Brains and Eggs: Sunday Funnies

We put together a cartoon collection about Elon Musk's 'awkward gesture': https://t.co/e5Us1QKaNz

This one is by Oliver Ploux.#ElonMusk #nazisalute pic.twitter.com/u8KrtiIxZ6
— Cartoon Movement (@cartoonmovement) January 22, 2025

The future of the next generation is being stolen due to the misconception of endless growth on our finite planet. The Earth is a closed system for materials. "We are stealing the future, selling it in the present, and calling it GDP" - Paul Hawkenhttps://t.co/DLIGn4uJnd
— Peter Dynes (@PGDynes) January 12, 2024

Medicare for All#SocialistSunday pic.twitter.com/AbBHq010MV
— screamschildrenremoved (@PDiddie) April 13, 2025

This cartoon was drawn in 2009. pic.twitter.com/nwDtBVjU2M
— Friendly Neighborhood Comrade (@SpiritofLenin) July 27, 2024

most of what we fight over is made up pic.twitter.com/KQ4e6o9umf
— HumanBeingAwkward (@humanbeingawk) November 28, 2025

The Bullock Museum completed a five-year project in December to make all 16,000 years of Texas history encapsulated within its walls available to visitors in both English and Spanish.https://t.co/hGF86uGJx9
— KUT Austin (@KUT) February 8, 2024

If you zoom in on this 1873 map of Houston, you'll see all sorts of interesting stuff, including the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou, which, because it formed a natural turning basin for boats to turn around, was the primary reason the Allen Brothers, John Kirby… pic.twitter.com/yEZ8x47u7r
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) February 6, 2025

Houston, Texas, and US blog roll

Mediaite

‘You’ve Been Exposed’: Podcaster Shawn Ryan and Dan Crenshaw Escalate Feud Over Alleged Threats - Podcaster Shawn Ryan slammed Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) for being a digital "bully" who is too scared to come on his program during a searing 5 minute vide...
memeorandum

Trump Has Renamed the Kennedy Center, but a Satirist Owns the URL (New York Times) - New York Times: *Trump Has Renamed the Kennedy Center, but a Satirist Owns the URL* — A comedy writer bought the web domain TrumpKennedyCenter.org and ...
OpEd News

New year Message: Mindfulness/Alhader and more - The past it is said is done, the future is a succession of presents (our work). The word 'present' in the English language refers to a gift. Words with dua...
Raw Story

'Bodes ill': Expert says Supreme Court blew a gaping hole in Trump's 'biggest gun' - An expert warned Thursday that the Supreme Court blew a hole in one of President Donald Trump's top legal weapons following his announcement that National...
Eschaton

Happy Hour - First one of the year!
Political Wire

Quote of the Day - “I have been told that this is the occasion to reset expectations, that I should use this opportunity to encourage the people of New York to ask for little...
Al Jazeera English

How far will the latest protests go in Iran? - There have been angry protests across the country against economic hardships.
The Hill

Trump Mobile delays gold-colored phone rollout: Report - The Trump Mobile gold-colored smartphone was slated to launch in August but has yet to ship.
Mediagazer

California's 2024 Google deal to fund journalism is tangled in budget cuts, infighting, and questions over who controls money, leaving journalists empty-handed (Tyler Katzenberger/Politico) - Tyler Katzenberger / Politico: *California's 2024 Google deal to fund journalism is tangled in budget cuts, infighting, and questions over who controls m...
Daily Dot

“He stretched my shirt out”: Dad hilariously copies daughter’s dance video in bid for her to “act right” - [image: father copies daughters tiktok dance videos til she acts right] Parents often resort to creative methods when disciplining their teens, but one d...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Oregon silence Texas Tech in Orange Bowl to reach College Football Playoff last four - - Oregon defense shuts down Texas Tech offense - CFP bye curse continues under expanded playoff - Ducks advance to Peac...
Salon.com

NYC’s Zohran Mamdani sworn in as mayor - The 34-year-old progressive leader begins his term vowing to tackle housing, transit and affordability challenges
TalkLeft

Happy New Year and Open Thread - Happy New Year to all! Photos of the celebrations around the world are pretty awesome. Still, the world is not a happy place today. America has watched ...
slacktivist

The network of mutuality is not escapable - "We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."
First Draft

The Right Hand Of Darkness - The Wall Street Journal has a story about the president's health today.
Deadline Politics

George Clooney Responds To Donald Trump’s New Year’s Eve Insults, Says He Agrees “We Have To Make America Great Again. We’ll Start In November” - UPDATED with Clooney comment: With just a few hours left in 2025, Donald Trump went after George Clooney and his new French citizenship, apparently in resp...
Dissident Voice

The Impending US Colonial Administration over Gaza, Palestine - Behind the diplomatic language of ‘reconstruction’ and ‘stabilisation’, a new colonial framework for Gaza is being assembled. The following is why the la...
The Verge

LG’s new karaoke-ready party speaker uses AI to remove song vocals - LG is adding a karaoke-focused party speaker to its lineup of Xboom devices, which is built in collaboration with Will.i.am. Announced this week, LG says t...
Slate

My Sister Ghosted Me and Our Five Siblings. Now There’s a Fraught Plan for Us to Make Amends. - How should I introduce her?
Undernews

Stupid Trump stuff - *Occupy Democrats - *Stunning analysis reveals that Trump spent a quarter of his 2025 days at golf clubs, costing taxpayers a whopping $110,600,000. And i...
Mondoweiss

Amid disastrous flooding of displacement camps in Gaza, Israel bans humanitarian organizations providing relief - [image: Palestinians struggle with flooding after heavy rain hits Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, December 11, 2025. (Photo: Ahmed Ibrahim/APA Images)]As wint...
See You In 2020

The Zionist right’s answer to the birthrate crisis: import foreign labor, let finance capital eat a declining America - Gen Z have found ourselves under a government that doesn’t care about whether we’ll be able to replace the population. This is the only thing we can con...
Election Law Blog

“In Hearing Transcript, Jack Smith Defends Decision to Indict Trump” - NYT: Jack Smith, the former special counsel, defended his decision to twice indict President Trump, accusing him of “exploiting” violence on Jan. 6, 202...
Ballot Access News

The Guardian Story on Working Families Party - The Guardian has this story about the Working Families Party. The party has 100 staff members and is now organized in 18 states. In partisan elections it...
San Antonio Report

Why the Fourth Court of Appeals is Bexar County’s new political battleground - Republicans, once on the verge of extinction, have flipped three of the court's seats and now recruited a higher-court judge to run in 2026. ---------------...
Techdirt.

Let’s Go! The Public Domain Game Jam Starts Today - As you hopefully know by now, we are once again hosting our annual game jam celebrating the works that enter the public domain in 2026, a.k.a. today! This ...
The Root

Internet Reacts To Reports That Teyana Taylor, Aaron Pierre Split - Fans are speculating the Hollywood couple may have parted ways, with social media sharing plenty of shade and opinions. Read more...
Scheerpost.com

A New Mayor, an Old Tradition: Yiddish Socialism Reawakens - By Joshua Scheer First off, happy New Year. Late last night, Zohran Mamdani was sworn in deep in the bowels of a New York City subway station. Then this mo...
Texas Standard

Texas Standard for Jan. 1-2, 2026: A look back on our 10th birthday travels - The Texas Standard crew is taking a breather for the holiday, but tune in to revisit some of our shows from the road this year.
Capital & Main

Still the Golden State? - Financial inequality, homelessness and the highest unemployment in the nation — for all its riches, California still has some big problems for lawmakers ...
Angry Bear

Happy [sic] New Year! - Since Trump’s return to the White House in January 2025, the editorials have been filled with claims that the United States is slipping into authoritaria...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

Living in the Storm: Preparing for 2026 and the Battles to Come - We're in the thick of a pivotal moment in our lives and history. It's time to take a breath and look at where we're heading.
Claytoonz

Somali Day Care Fraud - Read the blog at my Substack. Support your local cartoonist: If you want to support the cartoonist, please donate through PayPal to clayjonz@gmail.com, Ven...
Daily Cartoonist

2025: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed – Part One: Debuts and Departures - This is an installment of 2025 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.(part 1: Debuts and Departures – – part 2: Detours and De...
Crooked Timber

For 2026, let’s hope… - To all of you – a healthy, flourishing, and meaningful 2026! To the world – I am less sure where to begin, since 2025 was, politically and morally speaking...
Glasstire

Top Five: January 1, 2026 - Glasstire counts down the top five art events in Texas. For last week’s picks, please go here. 1. Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlo...
Ian Welsh

The Accelerating Nature Of Financialization Collapse - There’s a lot of confusion about the end of the American empire, and the fall of neoliberalism. Many people think the US will just be in “second place” and...
Reform Austin

Texas Shoppers Guide: Stores Open on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day 2026 - Whether you forgot the champagne or need last-minute party supplies to ring in 2026, many major retailers will be open on New Year’s Eve, though hours ma...
Alternet

How Trump shattered Supreme Court’s 'nonpartisan' image: legal scholar - During Donald Trump's second presidency, the term "sanewashing" is often used to criticize politicians and journalists who normalize extremism and treat ...
El Paso Matters

El Paso records its third-warmest year ever in 2025 as rising heat continues - With 28 daily record highs and no record lows in 2025, El Paso ranks among the nation’s most heat-impacted cities as temperatures continue to climb. The...
WhoWhatWhy

A New Year, Same Old Trump - [image: Donald Trump, Mark Rutte, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth] While the rest of the media likes to gloss over many of the crazy things Donald Trump says and...
NPR's Health Shots

Rideshare union rights, social media limits and other state laws taking effect Jan. 1 - Every new year, public media reporters across the country bring us some of the new state laws taking effect where they are. Here are six in 2026.
Democracy Now!

"Empire of AI": Karen Hao on How AI Is Threatening Democracy & Creating a New Colonial World - In this holiday special, we revisit our interview with longtime technology reporter Karen Hao, author of the new book *Empire of AI*, which unveils the acc...
Countercurrents

Why restoring MGNREGA will not be enough - Every winter, as a grey, choking smog descends upon New Delhi, the eyes of the nation’s elite turn sharply toward the villages of Punjab and Haryana. They ...
Mother Jones

Monster of 2025: GLP-1 Ads - The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. This is a non-exhaustive and totally subjective list, givin...
Earth 911

Protecting Baby From Toxic Chemicals: Tips for a Toxin-Free First Year - Getting ready for a new baby can feel overwhelming. Excitement and worry often go hand... The post Protecting Baby From Toxic Chemicals: Tips for a Toxin...
Vox

One of the most impactful resolutions you can make in the new year - Throughout the 2010s, eating less meat and embracing plant-based food was — to many Americans — aspirational. Large swathes of the public told pollsters t...
Futurism

Man Operating Robot Accidentally Makes It Kick Him Directly in the Nutsack - Happy New Year! The post Man Operating Robot Accidentally Makes It Kick Him Directly in the Nutsack appeared first on Futurism.
Houston Public Media

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to consider new rules for concrete batch plant regulation - The TCEQ is weighing how to implement two new state laws that could tighten oversight of concrete batch plants.
naked capitalism

Links 1/1/2026 -
The Smirking Chimp

We’ve Got 11 Months, So Are We Going to Change the Democratic Party or Watch the Right Keep Winning? -
Skeptophilia

High strangeness in Warminster - Just about everyone has heard about the Roswell Incident, the 1947 discovery of military balloon debris near Roswell, New Mexico that gave rise to a millio...
Off The Kuff

Appeals court upholds restraining order on prosecutor reporting requirements - From the inbox: The newly created 15th Court of Appeals has upheld a temporary injunction blocking Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to force loc...
Axios

New IRS tax brackets and 2026 changes could boost paychecks, lower taxes - New tax brackets, higher standard deductions and expanded credits are now in effect — changes that could boost paychecks and lower income taxes for many ...
Progressives Chat

Flashback 1976: Three Teenaged Girls Murdered by Day 20 - Happy New Year 2026! *(Even though this topic cannot be described as “Happy”!)* The year 2026 will mark the 250-year anniversary of the signing of the *...
High Country News

An introduction to deep time in the West - Step away from the churn of day-to-day, season-to-season, election-to-election urgencies. The post An introduction to deep time in the West appeared fir...
ArcaMax

New Year's Resolutions - Every year, for as long as I can remember, I would resolve to lose weight. 125 pounds it said on my driver's license, even though it wasn't accurate at the...
The Week

How to financially prepare for divorce - Facing ‘irreconcilable differences’ does not have to be financially devastating
Counterpunch

This is Not a Ceasefire: The Israeli Genocide Continues - On 19 January 2025, a ceasefire took effect to halt the Israeli bombing of Palestinians in Gaza. This ceasefire emerged from a mediation process by Egypt...
jobsanger

HAPPY NEW YEAR! -
Portside

A Mole in MAGA’s Midst - A Mole in MAGA’s Midst Geoffrey Thu, 01/01/2026 - 00:49
Informed Comment

“Reviving old Desires:” Saadi and Omar Khayyam on Celebrating the New Year - The dawn wind wafts the scent of the New Year / to friends' delight and triumphant good cheer.
San Antonio Current

French Kiss: San Antonio bistro Petit Coquin succeeds in its elegant simplicity - The newish spot seats just 25 guests, features a simple menu and gets most of the details just right. The post French Kiss: San Antonio bistro Petit Co...
The Greanville Post

Did the West try to kill Putin - JULIAN MACFARLANE—The Israelis are treating Trump now with casual disdain, assuming, I think, that if the Democrats win in the October elections, he will b...
The Rag Blog

BRUCE MELTON / CLIMATE CHANGE / Climate Change Review 2025 - Occidental Chemicals CO2 air capture unit in the Permian Basin about to begin operations. The Science of the Effects of Warming By Bruce Melton / The Rag B...
Popular Resistance

Year 2025 In Review For Latin America And The Caribbean - 2025 saw progressive governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) delegitimized and displaced. Right-wing forces have seized on drug-related cris...
Wolf Street

Long View of the S&P 500 & Stock Markets of Canada, Japan, China, Hong Kong, India, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain - American hot money piling into some foreign markets produced gigantic gains in 2025 (Spain +49%).
Courthouse News

California appellate court upholds bar on revenue bonds for Delta Program - The panel agreed with a trial judge that Water Resources hadn't met its burden to show the controversial project qualifies as a modification of the existin...
Environment Texas

Start New Year’s day off strong with a first day hike - Get started on your new years resolution with a hike in a nearby state or national park. The post Start New Year’s day off strong with a first day hike a...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

The Current Gaza War Is a Repeat Of Previous Atrocities - As I pointed out in previous articles, Israel has been committing atrocities, which traditional media rarely ever remind us of, assuming the report on them...
SCOTUSblog

Chief justice’s year-end report goes back to basics - Eight days ago, the Roberts court handed the Trump administration its first major loss on the interim docket in several months. Throughout this term, the...
CultureMap Houston

Here are the top 14 things to do in Houston this weekend - This weekend, it’ll be a brand new year. Although some may be partied out after New Year's Eve, some cool stuff will be happening.
The AltWorld

Annus Horribilis - So much to do, so little time. May 2026 be the year of the Rebirth of the […] The post Annus Horribilis appeared first on TheAltWorld.
Field Negro

The House Negro Power Rankings. - With all the jigging and *cooning *in America of late, I find myself having to once again call out the sellouts and slave catchers among us. I have ...
Bonddad

Regional Fed services indexes suggest future expansion, but weak employment in the face of strong inflationary pressures - - *by New Deal democrat * Although the federal government shutdown has been over for a month and a half, most of the data that has been released has l...
Idavox

Brigitte Bardot, ROT IN HELL! - We end the year the same way we began it: the death of a French... The post Brigitte Bardot, ROT IN HELL! appeared first on Idavox.
Consortium News

PATRICK LAWRENCE: New Year’s Notes on Purported Leaders - It is no use hoping for any alteration in the collective West’s course so long as today’s “purported leaders” remain in office. By Patrick Lawrence Specia...
Independent Political Report

LNC Region 1 Alternate Leaves Libertarian Party to Mount GOP Bid for Colorado Secretary of State - James Wiley, a Region 1 Alternate on the Libertarian National Committee, has announced that he is leaving the Libertarian Party to seek the Republican no...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

Teaching Texas' 5.5 Million Children—While Avoiding Who They Are, by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. - *Teaching Texas' 5.5 Million Children—While Avoiding Who They Are* *by* *Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D.* *December 31, 2025* *What is arguably already taking...
Daily Howler

WEDNESDAY: Jargon is as jargon does! - *WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2025* *Why we can't have nice things: *Greedily, we fell upon a book review in today's New York Times. The principal headline on...
Democracy Chronicles

Why Is Socialism Treated as a Threat in the West - Socialism does not need to be embraced without critique but should be permitted the breathing space to be debated with integrity rather than instantaneous ...
Ecosophia

The Rowling Effect - Yes, I know I was supposed to go on this week to discuss downward mobility as a way to freedom, the next of the themes that took the three top spots in thi...
The Grayzone

As Israel bans aid orgs in Gaza, notorious mercenary firm seeks “Targeter” - Are Israel and the Trump admin planning to revive the dystopian Gaza Humanitarian Foundation scheme that spawned famine and death under cover of humanita...
Rewire

A Holiday Message from Rewire’s Executive Director - “Journalism is the connective thread that ties us together, especially during turbulent eras like today.” The post A Holiday Message from Rewire’s Execut...
Rallblog

Hunger Games | DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou - LIVE 9:00 am Eastern time, Streaming Anytime: Political cartoonist Ted Rall and CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou deprogram you from mainstream media every...
Space City Weather

After this morning’s chill, Houston’s weather turns calmer for awhile - In brief: In today’s post we discuss our transition from turbulent weather to a calmer vibe. We bring you tidings of a tranquil entry into the year 2026, a...
ProPublica

Trump Signs Defense Bill Prohibiting China-Based Engineers in Pentagon IT Work - The post Trump Signs Defense Bill Prohibiting China-Based Engineers in Pentagon IT Work appeared first on ProPublica.
Infidel753

The major stories of 2025 -- and a look ahead - Usually the most important things that happen are processes that unfold over time, not single events. Here, in my view, are the most major stories of 202...
World Socialist Web Site

PT-controlled union federation betrays oil workers strike in Brazil - The FUP’s latest betrayal underscores the need for Petrobras workers to form independent rank-and-file committees with an internationalist and socialist pe...
Progressive.org

Through the Eyes of Little Crow - An excerpt from We Survived the Night by Julian Brave NoiseCat.
Liberation News

Nashville residents push back as city revives police surveillance plan - Community members warned that expanding police access to private camera networks raises the risk of data-sharing beyond the city.
Antiwar.com

A Moment of Hope in Gaza - On Thursday, December 25th, 2025, during Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians, 168 students graduated from medical school, in Gaza. Wearing their...
Workers World

China / United States – Latin America and the Caribbean: The people have their say. - [image: China / United States – Latin America and the Caribbean: The people have their say.] The author is a Venezuelan consultant, international analyst, ...
Discourse

Bird of the Year: Blue-Footed Booby - More like blue-footed BEAUTY.
Sludge

House Dems Gave Millions in ‘Dark Money’ to AIPAC-Linked 314 Action - 314 Action is one of the groups that AIPAC diverted its PAC money through in 2024.
Dorf on Law

An Amusing "Classic" to End the Year: Remember the Kendrick-Drake Beef? - *Note to readers: As I explained in my "Note to readers" in the column below, I used my *Dorf on Law* slot on March 17 of this year to take a personal sa...
Crooked Media

Is JD Vance the Republican Front-Runner? - The post Is JD Vance the Republican Front-Runner? appeared first on Crooked Media.
Land Destroyer

US Seeks Greenland Grab as Pursuit of Primacy Accelerates - *December 30, 2025* (NEO - Brian Berletic) - All under the guise of “pursuing peace” in a proxy war the US itself engineered and is for all intents and ...
The Progressive Wing

12/29-1/4 New Year News Roundup and Open Thread - End of the old–start of the new.
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Sold out Christmas drag show gets the last laugh on Florida, final thoughts about Charlie Kirk & other Mon/Tue news briefs - *Editor's note - this may or may not be my final post for 2025. Either way, I am grateful for all of your support and hope that I continue to retain that...
Project Censored

History, Myth, and Media in an Age of Disinformation - In the first half of the show Italian philosopher and author Federico Campagna joins the show to discuss his most recent book, Otherworlds: Mediterranean...
Lowering the Bar

Plaintiff Accuses St. Vincent of Negligent Stage-Diving - The artist allegedly "had to be removed from him by security guards," a detail that is never explained.
Krebs on Security

Happy 16th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity.com! - KrebsOnSecurity.com celebrates its 16th anniversary today! A huge "thank you" to all of our readers -- newcomers, long-timers and drive-by critics alike. Y...
The Texas Signal

How Wiess Park Changed Into A Houston Outdoor Art Garden - Thanks to some recent investments from the Houston Parks Board, Wiess Park is now also an open-air sculpture garden for seven Texas artists
Common Dreams

Burgum’s Offshore Wind Halt of Questionable Legality - The Secretary of the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) abrupt cessation of all leases for major offshore wind electric generation facilities under const...
The Conversation

The ‘sacred’ pledge that will power the relaunch of far-right militia Oath Keepers - Founder Stewart Rhodes says he will relaunch the group, serving as an important outlet for thousands of members who have felt lost since his imprisonment, ...
Texas Observer

Our Most-Read Stories of 2025 - Web traffic is a fickle thing, but online readership numbers do at least give us at the Observer a sense of what stories are making a splash with a bigge...
Debunking Christianity

Announcing the First Draft of the Cover To My Last Book: - As I said it's just the first draft. I love the concept. You can read the Preface, Blurbs, Contents and Introduction to "God and Horrendous Suffering" 2nd...
Brad Blog

Sunday 'Many Happy Returns' Toons - ...NEXT WEEK!... * * * As The BRAD BLOG's former longtime toon sherpa PDiddie always reminded us: "With editorial cartooning increasingly an endangered spe...
Seeing the Forest

The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys - Have you ever listened to the lyrics? (See 50 years later version below.) If you see something that looks like a star And it’s shooting up out of the groun...
The Daily Poster

Did That Really Happen In 2025? - Test your knowledge of consolidation in the frozen potato market, new national security directives, and other issues from the past year that really matter.
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: THROW THAT YEAR IN THE GARBAGE CAN EDITION. - *[no caption]* This Friday I’m not going long (nor early, neither!) with ‘Round-the-Horn, because I’m on vacation. Yes, both this and *Roy Edroso Breaks...
Church and State

Trump’s REIGN now fading but will his corruption ever be punished? - Trump’s deteriorating metal condition implies that we have a man entering dementia, which of course will continue to be hidden by his staff.
Duck of Minerva

Do you want a religious war? Because this is how you get a religious war - And in despair I bowed my head; “There is no peace on earth,” I said;“For hate is strong, And mocks the song Of peace on earth, good-will to men! Thanks fo...
Second Nexus

Jesse Watters Just Revealed Trump's Real Motive For Building A White House Ballroom—And It's Peak Trump - Fox News host Jesse Watters told a Turning Point USA crowd that MAGA Republican President Donald Trump is building his golden ballroom as a monument to h...
Dissent Magazine

*Dissent* in 2025 - Our most read articles this year.
NORML

Federally Funded Survey: Teen Marijuana Use Continues Historic Decline - [image: group of teens having fun walking down the street][image: group of teens having fun walking down the street]"Sensational claims that adult-use le...
Grist

What happens when disaster recovery becomes a luxury good - As federal services deteriorate, a patchwork of private companies is taking their place — for better or for worse.
The NM Political Report

What Alex Uballez discovered about Albuquerque politics (and himself) running for mayor - “To move to a world in which so much operates off of power, off of money, off of favors and relationships that circle around power — to see it up close i...
DeSmogBlog

How MAGA Changed the World in 2025, and What Comes Next - There’s no doubt that 2025 has been one of the most politically chaotic years of the 21st century. Amid the domestic and geopolitical mayhem unleashed by...
Avedon's Sideshow

Stop all the firing and the fighting - Look, it's manifestly obvious that bombing small boats making local transit in the Caribbean is unjustifiable and no one should have to explain it, but ...
Socialist Alternative

Trump’s Push For “Peace” in Ukraine—A Nightmare For European Capitalism - Almost four years after the Ukraine war began, Western imperialism is in disarray. European governments, not least in Kyiv, are in panic, scrambling from o...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

TrumpGas - 11×15 inch high-res color .jpg image, 1.4mb ‘They can still see his headless body stalking through the night In the muzzle flash of Roland’s Thompson gun’ ...
Alas, a Blog

BEWARE the NARCO TERRORISTS! - This cartoon is by me and Nadine Scholtes. Like a lot of people, I’ve been reading the news about Trump’s attacks on so-called “narco terrorists” with horr...
The Militant

US hands off Venezuela! No to US economic war against Cuba - In a sharp escalation of threats against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, U.S. military forces seized a large oil tanker carrying cru...
MintPress News

Indiegogo Withholds $51K In Donations From MintPress in Financial Censorship Crackdown - Indiegogo is withholding $51,000 in reader donations to MintPress News after we published investigations into US war crimes, Israeli intelligence influen...
Unlimited Hangout

Trump & the Technocratic Tyranny with Iain Davis - Trump & the Technocratic Tyranny with Iain Davis.
Black Agenda Report

Black Agenda Radio December 19, 2025 - Black Agenda Radio December 19, 2025 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 12/19/2025 - 04:45 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agen...
Edinburg Politics

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

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

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

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

Democracy Was the Target, DEI Was the Scapegoat: Key Pictures of 2025 - Trump killed DEI and called it a win. What he really killed: due process, free speech, sanctuary, and dignity. The post Democracy Was the Target, DEI Was...
nonsite.org

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

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

How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE’s Facial Recognition Tech - [image: Two federal agents are standing in the sun wearing police vests. One agent is holding a cell phone.] Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he wa...
Bracing Views

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Turn off the Light - *By BlackFreethought ~ * Once I took off the mask and removed the veneer of Christianity during this second deconstruction, the world became a more scary...
Texas Monthly

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

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

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

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

Does Tylenol use by pregnant women cause autism, as Texas Attorney General (and McKinney resident) Ken Paxton alleges? - No. The post Does Tylenol use by pregnant women cause autism, as Texas Attorney General (and McKinney resident) Ken Paxton alleges? appeared first on D ...
Two Party Opera

East Wing Ballroom Resort & Casino - Read More
American Prospect

More State (or Is It Just Trump?) Capitalism - Treasury’s Bessent says the feds will jump into pharmaceuticals and shipbuilding. California’s Newsom says the state has produced and will sell insulin at ...
WAWG Blog

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

Acta de reunión de comisión directiva - Estimados socios buenos días: Les hacemos llegar en adjunto acta número 920 relacionada a la reunión de comisión directiva realizada el día miércoles 24 ...
Screwston Antifascist Committee

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

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Free & Equal

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

Smith: Border Days - Border chronicler Morgan Smith recaps a two-day trip he recently made to Mexico, including stops in Anapra, Juárez, and Palomas. The post Smith: Border D...
GreenSource DFW

Commercial clients lining up for quiet, all-electric landscaping service - *The Greener Good crew manicuring the grounds at Southlake’s Delta Hotel by Marriott in July. Photo courtesy of the Greener Good.* Aug. 8, 2025 At least...
Nina Illingworth

Journal: Courage, Cowardice, and Collaboration - Rashid Khalidi's recent stand against Columbia University's collaboration with Trump's fascist cultural agenda is important; more US educators should joi...
Stinque

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

Joe Rogan tells Texas Democrat James Talarico, ‘You need to run.’ Does he? | Opinion - If Texas Democrats need young talent, James Talarico is a start. The 36-year-old Texas House lawmaker from Round Rock is not far removed from his days as J...
ROAR Magazine

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Speak Freely (ACLU)

Live Coverage: Final SCOTUS Decision Day -
Eater Houston

The Best Hidden Gem Restaurants in Houston - [image: A person serves a matcha martini at Bar Doko.] Let Eater point you to some of the most underrated and under-the-radar restaurants in Houston. | Mi...
Ring of Fire

Trump Threatens Media Outlet Over Don Jr’s Comparison To Hunter Biden - Donald Trump Jr. has been crisscrossing the planet using his dad’s name, his name, of course, to get all of these business deals and put money in his poc...
Southeast Texas Record

Case activity for Maa Wwarrs -Maa Vintage Park, LLC vs Keidre Mccall on May 14 - The Harris County Civil Court reported the following activities in the suit brought by Jack Garland Jr. and Maa Wwarrs -Maa Vintage Park, LLC against All...
Save Buffalo Bayou

Cutting Forest for Stormwater Basins - Is that A Good Idea? The Value of Lost Ecosystem Services April 29, 2025 Digging out the land to create basins to hold stormwater and prevent flooding is a...
The Disorder Of Things

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

New Report & Tool to Track Flaring - The “Texas Flaring Project” released a website and a report today analyzing how the state’s oil and gas industry wastes valuable natural gas by flaring a...
Political Garbage Chute

Why Did The Secretary of Defense Text Me Dick Pics and Nuclear Launch Codes? - “I’m Prince of War now, got it? I’ll do what I want. Text what and who I want.” Well, that was a new one. I have to say in all my years covering politics...
Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

Degrowth’s unhelpful contribution to global environmental challenges: A rejoinder to a critique of growth contingency - I write in response to the recent critique by Terry Leahy of my article ‘Beyond green growth, degrowth, post-growth and growth agnosticism’ in JAPE (94, ...
Polygraph (global fact-check)

Vatican: Francis stable, out of ‘imminent danger’ of death - The Vatican press office is changing the frequency of the pope’s health updates
Equality Texas

Remembering Sylvester Turner - Today, we mourn the sudden loss of Congressman Sylvester Turner. A lifelong Houstonian and dedicated public servant, Turner was a member of the Texas Hous...
The Mind Unleashed

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

Nhận định soi kèo Erzurumspor vs Pendikspor lúc 17h30 ngày 06/3/2025 - Tiếp tục với giải Hạng Nhì Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ, khi bước vào vòng 28, người hâm mộ sẽ được chứng kiến một trong những trận đấu hấp dẫn diễn ra giữa Erzurumspor và...
CPI's Danger in the Air

Public Integrity’s “40 Acres and a Lie” project is honored by the Philip Meyer Journalism Awards - [image: A collage illustration that pairs pictures of William T. Sherman with Trinity Church in Edisto, South Carolina. Overlaying Sherman is a snippet of ...
Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center

Anti-Immigrant Group FAIR Taps Controversial Former Sheriff to Serve in Adviser Role - A law enforcement figure associated with the extremist “constitutional sheriff” ideology will serve as an adviser for the anti-immigrant hate group Federat...
New Progressive Alliance

2024 Annual Report - *2024 Annual Report* - Publishing in social media means publishing a reference in Facebook at Colorado Best Democracy, Greens Discuss the Issues, L...
Texas Watch

In the News: Insurance Crisis Hurting Texans - We have been updating you throughout the year on the insurance crisis gripping our state and our nation. Insurance companies have *hiked our rates beyon...
BEYONDbones

Winter Solstice | Final Sky Happenings of 2024 - Editor’s Note: Look to the sky as HMNS Astronomer talks winter solstice for the final sky happenings of 2024. Thank you for watching the stars alongside ...
Novara Media

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

The immigration 'vibe shift'—11-19-24 - Immigration news, in context.
Robert Reich

How We Take Back the Supreme CourtWhere do you see yourself in... - *How We Take Back the Supreme Court* Where do you see yourself in 2060? What about your kids or grandkids? Will Donald Trump be affecting your life even ...
Grits for Breakfast

Grits publishes "Tulia" zine for 25th anniversary: Preorder now! - Until Jeff Frazier and the good folks at Mano Amiga in San Marcos reached out about their event Monday night, I had not realized it was the 25th anniversar...
Right Wing Watch

Right Wing Round-Up: One Really Violent Day - Marshall Cohen and Daniel Dale @ CNN: Fact check: 12 election lies Trump is using to set the stage to dispute a potential 2024 defeat Former President Do...
Dos Centavos

Ay Te Watcho, Houston - Well, if you’re reading this on this Labor Day, these words are being typed from Northern Colorado. After 26 years of living in Houston and 53 in Texas, it...
Morning Consult

Replicating Experimental Findings with Online Panels - The post Replicating Experimental Findings with Online Panels appeared first on Morning Consult.
TXElects

Consistency in Texas: Trump Maintains Lead Over Biden in Latest Polls - *By Jeff Blaylock – Founder & Senior Editor* *JUNE. 20, 2024* Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Former President Trump leads President Biden by 7 po...
Dandelion Salad

Julian Assange is FREE!!! - Dandelion Salad June 25, 2024 Updated: June 26, 2024 Guardian Australia on Jun 24, 2024 Stella Assange, Julian Assange’s wife, has released a video stateme...
CT's short stories and novelettes

Grape - “I can jump a ship there. Just get me in the city limits. I will take it from there.” “How many sapiens did you kill?” “Five. Why do you want to know?”...
The Intercept

In No Labels Call, Josh Gottheimer, Mike Lawler, and University Trustees Agree: FBI Should Investigate Campus Protests - The bipartisan duo also praised schools that brought in police to violently quell protests and connected the demonstrations to the TikTok ban. The post I...
The Stars Hollow Gazette

NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2024: Second Four Play Ins - This s the second night of the women’s Play-Ins.Here are last night’s winners and losers: Time Network Seed School Record Region Score Seed School Record R...
Texas Environmental News

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

Shadowproof Is Shutting Down - After eight years, we have decided that it is time to shut down Shadowproof, but that does not mean that the independent journalism that we fostered is c...
One People's Project

2023 Year End Campaign! - The time has come to ask for your help as we head along into what promises to be one busy 2024! 2023 Year End Campaign
Innocence Project

Perry Lott is Exonerated After 35 Years of Wrongful Conviction in Ada, Oklahoma - The post Perry Lott is Exonerated After 35 Years of Wrongful Conviction in Ada, Oklahoma appeared first on Innocence Project.
Latino Rebels

Neuro-Inclusivity, Belonging and Radical Hospitality - Latino Rebels Radio goes on the road for a live podcast recording at Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut. Host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes seve...
FiveThirtyEight.com

What Americans Think Of The Biden Impeachment Inquiry - Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly-ish polling roundup. It’s officially impeachment season again. On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announc...
Tribune of the People

Tribune of the People was the news organ of a political cult called the “CR-CPUSA” and collapsed in March 2022 - Read about what happened here: https://maoistcultexposed.wordpress.com/ This website belonged to a political cult called the “Committee to Reconstitute the...
Caitlin Johnstone

CaitlinJohnstone.com Is Now At CaitlinJohnstone.com.au - Hello subscribers, As you may have noticed, our website at caitlinjohnstone.com has been reduced to a shuffle lately, suffering repeated 502 errors for rea...
So Far From Heaven (Jack Purcell, RIP)

Draw an Ask Old Jules card on YouTube - Hello everyone, I decided to upload videos of drawing one card at a time on YouTube. This will happen three times a week. If you want to go over and look, ...
Lawfare

UN Special Rapporteur Releases Guantánamo Report - On June 26, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism Fionnuala Ní Aoláin released her report following a technical visit ...
In These Times

How Israeli Spyware Endangers Activists Across the Globe - Israeli surveillance technology is empowering antidemocratic governments to track journalists and human rights activists. Regulation is virtually nonexistent.
News Junkie

Mayotte Crisis: Putrid Leftover of France’s Imperialist and Colonialist Scrooge? - The cycle of empires It is not as if President Macron and his administration needed a new crisis to add to the turmoil of his second term in power. Unlike ...
DBC Green

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Buzzflash

Rebecca Solnit: "Forget Geoengineering. We Need To Stop Burning Fossil Fuels. Right Now." - The Guardian
Living Blue in Texas

TEXIT: The Conservative Movement To Turn Texas Into A White Ethnostate - Unpacking “Texit” and the potential consequences of secession. A few years ago, we wrote “QAnon Conspiracies And Neo-Confederate Beliefs Behind Texit Movem...
Eclectablog

Making democracy work for our environment – wsg Nayyirah Shariff & Sean McBrearty - Nayyirah Shariff on Twitter: @NayyirahShariff Flint Rising on Twitter: @FlintRising Flint Rising's website: FlintRising.com Sean McBrearty on Twitter: @Sea...
Echidne of the Snakes

Happy 2023 To All Of You - I have often come back here to try to write some sort of a conclusion to the years of activity on this site, but have not figured out what, exactly, to s...
VICE

Three UFOs Shot Down by US Weren't Chinese Spy Balloons: Biden - However, President Joe Biden did not say what the three objects were, saying the military is still searching for the debris.
Texas Moratorium Network

Senator Sarah Eckhardt Files Bill to Abolish Death Penalty - A State Senator we wrote asking to file a bill to abolish the death penalty has filed a bill to abolish the death penalty. So, we have a senate sponsor o...
Media Myth Alert

Taking stock: Top mythbusting posts of 2022 - Media Myth Alert directed attention periodically in 2022 to the appearance of well-known media-driven myths, those prominent tales about the news media tha...
Due Dissidence

Liz Truss Finally Made Neoliberalism Toxic - by Jack Carolan Liz Truss spent her childhood accompanying her father, a leftist University professor, on marches against the Thatcher government. It might...
Duffel Blog

Make-A-Wish kid gets 'Day 1 recycled' at Ranger school - “Rules are rules,” said a Ranger Instructor.
Strategic Culture Foundation

WHO Chief, TPLF Leader Tedros Silent About His Party’s Theft of World Food Program Fuel - UN World Health Organization chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom is also the world’s most prominent advocate of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front. He has said no...
BillMoyers.com

PODCAST: Dr. Bandy Lee Saw It Coming – The Violence Foretold in Donald Trump’s Election - Our democracy has been eroding in tandem with the rise in inequality, says Dr. Lee. The Trump presidency is not really about Donald Trump the individual....
Downwinders at Risk

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

Symbolic solution in search of an actual problem - Support of 9 Southern Republicans for Respect for Marriage Act shows why Supreme Court isn’t about to ban same-sex marriage ♦By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedP...
Pages of Victory

The Road to Hell -
The Contributor

34 Senate Republicans oppose even debating gun safety compromise bill - News Image: Every Democrat and 14 Republicans in the Senate voted to consider bipartisan compromise gun safety legislation. Category: Guns in America ori...
Bayou Brief

Tilly Snyder Is Missing Again - Wikipedia’s decision to permanently delete John K. Snyder’s page cannot erase the true story of one of the most eccentric politicians in Louisiana history ...
Washington Babylon

Sub to Our Stack! - [image: Sub to Our Stack!] Hey! We’re back! It’s been a while but *Washington Babylon* is back up and running. Read more @ Washington Babylon...
Talking Points Memo

Scott Pruitt, Yes That Scott Pruitt, Is Running For Senate - Nearly four years after he resigned from the Trump administration amid a cloud of scandal and profligate spending of taxpayer...
Liberal America

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Republicans’ Identity Crisis - This week, Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered his long-anticipated, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. No sooner did this happen than Donald Trump–the...
Popehat

Customer Agent Rendering - A customer representative or perhaps buyer broker is the strategy of a brokerage or property broker symbolizing a client in an financial commitment transac...
epic.org

EPIC, Coalition Urge FTC to Issue Rules Protecting Consumers Against Data Abuse and Discrimination - Today, EPIC and a coalition of 44 consumer advocacy, civil rights, and media democracy groups urged the Federal Trade Commission to initiate a rulemaking t...
Truthdig

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Malady

Capital’s profitability now depends on ‘lockdowns’, acute social enclosure, and ‘medical’ tyranny - * *This essay was originally posted in April 2021 (and regularly updated) on Medium.com but was censored in September and then put “under investigation”. H...
Freethought Now

FFRF’s Freethought Now Blog has moved! - FFRF has moved our blog, Freethought Now! Check out our new blog today.
Louis Proyect

The Future of this Blog - Update: this site has now returned to its free version at https://louisproyect.wordpress.com … i do not know how much longer https://louisproyect.org will ...
INSIDER - politics news

TikTok extremism exposed: over 1,000 videos found including Holocaust denial, white supremacy, and ISIS propaganda, according to new report - [image: TikTok] Summary List Placement New research released by a counter-extremism think tank found that over 1,000 TikToks featuring hate speech and e...
Houston Press

Simone Biles Also Withdraws From Individual All-Around in a Post-Karolyi Era - After her shocking withdrawal from the U.S. women’s gymnastics team finals on Tuesday due to mental health concerns, Houston’s own Simone Biles has now—per...
Dallas Observer

'Viruses Are Going to Virus': COVID-19 Infections Rise Among Vaccinated Texans - Several fully vaccinated Texas Democratic lawmakers have tested positive for COVID-19, becoming some of the most widely publicized instances of so-called "...
Progressives Everywhere

Ohio’s Gerrymandered Theocracy Exhibit the Stakes of Voting Rights - Inaction of voting rights will be very deadly
Anti-Media

Peer-Reviewed and Published: Adoption of Ivermectin to Combat COVID-19 is Justified - The study's authors conclude that "large reductions in COVID-19 deaths are possible using ivermectin."
Bad Attitudes

Big Government Handouts - Recently, Elon Musk beat out Jeff Bezos for a 2.9 billion contract from NASA to fly one of his magnificent exploding rocket ships to the moon. In true Am...
PBD - Progressive Blog Digest

46 - Joe Biden, the president of the United States. Not a perfect president, but the perfect president for these post-Trump times. Earnest, unpretentious, good-...
Latino Decisions

Alex Padilla, Latino Champion of Voter Access, New California US Senator - In a historic event, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla has been appointed as United States Senator by Governor Gavin Newsom. Secretary Padilla...
TomDispatch

Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, The Madness of War, American-Style - In choosing a title for his final, posthumously published book, the prominent public intellectual Tony Judt turned to a poem by Oliver Goldsmith, *The De...
Art Killing Apathy

Free Speech Is More Complicated Than You Think - By Eleanor Goldfield The truth is – words are dangerous. Words are the catalysts of all action – good or evil. To start with a cliché but solid example: ...
Defend our Movements

Assessing Tech: How We Know If It’s On Our Side - By Bex Hong Hurwitz, Tiny Gigantic Over the past months, technical research into privacy and security concerns with Zoom and Zoom’s actions in response hav...
Better Texas Blog

New Census Data Confirms Texas Needs to Equitably Invest in Anti-Poverty Programs - Looking for analysis of the new health insurance numbers released this week? Check out our blog here! Although median income and poverty rates improved ...
Texas Rural Voices

“IT’s” the RACISM, STUPID! - It is at the center of our national attention. And, justifiably so. It’s presence permeates our national psyche, whether we acknowledge it or not. We...
PERRspectives

On the Ground Update: Acting DHS Secretary Wolf Understates Portland Crisis - Over the past 24 hours, Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has faced a firestorm of criticism for his over-the-top rhetoric and gra...
Austin 360

Neuron Garage - Neuron Garage Camp Expands to 12 Locations for Summer 2020! Austin-based day camp, Neuron Garage, is quickly gaining a loyal following as the Hands-On Bu...
Think 3 Institute

What is it about Trump? - *P*art of it is this: millions of people who'd never want Donald Trump to be their boss now feel that he has become, or is becoming, exactly that. Somethin...
IVN

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

Roberts’ Next Thicket?: The Coming One-Person, One-Vote Battle Over “How Much is Too Much” - Recently, Nick Stephanopoulos pointed out how Rucho was written as if constitutional racial vote dilution claims never existed. The same might also be said...
The Metaphor Project

Say: “Move America Forward?” - In the first Democratic presidential debate, Andrew Yang proposed a slogan, “Not left, not right, forward!” The next day I corrected it on Twitter to be “...
Truthout

Despite Shutdown, Trump Is Pushing Forward Plans to Drill in Arctic - With Trump, oil drilling takes priority over essential services like trash pickup in national parks.
Splinter

Someone threatened to set a University of Michigan student on fire for wearing a hijab. This must stop. - Steps away from the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, a stranger approached a student and threatened to set her on fire with a lighter, police ...

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