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Nexus X HumectressOSHA SUSPENDS Biden’s Mandate, SCATHING Court Opinion Calls It “STAGGERINGLY Overbroad”
Kim Iversen gives her take on OSHA’s suspension of their enforcement of President Biden’s vaccine mandate.
I Watched The SOUL SUCKING Pete Buttigieg Doc So You Don’t Have To
Krystal tells of her experience watching the Amazon documentary of Pete Buttigieg and she points out some of the most striking moments in the film that show how hollow Pete really is
QAnon Shaman To Serve THREE YEARS In Prison, Highlighting URGENT Need For Criminal Justice Reform
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to the sentencing of ‘QAnon Shaman’ and January 6 rioter Jacob Chansley.
Chinese Tennis Star VANISHES After Rape Accusation
Krystal and Saagar cover the story of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai going missing after she publicly accused a senior CCP official of raping her
Rep. Gosar CENSURED By Congress, Cites Alexander Hamilton As AOC RIPS Video
Team Rising reacts to the newest developments in Congress’s censure of Rep. Paul Gosar.
US Overdose Deaths Pass 100K During Pandemic
Krystal and Saagar break down the surge in opioid deaths in America since the coronavirus pandemic began to understand its causes and what it means for our society as a whole
Was The 20th C. Political Realignment A MIRAGE?
Ryan Grim explains some of the the history behind today’s current political parties.
Corporations Openly BILKING Shoppers With Inflation Cover
Krystal and Saagar explain how large corporations with significant market share in their industry are using the price hikes caused by inflation to further spike the prices of their products
Medical Association Wants Doctors To Use Woke Jargon, Confuse, and Annoy Patients
Robby Soave breaks down why elites’ obsession with political correctness can actually end up hurting marginalized communities.
POLL: Voters Question Biden’s Mental, Physical Fitness
Krystal and Saagar cover polling data that shows Americans have been raising serious questions about the physical and mental fitness of Biden to serve as President
Rand Paul Wants DEMOCRATS To Help Him Stop Saudi Arms Sale, BERNIE Gets on Board
Let’s see if anything comes of this. Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss Senator Rand Paul’s planned motion to stop the Biden administration’s first major missile sale to Saudi Arabia.
ConstitutionDAO’s Trying to Buy the U.S. Constitution. Here’s Why It Matters.
Will Papper, co-founder of SyndicateDAO and Julian Weisser, On Deck co-founder and ODX investor, join Marshall Kosloff on The Realignment to discuss their work as contributors to ConstitutionDAO to purchase one of 11 surviving copies of the U.S. Constitution.
The Unvaccinated Working Class
Krystal and Saagar are joined by author and writer Christ Arnade to talk about his experiences with the unvaccinated working class underbelly of America who go almost entirely unheard by elites.
Should you get a COVID booster shot as soon as you are eligible?
By Peter Weber, The Week The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are expected to open COVID-19 booster shot eligibility this week to all adults who got their Pfizer and Moderna second doses at least six months earlier. (Everyone vaccinated with […]
Will swing districts soon become a thing of the past?
By Brigid Kennedy The Week This year’s redistricting cycle has thus far been one for the ages, drawing “more interest and scrutiny than ever because the power of the process has become so clear,” reports Politico: When it’s politicians drawing the maps, they’re shoring up most or all […]
The Pandemic’s Next Turn Hinges on Three Unknowns
By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic A potential winter surge is up to vaccines, variants, and us. Winter has a way of bringing out the worst of the coronavirus. Last year, the season saw a record surge that left nearly 250,000 Americans dead and hospitals overwhelmed around the country. […]
The Terrifying Future of the American Right
Uber-neocon David Brooks is hardly an objective source, but this sounds not so much “terrifying” as much as “the biggest joke ever.” This approach didn’t work 40 years ago and it’s not going to work now. This stuff is just a reworking of the religious right’s “God has […]
Judge bans MSNBC from Kenosha courthouse after report of producer following jurors.
By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Tiffany Hsu, New York Times KENOSHA, Wis. — The judge overseeing the Kyle Rittenhouse trial said on Thursday that a producer for MSNBC had followed a bus carrying jurors home from the courthouse the previous night. Judge Bruce Schroeder called it an “extremely serious […]
Massacre at the Chetko Villages, 1853
By David G. Lewis, Journal of Critical Indigenous Anthropology The following is a direct transcription of a report from Joel Palmer of the Chetco Massacre of 1853. This is a well-known massacre on the southern Oregon Coast, and referenced in many of the ethnographies and Native histories of […]
Michael Shellenberger: How Progressives Failed America’s Cities
Michael Shellenberger, author of San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities, returns to The Realignment to argue that progressive governance has failed on its own terms to address, why he still considers himself a “liberal” even though many on the right are inclined to agree with his critiques, how […]
The church of anti-fascism
By James McElroy Washington Examiner Why did our governing classes treat last summer’s antifa rioters with so much more indulgence than they did the rioters of Jan. 6? Paul Gottfried’s latest book, Antifascism, offers an explanation that goes beyond mere political enmity. Anti-fascism, Gottfried argues, is the ideological […]
Hannah Arendt on Anti-Racism as a Totalitarian Ideology
By Connor Grubaugh, Tablet When it entered office, the Biden-Harris administration promised to “lower the temperature” of America’s divisive conflicts over race, identity, and recognition. While Biden’s campaign appealed to moderates, however, his policies and appointments so far show him embracing a progressive “anti-racist” agenda fundamentally at odds […]
Hunter-Gatherer Culture
National Geographic Hunter-gatherer culture was the way of life for early humans until around 11 to 12,000 years ago. The lifestyle of hunter-gatherers was based on hunting animals and foraging for food. Hunter-gatherer culture is a type of subsistence lifestyle that relies on hunting and fishing animals and […]
Rittenhouse Jury Has to Decide If the Men Who Tried to Stop Him Were Heroes or Villains
By Robert Mackey The Intercept Kyle Rittenhouse’s far-right defenders say he is not a murderer but a hero. The prosecutor says the protesters who tried to disarm him were the real heroes. The twelve jurors who will decide Kyle Rittenhouse’s fate began their deliberations on Tuesday in Kenosha, […]
British Wife of American ISIS Fighter Russell Dennison Dodges Questions About Union
By Trevor Aaronson The Intercept In a new documentary, Tareena Shakil, whose marriage to Dennison was first revealed in an Intercept podcast, describes her journey to the Islamic State. “I did what I had to do to survive.” That’s what Tareena Shakil, the first British woman to be […]
Part III: The Face of Inflation
By Peter Zeihan I look at a lot of charts, so you don’t have to. But here’s one I need to share. It’s a partial breakdown of product prices by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, that’s the group of wonks who tell us (formally) what inflation is […]
The Russiagate Whitewash Era Begins
By Matt Taibbi After the WMD mess, Judith Miller got the blame, while a long list of just-as-guilty media villains failed upward. Now, a nervous press is looking for Russiagate’s fall guys. “There is an old saying in journalism: You’re only as good as your sources,” wrote Washington […]
Breaking Points: 11/18/21 Full UNCUT Show
Krystal and Saagar talk about Biden’s fitness to serve, a surge in opioid deaths, companies profiting off inflation, The View drama, a missing Chinese tennis star, Fauci’s madness on covid, the Amazon Mayor Pete documentary, unvaccinated working class with Chris Arnade, and more! Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Chris Arnade’s Substack: […]
Self-styled ‘QAnon shaman’ is sentenced to 41 months in Capitol riot
By Ryan Lucas, National Public Radio Jacob Chansley, the self-styled “QAnon shaman” who became one of the faces of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol after storming the building in a fur headdress with horns, has been sentenced to nearly three and a half years in prison […]
Drug overdose deaths top 100,000 in 12 months for the 1st time: ‘A tragic milestone’
By Brendan Morrow The Week The United States has reached a “tragic milestone,” as a “staggering” number of overdose deaths were reported in one 12-month period. Provisional data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed the number of overdose deaths in the United States […]
The outdated thinking confusing our talk about autocracy
It’s interesting how proponents of “liberal democracy” view their preferred system/ideology as the equivalent of revealed religion. None of those guys have carried out massacres and dislocations on the level of US regimes of recent decades, or many US client states, from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia. Erdogan is […]
Kyle Rittenhouse Is No Hero
In a society fractured into warring tribes, “innocence” or “guilt” simply means, “Are you one of us or one of them?” By David French, The Atlantic If a jury acquits him, it will not be a miscarriage of justice—but an acquittal does not make a foolish man a […]
GOP Voters DOUBTFUL 2022 Ballots Will Be Legitimate, Both Parties FIRED UP For Midterms
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll reveals that half of independents are not excited to vote in the 2022 midterm elections.
GOP Supporting Weed, UBI, Public Option. How They’re Taking Back The Working Class
Kim Iversen explains why the Republican Party may become the party of the working class.
Gates Foundation Grants MILLIONS To Newsrooms GLOBALLY, MSM FACT CHECKS Bill Gates Vaccine Comments
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to reporting that Bill Gates has dumped hundreds of millions of dollars into funding news media.
NPR Tweet DEVOID Of Substance On Ideology & Race Laments Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s Election
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss the tweet that has NPR in hot water.
Trump, GOP Launch Plan To BURY Rep. Katko Over Infrastructure Vote. The New Normal?
Team Rising discusses efforts by Congressional Republicans to punish Rep. John Katko over his vote for the $1.2T bipartisan infrastructure law.
Dems To Vote On CENSURE Of Rep. Gosar For AOC Anime Video, Liz Cheney Blasts McCarthy’s Inaction
Team Rising reacts to the Congressional censure of Rep. Paul Gosar over a violent meme he shared.
DC’s RIDICULOUS Mask Mandate Will End, The View FLIPS Over Jedediah Bila Vax Comments
Robby Soave details the sordid history behind Washington, D.C.’s mask mandate.
Jeff Bezos And Big Tech Are Coming For Your Car
The overthrow of the US empire and the tech-oligarch/new clerisy alliance is the major need of our time. Ryan Grim breaks down the newest frontier of Big Tech.
Biden Admin In Talks To Buy 10M Doses Of Pfizer’s Anti-COVID Pill, FDA Considers Use Authorization
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss Pfizer’s request for emergency use authorization of their antiviral COVID-19 treatment pill, paxlovid.
New York Times LIES, Says US Isn’t At War Anymore
That’s not ignorance, it’s not even “just a lie”, it is regimen PR/Propaganda
Ilhan Omar Tries To BLOCK Massive Arms Sale To Saudi Arabia
America cares about human rights as much as Hannibal Lector does.
Voters in west divided more by identity than issues, survey finds
In a tribalistic society, people vote with their tribe, not with issues or policies. “Our guy is our guy” no matter what his policies are or what he actually does. By Jon Henley, The Guardian People are divided more deeply by identity than by issues, according to a […]
Judge in Ahmaud Arbery case calls defense remarks about Black pastors ‘reprehensible’
By Catherine Garcia, The Week The judge overseeing the trial of the men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was shot and killed while jogging through a Georgia neighborhood, rejected a defense request on Monday for a mistrial. Greg McMichael, his son Travis McMichael, […]
Is SCOTUS ready to cross public opinion on Roe?
By Joel Mathis, The Week Americans don’t want to overturn Roe v. Wade. A new Washington Post/ABC News poll indicates that 60 percent of U.S. adults want to see the abortion-rights precedent upheld, and a slightly higher number — 65 percent — believe that Texas’ new anti-abortion law […]
A month of inflation does not a crisis make
By Ryan Cooper, The Week Don’t throw away the best economic opportunity in 20 years for panic and austerity. The United States economy is in much better shape than it was in April 2020, when we lost 6.1 million jobs in a week. Indeed, demand for certain things […]
The muddle at the middle of the 1619 Project
By Damon Linker, The Week An unresolved contradiction still plagues the controversial history as it releases in book form. What does it mean to tell a country’s story? In August 2019, The New York Times Magazine proposed one answer to this question for the United States. A package of essays […]
The Face of the New French Right
By Harrison Stelter, The Nation The pundit Éric Zemmour is leading a confident and radicalized conservative movement. “What progressives fail to understand is that the future is not ruled by economic curves but by demographic curves,” Éric Zemmour postulated, visibly nervous before the audience of conservative activists assembled […]
Another Humorous Substack Panic
By Matt Taibbi Has the Empire really struck back at “independent newsletters”? “The Substack Scaries are Over for Media Companies,” announced Axios today, in a tweet tagged to a story with a dramatic headline: “Big media strikes back at Substack.” The piece referenced a recent Vanity Fair article, […]
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