America hurt itself badly today.

A brief guide for Americans

Khan warned that enabling protectionism for tech monopolies wouldn’t just hurt all of us, it would hurt them too. Now they’re getting wiped out.

Columbia University refused to retract its statement calling pro-Palestine protests “intimidation.” Now, the Trump administration is using it against Mohsen Mahdawi.

We share the pathologies of all dying empires with their mixture of buffoonery, rampant corruption, military fiascos, economic collapse and savage state repression.

Finkelstein and Hedges assess the current state of the genocide in Palestine as well as how the media and the universities have all but abandoned their principles in servitude to the Zionist agenda.

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

Welcome to our second bonus guest post of the week (Sam is on holiday and back next week).

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

An exclusive note for our subscribers from this crunch Reform-Labour battle

Candice Malcolm’s new documentary investigates new Liberal Leader and Prime Minister-designate Mark Carney and uncovers his web of lies.

The Leaders’ Debates Commission has made a last minute decision to cancel the media scrum that was to follow the English-language leaders debate.

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

Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers.

This will be a major two part article on developing events a massive 5,600 words in size.

The following is a hefty ~4,000 word premium article on the shifting frontline tactics of the Russian Armed Forces.

Peters fires Goff for asking if Trump knows history; Peters doesn’t tell Luxon first & says: ‘I made him PM’; Luxon fine with that; Billionaire bids to run NZ Herald, NewstalkZB; Lunch burns student

Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale chat with regular guests Cathrine Dyer & Robert Patman about climate & geopolitics, including Trump's tariff shock; plus ASMS' Sarah Dalton on why doctors are striking

On the days of revelation

And a big thank you to America ...

My profile of the Conservative leader for L'actualité magazine, presented here in the original English

Getting campaign message out, via the neighbo(u)rs

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

Hey all, we've reached 75,000 subscribers and I am stuck on a long haul flight for the next few hours so let's mix it up and do a text Q&A.

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

Lessons that are in the minds of those doing the DOGE/White House regime change, lessons relevant to UK productivity & security crises

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.

Without the 'parenting' of the media, our leaders can, and will, revert to acting like children. They already are.

Endlich: Meine Video-Analyse zu Weidels Skandal-Interview

Macht Bald-Kanzler Merz den Ex-Minister Spahn zum Fraktionschef oder zum Wirtschaftsminister?

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.

När Ester Nilsson äntligen blir älskad tillbaka tycks allt vara i balans. Ändå skaver det. Lena Andersson om relationer, kritik, kön och samtal som glider isär.

The Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. Here's 20 lessons in how to survive it.

Six years ago I was sued for libel. This time, I call Silicon Valley collaborators and data rapists. What could possibly go wrong?

Now the Republicans are the ones saddled with a candidate who can’t make a clear argument or finish a sentence.

Crass conflicts of interest are now part of our system

Joe Rogan, Fake Historians, & Hate Speech

When are independent shows like Uncomfortable Conversations serving a useful purpose...

Why I feel sorry for Lily Phillips

Why the TERF victory matters

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

It’s not just the man suspected of setting fire to the Pennsylvania governor’s home who's lost his mind

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

Listen now | 0:00 Ron violates retirement dress code 2:21 Trump’s “antisemitism crackdown" 14:04 Is the Israel lobby bad for American Jews? 21:19 The disturbing Tufts detention case 28:35 Why don’t more progressive Jews call out the Israel lobby? 34:00 How bad journalism makes antisemitism worse 45:29 Heading to OvertimeRobert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Ron Kampeas (https://ronkampeas.substack.com, Jewish Telegraphic Agency). Recorded April 17, 2025.

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.

Napoleon is forced into exile, the Lebanese Civil War begins, and more

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Alle Werkzeuge liegen uns zu Füßen. Sind Sie bereit für ein Vernetzungsexperiment?

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

The Transition #2