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Nexus X HumectressBy Harold Maass The Week Disney just learned the hard way why companies shouldn’t force their “woke” politics on lawmakers, said The Wall Street Journal in an editorial. “Disney employees demanded that Mickey Mouse oppose Florida’s misdescribed ‘don’t say gay’ bill,” and CEO Bob Chapek dutifully vowed to […]
By Grayson Quay Russian officials said Wednesday that an ammunition depot caught fire near the border with Ukraine and that air defense systems shot down Ukrainian drones flying over Russia, The Wall Street Journal reports. Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the incidents, which are only the latest […]
By Grayson Quay The Week Over the last two months, Russia’s invasion has devastated Ukraine, but it has also shifted the balance of power in Eastern Europe, raising questions about what’s next for neighboring countries. Here’s everything you need to know: How is Moldova involved in the Russian-Ukrainian […]
By Michael Arceneaux The Week More than a year after taking office, President Biden has finally decided to use his executive powers to begin fulfilling a campaign promise: On Tuesday, he pardoned three people and commuted the sentences of 75 nonviolent drug offenders. “America is a nation of laws and […]
Our Spanish Civil War? Victor Davis Hanson (American Greatness) Ukraine, like Spain 1936, has awoken us from the false sense of security we’ve enjoyed since the end of the Cold War. Soldiers in war sometimes do shoot civilians en masse or flatten their apartment buildings—whether in 1936 or […]
The Independent Institute David Theroux will remain a living presence through his many publications and media creations, through the ongoing dynamism of the Independent Institute, and through his beloved family. * * * David launched the Independent Institute, an academic non-profit, public policy, research and educational organization, as […]
April 27, 2022 Is Putin Right About a U.S. Proxy War? On the surface of things, it appears that Russia is at war with Ukraine. But Russian president Vladimir Putin is saying that in actuality it is the United States that is warring against Russia and is simply […]
By Hans Hermann Hoppe, Mises Institute States, regardless of their constitution, are not economic enterprises. In contrast to the latter, states do not finance themselves by selling products and services to customers who voluntarily pay, but by compulsory levies: taxes collected through the threat and use of violence […]
By Daniel Chaitin, Deputy News Editor A man believed to have assisted federal investigators and journalists looking into Deutsche Bank was found dead in Los Angeles, local officials said. A cleaning crew found the body of Val Broeksmit, the adopted son of the late Deutsche Bank executive William […]
By Patrick Deneen, Compact In the 1960s, when anti-totalitarian intellectuals were focused on the threat posed by the Soviet Union and Maoist China, the Italian philosopher Augusto del Noce saw a different danger on the horizon. It stemmed not from the Marxist East, but from the liberal West. […]
By Sohrab Ahmari Compact The afterworld haunts the latest print issue of Jacobin magazine. The theme is “The Left in Purgatory,” and the cover illustration shows Sen. Bernie Sanders and Reps. Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on a couch in some sort of waiting room. Jacobin back issues […]
By Christopher Caldwell, Compact President Biden is hanging on to Vladimir Putin for dear life. Earlier this month, he estimated that Vlad the Invader was responsible for 70 percent of the latest wave of inflation to roll over the United States. Back in December, the administration blamed “the […]
By Eric Kaufmann, The Unherd Issues like Ukraine gave the technocratic President the upper hand over Le Pen Credit: Getty The results of the French election showed a resounding Macron victory. Yet Marine Le Pen increased her share of the vote in the final runoff from 34% in […]
“What are they gonna do with all this talent?” The unemployment line. That’s where the talent is going. 🤡
Could anyone have LESS leverage than Bernie has at this very moment? How disappointing. Maybe he should have had this in his pocket when he ran against his “friend” Joe.
Piers Morgan bragged about buying a £5000 bottle of champagne as millions struggle to pay the bills, that’s how much of a ‘man of the people’ he is.
A riot is the rhyme of the unheard? I recognized the RATM lyric even though you butchered it! 😁
Either the platform genuinely gets better or it crashes and burns. Win win.
If he’s anything like a politician this is concerning, welcomed with enthusiasm with grand promises followed by complete failure and a u-turn on everything that was claimed to be important.
English teacher Auguste Meyrat makes the case that Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s relationship epitomizes our culture’s sexual dysfunction
Morning Consult’s Chris Teale breaks down new polling on American adults’ views of social media content moderation and Elon Musk.
Nicole Brener-Schmitz and Amy Tarkanian discuss the faltering stock market and its broader impacts on the U.S. economy.
Kim Iversen and Robby Soave react to reporting implicating Rep. Madison Cawthorn in an insider trading scandal.
Robby Soave makes the case against repealing Section 230.
Kim Iversen and Robby Soave react to yesterday’s Congressional testimony from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) reportedly told a New York Times journalist in the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection that he was “exhilarated” by the potential damage to then-President Trump, according to a new book.
Krystal and Saagar have Marshall Kosloff talk to journalist Derek Robertson about the next stages in the culture war after DeSantis and Florida took on Disney’s progressive cultural stances
Krystal and Saagar consider the ramifications of Spotify dropping Barack Obama’s podcast after the podcasting giant did not make an offer to the Obamas on a contract
Krystal and Saagar show a Kyle Kulinski segment where he talks about Trump storming out of a tense Piers Morgan interview that aired on his new show
Krystal and Saagar are joined by labor reporter Kim Kelly whose new book takes a deep dive into American labor history that has largely been forgotten. The relevance of her book has grown due to current worker struggles she covers that resemble those of the past who had […]
Kim Iversen and Robby Soave react to yesterday’s Congressional testimony from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Robby Soave makes the case against repealing Section 230. Kim Iversen and Robby Soave react to reporting implicating Rep. Madison Cawthorn in an insider trading scandal. Nicole Brener-Schmitz and Amy Tarkanian […]
Billionaire CEO. That’s all I need to know about how Starbucks treats their workers.
Jada: Hey Will, this renowned guru seems legit. I was having dinner with him last night. You should go see him. Will: I just wanna move on now, honey. Jada: That’s not a suggestion. Will: Okay then.
Why is no one treating Saudi Arabia with the same standards as we have with Russia? Saudi Arabia is literally a basic dictatorship and their actions in Yemen are literally causing millions of people to starve. But no, we don’t section them, we allow their citizens to compete […]
“Governments don’t want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.” George Carlin
“He has given his blessing.” Nice mafia boss accent.
By Katie Dowd, SFGATE The dreams of the “People’s Convoy” quickly died in the Bay Area after a critical tactical error: turning onto a street with a Safeway and a group of bored kids. The trucker convoy, which aimed to emulate the disruptive Canadian protests against COVID-19 restrictions, has […]
From weaponized ticks to expert wizards… is there anything held sacred anymore? 0:30 the expert wizard amendment 1:35 the 27th amendment passed 200 years late 2:51 the weaponized tick amendment 3:49 the amendment amendment 4:43 Luxembourg amended their monarch out of power 5:37 the 19th amendment 6:35 Switzerland […]
Fox News host gives his take on government officials opposing transparency following Elon Musk buying Twitter on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight.’
“This Will Not Pass” is coincidentally also a great summarization of Joe’s entire presidency.
By Jason Fields, The Week Analysts all over the world woke up on Monday morning to mourn the fact that far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen wasn’t beaten soundly enough, even though she lost by more than 16 points to a man few people in France apparently […]
Modern war is not a war of royal armies. It is a war of the peoples, a total war. It is a war of states which do not leave to their subjects any private sphere; they consider the whole population a part of the armed forces. Whoever does […]
“We’re all potential victims.”—Peter Christ, retired police officer Rubber-stamped, court-issued warrants for no-knock SWAT team raids have become the modern-day equivalent of colonial-era writs of assistance. [Click to Tweet] It’s the middle of the night. Your neighborhood is in darkness. Your household is asleep. Suddenly, you’re awakened by […]
By Matt Taibbi TV analysts from all sorts of industries are identified by long-ago official titles, not current lobbying gigs. In reply to the many comments and questions received about Matt Orfalea’s brutal “Weapons” mashup released this morning (and re-posted above), a quick note: As some readers correctly […]
by Peter Zeihan on April 26, 2022 In many ways, Ukraine’s geography largely mimics that of the American Midwest: a broad swath of highly productive agricultural land with a largely navigable river running through it. In the United States, the Mississippi delivers the bounty of the Midwest to the port […]
By Peter Zeihan My fourth book, The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization is scheduled for release on June 14. In coming weeks we will be sharing graphics and excerpts, along with info on how to preorder. Much of the angst in geopolitics […]
The Signal Why is Joe Biden so unpopular? David A. Hopkins on the U.S. president’s political troubles—and the limits on his ability to resolve them anytime soon. Wassim Chouak As unimaginable as it might have been a year ago, Joe Biden is starting to resemble Donald Trump in public-opinion […]
By Caitlin Johnstone Everyone’s anti-war until the war propaganda starts. Nobody thinks of themselves as a warmonger, but then the spin machine gets going and before you know it they’re spouting the slogans they’ve been programmed to spout and waving the flags the flags they’ve been programmed to […]
Robby Soave and Kim Iversen consider the consequences should former President Trump decide to rejoin Twitter.
Robby Soave and Kim Iversen share their thoughts on Joe Rogan’s claims that his “”subscriptions went up massively”” following several cancel culture attempts. According to Rogan, “”during the height of it all, I gained 2 million subscribers
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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