academiccompositionab
Empowerment Equalizer
SSaragian
Antony Sammeroff
Ann Sterzinger
Rodney
RJ
busterjames
cainusmaxus
Craig FitzGerald
David Heleniak
Caity & Dan Greene
keirmartland
Keith Preston
Bill the Butcher
ljp711
MRDA
Jack Donovan
Rachel Haywire
comrade hermit
Michael
Vince
Regan
robertstark2014
Noonan
S E Pearson
Rachel Haywire
Nexus X HumectressTom Woods Show Libertarian city council member Cara Schulz left her audience spellbound at a recent meeting during a discussion of chronic pain sufferers. Doctors are having their hands tied and people with unbearable pain can’t get the care they need because the authorities pretend they’re looking out […]
Caleb Maupin is a widely acclaimed speaker, writer, journalist, and political analyst. He has traveled extensively in the Middle East and in Latin America. He was involved with the Occupy Wall Street movement from its early planning stages, and has been involved many struggles for social justice. He […]
The Synthetic Left is going to go nuts over this: “Red-Brown Alliance! Strasserism! Nazbols!” This is great stuff. Carlson seems to be straddling the fence between being a professional culture war propagandist for the right-wing of the ruling class and actual serious criticisms of the system. Interesting. The […]
The Week Staff The U.S. has been holding terrorism suspects at Guantánamo Bay for 20 years. Will the camp ever close? Here’s everything you need to know: Why was Guantánamo created? The military detention facility first called Camp X-Ray was built in three days in early January 2002, […]
By Grayson Quay The Week North Korea launched a missile Sunday, ending a month that saw an unusually high number of weapons tests, NPR reported. According to The New York Times, “the tests enable the North to upgrade its missile forces while putting more pressure on the Biden administration to […]
By Grayson Quay The Week According to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll, 76 percent of Americans say President Biden should consider “all possible nominees” to fill retiring Justice Stephen Breyer’s seat on the Supreme Court. Only 23 percent say Biden should consider only Black female candidates, as he […]
By Grayson Quay The Week French right-wing presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said Saturday that anyone who wants to leave her National Rally (RN) party should “do it now,” Reuters reports. The announcement comes in the wake of several defections to rival candidate Éric Zemmour, whose overtly reactionary campaign […]
The Signal What is the “Havana Syndrome” that’s been afflicting U.S. diplomats since 2016? Robert Baloh on the range of explanations—and how well the evidence now supports them. The mysterious ailment afflicting U.S. diplomats around the world—the “Havana syndrome”—is, according to a report released by the Central Intelligence Agency […]
By Alice Giordano, Epoch Times Federal authorities arrested a former Kansas school teacher and mother of five and charged her with plotting terrorist attacks on American soil, including a shopping mall and a college campus. Allison Elizabeth Fluke-Ekren, 42, was apprehended in Syria late Thursday, according to the U.S. Department […]
Does the question even need to be asked?
Krystal and Kyle Kulinski of Krystal Kyle and Friends talk to author Johann Hari about the dystopian future in the metaverse being envisioned by tech giants, our stolen attention spans, and more!
Krystal and Saagar comment on the attempt by CNN to venture into the streaming world with a premium news service and other content
Krystal and Saagar break down the money Amazon is spending on lobbying campaigns including paying the brother of a top White House official tens of thousands over the past few months.
The hosts answer your questions about Nancy Pelosi’s big for reelection, Hunter Biden’s emails. and their rapport behind the scenes.
Author of “Goliath,” Matt Stoller, breaks down the antitrust bill that could change Big Tech.
Katie Halper, Batya Ungar-Sargon, and Robby Soave discuss one of President Biden’s controversial federal judicial nominees.
It’s amazing that the neocons have managed to not only restart the Cold War but repair the Sino-Soviet split. By Peter Aitken | Fox News Robert L. Wilkie argues that ‘ancient animosity’ between the two nations has been ‘buried’ Any economic sanctions NATO imposes against Russia will have […]
By William Costa, The Guardian A 1,600-hectare (4,000-acre) gated community, dubbed El Paraíso Verde, or the Green Paradise, is being carved out of the fertile red earth of Caazapá, one of Paraguay’s poorest regions. The community’s population – consisting mainly of German, Austrian and Swiss immigrants – will […]
J. Xie, S. Sreenivasan, G. Korniss, W. Zhang, C. Lim, and B. K. Szymanski Phys. Rev. E 84, 011130 – Published 22 July 2011 We show how the prevailing majority opinion in a population can be rapidly reversed by a small fraction p of randomly distributed committed agents […]
Lloyd Austin and Anthony Blinken seem to be aspiring to be the new Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld. By Peter Maass The Intercept Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s promises to curb civilian casualties are as empty as the military’s vows to stop sexual harassment. The Pentagon is not known […]
That anyone would be that fixated on the KKK today seems ridiculous. They’re a few thousand retards and losers at the most. There are plenty of other violent, criminal groups that are larger and much more active. By Glenn Rowley, Consequence Film Ezra Miller took to social media […]
At about the 2:30 mark in this, there is an interesting discussion of the neocons, neoliberals, and the role of the media that is fairly on the mark for a relatively mainstream program. The analysis of the neocons is not what it needs to be but it’s something. […]
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley It’s been just over two weeks since the latest act of Islamic terrorism on US soil and the powers at be in the Fourth Estate already have it all figured out. Hell, it took those brilliant motherfuckers less […]
Three retired generals say there’s a real chance of another assault on democracy… and the armed forces should be wargaming it. But doesn’t the military have its own extremism problems? One of the generals, Paul Eaton, joins Mehdi to discuss.
Ten years ago, I thought that the US would be in 2042 where it is in 2022. Respected journalists and thinkers are writing articles about the speculation that the U.S. may see another civil war. In our new series, “A House Divided,” MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell speaks to Barbara […]
The American Conservative The war drums are beating in Washington, as our bipartisan establishment looks to get the country involved in rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Emile, Sohrab, Micah, and Helen unpack the return of the neocons. Plus, the hosts assess Glenn Youngkin’s war against mask mandates […]
By Tara Copp, Senior Pentagon Reporter, Defense One Joint Chiefs chairman issues warning as Defense Secretary Austin says, “Conflict is not inevitable.” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley pressed the U.S. position Friday that the Russian-Ukrainian crisis could still be solved without war […]
By Anya Zoledziowski Vice Most vegans are fully vaxxed, but there’s a loud and influential group of anti-vaxxers within the movement. When Glynn Steel, 54, lay dying from severe COVID in a Worcestershire, UK, hospital, he begged nurses for the vaccine. His last words to his wife Emma […]
By LEAH WILLINGHAM CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Gov. Jim Justice has a message for singer and actress Bette Midler, who called West Virginians “poor, illiterate and strung out” in a tweet after Sen. Joe Manchin refused to support President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act. The 70-year-old Republican […]
By Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian (Not much) sex in the city And just like that, nobody’s having sex any more. Middle-aged people aren’t having much. Young people aren’t having much. Japanese people aren’t having much. Nor are Brits or Australians or Americans. Over the past decade a number […]
Policy director at the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Matt Hawthorne, explains why his organization supports the closure of the prison at Guantanamo Bay,
Legalizing the production, distribution, sale, and use of all drugs, so that such activities are done by reputable laboratories, businesses, pharmacies, and clinics, and with ready access to medical care for overdose victims, is the only possible way to reduce drug overdoses. There would still be some overdoses […]
Global economics correspondent for The New York Times, Peter S. Goodman, previews his new book, ” Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World.”
David Sirota argues that a play to identity politics isn’t enough when picking a nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Breyer.
Team Rising discuss wide, bipartisan support for a stock-trading ban for members of Congress.
Batya Ungar-Sargon, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to the Chinese government’s alternative “Fight Club” ending.
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave react to Truth Social’s content restrictions.
Krystal and Saagar talk with Daily Poster founder David Sirota about the pro corporate record of retiring liberal SCOTUS Justice Stephen Breyer and how the court routinely sides with big business
By W. James Antle III, The Week The loudest voices warning against American military involvement if Russia invades Ukraine belong to populist conservatives. On his nightly Fox News show, Tucker Carlson regularly demands an explanation of what vital U.S. interest is served by intervening in the conflict. “We […]
The Brigid Kennedy The Week Yes, Ukraine would like foreign assistance from the United States and its allies in its standoff with Russia; but outside of providing defense weaponry, the country would prefer the U.S. just stay quiet, The New York Times reports Friday, per the head of Ukraine’s […]
By Brigid Kennedy The Week Ten people were injured after a snow-covered bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh, Penn. Friday morning, KDKA Pittsburgh reports. Three people were taken to the hospital, and no fatalities have been reported. The bridge that collapsed is known as the Fern Hollow Bridge, and is located in […]
By Joel Mathis The Week Following the botched U.S. drone strike that killed 10 members of an Afghan family last year, the Pentagon has announced a new plan to reduce civilian deaths in America’s wars abroad. The Defense Department will set up a “civilian protection center of excellence” […]
By Ryan Cooper The Week Last year, the United States economy turned in its best performance in roughly four decades. Inflation-adjusted growth was up 5.7 percent in 2021, and there were 6.4 million jobs created — the best such figures since 1984 and 1978, respectively. Outside of perfunctory […]
Our conversation with this week’s guest, Johann Hari, moves from the individual to the collective as we discuss the digital algorithms that keep us locked into online life and the ways of resetting our consciousness — both personally and societally — that can lead us to a better […]
Associated Press, CNN, Health Day Omicron, the highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across the country, is driving the daily American death toll higher than during last fall’s delta wave, with deaths likely to keep rising for days or even weeks. The seven-day rolling average for daily new COVID-19 […]
By Andrew Sullivan There is a better way to defeat left indoctrination than banning books. One of the more familiar experiences on Twitter is being called a grifter, a person who issues takes entirely geared toward more clicks, readers, dollars or followers. It’s an exhausted slur, but, to […]
By Rebecca Tan and Ovetta Wiggins Washington Post Nineteen years after Darryl Taylor was sentenced to life for a murder he says he did not commit, a board of parole commissioners recommended him for early release. The feeling, he remembers, was like standing with one foot out the prison […]
It is very difficult to get honest or accurate information on this topic because it is such an emotionally-charged and ideologically-driven issue with incentives for misrepresentation existing in a range of contexts. But the Pew Research Center has a very solid reputation for engaging in empirically-driven research. I […]
Anthony Blinken and Lloyd Austin are apparently striving to be the new Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld. By Jordan Williams The Hill The Pentagon on Friday called on Russia to stand down as tensions rise over the threat of a Russian military incursion into Ukraine. Speaking to reporters, […]
Cotton is by far the most dangerous elected official in the US today. Senator Tom Cotton discusses the issues at stake if President Biden makes a mistake in handling Russia. He also weighs in on the continued fallout from the Afghanistan withdrawal.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
Recent Comments