The Monthly Review — March 2026
All of New Outlook's topics, stories, and opinions you missed this past month.
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➊ TUCKER INTERVIEWS GLENN GREENWALD
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Glenn Greenwald: War Updates, False Flags, and Netanyahu’s Desperate New Attempt for Power
Released: March 16, 2026
Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald on the erosion of free speech under the Trump administration, Israel’s influence in the U.S., the ongoing Iran war, and much more.
➋ THE “DO OR DIE” CULTURE
You either buy into “calling out” everything as racist, sexist, etc, or you risk being labeled as one of the people contributing to those issues. In today’s culture, there are no nuances or spaces for independent thought.
Many years ago, when I took up the habit of curiously asking my friends about a variety of culture war issues (on race, pronouns, reparations, etc), I was always labeled as “anti-black,” “the embodiment of self-hatred,” “homophobic,” “transphobic,” etc. All of that simply because I dared to ask questions about issues that I was sincerely curious about. And these were my so-called friends.
It goes to show that the movement, and the revolutionary culture that drives it, takes precedence over any other relationship or dynamic. In the same way that neighbors and family members put one another through “struggle sessions” during Mao’s Cultural Revolution, so, too, are today’s revolutionaries.
The age of healthy, philosophical debates — getting to hear opinions and ideas that you may not necessarily agree with but that may deepen your understanding of the many ways one can think about any given issue — seems to be over. It’s been over for many years.
Revolutionaries do not want to debate. They do not care to discover a new outlook on familiar topics, or to understand the areas where their ideas may be logically flawed. What they do care about is coercion, censorship, cancellation — anything that will prevent their worldview and ideas from being critically challenged. When you feel entitled enough to believe that your view is the only worthwhile view and everyone else is on the wrong side of history, then of course you’d have no issue using force against your so-called opponents, censoring them, and, if you must, resort to completely destroying their lives.
➌ “THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE”
“Thank you for your service.” That age-old expression that makes American officials appear as if they actually care about the people who lay their lives on the line for their useless wars.
I guess it’s always been missing the part that’s rarely ever said out loud:
“Just make sure to never speak out of turn or against our forever wars.” ➍ WHEN STRATEGY IS MADE TO APPEAR RANDOM
Foreign policy is nothing but a highly strategic game, with real human lives as pawns. It seems there are no decisions made on the global stage without an intensive calculus behind it.
Which makes me also realize that on the cultural stage, there are no decisions the U.S. (and its media) makes — on race, gender, or other similar issues — whose outcomes have not been fully considered prior to being deployed into the mainstream.
We are all watching highly skilled propagandists at the helm of power.
➎ WOKE, ON THE LEFT & RIGHT, FOLLOWS THE SAME PLAYBOOK
Woke Left: DEI for “oppressed” class.
Woke Right: DEI for pro-Israeli class.
➏ CANDACE OWENS IS HER OWN WORST ENEMY
Candace Owens is likely the most difficult political commentator to support. Her incessant devotion to dig into the true story of the killing of Charlie Kirk — when no one else seemed interested in doing so, including the former spokesperson’s own Turning Point USA organization — has been nothing short of groundbreaking.
But now and again, Owens’ zealousness — or whatever it is that makes her bypass facts in pursuit of what she feels during her investigation — gets in the way. Her latest investigative series into Charlie Kirk’s widow Erica Kirk, titled Bride of Charlie, puts this phenomenon into full focus as Owens sloppily attempts to make something out of nothing through a handful of episodes. Her consistent speculation, inferences, and conflation of events while digging into Erica Kirk’s background only weakens the case she’s spent months building against TPUSA, the organization’s pro-Israel donors, the Trump administration’s handling of the investigation, and Erica Kirk herself.
What started as a serious investigation into a cover-up now looks like a clown show that can be easily lampooned for its unserious detours — and many on the internet who aren’t fans of Owens, for one reason or another, are already doing that.
I’ve found many of Owens’ discoveries into the Charlie Kirk case more than revealing, but she readily shoots herself in the foot with her non-journalistic approach, giving the likes of sniveling commentators like Ben Shapiro some credence when they say that commentators like Owens are simply chasing after nothing but clicks and money. I used to disagree with that take because Owens seemed steadfast in her pursuit of the truth, and that rehearsed line was always the go-to attack against journalists and truth-tellers who are devoted to exposing truths that powerful people want to keep hidden. However, the more Owens relies on feelings and speculation rather than cold, hard facts, the more that accusation will hold true.
➐ BAMBOOZLED, ONCE AGAIN!
Obama strategically duped the Left.
Trump is strategically duping the right.
Perhaps it’s time you woke up to the reality of politics. But I’m afraid the 2028 elections will follow the same trend. And people will hope for a different outcome — and it won’t happen. Instead, they’ll turn around and repeat the same trend all over again.
➑ PAPERS OF FALSE RECORDS
The rationalizations of American corporate media outlets are never founded on principles, just whatever is in the interest of the US and its allies at any given time.
➒ A COMEDIAN HAS ONE JOB…
To point out the quirks and absurdities of the time, and as a result make you laugh and leave you with a new outlook on issues you believed you were familiar with. It is not to coddle audiences whose priorities are to never be offended or be confronted with ideas that they disagree with.
Want to know if a society is repressed? Observe how the comedians who refuse to toe the acceptable line are treated by the people and institutions of power.
➓ THE RACKET’S REBRAND IS NOTHING BUT A RACKET
Matt Taibbi has apparently just launched a new podcast “Today’s News” with Michael Tracey.
Tracey, the slop journalist known for calling every investigative journalist he’s no match for a conspiracy theorist nut is apparently adept at climbing the journalistic social ladder as he’s collaborated closely with Glenn Greenwald on his former System Update nightly show, The Young Turks, and now Matt Taibbi’s Racket News. Apparently, some of the top voices in independent media see something in Tracey that others like myself do not.
In recent weeks, Taibbi has taken his publication in a different route — unafraid to critically cover stories that may or may not offend his reader-base or power centers — perhaps to prove that he’s heard the criticisms of what his publication has become; what many refer to as an echo-chamber for Trump supporters. In a candid letter to readers, Taibbi announced that he’s taking a step back as Editor-in-Chief of Racket News, and rebranding and hiring new reporters, including a new Editor-in-Chief Emily Kopp, to evolve the independent news platform.
Racket 2.0’s rebrand hints at a publication that is putting opinions, off-handed takes, and audience-capture in the past, and instead focusing more on hard-hitting investigative journalism that moves the needle and is capable of building a new home for ardent reporters. The publication’s new slogan aptly captures its new philosophy: “We care if it’s true. We don’t care why.” For a journalist like Taibbi who’s never seemed all too interested in ruffling too many feathers, the slogan makes it clear that Racket News is putting the final nail in the coffin of political partisanship. There’s much to be excited about there.
However, hiring Tracey and launching a podcast that seems to make a mockery of the corrupt, dark alliance networks and operations that keep the country in a perpetual state of degeneracy and decline, all while castigating the journalists devoted to exposing said networks is as out of touch as a publication like Racket News can get amidst a rebrand.
What a complete joke. Mark my words: Taibbi and Racket News will regret this decision. Just wait for it.
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I'm a subscriber to Racket News and it seems Matt has lost his way. After he broke up with Walter Kirn and the little bitter commentary that he gave by way of explanation, he seemed to kind of fall apart. His new editor is not at all impressive (young, inexperienced and publishes commentary without proofreading) and Michael Tracey is meant to give him renewed progressive creds. I wondered, at the time, if he's trying to build up something to follow Bari Weiss now that she's flying high. He cares too much about what people think - either on the left or right.