"Even when centrism is truly centrism, centrism is not neutral. Nor, when 63% of the electorate self-identifies as liberal or conservative, is centrism normal. It is high time to stop conflating moderation with neutrality." —From "The Perniciousness of Moderation": rall.com/2026/04/21/t...
Posts by Ted Rall
Conservatives are decrying New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to impose a pied-à-terre tax on luxury second homes, calling it the beginning of a slippery slope that could eventually affect us all.
Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and Jamarl Thomas: www.youtube.com/live/5-nnULT... Trump’s wild right-wing posse, Israel-Lebanon ambassador talks with Dmitri Lascaris, and Iran ready to reveal new battlefield cards. #DeProgram
First They Came for the Billionaires (a reference to the GOP reaction to Mamdani's pied-à-terre tax plan) rall.com/comic/first-...
Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and Jamarl Thomas: www.youtube.com/live/iSMHIk_... Trump blows up Iran ceasefire, FISA extension stalls, Bulgaria elects pro-Russia party, Carney says US economic ties now hurt Canada. #DeProgram
Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and Jamarl Thomas: www.youtube.com/live/XdlVOfv... Pope slams tyrants, NJ progressive upset, House kills FISA extension, massive arson attack. #DeProgram #PopeLeo #Resistance
Thought Team Politics was bad? Try Politics As Religion. Ted Rall wrote an essay that you should read. rall.com/2026/04/16/p...
Those who back Trump’s war against Iran argue that the United States has defeated Iran because it has killed many Iranians. As we’ve learned in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, however, outkilling the other side is hardly a guarantee of military victory.
Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and Jamarl Thomas: www.youtube.com/live/n3UpDHC... UK fake gay asylum fraud, Lebanon-Israel talks, tariff refund portal, Google-ICE student data betrayal. #DeProgramShow #TedRall #JamarlThomas
Got a question for Jamarl Thomas and/or Ted Rall? Tune in LIVE 12 noon today Eastern to a special extra Q&A episode of DeProgram! www.youtube.com/live/50dzM4i...
Trump/Republicans think they can outkill Iran to victory. It doesn't work that way! Cartoon: rall.com/comic/outkil...
Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and Jamarl Thomas. www.youtube.com/live/EwovcD9... Trump on Iran, Hezbollah Lebanon, Hampshire College shutdown & Hochul pied-à-terre tax. Let’s Talk, Scums! #DeProgramShow #TedRall #JamarlThomas
After President Trump posted a social media message threatening to destroy Iranian civilization, his defenders and supporters argued that words are meaningless, that he wasn’t serious, and that nothing he says is meant to be taken seriously. If true, should such a man be president?
Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and Jamarl Thomas. www.youtube.com/live/u5Q9lQ-... Expert Mark Barteau on Trump’s Hormuz naval blockade & oil shock. Plus Ramsey County probes ICE arrest of US citizen as kidnapping. #DeProgramShow
Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and Jamarl Thomas: Trump counters Iran's Hormuz blockade, failed Islamabad talks, & Péter Magyar ousts Orbán. Independent analysis! #DeProgramShow #IranBlockade #OrbánDefeat
Today at 12 noon ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and Jamarl Thomas. youtube.com/live/lEtC2CF... Ted Rall vs Robby West debate: Is Climate Change Real? Join the deprogramming! #DeProgramShow #ClimateDebate #IndependentMedia
The DNC and Democrats who dominate the nation’s op-ed pages and cable news networks argue that Democrats must move right to win, never that Republicans must move left to win. Self-serving? Cartoon: rall.com/comic/right-...
Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and Jamarl Thomas. www.youtube.com/live/TyZ_Swv... Breaking down Gorka’s leftist terror labels, Melania Epstein denial, Trump’s Iran warnings & Signal app vulnerabilities. #DeProgramShow #FarLeft
"Life During Wartime" | DMZ America Podcast - with Ted Rall and Scott Stantis youtu.be/xX9Fmcl2tGQ
Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and Jamarl Thomas. www.youtube.com/live/Ya4mAb_... Trump extends Iran ceasefire 2 weeks, Israel attacks Lebanon, Gulf states rethink alliances, ICE shooting in California.
#DeProgram #IranWar #TrumpIran
America Knows How To Kill, Not How To Win a War rall.com/2026/04/07/a...
President Trump is like your drunken friend who picks a fight at the bar and then wants you to help him.
Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and Jamarl Thomas. www.youtube.com/live/adPTasx... Trump TACO deadline on Iran, rejected ceasefire, Ben Roberts-Smith charged with war crimes, ICE shooting video contradiction.
#DeProgram #IranWar
Today at 12 noon ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and new co-host Jamarl Thomas! www.youtube.com/live/AMYnDWD... Full hour of LIVE Q&A Monday at 12 noon ET. Any topic, any question. #DeProgramShow #TedRall #JamarlThomas
Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and TK. www.youtube.com/live/Q2a2CiD... Major announcement + Trump Iran threats, oil crisis, NATO tensions & more. Join us! #DeProgramShow #TrumpIran #MediaCritique