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In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. Joshua Scheer Intro At a moment when political power is increasingly wrapped in spectacle, symbolism, and something closer to religious devotion than democratic accountability, this piece from ScheerPost cuts straight through the illusion. In “Trump’s Will Be Done,” Kenneth A. Carlson examines the dangerous fusion of faith and politics that has helped elevate Donald Trump beyond the realm of…
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that Iran is not engaged in ongoing negotiations with the US. He confirmed that Tehran has received messages from Washington. “I receive messages from [US special envoy Steve] Witkoff directly, as before, and this does not mean that we are in negotiations,” Araghchi told Al Jazeera in an interview on Tuesday. “There is no truth to the claim of negotiations with any party in Iran. All messages are conveyed through the Foreign Ministry or received by it, and there are communications between security agencies.” President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that the US and…
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Our reliance on the mainstream media, even the revered New York Times, for an understanding of Donald Trump’s psyche and behavior is a waste of time. The media continue to discuss Trump in terms that normalize his psychotic behavior, refer to his style as transactional rather than dysfunctional, and deemphasize the risks associated with his remaining in power for two and a half more years. If you want to understand Donald Trump and the risks he represents to all of us, you need the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The DSM is…
Former Pennsylvania State Police Corporal Stephen Kamnik pleaded guilty to crimes including unlawful use of a computer and wiretapping. Investigators found he had used official police databases, including driver’s license photo records, to obtain images of women and create thousands of pornographic deepfake pictures and videos without their consent. Authorities said he generated over 3,000 fake images and that the victims included his own relatives. Source link
A March 20 headline in the New York Post declared “Cigarettes are Back!” It seems that in liberal, health-conscious Hollywood, celebrities are smoking publicly and on magazine covers and cigarettes are big at the events, including in some instances provided to guests by the host. This is a good sign for those of us who oppose the nanny state, as the obsessive hatred of smoking has been one of the most egregious infringements on personal liberty in the last forty years. The pretense of anti-smoking legislation, when one is given anything besides sheer hostility, is that smokers cost the taxpayer…
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair On April 1, Donald Trump startled the world by publicly declaring that he was “absolutely” considering withdrawing the United States from the 77-year-old NATO alliance. Trump’s remarks came only hours after Pete Hegseth, his Defense Secretary, declined to reaffirm the U.S. government’s commitment to NATO’s collective defense. Actually, the Trump administration’s recent trashing of NATO was less shocking than it appeared. During Trump’s two terms in office, he derided the alliance from the start, developed a warm relationship with its foremost adversary (Vladimir Putin), withdrew U.S. support from embattled Ukraine, called for U.S. annexation of…
On April 27th, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Chatrie v. United States, on the Fourth Amendment implications of geofencing. I have already posted the amicus brief I wrote for the Court in the case, and I have decided to write a series of posts in anticipation of the argument. This is the first. For my first post, I want to suggest that Chatrie may end up being decided on relatively narrow grounds. That’s relevant because the Chatrie case implicates a very wide range of potential issues. The Court granted cert on the first of Chatrie’s proposed Questions…
Donald Trump sold himself to the American people as the ultimate dealmaker during his first run for President. He argued that Obama’s poor negotiating skills had impoverished the American people, and he would Make America Great Again by getting tough with both allies and adversaries. The American people bought the narrative and elected him over Hillary Clinton in 2016. In the President’s five years in office, he had been unable to cement any agreement that benefited Americans. During his first administration, he engaged in talks with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. The two leaders met three times, including…
I no longer trust “we the people,” because of the powers influencing them. Media and government schooling form their general ideas on reality and governance. Therefore, it’s not a case of the voter choosing the politicians. Instead, the system is conditioning and conforming the voter to the authorities’ desires. In democracies, the people are kept occupied working and paying taxes, too busy to acquire information outside the approved sources. You will find they know and care far more about the next iPhone than political philosophy. Of those who hold some interest, 95% just toe the party line, holding the same…
Jonathan Kozol, screen grab from an interview in Brainwaves Video Anthology. The following is a Q&A discussion about Jonathan Kozol’s new book, We Shall Not Bow Down Children of Color Under Siege: An Invocation to Resistance, published by Seven Stories Press. 1) You have long argued that educational inequality is not inevitable but the result of political decisions. Why do you think the idea that inequality is “natural” or unavoidable continues to have such influence in American education debates? The notion that inequality in educational outcomes is “natural” or “unavoidable” has had a persistent history in American education thinking. As long ago…