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Once a regime starts to send people to concentration camps — including those in El Salvador — it creates a system of detention that eschews due process and disappears citizens into black holes.
Chris Hedges
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Texas is on the verge of passing a law that could defund public education. Vouchers send public taxpayer dollars to private schools. It could cost taxpayers $10 billion by 2030. And, it could destroy Friday Night Lights.
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Spending hundreds of billions on mass deportation for non-violent civil offenses or misdemeanors is the “war on drugs” rebranded. And it’s true—just like the war on drugs, mass deportation doesn’t solve the root causes of anything. It scapegoats vulnerable people, militarizes...
Tim Hjersted
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Stephen Jenkinson is a storyteller, a ceremonialist, an off-grid farmer and a "grief literacy advocate". He's the author of many books, including prize winner "Die Wise". Jenkinson, along with his wife Nathalie Roy, is the founder of the Orphan Wisdom school, which operated...
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The deck is stacked against third party movements in the United States. If the Left wants to overthrow Trump and restore any semblance of democracy in this country, it needs to move past this notion. Any effort to build a third party hinders our ability to pursue leftist...
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The way some people answer the problem of evil can be an avenue to atrocity. - DARKMATTER2525▼
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Fatma Hassona, the 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and subject of the upcoming documentary film "Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk," was killed with her family Wednesday by an Israeli missile that targeted her building in northern Gaza. The strike occurred just one...
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Donald Trump's tariffs are benefiting rich elites at the expense of the majority of the population, argues economist Michael Hudson. He explains how the US trade war on China is isolating the United States and encouraging countries to seek alternatives. Ben Norton hosts the...
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Corporations are bringing in hundreds of thousands of foreign workers under the H-2A visa program. Workers tell us it’s basically a human trafficking scheme — a way to replace farmworkers who unionize and fight for higher pay. Trump could expand it with little oversight.
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Today we will be exploring the homes abandoned in New Albany, Ohio, and why they went abandoned. - Stringer media
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When you search for details about the Argentine-born revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, you will be greeted with copious slander and lies about his life. He is often defamed as a murderer or a bigot when, in reality, he was not. This video will debunk the lies about Che and...
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A former Palantir employee is sounding the alarm. The tech company, founded by Peter Thiel, claims they can revolutionize government systems with their AI-powered software. They’ve been hired by the Department of Defense, the FBI, ICE, and even Wendy’s. Now DOGE will likely...
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Kyle Kulinski and Krystal Ball interview Ben Norton on Trump’s failed skirmish against China.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, the recently-confirmed administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. says that he wants to expand Medicare Advantage — a program that former health insurance executive Wendell Potter calls “one of the biggest scams [...] we’ve seen in this...
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Harvard University has pushed back as President Trump ramps up his attacks on higher education. After Harvard rejected demands by the Trump administration to eliminate all DEI initiatives and further crack down on Palestinian rights protests, including reporting international...
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The Trump administration is now seeking to deport Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi, who is being held in a prison in northwest Vermont. He was detained by Homeland Security agents when he went to an immigration services center to take a civics test that is the final...
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Second Thought explains neoliberalism.
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After Donald Trump imposed 145% tariffs on China, he was forced to issue exemptions for Chinese made cellphones, computers, semiconductors, and other electronics, because the deindustrialized US can't make them. Trump's huge trade war immediately failed, demonstrating that...
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Timothy Snyder, a historian and author of ‘On Tyranny,’ recently announced his decision to leave America due to rising authoritarianism. He also reacted to Trump’s defiance of the Supreme Court by warning that it marks the beginning of a new era of “state terror” in the...
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We are now in the midst of a outright coup against the Constitution, against the United States, and against our founding ideals. If we don't fight for and win the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, our democracy is dead.
Thom Hartmann
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In a joint meeting with Trump and El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, both men refused to release an innocent immigrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, from CECOT, a notorious Salvadoran prison. Both Bukele and members of Trump’s administration claimed they don’t have the...
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There's a worst case scenario looming here, isn't there?
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John Oliver discusses the ongoing chaos surrounding Donald Trump and tariffs, why the past week could have lasting repercussions, and why your grandma might be looking to start an OnlyFans.
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The modern left has normalized a lot of self-defeating behaviors. Let's talk about those behaviors and what traits we need to internalize instead. Probably not the last video I will do on the topic. - Anark
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Donald Trump's trade war went nuclear, hitting China with 145% tariffs, aimed at economic decoupling. This is already backfiring on the US economy, which is heavily reliant on Chinese imports. The volatility also fueled a crisis in the bond market, with Treasury yields...
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Kat Abughazaleh is running for Congress and primarying an incumbent Democrat with a brutally honest campaign slogan, "What if we didn't suck?"
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During a CNN town hall, Bernie Sanders explained why so many Americans have lost faith in our political system: corruption. He explains how special interests are stacking the deck against voters and why politicians are complacent.
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Bernie Sanders is drawing the largest crowds he's ever seen, and an upcoming rally in LA could be his biggest yet. We went to Denver to see why tens of thousands of people across the political spectrum want to fight oligarchy.
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PSC has launched an important new campaign: Don't Buy Apartheid. We're calling on all individuals, shops, cafés, and venues to engage in two key boycott actions: boycott Israeli produce, and boycott Coca-Cola. Join your local PSC branch and take action at supermarkets selling...
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Something stopped me from going alt-right: being happy.
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We tip our hat to any journalist brave enough to speak the truth and expose government lies—especially when they do so on a network that’s typically hostile to reporting on war crimes committed by states our government is allied with. - Films For Action This is a clip from...
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We have never witnessed an attempt to build a global empire by trade and economic war alone before now. Trump is trying it. How should the world respond?
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You won’t see this on BBC or CNN.
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An immigration judge has announced she could rule as early as Friday on whether the Trump administration can continue to detain Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University student protest leader incarcerated at an immigrant detention center in Louisiana. Khalil, a legal...
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Ryan and Emily discuss Naomi Klein saying Trump is not the anti globalist we envisioned.
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Red Fever is a witty and entertaining documentary about the profound Indigenous influences on Western culture and identity, from sport and fashion, to politics and the environmental movement.
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The details can be complex, but the value of public banking is actually simple to understand.
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This feature length film explores the legacy and cultural resurgence of South American singer-songwriter and activist Victor Jara, who was brutally killed in 1973 following a military coup in Chile.
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Six years in the making, award-winning film AFTER WINTER, SPRING is an intimate portrait of a rural community in southwest France as it grapples with a profound question: will it be the last generation of family farmers in a region continuously cultivated for over five...
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The Trump administration’s nationwide roundup of international students accused of holding opinions it dislikes is picking up speed, sowing fear, separating families and driving people to go underground or out of the country. This targeting appeals to President Trump and his...
Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
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Kanye West’s latest spiral—from unhinged rants to losing his last industry allies—shows what happens when social guardrails disappear. Once one of the most influential artists in the world, Kanye is now a case study in how unchecked rhetoric spreads in today’s political and...
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The newly minted Department of Government Efficiency is taking a buzzsaw to red tape. They're promising a leaner, faster and better government. But when are the cost-cutters going to take a hard look at the largest government bureaucracy: the Pentagon.
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Here’s the real reason why DOGE is gutting the IRS. (Hint: it has nothing to do with “efficiency.”)
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When analyzing the ongoing assault on Gaza, it is imperative to begin not with slogans or opinion, but with the clear and unequivocal framework of international law. The UN Genocide Convention of 1948, to which nearly every nation on Earth is a party—including Israel and the...
Tim Hjersted
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John Oliver discusses why trans athletes seem to be at the center of U.S. politics right now, the nuances around competition and safety, and where the conversation could be headed.
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The United States is facing a constitutional crisis, one that if it is not resolved, will cement into place an authoritarian state. The Trump administration has unilaterally revoked birthright citizenship, frozen federal spending, signed executive orders to dismantle over a...
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From award-winning filmmakers comes the story of how a simple idea shaped a nation, and the quiet revolutionaries who made it happen.
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Join the localization movement to build resilient local economies and flourishing communities. Local Futures produced a detailed Localization Action Guide to encourage everyone to 'GO LOCAL' - anytime, anyplace. It offers tangible and tested ways for individuals, communities...
Local Futures
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The Shitthropocene is a mock anthropological view of humanity's consumption habits, turning a satirical (yet brutally honest) eye on how everything is turning to shit and why the impulse towards more might destroy us all.
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"Can't Look Away: The Case Against Social Media" is a new documentary that exposes the real-life consequences of the algorithms of big tech companies and their impact on children and teens.
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“A fun thought experiment! Also, very often the true purpose of invoking personal responsibility is to get disadvantaged groups to shut up.” - Adam Something
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“In the end, it was Sargon's unimpressive intellect that gave me the first nudge. Who would've thought.” - Adam Something
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Yes, the oligarchs are enormously powerful. They have endless amounts of money. They control our economy. They own much of the media. But, from the bottom of my heart, I am convinced that if we are well-organized, they can be defeated. My thoughts on the current moment. ...
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The US-Mexico border is the most militarized border in the world and it comes at an immense cost: each year American taxpayers spend over 4.8 billion dollars on Border Patrol and another 8.4 billion on Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Is this southern border really worth...
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What do you know about the Civil War? Everyone knows the familiar images: soldiers in Union blue versus troops in Confederate gray, the Emancipation Proclamation, the triumphant end of slavery. But there’s something schools don’t teach about the Civil War: it was also...
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For nearly a half century, trickle-down economic policies have resulted in a tax system rigged in favor of the rich. This is not only bad for our economy, but it’s leading to a billionaire takeover of our democracy as well.
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Trump seems to have given up on making groceries cheaper. Wasn't that what the entire election was supposedly about?
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The assault on historical memory by the Trump administration is designed to obliterate our shared understanding of reality and whitewash the crimes of the past to whitewash the crimes of the present.
Chris Hedges
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In what he called "Liberation Day", Donald Trump imposed heavy tariffs on countries around the world, falsely claiming they were "reciprocal". In reality, the taxes on imports were based on the US trade deficit with other nations. Ben Norton explains how the Trump...
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Arno Michaelis is a former white nationalist skinhead, lead singer of the neo-Nazi metal band Centurion, and member of Hammerskin Nation, one of the most violent white supremacist gangs in the US.
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"Millions of Americans are deeply concerned about what is going on in Gaza today. The Netanyahu government has killed more than 50,000 people and wounded over 112,000. They have destroyed virtually all of Gaza’s infrastructure. And on top of all that destruction, Netanyahu...
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You can learn more about US foreign policy, military operations and geopolitics from this 9 minute clip than you could attending university for 4+ years.
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Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich breaks down how power has shifted from labor unions to corporate giants over the last few decades, resulting in the rich getting richer at the expense of the working class.
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In a recent episode of his ‘Monday Morning Podcast,’ comedian Bill Burr took aim at the right-wing “babies” constantly whining about wokeness in movies. It’s a sign of growing cultural backlash to conservatives’ war on woke, which eerily resembles the SJW caricature they...
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This video delves into the legal and ethical implications of using copyrighted images in AI image-generating model training. The discussion covers key factors such as transformation of original works, the amount of copyrighted material retained in AI models, and the legality...
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The Australien Government and the Opposition have made an ad about minority governments, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.
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Read the full article here (originally published March 11, 2025):
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In a new interview with NBC News Trump refused to rule out a third presidential run in defiance of the 22nd Amendment. He also clarified that his past statements about running for a third time were intended to be taken seriously. Moreover, Republican operatives are trying to...
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The Government of Not-America has made an ad ahead of the coming election, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.
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Why do so many Americans see Donald Trump as a necessary evil? What does The Dark Knight reveal about the myth of the anti-hero—and the failure of democratic institutions?
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Jason Stanley, a Yale University professor with expertise on fascism, has announced his plans to move to Canada, and warns that The United States is on a clear path towards a “fascist dictatorship.”
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Bernie Sanders has always been more flawed than many on the left would like. His refusal to call Israel’s actions in Gaza a genocide, along with several of his foreign policy votes over the years, have been disappointing. Bernie's latest mistake was at a "
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager who worked for George Soros, insists, “Access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American dream”.
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The term "Neoliberalism" is often used in political discourse, but rarely is its rise to prominence examined. In this video, we will do just that. We will look at Keynesian Liberalism and Social Democracy, Neoliberalism, The Chile Project and how decades of milquetoast...
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Trump’s 2024 win should have unified the global populist right. Instead, it's exposing the contradictions at its core. I look at the ideas that once connected this global movement, and why they’re now collapsing. -Brendan Miller
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In response to Bernie Sanders and AOC's "Fight Oligarchy" tour, the same chorus of voices rings out: “Don’t be fooled by these so-called progressives! They’re just sheepdogging for the Democrats!” They say it's just another trap designed to herd our revolutionary energies...
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Empires don’t fall overnight. They rot from within—slowly, silently—until the collapse feels inevitable. In this video, we explore how Donald Trump’s second presidency is accelerating the unraveling of America’s global dominance. From economic isolation to rising debt and the...
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Over a thousand protesters gathered near Tufts University on Wednesday after masked plainclothes immigration agents snatched Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts Ph.D. student and Fulbright scholar, from the streets of Somerville, Massachusetts.
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Elon Musk was born in 1971 in Johannesburg, South Africa, and raised in a wealthy family under the country's racist apartheid laws. Musk's family history reveals ties to apartheid and neo-Nazi politics.
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Ryan and Saagar discuss the full signal chats exposing Trump admin lies.
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Is Curtis Yarvin secretly shaping government policy? In this deep dive, we explore the political philosopher and controversial thinker behind the "neoreactionary" movement and his potential connections to power. From his writings on monarchy to his rumored influence in elite...
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Jason Stanley, author, American philosopher and Yale professor, joins host Chris Hedges on this episode of The Chris Hedges Report to give proper context to what fascism means and how the Trump administration’s second term could really mean the completion of the American...
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Ronny Chieng tackles Republicans' desperate attempts to defend Trump administration officials accidentally adding a journalist to their Signal group chat for planning missile strikes on Yemen.
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Donald Trump is portrayed as a "populist" committed to average working-class people, but his policies benefit wealthy elites at the expense of everyone else. His administration includes 13 billionaires -- including Elon Musk, the world's richest oligarch -- and he is cutting...
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Jon Stewart goes old-school Daily Show on Trump and Republicans who pride themselves on “saving” free speech, all while censoring anybody who doesn’t agree with them.
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The Majority Report with Sam Seder https://www.majorityreportradio.com
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Borders are not natural—they are political constructs designed to serve economic interests. As Arun Kundnani explains, while capital and goods move freely across borders, labor is heavily restricted, often through violent means.
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Neoliberalism is often misunderstood, but it is very important to understand this ideology that has dominated global economics and politics for decades. Ben Norton discusses the history of the neoliberal "Washington consensus", and how it was imposed on the world.
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Minds can change. This was proven during a lengthy hearing in the Wisconsin State Assembly about a bill that would criminalize life saving, medically necessary gender-affirming healthcare for transgender and non-binary youth. An elderly man showed up to testify in support of...
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In this video Hasan talks about AOC and Bernie.
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Alvaro Bedoya was investigating Amazon, X, and Walmart as an FTC commissioner. He’s also been a key ally of former FTC Chair Lina Khan. Donald Trump just illegally fired him and the only Democratic commissioner, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter.
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THE ENCAMPMENTS follows student organizers at elite universities, including the recently detained Mahmoud Khalil, as they take a historic stand against their institutions’ investments in the Gaza genocide. While originally scheduled for later release, we have chosen to bring...
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Stoicism is the most misunderstood school of philosophy. Right down to the way we use it in the English language. This beautiful school of thought, designed to help us live a virtuous life in service of others has been bastardized and corrupted by marketers.
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US Vice President JD Vance gave a speech about globalization that inadvertently revealed the truth about the US empire, the goal behind the new cold war on China, the economics of imperialism, and how the Trump administration is serving billionaire Big Tech oligarchs in...
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What astronaut Ron Garan saw in space changed his life forever – here’s what it taught him.
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The new book Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful by The New York Times business investigations editor David Enrich chronicles an ongoing campaign by the wealthy and powerful to overturn the landmark Supreme Court decision...
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The full story about immigration you aren't getting from politicians and the media.
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Usually the reason given for austerity, or lack of government spending on services and infrastructure is that there simply isn’t enough money - we must simply tighten our belts. The typical leftist response to this is that we should just tax the rich in order to generate the...
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