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Nexus X HumectressRittenhouse ASU Expulsion Protests Are LAUGHABLE, He’s Not Even A Student
Robby Soave details ASU students’ efforts to bar Kyle Rittenhouse from attending school there.
Women’s Tennis Tells China To SHOVE IT As WALL ST Bootlicks
Krystal and Saagar cover how the Women’s Tennis Association has responded to China disappearing tennis star Peng Shuai with defiance in contrast to the Wall Street tycoons who bend the knee
Biden Has The Chance To Do The Right AND Smart Thing This Time Around In Honduras
Ryan Grim makes the case against further U.S. intelligence intervention in Latin America.
MAXWELL TRIAL UPDATE: Victims Reveal Ties To Trump, Clinton
Krystal and Saagar give viewers all of the latest news from the Ghislaine Maxwell trial as victims of she and Jeffrey Epstein’s serial pedophilia and sex trafficking testify in court
Fauci Confirms FIRST Omicron Case In CA, Trump BLAMES Gold Star Families For HIS Covid Infection
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss the latest developments on the emerging Omicron variant.
DYSTOPIAN GOLD RUSH – Big Money Buys Fake Real Estate for MILLIONS
Krystal covers the real estate gold rush happening in the Metaverse among the wealthy and well connected who have enough excess money to spend millions on virtual reality
Batya Ungar-Sargon on the Growing Gulf Between Ordinary Americans and the Progressive Journalists Who Cover Them
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Newsweek editor Batya Ungar-Sargon about her new book, Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy—and her political voyage from doctrinaire progressive to self-described “left-wing populist.” LISTEN HERE
The reason we’re becoming more extreme
The psychology of extremism can help explain how our society has turned into a 24/7 culture war. The latest “Reality Check with John Avlon: Extremist Beat” examines the science between what’s causing people on the left and right to grow more extreme – with social psychology professor Jonathan […]
Epilogue on the Movement against Capitalist Globalization
Anarchist News From CrimethInc. 22 Years after N30—What It Can Teach Us Today Twenty-two years ago today, anarchists and other protesters successfully blockaded and shut down the summit of the World Trade Organization in Seattle. This was the dramatic debut of what journalists dubbed the “anti-globalization movement”—in fact, […]
Announcing “Coronavirus & Anarchism, pandemic’s anthology”
Anarchist News November 30, 2021 Anarchistische Groep Amsterdam We are proud to announce our up and coming compendium of corona criticism! You can find the forward below in which we summarize and prepare you for a plethora of anarchist analysis. The following collection attempts to gather as many […]
On the Rise of Our Technocratic Biosecurity Surveillance Regime
By Aaron Kheriaty, MD Vaccine mandates and passports are an early and opportunistic step toward new modes of governance and social control. Readers of this newsletter may recall, if they glanced at the “About Human Flourishing” page, that I included the following descriptor when I launched: The real […]
Poll Finds Most Young Americans Say US Democracy Is “In Trouble” Or “Failed”
By Sharon Zhang, Truthout As the U.S. faces converging existential issues perpetuated largely by establishment politicians and the right wing, new polling released on Monday finds that a majority of young Americans believe that U.S. democracy is on the brink of failure — or that it has already failed. The […]
Read Your Enemies
By James Walker Quillette With the passing of the idea of the canon into the dustbin of history, the notion of a “required reading” list for all humanity has become seen as something quaint. In our “post-postmodern” condition, even the idea of revising the canon, entering new masterpieces […]
America Without Abortion
By Matthew Walther, The American Conservative Of all the forms of divination condemned by the Church and rejected by our natural faculties of reason, logomancy is the most obviously absurd. Hobbes, the wittiest of English philosophers, tells us that words “are wise men’s counters, they do but reckon […]
Trump AXES Pence As VP For 2024 |
Conservatives: We value a president with strong moral values, is good with money, etc. Also Conservatives: Vote Trump
Olympic committee says 2nd call with tennis star Peng Shuai ‘reconfirmed’ that she ‘appeared to be safe’
By Brendan Morrow The Week The International Olympic Committee says it has held another video call with tennis star Peng Shuai after the Women’s Tennis Association again expressed “serious doubts” that she’s safe. The IOC said on Thursday that it had a Wednesday video call with Peng, the tennis […]
Abolitionists Are Fighting Against the Surveillance State in Their Neighborhoods
By Kelly Hayes, Truthout Why would police want a multi-million dollar gunshot detection system that doesn’t work? “ShotSpotter manufactures the urgency of an active threat, offering situations where there is likely no risk, but where police can operate within a narrative of extreme risk,” says Kelly Hayes. In this […]
BIDEN TO PENTAGON: KEEP THE WAR MACHINE RUNNING
By Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept AFTER TWO DECADES of unceasing warfare in the Middle East and Central Asia, the Biden administration has unveiled its first comprehensive review of the deployment of U.S. forces globally — and it envisions a virtually unchanged military footprint, with a sharpened commitment to the bipartisan policy […]
The Return of the Postmodern Pedophile
Some of the major culture war issues of the future are going to be polygamy/polyamory, prostitution/sex work, and “minor-attracted persons.” And these issues are going to be just as contentious on the Left as they are between the Left and Right. Meanwhile, it looks like the abortion wars […]
The Theranos Trial: What to Know as Elizabeth Holmes Finishes Her Testimony
Wall Street Journal Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford University at 19 years old to start the company that became Theranos Inc., a startup that promised to revolutionize the blood-testing industry. After operating largely in secret for a decade, Theranos began in 2013 publicizing its technology, which it […]
Everything to Know About Jussie Smollett’s Trial
By Bindu Bansinath and Amanda Arnold The Cut In January 2019, Empire actor Jussie Smollett was beaten by two men who yelled racist and homophobic slurs at him, and put his head in a noose — an attack that was first investigated as a violent hate crime but […]
The Betrayal of Roe
By Rebecca Traister New York Mag, Intelligencer The aftermath of the Supreme Court’s oral arguments this week on the fate of Roe v. Wade — in which a phalanx of right-wing justices made plain their disdain for the law — has been a festival of finger-pointing and recrimination […]
Abortion remarks show how justices lean: Is it time to overturn Roe?
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court heard arguments in which it was asked to overturn a nationwide right to abortion that has existed for nearly 50 years. The fate of the court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion throughout the United States and its 1992 […]
Breaking Points: 12/2/21 Full UNCUT Show
Krystal and Saagar talk about the new Omicron travel restrictions, Trump’s covid coverup, Chris Cuomo’s suspension, China’s relationship with Wall St, Ghislaine Maxwell trial, Meta gold rush, new Twitter rules, culture war vs class war, and more!
Debating “Woke” Elites & Free College w/ Batya Ungar-Sargon
Briahna Joy Gray speaks with Batya Ungar-Sargon, Deputy Opinion Editor of Newsweek & author of a provocative new book titled Bad News: How Woke Media is Undermining Democracy. A self-described “former woke,” Batya is now skeptical of left media culture that feels increasingly elite & distant from journalisms […]
On Abortion Rights and the Supreme Court
By Caroline Mimbs Nyce Will Roe v. Wade be reversed, or simply defanged? Today the Supreme Court signaled that it will uphold an abortion ban in Mississippi (not to be confused with the law in Texas that caused an uproar earlier this year). For that law to stay […]
People Furious at Robot Serving Pancakes at Denny’s
Futurism Imagine sitting down at your favorite breakfast restaurant only to be greeted by a robot, which brings your pancakes and sides instead of a human server. Well, that’s not exactly what happened at one Denny’s location, but to hear the comments tell it, our robot overlords are […]
How the fall of Roe v. Wade could change traveling for an abortion
My guess is that if Roe v. Wade falls it will be another escalation of the culture wars on the level of the two Trump elections, the pandemic, the George Floyd protests/riots, and January 6. Some states will move to liberalize abortion rights even further, while others will […]
The question that may determine the future of abortion rights
By Damon Linker The Week The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday morning in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, a case with the potential to gut Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992), the court’s landmark decisions establishing and upholding a constitutional right to abortion. […]
Biden nearly ended the drone war, and nobody noticed
By Ryan Cooper The Week Our infamous drone war has largely faded from the headlines. Aside from one strike that went horribly wrong during the U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan, there has been vanishingly little coverage of what’s going on with the signature American tactic of the war […]
Jon Ronson and Adam Curtis on the culture wars: ‘How has this happened? Where is the escape hatch?’
by Fiona Sturges The Guardian As Ronson’s BBC podcast Things Fell Apart begins, the documentary-makers and old friends discuss conspiracy theories, the problem of ‘activist journalists’ and what happened to Ceaușescu’s socks. Jon Ronson and Adam Curtis became friends in the late 1990s, having bonded over their shared […]
More Evil Shit From Fauci’s Past… That He’ll Never Answer For
By Peter R Quinones This article from 2005 is additional evidence that the NIH has engaged in experiments with sometimes no oversight. While the treatment may have been beneficial, the fact that there was no oversight or accountability, a recurring theme when it comes to Publicly Funded Medical […]
First Case of Omicron Virus Variant Detected in US: Officials
By Zachary Stieber, Epoch Times The first U.S. case of the Omicron variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus has been detected in California, officials said on Nov. 30. Genomic sequencing conducted at the University of California–San Francisco and reviewed by scientists with the Centers for Disease Control and […]
Lauren Boebert Compares Ilhan To TERRORISTS, Refuses To Apologize
Our entire political system is a total parody at this point.
Andrew Yang & David Pakman DEBATE Multi-Party System
Anyone that’s in favor of keeping a two-party-only system is my enemy.
Andrew Yang Asked if He Would Work With White Supremacists
Krystal and Saagar give their thoughts on the comments made by Andrew Yang on a YouTube show about working with white supremacists to get the electoral reforms he wants passed
NEW: Fauci WARNS Of Omicron Cases Changing RAPIDLY, 68% Concerned About New Variant
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll reveals 62 percent of voters are concerned about the Omicron variant.
SUSPENDED: CNN Brings Down The Hammer On Chris Cuomo. Will His Career Ever Recover?
Host of Bad Faith podcast, Briahna Joy Gray, predicts how CNN will handle the scandal embroiling Chris Cuomo.
Kim Iversen: Roe V. Wade Under Attack? SCOTUS Considers Allowing STATES To Decide Abortion Laws
I suspect that the overturn of Roe v. Wade will greatly increase polarization and fragmentation. Kim Iversen breaks down the challenge to Roe v. Wade being considered by the Supreme Court today.
Behind The Havana Syndrome: Not As Mysterious As Everyone Thinks, Research REVEALS False Narrative
Columnist at New Republic, Natalie Shure, gives her take on ‘Havana Syndrome.’
Dr. Oz Announces Senate Run, “Pandemic MISHANDLED. Elite Took Away Freedom, FAILED To Make Us Safer”
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave react to Dr. Oz announcing his run for Senate in Pennsylvania.
Twitter Implements BAN On “Private Media Of Private Individuals,” Raises GRAVE Free Speech Concerns
Team Rising weighs in on Twitter’s new rule regarding “private media.”
The Travails of Trumpification
By Timothy W. Luke, Telos Also available in Kindle ebook format at Amazon.com. In this series of critical essays written over the course of Donald J. Trump’s presidency, from its chaotic early days to its calamitous end, Timothy W. Luke explores how the recent twists and turns in […]
Pinochet-Loving Presidential Candidate Visits US, WATCH What’s Happening In Chile
Ryan Grim explains Chile’s political history, and what it means for their ongoing presidential election.
Kids FORCED To Wear Masks, Eat OUTSIDE While Adults Enjoy Freedom. This Is POINTLESS
Robby Soave makes the case against extensive COVID-19 measures for children.
Epstein Pilot SAW Trump, Clinton, Andrew On Private Plane. Ghislaine Maxwell Trial Ongoing
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave break down the testimony of Jeffrey Epstein’s pilot at Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial.
No Exceptions: A Story of Medical Tyranny in Australia
Betty Pezzimenti runs her own food truck and catering business. She is facing a vaccine mandate with which she can not comply for health reasons, and from which she cannot seem to get an exemption.
A Gathering of the Sith Lords
Where Does Center-Right Foreign Policy Go From Here?
The contents of this podcast more or less confirm my suspicion that “national conservatism” is just the latest neocon front movement (if more confirmation was needed). The neocon/supply-sider/Reaganite alliance is using “national conservatism” (and its assorted collection of dupes) as a means of making a comeback. It is […]
Pence 2024?
By Caroline Mimbs Nyce The Atlantic As Congress and the courts pick up the pieces from Donald Trump’s first presidency, the country is already wondering whether it might see a second. The former president is flirting with a 2024 bid—and may have a shot at winning fair and […]
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