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Nexus X HumectressBy Joel Mathis, The Week The thing that makes Ketanji Brown Jackson such an excellent nominee to the Supreme Court is also the thing that makes her ripe for attacks from Republicans: She once served as a public defender — the very first one ever appointed to the […]
By Samuel Goldman The Week On the afternoon of Aug. 5, 1990, President George H.W. Bush appeared at a press conference on the South Lawn of the White House. After reviewing developments related to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, Bush took questions from reporters. The last elicited the most […]
By Damon Linker, The Week Sitting in my comfortable suburban Philadelphia home, watching horrific events unfold half a world away in Ukraine while protected by the most powerful military the world has ever known, I feel overwhelmed with sadness. Yes, of course, for the suffering and shattered aspirations […]
By Andrew Sullivan Weekly Dish Putin has called the West’s bluff. Xi will not have failed to notice. Over the last few months, a conversation I had 30 years ago keeps popping into my consciousness. It was the end of the Cold War, and a post-Soviet Russian state […]
By Sean Gabb For reasons that escape my understanding, someone at The Daily Mail called me a few hours ago to ask my opinion on the present war between Russia and the Ukraine. Our discussion was organised about four questions. Here is the generality of what I said […]
Be careful what you wish for, neocons. By Harald Uhlig City-Journal “Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came?” went a 1960s antiwar slogan. Stell Dir vor, es ist Krieg, und Keiner geht hin is the German version. It’s still popular in Germany, a country of peaceniks. Germans’ […]
By Tessa Lena I am about to post a very interesting conversation with Riley Waggaman on “COVID Russia” (will send in a second) but before I do that, I want to emit a scream and talk about the war. Several things to say. One, this situation is terrible. […]
It appears the Russian public is split on Ukraine.
Kim Iversen and retired Lt. Col. Daniel Davis discuss the latest developments following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Kim Iversen and Hill reporter, Julia Manchester, preview President Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson.
The Daily Poster’s Andrew Perez discusses corporate influence on our country’s climate crisis response.
State senator Kesha Ram Hinsdale discusses her run for U.S. Congress.
Team Rising discusses the Biden administration’s failure to re-extend the child tax credit.
Ryan Grim, Robby Soave, and Melik Abdul react to the Fed’s decision to bar officials from trading stocks, crypto, and bonds.
Team Rising discusses new data showing a record number of Millenials are postponing or forgoing marriage, homeownership, and children.
For what? We already have Halloween. And around the same time of year as well. Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss whether election day should become a national holiday.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss the morality of using animal subjects in scientific experimentation.
Ok,… this is annoying the crap out of me for some reason… Is Kyiv pronounced ‘Keev’ or ‘Key-ev’? This invasion is the first time I’ve ever heard it pronounced ‘Keev’. From Texas Governor Abbott’s cruel attack on trans kids and their families to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it’s […]
It’s Going Down Caught between rival factions of the ruling class and the escalating possibility of world war, the exploited and excluded of the Ukraine now find themselves assaulted by an all out invasion by Putin. While authoritarians on the Left, Right and in the Center cheer on […]
Slavery never went away.
The Invasion of Ukraine and Russian Product Exports 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 […]
Todd Lewis will be joined by Keith Preston, Swithun Dobson and Terminal Philosophy to discuss the recent developments in the Russo-Ukrainian war and broader geopolitical implications.
By Josh Gerstein Politico President Joe Biden has selected D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to succeed retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, making history by picking a Black woman for the nation’s highest court, two sources familiar with the situation told POLITICO. Jackson, […]
New York Times President Vladimir Putin said he was open to talks after Kyiv said it would discuss adopting “neutral status.” Earlier, Russia’s foreign minister said Moscow would not negotiate until Ukraine stopped fighting. READ MORE
Russia Today The Ukrainian president has formally invited his Russian counterpart to engage in diplomatic talks over the current crisis. Speaking on Friday, the Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, extended an olive branch to Russian President Vladimir Putin, proposing negotiations, as fighting continues throughout the country and clashes get […]
By Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage Foreign Affairs When Russia joined the ongoing civil war in Syria, in the summer of 2015, it shocked the United States and its partners. Out of frustration, then President Barack Obama claimed that Syria would become a “quagmire” for Russia and Russian […]
By Theo Wayt New York Post Elon Musk and his younger brother are being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission over whether the siblings violated insider trading laws, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The probe reportedly centers on Kimbal Musk’s sale in November of 88,500 […]
What is Moscow thinking? Anatol Lieven on the brutal calculations behind Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Even as Russian armed forces destroy much of Ukraine’s military capability and ground troops push toward the country’s major cities—with at least dozens of civilians already dead and hundreds more wounded—Vladimir Putin’s ultimate intentions […]
By Caitlin Johnstone Putin has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the goal of which he claims is not to occupy the country but to “demilitarize” and “de-Nazify” it. We’ve no reason to put blind faith in any of those claims. Only time will tell. As of this writing dozens […]
A vocal critic of the Russian leadership is Garry Kasparov, the chess grandmaster who ranked world number one repeatedly for 20 years before turning his attention to politics. He’s telling leaders to “help Ukraine fight against the monster you helped create.” Kasparov speaks with Walter Isaacson.
NBC’s Matt Bodner joins Shep Smith to report from Moscow on what he’s hearing about Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine inside Russia.
Pictures showed Russian police clamping down on anti war protesters in Moscow and Petersburg, some of whom had to be physically carried away by officers in police uniform. Earlier, a Russian opposition activist who called for anti-war protests told Reuters that she had been detained by police on Thursday. […]
The Russians launched over 160 ballistic missiles and rockets on military installations across Ukraine. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks on U.S. sanctions and Ukraine resistance.
Fox News host reacts to Russia waging war on Ukraine on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight.’
By Chris Spargo, Law and Crime Jordan Morgan (right with her father C. Wesley Morgan in a photo from Facebook) was shot dead on Tuesday during a home invasion. The daughter of a Republican former state representative from Kentucky was shot and killed during an early morning home […]
Krystal and Saagar deliver their final thoughts on the Russian invasion of Ukraine for today including why they were wrong and what the future holds for the Ukrainian people
Krystal breaks down the trends in work as the pandemic has generated an entire infrastructure of remote work leading to more separation between the professional class and working class
Rav Arora discusses the fallout from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s invocation of the Emergency Powers Act in dealing with trucker protests.
Saagar looks back through Russian history to see why Putin’s belligerence when it comes to invading Ukraine could backfire in the long run.
That’s because many Dems had PTSD from the Trump era + dealing with Covid. They have had to tune out for sanity reasons! Most of the Dems I know told me they needed a break. I really think this is one of the main reasons.
Kim Iversen explains the World Economic Forum’s efforts to introduce a digital ID.
Krystal and Saagar analyze the amount of blame that should be put on the Biden administration for Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine at this moment in history
That sounds a lot less like an apology to the people and a lot more like an apology to the Saudis for being honest about their atrocities.
Katie Halper discusses Jen Psaki’s potential future career as a cable news host.
Krystal and Saagar respond to the polling numbers showing that most Americans do not want a full scale US intervention in Ukraine which could change as Putin’s invasion goes on
I mean you also have people like Tucker Carlson kind of rooting for Russia so Fox and the Republicans are definitely going to be split over this
Emily Jashinsky reacts to former President Donald Trump’s comments about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Krystal and Saagar look at how the markets have reacted to Putin’s invasion in Ukraine and the response from Biden and the western world creating economic instability via oil and gas prices
“Happiness is bad, misery is good, and anyone who disagrees deserves a fate worse than burning in hell forever.” -John Bolton, probably.
Robby Soave makes the case that issues related to transgenderism and gender fluidity shouldn’t be adjudicated in primary school classrooms.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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