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Nexus X HumectressBy John Whitehead In a comment to a recent post of mine (in which I ridiculed as scathingly as I could manage the dead-end of “identity politics,” the two-party system, and their attendant absurdities), a friend asked: “Lost in the ranting sarcasm is, what do you intend to […]
A reader offers the following observations: I guess the writing has been on the wall for a while now, but it’s still somewhat surreal to watch the GOP under Trump formally and officially double-down on Know-Nothingism and stupid culture-war social conservatism / law-and-orderism. To me, it appears that […]
It’s hilarious how the Trumpists have been able to position themselves to the left of the Democrats on foreign policy, trade, and criminal justice reform, largely by doing nothing at all. The Democrats program seems to be “Scumbags, Unite!… Because At Least We’re Not As Scummy As That […]
The Trumpists seem to be realizing that abandoning their 2016 platform is a losing idea and now they’re trying to at least partially reclaim it. The Trumpists are in the unenviable position of having to pretend to be the party of hawkishness and non-intervention, domestic free enterprise and […]
I’ve generally found that it’s impossible to get accurate data on how many people are killed by police. There is no established mechanism for collecting such data, whether governmental or non-governmental, and those who have tried are relying mostly on police reports, individual witness testimony, and journalistic accounts, […]
By Troy Southgate One thing people always seem to overlook with regard to the continuing soap opera taking place in America, something I am doing my utmost to ignore, is that the rest of the world is being irrevocably dragged into the same orbit. As I explained in […]
I always thought filing charges against these two was a tactically bad idea because it makes some bourgie asshole and his psycho-bitch wife into 2nd Amendment heroes. By Declan Leary The American Conservative Overall, the first night of the Republican National Convention took a surprisingly serious tone. Senator […]
Bill Lind makes the predictable paleocon case for tsarism in the era of rising Bolshevism. Compulsory flag-worship vs. compulsory wokeness. By William S. Lind Traditional Right Thus far in the 2020 Presidential campaign, neither President Trump nor Mr. Biden has found a campaign theme that resonates with the […]
By Shayanne Gal, Andy Kiersz, Michelle Mark, Ruobing Su, and Marguerite Ward Business Insider Nationwide protests in recent weeks have rekindled a roaring public discourse about racial inequality in America. George Floyd’s death in police custody on May 25 let loose a groundswell of public rage about the […]
The only kind of “police reform” that ultimate matters is fewer laws, fewer arrests, fewer prosecutions, and fewer incarcerations. Once again, libertarians are generally to the “left of the left” on this issue (depending on the flavor of libertarian, of course). Too many proposals for “police reform” amount […]
Most, if not all, of these are generally good ideas although it’s largely focused on the administration of localized policing. Fed pigs and state pigs are just as bad and local pigs, and the policing process is merely the result of actions taken by legislators and enforced by […]
Arguably, one of the most underreported stories in US politics is how a group of former Communists were able to apply Leninist infiltration methods to colonize “movement conservatism,” and then the Republican Party itself, while building an alliance with arms merchants, corporate plutocrats, and Christian Zionists, with the […]
This is a good overview of how the neocons have essentially colonized and gained control of both parties at this point.
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An additional complication is when the firefighters often double as arsonists.
The Cato Institute, another Republican think-tank that is Koch-funded, likewise makes an indirect case for “civil unrest.” By Tim Lynch Cato Institute Policymakers should Override the old maxim that “ignorance of the law is no excuse” (given the breadth of the criminal codes now on the books, that […]
The Heritage Foundation, a Republican think tank, inadvertently makes the case for “civil unrest.” Heritage Foundation 1. The criminal code should reflect common understandings of morality, rather than political opportunism (such as responding to crises to appease voters). 2. Today, it is estimated that nearly 5,000 federal statutes […]
This is a funny story. When are these folks going to stop taking this electoral shit seriously? At least 100 million Americans already have.
The headline says it all.
Whatever happened to the “cold, dead fingers” thing? I guess grabbers are fine if they have big orange hands.
The alliance to undo the handiwork of Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Gates, Giuliani, James Q. Wilson, etc. etc. etc.
Hopefully, the DPRK will follow China, Vietnam, Laos, and to some degree Cuba, and adopt the New Economic Policy model of development that Lenin pursued in his later years. By Armit Chaturvedi Hindustan Times North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s disappearance from public life in recent months led […]
Will Yo-Jong be the Gorbachev or at least the Deng of the DPRK, or will she be a North Korean Hillary or Kamala? By Kanishka Sarker Hindustan Times North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is reportedly in a coma and his sister Kim Yo-jong will be exercising de […]
I remember the Buckley-Rangel debate well. It was one of the moments when I began to realize the Right are not always the bad guys and the Left are not always the good guys. Of course, today I would say I am both beyond left and right. I […]
These guys are all likely doing what their various backers and associates want them to do. Once again, the neocon/neoliberal alliance aims to purge the Trumpists while co-opting, pacifying, and marginalizing the social democrats. The emerging totalitarian humanist regime is going to be a coalition of woke capitalism […]
The obvious objective of the Democrats is to create a neoliberal/neocon alliance that establishes a ruling class unity regime and is able to push the Trumpists aside while co-opting and pacifying the Left. Meanwhile, the neocons and their allies have increasingly embedded themselves among the Trumpists as well. […]
Maybe I’m missing something, but from what I’ve read about QAnon so far, the only things they seem to be guilty of are slight exaggerations and not knowing when to quit. It looks like the Republicans are splitting between the fringe right and those who are essentially becoming […]
Mass murder. The bond that transcends differences of race, gender, and party?
The money quote: “Biden’s most progressive achievement will be having the most diverse, inclusive and intersectional cabinet of mass murderers ever assembled. By Caitlin Johnstone Medium There was a simultaneously hilarious and nightmare-inducing meme format that was popular not long ago called Creepy Garfield, in which the familiar […]
The 2024 Election: Spencer/AOC for the Dems and Loomer/Greene for the Repugs.
Todd Lewis is joined by Keith Preston, Swithun Dobson, and Terminal Philosophy to explore what is Fascism?
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley “I have never really understood exactly what a ‘liberal’ is, since I have heard ‘liberals’ express every conceivable opinion on every conceivable subject. As far as I can tell, you have the extreme right, who are fascist racist […]
This is interesting. I’ve always thought that as the Republicans’ traditional constituents shrunk in size, they would increasingly become a fringe right-wing party, with the neocons and “moderate Republicans” going to the Democrats. It seems to be happening with figures like Laura Loomer winning primaries and the GOP […]
The US is now ranked the worst place in the developed world to raise a family, coming out ahead of only Mexico. By Laura Begley Bloom Forbes As if things couldn’t get worse. According to a new study from the travel website Asher & Lyric, the United States […]
David Graeber, a leading left-anarchist academic, has an interesting take on Trump. Read the Twitter thread here. He is a pure opportunist but sincere in two ways: 1.he is genuinely and sincerely racist; 2. He is genuinely and sincerely anti-imperialist at least in the US empire’s current form. […]
By Nicky Reid Smack ‘Anarcho-‘ on the front of anything and watch it become more revolutionary. When any system becomes completely voluntary, it becomes free to reach its full potential without fucking with other people’s right to do the same. -Anarcho-Communism= People choosing to forgo money/class. -Anarcho-Capitalism- People […]
Associated Press Politico WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr said he would be “vehemently opposed” to any attempt to pardon former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, after the president suggested he might consider it. The attorney general’s comments in an interview with The Associated Press come days […]
By Bill Sanderson New York Daily News Take it from President Trump’s older sister: He lies, he’s cruel, he doesn’t read, he cheated his way into college, he only cares about his base. © ED JONES In conversations recorded by her niece in 2018 and 2019, Marianne Trump […]
There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch. Not even with the Hell’s Angels. Past Factory The Hells Angels is one of the most well-known biker clubs in the world, and it all started with a group of motorcyclists in Fontana, California. Founded in 1948, the Hells […]
By Stella Morris I am the partner of Julian Assange and the mother of his two sons. I am fighting against his extradition to the United States. Julian’s story The charges Julian faces concern the WikiLeaks exposures ten years ago of US war crimes and human rights abuses. […]
The dumbass title of this video and Chomsky’s severe TDS notwithstanding, 95% of this interview is quite good, as it usually is with Noam. To debunk the “Trump=Hitler” hysteria, all you have to do is ask people, “If Trump and Hitler were the two major party candidates, who […]
By Stratton J. Davis The Cotton Report Maine has become the first and only state to use ranked-choice voting in this upcoming presidential election. This allows voters to vote for not just one presidential candidate but for multiple candidates, in the order they prefer them. This is very […]
No doubt some crazed late 80s hairspray metal fan was exacting revenge for the grunge coup of the early 90s. The first wave of the insurrection got it right. Hit the state hard, hit the capitalist class hard, retreat, and disappear. What came next was a mixture of […]
By Antony Sammeroff The following is a list of 8 things I am more worried about than Covid-19. Strap in. 1) In the UK, we’re hearing that there will be more cancer deaths than COVID deaths because of diversion of resources. 2) The 1.2 million dead children UNICEF […]
Embracing Trumpism as an antidote to the SJW cult is a remarkably bad idea. It’s a minor-league version of the ex-Communists who became right-wing reactionaries in the mid-20th century (which is how we got the Buckleyites and the neocons). What we need is a Stirnerite/Nietzschean left (which is […]
By Zig We can’t keep expecting platforms owned by far-right billionaires to stay honest. Anarchists are the biggest threat to any capitalist, so of course they’re going to shut us down at every opportunity.
Neither anarchists nor Marxists really threaten the system, at least not in their present size or form. Another complication is that many anarchists are just as “authoritarian” as many Marxists, often more so. You can’t go by the label or affiliation. It’s their actions that matter. The same […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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