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Nexus X HumectressBy Paul Butler, Washington Post A jury of his “bubbas.” That’s what the defense lawyer for one of the three White men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery wanted for his client. Thanks to the judge, that’s pretty much the jury the defendants got, plus some bubba-ettes. Arbery was […]
By Brendan Morrow The Week After at least eight people were killed and dozens injured in a crowd surge at the Astroworld music festival in Houston on Friday, a criminal investigation is ongoing. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said during a news conference that officials are working to “get down […]
Well, it is. The Gulf nations are eternal shitholes. By Catherine Garcia, The Week Angela Jolie said it’s “sad” that her new Marvel movie, Eternals, won’t be released in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar, after Disney denied edit requests from local censors. On Thursday, The Hollywood Reporter and […]
W. James Antle III, The Week After Republicans swept all the statewide offices in bluish Virginia with a successful campaign that partially turned on critical race theory in public schools, Democrats are gravitating toward a response: There is either no such thing as critical race theory or it’s […]
By W. James Antle III, The Week Crime wasn’t one of the top issues in last week’s elections. But it was among the reasons Democratic number-crunchers concluded their party underperformed at the ballot box last year and is primed to do even worse in the midterm elections of […]
By Harold Maas, The Week Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi called for “calm and restraint from everyone” on Sunday after surviving an assassination attempt at his residence in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, The Associated Press and CNN report. Iraqi officials said at least two explosive-laden drones were used in […]
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley I didn’t know Daphne Dorman but she was one of my people. Daphne was a transgender comedian and a Queer rights activist in the San Francisco Bay Area. She was a gifted software engineer who created her own […]
The state is always the enemy, whether capitalist or communist. By Kevin Carson, Center for a Stateless Society At Reason Ilya Somin, in keeping with his annual practice since 2007, has chosen May 1 — May Day — as his date for observing “Victims of Communism Day.” Somin cites the […]
The state is always the enemy, whether capitalist or communist. By Ilya Somin, Reason While I have long advocated using May 1 for this purpose, November 7 is a worthy alternative candidate, which I am happy to adopt if it can attract a broad consensus. NOTE: The following […]
The electoral system is losing legitimacy as increasingly no one agrees on the basic rules of the game, and views victory by the other side as illegitimate by definition. There are two problems with his analysis. First, while he’s correct that the electoral system is increasingly losing legitimacy, […]
Krystal and Saagar discuss the comments made by former president Trump about the influence of Israel over congress in a bizarre radio interview he had recently
The Reagan Revolution of the 1980s represented an insurgency within the capitalist class by the Sunbelt against the traditional northeastern establishment. But the rise of digital capitalism has resulted in the tech oligarchs aligning themselves with the northeastern establishment against the Sunbelt and, of course, the media and […]
In Virginia, a moderate pro-business Republican was elected governor. A black woman whose parents were immigrants from Jamaica was elected as the Republican lieutenant governor. A Latino man whose parents were Cuban refugees was elected as the Republican Attorney General. There is a lot more going on with […]
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX survey found 39 percent of voters approve of Kamala Harris as vice president while 45 percent disapprove and 16 percent said neither.
Author of the Speaking Security newsletter, Stephen Semler, breaks down his reporting on Congress’s budget priorities.
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss the CIA’s use of torture post-9/11.
Founder of The Daily Poster, David Sirota, details ongoing negotiations to repeal, or amend, the SALT cap.
Team Rising reacts to shocking polling on whether Americans believe political violence may be justified, and/or necessary,
Team Rising reacts to Josh Hawley’s speech on, what he calls, “the Left’s attack on America – and American men.”
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen. and Robby Soave debate how the pandemic affected men and women differently.
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss new polling on Gen Z’s political engagement.
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll reveals 60 percent of voters want to see the filibuster reformed or ended.
I tend to agree with Caitlin Johnstone’s observation that the overlords of the empire are the real extremists. Idiots like these two are at best a quaternary problem. By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, KATHY GANNON and ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press In the months before he was charged with storming the […]
The main lesson I would take from recent elections is that normies dislike establishment politicians, and outsiders are guaranteed at least some kind of audience, but normies don’t like perceived extremists, either. By Nick Corasaniti and Tracey Tully Mr. Sweeney, the second most powerful lawmaker in New Jersey […]
Just as I am for many different forms of libertarianism or anarchism, I am also for many different strategies. Let a thousand flowers bloom.
By Tom Ozimek Food prices across the world have risen to their highest levels in a decade on the back of tightening supply conditions coupled with robust demand, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The FAO’s food price index, which measures world […]
This interview with Ann Coulter seconds what I have often said about Trump, i.e. that he is simply a neo-Nixonian, a Rockefeller Republican who masquerades as a right-wing populist. Immigration was probably the issue that Trump was the furthest rightward on, and on that issue, he was way […]
A reader offers an interesting description of this program: In the latter third or so of this episode from the “Hell of Presidents” podcast (by Matt Christman and Chris Wade of the Chapo Trap House gang), they talk about the current moment in American electoral politics and where […]
By ProphetBattlestone I have begun reading Georges Sorel’s “Reflections on Violence”. Syndicalism interests me, and Sorel was referred to quite a bit by James Burnham in “The Machiavellians”. The section in quoting further down comes from the ‘Letter to Daniel Halevy’, which precedes the third edition of the […]
By Noah Millman, The Week Our pandemic rules increasingly make no sense — and it’s hurting public health. I spent about a week in October at the Austin Film Festival and Writers’ Conference, attending panel discussions, round-tables, pitch competitions — and, of course, parties. Because there’s still a […]
By Joel Mathis, The Week It’s never easy being the Democratic governor of a famously red state. Still, it was a surprise Friday morning when Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D) came out strongly against President Biden’s workplace vaccine mandate. “While I appreciate the intention to keep people safe, a […]
Ryan Cooper, The Week Why liberals need to stop doing collective guilt over election results. Democrats whiffed the Virginia elections this week, and the dread “Karen” is to blame. So argues Wajahat Ali at The Daily Beast, pointing to exit polls finding that a 57 percent majority of […]
By Samuel Goldman, The Week Even if they can’t stop the flood, it would be crazy not to prepare, Imagine you didn’t know anything about Joe Biden, Donald Trump, the COVID-19 pandemic, critical race theory, Democrats’ stalled spending bill, or any of the other personalities or issues that […]
More Loundon County drama, apparently. By Peter R Quinones Look, you all know that I am very susceptible to getting emotional, especially when children are involved. But here goes. The backstory to this and how it started is crucial. It wasn’t even news until, Scott Smith, the father […]
My tentative assessment of the Virginia election is that, at least in some geographical areas, the essence of the culture war is shifting from the Right vs Left to the Center vs Left. The culture of the US has moved considerably leftward over the past decade, and elite […]
By Mike Gleason, Money Metals Exchange Money Metals Precious metals markets reacted this week to news of the Federal Reserve’s tapering plans. The Fed didn’t deliver any real surprises, though. It left interest rates unchanged as expected and confirmed that it would gradually cut back on monthly asset […]
By Joel Kotkin The stunning defeat suffered by the Democrats in Virginia, a surprisingly close race in deep blue New Jersey and the defeat of a “police defunding measure” in Minneapolis represent a remarkable turning point in American politics. It is less an affirmation of a resurgent Trumpism […]
By Joel Kotkin Like its global predecessors, the COP26 Glasgow conference will usher in a new wave of apocalyptic warnings about climate change. It will also likely prove no more successful, in terms of actually addressing the issue, than its predecessors, particularly as China, India and other developing […]
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to the President Biden’s new deadline for his federal vaccine mandate.
The Democrats are now the party of the capitalist class generally and the upper-middle-class generally. The Republicans are the party of the right-wing of the ruling class, with their core “base” being a nursing home/trailer park coalition for whom politics is a WWE spectacle and their general electorate […]
Saagar and guest host Marshall Kosloff break down how the Dem plan to lift the SALT cap as part of the budget bill will lead to a huge tax cut for the wealthy, especially those in blue states
Author of TK News and co-host of Useful Idiots podcast, Matt Taibbi, gives his take on why Terry McAuliffe’s campaign for governor failed, and what it means for Democrats in 2022 and 2024.
Guest host Marshall Kosloff goes over how the Biden administration and its backers in the media misunderstood the mandate given to them when Democrats took back power in 2020
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to news that a Pentagon watchdog failed to find misconduct in the August drone strike that killed an Afghan family.
Saagar and guest host Marshall Kosloff cover the new decision by the Federal Election Commission to allow foreign money to be spent on ballot initiatives in the US and why that is a big problem
Team Rising debates whether the Build Back Better budget reconciliation package will really reach a vote this week.
Saagar and guest host Marshall Kosloff look at the Virginia election results in the context of what the GOP’s future will be especially as Trump continues to loom large over the 2024 election
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) went after proponents of the Green New Deal and the Biden administration during Wednesday’s press conference on American energy independence, the climate, and oil and gas.
Saagar and guest host Marshall Kosloff respond to the media reactions that took place during the live coverage of election night where narratives about why the GOP won already began to unfold
Ryan Grim breaks down the story behind the tiki torch-touting ‘protestors’ at a Youngkin campaign event late last week.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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