PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “The Grayzone’s Anya Parampil Rips “Criminal Neocons” in Biden and Trump Camps” / The Grayzone / Anya Parampil ☮

The Grayzone’s Anya Parampil joins Tucker Carlson Tonight to address the revival of Iraq war neocons and militarists by both the Biden campaign and Trump White House.

PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Republicans Struggle to Reboot Their ‘Small Government, Personal Responsibility’ Scam; Will Americans Buy It Again?” / Thom Hartmann / MUST READ! ☮

"American conservatism has been a scam since the 1920s and continues to be a scam that exclusively benefits the very White and the very wealthy in this country," writes Hartmann. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

Joe Scarborough, on his morning TV show, had a roundtable with George Will and David Frum in which these three old conservative war horses discussed the possibility of the Republican Party returning to its “conservative values.”
Those values they identified included balanced budgets, personal responsibility, and small government. It’s important for Americans to understand what conservatives mean when they use these words.

PPE: “The Unraveling of America: Is This the End of the American Empire?” / Amanpour and Company / Hari Sreenivasan, Wade Davis ☮

Amid a global pandemic, with a polarized political electorate, and with protesters crowding the streets, one wonders if the American Era might be coming to an end. Wade Davis certainly would argue that it is. In a recent article for “Rolling Stone,” he wrote about COVID-19 as a factor in “the unraveling of America.” Davis shares his thoughts with Hari Sreenivasan.