/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

What is it going to take for the Russians to finally decide to clean out the rats in Kiev?

Two killed, dozens wounded in large Russian drone attacks across Ukraine
More than 200,000 people in the Russian-occupied part of Zaporizhia are without power after a Ukrainian strike.

Two people have been killed and dozens injured in overnight Russian drone attacks across Ukraine, where strikes on energy infrastructure have caused power outages in freezing temperatures, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

In a social media post on Sunday, Zelenskyy said the Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhia, Khmelnytskyi and Odesa regions were targeted in an attack that included more than 200 drones.

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The Russian government has made several demands over the past months, including territorial concessions and assurances that Ukraine won’t seek NATO membership.

Ukraine is also facing an acute energy crisis due to continuous Russian bombardment this winter.

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https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/2014362583948525647
French Forces seized a Russian Oil Tanker "Grinch" in the Mediterranean Sea.

The operation was carried with the UK according to the statement, but ads-b data confirms the US has been tracking this tanker for a week.

>>493906
Fuck france

>>493906
They keep seizing russian tankers, they really want to escalate don't they

Unions and students seek Columbia University board reforms after Trump deal
The decision comes after more than two years of what they say is disenfranchisement over the way Columbia's board of trustees has handled several issues, including permitting the police to target the student body multiple times while they were protesting against Israel’s war on Gaza and capitulating to the Trump administration’s demands over alleged violations of federal anti-discrimination laws.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/union-students-seek-reform-columbia-university-board-trump-deal

House Republicans vote to lift 20-year ban on mining near pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Congressional Republicans moved closer Wednesday to lifting a 20-year ban on mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, pushing a resolution to end the moratorium through the House despite environmentalists’ warnings that it could devastate a premier destination for campers, kayakers and canoeists. The resolution now goes to the Senate, and approval there would send it to President Donald Trump for his signature.
https://apnews.com/article/boundary-waters-mining-moratorium-congress-f30b8dc9575e64b4b9e957b86409577d

‘They’re Getting Nervous,’ Says Platner After GOP Drops $42 Million on Maine’s Susan Collins
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) boasted that the $42 million investment, most of which will go to an advertising blitz to help the vulnerable five-term senator cling to her seat in November, was the largest the GOP’s Senate Leadership Fund had ever spent in Maine.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/collins-gop-spending-platner-nervous

Prosecutors barred from reviewing material seized from Washington Post reporter
Natanson, who has closely reported on the ways the Trump administration has reshaped the federal government, had two laptops, two phones, a Garmin watch and other devices seized last week as Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

Communist Party of the Philippines: Corruption, injustice, abuses drive Filipino youth to revolution
Over the past week or two, the US-Marcos regime has mounted a frenzied media and social media campaign to intimidate and threaten the Filipino youth, who, more and more are growing disenchanted amid deep and widespread social ills, and are being drawn to question the rotten ruling system and seek radical and revolutionary ways to end corruption, injustice and abuses by those in power. This campaign to intimidate and threaten the Filipino youth is part of Marcos’ arsenal of fascist tactics to maintain his grip on power and preserve the ruling system, by suppressing the youth’s and people’s aspirations for change. This blatant assault against the youth is spearheaded by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the NTF-Elcac, and their mercenary hacks behind the Marcos government’s propaganda machinery. They have mobilized funds to activate and coordinate their social media troll army to drown out posts critical of the Marcos government in a deluge of spam comments, and throw their weight around to push their narrative in the press and public discourse. The Marcos psyops campaign heightened after a student researcher from the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, 22-year old Jerlyn Rose Doydora, died on January 1 in Abra de Ilog, Mindoro Occidental, amid relentless aerial bombing and strafing by the AFP, following an armed encounter. Another youth, 24-year old Chantal Anicoche, was taken into custody by the fascist soldiers, and illegally detained for a week, before being surfaced amid public outcry. Three Mangyan children were reportedly killed in the aerial bombing which was carried out in the proximity of mountain communities.
https://philippinerevolution.nu/statements/corruption-injustice-abuses-drive-filipino-youth-to-revolution/

The Imperialist Attack on Venezuela, the Crisis of Chavismo, and the Prospect of a Continental Anti-imperialist Struggle
We denounce those who celebrated Trump’s attack, seeing it as a liberation. Regrettably, many Venezuelan migrants believe Trump will liberate us. That is why we are on the front line of the anti-imperialist struggle against the neocolonial offensive, and we call for mobilization toPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>493652
>Grow a pair and do something about it.
what

>>493653
1. Arm.
2. Arm more.
3. Arm as much as possible.
4. Arm enough that you could equip others if need be.
5. Do you have land? Keep it. Figure out how many others can stay on it if need be.
6. Do you not have land? Look for a place you can potentially go if you need to.
7. Figure out where all the munitions plants, munitions plants offices, logistics centers, etc. near you are.
8. Check them out. Take note of their entrances, exits, security, etc.
9. Quick, targeted strikes when they are unguarded or least guarded.
10. Repeat as many times as possible.

The system has more vulnerabilities than it does guards.

You can also map out your local area in relation to where the nearest national guard will most likely be coming from. Figure out the roads they are most likely to take in order to get to you, or to the nearest city, quickly. Mark maps on paper. Prepare for when they come.
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>>493655
shut the fuck up you stupid idiot

>>493656
Bitch you asked.

EU lawmakers vote to launch legal challenge to Mercosur trade deal

BRUSSELS, Jan 21 (Reuters) - EU lawmakers voted on Wednesday to challenge the European Union's contentious free trade agreement with South America in the bloc's top court, a move that could delay the deal by two years and potentially derail it.

The European Union signed its largest-ever trade pact with Mercosur members Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay on Saturday. The agreement still requires approval before it can take effect.

Opponents, led by France - the EU's largest agricultural producer - say the deal will sharply increase imports of cheap beef, sugar and poultry, undercutting domestic farmers who have staged repeated protests.

LEGAL CHALLENGE

A group of 144 lawmakers put forward a parliamentary motion to ask the EU Court of Justice to rule on whether the agreement can be applied before full ratification by all member states and whether its provisions restrict the EU's ability to set environmental and consumer health policies. The court typically takes around two years to deliver such opinions.

The European Parliament backed the motion with 334 votes in favour to 324 against, with 11 abstentions.
If referred to the court, the EU could still apply the pact provisionally pending the ruling and parliamentary approval. But doing so could prove politically difficult given the likely backlash, and the European Parliament would retain the power to annul it later.

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US justice department subpoenas Minnesota Democrats accused of impeding ICE efforts
A copy of a subpoena to the office of the Minneapolis mayor, Jacob Frey, obtained by the Guardian, requests guidance and policies related to immigration enforcement in Minnesota since last year. It also requests communication regarding those policies with other state agencies, as well as documents related to “hindering, doxxing, identifying, or surveilling immigration officers”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/minnesota-democrats-subpoenas-justice-department

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and US Sen. Bernie Sanders rally with nurses on ninth day of strike
The democratic socialists, speaking to a boisterous crowd of nurses in front of Mount Sinai West on the Upper West Side, called on hospital executives to return to the negotiating table to resolve the contract impasse that prompted some 15,000 nurses to walk off the job last week.
https://apnews.com/article/nursing-strike-new-york-bernie-sanders-mayor-mamdani-c6a23222b6275c553e78d033994a5a79

‘It Has to Stop’: Minnesota Police Chief Says Off-Duty Cops Racially Profiled by ICE
“In Brooklyn Park, one particular officer who shared her story with me was stopped as she passed ICE going down the roadway,” Bruley continued. “They demanded her paperwork, [but] she is a US citizen, and clearly would not have any paperwork. When she became concerned about the rhetoric and the way she was being treated she pulled out her phone in an attempt to record the incident. The phone was knocked out of her hands.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-racial-profiling

ICE arrests elderly, underdressed Hmong-American man inside his St. Paul home over mistaken identity, family says
The family of the man taken from the home, Chongly Scott Thao, says it was a case of mistaken identity. In an online fundraiser, they say ICE agents broke down the door, entered with weapons drawnPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

What lies ahead in 2026?
As 2026 gets underway, British capitalism is entering another year in its long-running decline and disarray. This isn’t just a rough patch. Economic weakness, institutional decay, and social malaise are converging. Together they point to a system that has reached its limits. As the management committee of this broken system, the Starmer government is hated. But the anger goes deeper than just the government. The authority of Britain’s major institutions has collapsed. The police, the monarchy, the BBC, the courts, Parliament itself – none command any real respect. What’s striking is that the distrust comes from the left and right. The right sees ‘two-tier policing’ and a biased media; the left sees repression and corruption. All see the economic crisis and falling living standards. And increasing numbers draw the conclusion that these institutions are not neutral, competent, or legitimate. Westminster’s two-party system is now finished. Historically, Britain’s electoral system produced stable governments by rotating power between two large parties that could both, when push came to shove, be trusted to defend the interests of British capitalism. That arrangement is now breaking down.
https://communist.red/what-lies-ahead-in-2026/

“Bolivia Is Not for Sale”
“Fuerza, fuerza, fuerza! Fuerza, compañeros!” bellowed a man in a miner’s helmet into a megaphone. Marching through the sun-drenched streets in the haze of noisy firecrackers, thousands of miners, workers, peasants, civil society associations, and indigenous organizations in Bolivia descended on the city of La Paz earlier this month in the biggest social mobilization in at least five years. Beyond the city, road blockades led by union locals brought transport to a near standstill across the country. In the streets, the mantra was “Bolivia no se vende” (Bolivia is not for sale). The mass protests against the executive decree of newly elected Rodrigo Paz’s conservative government lasted nearly a month. While presented as the elimination of the fuel subsidy, which keeps gasoline prices artificially low, Decree 5503 would have also privatized key natural resources and implemented a wide range of austerity measures. The impressive display of workers’ might, combined with an effective negotiation strategy by the traPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

The fuck are you even talking about?

If you give any weight to the Principia Discordia, and you shouldn't, because it tells us so: I don't know about Malaclypse the Younger, but Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst was certainly involved in circles around forms of anarchism. Historians pretend Lord Omar themself published a newsletter called Zenarchy (it was really Ho Chi Zen).

The mere concept of Every Man a Pope has clear suggestions of anarchist horizontal structure. It would be absurd to claim that Discordianism isn't a product of anarchists tired of anarchism.

>>493799
Once could claim the Discordian thesis is a constructive reversal of the destructive anarchism.
Discordianism is chaotic hyperarchism. Instead of burning all the ladders, we've given everyone a ladder.
Eris is our goddess, not your ruler. And every known person is at the apex of Her followers - a pope of the entire religion.

Thousands of Greenlanders march against Trump’s takeover threat
Thousands of Greenlanders carefully marched across snow and ice to take a stand against Donald Trump on Saturday. They held signs of protest, waved their national flag and chanted “Greenland is not for sale” in the face of increasing threats of an American takeover.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/17/thousands-of-greenlanders-march-in-protest-of-donald-trumps-threats-of-us-control
https://archive.ph/FaNbX

Anti-ICE demonstrators chase off outnumbered far-right activists at Minneapolis rally
Santos Jesus Flores and Antonio Ascon Frometa, two detainees at Camp East Montana who both have criminal convictions, said in phone interviews with The Washington Post this week that they witnessed Lunas Campos engaged in a struggle with guards before his death. Flores claimed he saw guards choking Lunas Campos to death.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/duelling-rallies-planned-minneapolis-ice-keeps-area-edge-2026-01-17/
https://archive.ph/bphiD

Musk seeks up to $134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft
"Without Elon Musk, there'd be no OpenAI. He provided the bulk of the seed funding, lent his reputation, and taught them all he knows about scaling a business. A pre-eminent expert quantified the value of that," Musk's lead trial lawyer Steven Molo said in a statement to Reuters. OpenAI in a statement called it an "unserious demand" by Musk and part of what it said was his "harassment campaign" against OpenAI.
https://www.reuters.com/business/musk-seeks-up-134-billion-openai-microsoft-wrongful-gains-2026-01-17/
https://archive.ph/ZDoJV

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How many “bad apples”? – Serial rapist ex-police officer sentenced to life
“Bastard Dave” is the lighthearted nickname given to former armed police officer David Carrick by the colleagues who knew him best. This convicted sex offender, who was charged with 71 sexual offences in 2023, has recently received his 37th life sentence – this time, for the molestation of a 12-year-old girl in 1989. David Carrick is now known to have victimised 14 women across several decades. His harrowing crimes include 24 counts of rape, multiple cases of sustained violent physical and mental abuse, and threatening his victims with work-issued weaponry. Crown Prosecution Service Chief Prosecutor Jaswant Narwal stated during Carrick’s trial in 2023 that “the scale of the degradation Carrick subjected his victims to is unlike anything I have encountered in my 34 years with the Crown Prosecution Service”. Notably, Carrick made repeated use of his role in the police to enact this violence against women undisturbed. His distinct technique was to lure in his victims by reassuring them they were safe with him due to his position as a police officer.
https://communist.red/how-many-bad-apples-serial-rapist-ex-police-officer-sentenced-to-life/

John Reed Ten Days that Shook the World Chapter 1: Background
TOWARD the end of September, 1917, an alien Professor of Sociology visiting Russia came to see me in Petrograd. He had been informed by business men and intellectuals that the Revolution was slowing down. The Professor wrote an article about it, and then travelled around the country, visiting factory towns and peasant communities–where, to his astonishment, the Revolution seemed to be speeding up. Among the wage-earners and the land-working people it was common to hear talk of “all land to the peasants, all factories to the workers.” If the Professor had visited the front, he would have heard the whole Army talking Peace… The Professor was puzzled, but he need not have been; both observations were correct. The property-owning classes were becoming more conservative, the masses of the people more radical. There was a feeling among business men and the intelligentzia generally that the Revolution had gone quite far enough, and lasted too long; that things should settle dowPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>493800
yeah it's about the fires in Patagonia. Jews are openly setting up a backup occupation in Argentina so they have somewhere to flee to after they provoke Iran into firing more missiles at their occupation in Palestine. They even have a Latin American version of the Abdaham Accords:
>Milei announces launch of Isaac Accords in meeting with Israel’s foreign minister
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-876596
…named after the mythical biblical character that Yahweh instructed Abraham to tie up and kill as a ritual sacrifice. Not a great sign for the Argentinian people.

By the way, Netanyahu's real last name is "Mileikowsky." I wonder if he's actually related to Milei.

>>493807
Interesting.
Has there been any proof that the current crop of Patagonia fires were set by zionists, though?

I've read that "Israeli" tourists set at least one of the previous ones, but haven't seen proof about the latest crop of fires.

>>493808
https://ddgeopolitics.substack.com/p/unmasking-the-flames-israels-shadow

>haven't seen proof about the latest crop of fires
there's an established MO and ongoing assault that the occupiers are conducting. while I also want to see as much evidence as can be gathered about the criminals, it's safe to assume the fires are related. splitting hairs over this is like wanting verification that every last bomb dropped on gaza came from the IOF.

>>493800
>I do not fucking care if people are mad at Zionists for "the wrong reasons" anymore
there's only one "wrong reason" to be mad at the jews that we must police and reject, and that's the false belief that they are "foreign semites." in reality, this Jewish reich is a home-grown problem of its host nations (developed in concert with the other, gentile elite/ruling class factions) and must be dealt with accordingly, rather than by pushing this problem onto uninvolved nations such as Palestine.

notice how all of the reactionary western "critics" of judaism can list all kinds of crimes of terrorism, infiltration, espionage, censorship, treason etc that organized judaism is conducting in their countries, and then strangely they offer the criminals the easy way out via deportation to "Israel," which is not the punishment required by law for these crimes. this is exactly the kind of attitude the zionist movement seeks to promote, as it benefits their occupation in Palestine by increasing the number of jewish settlers. this also gives them impunity and the opportunity to regroup and renew their criminal activities in the country they are expelled from.

this is why I argue for anti-judaism and against the crypto-jewish-zionist ideology of "anti-semitism."

>>493811
I'll check this out. I'm not gonna claim I'd be surprised if this is a plot - none of it surprises me anymore - I'm just genuinely curious about assessing the facts. I don't think it's equivalent to Gaza, because I already know enough about Gaza to know that the splitting of hairs in that circumstance would be ridiculous, but I don't know as much about Argentina. So I'll read this and see what I think.

>this is why I argue for anti-judaism and against the crypto-jewish-zionist ideology of "anti-semitism."
You're not going to convince me about this last one, I'm afraid, but I don't care if you take this position and I'm not offended by this kind of thing anymore.

>>493814
>You're not going to convince me about this last one, I'm afraid, but I don't care if you take this position and I'm not offended by this kind of thing anymore
I respect that, but do ask then, what would it look like in practice if zionist judaism was really defeated? What remnant of non-zionist judaism would be left, and would it require extensive rewrites/edits of their religious canon to remove all of the hateful and supremacist aspects (similar to the minor and unsubstantial edits made by Reform Judaism)? How many synagogues and Jewish institutions would survive if the war criminals, terrorists, mafiosi, and spies were actually prosecuted?

I don't arrive at anti-judaism as a goal in and of itself, but as a consequence of the reality of anti-zionist praxis. the religion had its chance and blew it catastrophically, proving its critics right in ways they barely imagined.

>>489653
maybe the legal norms will change, and abuse of power will become the default assumption. And proof of legitimate use of power will become a requirement.

U.S. Government and Private Groups Coordinated to Target Palestinian Student Activists, FOIA Filing Alleges

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has filed a sweeping Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on behalf of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian-American and lawful permanent resident who has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since March 8, 2025. The filing accuses federal agencies of colluding with private anti-Palestinian organizations to detain and deport student activists engaged in pro-Palestine advocacy, and seeks records from the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, State, and ICE.

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The Alleged Role of Private Anti-Palestinian Groups

The FOIA request names over a dozen groups accused of coordinating to surveil, doxx, and target pro-Palestine students—often focusing on noncitizens—in an effort to trigger deportation. The groups include:

➤ Betar USA: A militant Zionist group that created a “deport list” of student activists, including Khalil.

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Didn't update this when it happened, but Mahmoud Khalil was released and is currently suing the Trump administration for tihs:

Mahmoud Khalil suing Trump admin for ‘politically motivated arrest, detention’
Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student who was detained as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestine advocacy in the US, is seeking $20m “to help others similarly targeted”, his lawyers say.

“He would accept, in lieu of payment, an official apology and abandonment of the administration’s unconstitutional policy”, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) said in a statement announcing the soon-to-be-filed lawsuit.

Khalil, who was released in June after more than three months in detention, was the first known activist to be detained and have his legal immigration status revoked by the Trump administration over involvement in student protests in support of Gaza.

“Nothing can restore the 104 days stolen from me. The trauma, the separation from my wife, the birth of my first child that I was forced to miss”, Khalil said in the CCR statement.

“There must be accountability for political retaliation and abuse of power. And I won’t stop here. I will continue to pursue justice against everyone who contributed to my unlawful detention or spread lies in an attempt to destroy my reputation, including those affiliated with Columbia University”, he said.

“I’m holding the US government accountable not just for myself, but for everyone they try to silence through fear, exile, or detention”.

https://aje.io/wl6n6h?update=3831114

Judge questions ICE over Turkish PhD student targeted for Pro-Palestine speech
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A US federal judge sharply questioned the Trump administration’s continued refusal to restore the student status of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish PhD candidate at Tufts University who was detained after engaging in pro-Palestine activism. Chief Judge Denise Casper said she was “struggling” to understand why Immigration and Customs Enforcement terminated Öztürk’s record in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) shortly after she co-authored an op-ed criticizing Tufts’ response to the genocide in Gaza.

Öztürk was arrested on 25 March, the same day her SEVIS status was deleted and her visa revoked, and detained for 45 days until a federal judge ordered her release, finding she had raised a substantial First Amendment retaliation claim. Although she has since returned to her studies, ICE’s refusal to reinstate her SEVIS record has barred her from teaching or working as a research assistant, jeopardizing her academic progress in the final stretch before graduation.

Her attorneys argue the government’s shifting explanations stand in stark contrast to its reversal of mass SEVIS terminations for thousands of other foreign students earlier this year.

At Thursday’s hearing, Judge Casper pressed ICE to justify its discretion, as the ACLU contends the agency targeted Öztürk specifically for protected political speech. The government argues it may update SEVIS to reflect visa revocations and removal proceedings, while Öztürk’s lawyers say the visa only governs entry and does not invalidate her lawful student status. They describe the SEVIS termination as one of several retaliatory actions taken against her for expressing pro-Palestinian views.

https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/1997255307983003830

Appeals Court in Mahmoud Khalil’s Case Decides Federal Court Lacks Jurisdiction Until Immigration Court Proceedings Complete
Despite this ruling, the legal fight continues and the government has no legal authority to re-detain him until the appeals process is fully concluded


January 15, 2026, Philadelphia — Today, in a split 2-1 decision, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district court ruling that found Mahmoud Khalil’s detention and removal likely unconstitutional. Today's order does not weigh in on the core First Amendment arguments in his case but holds that the district court did not have subject matter jurisdiction over Mr. Khalil’s immigration proceedings.

The opinion does not go into effect immediately and the Trump administration cannot lawfully re-detain Mr. Khalil until the order takes formal effect, which will not happen while he has the opportunity to seek immediate review. Mr. Khalil’s legal team has several legal avenues they may pursue, including seeking review en banc from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, which would allow all judges from the Third Circuit to weigh in.

“Today’s ruling is deeply disappointing, but it does not break our resolve,” said Mahmoud Khalil. “The door may have been opened for potential re-detainment down the line, but it has not closed our commitment to Palestine and to justice and accountability. I will continue to fight, through every legal avenue and with every ounce of determination, until my rights, and the rights of others like me, are fully protected.”

In June 2025, a federal judge district court judge Michael E. Farbiarz granted Mr. Khalil’s request for a preliminary injunction after concluding that he would continue to suffer irreparable harm if the government continued efforts to detain and deport him on the basis of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s determination under the “foreign policy ground,” a rarely used deportation provision of the federal immigration statute, that Mr. Khali’s lawful protected speech would “compromise a compelling U.S. foreign policy interest.” Judge Farbiarz also found that Mr. Khalil was likely to succeed on the merits of his constitutional challenge to his detention and attempted deportation on the “foreign policy ground.” In a separate order, Judge Farbiarz released Mr. Khalil on bail after determining that he presented neither a danger nor a flight risk and that extrPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Remind me, is he /ourguy/? I think he does like military commentary?

>>493735
Our guy? Not really in my opinion. He's just critical of NATO/US wars/genocide. I don't really listen to him, but that's why they're coming after him.

>>493737
Money is the only sacred thing under capitalism, you know it's bad when they have to fuck with it. We are really in the final stretch of late stage capitalism.

>>493735
I don't think he's a lefty but he is a very important voice against world war 3.

he's a retard grifter and a spook, but yeah it's fucking funny that nobody at the end has any money