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/KQ4e6o9umf
— HumanBeingAwkward (@humanbeingawk) November 28, 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

Ballot Access News

None of Maine’s Four Qualified Parties Has Yet Filed Notice of Wanting to Let Independent Voters Sign Primary Petitions - Earlier this year, the Maine legislature passed a bill that says if a party wants to let independent voters sign petitions to get candidates on that party’...
The Verge

Kia and Hyundai will spend millions fixing old cars to stop ‘Kia Boyz’ thefts - Kia and Hyundai will offer free repairs for millions of cars that lack anti-theft technology as part of a settlement with dozens of US states. The automake...
Reform Austin

Car Smashes Into East Austin Tattoo Shop, Driver Arrested for DWI - Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… A driver was arrested on a DWI charge after crashing into a tattoo studio in east Austin last w...
Eschaton

Well If Elon Says It - The man has never missed a deadline. Musk said that xAI could achieve artificial general intelligence, which matches or exceeds human intelligence, in th...
Political Wire

The Trump–Epstein Story Isn’t Going Away - The New York Times published a deeply disturbing account of Donald Trump’s long relationship with Jeffrey Epstein — one that undercuts Trump’s repeated cla...
The Week

Turner Prize 2025: ‘artistic excellence’ or ‘cultural nonsense’? - Work by the four artists nominated for this year’s award is on display at Bradford’s Cartwright Hall
memeorandum

Trump Defends Handling of Economy, Announces Military Dividend (Wall Street Journal) - Wall Street Journal: *Trump Defends Handling of Economy, Announces Military Dividend* — President says active-duty servicemembers will receive a $1,776...
Futurism

Tesla Owner Says FSD Is Great Except for the Part Where It Can’t Drive in the Sun - Full Self-Driving Teslas: coming to a Sun-soaked ditch near you. The post Tesla Owner Says FSD Is Great Except for the Part Where It Can’t Drive in the S...
Dissident Voice

Without the Persians/Iranians There Would Be No Jews - Cyrus’s Cylinder. Photo: dynamosquito. Licensed CC-BY-SA. Twenty-five year ago, give or take, I asked myself a rather straightforward question – “Why is ...
Texas Standard

Manny Guerra and Abraham Quintanilla: A look at the legacies of two Tejano music titans - Both got their starts as musicians, but it was their work behind the scenes that saw them leave their own separate and lasting marks on the genre. The two ...
Project Censored

Trump’s War on Epistemic Institutions - by Steve Macek Contemporary liberal democracies such as the United States depend on more than free elections and stable, functioning economies. They also...
Daily Dot

“They were egging her on”: Accusations fly after disabled creator takes their own life during TikTok live stream - [image: Left: Black woman on a boat smiling and holding a fish, text overlay reads, "#JusticeForRizzi." Right: Black man with dreadlocks looking into the...
The Hill

Judge rules layoffs likely violated shutdown funding deal - A federal judge reversed the terminations of hundreds of government employees on Wednesday, ruling that the Trump administration likely violated the terms ...
Courthouse News

France’s ‘culture-first’ book policy runs into EU single-market rules after Amazon challenge - Judges sidestepped a cultural-services law and recast a French minimum delivery fee on books as a potential trade barrier, tightening scrutiny under EU fre...
Election Law Blog

“‘Who’s Gonna Stop You?’ Listen to Trump Press Georgia Speaker Over 2020 Vote.” - NYT: In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representat...
Mediagazer

Disney+ and Gulf region streamers Shahid and OSN+ announce a bundle offer; all three apps are available through Shahid, owned by Saudi broadcaster MBC (Jesse Whittock/Deadline) - Jesse Whittock / Deadline: *Disney+ and Gulf region streamers Shahid and OSN+ announce a bundle offer; all three apps are available through Shahid, owned...
Mediaite

‘Charlie Kirk Was Not a Pimple on Rob Reiner’s A**!’ James Carville Slings Mud While Comparing Murder Victims - James Carville decided to throw shade at the late Charlie Kirk while remembering his friend, murdered filmmaker Rob Reiner. The post ‘Charlie Kirk Was No...
Slate

Slate Crossword: Seasonal Workers With Fake Beards (10 Letters) - Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for Dec. 18, 2025.
Raw Story

'Doesn't look good for the GOP': GOP legend says Trump is facing 'furious party in revolt' - Donald Trump's lack of self-discipline and disjointed public statements have set the stage for a difficult second half of his final term, during which he...
Vox

One of Trump’s grudges now threatens America’s weather forecasts - This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. One of the world’s leading cli...
The Conversation

Miami’s new mayor faces a housing affordability crisis, city charter reform and a shrinking budget - Eileen Higgins won a hard-fought election to become Miami’s new mayor. Now for the hard part – governing the city.
Salon.com

Salon’s most popular recipes of 2025 - The comforting pastas, buttery breads, nostalgic desserts and cozy classics readers couldn’t stop cooking
Bonddad

Consumer inflation went to sleep in October-November, driven mainly by a steep deceleration in shelter price increases - - *by New Deal democrat* A truncated version of the CPI was reported for November this morning. Since no data was collected for October, the monthly...
Daily Howler

WHAT WAS "MENTAL ILLNESS?" The revulsion was universal, Rove said! - *THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2025* *Except on MS NOW: *Last evening, what's left of the sitting American president continued his lifelong flight from the real...
Undernews

What Trump's White House plaques say about other presidents - *Axios - *President Trump has added partisan plaques under the portraits along his new Presidential Walk of Fame on the White House colonnade. White House ...
San Antonio Current

Rolling Stone puts track by San Antonio’s Vanita Leo on list of 2025’s best Latin songs - [image: All killer and no filler, Vanita Leo's new EP is full of radio-ready jams.] Rolling Stone magazine included San Antonio cumbia artist Vanita Leo o...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Brendan Carr admits his FCC is Trump’s journalism police | Seth Stern and Clayton Weimers - It is clear that the FCC is not an independent agency, but an instrument of the president’s political agenda The Federal Communications Commission chair,...
SCOTUSblog

An off-ramp for the court’s next big gun case - Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SCOTUSblog or its st...
ProPublica

Rx Inspector: ProPublica’s New Tool Provides Drug Info the FDA Won’t - The post Rx Inspector: ProPublica’s New Tool Provides Drug Info the FDA Won’t appeared first on ProPublica.
naked capitalism

“Trump Supporters Distrust Science. We Need Ways to Reach Them” - The elites, including those in science, seem to think that their loss of legitimacy can be solved by messaging. Good luck with that.
Axios

Scoop: Witkoff to meet Qatari, Egyptian and Turkish officials in Miami on Gaza deal - White House envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Friday in Miami with senior officials from Qatar, Egypt and Turkey to discuss the next phase of the agreement f...
Glasstire

Top Five: December 18, 2025 - Glasstire counts down the top five art events in Texas. For last week’s picks, please go here. 1. Juan Ramos: Sisyphus StrutArtpace (San Antonio)August 2...
Scheerpost.com

Majority of Democrats Join Senate GOP to Pass Trump’s $900 Billion Pentagon Wish List - Sen. Ron Wyden said the bill “increases military spending by tens of billions of dollars and fails to include guardrails against Donald Trump and Hegseth’s...
Houston Public Media

State inspection finds lingering staffing, fire control panel issues in Harris County Jail - The deficiencies leave the state's largest county jail system, where another inmate died this week, out of compliance with minimum standards.
OpEd News

For gods-sake stop side-lining your dreams! - When unrecalled dreams stack up we experience a ill-defined anxiety, because we are walking around like a human pressure-cooker, but also a human projectio...
Second Nexus

Retired Wrestling Legend Mick Foley Parts Ways With WWE Over Trump's 'Cruel Comments' About Rob Reiner - In a post on Instagram, former wrestler Mick Foley announced that he will not be working with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) for as long as Presiden...
Edinburg Politics

Rep. Armando Martínez, who continues to work to bring public law school to the Rio Grande Valley, graduates from groundbreaking online law school program through St. Mary’s University (LAW) - FEATURED: Rep. Armando “Mando” Martínez, D-Weslaco, poses outside the Texas Capitol in Austin on Friday, April 21, 2023, with the files of three of his leg...
The AltWorld

The Pentagon Adopts Trump’s Worldview - Donald Trump, whom European leaders generally consider a populist with no political experience, has published his new […] The post The Pentagon Adopts Tr...
Alternet

Trump press secretary’s distortions becoming increasingly outrageous: historian - President Donald Trump has had five White House press secretaries altogether: four during his first presidency — Sean Spicer, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Ste...
First Draft

Quote Of The Day: Epstein Edition - Jeffrey Epstein meets the artist formerly known as Prince Andrew.
ArcaMax

Fight or Flee: A Tale of Two Congresswomen - Marjorie Taylor Greene's early exit from Congress reveals that her tough-broad persona was very much an act. After she angered Donald Trump by demanding re...
El Paso Matters

Redevelopment plans rejected for dilapidated Duranguito neighborhood in former Downtown arena site - City staff rejected proposals for redeveloping the former El Paso Downtown arena footprint, leaving the area’s buildings and future plans unresolved. Of...
Al Jazeera English

Angry farmers block Brussels roads with tractors over Mercosur trade deal - Thousands protest as EU leaders clash over pact farmers fear will flood Europe with cheaper South American goods.
Texas Observer

At the Texas AFL-CIO, a Changing of the Guard in a Time of Growth - For labor organizing, Texas was long dismissed as a forlorn place. “Right-to-work” laws restrict organizing here, most public-sector workers can’t collec...
Countercurrents

ALIFA Urgent Appeal to NCW: Initiate Legal Action Against Mr. Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister of Bihar for publicly violating the dignity of a Muslim woman - 18th Dec, 2025: Members of the All-India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA) of the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), wrote to the Chairperson, Nationa...
Crooked Media

2025 in British politics: from Starmer’s flop-flops to AI slop - The post 2025 in British politics: from Starmer’s flop-flops to AI slop appeared first on Crooked Media.
Deadline Politics

CBS News And The Free Press Plan Series Of Town Halls And Debates; JD Vance, Sam Altman And Wes Moore Among Those Slated - CBS News and The Free Press are teaming for a series of town halls and debates in the new year, following an Erika Kirk event from last week. The series wi...
Techdirt.

Jared Kushner Doesn’t Want The Heat, Exits Warner Bros Hostile Takeover Bid - Shortly after Netflix announced a $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Brothers, the Ellison family, alongside Jared Kushner and the Saudis, unveiled their ...
Infidel753

Globalized - "Globalize the intifada" has for some time been a popular slogan among Jew-haters of various stripes. The mayor-elect of the city with the largest Jewish...
Rallblog

Big Border Patrol is Watching You | DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou - LIVE 9:00 am Eastern time, Streaming Anytime: Political cartoonist Ted Rall and CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou deprogram you from mainstream media every...
WhoWhatWhy

In Prime Time Trainwreck, Trump Promises Americans the Moon - [image: Donald Trump, Yokosuka Naval Base] Donald Trump gave Democrats an early Christmas gift on Wednesday night by promising Americans an economic boom t...
Mother Jones

This Brutal Mosquito-Borne Disease May Have a Cure—But There’s a Catch - This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. There’s a reason dengue infections are also ca...
NPR's Health Shots

RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz to announce moves to ban gender-affirming care for young people - Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conf...
Land Destroyer

Thai-Cambodian Conflict Threatens Asian Stability by Design - *December 15, 2025* (NEO - Brian Berletic) - Major hostilities erupted once again early to mid-December in Southeast Asia along the borders of Thailand a...
Earth 911

Guest Idea: Inspiring Kids to Care About Bees - If we expect bees to survive the next century, education must start early. Kids are... The post Guest Idea: Inspiring Kids to Care About Bees appeared fi...
Daily Cartoonist

CSotD: Conversions and Comfortings - I had intended to run a collection of Reiner/Trump cartoons to show the depth of rejection Trump’s insane post had sparked, but Campbell sums it up. There’...
The Smirking Chimp

The Real Threat in Trump’s Madness -
Crooked Timber

L’Établi (2): the book - Having watched the film, I thought I’d get Robert Linhart’s book off the shelf and finally read it. I think I bought it in Oxford in the early 80s. To remi...
Skeptophilia

Boldly going nowhere - To start out with the tl:dr -- no, despite what you may have heard, physicists do not have a working model of a warp drive. Look, no one would love it mo...
Off The Kuff

Hidalgo versus Parker - I have three things to say about this. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo called on Democratic voters to reject former Mayor Annise Parker in a post made on ...
San Antonio Report

SAMA repatriated 9 illegally exported Italian art works. How did it come to have them? - A piece was returned and 8 others are formally “on loan” from the Italian Ministry of Culture because of a collaboration with SAMA signed in 2023. --------...
Consortium News

Assange Files Complaint to Block Machado From Nobel - The WikiLeaks founder filed a criminal complaint arguing the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to pro-war Maria Corina Machado of Venezuela violates Swedis...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

Examining Democrats’ 2025 Victories in Pennsylvania and What They Could Mean for the Future - A look at key 2025 results as well as voter registration trends in Pennsylvania The post Examining Democrats’ 2025 Victories in Pennsylvania and What The...
The Root

Trump Just Got Ultra-Petty With His Latest White House Décor Changes - President Donald Trump's latest White House decorating project has folks online calling him "embarrassing." Read more...
Grist

Here’s the global playbook being used to crack down on climate protest - A new study finds that repression of environmental protest is rising worldwide and Indigenous land defenders face the greatest risk.
The Daily Poster

Are We Trapped In Meaningless Jobs? - Why our economy wastes talent instead of solving the world’s biggest problems.
High Country News

Mexican wolves are rebounding, but are they ready for delisting? - [image: Mexican wolf pups] A new bill from Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar looks to remove endangered species protections. The post Mexican wolves are rebounding...
Common Dreams

A Petty, Vicious Wall Of Shame - The awful keeps spewing. The latest proof there is truly, repulsively no bottom: The most broken, powerful human being on the planet has added to his cra...
Counterpunch

The Washington Post’s Ignatius, Always Optimistic on Trump’s “Peace” Plans - For the past several years, the Washington Post’s senior diplomatic columnist, David Ignatius, has echoed the optimism of the Trump administration in pre...
Workers World

PDF of December 18 print issue - [image: PDF of December 18 print issue] Download the PDF Venezuela int’l conference U.S. delegates defy ‘no-fly zone’ Young workers reject capitalism Billi...
jobsanger

The Difference With Trump Is His Breathtaking Moral Depravity -
World Socialist Web Site

Will Lehman: Every worker should be using Socialism AI - Mack Trucks worker and UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman released this video explaining the significance of Socialism AI for the working class.
Informed Comment

In 2025, 65% of Americans view Muslims Favorably, 85% view Jews Favorably - It is a paradox that Americans at some points say they like Muslims, but take a dim view on the whole of their religion.
Claytoonz

Susie Big Mouth - Read the blog at my Substack. Support your local cartoonist: If you want to support the cartoonist, please donate through PayPal to clayjonz@gmail.com, Ven...
Unlimited Hangout

Trump & the Technocratic Tyranny with Iain Davis - Trump & the Technocratic Tyranny with Iain Davis.
Brad Blog

SCOTUS Ruling a How-To for Unlawful Gerry-mandering on 'Eve' of Critical Election Year: 'BradCast' 12/17/2025 - On today's BradCast: Our final round-up of the Gerrymandering Wars at year's end, as we head into the critical 2026 election year following a big, disturbi...
Portside

Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore - Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore Geoffrey Wed, 12/17/2025 - 21:32
TalkLeft

Trump's Speech - Live-Blogging of Donald Trump's Economic Speech: Tales from the Crypt Donald inherited a mess and he's fixing it. He blames life being unaffordable due to...
See You In 2020

Ultra-leftism grows out from the metropole. To defeat it, we must expand the workers struggle into the rural. - Right now, ultra-leftism of the adventurist kind is rapidly growing in its relevance, and in the threat it poses to the working-class movement. Even tho...
Popular Resistance

US Racist Immigration Policy Toward Haiti Reinforces Imperialism - On November 26th 2025, the Trump administration terminated Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti using nearly identical language to the TPS cancella...
The Greanville Post

Aaron Maté : Rob Reiner and Free Speech. - JUDGE NAP—In this in-depth conversation on Judging Freedom dated December 16, 2025, Judge Andrew Napolitano hosts journalist Aaron Mate to discuss several ...
CultureMap Houston

These are the 14 best things to do in Houston this weekend - We’re officially in the home stretch, and Christmas is just around the corner.
Antiwar.com

Tucker Carlson and the Freedom of Speech - Last week, Sen. Charles Schumer, the leader of the Democrats in the United States Senate, introduced a resolution on behalf of himself and 40 other Senate ...
Progressive.org

Fascists of a Feather Flock Together - As the United States has slid into fascism, authoritarian regimes around the world have taken notice.
Wolf Street

Lennar Further Cuts Average Sales Price of New Homes, to Lowest since 2017, -25% from Peak: That’s what this Housing Market Needs - Lower prices & lots of new supply. Deliveries & backlog rose. Profit margins, profits, & shares plunged.
The NM Political Report

Federal judge orders Iranian bodybuilder’s release from New Mexico jail - [image: A federal judge in Albuquerque on Dec. 15, 2025 ordered ICE to immediately release Hamid Ziaei, an Iranian man held for the last six months at th...
Church and State

Review of The Devil … - One thing that comes through clearly in Graff’s telling was the sheer chutzpah of the Manhattan Project.
slacktivist

Have fun storming the castle! - Some storytellers leave a legacy of great art that is admired and respected. Rob Reiner leaves behind a host of stories that we simply love -- stories that...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

Done with this Shit: The Check-In with Jared Yates Sexton and Danielle Moodie - A recording from Jared Yates Sexton's live video
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

C. Wright Mills Warned Us: The End of Ideology Was Always a Trap, by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. - C. Wright Mills Warned Us: The End of Ideology Was Always a Trap *by* *Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D.* *December 17, 2025* *In 1960, renowned sociologist C. Wr...
Socialist Alternative

FAIR School Crystal Walks Out to Protest Proposed Closure—Tax The Rich To Fund Schools! - Over 400 middle school students— almost the entire student body—walked out of class at FAIR School Crystal (in Crystal, MN) to protest the School Board’s p...
Dorf on Law

Tuition-Free Higher Education in the United States - An undergraduate student at a US university contacted me recently with some interesting questions about the possibilities and benefits of tuition-free hi...
Mondoweiss

As Zohran Mamdani prepares to enter City Hall he faces pressure from an unlikely source — Palestine activists - [image: Zohran Mamdani speaking to supporters after declaring victory in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary on June 24, 2025. (Photo: https://x.com...
Earthworks

Yara Tries to Get Rich Off of Air Products’ Controversial Blue Hydrogen Project in Louisiana - Concerning news arrived this holiday season: Yara, one of the largest ammonia traders and shippers in the world, could be … The post Yara Tries to Get R...
Ecosophia

Cognitive Collapse: A First Reconnaissance - As most of my readers know by now, when there are five Wednesdays in a month, it’s up to the readers to suggest and then vote on the theme for the post I p...
Capital & Main

Credit History Remains an Obstacle for Section 8 Tenants, Despite Anti-Discrimination Law - California prohibits the use of credit history to reject applicants with housing assistance without considering pay stubs and other alternatives. Big lan...
Rewire

I’m Not a Fan of the Holidays—But This Year It’s Different - Imani Gandy used to spend December fighting on the internet. “Arguing was easier than admitting that this time of year made me feel untethered while ever...
Angry Bear

Real retail sales contract; depending on inflation report may signal further job losses - – by New Deal democrat [Note: An update to my OS the other day has nuked my ability to post graphs. For now, I will post links to FRED graphs that you ca...
The Texas Signal

Jolt Initiative Forges Ahead - “We want to ensure that we uphold democracy, we also want to ensure that people are able to register to vote without fear or retaliation and intimidation.”
Democracy Now!

How Did Epstein Get Rich? The New York Times Investigates His "Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons" - As the Trump administration is expected to release investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein later this week, a recent *New York Times* investigation ...
The Grayzone

Julian Assange: Sweden broke own laws with Nobel Prize to Venezuela’s Machado - By awarding its peace prize to Trump’s favorite Venezuelan opposition figure, pro-war coup plotter Maria Corina Machado, the Nobel Committee contravened ...
Space City Weather

Scattered, mostly light showers today in Houston. We are now confident in our Christmas Day forecast. - In brief: In today’s post we discuss the scattered showers moving through parts of Houston today, and a warm-up in temperatures before a short-lived front ...
Black Agenda Report

Struggling for Sovereignty: Sudan After Two Years of Civil War - Struggling for Sovereignty: Sudan After Two Years of Civil War bareditors Wed, 12/17/2025 - 10:22 Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor Ahmed Kaballo
Liberation News

PSL Statement: It’s an act of war! We reject Trump’s naval blockade on Venezuela - This is a siege designed to cause economic collapse and a humanitarian crisis as a precursor to all-out war by the United States.
Ian Welsh

Revisiting The Ivy League “Super Conformer” Thesis - Back in 2021 I wrote What the Ivies have tended towards for generations now are “super conformers” — straight As and spent all their time in adult run extr...
Independent Political Report

Green National Committee Approves Plan to Modernize National Digital Infrastructure - The Green National Committee has approved a proposal to overhaul the Green Party’s digital infrastructure, adopting Basecamp as a project management plat...
Discourse

CBS Is Having a Bari Bad Time - Weiss guys finish last
Web of Debt

Compound Interest Is Devouring the Federal Budget: It’s Time to Take Back the Money Power - Albert Einstein is often quoted as saying that compound interest is “the most powerful force in the universe.” The quote is probably apocryphal, but it ref...
NORML

Cannabis Rescheduling: Separating Fact From Fiction - [image: hand holding a cannabis leaf with smoke wafting in the background][image: hand holding a cannabis leaf with smoke wafting in the background]The f...
Dissent Magazine

The Child-Care Challenge - To expand child care, New York needs more space, more caregivers, and more government workers. It can only happen if the city works closely with existing...
Krebs on Security

Most Parked Domains Now Serving Malicious Content - Direct navigation -- the act of visiting a website by manually typing a domain name in a web browser -- has never been riskier: A new study finds the vast ...
Democracy Chronicles

The Enduring Echoes: Totem Politics in Zimbabwe and Across Africa - Growing up in Zimbabwe, I have seen firsthand the significance of totems in shaping our identity, politics, and social dynamics. In this article, I will ex...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

In memory of Rob and Anthony - the gay episode of 'All in the Family' which infuriated President Nixon - Anthony Geary (right), Rob Reiner (center), and Carroll O'Connor (left) We lost two good ones last weekend. Director and actor Rob Reiner and longtime so...
The Progressive Wing

12/15-12/21 News Roundup & Open Thread - Warming trend happening, but floods to follow in parts of the Northwest. It will be a temporary reprieve, but welcomed. Meantime, news below the jump and y...
nonsite.org

Mystic Realism - During the Vietnam War, Allan Sekula sought to renovate social realism, a practice he associated with Lewis Hine, whom he called a “realist mystic.” Sekula...
MintPress News

Bloody Diamonds: How Your Engagement Ring Helps Fund a Genocide in Gaza - Israel has no diamond mines, yet it dominates the global trade. This investigation exposes how diamonds sold in the West bankroll Israel’s war on Gaza, f...
Trivial Knot

Heated Rivalry - Heated Rivalry is an M/M hockey romance TV series based on the book of the same name. It’s some sort of popular sensation, supposedly the #3 most popular T...
Sludge

Koch Network Fuels Republican Push to Kill ACA Subsidies - As millions face higher premiums, Koch‑funded groups are pressuring Republicans to oppose Obamacare subsidy extensions.
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...
Environment Texas

Tips for wasting less this holiday season - Waste less and celebrate more during the holidays. The post Tips for wasting less this holiday season appeared first on Environment Texas.
DeSmogBlog

Report: Proposed EPA Cuts Further Imperil Environmental Protections in Cash-Strapped States - Massive cuts at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have hampered state-level regulators’ ability to rein in pollution, according to a new rep...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: KICKING THE PRICK EDITION. - *Ignorance of your culture is not considered cool.* It’s not like I’m gonna get very optimistic about the State of the Nation but there have been some go...
The Militant

Protests oppose gov’t threats against Somalis in Minnesota - MINNEAPOLIS — Some 200 people protested in front of Signature Aviation at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Dec. 3. The federal government is ...
Bracing Views

I’m a Mutt-American - Enough of the “Heritage America” BS BILL ASTORE DEC 11, 2025 I’m a Mutt-American. I’m half Italian, 3/8th English, and 1/8th Swedish. But I’ve never though...
Debunking Christianity

Honest Sermons on the Gospel of Mark: Chapter 13 - *How can devout Christians take this ancient superstition * *seriously?* If Mark 13 were printed alone as a pamphlet—with the names changed—and handed ...
LareDOS

River Pierce Foundation announces Soy el Rio exhibition and performance by acclaimed Mexican artist Dragustinovis; Dec. 20, Treviño-Uribe Fort in San Ygnacio - Event supported by Mellon Foundation’s Humanities in Place Grant
Idavox

We Are All Somalia - Donald Trump’s anti-Somali rants are not directed solely at members of that group. All Black/African... The post We Are All Somalia appeared first on Ida...
Media Lens

Blanked – A Tale Of Two Books - A significant feature of the propaganda system is the suppression of clearly important, credible books which are nevertheless deemed unfit for review in th...
The Rag Blog

DANIEL ACOSTA, JR. / HIGHER EDUCATION / Ideological Warfare at the University of Texas - Daniel Acosta, Jr. Make UT Great Again (MUGA) By Daniel Acosta, Jr. / The Rag Blog / December 10, 2025 The University of Texas is facing an existential cri...
Alas, a Blog

Bankruptcy Lane - This cartoon is by me and Becky Hawkins. Becky writes: This comic was inspired by current events. Some background: 82nd Ave is a 4-lane road that cuts thro...
Greg Palast

The Real Election Story No One Wants ToldPalast in conversation with Anthony Johnson of ABC News - 25 years of investigations. Millions of voters erased. A system built to decide elections before you ever touch a ballot. *Vigilantes Inc.* exposes the rea...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Walmart Crime Report November 2025 - There were at least eleven more shootings at Walmart in November 2025, with five of them having one death each related to the shootings, and one of thos...
Green Pages News

Hospitals Must Stand Up to Trump’s Tirade Against Gender Affirming Care - Author’s Hot Take: If care is only prohibited for people under 19, that is still over 2 million people who are put in harm’s way because they can’t receive...
Field Negro

The Secretary of War Crimes. - Alvin Holsey is four star Admiral *(Shout out to Morehouse College)*who refused the Secretary of War Crimes orders to kill civilians in an *alleged* ...
Lowering the Bar

Assorted Stupidity #171 - [image: LTB logo]In this edition: are those orange-fronted parakeets in your pants or are you just happy to be crossing the border, and other items of note.
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

All I Want For Christmas - …history also remembers those who refused resignation. Those who spoke in the cadence of resistance, who dared to describe the world not as the powerful na...
Seeing the Forest

AI Is Just Not Ready And The Bubble Will Pop - The following experience reflects many experiences I have had using AI. I keep trying again because I’m a long-time techie so I am ever-hopeful that “tech ...
Progressives Chat

The Last Topic for 2025 - Now that December has arrived, I will be making this the “The Last Topic for 2025”—and for good reason—and I will explain why. I have decided to not pub...
Avedon's Sideshow

Throw cares away - It's that time of year again! And nothing starts the season off like "The Carol of the Bells", so here's a nice flash-mob version from the streets of Pari...
Duck of Minerva

Can the news ever be impartial? - Probably not, but the problem isn’t impartiality it’s the politics of impartiality On November 9th, the director general of The BBC, Tim Davie, along with ...
Consent Factory, Inc.

A Visit by the German Thought Police - Three armed Berlin police officers arrived at my door this morning with a warrant to search my apartment. They conducted the search, interrogated me and my...
Campaign for America's Future

It Is Up to Us to Defend Democracy - Do we have the courage to defeat an authoritarian regime? I believe we do, if we organize strategically and effectively. There is no time to waste. Do we...
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...
Texas Monthly

The Daily Crossword: November 18, 2025 - [image: Tuesday Crossword Illustration] The post The Daily Crossword: November 18, 2025 appeared first on Texas Monthly.
Dispatches from the Underclass

Why Israel Has No Future in the Middle East | Nakba Survivor Dr. Ghada Karmi - As Israel continues its relentless assault on Gaza, killing and starving hundreds of thousands of Palestinians with Western backing, even during so-called ...
Texas Freedom Network

Alert: SBOE Work Groups Need YOU - Are you someone who disliked group work back in school? Maybe you felt that you could do a better job alone, or that other group members wouldn’t pull th...
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...
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...
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 ...
Two Party Opera

East Wing Ballroom Resort & Casino - Read More
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
The Socialist

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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...
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...
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 Updated: June 26, 2024 Guardian Australia on Jun 24, 2024 Stella Assange, Julian Assange’s wife, has released a video stateme...
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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