On Thursday, Steve Bannon, the former Trump administration official and 2020 election results denier, turned his podcast into a litany of grievances against President Joe Biden, the Clintons, and the other usual targets. Then he called for impeachment and praised Russian President Vladimir Putin. Any regular listener to Bannon’s War Room podcast has grown used to these kind […]
Author: Dan Spinelli
The World’s Next Great Humanitarian Crisis is Unfolding Before Our Eyes
Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine on Thursday portends a deep, destructive conflict that could create millions of refugees and cause a spiraling crisis for Eastern Europe. Ukraine, the continent’s second-largest country by area, appears to be under siege from its north, east, and south by Russian troops. For Ukrainians, this escalation is only the latest […]
Will Ukraine Ruin the New Xi-Putin Bromance?
Diplomatic readouts—the official statements issued by governments after heads of states chat—are not usually prone to verbosity. You can expect a few, simple paragraphs, at best, vaguely characterizing the issues discussed. In contrast, when Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin met earlier this month, their countries released a nearly 6,000-word joint statement outlining […]
“This Is a Moment of Peril”: Antony Blinken Warns of Imminent Russian Invasion of Ukraine
In a Thursday speech to the United Nations Security Council, Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered the bleakest warning yet of a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine in the coming days. “As we meet today, the most immediate threat to peace and security is Russia’s looming aggression against Ukraine,” he said. “This is a moment […]
Enes Freedom Really Needs Some Better Friends
It appears that the 10-year NBA career of Enes Freedom came to an end last Thursday, when the Houston Rockets acquired him in a trade and immediately sent him packing. What the sports world treated as a routine transaction quickly sparked a free-for-all on conservative Twitter, with everyone from Matt Schlapp to Sen. Rick Scott […]
Four Days After Saying Brian Flores’ Racism Claims Were “Without Merit,” NFL Decides He Has a Point
Earlier this week, former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores filed a lawsuit accusing the league of “systemic racism” and identified examples of teams conducting “sham interviews” with Black coaching candidates without any intention of hiring them. As evidence, he included text messages with New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick that seem to show Belichick […]
Iowa Republican Introduces Bill to Put Cameras in Every Public School Classroom
Amid the ongoing Republican freakout over Critical Race Theory and the teaching of other supposedly objectionable material in public schools, an Iowa Republican has introduced a bill that would take the policing of the state’s teachers to a whole new level. Earlier this week, Republican state Rep. Norlin Mommsen introduced a bill to place cameras […]
Chinese Police Manhandle a Reporter During a Live Olympics Broadcast
One moment Dutch journalist Sjoerd den Daas was reporting live from outside the Olympic opening ceremony in Beijing. The next he was being “forcibly pulled” by a plainclothes security officer while another one blocked the camera from capturing what was happening. The episode is only the latest troubling sign of the Chinese government’s crackdown on […]
There’s a Big Tent Opposing US Intervention in Ukraine. Tucker Carlson Is Stretching Its Limits.
There are not many issues that can unite Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), liberal journalist Peter Beinart, and guerrilla activist group Code Pink, but the looming possibility of a war between the United States and Russia over Ukraine is one of them. That kind of alliance isn’t all that unusual in debates over the United States’ […]
This Era of Athlete Activism Is About to Collide With the Reality of the Beijing Olympics
The Olympics is a showcase for the world’s best athletes, but it also serves as an unforgettable chance to capture the global viewing audience’s collective attention: Think of Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising their fists in a Black Power salute after medaling at the 1968 Olympics, or long jumper Peter O’Connor climbing a pole and waving an […]