Brains and Eggs: That smiley mugshot? Nuh-uh.

You cannot change the Democratic Party from within

It took me many years of trying to finally come to that conclusion

Join us https://t.co/Tj0nOMa49x #VoteGreen pic.twitter.com/wb8q2hFdv6
— Jason Call 🇵🇸 Green Party WA02 JillStein2024 CM (@CallForCongress) January 23, 2024

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

“The problem we are running into is just a fundamental social question of ‘well, are we going to take care of each other or not? Are we going to take care of our neighbors?’”https://t.co/iCG6ytXSja
— Dr. Joe Jarvis (@DrJoeQJarvis) January 12, 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

Lunch break inside the astrodome while under construction pic.twitter.com/tTB4iVE68g
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) January 28, 2024

Houston, Texas, and US blog roll

Raw Story

Controversial Mark Robinson loses effort to become North Carolina governor - The closely-watched North Carolina gubernatorial election between Democratic state Attorney General Josh Stein and Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has ...
Mediaite

Trump Has Roughly 80% Chance of Winning Key State of Georgia, Decision Desk HQ Predicts - Election results website Decision Desk HQ placed former President Donald Trump's chances of winning Georgia at nearly 80%. The post Trump Has Roughly 80% ...
The Hill

Harris wins Washington, D.C. - Vice President Harris will win Washington, D.C., continuing the district's streak of voting for Democrats for president, Decision Desk HQ projects. The di...
Eschaton

More Thread - I'll try to post the important state calls, but stuff like "Trump wins Alabama" isn't exactly news.
Salon.com

"Stop talking about that": Trump snaps at reporter when asked about Florida's abortion ban - The former President refused to answer questions about abortion after casting his ballot in Palm Beach, Florida
memeorandum

Phil Scott votes for Kamala Harris for president (Sarah Mearhoff/VTDigger) - Sarah Mearhoff / VTDigger: *Phil Scott votes for Kamala Harris for president* — BERLIN — Gov. Phil Scott has cast his ballot for Democratic presidentia...
The Verge

Suzuki teams up with Toyota on its first EV: the E Vitara - [image: black SUV on cliff road coming towards camera and sunset in back] *Suzuki is finally making an EV.* | Image: Suzuki Suzuki and Toyota have been w...
Election Law Blog

“Hoax bomb threats linked to Russia target polling places in battleground states, FBI says” - Reuters: Hoax bomb threats, many of which appeared to originate from Russian email domains, were directed at polling locations in four battleground state...
Ballot Access News

Saratoga County, New York, Erroneously Posts Signs at Polling Places Saying Write-ins Are Not Allowed, But Later Corrects Problem - During the morning of election day, Saratoga County, New York polling places had a sign saying, “Please note: No Write-ins are allowed for this election. I...
Popular Resistance

Israel’s Genocide Day 395: Israel Using Hunger As A Weapon Of War - Israeli internal intelligence arrested four Israelis, one of whom works at Netanyahu’s office, for charges of leaking and falsification of classified doc...
Daily Dot

Proud Boys promise they won’t do another Capitol riot if Trump loses - [image: One single image of the Proud boys during Jan 6th.] During one of the 2020 debates, former President Donald Trump created a scandal by telling th...
Two Party Opera

Election Day Comedy Hour - ↓ TranscriptPanel 1: Trump and Harris are dressed as vaudevillian/barbershop-quartet-ish comedy duo, with hats, canes, and pin striped vests. Trump says ...
Al Jazeera English

Harris’s running mate Tim Walz says ‘choice couldn’t be starker’ - Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz urged supporters to ‘get out and get this vote done’.
Texas Standard

Live Texas election results: President, US Senate, other statewide races - Check back for the latest results once polls close across most of Texas at 7 p.m. CT.
San Antonio Report

Nearly 47K voters in San Antonio cast ballots within first few hours of Election Day - [image: Voters arrive to Mission Branch Library to cast last minute ballots before polls close at 7 PM.]This story will be updated throughout the day. It a...
Consortium News

WATCH: Live Election Coverage - Trends Journal Editor Gerald Celente hosts a live roundtable on the U.S. election with CN columnist Scott Ritter, CN board member Garland Nixon and CN Edit...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Trump tariffs would halve UK growth and push up prices, says thinktank - NIESR warns Republican nominee’s protectionist policies, including against Britain, would harm domestic economy UK growth would be halved in the event Do...
Political Wire

Poll Closings 7 p.m. ET - The polls closed in Virginia, Vermont, South Carolina, Georgia, and most of Florida. Polls in West Virginia, North Carolina, and Ohio close at 7:30 p.m. ET...
naked capitalism

Live Blog, The Main Event: Election Day 2024 - By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Welcome to the Naked Capitalism live blog for Election Day 2024. I’m not sure what I can say that has not already been sai...
Slate

Election Night Is Here. We’re Live-Blogging Through It. - Work through it, breathe through it, and follow along.
Deadline Politics

Anne Hathaway Encourages Youth Voters With Election Day Rendition Of Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Please, Please, Please’ - Anne Hathaway is encouraging university students to continue braving the long Election Day lines to make sure their voice is heard — and what better way to...
Alternet

MI voter backs Trump for 'no overtime tax' plan — as Project 2025 vows to kill overtime - If former President Donald Trump wins the 2024 election, some of his voters may be surprised that the economic plans he championed will be undermined if ...
The Week

Is the future of air travel hypersonic? - The dream of flying at five times the speed of sound still faces huge obstacles, ranging from technical to environmental to economic
Mother Jones

A Ballot Measure About Rent Control Is Dividing California Democrats - As Americans cast their votes in an election dominated by debates over inflation and the cost of living, a ballot measure in Vice President Kamala Harris’ ...
Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center

How community leaders and officials in two states took on election deniers - This is the final piece in a series of three articles examining how disinformation, and those peddling it, are affecting the election process.
Discourse

Election Night Open Thread - Well folks…………it’s heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere.
Futurism

Atheists Appalled as Elon Musk Embraces "Teachings of Christ' - Erstwhile secularist Elon Musk now seems to be pissing off the non-believers. After Futurism reported on the billionaire following the "teachings of [Jes...
Dissident Voice

What the Air Force Doesn’t Want Us to Notice on Election Night - Much significance will happen at the end of Election Day, and a countdown will begin at 11:00 p.m. PDT on November 5th. While everyone’s attention will b...
Techdirt.

Election Conspiracy-Mongers’ ‘Election Integrity’ App Flaw Reveals Voter Suppression Plan (Along With User Data) - Here’s a final election day story. This time, it’s about an “election integrity” app being used by MAGA folks to spread absolute nonsense about the electio...
Eater Houston

Bun B’s Trill Burgers Is Opening Two New Locations in the Houston Suburbs - [image: Bun B poses holding two boxes of burgers in front of Trill Burgers in Montrose.] Trill Burgers is finally getting another location. | *Dylan McEwa...
Axios

Charted: How abortion fares on state ballots - Data: Associated Press; Chart: Axios Visuals Voters in 10 states will decide on 11 abortion-related ballot measures on Election Day. *The big picture: *2...
Mediagazer

Filing: Trump Media lost $19.2M in Q3, while revenue fell 5.6% YoY to just $1.01M; DJT closed down 1.16% on November 5, but jumped 20%+ after hours (Fred Imbert/CNBC) - Fred Imbert / CNBC: *Filing: Trump Media lost $19.2M in Q3, while revenue fell 5.6% YoY to just $1.01M; DJT closed down 1.16% on November 5, but jumped 2...
WhoWhatWhy

When You Knew Trump/Harris Would Lose - [image: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, presidential election, 2024] Both campaigns had moments that should have given them cause for alarm; here are two of t...
Vox

How a second Trump presidency could reshape the world - The results aren’t in yet, but if Donald Trump ends up winning the 2024 presidential election and regaining the presidency, he could radically reshape inte...
Houston Public Media

2024 Election Results: Interactive Electoral College Map - Kamala Harris or Donald Trump – who will be the first to get 270 electoral votes? Most states use a winner-takes-all system, while Maine and Nebraska alloc...
Second Nexus

Trump Lashes Out At Reporter Who Asks If He'll Tell His Supporters Not To Commit Violence - Former Republican President Donald Trump voted in person in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday. He was accompanied by former First Lady Melania Trump, but n...
Rio Grande Guardian

FUMEC leader explains how RGV can benefit from semiconductor industry - Eugenio Marín, CEO of the Fundación México-Estados Unidos para la Ciencia, was a special guest of COSTEP and Harlingen EDC. The post FUMEC leader explain...
Greg Palast

Essential Election Day Vote-Saving TipFrom Jay Ponti, Save Your Vote's Director of Voter Justice - Unless it’s absolutely necessary, do not accept a provisional ballot. Watch this clip from our recent Save Your Vote broadcast to find out why — and what t...
Wolf Street

Inventory of Existing Homes in Texas Balloons to Highest in Many Years, Prices Drift Lower but Are Still Way Too High - Inventories are piling up because prices are too high. But they’re coming down.
Progressive.org

In Gaza, Students Yearn for Life Before War - Amid ongoing conflict, young people from Gaza share their memories of school days now lost—and their hopes for returning to their classrooms one day.
CultureMap Houston

River Oaks supper club, Heights ramen shop, and 3 more restaurants to know - Editor’s note: Houston’s restaurant scene moves pretty fast. In order to prevent CultureMap readers from missing anything, let’s stop to look around at fi...
The Root

Black Texas Singer’s Fan Signing Interrupted by Horrifying Act by Audience Member - A Texas singer was sat down at an autograph signing table following her performance at a Dallas performing arts school. Surrounded by tons of people, an ...
Mondoweiss

What Netanyahu’s firing of Yoav Gallant means for Gaza, Israel’s regional war, and the US-Israel relationship - [image: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on August 21, 2...
Reform Austin

Ted Cruz’s Campaign Under Scrutiny For $1M In Excess Contributions - Federal elections regulators are asking U.S. Sen Ted Cruz’s campaign to explain or to return nearly $1 million in campaign contributions that appear to h...
Claytoonz

Live Blog 2024 - I’m doing a live blog tonight and to see all the cartoons, check them out at my new Substack. Signed prints: The signed prints are just $40.00 each. Every ...
Lowering the Bar

November Surprise! State Finally Releases RFK Jr.’s Falconry Records - And they are bogus.
The Conversation

2024’s Election Day heads into the history books alongside 1964 and 1980 landslides and 2000’s Bush v. Gore nail-biter - In US history, there have been many memorable elections – including those involving quick, decisive wins and others subjected to drawn-out legal battles.
OpEd News

Why is North Korea Supporting Russia in Ukraine? - The Kremlin is likely to leverage North Korean manpower to support its ongoing offensive efforts and offset requirements of Russia's domestic force generat...
Web of Debt

Our Fragile Infrastructure: Lessons From Hurricane Helene - Buncombe County North Carolina – damage after Hurricane Helene floods. NCDOTcommunications, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wiki...
Ring of Fire

Booker Blocks Revenge Porn Bill To Spite Ted Cruz & Congress Drops The Ball On A.I. Misinformation - Democratic Senator Cory Booker blocked a piece of bipartisan legislation that was sponsored by Republican senator Ted Cruz, just so Cruz couldn’t get a m...
TalkLeft

Election Day Jitters - I have them. I'm sure any rational person does, when considering the possibility, however slight, that Donald Trump, the most unfit person to run for Pre...
The Daily Poster

POSTELECTION LIVE EVENT 11/6: Now What? - In a special virtual event on Wednesday at 12 p.m. EST, The Lever’s staff breaks down Election Day and explores what the future holds.
MintPress News

Jill Stein: Democrats Would Rather Lose the Election Than Stop A Genocide - “There is an unstoppable uprising going on. And however far we get, people are not going to stop. This is not just for the election,” Green Party Preside...
Common Dreams

The Hundredth Gale: Farewell To the Twisted Oompa-Loompa - Finally, the sick felon, racist, sexual predator and garbage man lurches and teeters to the finish line. "Swollen, orange and sweaty," ever more vicious ...
American Prospect

The Recession That Wasn’t and the Election of 2024 - Today on TAP: The inherently unappreciated core of Bidenomics
Sludge

Trump Raises Massive Legal War Chest for Post-Election Fights - Trump and the RNC have a far larger legal fund than their Democratic counterpart, though the Harris campaign will likely end the election with more cash on...
Ian Welsh

2024 Election Day Open Thread - [image: 2024 Election Day Open Thread] Use to discuss the election and its aftermath.
Angry Bear

Robots and medicine: the future is now - I’m reading every now and then about the future of robot assisted medicine. Robots have long replaced humans in routine, repetitive tasks like auto assem...
Novara Media

Could He Actually Do It? - The U.S election goes down to the wire. Plus: The amount of kids who enjoy reading as halved since 2016; the new Tory shadow cabinet has been unveiled and ...
World Socialist Web Site

Release the Filton 10! Oppose state repression of anti-genocide protestors in Britain - More than one year since Israel launched “Operation Swords of Iron”, backed by US and British imperialism, the only people behind bars are those who have p...
Grist

Election Day in the disaster zone - Hello, and welcome to our special Election Day edition of State of Emergency. I’m Zoya Teirstein, and today I’m reporting from rainy Buncombe County, North...
Daily Cartoonist

The First Tuesday after the First Monday in the Month of November of a Leap Year - The Daily Cartoonist, practicing the Fairness Doctrine, suggests some Third Party Candidates. All characters © the current copyright holders
Brad Blog

'Green News Report' - November 5, 2024 - Follow @GreenNewsReport... (Or use "Click here to listen..." link below.) IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Tornadoes strike Oklahoma, as wet weather complicates El...
Rallblog

Stein Wins! - The world of politics, as well as the globe writ large, was shaken to its neoliberal foundations this week by the surprise victory of Green Pa...
Church and State

Risks from increasing population sizes - Large human populations pose a risk of global catastrophe due to their influence on increasing environmental risks such as changes in climate.
Crooked Media

Don’t Sleep on the Vote with Cassandra Welchlin - The post Don’t Sleep on the Vote with Cassandra Welchlin appeared first on Crooked Media.
Krebs on Security

Canadian Man Arrested in Snowflake Data Extortions - A 26-year-old man in Ontario, Canada has been arrested for allegedly stealing data from and extorting more than 160 companies that used the cloud data serv...
Daily Howler

We've seen that claim again and again! - *TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2024* *The Times keeps looking away: *We've just returned from a two-block hike to our voting place. Based upon the votes we cast a...
DeSmogBlog

EU Accused of Inviting Fossil Fuel Executives to COP28 Under False Pretences - The European Commission is facing criticism from politicians and campaigners for giving a free pass for senior oil and gas executives to attend last year...
NORML

Nebraska: Voters Will Decide on Medical Marijuana Ballot Measures, but Await Judge’s Decision on Whether the Results Will Be Validated - [image: medical cannabis flower][image: medical cannabis flower]While a final ruling in the litigation remains pending, voters will nonetheless be able t...
Capital & Main

Four Policies That Could Make Our Elections More Fair and Democratic - There are lots of ways to increase voter turnout and lessen the influence of money in elections — as other countries have proven. The post Four Policies ...
Southeast Texas Record

Man loses silicosis suit after finding out he wasn't exposed to sand - BEAUMONT - A silicosis plaintiff who had to adjust his lawsuit on the fly has lost his appeal of an order granting victory to one of his case's deep pock...
Undernews

Trump's health - *WhoWhatWhy - * There’s a forensic psychiatrist at Harvard who argues that the deeply dangerous behavior of Donald Trump and his MAGA followers can best ...
SCOTUSblog

The morning read for Tuesday, Nov. 5 - [image: The morning read for Tuesday, Nov. 5]The court is still in session on Election Day with oral arguments this morning in Advocate Christ Medical Ce...
First Draft

Kamala’s Time - Kamala Harris is about to make history. She’s got this.
Texas Monthly

This Galveston Taqueria Reopened With a New Owner and Chefs but Hasn’t Captured the Magic of the Original - Business was rough for Fish Company Taco last year, but the food was excellent. It's not the same story this year, but I'm hopeful the new team can find it...
Political Garbage Chute

Win, Lose, or Insurrection, They’ve Assured Don His Balls Will NEVER Be Dry - “May his balls always runneth over my chin.” – Rep. Jim Jordan (Q-OH) It’s Election Day, and once the votes are counted — and the ensuing legal battles a...
ArcaMax

Ignore No More: Iran's Regime Is Too Bad To Succeed - The Oct. 7, 2023 invasion of Israel by some 6,000 Hamas gunmen has changed America's political conversation in multiple respects. Who knew, for example, th...
The Mind Unleashed

Inside the ‘New Cold War’: How Countries Are Competing for Space and Resources Beyond Earth - In recent years, the race to explore and exploit space has reignited, marking a significant shift from the collaborative spirit that characterized earlier ...
El Paso Matters

El Paso election results: Follow El Paso Matters for live updates, coverage on Tuesday, Nov. 5 - Polls are open until 7 p.m. and El Pasoans can cast their ballot at any of the city's 116 vote centers. The post El Paso election results: Follow El Pas...
Democracy Now!

"The Misinformation Web": Maria Hinojosa on the Pro-Trump Propaganda Targeting Latinos in 2024 - As Latino voters are a key voting bloc in the 2024 presidential election in battleground states like Nevada, Arizona and Pennsylvania, they have been targe...
The AltWorld

Cairo’s Maritime collusion - Egypt must stop the transit of Israeli war supplies and ships There was an uproar last week […] The post Cairo’s Maritime collusion appeared first on The...
The Progressive Wing

11/05 Election Day - Already some voters have voted – in Dixville Notch, NH around midnight. From the NYT: The chocolate chip cookies were baked, the room was overheated, and o...
Scheerpost.com

52 Nations Call for Global Arms Embargo on Israel - Turkiye is leading the call for the embargo despite its ongoing trade with, and oil deliveries to, Israel.
Space City Weather

Storms rolling through Houston this morning with placid weather behind for Election Day - In brief: A line of storms passing into Houston will clear the area later this morning, and the region should see clearing skies for the second half of the...
The Smirking Chimp

A Message to the Undecided Voter: Don't Elect the Dictator -
Earth 911

We Earthlings: When Your Actions Matter Most - The examples we set for our family, community, and the world make an important difference... The post We Earthlings: When Your Actions Matter Most appear...
Bracing Views

It’s Election Day! - W.J. Astore Vote for me! It’s Election Day in America and I really hope you get out and vote—or that you’ve voted already. Sure, most of us wish the candid...
Skeptophilia

Wandering through Lemuria - Today's post is brought to you by the Department of One Thing Leads to Another. Philip Lutley Sclater (1829-1913) was a distinguished British biologist ...
Off The Kuff

Today is Election Day - From the inbox. Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth announced that more than 1,170,000 voters cast their ballots in person during the 12-day early voting...
ProPublica

What ProPublica Reporters Will Be Watching on Election Day - by ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published....
NPR's Health Shots

Feeling the stress of Election Day? Here are a few healthy ways to cope - Around 80% of people from both parties say they are very stressed about the future of the U.S. We asked a psychiatrist how that worry becomes toxic and wha...
Infidel753

Election day - Well, here we are at last. If you haven't already, vote now or forever hold your peace. It looks more and more to me like my assessment of two weeks ago ...
Portside

Trump Claims “Illegal Alien” Voting Is Rampant. His Own Party Disagrees. - Trump Claims “Illegal Alien” Voting Is Rampant. His Own Party Disagrees. Mark Brody Tue, 11/05/2024 - 02:35
Counterpunch

The Wolf at Our Door - CounterPunch went online 30 years ago, just in time for Clinton’s war on Serbia. Clinton’s war was premeditated, our transit to the World Wide Web was re...
jobsanger

It's Time! -
Informed Comment

Trump would be an “Extinction-Level Event” for the Planet, Turbocharging Climate Change. Vote Accordingly. - Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – UC Berkeley scholars warn that “With plans to expand the production of fossil fuels, curtail environmental regulations, dism...
Antiwar.com

‘Gaza Is Ours, Forever’ – Israel’s Extremists Have a Plan for the Day after the Genocide - Under the slogan ‘Gaza is Ours, Forever’, a large number of Israeli extremists and right-wing politicians met in the settlement of Be’eri, near the Gaza ...
Progressives Chat

Election 2024: Here at Last! - Election Day—and, afterward, Election Night—has arrived. Election 2024 is the 60th quadrennial presidential election in the history of the United State...
Idavox

Health & Wellness Organization Shows Predator the Door - Meet Daniel Hallgren, a guy who used his position in Punk Rock Saves Lives to... The post Health & Wellness Organization Shows Predator the Door appeared...
Democracy Chronicles

How The Supreme Court Could Shape The 2024 Election - Dahlia Lithwick has covered the Supreme Court since the landmark *Bush v. Gore *decision in 2000.
Workers World

PFLP calls for boycott of U.S. elections - [image: PFLP calls for boycott of U.S. elections] The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Central Media issued the following statement on Nov. 4,...
Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

Winner Of The 2024 Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN) Richard Higgott Journal Article Prize - The prize committee is pleased to announce that Elliot Dolan-Evans’ article, titled ‘Pipes, profits and peace: toward a feminist political economy of gas...
Project Censored

Unsolved Text Campaign Targets Female Law Faculty and Students - Since January 2024, female law school professors, deans, and students across the country have been subjected to anonymous online harassment based on thei...
The Reality-Based Community

Nhận định soi kèo Preston vs Sunderland lúc 03h00 ngày 07/11/2024 - Trở lại với giải Vô địch Anh, tại vòng 14, với phong độ thi đấu kém hơn, dù là đội chủ nhà thì Preston cũng sẽ gặp khó khăn khi Sunderland đang có thành ...
Border/Lines

Special Edition — On the election and the paths forward - Immigration news, in context.
The Texas Signal

The Toll Of An Abortion Ban - Last night on *60 Minutes*, the long running news program aired a segment about the grim ramifications of being in a state with a near-total abortion ban...
LareDOS

Consider this - Why invest in falsehoods rather than truth and in cruelty rather than compassion? Why willingly deny ourselves and others our individual autonomy? And why ...
Rewire

Opinion: From Texas to Maryland, Cities Are Fighting Abortion Bans - "As Latinas and women in positions where we are able to promote and protect our constituents’ interests, we are united in our belief that abortion should...
Liberation News

The workers who power up Cuba: Inside Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Power Plant - Eyewitness visit to Cuban powerplant where the hard work and sacrifice of workers brought the island back online in record time.
Texas Observer

Is Rep Nate Schatzline Misusing Nonprofit to Play Partisan Politics? - On August 20, state Representative Nate Schatzline took the stage inside a black box-style room at the Mercy Culture Church campus in Fort Worth, where h...
slacktivist

Pro-lifers keep killing women and their children - Nevaeh Crain began bleeding and vomiting the day of her baby shower. She died because of Texas' anti-abortion laws.
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

Garbage no.2 (…garbage out) - So, that was the “October Surprise” this time around, huh? That was really it? Old Uncle Joe, movin’ kinda’ slow, suddenly decides to pipe up about some of...
alicublog

SUNDAY ‘ROUND-THE-HORN: CHAMPAGNE OR HEMLOCK EDITION. - *I'm old and I was old then too but how did I miss this?* The title comes from not-yet-governor-elect Mario Cuomo on election night 1982. And I doubt he ...
See You In 2020

Multipolarity, Iran’s coming retaliation, & how these next escalations will impact the class struggle - Photo by Vahid Salemi of AP The era of multipolarity has come; there’s no undoing this, that’s simply the historical stage we’ve entered into. And the ...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

Pre-Election Special Bourbon Talk Q&A TONIGHT at 8pm Eastern - Hey everyone.
Trivial Knot

Origami: Stick Figure - This design is made by someone I know, a teenager that I see in the local origami space. For him, this is a very simple design, something he can teach oth...
Campaign for America's Future

¡Sabemos lo que hay que hacer! - Estamos listos para construyir un futuro mejor después de las elecciones. Estamos a horas de la elección más importante- y quizás la decisión más important...
Crooked Timber

Sunday photoblogging: Nîmes, the Maison Carée - [image: Nîmes - Maison carrée]
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

"Last Night's DEI Dream: Art and a Change of Heart Will Save the World," by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. - *Last Night's DEI Dream: Art and a Change of Heart Will Save the World* *by* *Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D.* *November 2, 2024* *Perhaps inspired by the Day...
Reading the Pictures

The Reading the Pictures Salon: Looking at Key Images from Campaign 2024 - An expert panel examined key images in the contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump emphasizing themes of democracy, gender, and race. The post The...
Field Negro

Three days and counting. - *" I live in a crazy time" ~Anne Frank~ * Just three days to go, and Americans are bracing for the election of a lifetime. It's hard to believe that D...
The Militant

Vote SWP! The working class needs to take political power! - Back the working-class alternative to capitalist exploitation, oppression WASHINGTON, D.C. — “As conditions of life for the working class in the U.S. deter...
Bonddad

Weekly Indicators for October 28 - November 1 at Seeking Alpha - * - by New Deal democrat* My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. There’s always some noise in the high frequency data, and this week tha...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Video: Donald Trump simulates graphic sex acts during Wisconsin campaign speech - This is exactly what it looks like. You can see the video below. During a campaign speech in Wisconsin, I guess Trump was expressing a displeasure with ...
Debunking Christianity

David Fitzgerald’s Toolkit for Dismantling Christianity - *Religions Thrive on Fantasy, Deceit, and the Failure of Curiosity * One of the biggest examples of deceit is this practice of Bible editors: printing the...
BEYONDbones

Daylight Savings Time | November Sky Happenings - Editor’s Note: HMNS Astronomer James Wooten reminds us to adjust our clocks as Daylight Savings Time ends this month. Saturn is an evening object. Look ...
Earthworks

Another Conspiracy Theory Adds to Western North Carolina’s Trauma - In the wake of Hurricane Helene, a string of wild conspiracy theories have circulated across social media, made up by … The post Another Conspiracy Theo...
High Country News

Resource production or preservation? Election puts Alaska lands on the line - From oil in the Arctic to the Ambler Road, Alaska's resource and conservation battles await a new administration’s fate, affecting communities, ecosyste...
Save Buffalo Bayou

No More Money for Incompetent Flood Control - Vote No on Proposition A Oct. 31, 2024 The Harris County Flood Control District is asking county voters for a property tax increase to raise an extra $100 ...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Was Theodor Herzl A Prophet? If So, What Does it Mean? - Theodor Herzl is widely considered the founder of the modern Zionist movement, and by some, he's considered a prophet, and others, both now and when he was...
Unlimited Hangout

The Chain Of Command: How Facebook’s Libra, Bank Regulators, and PayPal Built A New World Currency - Two companies closely tied to Peter Thiel – PayPal and Facebook – have embarked on apparently unsuccessful efforts to create a “new world currency.” Yet,...
Bud Kennedy

Donald Trump wants a do-over. But is that really what America wants? | Opinion - Donald Trump has now been running for president since before some of his voters were born. It’s been 25 years since Trump first told CNN’s Larry King he wo...
Ecosophia

The Man with the Moustache - One of the lasting traditions on this blog is that whenever a month has five Wednesdays in it, the commentariat gets to nominate and vote on the subject fo...
Reveal

A Florida Teen’s Remarkable Fight to Put Her Rapist Behind Bars - Abused by her adoptive father, she was victimized again by the police charged with protecting her. A Florida Teen’s Remarkable Fight to Put Her Rapist B...
Alas, a Blog

Cartoon: We Could Let In More Immigrants - Immigration is great for the U.S.. It’s great for the economy. It’s great for our culture. Compared to those of us born here, immigrants are disproportiona...
Free & Equal

Free & Equal Debate Founder Responds to Singer Loomis’ National Anthem - Los Angeles, CA – October 28, 2024 – Singer Loomis is making headlines after she performed the national anthem during the Free & Equal Elections Presiden...
Dissent Magazine

[RECORDING] Market Failure: The Climate Crisis and the Limits of Capitalism - Brett Christophers and Adam Tooze in conversation, moderated by Kate Aronoff.
New Progressive Alliance

After the Election - I have friends on both sides and miss the days when we could tease each other instead of believing that we had to be mortal enemies. Those who advocate t...
Seeing the Forest

Still One Of The Best - Betty Boop, Minnie the Moocher
ExChristian.Net

The Misconceived Conception of a Baby Named Jesus - *The following is a short interview with Bill Burkland, the author of a soon to be released book entitled "The Misconceived Conception of a Baby Named J...
The Grayzone

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Brains and Eggs

Thursday, October 20, 2005

That smiley mugshot? Nuh-uh.

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