Narrative A

Tech CEOs must finally face accountability for deliberately engineering addictive features that harm children's mental health. This landmark trial represents a seismic shift — corporate leaders can no longer hide behind legal shields when their firms cause addiction and psychological damage.

Narrative B

Forcing CEOs to testify won't have a meaningful impact since platforms already have age restrictions and there's no definitive evidence proving social media causes harm to teens. The real challenge is enforcement — current age limits can't be accurately implemented without universal standards.

Nerd narrative

There is a 50% chance that the U.S. will break up Meta Platforms by Jan. 1, 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

Pro-establishment narrative

Ramaphosa's visit to Indonesia aims to showcase BRICS solidarity, but the trip instead highlights the bloc's internal fractures. Behind speeches of "Global South cooperation," China's dominance and conflicting national interests overshadow real progress. Jakarta and Pretoria promise shared prosperity, yet trade imbalances and limited investment persist. Genuine growth depends not on political theatre, but on sound governance, market openness, and stable partnerships with trusted global institutions.

Establishment-critical narrative

Amid persistent Western dominance and unfulfilled promises of "development," South Africa and Indonesia are turning toward genuine and promising South–South cooperation. Their expanding trade ties, joint industrial plans, and shared BRICS+ agenda signal a shift from dependency to self-determined growth among Global South nations. Rather than relying on IMF prescriptions, both nations invest in real production, local industries, and multipolar partnerships that challenge the old global order.

Nerd narrative

There is a 75% chance that any member country will leave BRICS before 2035, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

Establishment-critical narrative

Superintelligence poses an existential threat that demands immediate action to prevent human extinction. Current AI systems already exhibit dangerous behaviors like deception and manipulation that researchers can't fully control or understand. The rapid pace of AI development, driven by competitive pressures, is creating systems that could easily go on to subjugate or eliminate humanity. This Pandora's box must be firmly kept shut before it is too late.

Pro-establishment narrative

AI development follows predictable patterns where knowledge limitations, not raw computing power, prevent any single system from achieving world-dominating superintelligence. AI progress requires extensive trial-and-error experimentation that can't be simulated digitally, ensuring humans remain essential partners rather than obsolete obstacles. These realities make an existential AI scenario nothing more than implausible fearmongering.

Nerd narrative

There is a 5% chance that the U.S. and China will sign a formal, verifiable bilateral treaty or accord specifically limiting AGI development by Dec. 31, 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

Pro-Trump narrative

After a productive call between Rubio and Lavrov, it was agreed that a face-to-face meeting was unnecessary and that there were no immediate plans for a Trump-Putin summit in the near future. Trump pushed pause after it seemed that neither Russia nor Ukraine was serious about peace.

Pro-establishment narrative

While the Rubio-Lavrov call was described as productive, one U.S. official was quoted as stating that Russia did not move beyond its maximalist demands, and there was no point for a face-to-face meeting between them, or Trump and Putin, until there was a concession.

Pro-Russia narrative

It is surprising that Western media is reporting that the Trump-Putin talks are postponed. But mainstream Western outlets are not prone to serious reporting. From the Russian government's view, preparations for the meeting are proceeding without delay. But in the meantime, Russia has communicated why it opposes an immediate ceasefire on the current frontlines of the war.

Pro-Ukraine narrative

Ukraine's position, as demonstrated by the letter signed by multiple leaders of E.U. countries, is that Putin and Russia are just stalling. As soon as the pressure is released, they delay and delay, and the only way to get them to comply is to keep up the pressure. That's why Ukraine needs Tomahawk missiles. Only then will Russia seriously agree to stop the fighting.

Nerd narrative

There's a 5% chance that Donald Trump will win the Nobel Peace Prize before 2029, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

Republican narrative

Trump deserves compensation after the DOJ rigged investigations against him, costing him $1 billion in legal fees, while anti-Trump witnesses got free lawyers. The federal government owes him damages for weaponizing law enforcement in bogus probes. Justice demands accountability for this unprecedented government overreach.

Democratic narrative

This is Trump's attempt to loot taxpayers for compensation for legitimate criminal investigations into his actual misdeeds. This unprecedented cash grab creates massive ethical conflicts, since his own appointees would approve the payout. The president essentially wants Americans to pay him for being investigated.

Left narrative

Thugs have taken advantage of a horrible crime in order to engage in racist violence. By attacking police officers, setting vehicles on fire and terrorizing a community with missiles and fireworks, this organized criminality endangered public safety and intimidated law-abiding residents. Families are now left in their homes, sitting in fear of these masked criminals who think violence solves problems.

Right narrative

Government asylum policies have created a dangerous breakdown in community safety, as failed deportees commit serious crimes against children. Residents who raised legitimate safety concerns were dismissed as fascists by politicians, while ordered deportations never materialized. These are desperate communities seeking to have their voices heard as their own government prioritizes asylum seekers over citizen safety.

Pro-government narrative

The opposition parties are making completely unreasonable demands on a budget they haven't even read, threatening government stability just six months after Canadians elected this Parliament. Conservatives are setting impossible deficit targets they know can't be met while the Bloc has already eliminated any possibility of support. Canadians want certainty and results through a budget that will create a more prosperous and resilient economy, not reckless political games that could force an unnecessary election.

Opposition narrative

With Budget 2025 approaching, Liberals are leaving Canadians with higher costs, record debt and strained public services. Opposition parties are stepping up with constructive proposals Conservatives demand affordable spending and lower taxes, the Bloc seeks more for seniors, healthcare and housing, and the NDP opposes cuts to essential services. If Carney wants his budget to pass, he must craft one that earns support from at least one party — not lecture others for refusing to back harmful policies.

Pro-establishment narrative

Israel's occupation of the West Bank is increasingly getting out of hand, and moves to annex the territory only create instability. Though it may seem that it has never been as difficult to make peace, moderates must rise above the populist extremism of Hamas and the Israeli political right so the land can be shared. Both Israeli and Palestinian national aspirations are valid projects that deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. The two-state solution may not be the most equitable or desirable for either side, but it's the most achievable outcome.

Narrative B

The vote in the Knesset was unnecessary and will only damage the relationship between the United States and Israel, which is vital to Israel's strategic interests. Israel strengthens its settlements in Judea and Samaria every day with actions, not words. Sovereignty will be achieved by working on the ground and creating the conditions appropriate for annexation, as was done in Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.

Narrative C

The time for annexation is now. Judea and Samaria are historic parts of Israel, and Hamas' Oct. 7 attack was the final nail in the coffin for the establishment of a Palestinian state. Indeed, a violent, terrorist-run Palestinian state would be an existential threat to Israel's security, and Israeli sovereignty must be exercised in territories that are a natural part of the Jewish homeland.

Pro-Palestine narrative

Though the Israeli and Western media try to portray the settler movement as a fringe element of Israeli society, the state was founded on the basis of ethnic cleansing and land theft. Israeli leaders on the left and right have continued to approve settlement expansion, and Palestinian land has continued to recede since 1948. Indeed, Israel annexed the West Bank in all but name a long time ago, and Israeli politicians are increasingly open about Israel's intentions — the incremental destruction of Palestine.

Republican narrative

Federal agents conducted a lawful, intelligence-driven operation targeting criminal activity and counterfeit goods sales. When violent rioters obstructed law enforcement duties, blocked vehicles and assaulted federal officers, agents appropriately responded with necessary force to maintain order and complete their mission. The Trump administration continues to combat dangerous illegal immigration and related criminal activities.

Democratic narrative

Masked federal agents in military gear terrorized immigrant street vendors trying to make a living, sparking justified community outrage. This heavy-handed raid represents authoritarian overreach that creates fear rather than safety, targeting vulnerable people instead of actual threats to public security. This federal action will be investigated by New York state officials.

Nerd narrative

There's a 6% chance that at least twice as many deportations by U.S. ICE will occur in fiscal year 2025 compared with fiscal year 2024, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

Left narrative

The appeals court's reversal continues Colombia's shameful tradition of protecting paramilitary-linked politicians from accountability. By dismissing wiretapped evidence of Uribe discussing bribes, the tribunal covers up decades of narco-paramilitary governance and genocide. This decision reinforces impunity for elites while silencing those who exposed political corruption.

Right narrative

Colombia's justice system finally stood strong against a brazen political witch hunt that targeted former President Uribe for years. The appeals court's decision proves that legal institutions can resist weaponization by those seeking to criminalize legitimate politics. This victory shows the rule of law prevailed over partisan abuse, and serves as an example for other countries in the Western Hemisphere.