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Nexus X HumectressBy Matt Taibbi Useful Idiots, the podcast Katie Halper and I started in the summer of 2019 at Rolling Stone, is moving. After eighty episodes that included interviews with the likes of Tulsi Gabbard (our first guest), Roger Waters, Andrew Yang, Erin Brockovich, Michael K. Williams, Noam Chomsky, […]
Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman. The purpose of my solo episode is twofold. First, I’d like to update you all on the status of my attempted conversation with Ibram X. Kendi, the author of ‘How to be an Anti-racist’, and arguably the leading anti-racist public […]
By Mikael Thalen, Daily Dot A prominent Hollywood gossip blogger has claimed that Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been communicating with Ted Kaczynski, better know as the Unabomber. The allegation was made on Sunday by the self-described Hollywood lawyer known as “Enty,” who anonymously runs the famous […]
It’s not surprising that three of the shittiest presidents in US history-Wilson, FDR, and LBJ- were also the ones behind Daylight Savings Time. By Andrew Glass, Politico On this day in 1918, 100 years ago, President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the Standard Time Act. The legislation established […]
By Justin Adams, Executive Director, Tropical Forest Alliance In response to climate change, land is key. Today, agriculture, forestry, and other land uses account for roughly a quarter of global greenhouse-gas emissions. But adopting sustainable land management strategies could provide more than one-third of the near-term emission reductions […]
This is an excerpt from Coleman Hughes’ conversation with Amy Chua.
By Patrick Freyne, Irish Times Having a monarchy next door is a little like having a neighbour who’s really into clowns and has daubed their house with clown murals, displays clown dolls in each window and has an insatiable desire to hear about and discuss clown-related news stories. […]
By Maria Abi-Habib and Oscar Lopez, New York Times Armed with blowtorches and hammers, women demonstrated at the president’s residence, demanding that Mexico’s government take action to address one of the world’s worst rates of gender violence. MEXICO CITY — Hundreds of women marched on Mexico’s seat of […]
A dude that makes an enemy of the Pentagon must be doing something right. ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ hits back at critics of his opinion on Biden’s military decisions.
A friend writes: The good news is (according to my online polls and meatspace experience) most ancaps are not sectarian, and the majority of ansocs are not sectarian. Sectarians are easy to spot. They say things like, “the other guy’s system requires a State.” Most anarchists agree e.g. […]
In the early 1930s a consortium of America’s wealthiest men conspires to overthrow President Roosevelt and institute a fascist state. This is the story of how they almost succeeded. Listen here.
In 1939, 20,000 Americans rallied in New York’s Madison Square Garden to celebrate the rise of Nazism — an event largely forgotten from U.S. history. A NIGHT AT THE GARDEN, made entirely from archival footage filmed that night, transports audiences to this chilling gathering and shines a light […]
By Alec MacGillis, photography by Celeste Sloman In Hobbs, New Mexico, the high school closed and football was canceled, while just across the state line in Texas, students seemed to be living nearly normal lives. Here’s how pandemic school closures exact their emotional toll on young people. Everything […]
By Rebecca Traitsers, NY Mag Joel Wertheimer took a job in Andrew Cuomo’s administration in February 2017, straight from his position in Barack Obama’s White House. He came on alongside almost 30 other new hires, many of whom had also worked for the outgoing president or on Hillary […]
A Sinophile tankie takes on Vaush the Breadtuber. Democrat cheerleader and shill for the establishment Jabba the Vaush is absolutely DECIMATED after attacking Jimmy Dore for #ForcetheVote. His insanely stupid ‘Nazbol Vortex’ meme is put to rest once and for all.
In some places, it is. Industrial zones in China are a good example. By Peter R. Quinones Seriously, let’s get into this shit. What the fuck happened? A year ago today, my supervisor told me there was a chance we would have to be SEEN sanitizing our hands […]
The way the trans athletes drama will probably unfold will be something like this: More and more red states will ban transwomen from participating in women’s sports. Then the federal courts will step in and declare such bans to be discriminatory and unconstitutional. Sports leagues will adjust by […]
And Biden is only going to get worse as his term progresses.
Team Rising discusses the decline in viewership of major media outlets following Trump’s departure from office.
By Matt Taibbi I collect Soviet newspapers. Years ago, I used to travel to Moscow’s Izmailovsky flea market every few weeks, hooking up with a dealer who crisscrossed the country digging up front pages from the Cold War era. I have Izvestia’s celebration of Gagarin’s flight, a Pravda […]
By Wolfgang Thierse, TELOS Community membership used to be a matter of religion and, after that, ideology. Today this function has been taken over by the concept of identity. Religion and ideology in the past led repeatedly to serious and even bloody conflicts. Will this history repeat itself […]
Author, Ross Douthat, discusses his book, The Decadent Society: America Before and After the Pandemic.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to results of a new Stockton study.
Seems fair enough. View the entire report here.
Former mayor of Stockton, California, Michael Tubbs, discusses the results of his historical city-led universal basic income experiment.
It’s obvious enough as to why Biden’s handlers are keeping him from out in front of the press. Team Rising discusses President Biden’s lack of press conferences in the first few months of his presidency.
Saagar Enjeti reacts to Piers Morgan’s departure from Good Morning Britain and explains why the First Amendment is vital.
Krystal Ball breaks down the content of the PRO Act and predicts whether or not it will pass.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to the passage of Biden’s stimulus package.
Rep. Ilhan Omar introduced legislation to cancel rent and mortgage payments until April 2022.
In regions and localities where the cultural Right still holds substantial sway, right-wing political correctness has emerged. By Jeffrey Sachs, Arcdigital Media State and national governments try to suppress critical race theory, social justice, and related concepts. “Unlawful propagation of divisive concepts.” That’s the subheading of a bill […]
Is Russia Fascist? (Cornell University Press), author Marlene Laruelle argues that the charge of “fascism” has become a strategic narrative of the current world order. Vladimir Putin’s regime has increasingly been accused of embracing fascism, supposedly evidenced by Russia’s annexation of Crimea, its historical revisionism, attacks on liberal […]
Team Rising discusses President Biden’s approval rating and Republican’s focus on culture war over policy.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to reports that the National Guard will remain at the Capitol through May 23rd.
The real winner of the war in Afghanistan was Osama bin Laden, albeit posthumously. Saagar Enjeti discusses where President Biden stands on his campaign promise to end the war in Afghanistan.
This is a pretty good description of intra-ruling class dynamics. Krystal Ball breaks down the establishment plot to block Bernie Sanders from receiving the Democratic Party nomination in 2020.
Not sure about the source on this but the story seems to be legitimate. Snake Baker, Daily Stormer I wish we could say “at least we’re getting funny headlines in 2021,” but these are all headlines we could have had going all the way back to 2017. Other […]
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss the latest in the Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment scandal.
By Rachel Schallom, Fortune This week marks the first anniversary of Fortune’s decision to ask all U.S.- and Europe-based staffers to work from home. Looking back on the email announcement is like looking at a time capsule. There was a strong focus on cleaning and sanitization, which we now […]
This is a fantastic piece written from a conservative Christian perspective that describes the present-day US political spectrum perfectly. Proto-Protestantism Most Conservatives will insist that the American political spectrum has shifted rapidly to the Left over the past fifty years and will make the case by appealing to […]
A Collective of Anarchist Geographers This paper is comprised of a series of short, conversational or polemical interventions reflecting on the political ‘moment’ that has emerged in the wake of the rise of right-populist politics, particularly in the Global North. We position the UK’s ‘Brexit’ vote and the […]
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss British viewers’ reactions to the advertisements played during the Oprah interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.
Apparently, a lot of Republican politicians know their ship is sinking. Team Rising discusses the implications of Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri retiring.
Now if only Bernie would take the same position from the other side. Team Rising reacts to Donald Trump encouraging his base to donate money to the Save America PAC instead of directly to the Republican Party.
The SJW lunatics at DSA attack the neoliberals from the left and the Trumpist lunatics attack the neoliberals from the right. Sounds good. D.C. bureau chief at The Intercept, Ryan Grim, discusses the Nevada Democratic Party.
This is news? Saagar Enjeti explains how the establishment is using the January 6th insurrection as a pretext to erode civil norms.
If so, it was probably the most positive thing Trump managed to achieve, however inadvertently. Though I disagree with much of Krystal’s economic analysis in this. Krystal Ball outlines how the pandemic has shifted public opinion on government involvement and deficit hawkery.
The possibility of Yang actually getting elected mayor of NYC definitely indicates a shift in the political winds. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss a new Emerson poll on the New York City mayoral race.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to President Biden’s stance on the filibuster.
The White House has been forced into damage control after President Joe Biden seemingly forgot the name of his own Defense Secretary during an event to mark International Women’s Day. Speaking after unveiling two more nominees to fill his cabinet, the president failed to remember the name of […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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