How AOC Went From Influencer to Influenced ¦ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became a star by taking on the Democratic party establishment. Now she’s given up being an “agitator” and become much less vocal in pushing Medicare For All and a Green New Deal.(currentaffairs.org)
We Live In The Age of The Bullshitter(currentaffairs.org)
Woke leftist is terrified of Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi. "This view, that there should be a unified left-right “populist” movement against the Establishment" and "having people stop hating each other and hate the ruling class instead". They want us divided and fighting each other.(currentaffairs.org)
How Amazon Destroys the Intellectual Justifications for Capitalism ❧ Current Affairs(currentaffairs.org)
The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free ❧ Current Affairs(currentaffairs.org)
2016: Why journalists love Twitter. "Through the magic of Twitter, political journalists form incestuous cliques that reaffirm their prejudices, then their own publications treat those cliques as the boundaries of the social world." 4 years later it's just gotten worse.(currentaffairs.org)
Facebook Has The Power To Repeal The First Amendment. It’s simple: When private companies are the gatekeepers to the public square, guaranteed civil liberties essentially cease to exist.(currentaffairs.org)
Biden’s “You Ain’t Black” Comment Is Symptomatic of Democrats’ Deeper Race Problem. The Democratic Party has long taken Black voters for granted and accepted essentialist thinking that reduces voters of color solely to their racial identity. Rare criticism of the left from the left.(currentaffairs.org)
"The Attacks on Tara Reade are Unbelievable Bullshit" Feminist is outraged that people are excusing Biden because he's a Democrat. Uses ANGARRR arguments against her own side for once.(currentaffairs.org)
Why You Hate Contemporary Architecture(currentaffairs.org)