This May Day, consider getting (or gifting) a subscription at a discounted price of $1 for a yearlong digitalsubscription,and $10 for print. They gained complete editorial control over their work. Their guide is broken into sections with headings like Theories of Change and Media. Each opens with a cowritten introduction and features choice essays written by either Saagar or Krystal. The Breaking Points YouTube channel occasionally features contributions from a number of other reporters or writers. This project will be called "Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar". Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World! Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar (or simply Breaking Points) (BP) is an American populist, political news and opinion series created and hosted by Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti. Whether it was the Bezos Bailout story where they mentioned Maria Cantwell, liberal democrat by name for voting for a Bezos a bailout, yet conveniently Saagar mentioned how John Cornyn tried to put in a provision that would have included fair wage practices, lol. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser. The rot has been here long enough, the only question is how long before a new order is born.. Three Cs That Made America Great is a book that looks at the, "Brash, funny, fiery, and irreverent." Krystal and Saagar have left Rising but continue sharing their original and anti-establishment political opinions in this new streaming series. Each host presents a "radar" segment which analyze current events and present commentary in a monologue format, usually organized into three or four bullet-points. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. The word refers to a rhetorical style more than any stable programmatic or ideological position. He doesnt even really wave the flag that much. Now she's one of the few mainstream media figures who gets why Bernie Sanders matters and why liberal professionals shouldn't be allowed to dominate progressive politics. Krystal and Saagar discuss 70% of Americans say No to Biden as he's set to announce his 2024 campaign, polls saying Americans don't want Trump or Biden, Republicans overwhelmingly back Trump post-indictment, Desantis losing it over Trump criticism, SCOTUS decides to keep Abortion Pill for now, Trump scrambles to defend his Abortion record, chaos ensues as Elon strips accounts of their Blue Checkmarks, BuzzFeed News collapses amid layoffs, Krystal looks into the Biden admin censoring Marianne Williamson on Tik Tok, and Saagar looks into Biden taxing High Credit score Homebuyers to prop up minority mortgages.To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show uncut and 1 hour early visit: https://breakingpoints.supercast.com/To listen to Breaking Points as a podcast, check them out on Apple and SpotifyApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-points-with-krystal-and-saagar/id1570045623Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Kbsy61zJSzPxNZZ3PKbXlMerch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/Learn more about your ad choices. People are often confused by our politics and how much we end up in agreement. While representing different ends of the political spectrum, Krystal and Saagar bring voice to so many Americans across party lines who have . Its this approach to politics that makes the chemistry of the show, and Balls unlikely friendship with her cohost, possible. And now today is not an isolated case. As we saw in 2016 and were seeing in 2020, many in the mainstream media just don't get whats going on in this country. Breaking Points airs every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday on YouTube and will feature takes from progressive and modern Republican points of view. [4], The majority of the show's revenue comes from premium subscribers, with some additional revenues from YouTube and podcast ads. Follow Rising on social media:Website: Hill.TVFacebook: facebook.com/HillTVLive/Instagram: @HillTVLiveTwitter: @HillTVLiveFollow Saagar Enjeti \u0026 Krystal Ball on social media:Twitter: @esaagar and @krystalballInstagram: @esaagar and @krystalmball And thats fine. Nor do I think this is just a case of mistaken identity. Unlike many millennial left-wingers, Ball is completely uninterested in identitarian pandering. Krystal and Saagar discuss Tucker Carlson breaking his silence on his firing in a new video, the Republican Debt Bill barely passes as crisis looms, China's Xi pushes Zelensky to negotiate, Ukraine casualties reported as five times higher, Kamala kicks off 2024 with nonsense, a Journalist is caught feeding Biden a question, a shocking poll show Marianne and RFK Jr. rising in the polls, Disney . I have noticed since the time Rising started that they are disproportionately critical of Democrats. He advocated traditional gender roles and was openly contemptuous of divorce. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices, 4/28/23: Marianne Calls Out DNC on Fox News, Taliban Kills ISIS Leader, Charles Barkley Gale King New CNN Show, Don Lemon Highlight Reel, Constitutional Amendments, EquiFax Sells American Tax Records, Havana Syndrome Gets More Money, Krystal and Saagar discuss Marianne Williamson going on Fox News to talk about the DNC barring primary debates, the Taliban killing an ISIS leader, Charles Barkley and Gale King announce their new CNN show "King Charles", we take one last look at Don Lemon's highlights of the past as he leaves CNN, Krystal speaks with The Funky Academic on new constitutional amendments, Matt Stoller talks about the monopoly power of EquiFax a company that sells Americans tax records, and Ken Klippenstein updates us on the governments handling of the supposed "Havana Syndrome".To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show uncut and 1 hour early visit: https://breakingpoints.supercast.com/To listen to Breaking Points as a podcast, check them out on Apple and SpotifyApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-points-with-krystal-and-saagar/id1570045623Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Kbsy61zJSzPxNZZ3PKbXlMerch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/Learn more about your ad choices. $8.99. Like every day its just critique after critique of every news point. Risinglaunched in June 2018 as Rising with Krystal & Buckwith Buck Sexton as host. A Democratic Party loyalist might cringe at some of her jabs: Why does she hate Pelosi so much? Breaking Points features commentary and analysis of political news and current events, in-studio interviews with journalists, politicians, campaign staff and surrogates, political advisors and strategists, and members of the news media, and occasional live-analysis segments. Saagar please stand up for yourself. Theirs is the only book that fuses the populist right and populist left to explain the rise of the Trump and Sanders movements. "Corporate media backlash fuels new upstarts", "Breaking Points' Krystal Ball, Saagar Enjeti blast media for 'intentionally fearmongering' over Delta variant", "The Rise of the Internet's Creative Middle Class", "Why 'Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar' became the No. Theyre some of the only people talking about the need to fundamentally rewrite the rules of the 21st century so they work for Americans again., The striking thing about revolutionary moments is that almost nobody understands them as theyre happening. But Balls venom is not misplaced, even if it is misunderstood. Further, she understands better than most that its not enough that workers are ground down daily by political and economic elites, but that they are then condescended to by those same people. [15] Also in September 2022, Rising refused to air a segment on their show in which left-wing political commentator Katie Halper called Israel an "apartheid government". On questions of corporate power and inequality, he sometimes sounds like a socialist: These CEOs know exactly who will be their best friends in government. On health care, he strikes notes that could be from Bernie Sanders: Health care is the number one threat to the daily lives of the American worker. On war, he is a staunch anti-interventionist. Krystal and Saagar comment on Joe Rogan's wide ranging political views including a compilation of his leftist and liberal opinions that divert from the mainstream media narrative about him To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show uncut and 1 hour early visit: https://breakingpoints.supercast.com/To listen to Breaking Points as a podcast, check them out on Apple and SpotifyApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-points-with-krystal-and-saagar/id1570045623 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Kbsy61zJSzPxNZZ3PKbXl Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/Orf: https://www.youtube.com/user/Orf With the current slate of hosts: Gray represents the progressive left, and Soave represents libertarian political ideologies. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices, 4/25/23: The Real Reason Tucker Was Fired, Future Of Fox News, Don Lemon Fired Over Interview, Wall Street Freaks Out, Biden's 2024 Announcement, Top Biden Op Smeared Hunter Laptop Story, New Lab Leak Evidence and Young Voters Rejecting Biden, Krystal and Saagar discuss the real reason Tucker was fired, his future media ventures, the future of Fox News, the reason Don Lemon was fired, Wall Street's freakout over debt ceiling, Biden's 2024 announcement, Anthony Blinken caught smearing the Hunter Biden laptop story, new lab leak evidence, young voters rejecting Biden, and how his terrible polling may affect his 2024 chances.Timestamps:(0:00): Intro(0:18): The REAL Reasons Fox FIRED Tucker(17:39): Krystal and Saagar DEBATE: Is Fox DEAD Without Tucker? Already on our list? . Lets look at todays (6.14.21) stories. 219K views 2 years ago Krystal and Saagar discuss the landmark Supreme Court case that protects gay, lesbian and trans workers by federal civil rights law. Theyre the future of politics and this book demonstrates that perfectly., Justice Democrats Co-Founder Kyle Kulinski, In The Death of the Grown-Up, Diana West diagnosed the demise of Western civilization by looking at its chief symptom: our inability to become adults who render judgments of right and wrong. This isnt a secret, but its not obvious either. Theyre raw truth tellers beholden to nobody and nothing but their own conscience. Krystal and Saagar have left Rising but continue sharing their original and anti-establishment political opinions in this new streaming series. Krystal wonders: If youre an immigrant getting deported, does it matter to you that the deporter-in-chief is the first African-American president? We are living through chaotic, nerve-wracking, and occasionally terrifying times, but we hope you will find this book both hopeful and helpful. This is one of the best political books I always knew I needed. [citation needed], In March 2022, YouTube suspended Rising's channel for seven days for allegedly "violating the platform's rules around election misinformation". The reason no one cares what Democrats have to say about corruption is because Democrats have zero moral authority. Useful Idiots with Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper, Useful Idiots, LLC | Cumulus Podcast Network. These elite liberal media types need to get a grip: after all, the rest of the country is burning. Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar (or simply Breaking Points) (BP) is an American populist, political news and opinion series created and hosted by Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti. This book reveals the white hot core of The Hill Risings meteoric rise in the alternative media space. He praised the church, duty, responsibility, and even indulged in a little chest-thumping patriotism. Personal Life, Parents and Family Details : $17.99. [6] They also lost access to certain resources they enjoyed at Rising, such as a small network of field reporters and regular remote hits with members of Congress from inside the Capitol dome. My guess as to why they are disproportionately critical of Democrats and dont go has hard at Republicans, is the right-leaning audience would stop tuning in if they were critical of Republicans. A weekly digest on business and economics from an NR sensibility. She is just a far left lackey for the union industrial complex. They are expected to swallow ridiculous explanations for their predicament from media hucksters pimping what she calls the hollow amorality of the meritocratic ideal, the now common-sense view that whatever situation you find yourself in, youre probably in that position because you didnt go to the right school or earn the right credentials. Krystal and Saagar discuss what a momentous day this is for cable news media.To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show uncut and 1 hour early visit: https://breakingpoints.supercast.com/To listen to Breaking Points as a podcast, check them out on Apple and SpotifyApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-points-with-krystal-and-saagar/id1570045623Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Kbsy61zJSzPxNZZ3PKbXlMerch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/Learn more about your ad choices. I dont know if this is something on their end or if this is on Apple Podcast but having to constantly re-listen to the previous 10 seconds gets annoying. Where they find common ground is being anti-elite, anti-authority/ruling class, pro a transparent Democracy, and pro-1A. They got lucky that hes too short-sighted to take an incremental loss to solidify long-term gains. Throughout her essays, she makes fun of the now un-reflexive Democratic pearl-clutching over the presidents tweets. Just stop. And More", "Two Hosts Exit The Hill's Popular Web Show 'Rising': Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky are leaving the successful digital talk show for its main rival", "Hill TV Censors Segment on Rashida Tlaib's Description of Israel as "Apartheid Government," Bars Reporter", "Left-Wing Journalist Katie Halper Has Been Fired for Calling Israel an Apartheid State", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rising_(web_series)&oldid=1148691846, Political mass media in the United States, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2022, Articles containing potentially dated statements from October 2020, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 7 April 2023, at 18:28. Subscribe S aagar Enjeti is on the rise. Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. It is usually published on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Ball, of course, hates Biden but not in the same way she hates the wine-track candidates: At least he doesnt come off as a condescending elitist who looks down his nose at Middle America. The former vice president may be detestable for his middle-class centrism, but Ball rightly recognizes that most Americans prefer that to the professional-class precociousness. A small but dedicated cadre of right-wingers recognize this and are adjusting their rhetoric accordingly. Truth is, Im not sure what to make of Enjetis conservatism. We both believe in putting the massive working class at the center of politics and advocate for candidates and policies which we believe will help accomplish that goal. But only one of its authors has the solutions it will take to remake our unequal society. Krystal's overriding take is that unions will solve all the ills of the country. Rising launched in June 2018 as Rising with Krystal & Buck with Buck Sexton as host. Breaking Points is a fearless anti-establishment multi-week Youtube and Podcast which holds the powerful to account hosted by Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti, 5/1/23: Second Largest Bank Failure In History, Leaked Epstein Docs w/ CIA Director, Charlamagne Trashes "DNC No Debates", SCOTUS Wife Cashes In, WH Correspondents Dinner, Fox Ratings Plunge, Biden Set To Lose NH, Krystal and Saagar discuss First Republic bank being seized by regulators and sold to JPMorgan Chase, Charlie Munger's dire banking system warning, leaked documents showing Epstein met multiple times with the CIA Director, Noam Chomsky, and others, Wall Street bankers joking about Epstein's Child Trafficking, a Biden voter is speechless on 2024 support, Charlmagne trashes the DNC for not hosting debates between candidates, Chief Justice Roberts' Wife cashes in on SCOTUS connections, Krystal and Saagar react to the White House Correspondents Dinner, Saagar looks into how Fox News ratings have plunged after Tucker's departure, Krystal looks into how Biden is set to lose New Hampshire to RFK, Marianne, and we're joined by Seth Hettena to discuss his reporting on how the FBI suspects 9/11 Hijackers were CIA assets. Listen to Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar on Spotify. It shouldnt be surprising that entrepreneurial and ambitious millennial right-wingers are rejecting 1980s Reaganite orthodoxy in the same way that young workers on the other side of the aisle are rejecting 1990s Clintonite orthodoxy. They publish an audio-only podcast, and the video program is available on YouTube and Spotify. Yet he insists he is bona fide because of his tolerance and support for family values and explicit rejection of intersectionality. Perhaps Enjeti is being coy here, but if tolerance for family values and a rejection of a silly pseudo-theory is all it takes to be a conservative, there must be quite a few writing for this magazine. I listen everyday while Im at work. 3/5. Ball and Enjeti arent unique in their ability to air the ruling classs dirty laundry left-wing newspapers and their online equivalents have been doing this for decades but whats special about these two is their knack for doing it in the vernacular. Saagar Enjeti explains the bias online against conservatives. ", "Big Tech's Kafkaesque Approach to Censorship Is Driven by an Abiding Contempt for Its Audience", "D.C. Insider Rag's Star 'Conspiracy Theorist' Abruptly Exits", "Kim Iversen LIVE: What Was I Doing On CORPORATE Media?!! Ball succeeds where many left-wing political analysts fail: she puts meat and flesh on the gross structural obstacles that working-class people face and the consequences those obstacles have. . This is especially important for Krystal. While stylistically very different the former was infamous for its low-production value while the latter looks so good you sometimes cant believe what youre hearing what they have in common is, as Enjeti is fond of saying, they both said the quiet part out loud., Bashing the hypocrisy of establishment liberals who bemoaned the lack of diversity when Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, and Julian Castro dropped out of the race, even as most couldnt name a single thing the candidates stood for. It always seems like Krystal has a story shitting on Democrats and Saagar has some broad story about the political landscape as a whole. It would be easier to find this sentiment among Marx and Engels than in the programs of any contemporary European populist party. The Hill's Rising (or simply Rising) is an American daily news and opinion web series produced by Washington, D.C. political newspaper The Hill. Krystal and Saagar debunk the blatant covid misinformation being pushed by The View as the Democratic party grapples with the political reality of their covid policies To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show uncut and 1 hour early visit: https://breakingpoints.supercast.com/To listen to Breaking Points as a podcast, check them out on Apple and SpotifyApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-points-with-krystal-and-saagar/id1570045623 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Kbsy61zJSzPxNZZ3PKbXl Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Is Enjeti a secret Bernie-bro receiving late-night directives from Jeff Weaver in undisclosed DC parking garages? So, instead of villainizing billionaires or bosses, the right-wing populist demonizes immigrants (or women or racial minorities or Jews). In July, Kim Iversen took over from Jashinsky,[12][13] who said on Twitter that she had never intended to do Rising full time. Multiple times today they shit on Democrats. 4/24/23: 70% Say No As Biden Announces 2024, Republicans Back Trump Post Indictment, SCOTUS Keeps Abortion Pill, Chaos As Elon Strips Blue Checks, Buzzfeed News Collapses, Biden Censor Marianne Tik Tok, Biden Taxes High Credit Scores. In September 2022, former Rising hosts Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky also joined Breaking Points,[7] at first filling in on as co-hosts and for special coverage as needed. Instead, it represents a recognition that the contemporary left is, unfortunately, not much different from establishment liberals in their embrace of identity at the expense of the working class. The series is available on The Hill's website and YouTube. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices. When Ball and Enjeti hosted, the show presented a synthesis of populist left and populist right viewpoints. Putting aside the question of Enjetis conservatism, were still left puzzling over the populism part of the equation. Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. "Hosts Krystal and Saagar answer Rising fans' questions on: which candidate has the best education platform, if there are any rising Republican stars, how th. I love this show. In 2018, The Hillannounced Krystal Balland Buck Sextonas presenters of a new slate of original programming to be produced by John Solomon. She makes you want to stuff Pete Buttigieg, and the other special flowers who get tracked onto the smart-kid path, into a locker. First and foremost, I realize some people will instantly chime in that Im being unfair or emotionally charged, or criticize me for merely posing the question without addressing my question. . Other than that, great podcast. [5], On May 28, 2021, Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti announced their departure from The Hill's Rising. Lasch, however, considered himself a man of the Left, and not without reason: he favored the major redistribution of power, he valorized the worker and the farmer, and he advocated for radical reforms to the political system. The Populists Guide to 2020 celebrates the working class in glowing heroic terms, and refers to the professional class elite with either contempt or pity. [12], Grim and Jashinsky, who were the regular Friday hosts of Rising, resigned in September 2022. It seems more likely that Saagar Enjeti is a conservative because hes paid to be one on TV. The book is filled with florid writing about the ruling class and the mendacity of the media elite. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices, EMERGENCY POD: Tucker Carlson AND Don Lemon OUT AT Fox, CNN, Krystal and Saagar hop into an emergency podcast to discuss the breaking news this morning surrounding the announcement that Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News and just minutes later the news that Don Lemon is out at CNN. Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History, Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class, The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism, Trump's Enemies: How the Deep State Is Undermining the Presidency. The paradox for Enjeti and others playing prep-school populist is that the only thing making populism right-wing is the scapegoating necessary to displace the class narrative. This is followed by an open discussion. Yet Ball and Enjetis populism doesnt represent a departure from class politics at all. It honestly gives me anxiety to listen to and just feels so toxic. Krystal has a talent for making you mad, or more accurately, resentful. [citation needed] Batya Ungar-Sargon also fills in for Gray. The channel also posts cross-over content from other affiliated partners and programs. Instead, he pleads with progressives to abandon their woke identitarian weakness which spells electoral doom for any progressive candidate in the United States, especially in the swing states that were lost to Donald Trump.. After todays announcement we know that Krystal and Saagar are leaving the Hill and Rising for some new project. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti are co-hosts of Rising at The Hill TV, one of the fastest growing political shows in America. Krystal Ball discusses Biden's call to keep the Filibuster. Dont let the experts convince you that better isnt possible. For a better shopping experience, please upgrade now. They call out the role elites of both the Democratic and Republican parties play, including the mainstream media, in propping up a rigged system that ignores the needs of the working poor and middle class. In the press release, Ball was slated as the "progressive co-host on a morning show with a conservative co-host". This May Day, get a Jacobin subscriptionfor just $1 for an entire year. They both support an individual's right to unionize, which traditionally is a more leftist view.