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Nexus X HumectressIt’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
She would make dumbass comments like this back when she was first becoming well-known. Nothing new here. But Kyle’s comments in this segment are on the money.
Water is the new oil.
Ironically, he may be right.
Free Assange, Jail the war criminals!
I suspect Kim is on to something here. This looks like a convenient purge of a prominent Trumpist.
Don’t do drugs, kids…unless you get them from the government.
By Douglas MacGregor, The American Conservative The Biden administration appears willing to get us into a fight we’re not ready for. Conflict with Russia may be inevitable. Kiev’s strident threats to resolve the crisis in Eastern Ukraine with force of arms, combined with Washington’s refusal to acknowledge that […]
By Matt Taibbi The press is building an image of a “radical” progressive hero, while reality looks like the same corporate Democrat. On April Fool’s Day, CNN ran an “analysis” of Joe Biden’s presidency: Will JRB take his place alongside FDR and LBJ? CNN explained that “JRB” had […]
By E. Colin Ruggero Resistance Studies Magazine We are glad to present articles that demonstrate the multifaceted area of resistance studies. MikeMowbray discusses the online presentation and discussion of 2008 Greek riots as virtual spaces of opposition to mainstream account. James M. Statman looks at the psycho-political meaning of […]
By Peter R. Quinones It happened again. I’ve never been around a diagnosed schizophrenic, but it may sound a bit like the following. Heard someone perfectly describe the “Woke-Left” (WL) in all their lunacy, explaining they can’t be reasoned with and they are dangerous to liberty; only to […]
By Klaus Boldt, TELOS Welt am Sonntag: Mr. Reitzle, the corona crisis robbed many Germans of their illusions about this republic. They don’t recognize their country anymore. They used to think of it as progressive, organized, digitalized, and well led. Was that image of modern Germany just a […]
By Russell A. Berman, TELOS Wolfgang Reitzle is one of Germany’s premiere business executives, and Klaus Boldt, part of the editorial leadership of Die Welt, one of the foremost business journalists. The wide-ranging interview here points to the multiple dimensions of the problems facing Germany at the end […]
By Clint Siegner, Money Metals Exchange William Watts with MarketWatch sees the “biggest Inflation scare in 40 years” on its way. He expects massive amounts of stimulus coupled with a boom associated with easing COVID restrictions to generate a surge in prices like the nation hasn’t seen since […]
Todd Lewis is joined by Keith Preston, Swithun Dobson, and Terminal Philosophy to discuss the question of the Decline of US Imperial power abroad.
Fiscal hawks have been sounding the alarm about rising debt levels for decades, but their nightmare scenario of runaway inflation hasn’t come to pass. How do we know if this time is different?
Reason.com senior editor, Robby Soave, discusses the pros and cons of vaccine passports.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss President Biden’s Pentagon budget compared to Trump’s.
Journalist, Zaid Jilani, discusses journalists leaving Substack due to transphobic content.
Wow. The capitalist class really is fragmenting. Team Rising reacts to the virtual meeting of hundreds of CEOs to discuss the Georgia voter laws.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to Capitol Police showing up at the home of a man who tweeted critically about AOC.
A cardiologist at the trial of Derek Chauvin said that the death of George Floyd was “preventable.”
A cardiologist at the trial of Derek Chauvin said that he had a “high degree of medical certainty” that George Floyd did not die of a heart attack.
He got Fred Hamptoned and Randy Weavered. Krystal Ball discusses new details in the assassination of Antifa activist, William Reinhoel.
Oh, well. So much for an anarcho-syndicalist revival. I always figured a modern union movement would be hampered by issues like this. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti break down the Amazon workers’ union election results.
By Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper On Biden vs. Trump, his new book, and why manufacturing consent “is much easier now.” Noam Chomsky has been a central figure on the American left for over five decades. His New York Review Of Books article from 1967, “The Responsibility of […]
By Hogeye Bill Is Sectarianism a Problem? There are a significant number of anarchists who hold a narrow view of what anarchism is, defining it in such a way to disqualify other anti-state ideologies. Some try to justify this historically – but in this case only mutualists are […]
By Rob Henderson, Quillette Many have discovered an argument hack. They don’t need to argue that something is false. They just need to show that it’s associated with low status. The converse is also true: You don’t need to argue that something is true. You just need to […]
Probably not a good not idea, no. Participating in women’s events despite credible allegations of sex trafficking and/ or assault is truly bipartisan. Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz spoke at a conservative women’s summit despite being the subject of a federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations. And, it’s worth […]
The right to boycott is protected free speech and yet nearly 30 states have passed laws requiring people to pledge they won’t engage in or defend the BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) movement to protest Israel’s treatment of Palestinians and pressure Israel to comply with international law. Abby Martin […]
The USA is now ranked #79 among 195 nations around the world. Sinking fast. Political stability index (-2.5 weak; 2.5 strong), 2019 – Country rankings: The average for 2019 based on 195 countries was -0.05 points.The highest value was in Iceland: 1.66 points and the lowest value was […]
By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Azi Paybarah, New York Times BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — A police officer in Minnesota fatally shot a motorist on Sunday in the city of Brooklyn Center, about 10 miles north of Minneapolis where a police officer is on trial and charged with murdering George […]
By Max Blumenthal, The Grayzone An anti-war activist was visited by California Highway Patrol officers after posting video of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s bumbling comments on Israel-Palestine. The action, which AOC denies triggering, was initiated by a call to US Capitol Police. As he waited for a food delivery […]
By Julia Barnes, Counterpunch Solar panels, wind turbines, and electric cars have long been touted as solutions to the climate crisis. The “green” image attached to these technologies masks a dark reality; they are adding to the problem of environmental destruction, failing to reduce CO2 emissions, and accelerating […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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