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Nexus X HumectressBiden Eyes Big Tech Cronies For Key Antitrust Positions
The rising ruling class moves to strengthen its position. DC Bureau Chief at The Intercept, Ryan Grim, analyzes the Biden administration’s plan to handle big tech.
Hillary, Pelosi Want 9/11 COMMISSION To See If Putin Tied To Capitol Riots
The comedy never ends. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to a recent discussion between Hillary Clinton and Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Russiagate.
Is TRUMPISM After Trump Even Possible?
Trump got elected using the strategy proposed by Steve Sailer some years ago (which actually worked, to my surprise). The question is whether it will be sustainable. Saagar Enjeti analyzes the lasting effects President Trump will have on the Republican Party and all of American politics.
CNN FREAKS That YouTubers Have Larger Audiences, Calls For Deplatforming
The wannabe monopolists are trying to shut down the little guys and upstarts. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to new calls for social media censorship.
Americans Are More Afraid Of Each Other Than COVID
Fracture, fracture, fracture… The Blue Tribe and Red Tribe both want total hegemony and the ruling class maintains its position by playing the two off against each other. Krystal Ball discusses how the media has turned Americans against each other.
Is Biden Making A HUGE Mistake In His First 100 Days?
Back to Obamaism. Boring, boring, boring… Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss Joe Biden’s plans for his presidency including executive actions, coronavirus vaccine rollout, and immigration.
The Pentagon Speaks
By Jacob G. Hornberger, Future of Freedom Foundation The Joint Chiefs of Staff have spoken. Issuing a remarkable memorandum to all members of the Armed Forces, the JCS have declared that Joe Biden will be the new president of the United States. The memo may have been not […]
What Kind of Historic Parallels Can We Draw?
At no point in the last 50 years has there been as much political conflict in the US as there is today. And while the conflicts of the 1960s/1970s may have been just as intense, or more intense in some instances, the situation then was qualitatively different because […]
Blacklists Are the Rage in Publishing
By Thomas Spence, Wall Street Journal I am an independent book publisher, and in recent days I have been taking calls from journalists asking which authors I would refuse to publish. That’s an odd question to ask an American publisher, but suddenly it seems to be on everyone’s […]
The Road to Revolution
Stanley Payne is an expert on the Spanish Civil War and on 20th-century fascism. He describes the events leading to the Spanish Civil War. By Stanley G. Payne, First Things The classic theory of revolution was formulated by Alexis de Tocqueville, who observed in The Ancien Régime and […]
A Reporter’s Footage from Inside the Capitol Siege
The New Yorker When Luke Mogelson attended President Donald Trump’s speech on the National Mall, in Washington, D.C., on January 6th, he was prepared for the possibility that violence might erupt that day. Mogelson, a veteran war correspondent and a contributing writer at The New Yorker, had spent […]
When the National Security Debate Becomes a Culture War
Bringing the “culture war” to foreign policy would be a welcome turn of events because divisiveness over strategy or policy would make it more difficult for consensus to develop concerning which countries to attack. By Kevin Brown, The American Conservative The election of Donald Trump in 2016 sent […]
Civil War: Death Match between Continuity and Change
This author predicts three potential outcomes: secession, complete Blue Tribe victory, or Red Tribe reaction. By Michael Vlahos, A New Civil War That compressed tension between continuity and change is the mainspring of History. Societies characteristically work to balance continuity with change. This is the heart of the […]
The Legacy of a Would-Be Dictator
This article gets into some of the major problems with the “Trump as dictator” thesis as opposed to a more realistic “Trump as narcissistic dumbass” thesis. By Peter Van Buren, The American Conservative Twitterless, Donald Trump will soon disappear. It will then be for the fullness of history […]
Kick the Puppy S2: E3
Keith, Emma & RJ 01/18/21 – The Beer Belly Putsch, Trump is impeached but not just in the house, what will happen next, counter-elite development, revolutionary ideas, revolutionary leaders, gerontocracy, Uganda and Bobi Wine, a future of celebrity politicians, Reagan was a terrible actor, Facebook suspends Ron Paul […]
Ecovillages and Intentional Communities – Regen Villages
The Startup Societies Foundation is one of the most interesting organizations out there today. ReGen Villages is a new visionary model for the development of off-grid, integrated and resilient eco-villages that can power and feed self-reliant families around the world. ReGen stands for regenerative, where the outputs of […]
The end of globalization (and the beginning of something new) | Mike O’Sullivan
An interesting discussion of how unipolarity and globalization are receding and a multi-order order of networks based on “shared values” is gradually emerging in its place. “Globalization is on its deathbed,” says economist Mike O’Sullivan. The question now is: What’s next? Tracing the historical successes and failures of […]
Why Trump Isn’t a Fascist
By Richard J. Evans, New Statesman A number of prominent commentators, including the historians Timothy Snyder and Sarah Churchwell, the former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright, and the Berkeley public policy professor Robert Reich has been arguing for some time that Donald Trump is a fascist. The […]
Mussolini’s March on Rome: The First Fascist Insurrection
Listen here. Travel back to the very birth of fascism in this episode about the March on Rome. You’ll learn how the first trailblazing fascist dictator took power and destroyed a democracy. There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a […]
Killing Nora: The Real Reason Trump Should Have Been Impeached
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley It’s pretty much an open secret at this point that all American presidents are certifiable war criminals, even the supposedly good ones. Thomas Jefferson killed the Indians he admired and raped his slaves when he wasn’t busy denouncing […]
25 domestic terrorism cases opened as result of US Capitol riots
US officials say 25 domestic terrorism cases have been opened regarding last week’s attack on the Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.
Techno-Skepticism: The Limits of Technology
Todd Lewis is joined by Keith Preston and Derrick Jensen to discuss the limits of technology and how technology supports the authoritarian technocratic dictatorship.
Dark Horse Podcast with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying: Tyranny Comes at you Fast
About nine minutes in, Bret and Heather discuss David Graeber, although they predictably have an ambiguous view of Graeber’s work.
Eric Weinstein, Reckoning with Capitol Chaos and How to Save America
Eric Weinstein explains the kayfabe nature of US politics using pro-wrestling analogies.
The Woke Movement is Leninism 4.0: Political Commentator Dr. James Lindsay
“Wokeness” resembles Leninism in its more extreme form. In its more mainstream form, it’s more like social purity. By Gary Du and Jan Jekielek, Epoch Times Dr. James Lindsay, an American-born author and political commentator, called the “woke” ideology and movement embraced by Black Lives Matter organizations and […]
Tulsi Gabbard: Big Tech ‘fuels’ conflict, plants war seeds thanks to ‘Where’s my check?’ Congress
By Douglas Ernst, Washington Times Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard says Silicon Valley is fomenting division and planting seeds for future wars thanks to members of Congress who can’t resist Big Tech’s big bucks. The Hawaii Democrat told The Daily Caller this week that many politicians give lip service […]
Pop the Left: The Capitol Insurrection and Jimmy Dore
Derick Varn and Douglas Lain discuss last week’s riot at the Capitol Building and the AOC vs. Jimmy Dore debate. Along the way the topics of standpoint epistemology, class consciousness, and the difference between a coup and a revolution will be explored.
QAnon Has Woke Up the Real Deep State w/ Nicholas Grossman, National Security Scholar
Listen here. On this edition of Parallax Views, National Security scholar Nicholas Grossman recently penned an open letter to QAnon believers entitled “QAnon Woke Up the Real Deep State” warning them that the Capitol Hill riots is going to trigger a harsh
Trump Warned Pence About Being a “Pussy”
I’m generally not inclined to make Trump=Hitler comparisons (I’m more in the Trump=Nixon camp) but the way Trump is tossing Pence and Giuliani at the final moments is reminiscent of Hitler dismissing Goering and Himmler from all state offices while hiding in his bunker as the Russians advanced […]
Trump Refuses to Pay Rudy Giuliani
It’s funny how Rudy was initially being groomed to be the neocons’ frontman after George W. Bush until he got sidelined with health issues, with the neocons going with McCain instead and Rudy ending up being a Trump flunkie that’s getting thrown under the bus during the final […]
Mike Pompeo Attempts War One Last Time Before Resigning
When your revolution is backed by the elites…
“We Did It!”?
Was The Storming Of Capitol Hill An Inside Job?
The relevant part starts about 30 minutes in.
Eric Weinstein: How To End The Business Model Of Division
Weinstein compares US politics and media to kayfabe in wrestling. Good man. Managing Director of Thiel Capital, Eric Weinstein, discusses how we can heal the country after a tumultuous year.
Jared, Ivanka Force Secret Service Agents To Rent Apartment Just To Use Bathroom
This is pretty funny. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to new rumors about Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.
House Democrats Briefed on Disturbing Assassination, Coup Plots by Trump Supporters
I always thought that as the “right-wing” in its various forms continued to shrink in size and lose power politically, it would move in two directions. Some would be co-opted by totalitarian humanism (like the neocons, corporate Republicans, and Never Trumpers). Others would become more militant and even […]
Does It Matter Who Attacks the System As Long as the System Gets Attacked?
A left-wing anarchist has offered the following reply to right-libertarian/an-cap sympathizers with the Beer Belly Putsch. It’s equally true of Hoppean and paleo types who think that because the putsch attempt was against “the government” and its targets were members of Congress, the perpetrators were somehow “anarchist” or […]
Police Are Three Times More Likely to Use Force Against the Left, Data Shows
My general take on this question, which is completely unscientific and based merely on observation, is that police are more likely to use violence against the Left than the Right at demonstrations, although the Left is also more likely to engage in violence. However, left-wing violence tends to […]
When Mob Inciters Become Lions of the Left
My general take on the Chicago Seven and anti-Vietnam War riots is that mob action in resistance to the Vietnam War was not extreme enough. If the US had been dissolved into, say, 50 independent nations in 1970 (like the independent nations of Latin America) we wouldn’t have […]
The Capitol Insurrection, A View from Inside
Impeachment, Warmongering Iran, and Bull Moose
Questions swirl around possible ‘insider’ help for Capitol attack
By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN)One week after the deadly insurrection at the Capitol, there are still more questions than answers on whether any lawmakers or police assisted the pro-Trump rioters. The idea of an insurrection is unheard of in modern US history, and the possibility that lawmakers […]
The MAGA Movement Must Either Rehabilitate Or Purge QAnon Cultists From Its Ranks
By Andrew Korybko, One World The Trump-inspired “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) movement must either rehabilitate or purge the QAnon cultists in its ranks because they’re discrediting and potentially even dangerous, to say nothing of the fact that their very association with MAGA provides the “deep state” with […]
From One MAGA To Another: Here’s How To Cope With What Happened
By Andrew Korybko, One World As someone who proudly associates himself with the Trump-inspired “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) movement, I feel obligated to help my fellow MAGA members better cope with what happened since quite a few of them aren’t taking recent events all that well, and […]
Trump Was Swallowed By The Swamp Because He Lacked The Strength To Drain It
By Andrew Korybko, One World Trump sincerely thought that he could irreversibly effect significant long-term change to the way that America is run by “draining the swamp” that all of his supporters so deeply despise, but he ultimately lacked the strength time and again to take the decisive […]
Inside Google’s Groundbreaking New Unionization
I suspect it will be an uphill battle for unions in an era of extreme capital mobility and labor transience. Alex Gorowara, a software engineer for Google, discusses the union formed by hundreds of Google employees and explains their demands.
How $2k Checks OBLITERATED Zombie Reaganism
Supply-side economics is not going to sell well in a society with a shrinking middle class and rising poverty. Krystal Ball analyzes how passing stimulus checks has changed politics for the better.
Andrew Yang LAUNCHES NYC Mayor Campaign With UBI Plan
After DiBlasio, Bloomberg, and Giuliani, New York has nowhere to go but up. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to Andrew Yang’s first official New York City mayor campaign video.
The GOP Is DEAD, Here’s Its Only Chance At Coming Back
Bye. Saagar Enjeti predicts what a Biden presidency will mean for the future of the Republican Party.
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