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Nexus X HumectressBy Elliot Smith, CNBC With President Donald Trump refusing to commit to a peaceful transition of power in the event that he loses the election and clashes already unfolding in some states, political analysts are uniquely fearful as November approaches. Asked last week to commit to conceding should […]
By Paul Rosenberg, Salon Not even the most perceptive academic could have timed the publication of a 10-year research project this perfectly. LSU political scientist Nathan Kalmoe’s new book, “With Ballots and Bullets: Partisanship and Violence in the American Civil War” is being published in this overheated election […]
William S. Lind Traditional Right I expect President Trump to be re-elected, probably by a large margin, and the Republicans to hold the Senate and retake the House. Why? Because by this point the number of Americans who are angry is greater than the number who are scared. […]
The run-up to the coming US elections has seen an America more divided than ever before. As President Trump seeks re-election, national security observers in America watch the rise of the far-right with alarm and say politics, conspiracy and extreme right-wing ideology are all stirring the pot of […]
Who is winning the 2020 election? The history professor who has correctly predicted the winner of every presidential election since 1984 says this candidate will.
Tech companies have long argued that users should be able to judge content for themselves – but critics say social media giants such as Facebook and Twitter have a responsibility to make sure their platforms are not being used to incite violence or spread misinformation. Facebook says it […]
White supremacist and nationalist groups pose the greatest threat, spurred by a summer of protests, some experts say.
Today our own Communications Director Don Feder interviews Phillip Jauregui of the Judicial Action Group on Amy Coney Barrett filling the Supreme Court vacancy.
Fierce partisan divisions and social upheaval in the United States are feeding fears of large-scale political violence after the 2020 presidential election. Some describe the expected disorder as a form of domestic terrorism. Others are using the term “insurgency” to describe it, while some people are raising fears […]
https://media.urmedium.com/ConvertedVideo/2020/10/10/637379205567746242video.mp4 Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh from October 10, after 10 hours of negotiations in Moscow. The ceasefire is set to go into effect later on Saturday.
Bye. By Ryan McMaken, Mises Institute Faced with an armed assailant at the Parkland school shooting in 2018, sheriff’s deputy Josh Stambaugh ran away and hid while children were gunned down. He was later fired for his lack of action, but last month arbitrators ruled that Stambaugh must […]
If true, this is almost like the good old days of the “propaganda by the deed” era when anarchists were actual badasses. By Laura Widener, American Military News One of the ringleaders behind an FBI-thwarted kidnapping plot against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was an outspoken anarchist, video evidence […]
By Lee Drutman, Five Thirty Eight To anyone following American politics, it’s not exactly news that Democrats and Republicans don’t like each other. Take what happened in the presidential debate last week. President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden did little to conceal their disdain of one […]
By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals Exchange The Federal Reserve is warning investors in no uncertain terms that higher rates of inflation are coming. Yet markets, for the most part, have disregarded that warning. Bond yields, for example, remain well below 2% across the entire duration range. Stock market […]
If ever anyone needed inspiration to not vote… Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to the new ‘get out the vote’ campaign by naked celebrities.
Always a pitchman, lol. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss the latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in the U.S.
Krystal Ball gives her thoughts on the vice presidential debate and why she believes it was a win for Sen. Kamala Harris.
The neocon/neoliberal alliance continues its efforts to defeat the Trumpists why marginalizing the Left. Daily Beast reporter, Hanna Trudo, discusses why progressives are upset with Joe Biden over his attacks on Sen. Bernie Sanders.
LOL Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss Ken Bone’s decision to vote for Libertarian candidate, Jo Jorgensen, for president.
No matter who becomes President, economic policy will be guided by Wall Street and foreign policy will be guided by the neocon/Hillarite alliance.
More wonderful economic news. Washington Post economics reporter, Jeffrey Stein, gives an update on the stimulus negotiations and breaks down the jobs report numbers.
By Brandon N. Kelly Adolescence is a period of change and creativity where young people draw on adult and childlike behaviors to negotiate identity development. During this period of change, youth begin to form social groups with others that have similar concerns and experiences and as a result, […]
By Andy Bennett Sociology Despite the criticisms of subcultural theory as a framework for the sociological study of the relationship between youth, music, style, and identity, the term‘subculture’ continues to be widely used in such work. It is a central contention of this article that, as with subcultural […]
History Files This vast map covers just about all possible tribes that were documented in the first centuries BC and AD, mostly by the Romans and Greeks. The focus is especially on 52 BC, although not exclusively. Some migration was involved during this time, and some tribal divisions […]
By Louis C. Faron The customs and social systems of South American peoples are closely and naturally related to the environments in which they live. These environmental relationships are mediated by the systems of technology that the people use to exploit their resources. Four basic types of social […]
By Henry Miller Matador Network In 1884, a group of European leaders and diplomats met in Berlin to carve up Africa in service of their imperial interests. While there had been colonies in parts of coastal Africa for centuries, new advances in weapon technology, trains, and a liquid […]
Leftists who think these laws can’t or won’t be used against them are fools. See the Smith Act. Helena Smith A court verdict in Athens with ramifications for the far right across Europe has been met with jubilation in Greece and internationally after judges ruled the neo-fascist Golden […]
A great possibility exists that this person will be the acting President of the United States in a few months. I consider her to be more dangerous than either Trump or Biden because she gives the police state a “progressive” gloss, and she is also a complete toady […]
I can’t believe I’ve never heard of this book or its author before. “We Talk, You Listen is strong, boldly unconventional medicine from Vine Deloria Jr. (1933–2005), one of the most important voices of twentieth-century Native American affairs. Here the witty and insightful Indian spokesman turns his penetrating […]
The majority of the ruling class is hoping that Biden will defeat Trump and subsequently die soon so that Kamala can be the Prez. Hoping for Biden’s actual survival through his first term is the de facto conservative position. I have not been able to identify a single […]
As Nelson Rockefeller said in 1959, “You take the average guy making $100,000 a year . . .”($893,189 today) Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss Joe Biden’s tax cut proposals and explain who they would impact. They also react to a CNBC article which breaks down how much […]
Glenn Greenwald exposes the kayfabe. Co-Founding Editor of The Intercept, Glenn Greenwald, discusses the latest empathy among Democratic voters for President Trump amid his Coronavirus diagnosis.
In spite of having the world’s largest prison population and literally hundreds of thousands of laws that can lead to arrest and imprisonment, the USA has a clearance rate of 61.4% on criminal homicides as of 2019, meaning that roughly 2 in 5 murderers get away with it. […]
It’s getting so not even FOX will go to bat for the fuzz. By Stephen Pagones FOX News Two former Orange County sheriff’s deputies told a California grand jury they did not know it was against the law to falsify police documents, an offense that led to their […]
A return to the kayfabe days when fans thought wrestling was real? Journalist and author Matt Taibbi presented a lecture on his book “Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another.” This event was co-sponsored by Penn State’s McCourtney Institute for Democracy and Donald P. Bellisario […]
Geez, I can’t imagine why. Editor-in-Chief of Gallup, Mohamed Younis, explains which issues are most important to voters this election cycle. He also discusses why the economy continues to top the list for most voters.
Saagar Enjeti discusses how President Trump and Congressional Republicans reacted to the pandemic. He also explains how the President is becoming a more “conventional” Republican.
Krystal Ball examines the policy proposals from Joe Biden and Donald Trump. She also shares her thoughts on what would happen if Democrats take control of both chambers of Congress and the White House.
This is my assessment of the recent piece by Peter Gelderloos at Crimethinc, “Preparing for Electoral Unrest and a Right-Wing Power Grab.” The Crimethinc article is a great companion piece to the recent commentary by It’s Going Down (which I critique here) and Three-Way Fight (which I had […]
By Max Paschall Listen here. In this episode, I speak with writer, arborist, and professional horticulturist Max Paschall. We discuss his essay ‘The Lost Forest Gardens of Europe,’ published at the Shelterwood Forest Farm website. In addressing the ever-increasing, ongoing impacts anthropogenic climate change is having on food […]
A comprehensive fourth-generation warfare analysis of the present situation from a paleoconservative perspective. By William S. Lind Chronicles Mobs loot, burn, and vandalize while politicians advocate defunding the police. A commune was established in Seattle and turned into Lord of the Flies while government did nothing. Blacks demand equal treatment from […]
By Srdja Trifkovic Chronicles People are policy and Joe Biden has 2,000 of them. That is, according to reporting in Foreign Policy magazine that his team of foreign policy and national security advisors has swelled to more than that number. A contingent of that size could be expected to produce a […]
By Peter Gelderloos Crimethinc It is vital that anarchist strategy be situated: that we see strategy not as a chessboard from above, as in the authoritarian worldview, but as a perspective on the situation we inhabit, looking outward with our own eyes. Nonetheless, we should not make the […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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