HeyJaredPREVAIL by Greg Olear
PREVAIL is a regular column about politics, history, national security, foreign affairs, organized crime, dirty money, global corruption, the fight for democracy—and, on Sundays, poetry and literature.
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AffirMAGAtions (opens the original)
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Sunday Pages: “The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century” (opens the original)
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“Don’t (F*ck With Bob Kraft)” (music video) (opens the original)
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If you want a primer on the Ed Sheeran/Macklemore brouhaha, check out the annotated lyrics, below. “Don’t,” a song I really dig, is a confessional track allegedly about Sheeran’s short romance with fellow pop star Ellie Goulding.TL;DR: Sheeran is yet another enormously wealthy public figure who capitulated to oligarch power, sure, but sleazy billionaire Robert Kraft is the real villain here.Animation by Chunk.From the September 25 episode of The Five 8.<div class="subscription-widget-wrap-edit
Bibi Bitches and Moans (opens the original)
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Far Right of Boom (opens the original)
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On Friday’s episode of The Five 8, I outlined how, in terms of the presenting symptoms, the United States in the second Trump term is already a fascist state. The midterm elections will comprise a referendum on how entrenched the condition is; the results of those elections will, or should, determine the course of the resistance going forward—and the future of American democracy.Here is a clip of my Friday ramble. Below is a transcript, edited for clarity.<di
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