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Nexus X Humectress“Socialism” has once again assumed the meaning it had in the early 19th century when it was just an all-purposes term for social reformism/welfarism. Also, in this segment, Emily mistakenly claims capitalism and free enterprise are the same things. No, they’re not. Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky react […]
Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky react to reporting that a Russell Stover Factory in Kansas employs 150 work-release inmates from a nearby Topeka Correctional Facility.
The more popular economic leftism (or economic populism) becomes the more the ruling class will attempt to disarm such trends by seeking to coopt, suppress, fragment, or deflect them. Daily Poster founder, David Sirota, shares reporting on the proxy war against Medicare For All.
It’s interesting how the “war on drugs” is now starting to resemble the “war on tobacco” now that totalitarian humanism has become hegemonic and the therapeutic state model is becoming even more entrenched. As Thomas Szasz pointed out in “Ceremonial Chemistry,” the Anslinger/Nixon/Reagan/Bush version of the drug war […]
Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky react to Toyota’s political donations.
We’ll see. The ShapeShift founder and early pioneer in the space talks about why bitcoin poses an existential threat to fiat money. Few figures in the bitcoin community are as controversial and visionary as Erik Voorhees, founder and CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift. Back when cryptocurrency was […]
Libertarians are good a criticizing the state just like Marxists are pretty good at criticizing the corporate class even if both have an overly one-dimensional lens they are using. Even more of Reason’s “great moments in unintended consequences”—stories of when something that sounds like a terrific idea goes […]
Reason Magazine is too plutocrat-friendly for my tastes but here are their arguments. The government and media relied on studies plagued by shoddy statistics to make the case for blocking evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky discuss BlackRock’s role in the current housing crisis.
The main danger the alienation of rural/small-town Middle America presents is that this discontent will be marshaled by a Red Tribe revanchist like Tom Cotton or Ted Cruz, which seeks a Latin American-like caudillo, and which is a much more dangerous situation than Trump’s neo-Nixonian implicit Rockefeller Republicanism. […]
The present ruling class unity/totalitarian humanist/neocon-neoliberal-progressive coalition appears to be successful so far in terms of maintaining the explicit or implicit support of a popular majority and establishing an aura of legitimacy. This provides them with a significant level of cover under which to continue purging opponents, beginning […]
Katie Halper joins Krystal and Saagar to compare how the media treated the deaths of Mike Gravel and Donald Rumsfeld.
By Shirin Ghaffary Vox One challenge is how little we know about the dangers. Social media has drastically restructured the way we communicate in an incredibly short period of time. We can discover, “Like,” click on, and share information faster than ever before, guided by algorithms most of […]
What if North and South America were never colonized by Europe? Which of the indigenous tribes, nations, and civilizations will prove advanced enough to rise as the new superpowers of these continents?
What If The Ottoman Empire Had Conquered Morocco And Gained Direct Access To The Atlantic, Allowing It To Establish Colonies In The Americas?
Kings and Generals’ historical animated documentary series on the history of the Ottoman Empire continues with a video explaining why this dominant naval power never expanded to the American continent during the age of colonization. Previous episodes in the series on the Ottoman Battles: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list… covering the battles […]
By Geoff Russ Yesterday | TheTyee.ca This alienation didn’t come from nowhere. And it won’t be going away anytime soon. Don’t be surprised that many Indigenous people do not like Canada. Do not be shocked that many actively reject it, and won’t cease to do so in the future as […]
This week, I am discussing Anarchist Unity with Nicky Reid, radical contributor at Counterpunch.org, assistant editor for Attack the System and gonzo blogger at Exile in Happy Valley, covering everything from Queer Anarchism to the endless wars to what the future of our society could be. Apparently, we […]
By Pallab Ghosh, BBC Astronomers have worked out when the first stars began shining. They say that this period, known as the “cosmic dawn,” occurred between 250 to 350 million years after the Big Bang. The results indicate that the first galaxies will be bright enough to be […]
Northwestern Now EVANSTON, Ill. — The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications and National Public Radio have partnered to release a national survey of nonvoters Tuesday (Dec. 15) that, despite record high turnout for the November presidential election, found that most nonvoters did not cite impediments […]
This week’s “Backchannel” videocast features Paul Gottfried, Editor-in-Chief for Chronicles magazine answering the question, “What is Fascism?” The term “fascist” is thrown around a lot these days to tar and feather political and ideological opponents. President Trump is habitually called a fascist by his political opponents while he […]
If he was poor they wouldn’t care about breaking some DA’s promise. The police can legally lie to anyone to get confessions.
So let me get this straight: it was undercover ANTIFA agitators, but they DON’T want to look into it? Hmmmmmmmm….
The Republican position is that government agencies should be organs of the Republican Party and any activity by them outside that direction is illegitimate, while any use of them by the Party is just fine.
America’s Public Forum: Race, Rights, and Black America June 30th, 2021 From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, “America’s Public Forum.” MC’d by John Wood Jr. ft. Coleman Hughes ft. Rakim Brooks What are the major narratives […]
Dave Smith is the host of the Part of the Problem podcast and is a frequent guest on cable TV news. Dave joins Pete to answer a couple critics who appeared on another podcast and challenged not only his strategy with the Libertarian Party, but took some personal […]
Broadcast live on Friday, October 30, 2020. This week’s Backchannel features Pedro Gonzalez, Chronicles contributor (and now Associate Editor) and (former) American Greatness assistant editor, discussing his piece “The Poor Man’s Sam Francis” from the October 2020 issue of Chronicles magazine. Gonzalez will discuss Francis’s theory of the […]
Broadcast live on Friday, November 13, 2020. This week’s Backchannel is a free discussion between Chronicles Editor Paul Gottfried and military historian and author Bill Lind on the topic, “What is Cultural Marxism.” Gottfried and Lind wrote complimentary essays in the November 2020 issue of Chronicles in which […]
In this clip from PRIMO RADICAL #232, journalist and “Useful Idiots” host Matt Taibbi is asked about former MIT linguist, philosopher and media critic Noam Chomsky’s “bad takes”.
An interesting viewpoint from the comments thread: “Glenn represents my views and also my own approach to talking with people on the right. I don’t see people on the right as “enemies.” I see them as my neighbors who agree with me sometimes & disagree other times. I […]
Emily Jashinsky reacts to a court ruling that Facebook can be held liable for sex trafficking conducted on it’s platform. She also weighs in on the addiction being created by Big Tech.
Team Rising reacts to the anticipated charges against the Trump Organization. They also discuss Donald Trump and the GOP’s comments on the NYC mayoral race debacle.
Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky react to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction.
Executive Editor at The American Prospect, David Dayen, explains how rising sea levels in Miami could have played a role in the Surfside condo collapse.
Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky discusses just released reported that reveals “Exxon aggressively fought early climate science through “shadow groups” to protect its investments.
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds 67 percent of registered voters said medical researchers continue to work with virus mutations and variants in the lab while 33 percent said to stop this type of research. Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky discuss.
In the future, more and more election results will be disputed given the growing partisanship and distrust between the contenders and in the system generally. Ross Barkan returns to Breaking Points to talk with Krystal and Saagar about the chaos in the NYC Mayoral race.
Saagar dives into the fall of cable news and partisan media in the Joe Biden era.
As fourth-generation warfare theory would predict. Krystal Ball expresses her concerns about a billionaire paying for an army in South Dakota.
The progressives vs the neoliberals once again. Krystal and Saagar explain why powerful corporate Democrats are fighting to stop Nina Turner from being elected to congress.
Krystal and Saagar evaluate the truth behind Tucker Carlson’s claim that the NSA is spying on him
My first guess is that this case is being used to lean on Trump to stay out of politics and not run again. “We can make this a lot more serious, Orange Man!” Krystal and Saagar break down the charges being leveled on members of the Trump organization
Krystal and Saagar go over the horrifying story of sexual predator Bill Cosby being freed from prison
By Amanda Suárez Mexican transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) are expanding into cybercrime to form “cyber-cartels,” which present unique threats to U.S. national security interests. Mexican drug cartels have already begun to use technology to further their business operations, including doxxing and surveillance software. Now, these new Mexican cyber-cartels […]
By Scott Howard The breakneck speed of technological advancement and the fever for automation have resulted in these self-contained decision-makers worming their way into all aspects of life; algorithms aren’t just the property of social media news feeds anymore, they’re also used to predict consumer habits, make investments, […]
By Spencer Ackerman The only thing tragic about the death of Donald Rumsfeld is that it didn’t occur in an Iraqi prison. Yet that was foreordained, considering how throughout his life inside the precincts of American national security, Rumsfeld escaped the consequences of decisions he made that ensured […]
Krystal and Saagar talk about the injustice of the Bill Cosby case, Nina Turner’s congressional campaign, Trump associates getting indicted, NSA spying on Tucker Carlson, NYC Mayoral elections, and more!
By Money Metals Columbus, Ohio (July 1, 2021) – By signing legislation last night, Governor Mike DeWine has officially ended Ohio’s sales taxation of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bullion and coins, enabling the Buckeye State to join Arkansas as the two states having canceled taxation of the […]
The Ludwig von Mises Institute presents The Libertarian Tradition, a podcast with journalist, author, editor, broadcaster, and educator, Jeff Riggenbach.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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