Rug Pulls, Stable Coins and Selling the American Presidency

A rug pull occurs when a ‘meme’ or ‘shit’ coin is created, investors pour in, and the price spikes — at which point the early stakeholders sell and tank the coin’s value, as happened with the $TRUMP token.

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Confederacy of Dorks: Curtis Yarvin and the Techno-feudalists

Yarvin saw the “red pill” as the realization that the Enlightenment ideals he came to associate with “the cathedral” and democracy are actually a poison leading to societal decadence and decline.

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The ‘Great Reset’ is both a neoliberal fantasy and a right wing conspiracy theory

So many ordinary people choose to believe in grotesque conspiracy theories and often blame others rather than the deeply flawed free market system.

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Shining Bright: The Promise of the Sunrise Movement

Composed of activists from high school age to their mid-20s, the Sunrise Movement formed to challenge power by targeting Congresspeople and tackling the climate crisis in a loud, uniquely jubilant voice.

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Climate Necessity and the Future of Environmental Dissent

"Social progress requires working outside of established channels. Climate necessity activists have pushed their cause away from wonky, inside-baseball environmentalism and toward grassroots, social justice insurgency.”

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Quebec City Mosque Killings Were Fuelled By Trump's and Le Pen's Racist Rhetoric

Alexandre Bissonette was a recent convert to rightwing nationalist ideology following Marine Le Pen's visit to Quebec City in March, and became known online for defending Trump’s nativist, anti-immigrant positions.

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Fighting the Black Snake At Two Rivers: How Standing Rock-Style Protest Came to West Texas

The 142-mile-long Trans-Pecos Pipeline would bring fracked gas to the small border city of Presidio, where it would continue on into northern Mexico – in the process crossing under the Rio Grande, threatening fragile water supplies.

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"They are Millionaires, We are Millions!" - Nuit Debout Looks Ahead As Occupation Winds Down

Nuit Debout is, like Occupy, a manifestation of people who want to do things differently.

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Victorious in Maine, Nestlé is on a Quest to Take Over the World's Water

The Swiss corporation Nestlé has a penchant for gobbling up huge areas of freshwater across the planet and bottling it for profit – even as judges, courts, cities and entire regions try to stand in their way.

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Breaking Free: 12 Days of Protest Open a Summer of Environmental Discontent

Global international actions this month aimed at halting fossil fuel extraction have ranged from North America to Nigeria to New Zealand and the message throughout is clear: we must act urgently to end humanity’s reliance on coal, oil and gas.

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