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Nexus X HumectressBy Gabrielle Fonrouge New Post Three days after US officials first used the term “China Virus” on a national news broadcast, a barrage of anti-Asian attacks began in New York City. Within hours, two Asian Americans were separately assaulted — the first of such hate crimes in the […]
New York Times “What are you waiting for?” President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine asked Western leaders in Munich, as Russian-backed rebels urged people to evacuate and shelling escalated in eastern Ukraine. [Read our latest news coverage of the Ukraine and Russia crisis.] Here’s what you need to know: […]
By Natalie Kitroeff and Sarah Maslin Nir New York Times Officers in riot gear pushed to regain the area around the Parliament building in Ottawa, where demonstrations have roiled the nation’s capital for weeks and parked trucks have blocked the city’s downtown core. READ MORE
Webinar 7 pm CT USA, Wed, Mar 2, 2022 The billion-dollar marijuana market should have room for every ethnic group. But going from decriminalization to medical and recreational use has resulted in a patchwork of dangerous inconsistencies. The weaponization of marijuana laws against communities of color leaves victims […]
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley I don’t believe in taxes. I know that’s not exactly the trendiest take on the left these days, but I just can’t justify giving any institution that kind of power. I would love nothing better than to play […]
In my 35 years as a radical, opposition to US imperialism has always been my primary area of interest. By Darragh Roche Newsweek Fewer than one in six Americans want U.S. soldiers deployed to defend Ukraine if Russia invades the country, according to a new poll published on […]
Krystal and Saagar answer your questions about Marianne Williamson, fighting back against media smear campaigns, Trump’s base and economic populism, who chooses the AMA questions, and Hunter Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine!
Whatever your opinion of either AOC or Tucker, this is hilarious. Fox News host gives his take on a new book about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight.
This is a pretty nuanced discussion of geopolitics. People would be wise to disabuse themselves of the notion that there are “good guys” and “bad guys” in geopolitics. There are just bad and worse.
Krystal and Saagar talk about CIA spying, Biden’s legal battle against student debtors, CNN imploding, Prince Andrew settlement, MSNBC ratings crash, big weed monopolies, and more! Daily Poster: https://www.dailyposter.com/ Matt Stoller: https://mattstoller.substack.com/ Timestamps: Student Debt: 0:00 – 7:16 CIA: 7:17 – 13:13 CNN: 13:14 – 21:15 Prince Andrew: […]
If you want to know what the CIA wants you to think, just read the Bezos-owned WaPo. By Andrew Jeong, Alex Horton, Ellen Francis, Claire Parker and Timothy Bella The threat of renewed war in Ukraine escalated Saturday as shelling and military preparations by Russian-backed separatists picked up […]
On the latest BIG Breakdown, policy expert and writer Matt Stoller dives into all of the big money in the legal weed market and how big business is moving to take full advantage of it
The rich see an economic crisis as a garage sale and stay rich by investing and diversifying their portfolio with stocks.
Ultras and radlibs have no conception of tactics. Everything runs with feelings and perennial, essential moral absolutes
By Ross Douthat, New York Times A great and mostly unknown prophet of our time is Michael Young, whose book “The Rise of the Meritocracy,” published way back in 1958, both coined the term in its title and predicted, in its fictional vision of the 21st century, meritocracy’s […]
China’s economic system is simply a reworking of Lenin’s New Economic Policy. And Western capitalists have always been perfectly willing to do business with Communist regimes. See the work of Antony Sutton. Revolver One of the most significant recent developments in American foreign policy is the emergence of […]
By N.S. Lyons Like many, I have spent the last couple of weeks a bit entranced by the trucker protests happening in Canada (and now around the world, from Paris to Wellington). I initially tried to document here every twist and turn of the Freedom Convoy drama, but […]
“What makes an arranged marriage work? My mom and dad’s marriage worked because people who knew and cared about them got them together after thinking hard about whether they’d be compatible. Each of their parents ran through an exhaustive checklist. The whole point of it all was to […]
By STEVE PEOPLES, AP News Democratic candidate for the Pennsylvania U.S.senate seat in the 2022 primary election, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, arrives for a campaign stop at the Mechanistic Brewery, in Clarion, Pa., Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. The Democratic Party’s brand is so toxic in some parts of […]
By Jack Phillips, Epoch Times Possibly hundreds of Porsches, Volkswagens, Bentleys, and Lamborghinis are marooned on a burning ship in the Atlantic Ocean after the crew abandoned the vessel earlier this week. According to the real-time data website FleetMon, which tracks ships, the Felicity Ace car carrier vessel’s […]
By Caitlin Johnstone Post-Iraq the US has zero moral authority. The narrative managers aim to suck you in to arguing about the minutiae of the inner workings of the latest target of the empire, when in fact a simple “Shut the fuck up, it’s none of your business” […]
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU, AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press See Biden’s warning to Putin from the White House KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday he’s “convinced” that Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to launch a further invasion in Ukraine, […]
By Limin Zhou and Noé Chartier, Epoch Times OTTAWA, Canada—Police put the number of arrests at over 100, and the number of vehicles towed at 21 on the afternoon of Feb. 18 as law enforcement escalated its confrontation with protesters in Ottawa. Mounted police and officers on foot […]
By Christopher Moraff The Intelligencer How a once fringe idea — making it safe to get high — became a reality. I’m nearly two hours into an interview with Sam Rivera, who runs one of America’s first supervised-drug-consumption sites, when a voice cuts abruptly through his serene, incense-filled […]
Murderville The Intercept Charles Raby is tried for the murder of Edna Franklin. No physical evidence ties him to the crime. But the jury sentences him to death. Charles Raby is tried for the murder of Edna Franklin. The murder weapon is missing, and no physical evidence ties him […]
By Alice Speri The Intercept Tens of thousands of people from dozens of countries have been detained in northeast Syria since the fall of the Islamic State three years ago. When dozens of Islamic State fighters attacked a prison in northeast Syria last month, setting off a 10-day […]
By Jesse Rosenfeld, Oren Ziv, Ahmad Al-Bazz The Intercept The triple assassination recalled the darkest days of the Second Intifada — and Israel’s impunity to commit violence. Palestinians were shocked last week by a brazen midday Israeli military assault that employed tactics not seen in the West Bank in over […]
By Samuel Goldman The Week The intelligence community enjoys enviable status in popular culture. In shows like Homeland and films like the Jason Bourne series, the agency is presented as hyper-vigilant, super-competent, and brutally effective. Older works and period pieces place intelligence agents in a clubby, vaguely aristocratic milieu. […]
By W. James Antle, The Week The woke left may be the new religious right: preachy, censorious, humorless, judgmental, constantly policing popular culture for impure thoughts. In fact, the new left compares unfavorably: Christian conservatives at least believed in redemption, even if it did not always manifest itself […]
By Brendan Morrow The Week Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter has received a two-year sentence for the killing of Daunte Wright. Judge Regina Chu during a hearing on Friday announced a 24-month sentence for Potter, 16 months of which she will serve in prison and the rest […]
We’re thrilled to bring you Episode 61 of Krystal Kyle & Friends, with our special guest Michael Levitin. You know Michael from his book Generation Occupy, a look at how, ten years down the road, the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to resonate through contemporary politics and shape […]
Team Rising gives their thoughts on reports that the White House is exploring a gas tax holiday.
Author of the Vulgar Marxism newsletter, Matthew Thomas, details the progressive response to New York City’s denial of food stamps, cash assistance, and unemployment benefits to qualifying New Yorkers who lost their jobs over failing to comply with the city’s vaccine mandate.
Daily Poster reporter, Julia Rock, details her reporting that the Biden Administration is still fighting student debtors in court.
Executive director at Consumers’ Research, Will Hild, breaks down the economic incentives driving the corporate class to work with the Chinese Communist Party.
Team Rising debate parents’ role in education as state legislatures across the country consider bills on the topic.
Chief Advocacy Officer at REFORM Alliance, Jessica Jackson, makes the case for criminal justice reform.
Ryan Grim, Robby Soave, and Kim Iversen break down new data revealing Americans lost $1 Billion to romance scams in 2021.
Krystal and Saagar talk with Daily Poster journalist Julia Rock about how the Biden administration has been fighting student debtors in court despite the rhetoric it has used publicly
A good read of “BreadTube Serves Imperialism.” Thanks, Caleb and Sofia.
PLCAA Remington https://bit.ly/2CHLudt In this case, they initially tried to sue Remington because the shooter used a Remington rifle, The lower courts said, nope you can’t do that because of PLCCA. However, they found a way around PLCCA by using Conetticuts state laws about ads and trade practices […]
Associated Press, CNN AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas grand jury indicted 19 Austin police officers on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for their actions during 2020 protests over racial injustice that spread nationwide following the killing of George Floyd, according to people familiar with […]
By Michael Lind, Tablet n order to deal with the bad optics of tent cities on the Rio Grande, the Biden administration has for months now been chartering planes on secretive flights from the Southwestern border to states and cities around the country. Often these flights land after […]
By Mike Gleason Well, what a week for the gold market! The monetary metal gained $30 on Thursday to close at $1,900 for the first time since last spring, and silver battled back to $24 per ounce. Gold’s uptrend is being confirmed by the mining stocks. On Thursday, […]
The actual sentence is 16 months in prison and another 8 months of house arrest/work release. Former Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer Kim Potter was sentenced Friday for fatally shooting Daunte Wright in April 2021.
The judge emphasized the unique circumstances of the case before sentencing was announced.
By David A. Bell New York Review of Books Colin Jones gives an hour-by-hour account of the Ninth of Thermidor, a day that marked a turning point in the French Revolution. Imagine a government divided between two ferociously opposed political forces, both of which claim the right to […]
From the mind of acclaimed director Tony Stone comes TED K- a bracing, cinematic journey into the tortured mind of The Unabomber. Deep in the American Rocky Mountains lived a man who sought refuge from modern society. His dark writings forewarned of a society ruled by technology. As […]
By Matt Taibbi After the Biden administration and the press wrongly predicted a Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 16th, they kept compounding the error in spectacular fashion. If cluelessness can be art, American journalists unveiled their Sistine Chapel this week, in a remarkable collection of misreports and […]
By W. James Antle, The Week President Biden’s former boss might have told him that the 1980s called to ask for its foreign policy back. There was a heavy dose of Reaganesque “trust but verify“ in Biden’s response to Russia’s professed drawdown along the Ukrainian border. Biden is walking a careful line: The United States does not […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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