DARK SECRETS: 11 - The Real Truth

“F**K IT CANDIDATE?” Jon Stewart says calls for him to run for office are a sign of desperation

Jon Stewart believes it's nice that people want him and other late-night shows to run for government, but he also thinks it's a symptom of "desperation."

The Fashion Central · Jan 20

How George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four predicted the global power shifts happening now

There’s nothing new about calling George Orwell’s most influential novel prescient. But the focus has usually been on his portrayal of the oppressive aspects of life in Oceania, the superstate in which Nineteen Eighty-Four is set.

The Conversation · Jan 19

Trump’s Greenland ambitions could wreck 20th-century alliances that helped build the modern world order

Make Denmark angry. Make Norway angry. Make NATO’s leaders angry.

The Conversation · Jan 19

Has a Nazi theorist’s vision of a world divided into ‘great spaces’ found a new advocate in Trump?

Carl Schmitt wanted empires that dominated the small countries in their orbits. But the US president’s chaotic actions are not that strategic, says Brendan Simms, director of the Centre for Geopolitics at Cambridge University

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16

“Metal has always been a very tribal thing - some felt we were provocative merely for existing": The story of the Living Colour song that namechecked Stalin and Mussolini and inspired Tom Morello to form a band

Living Colour’s biggest hit was boosted by Mick Jagger, adopted by wrestling's CM Punk, and used to make a point by Jimmy Kimmel

Louder · Jan 16

What you need to know about Grok and the controversies surrounding it

Elon Musk's AI assistant, Grok, is facing scrutiny from governments worldwide

The Independent UK · Jan 15

The Making of an Autocrat: podcast out now

We used to have a pretty clear idea of what an autocrat was. History is full of examples: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, along with Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Viktor Orban today. The list goes on.

The Conversation · Jan 15

Trans Hitler? Inside the insane Allied plot to force-fem Adolf Hitler with estrogen in his food

Could this have stopped World War II years earlier?

We Got This Covered · Jan 14

‘Go back home’: Farage schoolmate accounts bring total alleging racist behaviour to 34

Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries say Reform leader often used antisemitic language and racial epithets

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8

How worried should we be that political leaders keep making oblique Nazi references?

Several high-profile political leaders have in recent months been seen apparently dabbling in Nazi allusions. In many cases, dog whistle messages send oblique signals to supporters. These are pitched at a frequency that most listeners can’t hear but are meaningful to those seeking confirmation of their own views.

The Conversation · Jan 7