8. The Nitty Gritty: Capitalism & Fascism

A data-driven look at 39 recent political scandals.

Conspiracy theories work on different levels.

Actions speak louder than voting records.

This seems like an appropriate moment.

Heritage Foundation Background The Heritage Foundation is a conservative think tank founded in 1973 by Paul Weyrich to “formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.” The Heritage Foundation has been a […]

Despite disclaiming Trump's policies on the campaign trail, talks from the Conservative Party candidate's allies at Peterson's ARC conferences hew closely to MAGA.

The Conservative leader voted in favour of protecting the planet only 13 times in 20 years as an MP, a DeSmog analysis of his voting record reveals.

Canada Proud Background Canada Proud is part of a network of conservative groups and social media pages initially founded by conservative activist Jeff Ballingall. According to its website, Canada Proud describes itself as “a grassroots group of Canadians working to defeat Justin Trudeau,” the liberal prime minister of Canada from 2015-2025. “Since launching in September […]

In recent months, federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has repeatedly voiced support for discredited “tough on crime” policies that will ultimately fail. In February alone, Poilievre vowed to introduce mandatory ...

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s proposed “three strikes” law is a discredited “tough on crime” policy imported from the United States.

By Benjamin Perrin — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has said that, if elected, he would override constitutionally protected rights and freedoms to implement his controversial “tough on crime” agenda. He would be th...

Voter suppression works. Ask the Kochs, Trump and our very own robocall fakers.

Project 2025 provides a roadmap for "the next conservative President" to fundamentally change how the federal government works. Former President Donald Trump has claimed he knows nothing about it. Democrats call it "Trump's Project 2025 agenda." Here, we take a look at the plan: what's in it, who wrote it and what the candidates have said about it.

'Others in San Francisco call it The Nerd Reich'

A vision of our future politics?

A emFinancial Times/em best book of the year and one of emThe New Yorker’/ems “Political Books to Help Us Make Sense of 2024” br / br / An eye-opening account of offshore finance: a secretive system making the rich richer while corroding democracy, capitalism, and the environment., Offshore, Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism, Brooke Harrington, 9781324064947

One of the things that I think anybody can observe is that, even among the ultra-rich, they never seem to have enough. Never enough wealth, never enough toys, never enough. So what do you want if you've bought everything already? You want limitless wealth, limitless power. Even the feeble laws

On Sunday, I woke before dawn with the Hawk Tuah spitcoin scam on my mind and full paragraphs of text running through my head. Now I'm in the middle of drafting my final magazine piece of 2024. It will be a capstone to the Network State series I wrote for

The United States is currently evolving into a Network State, says a military analyst who writes regularly on the subject.

It's an idea straight out of the Network State playbook.

The Nerd Reich, as coined by journalist Gil Duran, is celebrating and welcoming America's economic and political collapse so they can profit off our pain and move towards creating their technocracy.

A movement based on “tech Zionism” seeks to create “The Next America”

PDF | This paper considers the emerging network state movement as evidence of the interplay between exit ideologies and exit strategies in the political... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

Pronomos Capital has raised at least $13.3 million from free-market evangelists including Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen.

Dryden Brown wants Praxis to be a crypto-city for tech bros and tastemakers. Just don’t ask for details.

This isn't weird at all