The Democratic smothering of the Bernie coalition reaped its reward today, writes Krystal Ball.

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity for their role in Israel’s ongoing military offensive in the Gaza Strip.

Preserving America from Trump's Appointments

Handmaid Fails, 1/3

It is despair that is killing us. It fosters what Roger Lancaster calls “poisoned solidarity,” the intoxication forged from the negative energies of fear, envy, hatred and a lust for violence.

Nolan Higdon and Allison Butler, authors of “Surveillance Education: Navigating the Conspicuous Absence of Privacy in Schools,” explore the software and technology systems employed in K-12 schools and higher education institutions that surveil students, erode minors’ privacy rights and, in the process, discriminate against students of color.

My thoughts on the latest atrocities in Britain -and the reaction to them

My thoughts on the coming revolt

Wars rarely go to plan, especially if you believe your own rhetoric

And will he continue to support Ukraine if he fails to do so?

Change is in the air. I’ve written previously on the panic currently effervescing through the global elites, made viscerally apparent at conclaves like the Davos forum earlier this year. But in America particularly, a deep worry is now consciously gnawing the ruling class—they can see it, feel it: that the American Empire is on its last legs, close to collapse.

As could be expected, immediately upon receipt of “authorization” from Biden, Ukraine reportedly launched an ATACMS strike on the Russian 67th GRAU depot in Bryansk region.

On the days of revelation

Into the Void, part three

Our richest 40% should know the $10b of tax cuts they'll get & save are being paid for by making poor, sick & disabled kids & nanas poorer, sicker & homeless, not by 'cutting fat from the system'

Join us for the Hoon at 5pm, with guests Helen Clark and Robert Patman on geopolitics, plus Susan St John on the economists' letter to the PM and the IRD's idea of not taxing the NZ Super Fund

For Trump and MAGA, violence is a way to change history, just as it was for the Fascists.

Lucid: A newsletter for big-picture thinking about autocracy and threats to democracy around the world

15 May was no 'party'... but the inquiry should look at 20 May... MPs should learn and enforce PUBLICATION of covid 'plans'

What would Wang Huning think about a ‘country of geniuses in a [US] datacenter’ as soon as 2026...?

The anniversary of October 7 is fast approaching and I have been thinking carefully about how to word this article.

For years I have aggressively rejected the label of "conservative" and "right-wing" not only because it was being used as a smear in "elite discourse", but also because it does not accurately describe how I think. My political journey is best summarised by the cartoon above from my friend Colin Wright at

The scale of Ottawa's defeat is a jarring and continuing indictment of the capacity of the Canadian state, and the state must reverse this situation, decisively.

The feds are arguing for the right to block any protest that might get too rowdy.

The End of Media, Chapter 1: How it used to be

All the party leaders wanted her. The Conservative premier won. Pressure's on.

Ingen i uppropet för Gaza brydde sig när den största massakern på judar sedan Förintelsen ägde rum. Inte heller bryr de sig om barnen som Hamas tagit som gisslan. Dubbelmoralen är kväljande.

Jenny Strindlövs nya bok om Romani kris – en parallell rättsstruktur – har mötts av krav på att skildra 'positiva exempel'. Kan nationella minoriteter granskas utan att romantiseras eller demoniseras?

This week, the Federal Court of Australia will hear a case with profound implications for women's rights and trans rights.

Why do some civilisations enlighten while others languish?

It told us nothing about the Royal Family and much more about Meghan, Harry and America

Hate crime is the expression of a totalitarian mindset

Between the Biden administration's belief that it can reshape the world and an Israeli government that won't stop killing, some thoughts on where things stand in the Middle East.

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Burkina Faso, Russia, and elsewhere

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Mein persönlicher Lichtblick: Was lehrten mich Bitcoin, das Surfen und der Journalismus für das Leben?

Jonathan Haidt thinks so. I’m not so sure.

Listen now | 0:00 Are Bluesky pastures really greener? 9:48 Dissecting SciAm editor’s Bluesky blowup 21:08 Elon’s free speech stolen valor 30:41 The “highlights” of the Paul-Tyson “fight” 39:24 Has the military-industrial complex conquered the AI industry? 48:15 Heading to OvertimeRobert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom (https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net, University of Toronto, The Sweet Spot, Against Empathy). Recorded November 19, 2024.Twitter: https://twitter.com/NonzeroPods

Things got very, very close to being very, very bad.

A Second Trump Victory Would Be Remarkable

Part 1: How feminine aggression works

My guest today is Michaeleen Doucleff, correspondent for NPR radio and author of the bestselling book 'Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us about the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans.' We spoke about the ways in which Western parenting radically diverges from the human norm, why parenting books are a product of atomis…

About those truckers…

An essay by Jeff Shafer

Why Russia can’t afford to spare its young soldiers anymore

Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating

Das Ampel-Asylpaket und der Merz-Wagenknecht-Populismus bekämpfen Geflüchtete, aber nicht radikale Islamisten. Das hilft nur der AfD

Die Berliner GroKo kürzt drei Milliarden Euro im Haushalt 2025. Eine Warnung vor der GroKo im Bund?