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Nexus X HumectressA New Marshall Plan is Proposed for Ukraine Is a new Marshall Plan coming to Ukraine? As the ruling class nationwide continues debating what to do in Ukraine during a time when its main forces are being surrounded by Russian troops in Eastern Ukraine, there are now talks […]
by Zack BudrykThe Hill Mass shooting suspects, including the man arrested for the recent Buffalo, N.Y., grocery store massacre, are increasingly invoking the so-called eco-fascist movement, which launders racist and anti-immigrant conspiracy theories through the lens of environmentalism. The Buffalo suspect, who has been charged with the murder […]
George P. Bush, who was once touted as a potential president, has been defeated in the Republican attorney general primary by the incumbent, Ken Paxton. The defeat means the formal end of the Bush dynasty in Texas.
By PharmaHeretic Some of you might have noticed an interesting trend, if you can call it that, which has been especially prominent in western countries over the past ten years. To be fair, this trend was becoming increasingly visible since the 1970s, but started becoming a major force […]
By PharmaHeretic Over the past two decades, occasional and sensational mass shootings have become a familiar part of the American social and media landscape. While countries with much stricter gun laws and lower rates of firearm ownership, such as Brazil or Mexico, often have far higher rates of […]
By Joshua Bote, San Francisco Gate Employees at Salesforce, San Francisco’s largest private employer, are urging executives to cease their working relationship with the National Rifle Association after the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting that left 19 children and two adults dead. An open letter titled, “Ending our […]
Castro sounds like a right-wing Republican. Not coincidentally, a number of tankies in the US are starting to favor the Republicans over the Democrats. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY: https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/fidel…
“Things are shit, time to vote for more Republicans and corporate Democrats” Americans have no one to blame but themselves.
“Nothing will fundamentally change.” – Joe Biden
It’s funny how George and Kellyanne Conway play characters from different sides of the fence. George Conway tells CNN’s Jim Acosta that CPAC’s decision to hold their conference in Hungary is a sign the Conference is “heading toward full fascist.”
Mehdi Hasan looks at how religious extremists in the Christian nationalist movement have cast Donald Trump as a messianic figure and threaten to make democracy secondary to empowering Donald Trump as an expression of divine will.
I agree. But neither are the Democrats. Former Republican Tara Setmayer says “This is not your grandfather’s Republican party anymore” as she, Joe Walsh, Miles Taylor and Michael Steele discuss the future of a Republican Party that has been overtaken by far-right extremists. »
A look back at Rising Fridays.
Katie Halper criticizes Democrats’ midterms appeals to voters and lack of concrete action on a variety of policy promises.
The week’s best Rising moments.
Biologist, Kevin Esvelt and Researcher, Gigi Gronvall weigh in on the ongoing debate over the lab leak theory in a discussion with Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky.
The head of the TX Dept. of Public Safety: police made the wrong decision by not
Whatever. This dude didn’t even bother to question the billions sent to Ukraine. Kyle brings his commentary to the news that Bernie Sanders is going to declare war on the Israel groups spending big money in Democratic primaries
Krystal and Saagar have Marshall Kosloff interview NYT economics journalist Peter Goodman about the Davos men shaping the elite agenda at the World Economic Forum
Krystal and Saagar go back and forth on the different solutions to the gas price issue that can be implemented to combat high costs for Americans at the pump
Krystal and Saagar have Matt Stoller break down the market and regulatory forces that led to the baby formula crisis happening and how Biden is tackling it
Krystal and Kyle talk with YouTube commentator GoodPoliticGuy about how the platform crushes independent media and gives preference to large, corporate players
The new Khashoggi case. Krystal and Saagar review the new reporting on the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by the Israeli Defense Forces during an anti-terrorism raid in the occupied west bank
Krystal and Saagar talk with Starbucks unionization leader Laila Dalton about how the company harassed her and then fired her from the store she was working at in Phoenix
Of course, that’s what all new administrations do. Cement the policies enacted by the previous administration. Ryan Grim and Ken Klippenstein of the Intercept break down the new Middle East negotiations by the Biden administration building on the Trump administration’s Abraham Accords deal
It’s not like it matters. Progressives are just as worthless as centrists. Ryan Grim and Ken Klippenstein break down the progressive primary battles against the ‘unbreakable nine’ centrist Democrats who have been supported by establishment leadership
AR-15s Were Made to Explode Human Bodies. In Uvalde, the Bodies Belonged to Children. Murtaza Hussain Parents awaiting word on their kids were asked by police to provide DNA samples to help identify the children. READ MORE → Supreme Court Guts Its Own Precedent to Allow Arizona […]
The Signal What are the U.S. and more than a dozen other countries doing with a new type of economic agreement in the Indo-Pacific? Wendy Cutler on Biden’s experimental attempt to pick up where Obama left off. Ishan A dozen countries have now joined with the United States to […]
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley Joe Biden wants to declare war on white supremacy or at least so he claims. “White supremacy is a poison. It’s a poison… running through our body politic.” He forcefully declared at a recent PR junket following one […]
Grayson Quay Meet Kirill, Putin’s personal patriarch The Week Staff Life after adoption Brigid Kennedy Should Biden run again? Advertisement from Wisebread Insanely High Paying Cash Back Cards With No Annual Fee The Week Staff Markets: No safe place to hide from the bear Grayson Quay Trump touts […]
Krystal and Saagar answer your questions about Saagar the theater kid, the show intro, bureaucratic accountability, money sent to Ukraine, and production bloopers! To ask a question, go to the Breaking Points AMA page here: https://breakingpoints.supercast.tech… Timestamps: Theater Kid: 0:00 – 4:06 Intro: 4:07 – 5:04 Bureaucrats: 5:05 […]
This week, Briahna spoke to Samar Al Bulushi UC Irvine professor with a focus on imperialism, East Africa, & geopolitics, about Biden’s choice to recommit troops to Somalia following Trump’s withdrawal. It’s everything you really wanted to understand about US imperialism in Africa that you can’t get from […]
It just shows how insane the Democratic Party had gotten when Kissinger is the arbiter of peace for them. 🤦🏻♂️Seriously, we live upside-down.
By Chris Hedges Permanent war has cannibalized the country. It has created a social, political, and economic morass. Each new military debacle is another nail in the coffin of Pax Americana. The United States, as the near unanimous vote to provide nearly $40 billion in aid to Ukraine […]
Roofer Lives Matter. Of all my criticisms of conservatives, their police/military worship would be the strongest, although that seems to be changing in some camps on the Right. Industrial Safety and Hygiene News AdvisorSmith studied the most dangerous jobs in the United States based on data from the […]
Nashville, Tennessee (May 29, 2022) – With Governor Bill Lee’s signature on Friday, Tennessee has officially become the 42nd state in the U.S. to remove sales taxes from constitutional sound money (i.e., gold and silver). Tennessee’s House Bill 1874 and Senate Bill 1857, introduced by Representative Bud Hulsey (R-2) and Senator Frank Niceley (R-8) passed […]
By Alexander Harman, Spectator Meghan Markle has starred in a Netflix show and married into the Royal Family, but has she got her eyes on even loftier ambitions? Since quitting the UK and moving to the United States, the Duchess of Sussex has involved herself in various soft-political […]
My favorite part is when Destiny was like “I don’t like these loose terms like fascism being thrown around because then it becomes a dick measuring contest.” Then immediately proceeds to measure the differences between Russia and the U.S.’s nationalism.
By Robby Soave, Reason Don’t conflate mass shootings with school shootings. For many people, the Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting—which claimed the lives of at least 19 children and two adults—seemed all the more horrible after they learned it was the 27th school shooting so far this year. That […]
Peter Schiff Speaks the Truth About America’s Inflation Woes The lengths mainstream economic commentators will go to explain why the United States is experiencing unprecedented levels of inflation is simply comedic. Usually, the run-of-the-mill pundit will blame greedy businessmen but now with major… May 28, 2022Liberty Conservative News […]
Darrell Y. Hamamoto: Countering the Iron Law of Oligarchy & Their Limited Hangouts Professor Darrell Hamamoto discusses the “iron law of oligarchy” and how the establishment hijacks and co-opts organic movements and ideas and then produces synthetic heroes (e.g. J.D. Vance). Part of the reformation of oligarchy is […]
FEATURED Paul LePage Is Back! He called himself “Trump before Trump.” Now, he wants to stage a comeback. SASHA ABRAMSKY FROM THIS ISSUE The Buffalo Attack Is Part of a Long History of Racial Terror How does a system that devalues Black lives expect the members of society […]
William Falk America’s metastatic cancer Brendan Morrow Why is Bill Cosby back in court this time? Catherine Garcia Understanding America’s opioid epidemic The Week Staff Tech giants drag down the S&P 500 Grayson Quay Jury begins deliberations in Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial Grayson Quay Civilian death toll in Ukraine tops 4,000, U.N. says Grayson Quay […]
Business Insider Elon Musk dares Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to poll her Twitter followers on whether they’re more wary of politicians or billionaires Musk’s taunt comes after Ocasio-Cortez said she would ditch her Tesla for another electric car that was made by unionized workers. READ MORE Premium Inside the little-known […]
New York Review of Books On Friday, we published an essay by Paisley Currah on sex classification and the hurdles to changing one’s legal sex. “For transgender people in the United States,” he writes, “the sheer number of state institutions with discrete authority to define sex ensnares us […]
By Alyson Shontell, Fortune. This week, Fortune published the Fortune 500, our annual list of America’s biggest corporations by revenue. Our 68th edition of the list is marked by record-setting highs for the companies on the 500, which collectively grew their revenue by 17% and their profits by 114% over […]
By Caitlin Johnstone It’s so important that the public have no real say in US politics that the empire not only set up two oligarchic puppet parties which pretend to oppose each other, but also set up fake populist movements within each of those factions which pretend to […]
Andrew Sullivan interviews Francis Fukuyama. The famed author talks through the threats to liberal democracy. Listen here. Fukuyama is simply the most sophisticated and nuanced political scientist in the field today. He’s currently at Stanford, but he’s also taught at Johns Hopkins and George Mason. The author of […]
Todd Lewis will be joined by Nexus to discuss the problem of stable family formation and how radical thoughts outside the overtone window might give us incite into this problem.
[O]ne would have to be thoroughly irrational indeed to surrender self-defense rights to the same people who are so thoroughly uninterested in stopping violent felons. — Ryan McMaken, “Police Botched the Uvalde Standoff. Now Gun Controllers Want to Give Police More Power.” [2022] May 24, 2022 Statist Ecstasy […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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