John Oberg On Veganism

The young activist is more practical and tolerant than most. John is an animal advocate and social media professional (@JohnOberg). He has served as the director of new media for The Humane League and the director of communications for Vegan Outreach, but now he’s an independent advocate funded […]

Our Weaponized Legal System Misfires

How partisan lawfare threatens democracy by Michael Lind, Tablet The greatest threat to democracy today is not populism, as elite liberals claim. Nor is it the old-fashioned dictatorial coup d’etat. The greatest danger that multiparty democracy faces is “lawfare”—the weaponization of national judicial systems by political parties to […]

Fentanyl will win the war on drugs

Instead of a hopeless struggle against supply, the U.S. must focus on reducing demand Bags of fentanyl seized by U.S. authorities at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago | REUTERSby Eduardo Porter  Bloomberg, May 17, 2023 So let’s say the U.S. labels Mexican drug cartels terrorist organizations, like so […]

A Century of Censorship

Matt Farwell’s painstaking timeline of over a hundred years of American information suppression, secret bureaucracies, and “anti-disinformation” scares The Hunt for Tom Clancy May 19, 2023 Clockwise from top left: Franklin Roosevelt, J. Edgar Hoover, Harry S Truman, and Joseph McCarthy The turn of the last century brought […]

5/19/23: Buttigieg’s “Cathedral Mind” in WIRED, Worker Happiness, AI Anti Trust w/ Matt Stoller, IRS Tests Free Filing, Michigan’s Toxic Paper Mill, Living Longer But Sicker

This week we discuss Pete Buttigieg’s doting profile in WIRED that refers to him as a “cathedral mind” among other things, Matt Stoller on AI anti-trust legislation, and James Li on Americans living longer but sicker lives. To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the […]

‘Junk science’ in court

May 19, 2023 Hello, Insiders. Nicholas Carlson, global editor in chief, here. Today we have the story of Jill Montes. Her son said his stepdad was sexually abusive. A judge gave the stepdad custody anyway. Then she found the photographs. This is a stunning investigation into the unproven […]

Counter Gangs, Sorelianism, Revolutionary Movements, Bonapartism

WATCH NEW FILM “Summit Against Hypocrisy 2023 (The Documentary)”    • Summit Against Hy…   Caleb Maupin will be live-streaming at 11pm Eastern! Tune in! Donate to Uhuru Defense Fund: https://handsoffuhuru.org/ Join the Center for Political Innovation: https://cpiusa.org/join-cpi Support our work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/calebmaupin Order NEW BOOK “Where is America Going? Marxism, MAGA […]

Don’t listen to this man

By Tom Woods It’s fascinating to observe the American media. They’re not even trying anymore, and I wonder if they ever did. The moment somebody from outside the two major choices comes along, there they are in unison to mock, smear, and ridicule, so the country understands that […]

The Aliens Are Among Us

Plus: Game Over for Gamers :: Censorship Catch-22 :: FDA Joins the Censorship Brigade Leighton Woodhouse Michael Shellenberger Beige Luciano-Adams Alex Gutentag May 19, 2023 We Want To Believe Censorship Karens Don’t Play Gamers, be warned. The Censorship Karens are coming for you. Yesterday the New York Times […]

Hang the DJ

TAC Editor’s Weekly The latest in Main Street conservative news View this email in your browser Dear Reader, We began the week with staff writer Bradley Devlin’s feature about Governor Ron DeSantis’s war with the Walt Disney Corporation. As “The Ratcatcher” begins, quoting Humpty Dumpty, “The question is, […]

US Secretary of State Blinken Announces State Developed AI To Combat “Russian Disinformation”

Kim talks about AI tech being used to “track Russian disinformation” by the State Department with Kyle Anzalone who is the opinion editor of Antiwar.com, news editor of the Libertarian Institute https://libertarianinstitute.org , and co-host of Conflicts of Interest. You can find Kyle’s work here: https://conflictsofinterest.libsyn.com/ Get 20% […]

5/18/23: Biden Humiliated In Debt Ceiling Fight, Chomsky Caught In Epstein Money Transfer, Housing Market Record Low Confidence, Prince Harry and Meghan’s “Car Chase”, Tucker Replacement, Public Housing Surveillance, Pat McAffee ESPN Deal, DeSantis Set To Launch

Krystal and Saagar discuss Biden’s humiliation in the Debt Ceiling fight, Doomsday scenarios if US defaults on Debt, Noam Chomsky caught in Epstein money transfers, the Housing Market his a Record Low Confidence, Youth Depression skyrockets post pandemic, the NYPD calls out Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s claims […]

Unwanted Thoughts

Sponsored by Brandeis University Press Our June 8 issue is online now, with Trevor Jackson on the cryptocurrency craze, Howard W. French on the creation of Nigeria, Laura Kolbe on Siddhartha Mukherjee’s cellular story, Vivian Gornick on Marina Jarre’s novelistic memoirs, Erin Maglaque on the Catholic censors, John Washington on […]

The death of ownership

May 18, 2023 Hi, Insiders. This is Lisa Ryan, an executive editor on Insider’s audience team. That phone you just bought — are you sure you own it? What about that new car? Companies are using sneaky software, confusing legalese, and onerous subscriptions to take away your ability […]

The Hitler of Legend

By Paul Gottfried Adolf Hitler’s iconic hair and paintbrush mustache. (Art by rudall30) In 1997, John Lukacs published The Hitler of History, a book that presents a provocative but also reasonable argument: Contrary to the standard view of historians, Hitler was not a conservative who embodied the values […]

Beware the ‘Christian Prince’

The Case for Christian Nationalism advocates for an ethnically uniform nation ruled by a “Christian prince.” Paul Matzko | From the June 2023 issue (Canon Press) The Case for Christian Nationalism, by Stephen Wolfe, Canon Press, 488 pages, $24.99 Since the 2016 election, the term Christian nationalism has […]