Never ignore victories in dark times! Leftist ideas are receiving more support than they have in decades — in my latest TruthDig article
The richest Americans doubled their wealth since 2008 but none of them have stepped up to solve climate change. They’re actually profiting from it — this week on Redacted Tonight
A phenomenal journalist, Ben Norton, sat down with me this week to lambast US foreign policy — on this episode of my show VIP
We discuss the French strikes, US jobs numbers, & NAFTA 2.0 — on my podcast Common Censored this week
Watch my stand-up comedy pre-show, where I dissect some of the headlines from the week. This week I focused on The New York Times — I read BULLSHIT so you don’t have to on the Redacted Pre-Show
Rachel Maddow was recently forced to admit in court (or rather her lawyers did) that viewers shouldn’t believe her — on Moment Of Clarity
Congress will vote on a $22 Billion defense budget increase a week after Trump cut food stamps — on The Intercept
Miami PD murdered a UPS driver & a bystander in a hostage situation last week. The delivery company decided to thank the officers for their service, they also created an online fundraiser for their murdered driver. Late-stage capitalism is a horror show — on MintPress News
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Hey Everybody,
France is putting the US to shame with their general strike, but there is also good news on our side of the Atlantic.
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The Left Is Finally Winning the War of Ideas
by Lee Camp
Good ideas are like viruses. They grow and spread despite our best efforts to stop them. And yes, our bulbous, awkward species does indeed work very hard to catch and kill good ideas.
At the time I write this column, the first Democratic primaries are approaching with the zest and excitement of an unavoidable bowel movement. Even if you read this a year or two or 10 from now, primaries will still be advancing toward you. As sure as the universe expands, the primaries approach. The moment we finish one election season, another is on the horizon.
Click to read the rest.
Trump Wants To Starve The Poor
Rachel Maddow Says In Court Viewers Should Not Believe Her!
Armed With Guns & Soup, Lessons from France, We Don't Need More Jobs, Zombie NAFTA
US Wants To Own Latin America (w/ Journalist Ben Norton)
Richest Double Their Wealth, Climate Collapse, British Election Revelations
UPS Joins Media Chorus In Thanking Police For Murder of Frank Ordonez
MintPress News | Alan Macleod
In a clear example of a US establishment shielding police from brutality, UPS released a bizarre statement thanking police for killing their driver, while CNN and NBC obscured officers from any wrongdoing.
Congress to Vote on $22 Billion Defense Increase One Week After Trump Slashed Food Stamps
The Intercept | Alex Emmons
Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Congress’s Armed Services committees released a compromise bill on Monday that would authorize $738 billion in military spending in 2020, a $22 billion increase over 2019. If passed, the bill would formally establish President Donald Trump’s proposed “Space Force” as a sixth armed service and bring total annual Pentagon spending increases under Trump to more than $130 billion.
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