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Nexus X HumectressThe 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.
Saagar and guest host Marshall Kosloff give their top takeaways from election night as Dems were slaughtered up and down the ballot in multiple states including in Virginia where Glenn Youngkin came out victorious.
Robby Soave details the origin of the “let’s go Brandon” chant by protestors.
This analysis is right on the money and represents something I’ve been noticing for a while. The framework of the “culture war” has started to shift where it is no longer a matter of “liberals” vs the “religious right” but “wokesters” vs “normies.” The “Hidden Tribes” study published […]
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss Rahm Emanuel’s future as Ambassador to Japan, plus new reporting from The Intercept on the NIH’s role in helping Ecohealth Alliance police its own funding of risky bat coronavirus research.
Saagar and guest host Marshall Kosloff are joined by public policy expert Oren Cass to better understand what workers want from unions that they are currently not receiving
Some interesting economic analysis from Yanis Varoufakis. I think at least his basic argument is correct. The tech revolution, digital capitalism, the debt economy, financialization, globalization, the expansion of the professional-managerial class, and neoliberalism, along with other forces, have converged to create a new kind of economy.
Saagar and guest host Marshall Kosloff talk about the election night takeaways, mainstream media melting down, GOP 2024 possibilities, Dems SALT tax cut for the rich, foreign money in elections, the new culture war, Biden’s mandate, what American workers want with Oren Cass, and more!
By Dolores Martín Moruno This article explores the way in which the Spanish Civil War has been traditionally shaped in the collective memory as a Manicheanconflict fought between two well-defined sides, the Republicans and the Nationalists, in order to demythologize this common representation in contemporary Spanish society. According to […]
By Jason Wilson, The Guardian A Guardian investigation has revealed that a controversial church whose leader has openly expressed the ambition of creating a “theocracy” in America has accumulated significant influence in the city of Moscow, Idaho. Christ Church has a stated goal to “make Moscow a Christian […]
The usual “we have investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong” line. By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent Pentagon review has concluded that the U.S. drone strike that killed innocent Kabul civilians and children in the final days of the Afghanistan war […]
By Joel Mathis, The Week Defund the police” is a dead idea. That’s actually been true for some months now, but any doubts about the notion’s viability should be ended entirely after Tuesday’s election results in Minneapolis, where voters rejected an opportunity to replace the police department with […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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