Brains and Eggs: Sunday Funnies

We put together a cartoon collection about Elon Musk's 'awkward gesture': https://t.co/e5Us1QKaNz

This one is by Oliver Ploux.#ElonMusk #nazisalute pic.twitter.com/u8KrtiIxZ6
— Cartoon Movement (@cartoonmovement) January 22, 2025

The future of the next generation is being stolen due to the misconception of endless growth on our finite planet. The Earth is a closed system for materials. "We are stealing the future, selling it in the present, and calling it GDP" - Paul Hawkenhttps://t.co/DLIGn4uJnd
— Peter Dynes (@PGDynes) January 12, 2024

Medicare for All#SocialistSunday pic.twitter.com/AbBHq010MV
— screamschildrenremoved (@PDiddie) April 13, 2025

This cartoon was drawn in 2009. pic.twitter.com/nwDtBVjU2M
— Friendly Neighborhood Comrade (@SpiritofLenin) July 27, 2024

most of what we fight over is made up... pic.twitter.com/T6UubOBNJ6
— వంశీ చెల్లెపాటి (@Vamshi_C13) November 29, 2025

The Bullock Museum completed a five-year project in December to make all 16,000 years of Texas history encapsulated within its walls available to visitors in both English and Spanish.https://t.co/hGF86uGJx9
— KUT Austin (@KUT) February 8, 2024

If you zoom in on this 1873 map of Houston, you'll see all sorts of interesting stuff, including the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou, which, because it formed a natural turning basin for boats to turn around, was the primary reason the Allen Brothers, John Kirby… pic.twitter.com/yEZ8x47u7r
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) February 6, 2025

Houston, Texas, and US blog roll

Deadline Politics

Stephen A. Smith Taunts Trump Over Low IQ Diss, Knicks Loss & Falling Asleep At Game: “I’d Put My IQ Up Against Yours Any Day Of The Week” - The latest dust-up between Stephen A. Smith and Donald Trump has escalated beyond if the ESPN host believes the former Apprentice host is to blame for the ...
Houston Public Media

Hello Houston – The Commuter Cut (June 9, 2026) - For our busy Houston commuters, we have – The Commuter Cut – a special 40-minute version of our show to listen to during your journey home.
The Guardian (U.S. news)

House Republicans narrowly advance Trump’s $70bn immigration enforcement bill; final vote still to come – live - The vote for the bill’s rule passed 213-211, along party lines, teeing up a debate and final vote on the Republican measure later today - Sign...
Courthouse News

Conservationists take partial win in case over Montana grizzly, trout habitat - Though a federal judge said an altered forest plan would likely impact grizzly bears and bull trout, she asked for more information before stopping roadbui...
Daily Howler

TUESDAY: What the Times didn't seem to see! - *TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2026* *The normalization of everything: *Continuing yesterday afternoon's report, today we record one part of the tragic, disordered be...
Texas Standard

Parents of girls who died at Camp Mystic want their day in court. A judge must decide if they get it - Camp Mystic faces five wrongful death lawsuits. It wants to resolve them out of court, through arbitration.
Al Jazeera English

Why so many Americans haven’t heard about the USS Liberty - Al Jazeera’s Ava Warriner explains what happened on the day of the attack, the alleged cover-up that followed.
The Week

YouTubers are having a Hollywood moment - Content creators leap from the internet to the big screen
Slate

There’s a Terrible Reason Why This Ebola Outbreak Is Different - It wouldn’t have been this way a few years ago.
Techdirt.

CEOs Who Think AI Replaces Their Employees Are Just Bad CEOs - In the last three months I’ve had people forward me four separate examples of a CEO losing his or her mind over AI. What’s been striking to me is the simil...
Futurism

ChatGPT Caught Recommending “Products” That Are Just Scams That Steal Your Credit Card Info - Shop around and find out. The post ChatGPT Caught Recommending “Products” That Are Just Scams That Steal Your Credit Card Info appeared first on Futurism.
First Draft

It’s The Incompetence, Stupid - MAGA is a fucked up movement led by dipshits and dunces.
San Antonio Report

NBA Finals draws Spurs fans to Frost Bank Center, inspires Alien Dogs for Wemby - Nearly 9,000 fans flocked to a Spurs Watch Party at Frost Bank Center Monday rocking the arena from start to finish, celebrating a victory. ----------------...
The Verge

Fitbit’s Charge 6 and Ace LTE are now as cheap as the new $100 Air - Whether you’re shopping for Father’s Day or trying to keep your kids entertained over summer break, you don’t need to spend a fortune to get a great Fitbit...
Brad Blog

‘Green News Report’ – June 9, 2026 - Follow and stream @GreenNewsReport!…(Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Flesh-eating New World screw worm detected in Tex...
High Country News

Billions in border wall contracts are going to a Montana firm run by a Trump donor - Barnard Construction’s leadership donated over $1 million to the president’s campaign. They’re among the administration’s top wall contractors. The pos...
Eschaton

War Off War On -
Salon.com

Ranked choice voting is working in Maine. It can work everywhere else too - Maine voters offer real hope for democracy — and it's got nothing to do with Graham Platner
Ballot Access News

Ohio Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Brunner Files Brief in Lawsuit Over Party Labels for State Supreme Court Elections - On June 8, Ohio Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Brunner filed this brief in Brunner v LaRose, n.d., 4:23cv-2180. Brunner is a Democrat who argues that the l...
NPR's Health Shots

Big tobacco hooked us on ultra-processed foods. It might teach us how to cut back - Research published in the American Journal of Public Health details the connection between ultra-processed foods and the tobacco industry when it comes to ...
Axios

Trump vows response after Iran downs U.S. helicopter - President Trump said the U.S. military has determined that Iran shot down the U.S. helicopter that crashed on Monday in the Strait of Hormuz and pledged ...
memeorandum

ICE funding bill is up for House vote after weeks of Republican delays (Washington Post) - Washington Post: *ICE funding bill is up for House vote after weeks of Republican delays* — The legislation, which the Senate passed Friday, has been h...
Independent Political Report

Independent NM Governor Candidate Sues Secretary of State Over “Unjust Burden” to Make Ballot - *This article was originally published by Source New Mexico on June 8, 2026. It is republished here under a CC BY-ND 4.0 license. Any views expressed are...
Common Dreams

'Donald Trump's Policies Are Hurting Social Security': Statement on the 2026 Social Security Trustees Report - The following is a statement from *Nancy Altman*, President of *Social Security Works*, on the 2026 Social Security Trustees Report: “This is the first S...
Mother Jones

US Denies Entry to Africa’s Referee of the Year Ahead of World Cup - A World Cup referee from Somalia confirmed on Tuesday that US border patrol officials denied him entry into the country. “I am very, very disappointed,” Om...
Daily Cartoonist

It’s a Whatnot World - A roundup of stories tangentially connected to comic strips. A history of the Jeep that brings to mind Mort Walker’s army, a non-cartoonist barber creating...
Mediaite

Trump Torpedoed By Merciless Pool Reports on Knicks Game — From Conservative Reporter - President Donald Trump was the subject of some absolutely merciless pool reports on the Knicks game that refuted his claim of an "amazing" reception from...
Infidel753

Video of the day -- cheating death - I'm the little guy -- all the way. (No, this is not "AI". It was made in 2013, by animation students in Norway.)
Election Law Blog

“A Better Balance for Campaign Finance Disclosure” - New Brennan Center report on campaign finance disclosure: Congress should enact commonsense solutions to ensure that the campaign finance system achieves...
Bonddad

Existing home sales report shows a sub-optimal equilibrium with rangebound sales, prices, and inventory - * - by New Deal democrat* First of all, my usual caveat: although they constitute about 90% of all housing sales, I don’t pay too much attention to e...
Undernews

Best states for working dads - *WalltetHub - *To help fathers manage the demands of both parenting and providing, WalletHub evaluated all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia acro...
SCOTUSblog

The Supreme Court’s neutering of the First Step Act - In 2018, Congress passed the First Step Act with rare bipartisan support. Hailed as “the most significant criminal justice reform bill in a generation,” ...
Ian Welsh

AI: Make Them Stupid, Then Sell Them Brains - The evidence on AI’s effect on those who use it has been coming in, and it’s not good. While it doesn’t effect everyone, it seems to effect most people, an...
Grist

The quiet push to shield pesticide makers from lawsuits - Industry-backed pesticide immunity laws are advancing nationwide, raising fears that farmers and families harmed by pesticides could lose their right to se...
Scheerpost.com

Higher Education Must Not Become a Research Arm of Militarized Power - By Henry A. Giroux This article was originally published by Truthout Universities risk becoming agents of militarized socialization rather than sites of de...
Democracy Now!

Why New Yorkers "Thunderously Booed" Trump at Knicks-Spurs Game: Sportswriter David Zirin - President Trump on Monday attended the third game of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The San Antonio Spurs beat the New York Knic...
Rallblog

Trump’s Newest Nazi Knock-Off | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas - LIVE 9:00 am Eastern time, Streaming Anytime: Conflict reporter/writer/cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstr...
Raw Story

Revealed: GOP insider shares what sparked bitter Trump vendetta against Kaitlan Collins - President Donald Trump has singled out CNN's Kaitlan Collins for particular harassment — and it’s not just because she asks him tough questions. To the p...
Vox

There’s a new threat to the World Cup. FIFA might not be ready. - This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Sávio Bortolini Pimentel just ...
The Progressive Wing

6/9 News Roundup & Open Thread - Hi Birdies, Bernie spoke at the National Press Club, with Q & A by Robert Costa. The gap between inside the beltway chatter and the realities of American l...
The Hill

Graham's embrace of Iran war faces primary test in South Carolina - In today's issue: ▪ Iran war on the ballot in South Carolina ▪ Mormon backlash forces Pentagon update ▪ Trump formally nominates Blanche for AG ▪ First fam...
ProPublica

He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him. - The post He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him. appeared first on ProPublica.
The Smirking Chimp

Trump’s Presidency Is Finished: Political Analyst -
Crooked Timber

Final Five And U.S. Competitiveness - Jerry Cayford at Three Quarks Daily has written a piece responding to the near-farcical “jungle primary” in California where it appeared possible at one po...
Novara Media

Judge in Palestine Action Case Refuses to Recuse Himself Over Bias Claims - A judge in the trial of four Palestine Action activists has refused to remove himself from the case following a request from the defence amid accusations o...
Crooked Media

Why Is Disability Still an Afterthought? - The post Why Is Disability Still an Afterthought? appeared first on Crooked Media.
Counterpunch

Small is Still Beautiful: The True Political Realignment - We’ve heard a lot about political realignment since the Donald Trump era began, but even more now that we’re confronted with the brutality and chaos of h...
jobsanger

The Epstein Cover-Up Should Disqualify Blanche To Be Attorney General -
Informed Comment

Iran and the Axis of Empire - The current US-Israeli war against Iran, which despite the Islamic Republic's contribution, is a clear case of imperialist aggression
Mediagazer

A look at WaPo's Make It Make Sense podcast, a manifestation of the rightward shift of its opinion section, with just 800 YouTube subscribers since a May launch (Natalie Korach/Status) - Natalie Korach / Status: *A look at WaPo's Make It Make Sense podcast, a manifestation of the rightward shift of its opinion section, with just 800 YouTu...
Popular Resistance

End Sportswashing Of US Crimes And Elite Capture Of The People’s Games - The 2026 World Cup, taking place in North America, begins on June 11. In the United States, the games will be played in 11 cities from coast to coast wit...
Workers World

U.S. hands off Cuba and Venezuela! - [image: U.S. hands off Cuba and Venezuela!] Brooklyn, New York, June 3, 2026. Brooklyn, New York — The flags of Cuba and Venezuela flew in front of the Met...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

Public Schools Are on the Ballot: Why Gina Hinojosa’s Campaign Matters, by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. June 8, 2026 - *Public Schools Are on the Ballot: Why Gina Hinojosa’s Campaign Matters* *by* *Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D.* *June 8, 2026* *Today’s news about * *Democrati...
Antiwar.com

We Should Not ‘Integrate’ Our Military With Any Foreign Nation! - Not since the notorious 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) provided for indefinite detention of American citizens, has the annual funding bill ...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Religious right leader who allegedly felt that AIDS was 'God's punishment' now condemning James Talarico's take on the Bible - Democratic senatorial candidate James Talarico (first picture) has been condemned by religious right leader Gary Bauer (second picture) for his progressi...
Claytoonz

Lies and Hissy Fits - Please read the blog at my Substack. Support your local cartoonist: If you want to support the cartoonist, please donate through PayPal to clayjonz@gmail.c...
LareDOS

My American history - The current brand of patriotism is product and prod, exclusionary, self-serving and narrow-minded, fear-mongering
Progressive.org

‘Our Kids Are Not Free’ - Laws across the country targeting transgender people are driving families to relocate.
Alas, a Blog

The Kitchen Table Cycle - In the wake of the 2024 election, a poll from Blueprint found that a lot of swing voters believed that “Kamala Harris is focused more on cultural issues li...
slacktivist

Jesus loves me, this I know, for Pete Hegseth tells me so - Establishment is a prison for the established religion just as much as it is for all of the other sects and slight-variations of that religion that establi...
ArcaMax

The coming revival of America - I detest him and everything he does or says. Ditto his despicable aides and Cabinet members, his unprincipled sycophants and suck-ups. But it’s possible th...
The AltWorld

Netanyahu’s latest OWN GOAL: Yemen CLOSES Bab Al Mandab for Israel | Ep. 228 - Live coverage of the war on Iran. Updates, analysis, and the latest developments as the conflict escalates […] The post Netanyahu’s latest OWN GOAL: Yeme...
Liberation News

194 Billionaires. 40 Million of Us. We’re Just Getting Started. - Vote Here is what we won, what the June 2 vote means, and how you join what comes next.
naked capitalism

Coffee Break: The Dem Establishment Goes All-In Against Platner - The Democratic party establishment is neither feckless nor helpless when it comes to crushing opponents to its left, like Senate candidate Graham Platner.
Mondoweiss

Former IRGC commander to Mondoweiss: Lebanon is Iran’s ‘non-negotiable red line’ in any deal with the U.S. - Mohsen Rezaei, a senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader and former IRGC Commander, says Tehran will not separate Lebanon from any deal with Washington, in...
Consortium News

Still Thriving - Consortium News was launched 31 years ago as the first U.S. alternative, internet news. There’s been an explosion of independent news sites since. CN Live!...
The Conversation

Why the director of national intelligence needs more than political loyalty to do the job - The newly named director of national intelligence is a Trump political ally who has no experience in national security. A veteran of the field says it matt...
Capital & Main

The Glacier May Be Gone, but the Love Isn’t - An interview with *Time and Water* director Sara Dosa on climate grief, memory and the films that actually move people. The post The Glacier May Be Gone,...
The Daily Poster

The Supreme Court Lets Corporations Sidestep Their Victims - Elon Musk prefers it that way.
San Antonio Current

Ken Paxton’s attorney endorses James Talarico in U.S. Senate race - U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton’s former criminal defense attorney has thrown his backing behind Democrat James Talarico in that race, saying his forme...
Political Wire

Britain and America Can’t Stop Firing Their Leaders - Jonathan Martin: “Donald Trump and Keir Starmer will never be linked in the same fashion as political tandems Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher or Bill C...
Alternet

Trump taps into running GOP joke that he’s is the real House speaker - Reese Gorman's new report for NOTUS centers discusses Speaker Mike Johnson ceding his job to President Donald Trump. According to the piece, posted Mond...
Project Censored

News That Didn’t Make the News: Science Communicators and AI Data Centers - First up, Professor Dave explains. Science communicator Dave Farina joins the show to talk about the emergence of science communicators at a time when sc...
Dissent Magazine

Subdivided - HBO’s *Neighbors* attempts to capture our mutual loathing and derangement at the neighborhood level. What hope is there for the paranoid suburbs?
Glasstire

The Beating Heart of Austin’s Artist-Run Independent Spaces: Five Interviews to Light Your Fire - This article is part of a series of pieces celebrating Glasstire’s 25th anniversary. To see other stories from this series, go here. To see pieces from t...
The Texas Signal

New Survey Results Show Challenges For Texas - An annual data book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows Texas ranking 44th in overall child wellbeing, as well as the worst state in the country with ...
El Paso Matters

How much is the typical nursing graduate degree in El Paso? New loan caps spark concerns about future nursing workforce - Some fear new federal limits on student loans for graduate student nursing degrees could worsen shortages of nurse practitioners, faculty and healthcare...
Rewire

Rising Costs of Fuel, Other Goods Squeeze Already Strained Abortion Funds - Colorado fund reports 26 percent increase in costs in first quarter of 2026. The post Rising Costs of Fuel, Other Goods Squeeze Already Strained Abortion...
The Root

Did You Know That These Black Celebrities Were BFFs? - In honor of National Best Friends Day, we're looking at some of our favorite Black celebrity besties. Read more...
WhoWhatWhy

A Slow Walk: The Answer to a Fast World - [image: San Francisco, Mayor, Art Agnos, Russ Baker, selfie] If your ever-flashing screen has got you numb, come stroll the real world with me and let it r...
Texas Observer

How a Gun-Rights Extremist Could Soon Represent Uvalde in Congress - On May 24, 2022, a Border Patrol Tactical Unit fatally shot 18-year-old Salvador Ramos inside a classroom in Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, 77 minutes...
IVN

Oklahoma Rejected Nearly 58,000 Signatures for Open Primaries. Now Voters Want Answers. - The Oklahoma secretary of state rejected the signatures of an open primary initiative. Now, voters are taking the matter to court.
Earth 911

Guest Idea: Gaming’s Console Upgrade Cycle Is a Growing E-Waste Problem Nobody Talks About - The PlayStation 4 sold approximately 117 million units over its lifetime, making it one of... The post Guest Idea: Gaming’s Console Upgrade Cycle Is a Gr...
Dorf on Law

Another Immodest Proposal: Ratify the (Original) First Amendment - *Major Correction*: Below you will find a blog post in which I made a boneheaded reading comprehension error. I'm leaving it up because, having in the pa...
World Socialist Web Site

Donate to the WSWS! Build a mass socialist movement of the working class! - Donate today to strengthen the WSWS—the indispensable voice and organizing center of the international working class—so we can expand our coverage, deepen ...
Off The Kuff

SCOTx tosses cable franchise fees lawsuit - Sheesh. Texas Supreme Court justices say they won’t decide whether two state laws give an illegal discount to telecommunication companies — because the nea...
Portside

Sunday Science: Mindscape Ask Me Anything, Sean Carroll June 2026 - Sunday Science: Mindscape Ask Me Anything, Sean Carroll June 2026 Ira Mon, 06/08/2026 - 02:18
See You In 2020

Jewish supremacy, its role in the Epstein regime, & the operation to stop anti-Zionist MAGA - Jewish supremacy is a real problem, but it comes from a deeper system of control, a system whose defeat will require more than electoralism. It will req...
Greg Palast

If Trump Stood the White House on its Side - Our President holds up a chart showing that if you stood up the Lincoln Monument reflecting pool on its side, it would be taller than the Empire State Buil...
Field Negro

"Profiles in Cowardice" - *"The coward only threatens when he is safe" ~ Goethe~ * The word out of Washington now is that some of the Republican elected officials are now defying...
Idavox

From Border Patrol to Blood-and-Soil: Greg Bovino Speaks at Fascist Ethnic Cleansing Conference in Portugal - It is curious we are posting this on June 6. I urge Greg Bovino to... The post From Border Patrol to Blood-and-Soil: Greg Bovino Speaks at Fascist Ethnic...
Wolf Street

There’s Trouble Brewing in the Treasury Market - Inflation is the bane of the bond market. And it is now demanding multiple rate hikes, starting late this year.
CultureMap Houston

Houston comfort food favorite closes flagship and more popular stories - *Editor's note: **It's time to catch up on the top Houston news of the week, from a comfort food closure to a futuristic restaurant opening. Plus, a long-a...
Socialist Alternative

Which Way Forward for the Left?—Introducing International Marxism Issue #3 - Following the success of issues 1 and 2 of ISA’s journal International Marxism, issue 3 is here! This issue is titled “Which Way Forward for the Left?” and...
Space City Weather

With the potential for slow-moving storms, we are issuing a Stage 1 flood alert for Saturday in Houston - In brief: Due to wet soils and the potential for slow moving storms, we are instituting a Stage 1 flood alert for the Houston region through Saturday eveni...
alicublog

SATURDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: A LITTLE SOMETHIN' EXTRA EDITION. - *Cool new(ish) shit. Thanks, Gabbie. * OK, so it’s not like last week when I was a *month* and a day late, but late is late so I apologize. In my defense...
MintPress News

Iran Arrests 6,500 Israeli and U.S.-Linked Agents Amid Expanding Spy Crackdown - Iranian authorities claim to have dismantled multiple spy and militant cells tied to foreign intelligence agencies, arresting more than 6,500 people sinc...
Lowering the Bar

Two More Lawyers Pay for Relying on Artificial “Intelligence” - [image: LTB logo]Is it worth it? (That's a rhetorical question.)
Environment Texas

Congress continues funding Energy Star efficiency program - Appropriators approve level-funding for voluntary energy efficiency labeling program into FY27 The post Congress continues funding Energy Star efficiency...
Church and State

People in the world’s ‘blue zones’ live longer – their diet could hold the key to why - Ageing is an inevitable part of life, which may explain our strong fascination with the quest for longevity.
Sludge

Shadow Super PAC Tied to Lobbyist Drops $1M for Haley Stevens - A pop-up super PAC boosting Haley Stevens is registered at the home address of a lobbyist for Northrop Grumman, Meta, and other corporate giants.
The Grayzone

Soros’ OSF helped stir Indonesian rebellion, leaks reveal - Leaked documents reviewed by The Grayzone expose how the Soros-run Open Society Foundations plotted to “prevent the continuation” of Indonesia’s elected ...
The NM Political Report

Luján condemns partisan budget bill for funding ICE while ignoring rising family costs - [image: U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, delivered a Senate floor speech Wednes...
Duck of Minerva

Rest Well, Raul Pacheco-Vega - Our community lost the inimitable Raúl Pacheco-Vega this week. Someone who knew him better than me should write a more definitive remembrance and maybe the...
Trivial Knot

Agnostic atheism and other hairsplitting terms - Atheism is associated with a handful of hairsplitting terms: agnosticism, agnostic atheism, ignosticism, apatheism, and so on. These terms describe some te...
Earthworks

Communities in the Dominican Republic Call for Environmental Accountability on World Environment Day - Protecting the Hatillo Reservoir is not only an environmental priority, but a social and economic necessity. The post Communities in the Dominican Republ...
Bracing Views

War Is Too Easy - Tyranny of the Warmongers BILL ASTORE JUN 04, 2026 Making war shouldn’t be this easy. With the Iran War, two men determined America’s attack on Iran, and o...
Black Agenda Report

Black Agenda Report June 5, 2026 - Black Agenda Report June 5, 2026 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 06/05/2026 - 07:46 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda R...
Debunking Christianity

On Assessing McIntosh's Sophisticated Defense of Miracles - Do you want to read a sophisticated defense of miracles and an equally sophisticated rebuttal? The defense of miracles was written by Don McIntosh: LINK ...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Walmart Crime Report May 2026 - Walmart had another thirteen more shootings in May of 2026, with at least five of them killing one person and one of those killing two for a total of si...
NORML

Alabama: Following Years of Delays, Patients Can Finally Access Authorized Medical Cannabis Products - [image: Medical Marijuana Dispensary][image: Medical Marijuana Dispensary]"Starting today, lawmakers, regulators, and licensed providers must begin puttin...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

Democratic Capture, Tucker's Demons, and More: Dispatches Mailbag - I answer subscriber questions and we've got a good one today
Media Lens

Invitation To A Turkey Shoot – How To Debunk Climate Denial - We, of course, post on all kinds of emotive and controversial issues on social media: genocide in Gaza, the war of aggression on Iran, the weaponisation of...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

The Races That Made the Senate Majority: A Three-Cycle Story - Breaking down the most recent elections for all 100 Senate seats, and how Republicans are in the majority despite more often being on the wrong side of t...
Texas Monthly

I Had Spoiled Meat at a BBQ Joint. Here’s What Happened Next. - And more on the responsibility of the restaurant owner and the obligation of the customer if such a situation happens to you.
The Rag Blog

AUSPOP / CULTURE / Retrospective of Underground Comix Pioneer Gilbert Shelton - By Austin Museum of Popular Culture /The Rag Blog / June 5, 2026 The Austin Museum of Popular Culture will launch its Retrospective of Underground Comix Pi...
Angry Bear

Minimum Wages and Unemployment - Does raising the minimum wage increase unemployment? An increase in the minimum wage can motivate more people to enter the labor market because they will...
Speak Freely (ACLU)

‘Voting By Mail is My Lifeline’: Voter With Disability Shares Importance of Mail-In Voting - One voter with cerebral palsy shares how Trump’s executive order against mail-in ballots limits voting accessibility and keeps voters with disabilities out...
Ecosophia

Sex, Politics, and Operation Dildo Blitz - I planned on posting an essay on a different subject today. In fact, I had another essay all written and revised, waiting for whatever fame and fortune a w...
Discourse

Scott Pelley...Welcome to the Resistance? (w/Producer Sam) - Plus: Lessons in wearing sunscreen, Nick Bilton is now running 60 Minutes, Trump's 'Freedom 250' fest, and a CA gubernatorial primary preview
The Greanville Post

The US A.I. Bubble Rendezvous With Reality - RB—The need for such colossal amounts of capital investment has also led to increasing levels of financial “innovation”, such as with Coreweave which buys ...
Seeing the Forest

Two Short Videos For Today - 1964: Mario Savio’s “Bodies Upon The Gears” speech at a UC Berkeley student protest Warzone – The Sound of Revolution
Web of Debt

The AI Revolution: Where Capitalism Meets Socialism: The Abundance Paradigm, Part 2 - Part 1 of this “Abundance Paradigm” series discussed predictions that artificial intelligence and robotics will in the relatively near future produce an ec...
Krebs on Security

Hackers Used Meta’s AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts - The Instagram accounts for the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Space Force were briefly defaced with pro-Iranian images and mes...
Progressives Chat

Flashback 1976: Martha Mitchell Dies - *Martha Mitchell* died at age 57 on [Monday,] May 31, 1976. The 50th anniversary of her death has just passed. Martha was a socialite who was also, when...
Campaign for America's Future

Es nuestra hora de defender la democracia - Nos están arrebatando el derecho a votar. Es nuestro deber restaurar la salud de nuestra democracia, mientras aún podemos. En una democracia sana, tenemos ...
The Militant

Build protests now to defend Cuba’s sovereignty! US hands off Cuba! - The following statement was released May 26 by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party, on behalf of the party’s National Committee....
Edinburg Politics

Robert Peña, Jr., 58, former state legislative candidate, longtime Edinburg school board trustee, economic development leader, and veteran of Operation Desert Storm, passes away - Robert Peña, Jr., 58, a former Edinburg Democratic state legislative candidate, longtime school board trustee, economic development leader, and veteran of ...
Green Pages News

Young Ecosocialists have concluded their May 2026 Special Elections - The Young Ecosocialists have concluded their May 2026 Special Elections. Those elected to the Steering Committee are: Alice Falle, Education & Member Suppo...
Countercurrents

Abdullah Quilliam: The Forgotten Pioneer of Child‑Centered Welfare and Social Protection - Abdullah Quilliam — born William Henry Quilliam in 1856 — was a British solicitor from Liverpo...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

Tap The Brakes - 11 x 17 inch high-res color .jpg image, 2.4mb Trump taps the brakes…? “Taps the brakes”? JEEzus, they’re really breaking the Goofy Meter over at the Washin...
TalkLeft

Memorial Day Open Thread - With gratitude to those who served and died, to our veterans still with us, and to those currently enlisted who are protecting our nation and allies and ...
Unlimited Hangout

The Praxian Genocidal Kill Chain — Part 2 - In Part 1, we dissected how the “Praxians”—the Silicon Valley-rooted wing of the global oligarchy—have seized control of the second Trump administration....
Land Destroyer

America’s Future: A Prosperous, Peaceful Nation, or a Bankrupt, Violent Empire? - *May 7, 2026* (NEO - Brian Berletic) - The US is at a juncture faced with two choices. It can either manage a transition from global hegemon to a prosper...
OpEd News

Stephen Colbert Deserves to Be Whistleblower of the Year - So I will say it plainly. Stephen Colbert deserves to be named Whistleblower of the Year.
Texas Freedom Network

The Legal Chat: Constitutional Law Professor Breaks Down Texas’ Ten Commandments in Schools - It’s happening in real time. The Ten Commandments in schools is one of several legal challenges over religion that’s reshaping the national conversation ...
Consent Factory, Inc.

The Beast - So I tried to write a column about dog rape. I couldn’t do it. Despite my fear of losing the last of my Substack subscribers, going broke, getting evicted ...
Democracy Chronicles

How the Illinois Democratic Party Increases Voter Apathy - Illinois is an especially undemocratic and arguably unconstitutional state. So much so that you can quite literally be legally punished for voting.
Avedon's Sideshow

It's time we started rockin' the boat - This photo of sunrise in Taiwan is from Joe Garrity's BlueSky account at JBGarrity Photography. Lotta cool pics in his stream. "'Tragic Day for the Freedo...
Skeptophilia

Thy fearful symmetry - For some of the most fundamental aspects of life, it's uncertain whether or not evolution was *constrained*. The question has great significance with regar...
DeSmogBlog

Gulf Royal Family Banks Over €70 Million in EU Farming Funds - The UAE’s ruling royal family is benefiting from tens of millions in EU subsidies to grow crops destined for the Gulf, it can be revealed. A new cross-bo...
The Socialist

Stephen Schwarzman Net Worth 2026: Blackstone CEO’s $44.2 - Table of Contents The Genesis of a Fortune: Early Career and Blackstone’s Founding The $41,700,000,000 Cornerstone: Blackstone’s Dominance A Global Portfol...
FrontBurner – D Magazine

Surprise shows coming to Dallas this weekend - Is it really a weekend in Dallas without some pop-up shows? No, it is not. But we’re hearing about two this weekend that you should definitely put on your ...
nonsite.org

Bonnard and Escapism - Violently, but also with his intellect. Still life artists in the same great easel painting tradition—Chardin, Cezanne—had pondered what kinds of logic rel...
Texas Environmental News

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Dispatches from the Underclass

“They’re Demonic” – Israel Runs the Gaza Playbook in Lebanon (w/ Rania Khalek) - I was on Bad Faith Podcast with Briahna Joy Gray to talk about Israel’s war on Lebanon, check it out:
The Mind Unleashed

Форекс индексы: Твой ключ к диверсификации и прибыли! - Форекс Индексы: Трейдинг с Умом! Арбитраж – это стратегия, при которой трейдер пытается извлечь прибыль из разницы в ценах на один и тот же актив на разных...
Downwinders at Risk

ForwardDallas - We are reclaiming our neighborhoods by embedding life-changing environmental justice policies into the city’s DNA, finally putting an end to industrial pol...
Dissident Voice

Tulsi Gabbard and Joe Kent - Frank had just finished listening to online news about how US government officials viewed the Israel-United States war of aggression launched against Ira...
Reading the Pictures

Caught My Eye: Trump, the Bomber, and the Blowback - A round‑up of pictures that cut through the spin and highlight the fallout, from Iran to the home front. The post Caught My Eye: Trump, the Bomber, and t...
Two Party Opera

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WAWG Blog

Are Election Safeguards Sufficient for Our 2026/2028 General Elections? - While no system can be 100?% immune to attempts at manipulation, the combination of legal requirements, bipartisan procedural rules, and independent audi...
Second Nexus

U.S. Hockey Star Slams White House For Sharing AI-Doctored Video Of Him Insulting Canadians - There's a saying about laying down with dogs. Or, you're known by the company you keep. NHL player and Team USA member Brady Tkachuk is learning that les...
Screwston Antifascist Committee

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Targets Screwston Anti-Fascists For Investigation - BREAKING Our organization is being targeted by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton who, on Friday, February 6th, released a public statement calling us “dera...
Moron Majority

After Disastrous Bondi Hearing, Stetson University College of Law Issues Statement - Pam Bondi received her Juris Doctor degree from Stetson University College of Law in 1990. The Florida law school fears for its reputation after Bondi’s un...
Free & Equal

How Do We Empower The Next Generation? w/ Ron Paul - Join Christina Tobin, Chair of Free and Equal Elections Foundation, as she and Former U.S. Attorney David Katz join NewsNation to discuss what President ...
The Disorder Of Things

Call for Participation: Women, Peace and Security Research Network UK - Date: Tuesday 19 May 2026 Venue: Queen Mary University of London Format: A one-day event with 20-25 participants The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) UK Res...
Dandelion Salad

Marxist Scholar Michael Parenti Dies at 92 + When you had the Crisis of Capitalism, Fascism is an Attempt at a Final Solution to the Class Struggle - Michael died Saturday, January 24, 2026. My sincere condolences and deepest sympathies to all his family, friends and readers. He will be missed by many. —...
Daily Dot

Rumors that the Starbucks unicorn frappe will return are rampant on TikTok, but is it just more 2016 nostalgia? - [image: starbucks unicorn frappe] People on social media are expressing nostalgia for Starbucks’ discontinued Unicorn Frappe—and spreading rumors about i...
Reform Austin

A Farewell from Reform Austin - After much reflection, we’ve made the difficult decision to close down Reform Austin. Since our inception, our mission has been to provide Texans with re...
Reveal

How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE’s Facial Recognition Tech - [image: Two federal agents are standing in the sun wearing police vests. One agent is holding a cell phone.] Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he wa...
ExChristian.Net

Turn off the Light - *By BlackFreethought ~ * Once I took off the mask and removed the veneer of Christianity during this second deconstruction, the world became a more scary...
American Prospect

More State (or Is It Just Trump?) Capitalism - Treasury’s Bessent says the feds will jump into pharmaceuticals and shipbuilding. California’s Newsom says the state has produced and will sell insulin at ...
Progressive Army

Acta de reunión de comisión directiva - Estimados socios buenos días: Les hacemos llegar en adjunto acta número 920 relacionada a la reunión de comisión directiva realizada el día miércoles 24 ...
Rio Grande Guardian

Smith: Border Days - Border chronicler Morgan Smith recaps a two-day trip he recently made to Mexico, including stops in Anapra, Juárez, and Palomas. The post Smith: Border D...
GreenSource DFW

Commercial clients lining up for quiet, all-electric landscaping service - *The Greener Good crew manicuring the grounds at Southlake’s Delta Hotel by Marriott in July. Photo courtesy of the Greener Good.* Aug. 8, 2025 At least...
Nina Illingworth

Journal: Courage, Cowardice, and Collaboration - Rashid Khalidi's recent stand against Columbia University's collaboration with Trump's fascist cultural agenda is important; more US educators should joi...
Stinque

Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 - The post Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 appeared first on Stinque.
Bud Kennedy

Joe Rogan tells Texas Democrat James Talarico, ‘You need to run.’ Does he? | Opinion - If Texas Democrats need young talent, James Talarico is a start. The 36-year-old Texas House lawmaker from Round Rock is not far removed from his days as J...
ROAR Magazine

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Eater Houston

The Best Hidden Gem Restaurants in Houston - [image: A person serves a matcha martini at Bar Doko.] Let Eater point you to some of the most underrated and under-the-radar restaurants in Houston. | Mi...
Ring of Fire

Trump Threatens Media Outlet Over Don Jr’s Comparison To Hunter Biden - Donald Trump Jr. has been crisscrossing the planet using his dad’s name, his name, of course, to get all of these business deals and put money in his poc...
Southeast Texas Record

Case activity for Maa Wwarrs -Maa Vintage Park, LLC vs Keidre Mccall on May 14 - The Harris County Civil Court reported the following activities in the suit brought by Jack Garland Jr. and Maa Wwarrs -Maa Vintage Park, LLC against All...
Save Buffalo Bayou

Cutting Forest for Stormwater Basins - Is that A Good Idea? The Value of Lost Ecosystem Services April 29, 2025 Digging out the land to create basins to hold stormwater and prevent flooding is a...
Texans For Public Justice

New Report & Tool to Track Flaring - The “Texas Flaring Project” released a website and a report today analyzing how the state’s oil and gas industry wastes valuable natural gas by flaring a...
Political Garbage Chute

Why Did The Secretary of Defense Text Me Dick Pics and Nuclear Launch Codes? - “I’m Prince of War now, got it? I’ll do what I want. Text what and who I want.” Well, that was a new one. I have to say in all my years covering politics...
Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

Degrowth’s unhelpful contribution to global environmental challenges: A rejoinder to a critique of growth contingency - I write in response to the recent critique by Terry Leahy of my article ‘Beyond green growth, degrowth, post-growth and growth agnosticism’ in JAPE (94, ...
Polygraph (global fact-check)

Vatican: Francis stable, out of ‘imminent danger’ of death - The Vatican press office is changing the frequency of the pope’s health updates
Equality Texas

Remembering Sylvester Turner - Today, we mourn the sudden loss of Congressman Sylvester Turner. A lifelong Houstonian and dedicated public servant, Turner was a member of the Texas Hous...
The Reality-Based Community

Nhận định soi kèo Erzurumspor vs Pendikspor lúc 17h30 ngày 06/3/2025 - Tiếp tục với giải Hạng Nhì Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ, khi bước vào vòng 28, người hâm mộ sẽ được chứng kiến một trong những trận đấu hấp dẫn diễn ra giữa Erzurumspor và...
CPI's Danger in the Air

Public Integrity’s “40 Acres and a Lie” project is honored by the Philip Meyer Journalism Awards - [image: A collage illustration that pairs pictures of William T. Sherman with Trinity Church in Edisto, South Carolina. Overlaying Sherman is a snippet of ...
Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center

Anti-Immigrant Group FAIR Taps Controversial Former Sheriff to Serve in Adviser Role - A law enforcement figure associated with the extremist “constitutional sheriff” ideology will serve as an adviser for the anti-immigrant hate group Federat...
New Progressive Alliance

2024 Annual Report - *2024 Annual Report* - Publishing in social media means publishing a reference in Facebook at Colorado Best Democracy, Greens Discuss the Issues, L...
Texas Watch

In the News: Insurance Crisis Hurting Texans - We have been updating you throughout the year on the insurance crisis gripping our state and our nation. Insurance companies have *hiked our rates beyon...
BEYONDbones

Winter Solstice | Final Sky Happenings of 2024 - Editor’s Note: Look to the sky as HMNS Astronomer talks winter solstice for the final sky happenings of 2024. Thank you for watching the stars alongside ...
Border/Lines

The immigration 'vibe shift'—11-19-24 - Immigration news, in context.
Robert Reich

How We Take Back the Supreme CourtWhere do you see yourself in... - *How We Take Back the Supreme Court* Where do you see yourself in 2060? What about your kids or grandkids? Will Donald Trump be affecting your life even ...
Grits for Breakfast

Grits publishes "Tulia" zine for 25th anniversary: Preorder now! - Until Jeff Frazier and the good folks at Mano Amiga in San Marcos reached out about their event Monday night, I had not realized it was the 25th anniversar...
Right Wing Watch

Right Wing Round-Up: One Really Violent Day - Marshall Cohen and Daniel Dale @ CNN: Fact check: 12 election lies Trump is using to set the stage to dispute a potential 2024 defeat Former President Do...
Dos Centavos

Ay Te Watcho, Houston - Well, if you’re reading this on this Labor Day, these words are being typed from Northern Colorado. After 26 years of living in Houston and 53 in Texas, it...
Morning Consult

Replicating Experimental Findings with Online Panels - The post Replicating Experimental Findings with Online Panels appeared first on Morning Consult.
TXElects

Consistency in Texas: Trump Maintains Lead Over Biden in Latest Polls - *By Jeff Blaylock – Founder & Senior Editor* *JUNE. 20, 2024* Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Former President Trump leads President Biden by 7 po...
CT's short stories and novelettes

Grape - “I can jump a ship there. Just get me in the city limits. I will take it from there.” “How many sapiens did you kill?” “Five. Why do you want to know?”...
The Intercept

In No Labels Call, Josh Gottheimer, Mike Lawler, and University Trustees Agree: FBI Should Investigate Campus Protests - The bipartisan duo also praised schools that brought in police to violently quell protests and connected the demonstrations to the TikTok ban. The post I...
The Stars Hollow Gazette

NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2024: Second Four Play Ins - This s the second night of the women’s Play-Ins.Here are last night’s winners and losers: Time Network Seed School Record Region Score Seed School Record R...
Shadowproof

Shadowproof Is Shutting Down - After eight years, we have decided that it is time to shut down Shadowproof, but that does not mean that the independent journalism that we fostered is c...
One People's Project

2023 Year End Campaign! - The time has come to ask for your help as we head along into what promises to be one busy 2024! 2023 Year End Campaign
Innocence Project

Perry Lott is Exonerated After 35 Years of Wrongful Conviction in Ada, Oklahoma - The post Perry Lott is Exonerated After 35 Years of Wrongful Conviction in Ada, Oklahoma appeared first on Innocence Project.
Latino Rebels

Neuro-Inclusivity, Belonging and Radical Hospitality - Latino Rebels Radio goes on the road for a live podcast recording at Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut. Host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes seve...
FiveThirtyEight.com

What Americans Think Of The Biden Impeachment Inquiry - Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly-ish polling roundup. It’s officially impeachment season again. On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announc...
Tribune of the People

Tribune of the People was the news organ of a political cult called the “CR-CPUSA” and collapsed in March 2022 - Read about what happened here: https://maoistcultexposed.wordpress.com/ This website belonged to a political cult called the “Committee to Reconstitute the...
Caitlin Johnstone

CaitlinJohnstone.com Is Now At CaitlinJohnstone.com.au - Hello subscribers, As you may have noticed, our website at caitlinjohnstone.com has been reduced to a shuffle lately, suffering repeated 502 errors for rea...
So Far From Heaven (Jack Purcell, RIP)

Draw an Ask Old Jules card on YouTube - Hello everyone, I decided to upload videos of drawing one card at a time on YouTube. This will happen three times a week. If you want to go over and look, ...
Lawfare

UN Special Rapporteur Releases Guantánamo Report - On June 26, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism Fionnuala Ní Aoláin released her report following a technical visit ...
In These Times

How Israeli Spyware Endangers Activists Across the Globe - Israeli surveillance technology is empowering antidemocratic governments to track journalists and human rights activists. Regulation is virtually nonexistent.
News Junkie

Mayotte Crisis: Putrid Leftover of France’s Imperialist and Colonialist Scrooge? - The cycle of empires It is not as if President Macron and his administration needed a new crisis to add to the turmoil of his second term in power. Unlike ...
DBC Green

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Buzzflash

Rebecca Solnit: "Forget Geoengineering. We Need To Stop Burning Fossil Fuels. Right Now." - The Guardian
Living Blue in Texas

TEXIT: The Conservative Movement To Turn Texas Into A White Ethnostate - Unpacking “Texit” and the potential consequences of secession. A few years ago, we wrote “QAnon Conspiracies And Neo-Confederate Beliefs Behind Texit Movem...
Eclectablog

Making democracy work for our environment – wsg Nayyirah Shariff & Sean McBrearty - Nayyirah Shariff on Twitter: @NayyirahShariff Flint Rising on Twitter: @FlintRising Flint Rising's website: FlintRising.com Sean McBrearty on Twitter: @Sea...
Echidne of the Snakes

Happy 2023 To All Of You - I have often come back here to try to write some sort of a conclusion to the years of activity on this site, but have not figured out what, exactly, to s...
VICE

Three UFOs Shot Down by US Weren't Chinese Spy Balloons: Biden - However, President Joe Biden did not say what the three objects were, saying the military is still searching for the debris.
Texas Moratorium Network

Senator Sarah Eckhardt Files Bill to Abolish Death Penalty - A State Senator we wrote asking to file a bill to abolish the death penalty has filed a bill to abolish the death penalty. So, we have a senate sponsor o...
Media Myth Alert

Taking stock: Top mythbusting posts of 2022 - Media Myth Alert directed attention periodically in 2022 to the appearance of well-known media-driven myths, those prominent tales about the news media tha...
Due Dissidence

Liz Truss Finally Made Neoliberalism Toxic - by Jack Carolan Liz Truss spent her childhood accompanying her father, a leftist University professor, on marches against the Thatcher government. It might...
Duffel Blog

Make-A-Wish kid gets 'Day 1 recycled' at Ranger school - “Rules are rules,” said a Ranger Instructor.
Strategic Culture Foundation

WHO Chief, TPLF Leader Tedros Silent About His Party’s Theft of World Food Program Fuel - UN World Health Organization chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom is also the world’s most prominent advocate of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front. He has said no...
BillMoyers.com

PODCAST: Dr. Bandy Lee Saw It Coming – The Violence Foretold in Donald Trump’s Election - Our democracy has been eroding in tandem with the rise in inequality, says Dr. Lee. The Trump presidency is not really about Donald Trump the individual....
Chicken Fried Politics

Symbolic solution in search of an actual problem - Support of 9 Southern Republicans for Respect for Marriage Act shows why Supreme Court isn’t about to ban same-sex marriage ♦By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedP...
Pages of Victory

The Road to Hell -
The Contributor

34 Senate Republicans oppose even debating gun safety compromise bill - News Image: Every Democrat and 14 Republicans in the Senate voted to consider bipartisan compromise gun safety legislation. Category: Guns in America ori...
Bayou Brief

Tilly Snyder Is Missing Again - Wikipedia’s decision to permanently delete John K. Snyder’s page cannot erase the true story of one of the most eccentric politicians in Louisiana history ...
Washington Babylon

Sub to Our Stack! - [image: Sub to Our Stack!] Hey! We’re back! It’s been a while but *Washington Babylon* is back up and running. Read more @ Washington Babylon...
Talking Points Memo

Scott Pruitt, Yes That Scott Pruitt, Is Running For Senate - Nearly four years after he resigned from the Trump administration amid a cloud of scandal and profligate spending of taxpayer...
Liberal America

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Republicans’ Identity Crisis - This week, Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered his long-anticipated, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. No sooner did this happen than Donald Trump–the...
Popehat

Customer Agent Rendering - A customer representative or perhaps buyer broker is the strategy of a brokerage or property broker symbolizing a client in an financial commitment transac...
epic.org

EPIC, Coalition Urge FTC to Issue Rules Protecting Consumers Against Data Abuse and Discrimination - Today, EPIC and a coalition of 44 consumer advocacy, civil rights, and media democracy groups urged the Federal Trade Commission to initiate a rulemaking t...
Truthdig

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Malady

Capital’s profitability now depends on ‘lockdowns’, acute social enclosure, and ‘medical’ tyranny - * *This essay was originally posted in April 2021 (and regularly updated) on Medium.com but was censored in September and then put “under investigation”. H...
Freethought Now

FFRF’s Freethought Now Blog has moved! - FFRF has moved our blog, Freethought Now! Check out our new blog today.
Louis Proyect

The Future of this Blog - Update: this site has now returned to its free version at https://louisproyect.wordpress.com … i do not know how much longer https://louisproyect.org will ...
INSIDER - politics news

TikTok extremism exposed: over 1,000 videos found including Holocaust denial, white supremacy, and ISIS propaganda, according to new report - [image: TikTok] Summary List Placement New research released by a counter-extremism think tank found that over 1,000 TikToks featuring hate speech and e...
Houston Press

Simone Biles Also Withdraws From Individual All-Around in a Post-Karolyi Era - After her shocking withdrawal from the U.S. women’s gymnastics team finals on Tuesday due to mental health concerns, Houston’s own Simone Biles has now—per...
Dallas Observer

'Viruses Are Going to Virus': COVID-19 Infections Rise Among Vaccinated Texans - Several fully vaccinated Texas Democratic lawmakers have tested positive for COVID-19, becoming some of the most widely publicized instances of so-called "...
Progressives Everywhere

Ohio’s Gerrymandered Theocracy Exhibit the Stakes of Voting Rights - Inaction of voting rights will be very deadly
Anti-Media

Peer-Reviewed and Published: Adoption of Ivermectin to Combat COVID-19 is Justified - The study's authors conclude that "large reductions in COVID-19 deaths are possible using ivermectin."
Bad Attitudes

Big Government Handouts - Recently, Elon Musk beat out Jeff Bezos for a 2.9 billion contract from NASA to fly one of his magnificent exploding rocket ships to the moon. In true Am...
PBD - Progressive Blog Digest

46 - Joe Biden, the president of the United States. Not a perfect president, but the perfect president for these post-Trump times. Earnest, unpretentious, good-...
Latino Decisions

Alex Padilla, Latino Champion of Voter Access, New California US Senator - In a historic event, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla has been appointed as United States Senator by Governor Gavin Newsom. Secretary Padilla...
TomDispatch

Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, The Madness of War, American-Style - In choosing a title for his final, posthumously published book, the prominent public intellectual Tony Judt turned to a poem by Oliver Goldsmith, *The De...
Art Killing Apathy

Free Speech Is More Complicated Than You Think - By Eleanor Goldfield The truth is – words are dangerous. Words are the catalysts of all action – good or evil. To start with a cliché but solid example: ...
Defend our Movements

Assessing Tech: How We Know If It’s On Our Side - By Bex Hong Hurwitz, Tiny Gigantic Over the past months, technical research into privacy and security concerns with Zoom and Zoom’s actions in response hav...
Better Texas Blog

New Census Data Confirms Texas Needs to Equitably Invest in Anti-Poverty Programs - Looking for analysis of the new health insurance numbers released this week? Check out our blog here! Although median income and poverty rates improved ...
Texas Rural Voices

“IT’s” the RACISM, STUPID! - It is at the center of our national attention. And, justifiably so. It’s presence permeates our national psyche, whether we acknowledge it or not. We...
PERRspectives

On the Ground Update: Acting DHS Secretary Wolf Understates Portland Crisis - Over the past 24 hours, Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has faced a firestorm of criticism for his over-the-top rhetoric and gra...
Austin 360

Neuron Garage - Neuron Garage Camp Expands to 12 Locations for Summer 2020! Austin-based day camp, Neuron Garage, is quickly gaining a loyal following as the Hands-On Bu...
Think 3 Institute

What is it about Trump? - *P*art of it is this: millions of people who'd never want Donald Trump to be their boss now feel that he has become, or is becoming, exactly that. Somethin...
Modern Democracy

Roberts’ Next Thicket?: The Coming One-Person, One-Vote Battle Over “How Much is Too Much” - Recently, Nick Stephanopoulos pointed out how Rucho was written as if constitutional racial vote dilution claims never existed. The same might also be said...
The Metaphor Project

Say: “Move America Forward?” - In the first Democratic presidential debate, Andrew Yang proposed a slogan, “Not left, not right, forward!” The next day I corrected it on Twitter to be “...
Truthout

Despite Shutdown, Trump Is Pushing Forward Plans to Drill in Arctic - With Trump, oil drilling takes priority over essential services like trash pickup in national parks.
Splinter

Someone threatened to set a University of Michigan student on fire for wearing a hijab. This must stop. - Steps away from the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, a stranger approached a student and threatened to set her on fire with a lighter, police ...

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