Joan Westenberg

1 week ago | theindex.media | Joan Westenberg

We've built a civilization addicted to adrenaline. The hits come hourly. New tariffs. Another strike. A missile. A fire. A viral outrage. A celebrity scandal. A political meltdown. From the Wall Street Journal to the Times, the same formula loops endlessly: BREAKING. UPDATE. LIVE. PANIC. We're getting further away from news and closer than ever to engineered volatility. Our systems now depend on it. Media profits from crisis clicks. Politicians campaign on crisis narratives.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Joan Westenberg

9 hours agoBoy, Oh Boycott: Can Canada’s ‘Buy Canadian’ Movement Actually Dent the US? America’s once friendly northern neighbor is up in arms.Sports fans have drowned out the American national anthem in jet engine-volume jeers.

3 weeks ago | theindex.media | Joan Westenberg

Marine Le Pen thought she was untouchable. Wrapped in tricolor nationalism, elevated by decades of scapegoating, she built a brand out of grievance and paranoia. She claimed the people's voice, even as she siphoned public money behind their backs. She stoked fires she had no intention of putting out, pointed fingers at enemies she invented wholesale, and assumed, like every strongman with a PR team, that the system she mocked would never bite back. Then it did. The French courts called her bluff.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Joan Westenberg

6 hours agoRepublicans fear Florida election upset could threaten Trump's agendaStanding in front of a few dozen supporters in a strip-mall parking lot in Ocala, Florida, on Monday evening, Democratic congressional candidate Josh Weil made a prediction.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Joan Westenberg

11 hours ago Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so President Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term, adding that “it is far too early to think about it.” WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump did not rule out the possibility of seeking a third term in the White House, which is prohibited by the … 2 hours ago Trump admin fires 50 prosecutors and deputies in DOJ overhaul...