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Nexus X HumectressLyceum Round-Table #48: Year in Review
Todd Lewis is joined by Keith Preston, Terminal Philosophy and Swithun Dobson to discuss our year in review.
Governing Elites Are Destroying the Nation They’re Supposed to Run
By J.B. Shurk, American Thinker A friend of American Thinker, understandably upset about the unraveling of America around us, reached out with a heartfelt question: how did we as a society come to behave so acrimoniously toward one another? The two words that stood out to me while […]
Why Liberalism Means Empire
I suppose I could be considered a “non-liberal anti-imperialist.” The libertarians’ admiration of Singapore and Hong Kong is overstated as is the progressives’ admiration of the Scandinavian countries. The problem with both libertarianism and progressivism is their universalism, which is not reconcilable with anti-imperialism. I tend to think […]
Enemies America Made And How To Make Friends Again
The USA is like the high school bully that goes around bullying other kids until he finally gets kicked in the balls, which is more or less what has been happening to the US for the past 50 years since the defeat in Southeast Asia. By William P. […]
Progressive v. Loopy
As a radical decentralist and non-universalist, I don’t have any theoretical objection to Seattle becoming a communist-led city-state that legalizes petty crime. If people in Seattle want to do things that way, fine with me. Or, if not, that’s okay, too. Seattle has a statue of Lenin which […]
U.S. Church Membership Falls Below Majority for First Time
By Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Story Highlights In 2020, 47% of U.S. adults belonged to a church, synagogue or mosque Down more than 20 points from turn of the century Change primarily due to rise in Americans with no religious preference WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans’ membership in houses […]
Michael Shellenberger On Homelessness, Addiction, Crime
By Andrew Sullivan Weekly Dish The former far-left activist has a sobering reality check on the woke policies of West Coast cities. I belatedly came to Shellenberger in my research on nuclear power’s potential to help cut carbon emissions. But his new book — on the terrible progressive […]
Steven Donziger EXCLUSIVE Fresh Out Of Prison
Released from prison just last week, now under house arrest for the remainder of his sentence, Steven Donziger speaks out about the injustices against incarcerated people and the solidarity among incarcerated people he witnessed firsthand. He reveals how truly broken the prison-industrial complex is, but he also offers […]
How Omicron scrambled Democrats’ responses to COVID
By Joel Mathis, The Week For much of the last two years, differing approaches to the COVID-19 pandemic mapped neatly onto our political divisions. The right battled against lockdowns and other protective measures, while folks on the left doggedly wore masks and celebrated vaccines. Polarization won again. But […]
Inside a district attorney’s campaign to reform the Austin police department
By Neena Satija Washington Post AUSTIN — Travis County District Attorney José Garza was at home when he got a call from one of his prosecutors, Dexter Gilford. A grand jury had just indicted two Austin police officers, charging them with aggravated assault in connection with the beating […]
Minn. police officer who killed Black motorist Daunte Wright takes stand at her manslaughter trial
By Associated Press Former suburban Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter took the stand Friday at her manslaughter trial in the shooting death of Black motorist Daunte Wright. Potter has said she meant to draw her Taser instead of her gun when she shot the 20-year-old Wright as he […]
Noble lies are a public health hazard
By Ryan Cooper, The Week Just the facts, bureaucrats. The United States’ COVID pandemic performance is among the worst in the world — particularly given our unparalleled advantages. We lead the planet in confirmed infections and deaths, and while India probably has had more of both that went […]
The U.S. won’t confront Russia. Will Germany?
By Samuel Goldman, The Week The Biden administration is unwilling to fight for Ukraine. Berlin must choose its course. Germany has long had a Russia problem. Even before their unification under the Hohenzollerns in 1870, German principalities struggled to deal with their giant neighbor to the east. In 1863, […]
Amazon Lobbyists HELPED BLOCK Worker Protection Legislation Ahead Of FATAL Tornado Disaster
David Sirota breaks down the bill that could have protected Illinois Amazon workers from being threatened with termination shortly before a deadly tornado destroyed the factory they were working in.
Elon Musk SNAGS Time’s Person Of The Year Award, Magazine’s Owners Are BIG Investors In SpaceX
Team Rising reacts to Elon Musk’s ‘Person of the Year’ award from Time Magazine.
Biden Admin’s Disregard For Assange & Law Is TRUMPIAN, Miscarriage Of Justice
Katie Halper discusses why mainstream media dismiss figures like Julian Assange and Joe Rogan.
NEW: Pandemic PUSHED 500 MILLION Into Poverty, Team Rising Debates WHO Is To Blame
Team Rising reacts to reports that health costs during the pandemic pushed over half a billion people into poverty.
Trump’s Truth Social TEAMS UP With Video Platform Rumble, Bucking Liberal Social Media?
Team Rising discusses the future of Truth Social.
STUNNING Research Shows Political Polarization At The Point Of NO RETURN
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss what, if anything, could unite Americans around a common goal again.
Biden’s Annus Horribilis
By Andrew Sullivan And the terrifying tenacity of Trump’s cult. A year ago, as the vaccines began to arrive and as the nightmare of the Trump administration appeared to be over, I found myself unusually optimistic. In an end-of-year essay I admitted was written in part to cheer […]
A Culture War in Four Acts: Loudoun County, Virginia. Part Two: “The Incident.”
By Matt Taibbi An Underground Railroad simulation at an elementary school brings a long-simmering political dispute out into the open, triggering a bizarre series of unfortunate events. February 5th, 2019. An educational consultant named Dr. Linda Deans walked to the lectern at a meeting of the Loudoun County […]
Loudoun County Freedom of Information Request #1: The Equity Collaborative Documents
By Matt Taibbi The documents at the heart of a nationwide controversy. In preparation for today’s forthcoming story, A Culture War in Four Acts: Loudoun County, Virginia. Part Two: ‘The Incident,’ TK News sent Freedom of Information requests to the county on several questions. Concerned with the issue […]
Fed WAY behind Curve, Real Rates to Remain Deeply Negative
By Mike Gleason, Money Metals Exchange As the Federal Reserve prepares to taper its asset purchases, investors are preparing to adjust their portfolios. Some are dumping gold. They could be making a big mistake. Sentiment toward precious metals turned negative as prices fell over the past few weeks. […]
How Amazon BLOCKED Worker Protection Bill
Krystal and Saagar are joined by Daily Poster journalist David Sirota as part of an ongoing collaboration to talk about how Amazon funded lobbyists blocked a worker protection bill before the tornadoes struck their warehouse
The Big Cheat
The Trump family is one of the most talked about families in the United States. Donald Trump’s presidency elevated that and helped put them on an international stage that brought the family to the forefront of the world. Over the last half decade, journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner […]
Climate change is coming for the red states — but will it matter?
By Joel Mathis, The Week Extreme weather doesn’t really bother me. I’ve lived in Kansas most of my life, have witnessed tornadoes and flooding, love nothing more than a good gullywasher rain storm. You respect the danger of such events, but you also get used to them. It’s […]
Devastating December storm system wreaks havoc ‘from New Mexico to Michigan’
By Brigid Kennedy The Week An “unprecedented” storm system attacked the central United States Wednesday night into Thursday morning “with high winds that kicked up dust storms, fueled wildfires,” “knocked down power lines,” and left “more than 510,000 customers without power,” The Washington Post reports. Over 36 million people […]
Jan. 6 doesn’t need to be embellished
By W. James Antle III, The Week There’s no question the events of Jan. 6, in which supporters of former President Donald Trump attacked the Capitol, were terrible and had the potential to be even worse in terms of injury or loss of life. The Democratic-led House committee […]
My Conversation With Kim Kardashian
By Bari Weiss How the mogul turned her fame into real power. Plus: cancel culture and criminal justice reform; Trump and TikTok; beauty and breaking the rules. In the middle of the 20th century, suddenly there was this new thing called an astronaut. And in the decades that […]
The radicalization of a COVID moderate
By Noah Millman The Week I have, throughout the pandemic, been something of a COVID moderate. I supported strong restrictions at the start of the pandemic, on both practical and moral grounds. But as early as May of 2020, I saw America wasn’t going to take the steps […]
Free Assange: No US Extradition
A huge livestream to support Julian Assange happening in the Breaking Points studio with guests such as Glenn Greenwald, Gabriel Shipton, Noam Chomsky, and more!
‘The New Normal,’ Are Seasonal Mask, Booster Mandates Here To Stay?
Kim Iversen breaks down what the “new normal” might look like in 2022.
Biden’s Student Debt LIES Fully Exposed
Krystal and Saagar compare the past statements President Biden has made about cancelling some student debt to what the White House plans on doing about it now
Gen Z TikTokers SCREW With Kellogg’s For Anti-Union Policy
Krystal and Saagar look at the methods used by Gen Z activists on TikTok and other social media platforms to fight the effort by Kellogg’s to shut down striking union workers.
Workers Nationwide DEMAND Better Conditions, MSM Pushes Biden As Most Pro-Union President EVER
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss high-profile labor organizing happening across the country.
AUTHORS DEBATE: Should US Defend Taiwan Or Not?
Krystal and Saagar are joined by two authors and foreign policy experts who debate on whether the US should defend Taiwan or not if China were to invade in the near future
Pelosi DEFENDS Lawmakers Trading Stocks. Congress, Staffers Make MILLIONS Off Insider Trading?
Insider’s Dave Levinthal reacts to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s comments about whether members of Congress should be allowed to own stocks,
Amazon Held Workers HOSTAGE As Tornado Rampaged
Krystal details the extent to which Amazon’s greed put the lives of warehouse workers in jeopardy as deadly tornadoes struck multiple states and killed over 100 people
San Francisco Mayor CRACKS DOWN On Crime, REVERSES Defund The Police Budget Cuts
Team Rising reacts to San Francisco Mayor London Breed’s newfound commitment to policing and law enforcement.
Twitter BLASTED For Anti-Science Censorship On Vaccines
Krystal and Saagar criticize Twitter’s decision to censor information about vaccines that has shown by be scientifically true even though it is inconvenient for covid narratives
Josh Gottheimer Claims A Protester Verbally Assaulted Him, Video Shows It Didn’t Happen
Ryan Grim breaks down the alleged antisemitic comments made towards Rep. Josh Gottheimer.
Pelosi’s DISGUSTING Defense Of Stock Trading By Lawmakers
Krystal and Saagar respond to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s justification of insider trading by members of congress including herself to the tune of millions of dollars and major conflicts of interest
Airplanes Have Better Air Quality Than ICUs. Isn’t It Time To End Mask Mandates?
Robby Soave makes the case against airline mask mandates.
Cornell SHUTS DOWN For COVID Despite Vax Mandate, ENOUGH MADNESS
Saagar goes over the new covid madness arising from the Omicron variant on college campuses and in blue states and why he has had enough of the endless covid guidelines
Biden, Manchin FEUD Over Child Tax Credits. Dems SHELVE Build Back Better For Voting Rights?
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave react to the breakdown in Build Back Better Act negotiations between President Joe Biden and Senator Joe Manchin.
STUNNING Corruption Revealed At Heart Of DC Media
Krystal and Saagar cover the corrupt corporate backing and lobbyist influence of Punchbowl news which is one of the largest and most important newsletters in DC
Blame Voters for the Rising Crime Rate
By Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal Just maybe, voters are starting to regret the consequences of electing progressives. For the stressed-out voters in your political life, an aphorism to print and wrap in ribbon for Christmas giving is “Live and learn.” Though in these crime-sodden times, it might […]
Stop Fearmongering About Progressive Prosecutors and Decarceral Policies
By Nikki Trautman Baszynski The Appeal Larry Krasner’s clear win in the Philadelphia District Attorney primary election should have been a wake-up call to journalists who spent weeks breathlessly painting the race as a referendum on progressive prosecutors and their decarceral policies. Instead, they doubled down, redirecting their […]
Don’t Blame Progressive Prosecutors for Rising Crime
By Jennifer Doleac Bloomberg More lenient policies don’t appear to be contributing to a crime wave in urban areas across the U.S. Violent crime in urban America is rising. There have been 13.5% more homicides so far in 2021 compared to last year, across 84 cities, and the […]
A QAnon con: How the viral Wayfair sex trafficking lie hurt real kids
By Jessica Contrera Washington Post An Internet mob wanted to rescue a 13-year-old girl. Instead, they terrified her, derailed real trafficking investigations and incited ‘save the children’ violence. The real Samara Duplessis was sprawled across her comforter, her thumb on Instagram. Summer could drag on in the Detroit […]
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