The Listening Post The United States' deadly counter-narcotics mission off Venezuela's coast hinges on an unproven drug-smuggling narrative a familiar pretext for regime change, and one the mainstream media have been quick to echo. Meanwhile, Venezuelans face escalating repression at home.
JULIE WATTS: What do you say to the 40% of California voters, who you'll need in order to win, who voted for Trump? FMR. REP. KATIE PORTER (D-CA): How would I need them in order to win, ma'am? JULIE WATTS: Well, unless you think you're going to get. FMR. REP. KATIE PORTER (D-CA): (MUGS TO CAMERA). JULIE WATTS: 60% of the vote. You think you'll get 60%. Everybody who did not vote for Trump will vote for you. That's what you're saying.
Popular media has made loneliness look bad, but is it really? Author and psychologist Ethan Kross explains his study of loneliness, finding that it is actually our response to loneliness - rather than the act of being alone itself - that has negative effects. If we reframe loneliness as an opportunity instead of a threat, it can have surprising benefits for our creativity, well-being, and relationships with ourselves.