Looking past the cults of personality that have come to dominate US politics.
8 Dec 2020 3 minute read 0 comments nivekbr
We were left hanging for months, only to end up with a worse deal. Back in September, myself and others speculated that Nancy Pelosi’s refusal to vote on the stimulus bill that was on the table seemed like it could be a ploy to withhold a “win” fro...
25 Nov 2020 2 minute read 0 comments nivekbr
All signs point to getting back on the same path that led us to Trump. While nobody should have believed that Trump would be anything but corrupt himself, there was a reason that his “drain the swamp” message, and his talk of ending the wars, lande...
19 Nov 2020 3 minute read 1 comment nivekbr
His transition team, his own record, and a bad history with whistleblowers. Of course, Biden won’t go after the corporate press like Trump has, but that doesn’t mean press freedom is entirely safe. The years of the Obama administration have been ca...
11 Nov 2020 6 minute read 2 comments nivekbr
Following win in California, talk of plans to undermine workers’ rights in the U.S. and abroad. Following their successful propaganda campaign in California, in which Uber, Lyft, and other gig companies spent over $200 million to convince Califor...
10 Nov 2020 2 minute read 6 comments nivekbr
It’s not the left’s fault that people don’t want to vote for the status quo. So-called “moderate Democrats” have, unsurprisingly, decided to continue to blame progressives and “socialism” for their inability to appeal to voters by offering them not...
2 Nov 2020 2 minute read 0 comments nivekbr
It’s all about placation Of all of the memes circulating in the fake-progressive propagandasphere of the Democratic establishment and their followers, I think one of the most insidious is the idea that we just have to wait for a “viable third optio...
1 Nov 2020 3 minute read 2 comments nivekbr
A reminder, in light of recent coverage of them granting him permanent residency I recently saw articles from Forbes and The Register about Russia granting permanent residency to Edward Snowden. I couldn’t help but notice that they left out a coupl...
31 Oct 2020 3 minute read 0 comments nivekbr
…unless you’re a weapons dealer. Recently, Jake Sherman of Politico tweeted out a list of likely Biden cabinet members. Other sources have reported on this previously as well, and for anyone who’s been paying attention to U.S. politics for any leng...
30 Oct 2020 3 minute read 2 comments nivekbr
It’s worrying that even the press doesn’t seem to care about press freedom. Julian Assange is facing a possible 175 years in a U.S. super-max prison for exposing U.S. war crimes. The prison he would be sent to if convicted is ADX Florence in Colora...
30 Oct 2020 3 minute read 1 comment nivekbr
Some issues we’ll need to keep an eye on, no matter who becomes President. Regardless of who we end up with after the election, there are several things that bear watching. These are issues that most would probably agree Trump is likely to be worse...
