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[ad_1] Joelyn and I talked through the bars on the stall windows as we shoveled manure into large buckets. We had gotten to know each other one Saturday morning after another, swapping stories while hoisting heavy buckets of horse shit into a small John Deere tractor at the barn where I worked and he volunteered each […] To read this article, log in here or subscribe here. If you are logged in but can’t read CP+ articles, check the status of your access here In order to read CP+ articles, your web browser must be set to accept cookies. Alyse…

[ad_1] U.S. political leaders and opinion shapers now openly regard the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as a dangerous challenger to America’s status as the dominant global power. Sometimes that point is made in relatively polite ways, for example, using the term “economic competitor” or “peer power” with respect to China. Increasingly, though, the preferred labels in Washington are: rival, challenger, expansionist threat, security threat, and the like. Although many prominent figures within America’s political and foreign policy establishments treat Russia as merely the Soviet Union under a different name and still regard Moscow as the principal threat to U.S.…

[ad_1] There was a moment, not too long ago now, when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was lord of his own private, eternal Republican fiefdom. In the era of Covid, which lasted nearly half a decade, DeSantis made Florida into his own image, a rebellious enclave on the outskirts of an institutionalized consensus that required forced masking, forced lockdowns, and the promise of a mandatory vaccine that would lead America and the rest of the world from the darkness. As a reward for his temerity, DeSantis was made king of the Sunshine State, an honorary position that he would later learn…

[ad_1] While the public’s attention is drawn towards pointless theatrics, here are three important stories that actually deserve attention. The second century Roman satirical poet Decimus Junius Juvenalus once famously said “Give them bread and circuses, and they will never revolt”. An astute observation of how the Roman populace became complacent in the face of abuses by their government, placated with free grain and spectacles rather than exercising their civic duties. This phrase has been oft repeated in the centuries since, applied to numerous governments across the world. But perhaps nowhere is it more prevalent than in present-day America. In the…

[ad_1] The creator of the Mayer Multiple argues bitcoin’s growing economic substance is compressing volatility and attracting deeper capital. Bitcoin’s trademark volatility was for years treated as both its greatest feature and its biggest flaw. Recently, that roller coaster has quieted into something resembling a smooth ride, with volatility collapsing to roughly 35 from a high of 120 in 2021. While critics view this dampening as a sign that the asset is losing its edge, longtime bitcoin investor and Mayer Multiple creator Trace Mayer argues they are drawing entirely the wrong conclusion. Mayer suggested that bitcoin’s declining volatility isn’t a…

[ad_1] No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. (Matthew 6:24) Last year, at a U.S. congressional briefing called “Understanding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP): Science, National Security & Innovation,” Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb made a ‘small’ petition: he wished for a billion dollars to be granted to fund scientific UAP research, like his own Galileo Project. He didn’t seem to find his request a bit out of place, given how earlier that year Elon Musk’s DOGE had killed dozens of…

[ad_1] Vice President J.D. Vance told Fox News on Saturday morning that he expects to travel to Switzerland within days to meet with Iran’s negotiating team, a day after talks were cancelled by Iran over Israel’s ongoing attacks on Lebanon, as the Iran War entered its 113th day. “I expect that I will leave sometime in the next couple of days, but you know it’s always a delicate coordination dance and the diplomatic protocols,” Vance said. Axios reported Friday that U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi were traveling to Switzerland for negotiations. Iran’s Fars News,…

[ad_1] Stephen Prager for Common Dreams Israel’s attempts to sabotage the peace agreement between the United States and Iran appear to be working again, with its relentless attacks on Lebanon reportedly prompting Iran to once again close the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, mere days after it reopened. “In light of the United States’ clear bad faith and breach of its commitment to implement the first clause of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) for ending the war, and in response to the continuous and ongoing violations of the ceasefire by the Zionist regime in southern Lebanon, it is hereby announced that the Strait…

[ad_1] While you’re distracted by sports riots and Hollywood propaganda, the Zion Don administration and their cabal are fleeing to fortresses with submarine entrances. They aren’t building bunkers to save you… they are preparing to survive the collapse they are engineering. The masses are sedated with bread and circuses, glazed over in a stupor of estrogen-mimicking plastics and flickering screens. But the elite? The billionaires, the Sabbatian Death Cult members running the show? They are pouring concrete, stocking supplies, and buying islands with tunnels that lead underwater. The hypocrisy would be funny if it weren’t so deadly. You have people…

[ad_1] Award-winning journalist and author Barrett Brown returns to CounterPunch Radio to discuss the critical period before 2016 when online activism emerged, fusing with political movements and bringing down regimes. During that time, Brown became the public face of Anonymous and the burgeoning transparency movement, which led to the US Government targeting him and his eventual imprisonment. Learn the inside story of the hacking efforts, which powerful individuals and entities were exposed, how Brown and his colleagues began to unravel the complex web of relationships at the heart of the modern private military-industrial-intelligence complex, and how the State fought back.…