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You cannot change the Democratic Party from within

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

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— 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

📍 Houston, Texas

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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

memeorandum

After RNC Shakeup, Trump Ground Game Could Be Compromised (The Dispatch) - The Dispatch: *After RNC Shakeup, Trump Ground Game Could Be Compromised* — Plus: A look at the Washington GOP's unconventional gubernatorial endorseme...
Mediaite

Biden White House Blasts Columbia Student Protest Leader Saying ‘Zionists Don’t Deserve to Live’ - “These dangerous, appalling statements turn the stomach and should serve as a wakeup call. It is hideous to advocate for the murder of Jews." The post Bid...
Raw Story

'Sir': Trump supporter goes silent when confronted by CNN about 'God' in the Constitution - CNN's Donie O'Sullivan clashed with Julian Lightfoot, a Donald Trump supporter who was stunned to learn that "God" does not appear anywhere in the Consti...
The Verge

Eken fixes ‘terrible’ video doorbell issue that could let someone spy on you - Image: Eken A company that manufactures video doorbells found by *Consumer Reports* to contain serious security vulnerabilities has issued a fix, the con...
El Paso Matters

Fort Bliss soldier missing since 2020 declared dead - Richard Halliday, 21, was last seen in July 2020. He had faced legal and personal problems in the months before he disappeared. The post Fort Bliss sold...
Mediagazer

Survey of 3,600 US adults: 73% say a free press is very important, while 84% say media is at least somewhat influenced by corporations and financial interests (Kirsten Eddy/Pew Research Center) - Kirsten Eddy / Pew Research Center: *Survey of 3,600 US adults: 73% say a free press is very important, while 84% say media is at least somewhat influenc...
Daily Howler

Gutfeld returns to the Gutfeld! show! - *FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2024* *There he goes again: *Why was Michael Cohen sentenced to three years in prison? We'll explore that question over the weekend. ...
Salon.com

Mars probe spots "spider" shapes in Martian Inca City - The European Space Agency's Mars Express spotted carbon dioxide ice producing spider-like plumes
Al Jazeera English

Generation gap: What student protests say about US politics, Israel support - Experts say growing protest movement on university campuses could help shift US policy on Israel in the long term.
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Minneapolis backs $150,000 settlement for George Floyd witness’s PTSD lawsuit - Minneapolis city council approves payment to Donald Williams, who tried to intervene to stop police killing in 2020 The Minneapolis city council approved...
Alternet

Trump being stuck in court during peak campaign season is 'a major disaster': experts - Former President Donald Trump is not only having to spend significant sums of money to defend himself in court, but he's also losing valuable time that c...
Reform Austin

Even Most Born Again Christians Oppose School Vouchers, Survey Says - According to a new survey from the Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation, voters in the state overwhelmingly oppose school vouchers across almost all demograp...
NPR's Health Shots

Biden administration abandons plan to ban menthol cigarettes, citing 'feedback' - An anti-smoking advocate says the decision to leave menthol cigarettes on the market "prioritizes politics over lives, especially Black lives."
Courthouse News

Jerry Seinfeld’s commitment to the bit - For Seinfeld, who has resolutely stuck to stand-up since “Seinfeld" ended in 1998, "Unfrosted" is a rare post-sitcom project.
San Antonio Report

Alamo Plaza construction just a bump in the road for Battle of Flowers Parade - [image: A parade attendee blows a toy trumpet as the Alamo Area Boy Scouts of America march during the 2024 Battle of Flowers Parade.]Downtown construction...
World Socialist Web Site

Contract for 7,300 Daimler Truck workers in US set to expire tonight as UAW maneuvers to block all out fight - As the April 26 midnight strike deadline for 7,300 Daimler Truck workers approaches, the UAW apparatus headed by President Shawn Fain is maneuvering to blo...
The Hill

Handcuffed Black man told police, ‘I can’t breathe,’ before he died - Ohio authorities have released body camera footage of the arrest of a 53-year-old Black man who died after repeatedly telling police officers “I can’t brea...
Houston Public Media

Houston is set to have two Pride parades this year. City Council is encouraging them to come together. - Pride Houston 365 says it felt blindsided by the emergence of Houston’s New Faces of Pride and its Pride parade, which is scheduled just a week before Prid...
First Draft

Hypnotized - Cheers to Bob Welch.
Right Wing Watch

Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Angels In The Courthouse - MAGA pastor Shane Vaughn held an impromptu prayer session in his car yesterday to ask God to send angels into the Supreme Court to give former President ...
Eschaton

Happy Hour - Get happy
American Prospect

The Prospect Weekly Roundup: A Rare Good Week for Workers - On our live show, David and Harold talk about all of the federal regulations passed this month.
Daily Dot

‘You got the golden ticket!’: Smith’s customer discovers something shocking hidden in graduation cake - [image: Smith’s customer discovers something shocking hidden in birthday cake] A Smith's customer discovers something shocking hidden inside a graduation...
Futurism

Venture Capital Firms Are Actually Considering Giving Elon Musk $6 Billion For xAI - Check, Please At least one big Silicon Valley venture capital firm is considering a $6 billion cash infusion for Elon Musk's xAI startup and its chatbot,...
The Root

What the Hell!? Why Is Ne-Yo's Ex-Girlfriend Calling Him 'Diddy Jr.?' - In news that can only be described as “I’m sorry, what?”—singer Ne-Yo’s ex-girlfriend and the mother of his two children Sade Bagnerise is spewing some s...
Mother Jones

Oklahoma Is Finally Trying to Cut Prison Time for Abused Moms - A year and a half after Mother Jones exposed how Oklahoma courts were imprisoning mothers for longer than their abusers, state lawmakers passed a bill that...
DeSmogBlog

The Allure of Flight - Ten years ago, when DeSmog journalist Joe Fassler began writing a novel, he never imagined it would have anything to do with climate or the environment. ...
Techdirt.

Florida Appeals Court Says The Right To Record Extends To Phone Calls With Cops - Well, this ought to prompt another round of police-protecting legislation in Florida. Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed two bills into law — one that c...
CultureMap Houston

Magical moonlight soirée celebrates 100 years of MFAH’s artful women - Something for the kiddos, a luncheon for sartorialists, and a pastoral evening soirée. Such was the bustling weekend at the former home of the First Lady ...
Political Wire

Bill Posey Won’t Run Again - “Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL) abruptly announced on Friday that he will not seek reelection, after initially planning to run for another term,” Politico reports.
Glasstire

Glad That You’re Here: Recent Exhibitions in Dallas - Shawn Mayer: Customizable CONTENTment at Liliana Bloch Gallery, March 2 – May 4, 2024 Shawn Mayer’s latest exhibition at Liliana Bloch Gallery, Customiza...
Deadline Politics

Chicago 2024 Sees Steven Spielberg On Board With Joe Biden For DNC & Reelection Campaign - Steven Spielberg has made no secret of his support for Joe Biden’s reelection, and now the Oscar winner is rolling up his shirt sleeves for the team. Spiel...
Speak Freely (ACLU)

Open Letter to College and University Presidents on Student Protests - Dear College and University Presidents: We write in response to the recent protests that have spread across our nation’s university and college campuses,...
Rallblog

Hi From the Columbia University Pro-Palestine Encampment - The only danger to Jewish students, or anyone else, is sunburn on a beautiful sunny day. Media reports that suggest the presence of anti-Semites at the F...
Texas Monthly

Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them. - The “Texas Miracle” loses some of its magic as Oracle announces it’s moving its new HQ out of Austin and Tesla lays off nearly 2,700 workers.
Mondoweiss

Rice Univesity: Let students vote on divesting from Israeli apartheid - [image: The main entrance of Rice University (Photo: Katie Haugland Bowen/Wikimedia)]Alumni of Rice University Students for Justice in Palestine are condem...
San Antonio Current

Police detective from San Antonio suburb dismissed after domestic abuse charge - A detective with the Somerset Police Department has lost his job over accusations he injured a woman last week during a domestic dispute, KSAT reports. Be...
slacktivist

Smart people saying smart things (4.25.24) - Take time to listen to Raffi, Rabbi Danya Rutenberg, Dahlie Lithwick & Mark Joseph Stern, Andrea Dworkin, and Raffi. Yes, Raffi.
Slate

My Husband’s Inheritance Could Change Our Family’s Life. But He Won’t Even Consider Using It. - This could pay off our mortgage and then some—I’m furious!
Unlimited Hangout

The Kim Iversen Show - The Kim Iversen Show.
Novara Media

Israel’s Biggest Backer Accuses China of Funding Wars - US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has has accused China of funding wars, despite their ongoing financial support of Israel’s war in Gaza. Plus: ahead o...
Daily Cartoonist

Getting Down by Rounding Up - A hodgepodge of recent comic related items. HarperCollins Publishers has announced the forthcoming publication of Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and wri...
The Texas Signal

Rosewood Enchantikal Cottage: A Space for Art and Fairies - There has been a mini renaissance of paganism in Houston over the last decade, a movement accelerated by the trauma of COVID and political unrest. Walkin...
Progressive.org

Forced Treatment and Criminalization Won’t End Homelessness - If the Supreme Court rules against the right of people to sleep outdoors, it would only make homelessness harder to prevent.
Scheerpost.com

Princeton U. Police Stop Chris Hedges’ Speech on Gaza - The former New York Times Middle East bureau chief was speaking to a protest at Princeton University on Thursday when campus police came to lead him away.
naked capitalism

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/26/2024 - ~ Today's Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics ~
Ballot Access News

Ohio Secretary of State Rejected No Labels’ Petition for Party Status Late Last Year - In late 2023, the Ohio Secretary of State determined that the No Labels petition for party status did not have enough valid signatures, even though No Labe...
Political Garbage Chute

I Have a Wish List of Things Dark Brandon Should Do With His Presidential Immunity - Some people might really think that if the Supreme Court says presidents have immunity from prosecution — even for attempting coups — that we’re headed ...
Claytoonz

Roughs, Volume 228 - I had a tough Friday last week coming up with a cartoon idea for CNN. It was so tough that it rolled into a tough Saturday. I drew this last week, on Wedne...
Axios

What's behind the unstoppable American consumer - The economic surprise in recent years is the resilience of the American consumer: high borrowing costs and lingering inflation are not crimping overall s...
Election Law Blog

If Nebraska changes to winner-take-all, so might Maine - That’s the message of the majority leader in Maine’s House of Representatives. For more, Newsweek has a story. So do several Maine media outlets (availab...
Common Dreams

Win Without War Condemns Militarized Response to Protests - *Win Without War Executive Director Sara Haghdoosti released the following statement responding to scenes of police violence at university protests:* “Th...
NORML

JAMA Psychiatry: “No Evidence” That Marijuana Legalization Laws Encourage Youth Use - [image: Teen Marijuana Use][image: Teen Marijuana Use]Consistent with prior analyses, researchers determined, “There was no evidence that RML [recreation...
WhoWhatWhy

Coal and New Gas Power Plants Will Have To Meet Climate Pollution Limits - PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening,...
Second Nexus

Mitch McConnell Breaks With Trump Over Presidential Immunity—But People Aren't Having It - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell broke with former President Donald Trump's claim over absolute presidential immunity but was criticized by people ...
Dissident Voice

How Africa’s National Liberation Struggles Brought Democracy to Europe - Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (Portugal), A Poesia Está Na Rua I [Poetry Is out on the Street I], 1974. Fifty years ago, on 25 April 1974, the people of P...
SCOTUSblog

RICO injury, federal jurisdiction, and giving veterans the benefit of the doubt - [image: RICO injury, federal jurisdiction, and giving veterans the benefit of the doubt]The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme ...
Wolf Street

Fed’s Wait-and-See on Rate Cuts Further Supported by Extra-Hot “Core Services” PCE Inflation & Hot “Core” PCE Inflation - Housing inflation refuses to cool for eighth month, and five of the remaining seven core services accelerated further. This is not good.
The AltWorld

SUNDAY WIRE: ‘A New Middle East?’ w/Elijah Magnier @ejmalrai - An earnest discussion (recorded on Friday April 12th) with veteran journalist Elijah Magnier, about this week’s historic […] The post SUNDAY WIRE: ‘A New...
Grits for Breakfast

Most 'contraband' found at Texas traffic stops results in no arrest; nearly 50k arrests for Class C misdemeanors in 2023 - I had cause this morning to dig around in Texas' 2023 traffic-stop data, so decided to post a few high/lowlights. This data, published annually in a cumber...
The Week

'Horror stories of women having to carry nonviable fetuses' - Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
Capital & Main

At Occidental College, Upcoming Vote Reflects Rise in Undergraduate Labor Organizing - *The organizing effort at the private liberal arts campus is part of a broader “societal shift” in favor of labor unions.* The post At Occidental College...
Vox

You need $500. How should you get it? - The (bad) options for Americans facing an emergency expense. A 2023 Federal Reserve survey found that a third of Americans say they don’t have the cash ...
The Daily Poster

LEVER TIME: Amazon Is Eating The Economy - In a landmark lawsuit filed last year by the Federal Trade Commission, the government accuses Amazon of long being engaged in illegal market behavior.
Southeast Texas Record

Maria Dolores Gutierrez sues Glenda Listet Lainez for a car accident causing serious and permanent injuries - In the Harris County Civil Court at Law, plaintiff Maria Dolores Gutierrez has filed a lawsuit against defendant Glenda Listet Lainez. Read more…
Polygraph (global fact-check)

Kenyan first lady tries hushing fake fertilizer scandal by claiming prayers are best fertilizers - Uganda has been using fertilizers since World War II. The first lady's comments came amid a fake fertilizer scandal unfolding in Kenya's presidential admin...
Undernews

Libraries - *Everyday superheroes: How librarians are making a difference in their communities*
Discourse

ALERT ALERT: WE NEED MORE BIRDS! - Send us your birds please!
Bud Kennedy

These GOP runoff contenders aren’t just from the right. They’re from another universe | Opinion - I spent an hour in another universe this week. In the faraway brains of some Republicans I heard Wednesday, the Texas Legislature is full of leftists, ther...
Duck of Minerva

Susan Sell: The Power of Mentorship and Example - This is the fifth in our series of remembrances on the late Susan Sell. There was a terrific gathering at ISA 2024 where friends and colleagues gathered to...
ProPublica

The Louisiana Town Where a Traffic Stop Can Lead to One Charge After Another - by Lee Zurik, Samantha Sunne and Dannah Sauer, WVUE-TV, data analysis by Joel Jacobs, ProPublica This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Report...
MintPress News

How Jewish Extremists Became the New Face of Israel - If Meir Kahane were still alive, he would have been proud of his followers. The ideology of the once marginalized and loathed extremist rabbi is now the ...
Bonddad

Another strong personal income and spending report, but beware the uptick in inflation - *- by New Deal democrat* Personal income and spending has become one of the two most important monthly reports I follow. This is in large part becau...
Debunking Christianity

Three Big Items the Clergy Don’t Want the Faithful to Think About - *It’s just far too dangerous* *ONE: What is humanity’s place/status in the cosmos?* It was in 1950 that Pope Pius XII declared the dogma of the Virgin Ma...
Texas Observer

70 Years of Skewering - In its first issue, on December 13, 1954, the Texas Observer ran a political cartoon by Don Bartlett taking a swipe at the Republican-leaning tendencies ...
Rio Grande Guardian

STHS: Let’s Talk Mental Health - Kevin Trussell, MSN, RN, is director of nursing at South Texas Health Center Behavioral. He will lead an interactive discussion on mental health on May 2...
Dos Centavos

Thoughts on Viernes – 04262024 - Ogg Keeps Ogg’n In her usual vindictive way, the local DA gave the case in which she is railroading some county staffers to someone even more vindictive, T...
Democracy Now!

"The Supreme Court Is a Product of Minority Rule": Author Ari Berman on America's Undemocratic System - We speak with journalist and author Ari Berman about his new book, *Minority Rule*, which details how the United States has since its founding privileged t...
Rewire

What You Need to Know About Florida’s Abortion Access Mess - Florida’s six-week ban is going to effect on Wednesday, but voters will eventually have the final say in the November elections. The post What You Need t...
The Conversation

Philadelphia has a lot more deadly shootings than expected for a big city − and NYC is much safer, new study says - Philadelphia has a high rate of gun homicides despite having relatively few gun owners and gun stores compared with other US cities.
Church and State

Want to Die Young? Bathe Yourself in Right-Wing Media & Vote Republican - We should have known, but, still, the science is shocking: when conservatives run governments, suicides and homicides go up.
The Smirking Chimp

The Supreme Court’s Farce and Ruse -
Angry Bear

Governor Katie Hobbs Announces $500K in FAFSA Initiatives to Assist Arizona Families Afford College - According to The Hill the New FAFSA forms were supposed to be easier and shorter. Shorter yes, nut not so easy. There is a list of 2024-24 FAFSA issues w...
Space City Weather

Winds whip, as more unsettled weather begins to arrive in the Houston area - In brief: The word for the weekend is windy. We’ll see 30 to 40 mph wind gusts at times through Saturday, before things calm a bit by early next week. The ...
ArcaMax

Ultraprocessed Foods Are Everywhere, and the Corporate Manufacturers Do Not Care About Your Health - In my quest to eat healthier as an adult, I've encountered a lot of meat and dairy alternatives along with low-fat and sugar-free treat options that claim ...
Off The Kuff

Ogg brings in Paxton on Hidalgo aides case - Really? I mean, really? Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Thursday she is handing the pending criminal cases against three of County Judge ...
The Intercept

“Tell the World What’s Happening Here,” Say Patients in Gaza - Dr. Mohammed Khaleel recounts his experience serving patients, mostly children and young adults with blasts injuries and bullet wounds. The post “Tell th...
Crooked Timber

Going Meta on Culture Wars - Culture wars have two main functions. First, to split an existing, dominant social or political coalition apart by the clever use of wedge-issues. (Not all...
Infidel753

The NPVIC is not the answer - The Electoral College is a chronic flaw in American democracy. In 2000 and 2016 -- that is, two of the last six presidential elections -- it awarded the ...
Grist

A water crisis in Mississippi turns into a fight against privatization - Thanks to a federal judge, residents of Jackson will have a say in how the city resolves its yearslong water crisis.
High Country News

Meet the tree-sitters who occupied a ponderosa pine - The Oregon activists call attention to ongoing clearcuts in old-growth forests. The post Meet the tree-sitters who occupied a ponderosa pine appeared fi...
Crooked Media

Will the Supreme Court Grant Trump Immunity? - The post Will the Supreme Court Grant Trump Immunity? appeared first on Crooked Media.
The NM Political Report

Nuclear Watch New Mexico calls for comprehensive plutonium cleanup at LANL - A group of anti-nuclear activists used data from Los Alamos National Laboratory to map places where plutonium contamination has been found in areas near ...
Counterpunch

On the Road with Sasquatch - In the summer of 1983 Ted Kaczynski was feeling hemmed in even in remote Lincoln, Montana. “There were too many people around my cabin,” he later wrote, ...
jobsanger

Presidents Should Not Be immune To Criminal Law -
Informed Comment

Zionism’s Expired Shelf-Life: Why Naomi Klein is right that it has become Pharaoh - Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Previously I’ve argued that Zionism has run its course as a political movement, and accomplished its ...
Antiwar.com

Torture, Abu Ghraib, and the Legacy of the US War on Iraq - “To this day I feel humiliation for what was done to me… The time I spent in Abu Ghraib – it ended my life. I’m only half a human now.” That’s what Abu G...
OpEd News

Tour/ book signing tour: Australia/New Zealand - Perth (aboriginal name Boorloo), Adelaide (Tarntanya wam), Sydney (Gaadi), and Woolongong. In ten days I spoke to over 1500 people. I explain Australia's c...
Black Agenda Report

Black Agenda Radio April 26, 2024 - Black Agenda Radio April 26, 2024 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 04/26/2024 - 08:40 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda ...
Workers World

Hands off the heroic student uprising in solidarity with Gaza! To resist police repression is justified! - [image: Hands off the heroic student uprising in solidarity with Gaza! To resist police repression is justified!] Workers World is in full support of the h...
Brad Blog

Trump's Ridiculous 'Immunity' Case Finally Heard by His Corrupted SCOTUS: 'BradCast' 4/25/2024 - On today's BradCast: Honestly, I tried. But it was really hard to find any part of the case heard by the corrupted U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday that wasn...
Popular Resistance

‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 202: Hundreds Of New Bodies In Mass Graves - The Gaza-based Palestinian health ministry announced that 208 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes since Monday, while 313 others were wounde...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

'UK right wing actor has to pay $225,000 for calling Drag Race contestant and LGBTQ activists 'pedophiles'' & other Thur/Fri news briefs - *UK Right Wing Actor Must Pay $225,000 For Calling Drag Race Contestant And LGBTQ Activist “Pedophiles” *-* It would have been lovely for this to have ...
The Grayzone

Top Ukrainian ‘fact-checker’ arrested for assault on Grayzone contributor - Marko Suprun, an influential NATO state-funded Ukrainian ‘fact-checker’ with close ties to Nazi activists, was taken into police custody in Washington, D...
Sludge

Hochul Raised Big Bucks From Real Estate Moguls Before Housing Deal - A Sludge analysis found that New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has received at least $1.5 million from real estate industry donors since the start of 2023.
Portside

Jewish Demonstrators Arrested at New York Protest Seder - Jewish Demonstrators Arrested at New York Protest Seder Dave Thu, 04/25/2024 - 16:22
Ring of Fire

The Geriatric Election Of 2024 - Congress passed fewer bills last year than at any other point in American history, and they could be on track to pass even fewer bills this year. Multipl...
Socialist Alternative

You’re Not Crazy; The Economy Still Sucks - You’re wheeling your grocery cart through the aisles, picking up what you need for another week of feeding yourself and your family. You’re clutching a Pos...
Earthworks

Biden Admin Takes Action to Protect Alaska Communities, Caribou, & Clean Water from Proposed Ambler Road - Tribes and Conservation Groups Applaud Decision with Ads in State and National Media Last Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Land … The post Biden Admin Takes A...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

The Struggle: How We Take Back Power - The Stakes Part IV: Rebuilding Democratic Power and Curbing the Threat of Authoritarianism
Texas Freedom Network

What Does a School Board Do? - Learn about the role of school boards and how you can show up for the education and rights of students in your district. [...] Read More... The post Wha...
Project Censored

The Project Censored Newsletter—April 2024 - Latest Validated Independent News Stories As we prepare the April newsletter, Project Censored faculty, students, and judges are reviewing the Validated ...
Robert Reich

Are Presidents Above the Law? Donald Trump thinks presidents... - *Are Presidents Above the Law? * Donald Trump thinks presidents should be allowed to commit crimes. Rubbish. Trump claims that quote, “A PRESIDENT OF THE...
Bracing Views

Breathing New Life Into Mass Death - W.J. Astore $95 Billion “Supplemental” for More Weapons and War Who knew mass death was such a growth industry? And by “death” I mean not only of humans bu...
Ian Welsh

Canadian Housing Market Craziness - [image: Canadian Housing Market Craziness] So, the CBC is the the national broadcaster in Canada, similar to the BBC in Europe. They’re pretty stodgy, the...
Two Party Opera

Human, Right? - ↓ TranscriptA five panel comic with Joe Biden standing on the South lawn of the White House. Joe Biden rants, "Do I believe in human rights? C'mon man. S...
Environment Texas

Statement: EPA tells power plants to clean up their act - New rules will slash toxic pollution, improve health The post Statement: EPA tells power plants to clean up their act appeared first on Environment Texas.
Earth 911

DIY Tealight Candle Holder Made from Pallet Wood - Looking for sustainable home decor that adds a touch of rustic elegance to any room?... The post DIY Tealight Candle Holder Made from Pallet Wood appeare...
Media Lens

The Media Lens Chamber Of Propaganda Horrors – An Appeal For Support - Tourists visiting Spanish cities like Córdoba, Toledo and Sevilla have the option of whiling away an hour or so at a ‘Museum of the Inquisition’, sometimes...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

Where Biden’s Primary Showing Was (And Wasn’t) Especially Strong - KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE —As with our recent examination of the Republican primary, President Biden—like former President Trump—has won most of his c...
Trivial Knot

Crazy about cat men - In one of those meatspace conversations, we were talking about crazy cat ladies, each of us trying to do cursory research on our phones. Why are crazy cat ...
Lowering the Bar

“LOL, no.” - A terrific response to a bogus takedown letter.
LareDOS

La India Packing Company celebrates 100-year milestone on Sat., April 27 - Public invited to open air market, music, sampling from Tasting Room Café’s menu
Democracy Chronicles

Pin up Az kumarhanesini keşfedin. -
Ecosophia

April 2024 Open Post - This week’s Ecosophian offering is the monthly open post to field questions and encourage discussion among my readers. All the standard rules apply (no pro...
See You In 2020

Zionists show their desperation by using leftist cancel culture tactics, which render an ideology isolated - Many are pointing to the hypocrisy of how the Zionists, despite their movement being led by the right wing, have been utilizing the same cancellation r...
Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center

Extremism Headlines: TPUSA employees admit guilt, Nazi flag, sovereign citizen murder conviction - Every week, we highlight stories on extremism and the radical right from the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project. Here are stories that caug...
Eater Houston

Turkey Leg Hut Co-Founder Lyndell Price Charged in Connection With Bar Fight - [image: An image of Lynn Price with HPD officers] Lyndell “Lynn” Price was charged with misdemeanor assault in connection to a February bar fight | Turkey...
Texas Watch

In the News: Texas car insurance premiums are soaring. Here's what's behind the spike — and what you can do - Madison Iszler, staff writer for the *San Antonio-Express News*, recently investigated the sky-high increase in auto insurance premiums in Texas. Accordi...
Moron Majority

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Avedon's Sideshow

Well I knew there was gonna' be trouble, when I heard that callin' - I've just discovered the art of Laurent Parcelier and I love to look at it. "The Supreme Court effectively abolishes the right to mass protest in three ...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

Building Bridges Amid Book Bans Capitol Summit by Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT) on April 21-22, 2024 [video] - *Friends,* *View here.* *So happy to share this Instagram video by youth organization, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT) headed by Cameron Samuels...
The Rag Blog

MICHAEL MEEROPOL | REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS | First, they came for abortion, now they’ve come for in vitro fertilization - Alabama Supreme Court. Photo by Jeffrey Reed / Creative Commons By Michael Meeropol | The Rag Blog | April 22, 2024 The following is an expanded version of...
Krebs on Security

Russian FSB Counterintelligence Chief Gets 9 Years in Cybercrime Bribery Scheme - The head of counterintelligence for a division of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) was sentenced last week to nine years in a penal colony for ac...
Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

Value Par Excellence: Money versus Real Values - The Past & Present Reading Group is discussing, in the first half of 2024, Karl Marx’s Grundrisse. This work is often considered a crucial read to grasp ...
The Progressive Wing

April 22-26 News Roundup and Open Threads - Let’s get the ball rolling for this week. Here in the Hudson Valley, we are passing from daffodil time to tulip time and from magnolia time to dogwood time...
Progressives Chat

Harry Belafonte Was Correct - Calypso singer, actor, and civil rights activist *Harry Belafonte* (March 1, 1927–April 25, 2023) died one year ago this week. He was 96. I retrieved ...
CPI's Danger in the Air

How to protect your community from the toxic lead lurking in soil - [image: Ruben, 2, plays hide and seek in his front yard. He is surrounded by dirt on the ground and trash bins.] Lead poisoning is often treated as if it’...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

#DemocratsDeliver - Been out of town for a while, been sick for a while, finally getting my tired old ass to the drawing table again. So, I’d been noticing this #DemocratsDeli...
The Reality-Based Community

Man United ra giá ‘trên trời’ để bán Marcus Rashford - Manchester United đang gây bất ngờ cho giới mộ điệu khi quyết định niêm yết mức giá 100 triệu Bảng cho Marcus Rashford, tiền đạo đang có phong độ thất th...
The Militant

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Monday, July 09, 2007

Tired of the "media filter", Bush makes a YouTube

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