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I hope I don't need to link to a news story about this, it is fairly common knowledge at this point. I am happy he is finally free and the lawfare against him has finally ended. In order to be free he had to confess to a bullshit crime of offending the image of the king, so to speak. This is...

While everyone is looking at the election, and the court trials attendant to the election, something significant elsewhere. Saudi Arabia ends 80-year petrodollar deal with US for multi-currency sales Saudi Arabia ends 80-year petrodollar deal with US for multi-currency sales The petrodollar...

Somehow I didn't notice this until today, but this case before the Supreme Court has enormous implications if decided a certain way, for it is an attack on the entire administrative state. SEC v. Jarkesy: The Threat to Congressional and Agency Authority - American Progress They talk about it...

Seven arrested in protest at House speaker’s office over HIV program Capitol Police arrested seven activists occupying Kevin McCarthy’s office over an HIV-AIDS program. Videos Shows Protesters Take Over Kevin McCarthy's Office Unarmed protestors occupying a federal office, the textbook...

New York bodega worker’s murder charge sparks self-defense debate Exclusive: Hamilton Heights bodega clerk arrested for murder says he acted in self-defense during last week's incident Calls Grow for Manhattan DA to Drop Murder Charge in Bodega ‘Self-Defense' Stabbing TL;DR summary: Thug...

Although you have to sift through a lot of chaff to get to this part, there are some statistics included in the bottom of a recent SPLC poll showing support for threats and support for violence. The support comes mainly from younger people. SPLC June Poll Section 4 shows who has the greatest...

Right now a lot of people seem to be predicting that the Republicans will do well this 2022. The out of power party usually does well in midterms though.

Anti–Trump Group's Tiki Stunt Against Glenn Youngkin May Hurt Terry McAuliffe in Virginia So a group of people showed up dressed as if they were at the United the Right rally, complete with tiki torches, to say they supported Glenn Youngkin. This made the news rounds for several days, until it...

So, I see threads asking why there is CRT hysteria, and see threads mocking people for opposing CRT. What I don't see is a hard concrete steel-manned definition of CRT. For me to know if it is as good or as bad as people say, I think I need to know more about what it is. So, what exactly is it?

It started with the governor of Texas declaring the border to be a Disaster Area. The Republicans said he was doing the right thing, the Democrats said he was just trying to embarrass Biden. But then the Governor of Florida pledged state police, and the Governor of South Dakota pledged...

It appears he is able to tell the difference between Libya and Syria. In either case, this is a travesty. His advisors want him to be a war-time president, and they got their wish. More war. For a while the US wasn't bombing them, and now the US is bombing them again. Isn't it lovely.

I got these links from CNN, since people around here think CNN is unbiased. Have Americans forgotten the ghosts of inflation past? By Charles Riley, CNN Business Who are you going to believe, Krugman or your lying eyes? Beware the Fed's asset price 'monsters' By Charles Riley, CNN Business...

From the Washington Post opinion page. Opinion: To understand Trump’s support, we must think in terms of multiracial Whiteness See, minorities are supposed to vote Democrat because they are minorities and minorities vote Democrat. It is called "Multiracial Whiteness" when a minority doesn't...

So Netflix is hosting a movie called "Cuties", and it is deeply dividing those who know about it. Oddly enough, along party lines. The side most critical of it seems to be the right, and the side with people actually defending in seems to be the left. I'm not going to risk being accused of...

After the recent violence, I did a Google search to see if anyone was saying something to defend certain groups and movements. I searched "Not affiliated with BLM". Well, right now nobody is saying that about the recent shootings, but I did find this older story instead which is interesting...

Richard Spencer He has endorsed Biden. Richard Spencer Backs Joe Biden, Says 'MAGA/Alt-Right Moment is Over' It makes sense, an open racist backing an open racist. Of course the Biden campaign rejected the endorsement, but rejecting it doesn't mean it didn't happen.

I have been told that if Trump even speculates on delaying the election for any reason, that is proof he is a fascist dictator. New Zealand PM delays election after virus return So the New Zealand Labor Party is a fascist party and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is a fascist dictator.

Well, Trump is doing something I didn't expect, and I've learned to expect the unexpected. He is going against both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Both of them. Trump administration finalizing plan to withdraw 4,000 troops from Afghanistan This is a move that is opposed by...

Note: This thread is to discuss how equality can be brought to fruition. THIS THREAD STIPULATES that political inequality exists and has manifested in financial inequality, inequality of opportunity, inequality in justice, inequality in health, but that politics, not racism, is the primary...

Since we are cleansing our history of statues and et cetera that have ties to the old south, the confederacy, and slavery, it seems time to do something about groups that have that connection. GOP Rep Introduced Bill to Ban Democratic Party for Past Support of Slavery Some people say there...