paid UPS drivers, Oliver Anthony calls out Republican Elites over his song, Media simps […]

Descendants of the Dragon

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Demographics, Immigration and the Future of Civilisation Gearoid Murphy Aug 27, 2023 “The world is entering a new dispensation in terms of immigration”. Those were the dry words of Irish mainstream journalist Mick Clifford on a late night political talk show where a panel discussed national backlash against […]

The Looting Conspiracy

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The Corbett Report Aug 27, 2023 by James Corbett corbettreport.com August 27, 2023 If you’ve been following the news, you’ll know that shoplifting and looting have been on the rise across the US in recent months, with retailers from San Francisco to Portland to Washington, DC, forced to […]

Remote reckoning

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August 27, 2023 Hi, welcome back to Insider Today’s Sunday edition, a roundup of some of our top stories of the week. I’m Cadie Thompson, an executive editor in Insider’s business division, filling in for Matt Turner. Let’s get started. On the agenda today: Hidden investors took over […]

Barbie in Birkenstocks

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Sponsored by Reaktion Books Lauren Michelle Jackson Humorless Barbie Greta Gerwig’s Barbie finds its comedy in the inflexibility of plastic and modern womanhood. Jill Lepore The Everyman Library When my father died I inherited his library: tiny books, held in one hand, all bound in cloth, and smelling of Briggs tobacco. […]

Abnormalize The Empire

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Caitlin Johnstone Aug 26, 2023 Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): The primary job of both Hollywood and the mainstream western press is to is to put a friendly, normal-looking face on a globe-spanning empire which dominates the world using nonstop violence and […]

The truth about Scooter Braun

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Hello Insiders! It’s late August — and you’re likely either out on vacation or picking up the slack for those that are. To help you through these quieter weeks, we’ve pulled together some of our most entertaining, eye-opening, and engaging reads from the past few months. RECOMMENDED READS […]