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Nexus X HumectressNeocons RESIGN From Fox News For WORST Possible Reason
Krystal and Saagar look at the views and histories of two neocon pundits now beloved by liberals who decided to resign from Fox News in the wake of a Tucker Carlson documentary about Jan 6th
New Details About Alleged Waukesha Christmas Parade Killer Become Instant Fodder For Culture War
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss the parade incident in Waukesha, Wisconsin that killed five people.
Biden Taps Petroleum Reserve ESCALATING Saudi Conflict |
Krystal and Saagar cover the decision by the Biden administration to tap the strategic petroleum reserve and renominate fed chair Jerome Powell to combat inflation
The Evangelical Church Is Breaking Apart
By Peter Wehner, The Atlantic The election of the elders of an evangelical church is usually an uncontroversial, even unifying event. But this summer, at an influential megachurch in Northern Virginia, something went badly wrong. A trio of elders didn’t receive 75 percent of the vote, the threshold […]
The Strange Career of Paul Krugman
By Michael Lind, Tablet How a trash-talking neoliberal economist harmed America by vilifying strategic trade and industrial policy. Strategic trade and national industrial policy are back. Growing U.S. military and economic competition with China, along with the COVID-19 pandemic, have revealed the dependence of the United States on […]
Has “White Supremacy” Jumped the Shark? w/ Zaid Jilani & Irami Osei-Frimpong
This week, Briahna Joy Gray digs deeper into some broader themes that emerged from the Kyle Rittenhouse discourse. How productive is the “white supremacist” descriptor attached to not just Kyle, but to any number of actors associated with conservative politics? Even if it’s accurate, does a maximalist view […]
Would the Left Feel Different About Kyle Rittenhouse of the Roles Were Reversed?
In this clip from our full episode, Briahna Joy Grays asks whether the left would respond differently if it were an armed BLM protester under trial. With Olayemi Olurin.
Kyle Rittenhouse tells Tucker his future plans
‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ host speaks to Kyle Rittenhouse about his plans for the future.
Kyle Rittenhouse has a message for Biden
Kyle Rittenhouse calls on the president to watch his trial and slams the media for spreading ‘disgraceful’ lies about his case on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight.’
Kyle Rittenhouse speaks to Tucker Carlson in first TV interview
‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ host speaks to Kyle Rittenhouse about the events that led to his homicide trial.
Breaking Points: 11/23/21 Full UNCUT Show
Krystal and Saagar talk about the Waukesha attack, economic news, Obama and Bezos, Andrew Cuomo revelations, Fox News, Ghislaine Maxwell trial, Thanksgiving topics of conversation, how to talk about race, and more! Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Briahna’s Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Timestamps: Waukesha: 0:00 – 12:53 SPR/Fed: 12:54 – 26:46 Obama/Bezos: 26:47 […]
“National Conservatism”: The Neocons’ Latest Scam
Why am I not surprised? “National conservatism” is just neoconservatism reinventing itself with a less Friedmanite economic platform, with a faux Christian Democratic and/or populist presentation instead. And the usual collection of “conservative” dupes are already on board. There’s nothing like 60 years of failure to bolster one’s […]
Tucker Carlson To Air EXCLUSIVE Intv. With Kyle Rittenhouse After Verdict, Jim Acosta RIPS Fox News
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss what Kyle Rittenhouse’s future might look like post-acquittal.
Biden Tells Allies He’s RUNNING In 2024 Despite ABYSMAL Polls. Dems Have No Other Option?
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave debate whether Joe Biden will really run for president again in 2024, and if he does, whether he will win.
Runoff In Chile LOOMS As Far-Right Populist, Ex-Protest Leader DEADLOCKED In Presidential Election
Staff writer at The Hill, Rafael Bernal, details the ongoing presidential elections in Chile, and implications for the region.
SHAKEDOWN of Americans! Biden To Hire 80K MORE IRS Agents To Find Money For BBB
Kim Iversen explains an underreported provision of the Build Back Better budget package.
Kyle Rittenhouse ACQUITTED, What Does The Verdict Mean For Open Carry And Self Defense Laws?
Team Rising discusses the legal merits behind the verdict in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial.
ACLU Condemns Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict, BETRAYS Liberal Principles
Robby Soave criticizes the ACLU for their interpretation of the verdict in Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial.
Wisconsin GOP Screams Election Fraud, But The Allegation Turns Out To Be Bogus
Ryan Grim details Wisconsin Republicans’ efforts to expand their power in the state legislature.
Fauci BACKTRACKS On Gain Of Function, Scientist Claims Wuhan Wet Market MORE LIKELY Than Lab Leak
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave react to a new report claiming that a seafood vendor at a market in Wuhan, China was the first known case of COVID-19.
Andrew Yang Says Ranked Choice Voting Will SAVE Democracy As New Research Offers Promising Benefits
Senior fellow at the Political Reform Program at New America, Lee Drutman, details his new report on the popularity and efficacy of ranked choice voting.
Voters Say Congress Serves At The Direction Of Their Donors, Party Leaders MORE Than Constituents
Today on What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds more voters say lawmakers in Congress serve more at the direction of their donors and party leaders compared to their constituents. This survey was conducted online within the United States from November 9 – 10
Hunter Biden CAUGHT Helping China Buy Critical Materials
Krystal and Saagar track the central role that a business Hunter Biden has a direct stake in played in China’s chase for the Cobalt necessary for electric car batteries and other crucial products
Utterly DELUSIONAL Dems Pray Trump Will Run Again
Krystal scorches the Democratic Party operatives and grifters who are hoping Trump runs again in 2024 to boost the party’s political fortunes and generate large amounts of cash
CHRISTMAS CANCELED? Not So Fast
Krystal and Saagar make sense of the resiliency starting to be seen in US supply chains as concerns mount about whether goods will be available in time for Christmas
LEAKED AUDIO: How Amazon Is Trying To Bust Unions
Krystal and Saagar are joined by former Amazon worker and now labor organizer Chris Smalls to get an understanding of how the company is fighting unionization at all costs
Inside Arbery Case With Spotlight On Self Defense ‘Claim’
Krystal and Saagar go through the details of the Ahmaud Arbery case where a black jogger was shot and killed during an attempted citizens arrest in Georgia
Biden Team PANICS As Dems Doubt He Can Run Again
Krystal and Saagar cover the most recent reports about how Democratic Party insiders and those on the Biden campaign team have tried to reassure themselves that Biden will run again
Youtube PUNISHES Breaking Points For Covering Chinese Tennis Star Rape Accusation
Saagar covers how YouTube punished Breaking Points for covering the rape accusation and disappearance of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai and the perverse incentives this creates
RITTENHOUSE Verdict EXPLAINED: How Self Defense Cases Work
Krystal and Saagar clear up the events and laws that factored into the verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial that dominated the headlines and twitter punditry over the past few days
David Graeber’s Possible Worlds
By Molly Fischer, Intelligencer Lately it has seemed possible that everything must change. Basic fixtures of American life, rules and institutions that had come to feel inevitable — in 2020 and 2021, they felt less inevitable than before. They felt perhaps untenable. Things like the cost of health […]
John McWhorter: ‘Woke Racism’ Has Betrayed Black America
Forget Robin DiAngelo, Ibram X. Kendi, and The 1619 Project. Start with ending the drug war, says the Columbia University linguist. “The people who are calling themselves black people saviors don’t understand this, but they’re hurting black people because what they’re caught up in is more about virtue […]
Violence in Northern Ireland sparks fears of a return to The Troubles
Now, who does this sound like? Imagine if the Northern Ireland of the 1970s had been populated by 331 million people. “More than 3,600 people died during that conflict, and tens of thousands were injured. Despite the vast majority of Northern Irish people wanting peace, the era came […]
The Enemy of My Enemy
This is a pretty good critique/overview of “national conservatism” but it fails to point out the most important thing about it, which is that national conservatism is the latest neocon front movement. Notice that two of the movement’s leading intellectuals are a (likely) Pahlavist and an actual Israeli […]
American Security In A Multipolar World: Cooperation Or Competition?
REGISTER ABOUT THIS EVENT With the American withdraw from Afghanistan and the rising influence of China in the Far East, could we be witnessing the re-emergence of a multipolar world? And, if so, what will American national security require in this new paradigm? Join The American Conservative […]
Officials Identify Suspect in Wisconsin Parade Killings as Darrell Brooks
By Jack Phillips Epoch Times Officials confirmed that Darrel E. Brooks, 39, was the alleged driver of an SUV that ran over dozens of people, killing five, during a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Sunday evening. Waukesha Polie Chief Daniel Thompson said Brooks was charged with five counts […]
Christmas parade crash: Police eye 5 homicide charges
By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL BALSAMO and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, Associated Press WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — The SUV driver who plowed into a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing at least five people and injuring 48, was leaving the scene of a domestic dispute that had taken place just minutes […]
The unvaxxed, demonized for no reason
By Tom Woods “The unvaccinated” have become public enemy number one in record time. They can be stigmatized, marginalized, and penalized at will. People have been led to believe that they are in danger from the wicked unvaccinated. Günter Kampf of the Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine […]
Neither party’s top 2024 candidate can admit he might not run
By Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post resident Biden keeps saying he will run for reelection in 2024. Disgraced former president Donald Trump wants everyone to know he is leaning toward a run. (“I am certainly thinking about it and we’ll see,” Trump said in a recent interview. “I think […]
After SUV slammed into Wis. parade and killed 5, driver to be charged with homicide
By Kim Bellware, Paulina Firozi, Reis Thebault, Mark Berman and Jennifer Hassan Washington Post WAUKESHA, Wis. — The driver accused of plowing his SUV through a Christmas parade in this suburban Milwaukee city on Sunday will face five counts of intentional homicide, police said Monday, after the […]
Up to 40 Looters Target California Bay Area Stores for Third Straight Day
By Jack Phillips Epoch Times Another mob of looters targeted several San Francisco Bay Area retailers on Sunday night, marking the third such incident in as many days. Police told CBS San Francisco that they responded to the multiple calls of smash-and-grab looting incidents at the Southland Mall […]
Kyle Rittenhouse’s Defense Was Strong, It’s also a threat to the rule of law.
By Eric Levitz, Intelligencer In August 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse brought an AR-15 to downtown Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the name of law and order. As protests and riots raged in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, the 17-year-old Blue Lives Matter enthusiast felt called to serve […]
Joe Biden’s Big Squeeze Progressive donors to the left of him, cynical centrists to the right — a theory of why his popular agenda is so unpopular.
By Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine It is scarcely an exaggeration to say that the fate of American democracy may hinge on President Joe Biden’s success. If his approval rating sinks too far below 50 percent, it becomes more likely than not that the next election will reinstall […]
An Entrepreneur Overcomes Government’s Crushing Regulation w/ Jared Wall
Our enemy, the state.
4 in 10 voters fear Biden’s Build Back Better package will make inflation worse
By Brigid Kennedy The Week Though about half of American voters support Democrats’ sweeping social safety net and climate change package, roughly 4 in 10 voters also worry the agenda will worsen inflationary pressures, despite President Biden’s continued assurances to the contrary, a new Morning Consult/Politico poll reveals. Forty-nine […]
Fox News was toxic long before Tucker Carlson’s Jan. 6 movie
By Damon Linker The Week Stephen Hayes and Jonah Goldberg, center-right pundits and co-founders of The Dispatch, have been getting some good press for quitting their longstanding gigs as talking heads on Fox News. The occasion of their protest is Patriot Purge, a revisionist and conspiracy-laden documentary about […]
CNN shows ‘live, real-time example’ of Chinese censorship during report on tennis star Peng Shuai
By Brendan Morrow The Week CNN just showed viewers a “live, real-time example” of censorship in China with a live feed of its segment on tennis star Peng Shuai being cut off. CNN on Monday morning discussed Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis star who recently disappeared after making sexual […]
Cuomo engaged in sexual harassment and wasn’t transparent about nursing home deaths, probe finds
By Brendan Morrow The Week A new report from New York’s State Assembly has found there is “overwhelming evidence” that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) engaged in sexual harassment. The Assembly Judiciary Committee on Monday released a 46-page report following an eight-month impeachment investigation into the former governor, […]
The opposite of woke capitalism is still capitalism
By Joel Mathis, The Week It’s a sign of how much the Donald Trump era has scrambled our politics that the American right — which not so long ago reflexively and joyfully defended capitalist prerogatives — is now actively considering whether big business has become so powerful that […]
Christian nationalism is real. The way you talk about it might make things worse.
By Samuel Goldman The Week What is Christian nationalism? Unless you’re a devoted student of religion and politics, you’d be forgiven for wondering. The concept has circulated for decades in scholarly circles, where it was more often used in an international context than applied to the United States. […]
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