‘Strange overlaps’: Journalist notes far-right leaders ‘veer into the occult’

Journalist Anne Applebaum has noticed an odd international political alliance forming between far-right nationalists and traditionally left-wing wellness warriors who share a mutual loathing of the principles of the Enlightenment. Writing in The Atlantic, Applebaum uses the recent example of Călin Georgescu, the Romanian presidential candidate who seems to have gamed TikTok algorithms to nearly…

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Not a ‘snowball’s chance in hell’: Trudeau snaps back at Trump’s Canada annexation fantasy

Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s language changed drastically on Tuesday after President-elect Donald Trump answered questions about his fantasy of using “economic force” to take over Canada. Trump spoke at Mar-a-Lago about his desire to make Canada a state. Trump told reporters he wouldn’t rule out using military action to regain control of the…

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