Posted on July 30, 2014 by Scott Alexander (slatestarcodex.com) I. Allen Ginsberg’s famous poem on Moloch: What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination? Moloch! Solitude! Filth! Ugliness! Ashcans and unobtainable dollars! Children screaming under the stairways! Boys sobbing in armies! Old men weeping in… Continue reading
Peter Grant Jul 12, 2022 (Medium.com) “Past is fucking prologue,” — Stone’s Rule #4 This article is an excerpt from my book, While We Slept: Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, and the Corruption of American Democracy, available here. ROGER STONE AND THE JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION Convicted felon Roger Stone, one of America’s most… Continue reading
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Free press advocates project messages opposing the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger on Jazz at Lincoln Center during the News and Documentary Emmy Awards on May 27, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Emmys Rapid Response Project) California’s attorney general called the development “great news for audiences,… Continue reading
Delhi police officers beat Cockroach Janta Party protesters during a July 20, 2026 protest in New Delhi demanding the resignation of India’s education minister. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images) “It’s just shocking to see that the people we elected have turned a blind eye to youth dying,” said… Continue reading
By G. Allen Johnson, Staff Writer July 24, 2026 Gift Article (SFChronicle.com) Former “60 Minutes” correspondent Cecilia Vega, a Bay Area native, is opening up about her final months at CBS News.ABC News Two months after she was fired from “60 Minutes,” Cecilia Vega is sharing details about the troubling editorial pressures she said… Continue reading
Status Coup News Streamed live 18 hours ago Status Coup reporter JT Cestkowski is covering the continued police protest Live in Wisconsin following the police shooting of Corey Ruiz. We’ve been here daily now since it happened talking to residents, friends and family of Corey as the community’s anger continues… Continue reading
Environment David Shiffman 07/23/26 (whowhatwhy.org) Global problems are rarely solved by one person or invention — no matter how much they go viral. The Ocean Cleanup didn’t work, for the reasons experts said it wouldn’t. What can we learn from this? In 2019 a nonprofit called The Ocean Cleanup conducted a… Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Movements: US “The majority of Democrats out there are so far away from the party elders who hold all the power. And I think we have an opportunity as a party to molt: out with the old, in with what the people underneath the party really… Continue reading
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Mayor Zohran Mamdani raise their hands during a Get Out the Vote (GOTV) rally at Kings Theater on June 18, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) “The American people are disgusted with an economic system in which one guy on… Continue reading
