Comedy is all about speaking truth to power. That’s why, this weekend, you’ll find America’s hottest knee-slappers jet-setting to Saudi Arabia. The Riyadh Comedy Festival kicks off today in the nation’s capital with an absurdly heavy-hitting lineup: Dave Chappelle, Bill Burr, Kevin Hart, Pete Davidson, Aziz Ansari, and Louis C.K., just to name a few. See, “woke” might have killed free speech in Brooklyn, but it appears to be alive and well in Saudi Arabia—a country whose “years-since-last-executing-a-journalist counter” never seems to reach the double digits.
Tommy marcus is an activist and online influencer, better known by the Instagram handle “Quentin Quarantino.” He’s worked to get refugees safe passage from Afghanistan, used Airbnb to funnel cash to civilians under attack in Ukraine, and raised over $30 million for a variety of humanitarian causes. Now, he’s on his most ambitious mission yet: to break the Israeli siege of Gaza and bring life-saving humanitarian aid as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla. Live from the deck of a boat in the Mediterranean Sea, he recently joined Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson to explain why he's heading for Gaza.
The years-old 1200-name blacklist has ruined professors’ lives, chilled speech, and previewed exactly how the Trump administration is responding to Kirk’s killing today.
On Friday morning, a group of about 20 anti-vaccine activists gathered across the street from the Atlanta headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in support of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and promoted by Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine advocacy group he led before he entered politics. The […]
It took only minutes after Charlie Kirk was pronounced dead for right-wing figures to begin calling for retribution. “More people will be murdered if the Left isn’t crushed with the power of the state,” Laura Loomer, a far-right activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, posted on X. Despite the motive remaining unknown, pardoned […]
Editor’s note: This is a developing story, and this article has been revised and updated based on new information. President Donald Trump finally realized one of his many revenge fantasies. The Department of Justice that he has pressed to pursue his critics and political opponents on Thursday indicted former FBI Director Jim Comey. A wildly […]