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Nexus X HumectressBy Mike Brest, Washington Examiner A local Black Lives Matter chapter chief has called for an investigation into one of the founders of the activist group after reports emerged the self-styled Marxist spent millions on multiple real estate purchases. Hawk Newsome, the head of the greater New York […]
By Brendan Nyhan Previous research indicated that corrective information can sometimes provoke a so-called “backfire effect” in which respondents more strongly endorsed a misperception about a controversial political or scientific issue when their beliefs or predispositions were challenged. I show how subsequent research and media coverage seized on […]
A pretty good critique of progressive totalitarianism from a conservative/constitutionalist perspective. By William Voegeli, American Mind When it comes to progressive ambitions, nothing is off the table. Editors’ Note The Claremont Institute’s DC Center for the American Way of Life is a new initiative for actively counteracting the […]
Host of Bad Faith podcast, Briahna Joy Gray, discusses the how much in taxes the wealthy avoid each year.
Saagar Enjeti reacts to Biden’s pledge to have all US troops out of Afghanistan by 9/11/2021.
This is good. Don’t vote! Krystal Ball debates whether or not President Biden is populist right.
An expert called by the defense said that George Floyd died from sudden cardiac arrhythmia and ‘significant’ contributing conditions.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to newly released findings on the January 6th Capitol riots.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to the pause on the Johnson and Johnson coronavirus vaccine.
The judge in the trial of Derek Chauvin denied a request by the defense to acquit Chauvin in George Floyd’s death.
A friend of George Floyd who was with him the day he was killed said Wednesday that he would not testify in the ongoing trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, invoking Fifth Amendment privileges.
Conservative state legislators are taking a page from the playbook of pro-immigration activists and the marijuana legalization movement.
And, in other news, CNN announces that the sun is hot.
Here’s wishing Iran some good luck.
Hating on Russia and China at the same time. This really is a neocon administration.
But don’t forget to “trust science.”
Kropotkin’s daughter discusses life under the Stalin regime.
‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ host says ‘nothing the Democratic party advocates for is more dishonest than gun control.’
Watch daily live coverage of the trial of Derek Chauvin. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, faces charges of manslaughter, second-degree murder, and third-degree murder in the death of George Floyd. The trial is expected to last approximately four weeks.
By Krystal Ball and Kyle Kulinski We’re looking forward to our conversation this Friday with Dan Kovalik, author of Cancel This Book: The Progressive Case Against Cancel Culture. In advance of this conversation, we’re thinking about how the Left will build an unapologetic movement for equality that goes […]
By Matt Taibbi Gaetz, Greenwald, and accusations in the Twitter age. I interviewed friend Glenn Greenwald yesterday about his new book, “Securing Democracy” (review on the way). For those not familiar, that’s the one where Glenn and his husband David Miranda shepherded a major corruption story into print, […]
By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals Exchange Anyone who says inflation isn’t a problem hasn’t tried shopping for a new home recently. Housing costs are skyrocketing. The median sales price of existing homes has spiked 16% over the past 12 months (from $270,400 to $313,000) – the fastest pace […]
By Gentleman Bandit How a dwindling minority of mid-caste teacher’s pets dominate the expert class despite their near-total lack of experience. I’ve written before about the Square University Culture. I don’t mean everybody who attends university — I mean people who are born in comfortable circumstances, advance easily […]
Just in time for the Chauvin trial and the warm weather season! Get ready for the next round. The officer who shot Daunte Wright and the police chief both resigned according to Mayor Mike Elliott.
By James Bovard, The American Conservative Last week, President Joe Biden nominated David Chipman to be head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the premier federal firearms enforcement agency. Biden complemented that announcement with a call for a national red flag law to entitle police […]
Team Rising reacts to Dem pollsters acknowledging major errors in the 2020 election polling.
Fraudci the Spin Doctor. Team Rising discusses the Biden administration’s COVID messaging.
I tend to agree with Michael Lind’s view that not only will the Democrats be the dominant party in the years ahead, but also that the real debates in mainstream politics will be between progressives and neoliberals in the Democratic Party over the issue of to what degree […]
Isn’t that more or less insider trading? Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s latest investments in Roblox.
The prosecution in the trial of Derek Chauvin rested on Tuesday.
Trump had Bill Barr of Ruby Ridge infamy. Now, Biden has this dude from Waco infamy. Saagar Enjeti reacts to Biden’s pick for head of the ATF, David Chipman,
I am opposed to taxes generally, but we need to start by reducing taxes from the bottom up. Some unusually insightful comments about the relationship between corporate profits and infrastructure about 11 minutes in. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss progressive priorities for the infrastructure bill.
Friends and Readers of ATS, I am working with Don Fitz of the Gateway Green Alliance in St. Louis for the zoom program on “Envisioning a Greener New Deal.” We would like to invite all of our supporters to co-sponsor the zoom. The announcement for the program says: […]
It’s interesting that a bunch of Republicans are most aware of all this than much of the so-called Left. The American Conservative’s 5th Annual Crony Capitalism Conference The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was created to be a lifeline to small businesses struggling to stay afloat as the response […]
By Peter R. Quinones “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member” – Groucho Marx When I think about that Groucho quote I wonder if he was a libertarian. Many in the Libertarian Party (LP) can’t comprehend what Dave Smith is doing in […]
But science and medicine are infallible. By Noah Weiland, Sharon LaFraniere and Carl Zimmer, New York Times The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control will stop using the vaccine at federal sites and urge states to do so as well while they examine the safety […]
Alexander Reid-Ross’ understudy turns on his master? Excellent.
By Leila Al-Shami We are no less than the Paris commune workers: they resisted for 70 days and we are still going on for a year and a half.” Omar Aziz, 2012 On 18 March 2021 people around the globe will be commemorating the 150th anniversary of the […]
Wow. Gillis said something reasonable. Broken clock, twice a day. By William Gillis, Center for a Stateless Society If the problem with taxation is the coercion, then surely the priority of any coherent and consistent libertarian reformism on taxes should be to minimize the number of people who […]
By Mike Baker and Evan Hill, New York Times Investigators said that Michael Reinoehl probably opened fire before officers killed him last year. But some key evidence raises questions about that conclusion. SEATTLE — When a U.S. Marshals task force killed a self-described antifa activist in Washington State […]
By Jim Donaghey Robin Ballinger argues that ‘[m]usic is neither transcendental nor trivial, but inhabits a site where hegemonic processes are contested’ (in Sakolsky and Ho (eds.), 1995: 14) – in other words, music matters. However, music (and culture more widely) is often viewed as being of minor […]
A cardiologist at the trial of Derek Chauvin said that the death of George Floyd was “preventable.”
Wright was killed during a traffic stop just miles away from where George Floyd died and where Chauvin is standing trial for his murder. “Nightline” speaks to Wright’s family’s lawyer.
Watch daily live coverage of the trial of Derek Chauvin. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, faces charges of manslaughter, second-degree murder, and third-degree murder in the death of George Floyd. The trial is expected to last approximately four weeks.
Former Hawaii Congresswoman says Biden needs to deescalate tensions with Russia.
Multiple people have been shot at a Tennessee high school, including a police officer, Knoxville police said Monday. Austin-East Magnet High School students have been the victims of several other shootings since the beginning of this year.
A U.S. Army officer is suing two Virginia police officers over a violent traffic stop last December. Police body camera video shows the officer in full uniform being approached by the cops with their guns drawn. Christina Ruffini has more.
Police said the officer accidentally discharged a gun instead of a Taser when she killed Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on Sunday. Protests erupted overnight.
Police released the body cam footage from an officer-involved shooting in Minnesota.
-Donald Trump is absolutely irate at a Republican donor event over the weekend, primarily against fellow Republicans, setting up a major showdown in 2022 and 2024
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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