Why Does a Narcissist Accept Humiliation?

Phillips P. OBrien Phillips’s Newsletter
Epstein might be the answer. What makes the present situation so extraordinary is that the Russians can exercise enormous influence without Trump being a recruited agent, but through the pressure of the possibility of kompromat existing.

Friday Nite Videos | February 6, 2026

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Why Zoning Out Is so Good for You. Knock on the Door by Phil Ochs | updated by Ben Grosscup. How Can We Defeat Big Money? Epstein Was 'Effectively Involved In Russian Organised Crime.' The Illegal Scam Happening at Every Stadium.

UAW Reform Is at Risk

Mike Cannon and Elly Leary Detroit News
The UAW’s 70-year-old culture cannot be changed in one election. Cultural change needs sustained attention and commitment; without it, we will return to a one-party union controlled by just a handful of leaders.

Tidbits-Feb 5- Reader Comments: May Day General Strike; Trump “Prison Camps” ARE Concentration Camps; What Mark Carney Gets Wrong About End of the ‘Rules-Based Order’; Body Cameras Are Hands-Free Killing Tool for ICE; Two Soldiers Who Refused Orders

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Reader Comments: May Day General Strike; Trump’s New “Prison Camp” ARE Concentration Camps; What Mark Carney gets wrong about end of the ‘rules-based order’; Body cameras are a hands-free killing tool for ICE; Two Soldiers Who Refused Orders; more..

The Nation Nominates Minneapolis for the Nobel Peace Prize

The Nation editors The Nation
The editors of The Nation magazine are in the process of formally nominating the city of Minneapolis and its people for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. The following nomination statement, which is addressed to the Norwegian Nobel Committee...

When the World Said No to War

Max Elbaum Convergence
The biggest lesson from this déjà vu moment? We must resist every one of Washington’s might-makes-right policies, and fight for an entirely different relationship between the US and the rest of the world.