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Nexus X HumectressBreaking Points: 4/24 Full UNCUT AMA
Krystal and Saagar answer your questions about the newsletter, CPC betraying Nina Turner, ESG funds, a populist platform, and more Breaking Points products going forward!
Disinfo Wars: Bucha and the Mass Slaughter of Truth in Ukraine
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley Nearly two months into Putin’s NATO provoked but totally illegal invasion of Ukraine and there is still no light at the end of the tunnel, only the rolling fog of war running through an elaborate house of mirrors […]
The Working Classes Are a Volcano Waiting to Erupt
By Joel Kotkin Whatever the final outcome, the recent French elections have already revealed the comparative irrelevance of many elite concerns, from gender fluidity and racial injustice to the ever-present ‘climate catastrophe’. Instead, most voters in France and elsewhere are more concerned about soaring energy, food and housing […]
Tulsi Gabbard PRAISES GOP For Pulling Out Of Presidential Debates
It’s hilarious how Kyle and his fans have no clue as to what Tulsi’s end game is. If you follow her career, it’s obvious that the one consistency is that she is a Hindu nationalist who wants an alliance between the West and Hinduism against Islam. And as […]
Russia wants to seize land corridors to Crimea and Moldova, Russian general says
If Putin plays it smart, he will be somewhat limited in his goals and work to gain dominance over the disputed regions. If he plays it stupid, he will go full Vleorge W. Push and try to annex Ukraine or place a permanent puppet regime in power. From […]
US Is Funding A PROXY War In Ukraine, Using Civilians As PAWNS
Katie Halper criticizes Senator Chris Coons’ call for stronger American intervention in Ukraine.
Fauci Admits To Vaccine COERCION, Biden RUNNING AGAIN In ’24, Wuhan Data DELETED?
The week’s best Rising moments.
New Documents REVEAL LOW Billionaire Tax Rates
Krystal and Saagar cover the investigate report of billionaire tax rates based on a trove of IRS documents obtained by journalists showing how they pay lower taxes and perpetuate inequality
Krystal and Saagar DEBATE Tucker Testosterone Documentary
Krystal and Saagar’s bring down the paywall to present their debate on Tucker Carlson’s new documentary on testosterone decline and masculinity after Saagar’s monologue took on the issue.
Boston Marathon BANS Russian, Belarus Athletes
Krystal and Saagar bring an update on the Russophobia on display in elite institutions such as the Boston Marathon who banned Russian and Belarusian runners from competing
Breaking Points: 4/23/22 Full UNCUT Mini Show
Krystal and Saagar talk about Rachel Maddow’s future, Russophobia, billionaire taxes, Jack Dorsey, tax preparation companies, Fox News, and the art of class war with Max Alvarez!
DeSantis signs bill removing Disney’s self-governing privileges
As a decentralist, I ultimately have to stand with Disney on this, even if it is a heel vs. heel match. By Grayson Quay The Week Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Friday abolishing the Reedy Creek Improvement District, which gave Disney the power to act […]
Morality just isn’t Republicans’ thing anymore
I find it interesting how in my lifetime the Republicans have gone from the party of the Moral Majority to the party of “just don’t be a pedophile though being a hebephile might be okay” (see Matt Gaetz). Outside of a few geographical areas, it’s the upper-middle-class bourgie […]
Escape from America: Moscow, Russia
By Linh Dinh To start with, please tell us how long you’ve been in Russia? Why did you decide to move there? I have been in Russia since the summer of 2014. In fact, I came a week or so after Ukraine shot that passenger plane down and […]
What this old Russian tank tells us about the invasion of Ukraine
By Haley Britzky Task and Purpose One of the simplest explanations for Russia’s military strategy in Ukraine can be found in a large unassuming warehouse full of tanks. The U.S. Army Armor and Cavalry Collection at Fort Benning, Georgia, houses tanks from the Army’s first M1 Abrams, all […]
‘Black Hole’ – White House Admits They Don’t Know Where Billions in US Weapons Go After Entering Ukraine
Authored by Kyle Anzalone via The Libertarian Institute, A US official said the White House has “almost zero” ability to track the weapons it is sending to Ukraine. So far, President Joe Biden has approved over $3 billion in arms shipments to Kiev. Speaking with CNN about the weapons, one source […]
“Making the world a ‘better place’ “ is a stupid idea
H.L. Mencken: The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.
US weapons, European supplicants block peace in Ukraine
As the Russia-Ukraine war opens a new phase in the Donbas, scholar Richard Sakwa on the absence of diplomacy; the Western media’s veneration of Zelensky; the European Union’s self-implosion over the war; and the crackdown on dissent in both Ukraine and Russia. Guest: Richard Sakwa. Professor of Russian […]
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on Our COVID Response
The Stanford professor and Great Barrington Declaration coauthor stands up to COVID-19 autocrats and disastrous lockdowns by following the science.
Aella: Sex Worker, Data Scientist, Libertarian
“I am not okay with you making laws that prevent me from doing what I feel is good for me.”
Alcohol-Related Deaths In U.S. Saw Steep Increase Amid Pandemic
Look for the therapeutic statist wing of totalitarian humanism to start attacking alcohol at some point in the future. Actually, it is now already happening. There is actually a group called “Alcohol Justice” in California. Be suspicious of anything that has “justice” in the label. Between 2019 and […]
CNN+ SHUTTING DOWN Less Than A Month After Launch, Service Will Cease Operations April 30th
Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky react to the official death of CNN+.
Joe Biden, Dems Have JOKER-PILLED Americans Into Apathy About Politics
David Sirota makes the case that Joe Biden and Democrats are helping Republicans convince the country that government and politics don’t matter.
House Arrest ENDING: Attorney, Steve Donziger, DETAILS 1000 Day Detention After Taking On Chevron
Human rights lawyer Steven Donziger details his almost 1000-day detention after taking on Big Oil.
DEEPFAKES Of Zelensky, Putin Go Viral, Changing PROPAGANDA WARFARE
The US Red Tribe is divided between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian factions. Most of the Blue Tribe is pro-Ukrainian, except for the margins. Fragment, fragment, fragment… Western Europeans are (generally) the Blue Tribe of Europe and Eastern Europeans are the Red Tribe. The Red Tribe is divided into pro-Ukrainian […]
GIFT To Putin? Macron Vs. Le Pen: Could A Far-Right Victory Change The Game?
Brexit was a victory for the English Red Tribe and their Blue Tribe-dominated elites. A victory by Le Pen in France would have a somewhat similar effect. A Red Tribe victory in a Blue Zone, and in a way that strikes a blow against not only the EU […]
Team Blue’s Culture War DELUSION Is Bad For The Party & The COUNTRY
The main thing I am hoping for right now is that the upcoming Supreme Court decision on abortion, the mid-terms, and the 2024 election have the effect of escalating the culture war. Emily Jashinsky argues that Democrats need a concrete answer to the culture war.
The KEY To The New Labor Movement Is This
Ryan Grim argues that elections matter when it comes to supporting the labor movement.
CAUGHT ON TAPE: Kevin McCarthy Said Trump Should Resign After Jan 6, BUSTED Lying
Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky kick off the first edition of Rising Fridays. They react to newly leaked tape showing Rep. Kevin McCarthy supported President Trump’s resignation in the days after the January 6 Capitol breach.
Drug Overdose Deaths In U.S. Hit New Records Amid Fentanyl Crisis
U.S. deaths by drug overdose are continuing an upward trend that began in mid-2019, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the 12-month total ending in October, 2021. As with many recent figures, the new totals set a record for annual […]
Rachel Maddow REVEALS END of Nightly Show
Krystal and Saagar cover the announcement made by star MSNBC host Rachel Maddow about her future with the network and what the means for her primetime slot
Fox News Panel FREAKS At Four Day Work Week Idea
Krystal and Saagar comment on a bizarre Fox News panel discussion about the proposal of a four day work week in California that resembles the existing laws in France
When The Star[bucks] Align (w/ Kshama Sawant)
This week, Briahna spoke to Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant about the rash of Starbucks coffee locations unionizing around the country, why the Staten Island Amazon unionization effort was successful, the problem with some professional organizers, Chris Small’s Tucker Carleton appearance, the difference between DSA and Socialist […]
What US Media Covers Up About French Election
Economist Richard Wolff talks about the U.S. media’s “grotesque misrepresentation of not on the French election but French and European politics in general. Find the full chat at Patreon.
How The U.S. Is Uniting Russia And Asia With Vijay Prashad
Vijay Prashad discusses the possibility of a PanAsian movement and outlines the way the United States’s “pressure campaign” against China and Russia has only strengthened ties between Russia and China as well as greater Asia.
From Alterglobalization to Occupy Wall Street
By Blair Taylor Taylor examines how political transformations within left social movements have helped to construct a “new spirit of capitalism” that addresses widespread demand for an ethical lifeworld, simultaneously innovating and modernizing while neutralizing critique. Today ideas and practices pioneered by oppositional movements have become mainstream political […]
Why has Elon Musk’s attempt to buy Twitter provoked such an intense reaction?
The Signal Why has Elon Musk’s attempt to buy Twitter provoked such an intense reaction? Gilad Edelman on free speech, content moderation, and the less obvious challenges of social media to public life. Ashkar Dave The wealthiest man in the world has offered US$43 billion for Twitter, and it […]
What The Fuck Are You Even Talking About?
By Peter R. Quinones I know that I used to do the things I rage against now. I would distribute one ‘Barnum Statement’ after another. Everything was a bumper sticker slogan. But how can anyone still hold onto that ‘strategy’ after COVID clearly made the lines on the […]
“The Great Resignation” Is a Great Exaggeration
By Ann Larson, The Nation Workers are quitting their jobs in record numbers, but it’s not a turning point for labor power. In November of last year, I was managing the checkout area of a large grocery store in Utah when a 22-year-old bagger quit on the spot. […]
We’re in the Midst of a White-Collar Crime Wave
By Malcolm Harris, The Nation Financial malfeasance has never been more rampant, or more under-punished. Everywhere you look in America, crime is out of control. Whether it’s Elon Musk—the world’s richest man—cutting regulatory corners in public, professional son-in-law Jared Kushner getting a $2 billion payoff from the Saudis, […]
CIA Torture Queen Now A Beauty And Life Coach
By Caitlin Johnstone The news man tells me the CIA’s “Queen of Torture” now runs a life and beauty coaching business which helps midlife women “look good, feel good, and do good.” “HI, I’M FREDA, A CERTIFIED BEAUTY AND LIFE COACH READY TO HELP YOU OWN YOUR BEAUTY […]
After Years of Failure on Gun Control, Democrats Push More Police Funding
By Akela Lacy The Intercept Mass shootings used to trigger calls for stricter gun control. But with gridlock in Congress and midterms looming, Democrats turn to more cops instead. After a mass shooting on a subway train in Brooklyn, New York, last Tuesday, New York City Mayor Eric […]
Border Aid Groups Fear Supreme Court Will Entrench a Humanitarian Disaster
By Ryan Devereaux The Intercept With support for advocates on the ground flagging, a new poll shows record lows for Democratic interest in immigration. Two miles north of the line separating the U.S. and Mexico, where El Paso, Texas, meets Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, sits a modest one-story building […]
The Armenian Genocide Holds a Bitter Lesson for Those Who Weep for Ukraine
By Jon Schwarz The Intercept From 1915 through today, politicians have made lots of great-sounding speeches. But human suffering is never part of the equation. If there’s one thing we can say for sure about the governments of the U.S. and Europe, it’s that they sound upset about […]
Jared Kushner Flaunted His Influence With Saudi Arabia, Russia in Pitch to Investors
By Ken Klippenstein The Intercept Affinity Partners boasts of “accelerating transformation through connectivity” in a slide deck obtained by The Intercept. Jared Kushner’s new investment fund, Affinity Partners, nakedly touts the former Trump adviser’s work with Saudi Arabia and his links to several Trump-era deals in the hope of raising […]
What Is Anarchist Literary Theory?
By Jesse Cohn Over the course of its history, the anarchist movement has produced a form of literary theory – a critical aesthetics and epistemology grounded in its emancipatory ethics. In sketching an outline of this body of thought, this essay attempts to call attention to several aspects […]
Hard To Swallow Pills
By Caitlin Johnstone You were born in the middle of the most sophisticated and expansive mass-scale perception management operation that has ever taken place. The news media is propaganda and schooling is designed to condition us to accept that propaganda. Public understanding of what a normal moderate position […]
Taking on Disney is just a first step for the new right
Neocon stooges vs. woke capitalism in yet another heel vs. heel. By W. James Antle III, The Week Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has once again taken the fight to his political enemies — and in doing so, has sparked a debate among conservatives over the proper use […]
The new right isn’t conservative. They don’t want to be.
This is so 1979. By Samuel Goldman The Week The kids are not all alright. That’s the message from Vanity Fair, the May issue of which includes a report from a small but colorful corner of the intellectual and political landscape. In the after-parties and corridors of the […]
How Bosses STEAL Your Time, Control Your Life
Krystal and Saagar introduce the new Breaking Points partnership with journalist and podcaster Max Alvarez who will cover all things labor politics, with the first being how time is used as a weapon in the class war
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