Nihilism Is It | DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou

<p>Political cartoonist Ted Rall and CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou deprogram you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM EST. </p><p>Today we discuss:</p><p> • Investigators are confounded by the lack of a recognizable ideological agenda in a wave of <strong>high-profile killings and political violence</strong> — shootings, a bombing, a planned drone attack — by assailants who were not Democrat or Republican, or Islamist militant, or antifa or white supremacist. They declare their contempt for humanity and a desire to see the collapse of civilization. It’s a contemporary strain of <strong>nihilism, the philosophical stance that arose in the 19th century to deny the existence of moral truth</strong>.</p><p> • <strong>The Sun Rises Also: </strong>Right-wing LDP Prime Minister <strong>Sanae Takaichi</strong> won a landslide victory in a snap election, marking a historic turnaround for her party. Japan’s first female leader enjoys sky-high approval ratings and a glowing endorsement from Trump. She has also signaled the return of Japan as an <strong>aggressive military power</strong> in the Pacific. </p><p> • Israel to allow <strong>settler-colonists to purchase</strong> Palestinian land in the <strong>West Bank</strong> without Palestinian approval. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said, “We will continue to bury the idea of a Palestinian state.” “We are anchoring settlement as an inseparable part of Israel’s government policy,” said Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz. Is <strong>annexation</strong> inevitable?</p><p></p><p>JOIN US LIVE ON RUMBLE!</p><p><a href="https://rumble.com/c/DeProgramShow" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://rumble.com/c/DeProgramShow</a></p><p></p><p>FOLLOW TED:</p><p><a href="https://rall.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://rall.com/</a></p><p><a href="https://x.com/tedrall" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://x.com/tedrall</a></p><p></p><p>FOLLOW JOHN:</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/realjohnkiriakou" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/realjohnkiriakou</a></p><p><a href="https://x.com/JohnKiriakou" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://x.com/JohnKiriakou</a></p><p></p><p>LISTEN ON SPOTIFY:</p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2kdFlw2w8sSPhKI8NRx8Zu" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/2kdFlw2w8sSPhKI8NRx8Zu</a></p><p></p><p>LISTEN ON APPLE MUSIC:</p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deprogram-with-john-kiriakou-and-ted-rall" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deprogram-with-john-kiriakou-and-ted-rall</a></p>