In 2024, Oaklandsocialist published an article explaining how Putin was drawing the left into his far right web. Today, Tucker Carlson is taking it one step further. He’s drawing a far wider […]
The many faces of Tucker Carlson
What Trump said is ominous; Silence of WSJ’s editors even more so!
Trump blustered on for 28 minutes last night, lying and bragging as usual. Hidden within that speech were hints of his war aims, a denial that the aims had failed (which they […]
“Operation Epic Fury”: the true face of global capitalism
Day turned into night as a cloud of toxic smoke hovered over Tehran, whose streets were like a scene from hell, aflame with streams of burning fuel. All this was courtesy of […]
From attempted assassination of Trump to assassination of legal repercussions for Trump: The media shifts its focus
It is amazing how quickly the media focus shifts. Just a few hours ago it was all Trump assassination attempt all the time. Now it’s “all Trump classified documents case thrown out […]
Biden establishes residence in new state – the State of Denial
Joe Biden established his residence in the 51st state of the country in his ABC interview on Thursday night. That was the State of Denial. He once again had trouble putting sentences […]
MAGA Supreme Court drops the pretense
Supreme Court Chief (in)Justice John Roberts has dropped the pretense. Until now, he tried to maintain a degree of credibility that the Supreme Court was apolitical and non-partisan, that its decisions were […]
Biden, toast and the DNC
If you eat toast for breakfast, you will now be crazy about Joe Biden because that’s what he appears to be: toast. And stale toast with no butter or jelly at that. […]
Ronna McDaniel and depraved Republicans land on their feet
NBC’s hiring of recently fired chair of the Republican Party, Ronna McDaniel, is causing a bit of a kerfluffle. But the scandal is that McDaniel loyally served Trump after he attempted to […]
House Speaker removed: Another step towards (political) civil war?
It took nearly a week and a mere 15 tries for Kevin McCarthy to secure his lifelong dream of becoming House Speaker. But this didn’t come close to the record, which […]
Against the “Red Baiting” Calumny
by Bill Weinberg Update: This article is a transcript from Bill Weinberg’s “Countervortex“, which can be found on the internet. It was published some time ago,well before the 2024 election. After that […]