Mayor Pete on LENGTHY Paternity Leave while Supply Chains Crumble
Krystal offers her perspective on the lengthy paternity leave taken by transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg as supply chains crumble causing major shortages in the American economy
Krystal offers her perspective on the lengthy paternity leave taken by transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg as supply chains crumble causing major shortages in the American economy
Krystal and Saagar break down the reasons for rank and file John Deere workers striking and they put the labor action happening across America into broader historical context
Krystal and Saagar cover the forced apology by CNN doctor Sanjay Gupta after he went on Joe Rogan’s podcast and admitted that the network made mistakes in its coverage
Krystal and Saagar are joined by policy expert Matt Stoller to understand the methods used by monopolists across American industries to inflate prices for consumers and dominate markets
Krystal and Saagar discuss the ongoing feud between Senators Bernie Sanders and Joe Manchin on the issue of climate change and the proposals Sanders put in the budget reconciliation bill
Political and legislative director for the IATSE, Tyler McIntosh, breaks down the ongoing labor dispute that could cause the union’s 60,000 members to strike.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss new comments from the source of the infamous Steele Dossier.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss Don Lemon’s comments on CNN’s ongoing conflict with Joe Rogan.
Historian Joey La Neve DeFrancesco details the ongoing labor movement taking place across the country, and how it compares to past movements.
Team Rising discusses the Biden administration’s expected reinstatement of Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ border policy.
Ryan Grim details the newest controversy taking place on a college campus, this time regarding a revised article in a student newspaper.
Robby Soave breaks down new footage showing President Biden leaving a D.C. restaurant in violation of the city’s mask mandate.
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss Joe Manchin’s insistence on implementing a work requirement for the proposed child tax credit extension.
Powell was a Rockefeller Republican who ended up becoming a tool of the neocons. By Benjamin Kerstein The Algemeiner Top Israeli officials and American Jewish and pro-Israel groups weighed in on Monday to mark the death of former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Powell, who served as chairman […]
By Johnny Diamond, LitHub If there was one band that dominated the soundtrack of a 1980s childhood on the wrong side of outer-suburban Toronto, it was Rush. Particularly if you had older brothers who smoked a lot of pot. To be honest, though, we never really paid much […]
In which Playwright, Anarchist, and Ringo Award-nominated Comic Creator Brenton Lengel and youtuber Swolitariate debate communism against two noted alt-right egg enthusiasts.
“Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face”- Mike Tyson
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave react to breaking news that former Secretary of State Colin Powell has died as a result of complications from COVID-19. Powell had previously been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer that hurts the body’s ability to fight infections.
Kim Iversen details shocking poll numbers that show a large number of Americans want part of the country to secede.
American people: Let’s start a revolutionary civil war. Right after the new season of the witcher.
This article was written in the summer of 2020 during the George Floyd riots. By Damon Linker, The Week All week I’ve been haunted by a brief few seconds of video posted on Twitter late Sunday night by a student journalist in Eugene, Oregon. Two men face off […]
Krystal and Saagar break down the John Deere worker strike, Bernie Sanders battling Joe Manchin, more news about Jeffrey Epstein, Katie Couric covering up for RBG, Sanjay Gupta’s return to CNN, Pete Buttigieg, the Trump problem, monopoly power with Matt Stoller, and more! Soon after the full show […]
Keep in mind that not only is the media concentrated into the hands of only a handful of major conglomerates, but these conglomerates are controlled by investor organizations that are even smaller in numbers like Vanguard and Black Rock. For example, those two firms are major shareholders in […]
By Brooke Singman | Fox News Gen. Colin Powell, the influential former secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who played a pivotal policy role during the administration of then-President George W. Bush, died Monday at 84 from complications related to COVID-19, his family […]
By J.C. Tuccille, Reason People are increasingly tolerant of racial minorities. From protests inspired by the police murder of George Floyd, to the 1619 project at The New York Times, to battles over curricula inspired by controversial “anti-racism” ideology, the United States seems to be at a moment […]
By Damon Root, Reason A Supreme Court decision against New York’s gun control scheme would be a victory for both criminal justice reform and the Second Amendment. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this fall in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, which challenges […]
There is an interesting collection of links about the “progressive prosecutor” phenomenon on the Marshall Project’s website. Progressive prosecutors are an interesting example of reform within the system, and one that I wouldn’t have predicted, although relying on prosectors for any kind of reform is risky business, because […]
By Hjoit Hansen Spain has a particular historic significance for the world anarchist movement. The extent and breadth of publications on the Spanish civil War and the Revolution of 1936-9 is ever-expanding. Nevertheless, little has been written on the economics of that revolution, in which hundreds of collectives […]
Former Congressional candidate and political director of Ground Game Texas, Mike Siegel, breaks down what the state’s governors’ race could look like should actor Matthew McConaughey decide to run.
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new CNN poll finds 73 percent of voters disapprove of Congress while 27 percent approve. Meanwhile, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds 80 percent of voters said lawmakers in Congress should work across party lines more often.
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley Fred Hampton had a dream. It was a little more militant than Doctor King’s, but no less ambitious. The young chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party dreamed of a grand coalition of revolutionaries spanning […]
A look back at some of this week’s best Rising moments.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to Blackrock’s massive profits, plus new reporting on the financial devastation caused by the pandemic.
By Harrison Jones Metro UK Police have raided the expensive home of Sir David Amess’ suspected killer, on a north London street close to a number of local celebrities. It is one of various three-storey townhouses on the road, with neighbours including the broadcaster Giles Coren and late […]
Trad News The mainstream media seem anxious to pass off the murder of Conservative MP Sir David Amess as a random killing by “some crazy third world person” (+NAXALT). How convenient! But this case has already started to look strange, with the revelations that the killer Ali Harbi […]
By Matt Taibbi A major untold story of the Trump era has been the political comeback of the CIA, NSA, and FBI, who thanks to an ingenious marketing campaign now enjoy widespread support among young liberals. On The Young Turks the other night, during a segment called — […]
Reminder, AT&T is to blame for OAN.
This isn’t necessarily an indictment of any president on the list. It just suggests how much more partisan we’ve become in just three decades’ time. Literally any Democrat could be in the oval today, and the approval rating would be similar. Most of these polls just mean, “Me […]
By Natasha Lennard, The Intercept Daniel Baker’s calls for armed defense against possible far-right attacks led to a much harsher sentence than that facing most insurrectionists. ON TUESDAY, a Florida judge sentenced Daniel Baker, an anti-fascist activist, to 44 months in federal prison for social media posts that called for armed […]
Consent Factory So, the Great New Normal Purge has begun … right on cue, right by the numbers. As we “paranoid conspiracy theorists” have been warning would happen for the past 18 months, people who refuse to convert to the new official ideology are now being segregated, stripped […]
Todd Lewis is joined by Keith Preston, Swithun Dobson and Terminal Philosophy to discuss how many times libertarians think their kind of society would look a lot like current order, but without the state. Is that true?
Damon Linker is the only other commentator beside myself that I have ever seen use the description of “popular front” to describe the neocon-led (or neocon-embedded) anti-Trump coalition. Linker is what is called a “theocon. ” The theocons were a neocon front movement that was created by Podhoretz […]
“Media malpractice” is a redundant phrase. Responding to unfair pay, a poor incentive program, and the company’s refusal to provide new workers with pensions, 10,000 John Deere workers across 14 facilities went on strike today. Of course, as the company’s workers cite these basic needs as the missing […]
The totalitarian humanist regime of South Africa makes its move against Orania? By Unathi Nkanjeni Sunday Times Gauteng MEC for education Panyaza Lesufi has once again expressed his stance on Orania, saying it “will go”. Lesufi was reacting to the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) manifesto calling for an […]
By Billy Binion, Reason It was unconstitutional to charge Jenna Holm with manslaughter. But the state wanted to protect its own. An Idaho judge has dismissed a manslaughter charge against a woman after she was accused of killing a police officer who was killed by another police officer. […]
By Juan Villa The words fascism, communism, socialism, and anarchism often times have been loaded words in terms of how everyday Americans have been schooled to interpret them. Therefore, the objective was to revisit these words through the interpretations of Intellectual Marxists themselves in order to understand these […]
By Joe Allen, The Federalist Transhumanism is a futuristic religion that exalts technology as the highest power. The movement’s goal is to merge man with machine. Their wildest prophecies seem ridiculous at first, until you consider the dizzying advances in bionics, robotics, neuroprosthetics, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and […]
By Spengler Starting this column, I couldn’t have envisioned what smartphones and social media would do to a generation. This series of essays debuted in January 2000 with a meditation on tech stocks. I forecast that – contrary to the then-prevailing wisdom – internet equities would blossom by […]
By Ryan Cooper The Week For several years after the 2008 financial crisis, it seemed that any brand of European lefty party, from socialist to milquetoast liberal, was on the road to extinction. Center-right or even far-right parties dominated elections from the Nordics to Hungary. The one high-profile […]
By Samuel Goldman The Week Universities are surprisingly popular places. In surveys of public confidence, they fare better than banks, big corporations, and the entertainment industry — and much better than journalists. While only about a third of Americans have a degree, colleges play an outsize role in […]
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