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Nexus X HumectressFrom 2016. But still applicable. By Lauren-Brooke Eisen and Inimai Chettiar Newsweek For the past year, President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on “law and order,” stating at the Republican National Convention that under a Trump presidency, “safety would be restored.” His administration, with Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general, […]
Kim Iversen explains why she feels disillusioned with progressives.
Rachel Bovard breaks down the ongoing investigation into the January 6 Capitol breach.
Ryan Grim makes the case for vaccinating against COVID-19.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Rachel Bovard react to Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent testimony during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. Blinken answered questions regarding the Biden administration’s handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
By Matt Purple, The American Conservative If you want to understand the delusions that permeated the early-stage war on terror, pick up a copy of An End to Evil by Richard Perle and David Frum. Published in 2004, it reads like a fever dream one might have after […]
By Bradley Devlin, The American Conservative Controversy over the brutally botched and long-overdue U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan continues to swirl, but very few people, particularly on the right, have suggested that these failures should trigger a reevaluation of our military’s spending priorities. Congress is in the process of […]
By Steven Marks This article examines the global legacy of the Russian Revolution by making comparisons with revolutions dating back to the sixteenth century. It finds similarities in how communications, counterrevolutions, and national liberation movements formed the legacies of both the Russian Revolution and its antecedents in both […]
By Peter Zeihan on September 14, 2021 Speculation over Afghanistan’s potential mineral wealth is just that–speculation. What we do know about the hard reality of the country’s geography, infrastructure and development profile readily explains why we’re still talking about Afghan mineral wealth in the realm of potential trillions–it might […]
Krystal and Saagar break down the California recall election, the truth about booster shots, vaccine mandates for air travel, woke blackmail from former Kamala staffers, Hunter Biden investigation, Jeffrey Epstein update, Facebook caught exempting elites from guidelines, US lifespan decline, and more! Timestamps: CA Recall: 0:00 – 14:04 […]
The Economist Failure in Afghanistan shows it has not learned the lessons of Vietnam. ONCE AMERICA announced that it would not save its client state, things unravelled quickly. As the enemy seized province after province, government soldiers shed their uniforms and ran. On paper the army had hundreds […]
National security reporter Spencer Ackerman on 9/11, mass surveillance at home, and failed wars abroad. In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the United States invaded and occupied two countries, bombed four others, helped create 21 million refugees and cause over 800,000 deaths, and spent over $6 trillion […]
By Matt Taibbi After George W. Bush gave a speech comparing 9/11 to January 6th, a parade of high-profile Democrats stepped over the grave of American liberalism to praise him. Former president and onetime ultimate blue-party villain George W. Bush gave a speech Saturday, commemorating 9/11 at the […]
By Jack Phillips Epoch Times The courts will likely agree that the federal government has the authority to enforce COVID-19 vaccine mandates, but will argue that the rules and penalties can’t be enforced, says Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz. President Joe Biden said on Sept. 9 […]
By Justin Meggitt, University of Cambridge, UK The claim that Jesus was an anarchist has been made by a variety of individuals and movements throughout history. Although there have been significant differences in what has been meant, it is possible to determine the validity of such a judgement. […]
By Mitchell Abidor Victor Serge became a propagandist for the revolutionary government almost immediately after arriving in Soviet Russia in 1919. He wrote in praise of the new state and called on anarchists to support the Bolsheviks. However, contemporary reports in anarchist journals and memoirs by his contemporaries […]
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds 68 percent of voters consider it a big problem that the U.S. military left behind billions of dollars of military hardware in Afghanistan. Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Emily Jashinsky discuss.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Emily Jashinsky discuss Rose McGowan’s support for California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Emily Jashinsky react to news that Prince Andrew has been served papers for Virginia Giuffre’s sexual assault lawsuit.
Investigative reporters for The Intercept, Mara Hvistendahl and Sharon Lerner, break down their latest reporting on NIH funding of gain of function research.
Emily Jashinsky details the news media’s bias in covering the abortion debate.
Kim Iversen explains the history of vaccine mandates in the United States.
I generally like Ilhan Omar much better than AOC. She seems to be much more serious. Rep. Ilhan Omar questioned Sec. Antony Blinken on drone strikes.
As they say, you can’t make this shit up. Social democratic chic. By Kirsten Fleming New York Post Well, isn’t that rich. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — who is the face of the Democratic Socialists of America — showed up to the glitzy Met Gala wearing a political message […]
I frankly don’t give a flying fuck about this infrastructure bill thing but it’s news so I post about it anyway. Ryan Grim breaks down Joe Manchin’s efforts to kill the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Emily Jashinsky discuss newly released documents showing the FBI investigated Saudi Arabia’s possible role in the September 11th attacks.
Thom Hartmann discusses his new book, “The Hidden History of American Healthcare,” and why previous attempts to bring universal healthcare to the U.S. have failed.
Douche on douche violence. Very low priority.
I recall as Bush prepared to invade Iraq, the comment by Noam Chomsky to the effect that, “Osama bin Laden could hardly find a better partner than George Bush, since Bush is cooperating with him in all of his major plans for expanding bin Laden’s network. Same with […]
Babylon Bee “Yes, I may have started two foreign wars on false pretenses that wasted trillions of dollars and killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people,” said the guy whose name we can’t remember at the moment. “However, it’s important to understand the real threats to our great […]
Up close and personal, always chaotic. Not like in the movies. S’why you always carry a backup weapon.
The media rehabilitation of W is complete.
Saagar provides a history lesson about the criminals involved in the US response to 9/11 who continue to occupy spaces in elite media and polite society despite their failures
Krystal and Saagar cover the investigative report that proved Biden and the Pentagon lied about the final drone strike in Afghanistan, which ended up killing a US ally and his family
Krystal and Saagar are joined by policy expert Matt Stoller who details how Wall Street executives profited off the 9/11 disaster
Krystal delivers an update on the California recall election and breaks down the reasons why the GOP’s culture war politics have ruined their chances of winning
Krystal and Saagar debate the constitutionality and political consequences of Biden’s sweeping vaccine mandate announced last week
Krystal and Saagar break down the revelations from the recently declassified documents about the connection between Saudi Arabia and the 9/11 terrorist attacks
Krystal and Saagar react to the speech given by former President George W. Bush on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks
Krystal and Saagar go through the war of words between senators Bernie Sanders and Joe Manchin in the public fight over the Democrats’ proposed budget bill
By Branko Marcetic, The Jacobin One of the still unsolved mysteries of the September 11 attacks is how the foreign government that was by far the most responsible for that atrocity got off completely scot-free — and, in fact, proceeded to be lavishly rewarded by Washington for years […]
Krystal and Saagar talk about Biden’s vaccine mandate, the 9/11 documents, George W. Bush’s speech about 9/11, a fatal final drone strike in Afghanistan, Joe Manchin playing hardball, 9/11 war criminals, GOP’s dreams fading in California, Wall Street greed with Matt Stoller, and more! You can now watch […]
Definitely wasn’t a Mike Tyson type sparring session but more like 3 kittens play fighting over a mouse toy.😀
This article by James Lucas remains the most concise yet comprehensive description of the death count that has likely been generated by US imperialism. There are other works that are longer and more scholarly, but this article is good for providing a simple overview. The author’s methodology is […]
Using the best available information possible, the number of people who have been killed as a direct result of US imperialism in the Middle East alone over the past 20 years amounts to the equivalent of a 9/11 every three weeks. If we add up all the body […]
Watch the full interview here.
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley 2016 was a strange fucking year to be an antiwar voter. It was the first open Democratic primary since the Iraq War without a clear peace candidate and Ron Paul’s heir apparent, Rand, proved to be a total […]
This is an interesting annotated bibliography of works that critique critical race theory from a leftist perspective. READ MORE
Matt lost his voice this week, so we’re unpaywalling this extended interview with Adolph Reed. We’ll be back next week with Monday Mourning and a new UI episode. Subscribers can still get their UI fix with Katie’s attempt at the Taibbi dating app, also out today. “But if […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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