Brains and Eggs: Obamarama coming to H-Town

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

Green Party 2024 end-of-the-year Election Reporthttps://t.co/0pZU74nDZz
• Greens win 54.3% of local elections they contest
• 160 Greens currently hold elected office
• Green candidates regain ballot status in 6 states
• Green presidential ticket finishes 3rd in nation pic.twitter.com/I72RZK9fl4
— Green Party Elections Data Base Reports & Analysis (@gpelections) December 30, 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

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

Raw Story

MAGA senator slams illegal immigrants as 'criminals' — then steps in to free ICE detainee - MAGA Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), who has been a fervent supporter of Immigration and Customs Enforcement efforts to deport undocumented migrants, reversed ...
Mediagazer

Shirley Halperin, THR's co-EIC, is departing to become the co-EIC of Rolling Stone alongside Sean Woods, becoming the first woman to lead the brand (The Hollywood Reporter) - The Hollywood Reporter: *Shirley Halperin, THR's co-EIC, is departing to become the co-EIC of Rolling Stone alongside Sean Woods, becoming the first woma...
Mediaite

‘Not a Serious Publication’: The Daily Beast Brutally Mocked for Publishing Michael Wolff Claim About the Trumps and Jeffrey Epstein - The Daily Beast is taking its medicine after publishing a story amplifying an incendiary claim about Donald and Melania Trump's connection to Jeffrey Eps...
Daily Howler

THURSDAY: Greg Gutfeld won't discuss this tonight! - *THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2025* *Blue journalists won't discuss him:* The Washington Post had published a report about conditions at the gulag-adjacent confine...
Political Wire

Trump Lashes Out at Fed Chair with Stream of Insults - “President Trump on Thursday unleashed a fiery reaction after the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady, blasting Fed chair Jerome Powell with a strea...
CultureMap Houston

Liam Neeson spoofs his tough guy image in Naked Gun movie reboot - *The Naked Gun* series holds a place in the hearts of certain comedy fans, as the three films — made in the late ‘80s/early ‘90s — continued a tradition st...
The Verge

The Switch 2 is off to a speedy start for big third-party games - With the Switch 2, Nintendo seems to be closing the release date gap with some of its third-party games. It's a problem that plagued previous Nintendo cons...
Second Nexus

Kim Kardashian's Latest SKIMS Shapewear Item Has The Internet Crying Foul - When the Kardashians first became popular, body positivity was enjoying a moment, and people who leaned into body positivity were pleased to see the Kard...
The Hill

Trump-backed RNC Chair Michael Whatley launches North Carolina Senate bid - Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Whatley has formally entered the North Carolina Senate race, setting up a likely face-off against former ...
Deadline Politics

Construction To Start On New White House Ballroom, Long Desired By Donald Trump - The White House unveiled plans for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom to be built on the East Wing, a project long desired by Donald Trump. Trump and other dono...
Courthouse News

Federal Circuit questions constitutionality of ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs - The 11-judge panel noted that the 1977 law the president relied on — the International Emergency Economic Powers Act — did not specifically grant the execu...
memeorandum

Senators Could Vote Imminently to Remove Their Homes, Travel Info From Internet (Rolling Stone) - Rolling Stone: *Senators Could Vote Imminently to Remove Their Homes, Travel Info From Internet* — Watchdogs argue the legislation would block reporter...
Salon.com

Most Senate Democrats vote to limit arms sales to Israel - A majority of Senate Democrats voted in favor of blocking specific arms sales to Israel, citing famine concerns
Slate

The Double Duplex Is Weird, Overstuffed, and Exactly What L.A. Needs Right Now - City officials tried to rein in McMansions. They got these Frankenstein apartments instead.
Election Law Blog

D.C. Bar Committee Recommends that Jeffrey Clark, Who Tried to Help Trump Subvert the 2020 Presidential Election, Be Disbarred - From the report and recommendation: Having reviewed the record in this matter, including the parties’ arguments before the Board, we reject Respondentís ...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Tom Brady’s Birmingham primed to touch down in the Championship - Driven by the ambitious ownership of Tom Wagner and an NFL icon, the Blues intend to take the second tier by storm Unsurprisingly, Tom Brady, a seven-tim...
Al Jazeera English

Inside Israel’s role in the killings at Gaza’s food aid sites - Over a thousand Palestinians have been killed at food distribution sites since May, fuelling international outcry.
El Paso Matters

Is there hope for Pellicano Drive? A pending agreement could restart expansion – at least on a portion of it - The long-stalled expansion could resume if the Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority, county commissioners and the surety company on the hook since J....
Mondoweiss

New York Times: Israel isn’t starving healthy children to death. Just the ones with preexisting conditions. - [image: UNRWA health staff screen and treat children suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) at an UNRWA Medical Point located in an UNRWA school-tu...
Eschaton

Good Advice - Something escaping most people for, some reason. Premier Doug Ford is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to stand his ground against U.S. President Donald...
Houston Public Media

William Shatner on legacy, and why going to space ‘broke’ him - Ahead of a live appearance in Houston, the TV and film legend reflects on a career that continues to boldly go, and why seeing the earth from above brought...
The Week

Time to land completely refreshed. Because it's one-and done with these pre-assembled toiletry kits. - All the essentials in one place
San Antonio Current

Analysis: New economic impact report on San Antonio's Project Marvel comes to curious conclusions - Editor's note: The following is a piece of opinion and analysis. A much-anticipated economic impact report released Wednesday on San Antonio's proposed Pr...
Scheerpost.com

Bob’s Newswire: July 28, 2025 - July 31, 2025 Gaza Genocide and the Middle East Trump and US Politics China July 28, 2025 Gaza Genocide and the Middle East
Reform Austin

Unregulated Development at Core of Texas Flood Tragedy, Experts Warn - Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… As Texas lawmakers hold hearings on flood preparedness in the wake of the deadly July 4th weeke...
Ballot Access News

California Gov. Newsom Threatens US House Redistricting Arms Race if Texas Moves Forward With Its Plan - Here is the story about this overall regrettable development from the Texas Tribune. A silver lining from these sorts of maneuvers may be a move toward the...
Angry Bear

The bottom line in Q2 GDP; front-running, payback, and contrasting long leading indicators - – by New Deal democrat Today’s GDP report for Q2 was pretty much as we expected, i.e., payback from the front-running of import tariffs in Q1. But as us...
Axios

Trump to approve new Gaza aid plan after Witkoff visits Friday: White House - President Trump is expected to approve a new Gaza humanitarian aid plan on Friday after his envoy Steve Witkoff visits the enclave and briefs him about t...
Futurism

Tesla Robotaxi Gets Stuck in Infinite Loop as Support Tries to Break It Out - Footage taken by a passenger shows a Tesla Robotaxi getting totally stumped as it tries to escape a parking lot, aimlessly driving in circles while its h...
Techdirt.

ICE Is Spending More Time Targeting The Least Dangerous People In America - The “worst of the worst” ruse was never taken seriously by anyone, least of all those who performatively repeated it to serve as cover for their hatred and...
First Draft

Republicans Are Not Stupid. They’re Lying. - Stop giving them the benefit of the doubt.
naked capitalism

Syria, the Middle East and the Question of the Nation-State - Syria’s push for a nation-state raises questions: is this model fit for a region where it has brought more conflict than stability?
Brad Blog

'Green News Report' - July 31, 2025 - Follow @GreenNewsReport... (Or use "Click here to listen..." link below.) IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Trump EPA moves to kill its own authority to regulate gr...
Consortium News

Vijay Prashad: Rising Sovereignty of the Global South - Though still weighed down by debt and austerity, developing countries are beginning to chart alternative paths as a new mood takes hold in the Global South...
Idavox

Idavox is on Substack – with a New Podcast Launching Aug. 1! - It has been a whole month and some change since we have had a new... The post Idavox is on Substack – with a New Podcast Launching Aug. 1! appeared first...
Claytoonz

Irritating Screechy Blowhole - 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...
The Daily Poster

Guilty By Chatbot - Judges appear to be using artificial intelligence to issue rulings — and the errors are adding up.
American Prospect

Labor Leader Chris Smalls Out of Israeli Prison - The Israeli military detained Smalls in inhumane conditions, advocates said. Crew member Bob Suberi, a U.S.-Israeli peace activist, warned that genocide an...
World Socialist Web Site

Syria threatened with carve up as redivision of Middle East draws closer - null
Mother Jones

How a Nazi-Obsessed Amateur Historian Went From Obscurity to the Top of Substack - Nearly a decade ago, Darryl Cooper, then a little-known amateur historian, agreed to appear on Rebel Yell, a self-described “Southern Nationalist podcast o...
Texas Standard

Texas food banks are low on supplies, and demand is expected to grow - The federal government has pulled back on the resources it sends to food banks.
Capital & Main

Unplanned Parenthood and Other Horrors Confront Medi-Cal Patients - Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined a national lawsuit to halt Republicans’ war on Californians. The post Unplanned Parenthood and Other Horrors Confro...
Independent Political Report

Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania Sets Date and Location for 2026 State Convention - The Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania has announced the date and location for its 2026 state convention, with members scheduled to gather in Warminster f...
The Grayzone

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation partner endorsed Hitler, called Muslims ‘rapists’ and Palestine a ‘shit hole’ - Matthew Murphy, a former Green Beret and president of Sentinel Foundation, has recently praised Hitler on Instagram and claimed to be conducting ‘manhunt...
Daily Dot

“Love a good redemption arc”: Demi Lovato returns to The Bigg Chill after viral 2021 frozen yogurt controversy - [image: demi lovato bigg chill yogurt] Singer Demi Lovato paid a visit to The Bigg Chill frozen yogurt shop years after accusing the shop of perpetuating...
OpEd News

Tomgram: Engelhardt, Trumped (Red Tie) - Once upon a time, nothing in this world could have convinced me that I would be living through this moment in this America on this planet. As a start, once...
Ian Welsh

Oddly, Canada Has More Leverage In A Trade Deal Than Anyone Except Maybe China - Trump: Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine. That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them. Oh’ Ca...
Texas Observer

‘Shaky’ Audio Series Is a Messy, Real Look at Disabled Life - There are many words you could use to describe Nicole Tompkins, the disabled protagonist of “Shaky,” Audible’s recent 9-part comedy audio series: passion...
Dissident Voice

Genocide is Psychopathy - Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau declares, “I am a Zionist.” Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction of a particular group. When it i...
Project Censored

The AI Nuclear War Dead Hand - In August 2019, an influential inside-the-Beltway platform called War on the Rocks published a proposal to automate fighting nuclear wars with artificial...
WhoWhatWhy

Trump Is Fast-Tracking New Coal Mines — Even When They Don’t Make Economic Sense - [image: Coal pile, Baldwin Plant, Anderson County, TN] In Appalachian Tennessee, mines shut down and couldn’t pay their debts. Now a new one is opening und...
Rio Grande Guardian

STHS Behavioral hosts its monthly “Let’s Talk Mental Health” webinar series on grief and loss - [image: |||] STHS Behavioral will be hosting it's next webinar on grief and loss on Thursday, August 7, 2025. The post STHS Behavioral hosts its monthly “...
Undernews

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Crooked Media

Is the new left party what the UK needs? - The post Is the new left party what the UK needs? appeared first on Crooked Media.
Daily Cartoonist

Cagle’s Classroom Cartoons - Daryl Cagle proudly notes that his syndicate is the exclusive image provider to Cartoons for the Classroom: You may remember Newspapers in Edication (NIE) ...
Bonddad

June personal income and spending: very weak as payback for front-running continues, meriting a yellow flag - - *by New Deal democrat* In my conclusion last month, I wrote “In the first two months of Q2, total real spending has declined by -0.8%, while serv...
Progressive.org

Requiem for the Roberts Court - Hasty rulings on cases in the Supreme Court’s growing ‘shadow docket’ have fundamentally altered United States governance.
The Root

Rick Ross Just Dragged 50 Cent’s Child in Their Long-Running Feud, Did He Finally Go Too Far? - Rozay took their longstanding feud to a new low and social media is calling out the Maybach Music rapper. Read more...
DeSmogBlog

Oil and Gaslighting: How Trump and Corporations Manufacture Self-Serving ‘Pseudo-Realities’ - This week, the EU agreed to 15% tariffs with the United States, half of President Donald Trump’s threatened rate, before the August 1 deadline. With Mexi...
SCOTUSblog

Will the Supreme Court hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s case? - While President Donald Trump fields questions about a potential pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the Supreme Court is also playing a role in the debate over...
Glasstire

Top Five: July 31, 2025 - Glasstire counts down the top five art events in Texas. For last week’s picks, please go here. 1. The Wyeths: Three Generations: Works from the Bank of A...
Rallblog

Transcript: DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou – Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - Ted Rall: Hey there. I’m Ted Rall, and I’m here for DeProgram along with John Kiriakou. He’s the CIA whistleblower. I’m the editorial cartoonist. Thank y...
Rewire

Federal Judge Issues New Order Protecting All Planned Parenthood Clinics From Medicaid ‘Defunding’ - The ruling is a “powerful reminder that patients, not politics, should guide health care,” Dominique Lee, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood League ...
Dorf on Law

Down Goes Brown - Yesterday, Brown University became the third Ivy League institution to sign a settlement agreement with the Trump administration. Its deal is quite simil...
Democracy Now!

"Total, Random Chaos" of Trump Tariffs Are Not Rebalancing U.S. Trade: Lori Wallach, Rethink Trade - President Donald Trump is standing by his August 1 deadline for other countries to reach new trade agreements with the United States or face steep new tari...
The Conversation

Roman Empire and the fall of Nero offer possible lessons for Trump about the cost of self-isolation - Nero, Rome’s emperor from 54 to 68 C.E., rose to power at a young age and remained focused on himself, letting the needs of citizens fall to the wayside.
ArcaMax

There Won't Be Nannies - When Elon Musk and his first wife talked about how many children they would have, Justine reportedly said she wanted one or two. "But if I could afford nan...
Space City Weather

After Houston’s hottest day of the year, rain chances start to increase - In brief: Houston’s high temperature hit 101 degrees Wednesday with modestly drier air. Now, as tropical moisture moves into the region we will see increas...
NPR's Health Shots

What will rescission do to foreign aid? Details are murky. Here's what we found out - Congress approved the clawing back of $7.9 billion in foreign aid pledges. Who ends up losing out?
Vox

Why are American kids getting sicker? - This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. One of the central claims that R...
Earth 911

Guest Idea: 12 High-Impact Changes To Reduce Your Pet’s Carbon Footprint - While pets can impact the natural world, there are actions you can take to reduce... The post Guest Idea: 12 High-Impact Changes To Reduce Your Pet’s Car...
The Smirking Chimp

The Fine Print of Trump Fascism -
Infidel753

Mendacious memes - Meme images seem to add credibility to a statement, in the eyes of many internetters. Slap a sentence across a picture (even one of no obvious relevance),...
Skeptophilia

Rain Woman - I was asked a curious question by a loyal reader of *Skeptophilia*, one that intrigued me enough I thought it was worth devoting an entire post to. Here'...
Off The Kuff

And just like that we have a map - That sure was fast. Good thing all those hearings are over. Texas GOP lawmakers released their first draft of the state’s new congressional map Wednesday, ...
San Antonio Report

West Side Tejana trailblazer’s legacy honored at weekend mariachi competition - Voz de la Paloma honors Tejana trailblazer Beatriz Llamas Saturday at Palo Alto College Performing Arts Building. ------------------------------ West Side T...
ProPublica

“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out” - by Nicole Foy and McKenzie Funk This story contains videos and descriptions of violent arrests. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abu...
Greg Palast

Trump Drowns Texas – Are You Next? - Kevin Patrick is the president of the board of directors in the small town of Villa Park, Illinois. He’s a veteran of the Coast Guard, a patriot dedicated ...
Progressive Army

Un millonario pronóstico para el campo ilusiona al Gobierno: calculan que ingresarán U$S 28.800 millones extra - A través de su modelo AGMEMOD, la Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario (BCR) proyectó un incremento del 8% en la producción agrícola para la Argentina hacia 2035, ...
Grist

The USDA announced the cancellation of $148M in ‘woke’ grants. Then it went dark. - Farms, ranches, and food organizations brace for cuts, but the federal agency won’t say who’s next.
High Country News

In wildfire-prone Washington, ‘collaboration’ on forest management gives way to timber interests - Forest collaboratives formed in the wake of the Pacific Northwest’s ‘Timber Wars’ have become major power players operating largely out of the public ey...
Portside

This Is the Moment Democrats Have Been Talking About for Years - This Is the Moment Democrats Have Been Talking About for Years Mark Brody Thu, 07/31/2025 - 02:12
Workers World

PDF of July 31 issue - [image: PDF of July 31 issue] Download the PDF Opposition to U.S. imperialism grows IOF genocide in Gaza Is internal resistance possible? On the 35th anniv...
Counterpunch

Election 2026: Here Come the Gerrymanders - It’s only mid-2025, but both “major” US political parties are already well into their campaigns to win US House and Senate seats in the 2026 midterm elec...
jobsanger

It's The Worst Fighting The Worst -
Informed Comment

How the Palestinian West Bank is being Annexed by Israel, with Tacit US Support - Behind the fog of war and the obliteration of Gaza, Israel’s far-right cabinet has escalated the annexation of the West Bank to Israel. New York (Special t...
Nina Illingworth

Nina-Bytes: Dark Omens of a New Crusade - Nina talks about how a recent, barely noticed OPM federal workplace guidance may signal the next fundie fascist crusade the Trump regime intends to condu...
Alternet

'It just cannot happen': Megyn Kelly gives Trump a stern warning over potential pardon - Far-right SiriusXM host Megyn Kelly recently gave President Donald Trump a firm warning against using his presidential pardon powers on a divisive public...
Crooked Timber

Moral Deskilling – or, why you spend more time on admin than doing your job. - At the Sydney Gleebooks launch of Graeme Turner’s new book Broken, an audience member said: I spend more time on admin than doing my job. I raised the micr...
Liberation News

Trump’s attack on trans health care aims to divide working people - Trans people, immigrants, Medicaid recipients: we are all under attack by the same enemy.
Popular Resistance

US Security Contractor: ‘I Saw Israel Commit War Crimes At Gaza Aid Sites’ - A former contractor for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) says he saw Israeli soldiers commit war crimes at the aid distribution sites being run by ...
The NM Political Report

Sen. Luján leads Democratic push to reverse health care cuts affecting 89,000 New Mexicans - [image: Sen. Ben Ray Luján led Senate Democratic leadership Wednesday in introducing the "Protecting Health Care And Lowering Costs Act" to overturn prov...
slacktivist

Innocence, identity, and blood libel (part 2) - It's all about pride and moral anxiety and Satanic baby-killers.
The Greanville Post

ORANGEUTAN: Mass m*rder in the golf bag - MOATS—Trump’s golf trips, particularly to his Turnberry course, are condemned as extravagant and funded by British and American taxpayers. Despite claims o...
Common Dreams

Lawsuit Launched to Protect Whales in California From Ship Strikes - The Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the Earth sent a notice today of their intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S...
Church and State

‘New Era of Climate Accountability’: ICJ Says Nations Have Legal Duty to Combat Planetary Crisis - The International Court of Justice has said that countries have a legal obligation to take cooperative action against the climate crisis.
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

Texas Republicans Aim for Five-Seat Gain in New Proposed Gerrymander - A proposed Republican gerrymander of Texas could allow them to gain five extra seats, although not all of these gains are guaranteed. The post Texas Repu...
The Texas Signal

First Redistricting Map Revealed - The new congressional districts would potentially net Republicans five more seats by carving out districts in North Texas, Austin and Houston
Krebs on Security

Scammers Unleash Flood of Slick Online Gaming Sites - Fraudsters are flooding Discord and other social media platforms with ads for hundreds of polished online gaming and wagering websites that lure people wit...
Wolf Street

The Fed, Torn by Two Governor Dissents, Sticks to Wait-and-See, Keeps Rates at 4.25%-4.50%, Frets about Uncertainty - “Uncertainty about the economy outlook” is back in full force in today’s statement, after it had “diminished” at the last meeting. QT continues.
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

Authoritarianism as Clarity: The Check-In with Danielle Moodie and Jared Yates Sexton - The masks have come off
FrontBurner – D Magazine

Texas Republicans release proposed congressional map - As expected, the first stab at redistricting from the GOP legislators in Austin would give (presumably) the party five additional seats in the U.S. Congr...
Sludge

AIPAC-Funded Reps Propose Bill to Block Financial Aid at Colleges Boycotting Israel - A new bill from Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) would strip federal aid to universities that engage in the BDS movement or limit ...
Ecosophia

A Few Notes on Matriarchy - You don’t actually understand an idea until you know its history. That lesson is one that most people have been doing their level best not to learn in rece...
Trivial Knot

Waking up, past tense - Do you like waking up? Yeah, me neither. I prefer that all my waking be done strictly in the past tense, i.e. to be woke. I’m looking at my drafts bin and ...
Antiwar.com

Entering a Golden Age for War Profiteers - When, in his 1961 farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of the dangers of the unwarranted influence wielded by a partnership between the ...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

'Trump-vangelical pastor Kenneth Copeland want angels to go after those calling Trump out' & other Tue/Wed news briefs - *Kenneth Copeland Calls On Angels To 'Pull Those Devils Down That Are Attacking Our President' *-* Unlike some of my LGBTQ brothers and sisters, I belie...
See You In 2020

Russia’s long march to victory over Ukrainian fascism, & the test it’s created for all anti-imperialists - The start of Russia’s military operation against the Ukrainian fascist regime represented a test for the communist movement. This test has compelled the...
Alas, a Blog

Comic: We’ve Got Nothing Against Immigrants, Except the Immigrant Ones - I’m chuffed to again collaborate with R.E. Ryan, whose last cartoon with me was “Let’s Outlaw Being Homeless” over a year ago. I love the way his drawing r...
Discourse

How Old Does This Man Look To You - Let's judge a terrible book by its alarmingly worn cover.
Black Agenda Report

Trump SMASHES EU, Threatens Ibrahim Traoré, Putin and BRICS w/ David Hundeyin, Ajamu Baraka Margaret Kimberley - Trump SMASHES EU, Threatens Ibrahim Traoré, Putin and BRICS w/ David Hundeyin, Ajamu Baraka Margaret Kimberley bareditors Wed, 07/30/2025 - 00:00 Danny Hai...
ExChristian.Net

Symptoms of being caught up in an unhealthy, compulsive and destructive Christian lifestyle: - *1) Jesus fetish.* Those afflicted with Christianity develop an obsessive fixation on a man known as Jesus Christ, an ancient cult leader who they say 'lo...
The Progressive Wing

7/28-31 News Roundup and Open Thread - Finishing off July. Summer is flying by.
Unlimited Hangout

Bad Faith Podcast - Bad Faith Podcast.
The AltWorld

El papel de EE. UU. en el conflicto entre Tailandia y Camboya - Brian Berletic es un exmarine estadounidense, autor y experto en relaciones internacionales. Berletic analiza la influencia intrusiva […] The post El pap...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

Rethinking Masculinity: On "How to Be a 'Real' Man" with Lilly Sing and Guest Nikhil Taneja - *I am happy to learn about vlogger, Lilly Sing, whose body of work includes her powerful and timely conversations, including this one with Nikhil Taneja ...
MintPress News

GAMAAN: The Polling Op That’s Gaslighting the West About Iran - An investigation reveals how the influential Dutch group GAMAAN uses flawed polling methods and collaborates with U.S.-funded organizations pushing regim...
Democracy Chronicles

Why My Stance on Marijuana Has Narrowed - The scientific landscape surrounding cannabis is not static. As research progresses, a more nuanced and, frankly, more concerning picture has emerged.
Avedon's Sideshow

Someone waits for me - "Moonlight Surf" by Charles Vickery, American painter (1913-1998) Don't let anyone con you into thinking Colbert was fired for having bad ratings. As with...
The Rag Blog

LAMAR HANKINS / THE BOMB / The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years out - The bombings of Hiroshima, left, and Nagasaki. Photos in the public domain. By Lamar Hankins / The Rag Blog / July 27, 2025 I have lived now for 80 years i...
Stinque

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

Honoring Cannabis Trailblazers in the Disability Community: A Disability Pride Month Reflection - [image: The Disability Pride flag flying against a background of cannabis leaves][image: The Disability Pride flag flying against a background of cannabi...
LareDOS

LTGI auditions for Austen’s Sense and Sensibility set for Aug. 1 and 2 at LC Shoebox Theater (T-30) - Opening night, Sept. 25: expect an all-in, fast-paced production laced with humor, heart, and bold theatricality
Consent Factory, Inc.

America Road Trip Project - Here we go. The slightly crazy idea I floated back on July 9 has evolved into an actual book project, which will take place on the road all across the USA ...
The Militant

SWP supports, builds union fights, campaigns against deportations - There is growing interest in the Socialist Workers Party and its candidates today, spurred by the party’s activities in support of labor battles and its wo...
Socialist Alternative

Release Imam Ayman and All Arrested Protesters! - On July 17 in Cincinnati, a group of community members, faith leaders, and left groups gathered peacefully to protest the reprehensible detention of Imam A...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: FUNNY-SAD VS. FUNNY-MAD EDITION. - * I keep the telephone beside me all the time* It’s been one of those weeks where the bright side and the dark side are one and the same – namely, that ...
Environment Texas

From report to response: Standing up for swimmable waters - New data reveals widespread bacterial contamination at U.S. coastal and Great Lakes beaches, prompting a Congressional response. The post From report to ...
Debunking Christianity

Religion Survives Because Humans Live in Vast Bubbles of Ignorance - *Reducing your own bubble requires determination, effort, and courage* It’s inevitable actually: when we are born, we know nothing about the cosmos, and ...
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...
Lowering the Bar

Defendant Recruited Seven Actors to “Testify” in Fraud Trial - [image: image from a "12 Angry Men" play]"Are you a real lawyer?" one of them asked defense counsel.
Bracing Views

Trinity, 80 Years Later - Haunted by Thermonuclear Nightmares BILL ASTORE JUL 22, 2025 This month marks the 80th anniversary of the Trinity test, the first explosion of an atomic de...
Texas Monthly

To Texans Like Me, Ozzy Osbourne Was More Than Just a Rock Star - Over the course of his rollicking career and life, the Black Sabbath front man, who died Tuesday, became an unlikely Lone Star hero.
Earthworks

Communities at Risk: New Barrick Tailings Dam Sparks Environmental and Human Rights Concerns in the Dominican Republic - People living near the world's sixth-largest gold mine are taking legal action to protect their communities, ecosystems, and their rights. The post Commu...
Duck of Minerva

Is there a strategy behind Rubio’s State Department cuts? - The foreign policy world is still making sense of the Trump Administration’s massive cuts to the US State Department last week. Under Secretary of State Ma...
Dissent Magazine

[SAN FRANCISCO EVENT | July 30] The Milk Tea Alliance - A conversation with Jeffrey Wasserstrom.
Edinburg Politics

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Sunday, February 18, 2007

Obamarama coming to H-Town

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