SANCTIONS: How Far Will Biden, EU Go Against Putin?
Krystal and Saagar discuss the strategic response from Biden and the EU to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine that has included even more sanctions and bolstering the NATO forces
Krystal and Saagar discuss the strategic response from Biden and the EU to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine that has included even more sanctions and bolstering the NATO forces
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Retired Lt. Col. Daniel Davis details the diplomatic and military history leading to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Krystal and Saagar bring up to date news coverage of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine that began last night and they discuss how it will change the geopolitical order for years to come
By Marcus Weisgerber, Global Business Editor, Defense One American aerospace and defense manufacturers could be caught in the crossfire as U.S. and western governments seek to punish Russia for invading Ukraine. Russia accounts for a relatively small but important part of such companies’ supply chains and customer base. […]
By Vladimir Golstein, Consortium News There once was a country called Yugoslavia. It was a multi-ethnic, multi-religious federalist country, rather prosperous by Socialist standards, and consisting of proud people who stood up to Adolph Hitler and even Joseph Stalin. There were intermarriages, great food, and great films too. […]
2021: The worst is behind us and things are looking better. 2022: Hold my beer 🍺
The main danger at present is that the war could spread to other countries. I don’t know that the Wests’ “leaders” would have the balls to do anything not sanction-related.
By Peter Zeihan on February 24, 2022 Now that the question of a Russian invasion of Ukraine has proven itself not to be a hypothetical, Western governments will be pushed to respond. The United States and its European allies are likely to pursue a sanctions campaign, but this is […]
By Peter Zeihan on February 24, 2022 For those of you who have read my second book, The Absent Superpower, recent events in Ukraine should not come as a surprise. Chapter 6, The Twilight War, lays out how Russian geography and demographic realities would dictate Russian aggression in its […]
Oliver Stone’s documentary from some years back. WATCH HERE Ukraine, the ‘borderlands’ between Russia and ‘civilized’ Europe is on fire. For centuries, it has been at the center of a tug-of-war between powers seeking to control its rich lands and Russia’s access to the Mediterranean. The Maidan Massacre […]
Krystal and Saagar provide detailed, in-depth coverage of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and how the world has responded so far in terms of the political leadership, financial markets, domestic populations, and what this means for our geopolitical future.
By Matt Taibbi and Ford Fischer News2Share captures hundreds of protesters marching to the White House to ask Joe Biden to deliver more support for Ukraine, and antiwar actions involving Code Pink, ANSWER Coalition, and other groups TK partners News2Share put together a reel of dueling protests in […]
By Peter Zeihan on February 24, 2022 Russia has followed through with its months-long threats of invasion of Ukraine. The Russian military has not focused on securing the separatist republics of eastern Ukraine; rather, the Russian military under the direction of President Vladimir Putin have launched missile and air […]
Crimethinc This text was composed together by several active anti-authoritarian activists from Ukraine. We do not represent one organization, but we came together to write this text and prepare for a possible war. Besides us, the text was edited by more than ten people, including participants in the […]
I included some comments of my own about regional geopolitics in the Eurasian corridor and international relations generally at the end of Pete’s statement. By Peter R. Quinones Yesterday, I interviewed Scott Horton getting information as up-to-date as possible on what’s going on with Russia and Ukraine. Of […]
Russia Today Blasts have been reported in several Ukraine cities, as Moscow launched a “special operation” in Donbass. A series of explosions have been reported across Ukraine, with eyewitnesses saying blasts have occurred near a number of major cities as Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order authorizing […]
By Anatoly Karlin Vladimir Putin: “We Are Ready to Show What Real Decommunization Would Mean for Ukraine” Since my article last week predicting the imminent “Regathering of the Russian Lands”, the prospect of a large-scale Russian invasion has gone from ambiguous to extremely likely (90% on Metaculus). Personally, […]
By Eric Levitz, The Intelligencer Blue America is a nation with an ever-shrinking countryside. In 2008, Barack Obama won 875 U.S. counties; in 2020, Joe Biden won 527, thanks largely to the rightward drift of rural jurisdictions. The fact that the Democratic coalition has grown increasingly urban is […]
By Pilar Arias | Fox News Bethany K. Farber suing City of Los Angeles, LAPD and LAX police. A southern California woman experienced a case of mistaken identity while trying to board a flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Mexico last April. Bethany K. Farber, 30, was […]
By Callie Patteson New York Post A convoy of truckers opposed to COVID-19 mandates set off on a planned cross-country drive from Southern California to the Washington DC area Wednesday as the Pentagon approved a request to deploy approximately 700 unarmed National Guard troops ahead of the group’s […]
By Peter Hitchens for The Mail on Sunday We have been utter fools. We have treated Russia with amazing stupidity. Now we pay the price for that. We had the chance to make her an ally, friend and partner. Instead we turned her into an enemy by insulting […]
Free Thought Project (The Grayzone) Aubrey Cottle, the hacker claiming credit for stealing convoy donor info, has boasted of work with the FBI and Canadian law enforcement. The data was published by DDoSecrets, an anti-Wikileaks non-profit whose founder has disclosed “work in national security/counter-intelligence.” On February 13th, the […]
This is a very important segment, an interesting illustration of how “trickle-down” propaganda systems work according to the model of “manufacturing consent” described by Noam Chomsky or the “culture industry” described by Max Horkheimer, and which was pioneered by figures like Edward Bernays. It’s also an interesting example […]
This is precisely the type of global ruling class that I have been predicting for the last 20+ years. Go back and read this essay I wrote in 2003. This global yuppie totalitarianism is now our main enemy. Kim Iversen details the prestigious class of the Young Global […]
Zac & Gavin comment on a recent Twitter spat between Aaron Maté and Vaush. Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
She’s jaded because the Democratic establishment called her a Russian agent it looks like she’s not very forgiving of her party for labeling her the agent of a foreign government I can’t blame her
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave react to former President Donald Trump’s comments about the current tensions between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine.
What’s so funny here is the fact that his spy chief was the one to expose his next secret plan. 😅
Briahna Joy Gray discusses the neoliberal exploitation of the Canadian truckers protest.
Matt Taibbi has a pretty good take and you can cross-reference an undertone in Putin’s speech. Putin plays chess. Putin has to dump his oligarchs. Who do sanctions affect? Oligarchs of course there’s confusion on invasion. But if someone is pushing an envelope to make it look like […]
Pennsylvania House candidate and advisor to the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce, Jonathan Lovitz, makes the case against Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill.
Conservatives “This could never have happened under Trump!” Trump: “You invaded Ukraine? sick lmao”
Team Rising reacts to Senator Rick Scott’s new “11 Point Plan To Rescue America.”
It’s really simple: we have a multipolar system now and people need to get used to that. Under any multipolar system, if you do not want to move toward war, one great power does not pretend that its vital interests are at the doorstep of another great or […]
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss incoming research on the effectiveness of ivermectin and the antidepressant Fluvoxamine as therapeutics for Covid-19.
I’d be careful about the implication that being a part of the USSR was a wonderful thing for Ukraine. It was the breadbasket of the USSR, yet millions died of starvation during the Holdemor of the 1930s, which at best was due to gross mismanagement. Ukraine also carried […]
Biden should pre-record all his speeches and play them back at 2× the speed and he will sound somewhat normal.
Ryan Grim previews progressive Gregorio Casar’s campaign in Texas.
Krystal and Saagar talk about the questionable record of judge Michelle Childs who appears to be the front runner for Biden’s Supreme Court nomination to replace the retiring Stephen Breyer
By Hannah Frishberg New York Post Based on recent rent hikes, New York has freshly become twice as nice to live in. As the pandemic ebbs, landlords are sticking their tenants with surging monthly rents — part of a record-breaking bump in housing costs that’s sweeping the nation, […]
By Brad Dress The Hill Former President Trump on Tuesday called Russia’s recognition of two breakaway territories in eastern Ukraine a “genius” move ahead of its military invasion. In an interview on “The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show,” Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s recognition of the Donetsk and […]
By Kenneth Garger A Wisconsin restaurant worker who was shot in the face during a dispute over an incomplete order last month has spoken out about the harrowing ordeal that he thought was going to end his life. Anthony Rodriguez, 26, was working as the sole server at […]
By Ed West Putin’s ‘historian, here’ talk refers to the Soviet Union’s policy of affirmative action. You know that nations are all just artificial creations, mostly Victorian inventions designed for political purposes? That your loyalty and patriotism is entirely false? The now-popular argument of post-war academics, that countries […]
By Caitlin Johnstone I believe that the situation in Ukraine is a crisis created solely by Moscow and that the US power alliance is just an innocent little flower who is being unfairly blamed. I also believe Santa is real, because I am a tiny little child who […]
By Jane Stannus The Spectator It was the hot tub that did it. Photos of Canadian convoy supporters relaxing in a hot tub on a downtown Ottawa street last weekend were splashed all over the news. Now Justin Trudeau is mad and he’s gone and invoked war measures, […]
By Steve Scherer and Carlos Osorio Reuters OTTAWA, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Canadian police on Saturday used pepper spray and stun grenades, and made dozens of arrests as they cleared demonstrators from the street in front of parliament, where they have been camping for more than three weeks […]
Putin makes a statement following the Security Council meeting on Donbass recognition
The far-left responds to the center-left.
LA Progressive WWII Redux: The Threatened Peoples of East Asia and Europe Can Stop the U.S. Drive to Restore Its Global Domination. “This is not going to be a war of Ukraine and Russia. This is going to be a European war, a full-fledged war.” So spoke Ukraine’s […]
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