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

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

Political Wire

Flight Cancellations Plummet - “U.S. flight cancellations have fallen sharply over the last day as air traffic control absences shrank just hours before the House of Representatives is s...
Techdirt.

Conservative Judge Resigns Rather Than Stay Silent On Trump’s Constitutional Assault - Reagan-appointed federal judge Mark Wolf has resigned from the bench in Massachusetts, and his explanation is blunt: he can no longer bear the ethical cons...
Independent Political Report

Libertarian Party of Chicago Completes Petition Drive for 2026 Primary Candidates - The Libertarian Party of Chicago this month announced the successful completion of its petition drive to place candidates on the ballot for the 2026 Cook...
The Verge

Aqara’s cord-free presence sensor runs for up to three years on battery power - Aqara has announced its first battery-powered presence sensor, which can be installed nearly anywhere in your home to automate smart devices as your family...
Houston Public Media

Former U.S. Rep. Chris Bell joins Texas Democrats seeking to unseat Gov. Greg Abbott - The one-time Houston congressman faces an uphill battle against Abbott, who has amassed a nearly $90 million war chest for his reelection campaign.
Mediaite

Airline Pilot Allegedly Faked Qualifications and Flew Passenger Jets Across Europe for Months - "The company recently became aware of unverified information about his work experience. An internal investigation was immediately launched and is current...
The Week

Newsom slams Trump’s climate denial at COP30 - Trump, who has called climate change a ‘hoax,’ declined to send any officials to this week’s summit
The Hill

Google sues cybercriminals behind E-ZPass, USPS text scams - Google sued a group of cybercriminals on Wednesday who they allege are responsible for illegal phishing scams that use company branding to target account h...
Futurism

Russia’s Humanoid Robot Falls on Face During Big Reveal on Stage - This is just embarrassing. The post Russia’s Humanoid Robot Falls on Face During Big Reveal on Stage appeared first on Futurism.
Salon.com

“Of course he knew about the girls”: New emails reveal Trump “spent hours” at Epstein’s house - Epstein said Trump was "that dog that hasn't barked"
memeorandum

Trump snubs BofA CEO Brian Moynihan in White House dinner for Wall Street execs: sources (Charles Gasparino/New York Post) - Charles Gasparino / New York Post: *Trump snubs BofA CEO Brian Moynihan in White House dinner for Wall Street execs: sources* — President Trump appears...
Courthouse News

UN watchdog hasn’t been able to verify Iran’s stockpile of near-weapons grade uranium in months - According to the IAEA’s last report in September, Iran maintains a stockpile of 972 pounds of uranium enriched up to 60% purity — a short, technical step a...
Eschaton

2017 - Larry Summers explaining his naughty joke to his pal Jeff (pdf). Click to embiggen as always. The naughty joke is the first highlighted bit. As for the s...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Former AOC staffer running for Pelosi’s seat promises to root out corruptions – and Trump’s ballroom - Saikat Chakrabarti wants to turn Trump’s gilded ballroom into a museum on authoritarianism Rooting out corruption in government is at the center of Saika...
Daily Dot

“Tacky at next level”: Shopper rips Target’s 2025 Christmas decor…but not everyone agrees - [image: Left: Woman frowning inside of a Target under caption reading, "Either I got older or the Target holiday decor is getting tackier." Right: 2025 T...
Ballot Access News

Georgia State Trial Court Enjoins Catoosa County Republican Party From Evaluating Primary Candidates’ Political Views - On November 7, a Georgia state trial court enjoined the Catoosa County Republican Party from evaluating the political views of candidates in the party’s pr...
Second Nexus

Trump's Truth Social Platform Has A New AI Tool—And Trump's Not Gonna Like What It Has To Say - President Donald Trump regularly uses his social media platform Truth Social to attack his opponents and lie profusely, but the site's new "Truth Search ...
Capital & Main

Known for Its Oil, Texas Became a Renewable Energy Leader. Now It’s Being Unplugged. - The state was to get $400 million for solar energy in disadvantaged communities. The Trump administration took it all back. The post Known for Its Oil, ...
Al Jazeera English

Trump sends letter to Israel’s president requesting pardon for Netanyahu - US President Donald Trump sent a letter to Israel's president requesting he pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Dissident Voice

When Trash Infests Our Oceans, Some Choose to Act - Every year, around 8 million tons of plastic waste finds its way into the world’s oceans. Some of this plastic takes centuries to break down. For the pla...
Deadline Politics

Democrats Shift Media Focus Back To Jeffrey Epstein With Release Of Email Claim Trump “Knew About The Girls”; White House Calls It A “Fake Narrative” - House Democrats shifted media attention back to the Jeffrey Epstein files on Wednesday, with the release of a series of emails claiming that Donald Trump h...
Slate

Slate Mini Crossword for Nov. 12, 2025 - Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid.
Raw Story

Trump sprays perfume on Syrian leader as he asks 'How many wives' he has - President Donald Trump was seen spraying cologne on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former al Qaeda terrorist, as he asked him "how many wives" he ha...
San Antonio Current

San Antonio police officer faces 3 felony counts of injury to a child - [image: SAPD Officer Jacob Ryan turned himself into the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday.] Officer Jacob Ryan turned himself in Tuesday over what ...
OpEd News

A Guest Column by my Friend, Dr. Donald Ardell: A Commentary on Trump - In my space today I am publishing a post-election commentary by my dear and long-time friend, Dr. Donald Ardell, creator of the first modern concept of Wel...
Common Dreams

World Energy Outlook Underscores Inevitable Clean Energy Growth, Urgency of Rapid Fossil Fuel Phaseout - The International Energy Agency (IEA) released its annual World Energy Outlook today detailing trends in and scenarios for energy demand, supply, and wha...
Axios

House Dems release Epstein emails alleging Trump may have known about his behavior - Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released emails Wednesday, including one from 2019 in which disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein alleged that P...
Mediagazer

BBC Studios appoints Alice Taylor, who previously led Disney's StudioLAB, as the head of its new AI Creative Lab to ensure "ethical, editorially sound" output (Lily Ford/The Hollywood Reporter) - Lily Ford / The Hollywood Reporter: *BBC Studios appoints Alice Taylor, who previously led Disney's StudioLAB, as the head of its new AI Creative Lab to ...
Election Law Blog

“Kansas Redistricting Was on the Fast Track. Then Some Republicans Said No.” - NYT: The top Republicans in Kansas were ready to join President Trump’s redistricting push and redraw the state’s political map to deliver another seat ...
Texas Observer

Pro-Life, Anti-Death Penalty - National support for the death penalty is at an all-time low, with younger adults from both major political parties spurning capital punishment. But in T...
CultureMap Houston

Houston-area ranch tied to Stephen F. Austin hits the market at $14.8M - If you can rustle up $14.8 million, you can purchase a 91-acre ranch nearly 50 miles west of Houston that’s a piece of Texas history.
Glasstire

A Poetic Look at Life & Death: “En lo más negro del verano / In the Darkest Domain of Summer” at the Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin - En lo más negro del Verano / In the Darkest Domain of Summer lyrically emulates the poem of the same name by Peruvian poet Blanca Varela. The exhibition,...
Undernews

A presidential program 81 years ago - *Compare with where we are today*
Ecosophia

A Vision: Examination of the Wheel - The system of metaphors at the heart of Yeats’s system of occult philosophy is not easy to grasp. Those readers who have been following this discussion as ...
Grist

Business With a Backbone - Patagonia’s new report highlights how the company acts as a connector, working with local communities and governments to build a global community to protec...
SCOTUSblog

Borderlines, benchslaps, and burdens of proof - The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is avai...
naked capitalism

‘An Indictment of the Trade Union Movement’: Why No One is Organising Seasonal Workers - Farm workers go on unofficial strikes as their temporary visas create barriers to union membership
Daily Howler

THE DISAPPEARED: When the Times decided to profile Gutfeld... - *WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2025* *...large parts of his shtick disappeared:* By the numbers, Greg Gutfeld and Jesse Watters are the most-watched performers...
NPR's Health Shots

Immigrants with obesity, diabetes and other health problems may be denied visas - New guidance from the Trump administration directs visa officers to consider common health ailments, including obesity and diabetes, when would-be immigran...
El Paso Matters

Eddie Guerrero Day, Tom Lea’s aviation art headline El Paso’s weekend events - Celebrate Eddie Guerrero Day at City Hall and explore Tom Lea’s aviation legacy, plus art exhibits, festivals and holiday events across El Paso and Sout...
Mother Jones

Epstein: Trump Knew - House Democrats on Wednesday released a set of emails in which Jeffrey Epstein called President Trump “the dog that hasn’t barked” and alleged that Trump h...
Bonddad

Important thought for the day: lessons from SuperNanny - - *by New Deal democrat* From Avika M. Cohen, “Litigation Disaster tour guide”: ——- Ppl need to understand what's happening here. The GOP response ...
First Draft

It’s The Trolley Problem - The Trolley Problem villain is the person who tied the people to the tracks in the first place.
Debunking Christianity

My peer-reviewed paper, "An Atheist Morality Without God", has been published at Religions. - My peer-reviewed paper, "An Atheist Morality Without God", has been published at Religions. Atheists now have an objective morality without God! 😉 Yay! Cl...
Democracy Now!

“Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk”: New Film on Gaza Photojournalist Killed in Israeli Strike - *Democracy Now!* speaks with the renowned Iranian filmmaker Sepideh Farsi, the director of the new documentary “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk.” The f...
The Conversation

Bad Bunny is the latest product of political rage — how pop culture became the front line of American politics - Culture wars once arose from impromptu events that struck a nerve among Americans, but they are now started by partisan agitators who introduce them to pol...
The NM Political Report

Legislators OK $162,500,000 for state SNAP aid in quick 4-hour session - Lt. Gov. Howie Morales, in his capacity as acting governor, has signed legislation that will provide full benefits for 459,500 New Mexicans who depend on...
Rallblog

DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou: “Finally, the Epstein Files” - LIVE 9:00 am Eastern time, Streaming Anytime: deprogram-epstein-files-doj-investigation-venezuelan-torture-mali-siege Political cartoonist Ted Rall and C...
Media Lens

Inversion Of Reality - The BBC: A ‘Leftist Propaganda Machine’? The resignations of Tim Davie, BBC director general, and Deborah Turness, BBC head of news, after an intense, righ...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

The 2025 Elections and Future of the Democratic Party: Why Spanberger and Sherrill Provide a More Plausible Model for Success than Mamdani - Sherrill and Spanberger performed better with traditional swing demographic groups than Mamdani did, suggesting they provide a better model for Democrats...
ArcaMax

Cold-Damaged Plants - Q: My landscape looked terrible this summer. It is only a year old, and many of the larger shrubs and evergreens don't have big root systems yet. There isn...
WhoWhatWhy

House Republicans Preserve Provision Gifting Millions of Dollars to GOP Senators - [image: United States, Capitol, building, Washington, DC] In order to speed along the bill that would reopen the government, House Republicans blocked an a...
Dorf on Law

Acquittal, Nullification, and Winning by Losing: Poultry Edition - My latest *Verdict *column juxtaposes two recent criminal verdicts: the acquittal of Sean Dunn for throwing a Subway turkey sandwich at a Customs and Bor...
Daily Cartoonist

CSotD: Humpday in the Committee Room - Lyndon Johnson liked to use a phrase from Isaiah, “Come, let us reason together.” It seems a very long time ago, and I suppose it was. LBJ left office near...
Vox

You should be having more slumber parties with your friends - It had been a long week, and Tonna Obaze really wanted to hang out with her friend Bria. But she also didn’t want to get off the couch. A logical solution ...
The Smirking Chimp

Why Are Democrats So Undisciplined and Republicans So Regimented? -
Skeptophilia

Opinions, experts, and ignorance - I may have many faults, but one thing I try my damnedest not to do is to spout off on topics about which I am clearly ignorant. That determination to lim...
Off The Kuff

Two lawsuits filed against Camp Mystic - This is going to be rough. The families of six campers and two counselors who died in the July floods at Camp Mystic in Hunt, west of Kerrville, filed two ...
San Antonio Report

Brack Bash to feature classic cars, live music to celebrate historic park’s founding - The Brackenridge Park Conservancy is hosting a free Brack Bash on Saturday to celebrate the historic park with live music and classic cars. ----------------...
ProPublica

How Trump Has Exploited Pardons and Clemency to Reward Allies and Supporters - The post How Trump Has Exploited Pardons and Clemency to Reward Allies and Supporters appeared first on ProPublica.
Scheerpost.com

Out of Time - The modern view of time asserts it is an objective measurement; it ticks away and for everyone ends in death. So fight the clock; fight death. Hurry, hurry...
The Root

Why Kim Kardashian Just Had the Most Terrible Week Ever - You might want to take a moment to relax after hearing about the terrible week Kim Kardashian has had. Read more...
High Country News

How I found hope while reporting on a metal fest - Peek behind the scenes at the challenges and joy of covering Fire in the Mountains. The post How I found hope while reporting on a metal fest appeared f...
Crooked Media

From Al Qaeda to the White House - The post From Al Qaeda to the White House appeared first on Crooked Media.
World Socialist Web Site

*The Disappearance of Josef Mengele*: An outstanding film about the Nazi war criminal in exile - The film by Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov, currently showing in German cinemas, is an outstanding work that nevertheless leaves viewers with a feel...
jobsanger

Trump's Power Comes From Not Caring About Anyone Else -
Counterpunch

Confinement as a Warning Shot at an Ill Kagarlitsky: ‘Stop Speaking Out or Even Worse Can Happen to You’ - The Boris Kagarlitsky International Solidarity Campaign is pleased to announce that Boris Kagarlitsky was released from confinement on November 10, after...
Informed Comment

Israelis Block Syringes, Refrigerators for UNICEF Vaccination of Toddlers in Gaza - UNICEF said "1 in 5 infants have missed out on one or more vaccines. This is a big jump ahead of us in the coming days."
Brad Blog

After the Shutdown and Before the Next One: 'BradCast' 11/11/2025 - Both the solutions to the problems we face and the problems themselves, are created and/or ultimately settled at the ballot box. In theory. So, once again,...
Ian Welsh

Trump Has Achieved Biden Levels Of Delusion And Denial - I mean… Laura Ingraham: “Well, then why are people saying they’re anxious about the economy? Why are they saying that?” President Trump: “I don’t know that...
The Daily Poster

Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules - After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultrap...
Consortium News

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Al-Qaeda Goes to Washington - Al–Sharaa’s White House visit is a reminder of Washington’s longstanding abhorrence of democratic processes and anyone — beyond the perimeter of the West a...
Alternet

Here's the earliest the House will vote on bipartisan Epstein files petition - After more than a month, Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) will be sworn in on Wednesday. Her swearing-in ceremony has significant implications for a...
Portside

Detroit Institute of Arts Workers Form a Union, Shedding Light on Labor Power in the Art World - Detroit Institute of Arts Workers Form a Union, Shedding Light on Labor Power in the Art World Greg Tue, 11/11/2025 - 19:53
Workers World

Supreme Court ruling extends hunger - [image: Supreme Court ruling extends hunger] November 10 – The government shutdown, which began on Oct. 1, is approaching its sixth week, making it the lon...
Environment Texas

Forget Black Friday, join us for National Clothing Swap Day - Reduce unnecessary waste this holiday season by hosting your own clothing swap for National Clothing Swap Day. The post Forget Black Friday, join us for ...
The AltWorld

US, Russia Compete for Influence in Syria: Jolani Gets ‘Zelensky Treatment’ in DC - The leader of Al-Qaeda in Syria, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, claims to have left his terrorist past behind, […] The post US, Russia Compete for Influence in ...
Antiwar.com

‘Regime Change’ in Venezuela Is a Euphemism for US-Inflicted Carnage and Chaos - For decades, Washington has sold the world a deadly lie: that “regime change” brings freedom, that U.S. bombs and blockades can somehow deliver democracy. ...
Avedon's Sideshow

Declinin' numbers at an even rate - "Au Reveil" by Clara Bergel is from the Life Everyday collection. Most of the links below were collected before Tuesday when there was "A Democratic Sweep...
Angry Bear

The 4 shocks jolting the US economy towards recession - – by New Deal democrat This week the normal empty period for new data after the monthly jobs report is of course compounded by the government shutdown. T...
Discourse

Bari Weiss's One-Woman War on Quality - Putting the "BS" into CBS
Church and State

Ethering Dawn - This Armistice Day - November 11, now called Veterans Day in the United States - I honor those soldiers by turning memory into song.
Reform Austin

Remembering Service: How Texans Celebrate Veterans Day - Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Veterans Day falls every year on November 11, the date when fighting in World War I officially ...
Popular Resistance

Philadelphia’s Peoplehood Celebrates 25th Anniversary - Participating in the annual Peoplehood Parade and Pageant in Philadelphia is an amazing experience, not to be missed. It gets better every year. Since 20...
Wolf Street

A 50-Year Mortgage Does Nothing for “Affordability,” Is a Terrible Deal for Homeowners and a Superb Deal for Banks & Investors - Monthly payment of a 50-year mortgage of $500,000 would be only $91 lower than of a 30-year mortgage, but homeowners would get crushed by nearly $1 million...
Liberation News

What is socialism? - Socialism is about building a society where working people — not a handful of billionaires — control the economy and the government.
Progressive.org

Abortion Restrictions on Young People Cause Trauma - A new report finds young people in states that require parental consent are being forced to remain pregnant or involve unsupportive parents.
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

The New Censors of College Station: Texas A&M’s regents are trying to ban ideas, not “ideology,” by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. - The New Censors of College Station: Texas A&M’s regents are trying to ban ideas, not “ideology.” *by* *Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D.* *November 11, 2025* *The...
Project Censored

#1. ICE Solicits Social Media Surveillance Contracts to Identify Critics - US Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire private contractors to “monitor and locate ‘negative’ social media discussion” about the federal age...
Texas Standard

In bid for another term, Gov. Abbott unveils plan to lower property taxes - Top-line proposals are raising concerns from school districts about potential loss of revenue.
Dissent Magazine

Know Your Enemy: Zohran, the Jews, and Reckoning with Gaza - Matt and Sam talk to Peter Beinart about Zohran and Islamophobia, Jews and antisemitism, the genocide in Gaza, and more.
Mondoweiss

In photos: The ongoing Nakba of Jenin refugee camp - [image: Muhammad Rahayna was in his home when the army invaded Jenin. He took his family to the hospital, as many families do in Jenin in an attempt to sta...
Infidel753

Video of the day -- judgment is coming - Normally I wouldn't post a video forty minutes long, but in this case, you only need to watch the first sixteen minutes -- that's where all the real meat ...
DeSmogBlog

Join DeSmog at the Climate Consciousness Summit 2025 - Have you registered for the Climate Consciousness Summit 2025? The Climate Consciousness Summit 2025 is a transformative seven-day online event that brin...
Bracing Views

Working Toward Peace - Imagine if Veterans Day Became Obsolete BILL ASTORE NOV 11, 2025 Today is Veterans Day, though of course November 11th was originally Armistice Day to mark...
Rewire

Democrats Responded to Anti-Trans Attacks This Year—and Won - LGBTQ+ rights organizations and party strategists point to wins in gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey as a template heading into the 2026 mid...
Space City Weather

After Houston flirts with a light freeze this morning, the region will warm up for awhile - In brief: In today’s post we discuss how cold conditions got in the Houston region this morning, and then look ahead to warmer days. We also consider the p...
The Progressive Wing

Nov 11-16 News Roundup & OT - The fallout from the 8 caving Dem/Indy senators continues after the jump. Join us in the conversation!
Earth 911

Guest Idea: A “Right to Repair” Beginner’s Guide to Actually Fixing Your Stuff - Consumers interested in sustainability want to keep their products functional for as long as possible,... The post Guest Idea: A “Right to Repair” Beginn...
See You In 2020

The boomer superstructure destroyed our mass movements. But dialectics shows us how to rebuild them. - To fully understand why reformism and Democratic Party co-optation have become so prevalent within the left, we must examine the psychology that’s gripp...
The Greanville Post

Berlin 2025 is Falling Apart (Germany’s Zombie Capital) - L&N—Berlin 2025 is Falling Apart (Germany’s Zombie Capital) In this video, we travel across Berlin to show what is really happening on the streets in 2025....
Sludge

Alcohol Industry Groups Push to Ban THC Drinks in Government Funding Bill - A ban on hemp-derived products with THC was added to the bill reopening the government, pitting Sen. Mitch McConnell against fellow Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

In tribute of Kim Davis's last stand - Marriage equality opponents need to face the reality of why they lost - Our community won the right to marriage in 2015 partly because our opponents couldn't give a logical reason why it should be denied to us. Instead, they ...
Alas, a Blog

What Freedom Looks Like - Another collab between me and Nadine Scholtes. I have a big and overwhelming project with a deadline in just a bit over a month; I don’t expect to be parti...
The Grayzone

Kash Patel’s GF files $5 million lawsuit against podcaster for ‘insinuation’ she’s Mossad honeypot - Mired in scandal over his leadership, the FBI director is lashing out against MAGA influencers for mocking his girlfriend as a Mossad honeypot — and acti...
Crooked Timber

Armistice Day - 114 years ago, the guns fell silent on the Western Front, marking a temporary and partial end to the Great War which began in 1914, and has continued, in o...
slacktivist

The gales of November - If there is a common theme linking all of these links and stories, I haven't yet figured out what that is.
TalkLeft

Trump: Friends With Benefits (Pardons) and Open Thread - Just in time for Thanksgiving, Donald Trump has pardoned 65 people, including his cronies who helped him try to overturn the 2020 election. Many of these...
Socialist Alternative

90th Anniversary Of The CIO And The Rise Of US Labor - The single most important development in American history—perhaps second only to the defeat of the slaveowners in the Civil War—was the rise of the Congres...
Krebs on Security

Drilling Down on Uncle Sam’s Proposed TP-Link Ban - The U.S. government is reportedly preparing to ban the sale of wireless routers and other networking gear from TP-Link Systems, a tech company that current...
Land Destroyer

Future Global Order Pivots on Ukraine Proxy War - *October 21, 2025* (NEO - Brian Berletic) - Russian forces in recent weeks have been increasingly encircling the cities of Pokrovsk in central Donetsk wh...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

Money Can't Buy You Love: Fascist Oligarchs as a Cautionary Tale - Musk and Trump and their whole cadre of conspirators are joyless and give the lie of capitalism away. We should be grateful.
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: RAY OF LIGHT EDITION. - *Heard this in a restaurant -- you remember this?I don’t and I don’t know how I missed it.* I missed ‘Round-The-Horn last week, and I’ll let you know ...
Idavox

Five Years For Woman Who Burned Down Several Businesses in Puerto Rico - Were is not for social media, Danielle Bertothy could have gotten away with this. The... The post Five Years For Woman Who Burned Down Several Businesses...
The Texas Signal

Rodney Ellis Doc To Screen At Round Top Film Festival - A new short documentary from three storied directors about Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis premieres this weekend
The Militant

‘Workers need to break from the two parties of the bosses’ - SWP candidates point road forward for working class WEST NEW YORK, N.J. — “The Socialist Workers Party and all of its candidates are part of the working cl...
MintPress News

Hypersonic Missiles, Imperial Wars, and Resistance: The New US-Russia Clash in Latin America - As Russia moves to supply Venezuela with hypersonic missiles, Washington faces growing defiance across Latin America. Colombia and Mexico lead regional r...
LareDOS

LC student art exhibit opens Nov. 7 at Fenstermaker Gallery; mariachi soloist Juan Capetillo recital Nov. 13 - Applied music students perform Nov. 19
Black Agenda Report

Black Agenda Radio November 7, 2025 - Black Agenda Radio November 7, 2025 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 11/07/2025 - 05:55 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agend...
Moron Majority

D.C. Jury – “The Case Was A Bunch Of Baloney” - WASHINGTON — In what legal scholars are already calling the most delicious acquittal of the year, a D.C. jury has found a man not guilty of assault after h...
Earthworks

Vale’s Problematic Indonesia Track Record - As eyes turn to Brazil, host of this year’s COP30 climate conference, Brazilian mining giant Vale is trying to position … The post Vale’s Problematic In...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Walmart Crime Report October 2025 - Walmart had at least sixteen more shootings related to their business, although one of them wasn't on their property and another one was in the food cou...
The Rag Blog

ALICE EMBREE / MEDIA / A new Rag for a new generation - By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / November 6, 2025 Many of us have worked to keep The Rag flag flying since the 2005 reunion. It’s hard to believe that was...
Lowering the Bar

Jury Deliberates in Sandwich-Assault Case [Update: Not Guilty] - Agent claims sandwich "exploded" on his chest, says he "could smell the onions and the mustard."
Unlimited Hangout

Cold Harbor: Eugenics, Epstein and Big Tech - In the recent cache of Jeffrey Epstein emails unveiled by Bloomberg, Epstein’s connections to the elites of academia illuminate his interest in transhuma...
NORML

Marijuana Arrests Comprised Nearly Half of All Drug-Related Arrests in Over a Dozen States in 2024 - [image: a single wrinkled marijuana joint rests at an angle against three tiny buds][image: a single wrinkled marijuana joint rests at an angle against t...
Seeing the Forest

War Isn’t Murder – Jesse Welles - War isn’t murder, good men don’t die Children don’t starve and all the women survive “War isn’t murder, ” that’s what they say When you’re fighting the Dev...
Web of Debt

How a Fed Overhaul Could Eliminate the Federal Debt Crisis, Part II: Curbing Fed Independence - There has been considerable discussion in recent years about reforming, modifying, or even abolishing the Federal Reserve. Proposals range from ending its ...
ExChristian.Net

Megachurch founder pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges - *From the Oklahoma Attorney General:* OKLAHOMA CITY (Oct. 2, 2025) – The founder of a Texas megachurch pleaded guilty today to five counts of lewd or inde...
Duck of Minerva

Nuclear apocalypse now? Reflections on the movie “A House of Dynamite” - I had high hopes for director Kathryn Bigelow’s House of Dynamite, a new Netflix movie about U.S. nuclear command and control. There’s so much potential fo...
Progressives Chat

2026 Midterm Elections: One Year Out - One year from this blog’s topic date, [Tuesday,] November 3, 2026, will be the general election for the 2026 midterm elections in the United States. The...
Trivial Knot

Origami: Radiant Star - This weekend, I’m at PCOC, the Pacific Coast OrigamiUSA Conference. The funny thing is, I picked this photo and scheduled the post ahead of time, but when...
Democracy Chronicles

Forgetabaht it! New York City is… Screwed - Zohran will probably win. Our 1970s municipal bankruptcy won't have nuttin' on an abandoned tax base by the class who pay all the bills here today.
Reading the Pictures

Chatting The Pictures: Trump Raising the Roof - Trump's showy, hands-on presence blurs the line between leader and developer, raising bigger questions about power, public trust, and just how far privat...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

“No Threat” Weekend - 8.5 x 11 inch high-res color .jpg image, 683kb “Power was not challenged in any meaningful way. The status quo wasn’t disrupted in the slightest. People he...
Green Pages News

With Zack Polanski’s Win, British Greens Attempt Their Audacity Era - Zack Polanski’s unexpected victory as leader of the Green Party of England & Wales marks a bold new chapter for the UK Greens. Departing from the cautious ...
FrontBurner – D Magazine

Does Tylenol use by pregnant women cause autism, as Texas Attorney General (and McKinney resident) Ken Paxton alleges? - No. The post Does Tylenol use by pregnant women cause autism, as Texas Attorney General (and McKinney resident) Ken Paxton alleges? appeared first on D ...
Campaign for America's Future

We Protested, Now What? - We stand ready, and we stand together. We will resist while we still can, and impose costs when we must on those who trade away our freedoms and dignity fo...
Edinburg Politics

Texas lawmakers allow local governments and state agencies to discuss cybersecurity protections behind closed doors, reports South Texas attorney Omar Ochoa - A new state law approved earlier this year by the Texas Legislature – which was supported by the City of McAllen through its lobbyist, Amber Hausenfluck –...
Reveal

Find Your Lost Google Videos - [image: Close up of squares of binary code on a digital plane stacked on top of each other.] A guide to reclaiming your missing ephemera. Find Your Lost ...
Greg Palast

I met Chávez and Maduro. I know drugs are not the reason Trump wants war with Venezuela - I met with Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez just days after he was kidnapped. I’ll tell you about that, and the current President Nicolas Maduro’s visit t...
Two Party Opera

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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 ...
Texas Freedom Network

A Chance for Change: TFN Endorses Cy-Fair Candidates - Pol. Adv. paid for by Texas Freedom Network. A lot of folks might feel overwhelmed or even powerless in the face of the seemingly constant stream of corr...
WAWG Blog

Creating a Democratic Socialist State in USofA - I asked Proton’s Lumo AI tool about creating a democratic socialist state in the United States of America. Our authoritarian capitalism has led to massiv...
Field Negro

Almost there. - *" Mr. Field Please blog about your thoughts on the Charlie Kirk killing".* I have been getting a lot of those requests lately via email and other int...
Claytoonz

ICE ICE Terrorists - Read the blog at my Substack, and please become a subscriber. Support your local cartoonist: If you want to support the cartoonist, please donate through P...
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 ...
nonsite.org

What Comes After Liberalism? - Justice Sotomayor’s dissent reflects some of the best principles, the most attractive values, of a liberalism—liberal capitalism—that we on the left have b...
Screwston Antifascist Committee

Missouri City GDL Neo-Nazi Identified as Douglas Earl Landrum - Summary Douglas Earl Landrum has been responsible for distributing numerous white supremacist flyers and banners in the Houston area in 2022 and 2023 on be...
Consent Factory, Inc.

Back in the U.S.S.A. - OK, I’m not back in the U.S.S.A. quite yet, but I’ll be there Sunday night, assuming (a) the German officials allow me to leave, and (b) the Guardians of A...
The Socialist

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Texas Monthly

The Daily Crossword: August 17, 2025 - [image: Sunday Crossword Illustration] The post The Daily Crossword: August 17, 2025 appeared first on Texas Monthly.
Free & Equal

Comparing Tadalafil (Generic Cialis) And Sildenafil (Generic Viagra) - Comparing The Mechanism Of Action Tadalafil and sildenafil are both medications designed to address erectile dysfunction by serving as PDE-5 inhibitors. ...
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...
Dispatches from the Underclass

Israeli Terror in Lebanon: Inside the Pager Attacks | BT Documentary Exclusive - On September 17, 2024, pagers began exploding across Lebanon and Syria. The next day, it was walkie-talkies. Israel’s Mossad had booby-trapped communicatio...
ROAR Magazine

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Speak Freely (ACLU)

Live Coverage: Final SCOTUS Decision Day -
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...
Countercurrents

The Light of “Heart Lamp”: Amplifying the Voices of Muslim and Dalit Women on the Global Stage - Indian writer, lawyer, and social activist Banu Mushtaq has been awarded the International Booker Prize for 2025. She received this prestigious recognition...
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...
The Disorder Of Things

Feminist Peace In Question - Our final piece in the symposium on Governing the Feminist Peace is a reply from our authors to the contributions by Nicole, Mohamed, Helen, and Laura. It ...
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 Mind Unleashed

Tesla Shares Fall After Massive Drop In Sales - Tesla’s stock value has taken a significant hit, dropping over 9% following a sharp decline in sales across the UK and European Union in January. This down...
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 ...
Novara Media

41: When Do Good Habits Become Dark Obsessions? - Moya and Ash tackle a mystery question about breaking bad habits, with a frank discussion about open relationships, exercise and disordered eating (content...
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...
Dandelion Salad

Julian Assange is FREE!!! - Dandelion Salad June 25, 2024 Guardian Australia on Jun 24, 2024 Stella Assange, Julian Assange’s wife, has released a video statement on her husband’s rel...
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...
Texas Environmental News

How US Air Pollution, Ironically, Has Kept Climate Hazards in Check - The past half-century has seen remarkable improvements in air quality in many parts of the world, thanks largely to legislation [...] The post How US Air...
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

Happy Art Car, Y'All! - (function(jQuery) {function init() { window.wSlideshow && window.wSlideshow.render({elementID:"840112064306859282",nav:"thumbnails",navLocation:"bottom",cap...
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....
Downwinders at Risk

With Historic Rebuke, EPA Sends GAF Permit Back to Austin…and a Message to Company - When Janie Cisneros and her Singleton United contingent met with EPA Region Six Director Dr. Earthea Nance and her staff on June 1, one of the residents’ g...
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...
IVN

Long Live the Crackpots! - Long Live the Crackpots! Those of us who had been part of and partners with the Perot rebellion knew that the official “branding” of Ross Perot was alrea...
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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