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Nexus X HumectressWas 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.
Trump IMPEACHED With Most Bipartisan Votes In History, What’s Next?
Trump makes history. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to the second impeachment of President Donald Trump.
Marjorie Taylor Greene to introduce IMPEACHMENT against Biden on his first day
Politics is definitely going to be more interesting the more wingnuts get elected to offices as opposed to the usual boring corporate lawyers. Team Rising predicts how Trump Republicans might behave under the Biden administration.
This Could Be The END For The GOP Forever
Saagar Enjeti analyzes columnist, Ross Douthat’s, article in The New York Times titled, “How the Republican Party Could Break”.
Elites ABANDON Trump
Krystal Ball reacts to the elite class withdrawing their long-standing support for President Trump.
McConnell SHOCKS By Moving Against Trump On Impeachment
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti break down the latest updates on President Trump’s potential impeachment.
Smoking Gun FBI Report Warned Of ‘War’ At Capitol Before Rally
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to the latest FBI updates on the insurrection at the Capitol.
The Hardhat Riot: Nixon, New York City, and the Dawn of the White Working-Class Revolution
Deja vu! No one ever does anything different anymore. Tells the story of the hardhat riot, which no book has focused on before Draws from nearly two dozen boxes of NYPD records that were sealed for almost a half-century, effectively buried by city officials until now Combines archival […]
Why We Need Real Anarchy: Don’t Let Trump’s Minions Gentrify Revolt
Crimethinc Politicians have come together across the aisle to decry the storming of the Capitol on January 6 as “lawless,” “anti-democratic,” and “extremist,” going so far as to misrepresent the result as “anarchy.” But the problem with the invasion of the Capitol was not that it was unlawful, […]
Neither an Insurrection or Revolt: An Anarchist Response to the Permitted Fascist Temper Tantrum
It’s Going Down A critical anarchist analysis and critique of the recent events in Washington DC and the response from the political Center and mass media. So much could be said about the spectacle recently witnessed at Washington, DC’s federal capitol building, however we will write a quick […]
Gun-toting Lauren Boebert leads charge against Capitol metal detectors as others blast ‘Pelosi’s ‘communist America’
In light of recent events, it is important to remember that politicians are merely managers who act directly or indirectly on behalf of the wider bodies of major shareholders and controlling interests in the power elite apparatus. If Congress were the “real power,” fruitbats like this chick (or, […]
The Likely Impact of the “Beer Belly Putsch”
It’s only been a week so it’s still a bit early to fully assess what the long-term effects of the “Beer Belly Putsch” are going to be, but so far it’s looking like these will be among the outcomes. The legitimacy of the present state will be undermined. […]
Federal prosecutors building SEDITION, conspiracy charges against some Capitol rioters
57% Of Americans Want Trump Gone Immediately
How To Handle Dangerous Speech Without Resorting To Censorship
Establishment To Thwart Democracy Using Old Dictator Tactic
Civil War Two But Modeled After Who?
It’s possible to draw analogies to the Spanish Civil War anytime there is a major left/right cleavage. But in our case, I think the civil war in El Salvador is a better political analogy in terms of parties, factions, and their relationships, and I think the Lebanese Civil […]
Civil war becomes inevitable in the USA
We’re still a long way from actual civil war. I know of no evidence that state security or the ruling class is actually threatened. The stock market is thriving and the military industrial complex shows no sign of fracturing into warring factions. by Thierry Meyssan, VoltaireNet.Org The problem […]
Sheldon Adelson, Billionaire Donor to G.O.P. and Israel, Is Dead at 87
If you can’t say anything nice… By Robert D. McFadden, New York Times Sheldon G. Adelson, a cabdriver’s son who built the world’s largest empire of casinos and resort hotels in Las Vegas, Macau, Singapore and other gambling meccas and used his vast wealth to promote right-wing political […]
Are we approaching the end of US hegemony?
By Daniel Lazare, Weekly Worker Evelyn Waugh supposedly once complained that Tories are forever promising to turn back the clock, but never really do. But there is a reason: the world moves on, the river continues to flow and, while change can be shaped and managed, it can […]
We Should Be Very Worried About Joe Biden’s “Domestic Terrorism” Bill
By Luke Savage, The Jacobin Joe Biden used to brag that he practically wrote the Patriot Act, the Bush-era law that massively increased government surveillance powers. Now he’s hoping to pass a further “domestic terrorism” law once in office. The danger is real that the January 6 Capitol […]
Trump Approval Rating Hits All Time Low But Maintains GOP Support
Team Rising reacts to new Vox and Quinnipiac University polls.
The Looming Patriot Act 2.0
Here it comes.
Video shows rioter smoking pot in Capitol Rotunda during siege
By Laura Italiano, New York Post It’s high treason!
AOC STANDS UP Against Liberal Calls For New Domestic Terror Law
Alexandria comes through. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss a potential new domestic terror law following the insurrection at the Capitol.
Trump Faces MAJOR Post-Presidency Issues As Banks Cut Ties, Belichick Rejection
The capitalist class strikes back at Trump. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss the long list of people and corporations cutting ties with President Trump and other prominent Republicans following the insurrection at the Capitol.
A Mob Attacked the Capitol for Trump. Now What?
By Mike Giglio, The Intercept I spent the last year talking with people from militant groups on the American right and always driving toward the same question: And then what? You’re armed and trained and linked up with your outfit. And then what? You’re ready to stand up […]
Cultural Revolutions and Farcical Insurrections w/ C. Derick Varn
Listen here. On this edition of Parallax Views, C. Derick Varn of Zero Books makes his triumphant return to the program by providing a history lesson on the idea that “politics is downstream from culture” from the idea of cultural hegemony by the Italian Communist thinker Antonio Gramsci […]
How Unpopular Is The Failed Capitol Hill Insurrection?
Censorship Armageddon?
The Rioters Weren’t All Blue Collar: They Were CEOs, Lawyers, & Police Officers
By Erin Corbett, Refinery 29 In the aftermath of the violent siege of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, the FBI and D.C. Police are asking the public to help identify people who planned and participated in the attack. Like clockwork, many people have been quick to assume that […]
The Republican Party’s Death Drive
By Michael Warren Davis, The American Conservative On January 6th, a mob of Trump supporters staged a coup—a PR coup for the Democratic Party. Liberals have been calling Republicans “fascists” for as long as anyone can remember. The trouble is, there’s never been any real proof. There was […]
The Moral and Intellectual Collapse of America’s Political Parties
By Alan J. Devine, Chronicles It is no longer news that 2020 saw a collapse of political discourse and public behavior in the United States. Trends that developed over many years intensified last year. One major political party had as its candidate for president a magnetic figure who […]
FBI Memo Warns Pro-Trump Extremists Plan Armed Insurrections in State Capitols Across US
So maybe the “new normal” will be that the summer season is for baseball and left-wing riots, and the winter season is for basketball and right-wing riots. Fair enough. By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams
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