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Nexus X HumectressHow TV Shows Like Law & Order TEACH Americans To Root For The Police
Public defender Olayemi Olurin explains how police shows often don’t show the whole truth when it comes to crime and the justice system.
MEDIA IGNORES: Fentanyl Leading Cause Of Death For 18-45
Krystal and Saagar examine the data showing that fentanyl overdoses are now the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18-45 surpassing covid and all other possibilities
FEUDING, Infighting Threatens To IMPLODE Rhode Island Progressive Campaign Co-Op
HuffPost’s Daniel Marans explains why the progressive Rhode Island campaign co-op is in danger of falling apart.
Manchin HUMILIATES BIDEN, Kills BBB As WH Cries Betrayal
Krystal and Saagar cover the breaking news coming from Joe Manchin that Biden’s Build Back Better budget legislation is officially dead as the president is nowhere to be seen
Inside Dollar General’s WAR On Unions
Krystal and Saagar comb through investigative reporting on how Dollar General has fought to prevent low wage workers from unionizing in their stores
Teachers SCRAMBLE FOR CASH In Real World Squid Game
Krystal and Saagar comment on the dystopian scene of teachers scrambling for cash to fund supplies for their classrooms at halftime of a hockey game
UCSD Professor on CNN: U.S. Close to Being at High Risk of a ‘Siege of Terror’
By Ken Stone, San Diego Times America is close to being at high risk of a civil war, a UC San Diego political scientist said Sunday night on CNN. “If a second civil war happens in the United States, it’s going to look very different from the first, […]
How close is the US to civil war? Closer than you think, study says
CNN CNN’s Michael Holmes talks with Professor Barbara Walter of the University of California San Diego about her work on a task force that tries to predict where outside the US a civil war is likely to break out. Walter says the two best predictors of whether violence […]
US ‘closer to civil war’ than most would like to believe, new book says
By Martin Pengelly in New York, The Guardian The US is “closer to civil war than any of us would like to believe”, a member of a key CIA advisory panel has said. The analysis by Barbara F Walter, a political science professor at the University of California […]
Breaking Points: 12/20/21 Full UNCUT Show
Krystal and Saagar discuss Manchin’s decision to kill Build Back Better, Omicron cases spiking in American cities, fentanyl overdose crisis, Kamala humiliating herself again, fed involvement in January 6th, Biden letting Gen Z down, CDC lies about masking kids, Elon Musk winning person of the year, and more! […]
Squatters, desert cults and climate protestors
Anarchist News From The Art Newspaper, by Keith Miller, 13 September 2021 new book surveys the architecture of anarchist settlements From geodesic domes in South Colorado to the Calais Jungle in Europe, this provocative work studies 60 structures that were built according to values of autonomy, voluntary association, […]
Fentanyl Overdoses Become Leading Cause of Death in 18- to 45-Year-Olds
By Charlotte Cuthbertson Epoch Times Fentanyl-related drug overdoses in 2020 became the top killer in adults aged 18 to 45—overtaking suicide, vehicle accidents, and gun violence, according to an analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data by nonprofit group Families Against Fentanyl. Fentanyl is a synthetic […]
John McWhorter on Woke Racism | Forward with Andrew Yang
Columbia linguistics professor John McWhorter argues that a new religion disguised as antiracism is hurting Black communities and weakening the American social fabric.
China and Russia are Weak States | Robert Kaplan
Jacek Bartosiak talks to Robert D. Kaplan on Eurasia, Intermarium, and US-Germany deal on Europe.
Culture wars: It’s the Right that is trying to cancel free speech
Many of the arguments made in this piece are reasonable and relatively accurate in terms of criticisms of the Right, but the article is completely lacking in insight and self-awareness regarding criticisms of the Left. By Adam Ramsay Open Democracy While the powerful try to silence those who […]
Pete and Bird From Timeline Earth Read Ted Kaczynski’s – The System’s Neatest Trick
Bird is one of the hosts of the Timeline Earth Podcast Bird joins Pete for a reading, and commentary, on Ted Kaczynski’s 2005 essay, The System’s Neatest Trick.”
Pete and Aaron From Timeline Earth Read ‘State and Revolution’ by Lenin Pt. 1
Aaron is one of the hosts of Timeline Earth Aaron joins Pete for part one of a series reading Vladimir Ilyich Lenin’s “The State and Revolution”
Charging Julian Assange with espionage is a greater threat to democracy than Jan. 6
By Jack Hunter, The Week The mob attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was a shameful and tragic day. Some in Congress on the Jan. 6 congressional committee believe it represented a threat to American democracy. Yet some of these leaders support another threat to our […]
3 retired generals: The military must prepare now for a 2024 insurrection
By Paul D. Eaton, Antonio M. Taguba and Steven M. Anderson Paul D. Eaton is a retired U.S. Army major general and a senior adviser to VoteVets. Antonio M. Taguba is a retired Army major general, with 34 years of active duty service. Steven M. Anderson is a […]
A Queer Anarcho-Christmas Carol
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley The following is the Gospel according to Nicky Reid, a ranting, genderfuck, lesbian, Christopagan anarchist from the 21st Century. Like all religious propaganda, it is loosely based on a hot mess of new age folklore, revisionist history, pharmacological […]
An Empire For Our Times?
A Discussion of Peter Wilson’s The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe’s History Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 December 2017 In the two centuries since its dissolution in 1806, the Holy Roman Empire has usually been viewed as an antiquated relic of the medieval […]
Anarchy and the Kingdom of God
This book looks to be an interesting take on Christian Anarchist thought. From Eschatology to Orthodox Political Theology and Back Anarchy and the Kingdom of God reclaims the concept of “anarchism” both as a political philosophy and a way of thinking of the sociopolitical sphere from a theological […]
Lyceum 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 […]
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