"Hamas won the war."
That statement stopped the conversation cold.
Ted Rall, Jamarl Thomas, and Robby West debate whether Israel won militarily but lost politically—and why public opinion may ultimately decide the outcome.
@tedrall@jamarlthomas@PutinBotGaming#DeProgram #Israel #Gaza #Hamas #Politics
Can the populist left actually beat the Democratic establishment?
Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas break down Zohran Mamdani, Abdul El-Sayed, AIPAC's influence, and why establishment endorsements may be hurting more than helping.
@tedrall@jamarlthomas#DeProgram#Mamdani#AIPAC #Politics #Democrats
America spends over $1 trillion on defense...
So why are $35,000 drones exposing billion-dollar weaknesses?
@tedrall and @jamarlthomas break down Trump's Iran strategy, America's shrinking missile stockpiles, and how modern warfare has changed forever.
@tedrall@jamarlthomas
#DeProgram #Iran #DroneWarfare #Military #Politics
Social media algorithms are engineered dopamine machines that occasionally hand you a viral hit, pull your reach back, and train you to keep posting for faceless metrics while the platform controls who sees your work and whether your audience can find you.
If “offense” can become a crime, free speech is already on death row.
@ALEXNEWMAN_JOU breaks down the nightmare scenario on The Sentinel Report: unpopular words, hostile reactions, prison time, and the war over who gets to define “hate.”
Tolerate speech you hate, or lose speech you need.
I respect @DineshDSouza and agree with him that Jesus Christ is the only path to salvation, but his comments raise an important question: If justification by faith isn't absolute and needs to be qualified in some ways, how do we clearly explain what it means to say Jesus is the only way?
Romans and James do not contradict one another, and Scripture does not leave the means of salvation vague.
We are justified by grace through faith in Christ, and that applies to every person, Jew and Gentile alike.
When does a conspiracy become a crime—and when is it just a thought?
Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas debate where that legal line should be drawn in today's justice system.
@tedrall@JamarlThomas
Did Trump revive a Clinton-era "Alien Terrorist Removal Court"?
Ted Rall breaks down why he believes this little-known legal mechanism raises major constitutional concerns and what it could mean going forward.
@tedrall@JamarlThomas
Pickax RevShare is a meritocracy, which means nobody is entitled to a payout and every dollar has to be earned through real performance.
I want creators to make more money here than they ever made through RevShare on X, Instagram, or anywhere else, but the size of your share depends on the value you bring, the audience you build, and the effort you put in.
That same philosophy applies to community.
@PickaxSocial is being built to reconnect online relationships with real-world interaction through in-person events, town halls, creator summits, mentorship, debate, and serious conversation.
Experienced creators will help newer creators grow, people will learn from each other, and we will build something social media forgot how to create: an actual community.
Did the Church replace Israel?
@DineshDSouza and @LostMyHats go head-to-head on Crosscut, moderated by @JeffDornik.
Chosen people, modern Israel, Jews who reject Jesus, and one loaded theological debate.
Watch live Wednesday at 2 PM ET on Pickax.
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. @Republicans keep repeating that we need to “clean up our elections,” while refusing to identify the actual failure points.
I’ve spent years interviewing election integrity experts, and @FreedomFirstNet was banned from @Spotify for discussing election fraud one too many times.
Along the way, I learned that plenty of self-proclaimed experts are grifters who figured out how to monetize outrage.
The most glaring vulnerability is chain of custody.
In state after state, ballots pass through multiple hands with weak documentation, no meaningful enforcement, and hours where nobody can clearly account for who handled them.
In my interview on DeProgram with @TedRall@JamarlThomas & @PutinBotGaming, I explained why transparency begins with an enforceable record of every person who touches every ballot.
The debate over Israel has become one of the most emotionally charged and theologically confused conversations in Christianity, which is exactly why we need to stop hiding behind talking points and force the strongest arguments into the same room.
Tomorrow at 2PM ET, I’m launching Crosscut with a @PickaxSocial-exclusive debate between @DineshDSouza & @LostMyHats examining whether modern Israel remains God’s chosen people, what responsibility Christians have toward the nation, how American foreign policy should be shaped, and how much influence Israel should have over our government.
Come ready to listen, challenge your assumptions, and decide which arguments actually survive scrutiny.
The debate will stream live on the Pickax channels on @RumbleVideo and @X, with viewer questions taken during the show.
Has the Democratic Party replaced class politics with identity politics?
@PutinBotGaming , @JamarlThomas , and @TedRall debate whether progressives continue falling into the same campaign traps, why economic issues often take a back seat, and what it means for the future of the American left.
Should Russia end the war in Ukraine now—or is Putin deliberately avoiding a larger conflict with NATO?
@PutinBotGaming argues that prolonging the war only means more people die. @JamarlThomas believes Putin's patience is part of a broader strategy to prevent an even wider war.
Whose argument makes more sense?