Brains and Eggs: State of the Union toons

Houston, Texas, and US blog roll

memeorandum

Aleksei Navalny Should Be in Intensive Care, His Doctors Say (Andrew E. Kramer/New York Times) - Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times: *Aleksei Navalny Should Be in Intensive Care, His Doctors Say* — Doctors said recent blood tests indicated that the ...
The Root

Defense 'Expert' in Derek Chauvin Trial Accused in Maryland Lawsuit of Cover-Up in Case Similar to George Floyd's - On Wednesday, *The Root* reported that Dr. David Fowler, a retired forensic pathologist, testified during day 13 of former Minneapolis police officer Der...
Courthouse News

Half of US Adults Now Have Received at Least 1 Covid Shot - Half of all adults in the U.S. have received at least one Covid-19 shot, the government announced Sunday, marking another milestone in the nation's largest...
The AltWorld

Israelis Treat Palestinians Like Nazis Treated Jews - The Nazis had “the Jewish problem.” Israelis have “the Palestinian problem.” https://www.rt.com/op-ed/521305-israeli-settlers-palestinians-violence/ T...
Raw Story

Active shooter in Austin with three reported dead: CNN - According to CNN, police in Austin, Texas, are reporting an active shooter in the area near Great Hills Trail and Rain Creek Parkway. According to the re...
The Week

'Highly unlikely' Chauvin trial ends in 'all-out' acquittal, legal analyst predicts - As Minneapolis and the rest of the nation brace for the looming verdict in former police officer Derek Chauvin's murder trial, ABC News' chief legal anal...
Mediaite

BREAKING: 3 People Killed in Shooting in Austin, TX (UPDATED) - Three people have been killed in a shooting in Austin, Texas. The post BREAKING: 3 People Killed in Shooting in Austin, TX (UPDATED) first appeared on Med...
Talking Points Memo

‘I Simply Asked A Question’: Cornyn Tries To Clean Up Fuss Over Biden’s Normal Tweets - Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Sunday claimed that he wasn't questioning President Biden's capabilities as commander in chief, following the Texas senator's ...
Ian Welsh

Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – April 18, 2021 - Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – April 18, 2021 by Tony Wikrent Strategic Political Economy Michael Hudson: America’s Neoliberal Financialization Policy...
Political Wire

This Country - Coming soon: This Country: My Life in Politics and History by Chris Matthews. A sweeping memoir of American politics and history from Chris Matthews.
Strategic Culture Foundation

When Facing Imminent Election Defeat, Dominion Machines Will Always Do the Trick - Whenever a favourable election outcome seems problematic, the selection of the right vote counting machine will be sure to fix it.
Al Jazeera English

US warns of consequences if jailed Kremlin critic Navalny dies - US national security adviser says Alexey Navalny's safety is the Russian government's responsibility.
Salon.com

A new study digs into the science of making tweets go viral - A new paper breaks down the factors that increase or decrease the probability of a tweet being shared
The Grayzone

At UN, Aaron Maté debunks OPCW’s Syria lies and confronts US, UK on cover-up - In remarks to the UN Security Council, Aaron Maté of The Grayzone debunks the OPCW’s lies about its Syria cover-up scandal and challenges the US and UK o...
The Verge

New Trailers: Army of the Dead, The Underground Railroad, Resident Evil, and more - Here come the zombies in *Army of the Dead* | Netflix I finished *This is a Robbery*, and I won’t spoil the ending but if you’re thinking there will be a...
Undernews

McConaughey outpolls Abbott for Texas governor 45%-33% -
Slate

Putin Foe Navalny “Could Die at Any Moment,” Doctor Warns - Allies of the Russian opposition leader are calling for massive protests across the country on Wednesday.
The Hill

Sullivan: 'There will be consequences' if Navalny dies - U.S. National Security advisor Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that "there will be consequences" if Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny dies while impris...
Daily Dot

‘Very disturbing’: Video shows child getting ‘sucked into’ Peloton treadmill - [image: video shows child under peloton treadmill] A video posted online shows a small child getting dragged under a Peloton Tread+. The video was shar...
Buzzflash

IG Knocks Pompeo For Having State Departmen Staff Do Errands That Were Personal In Nature - Talking Points Memo
First Draft

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with Random Ruminations – “A modest proposal” edition - Nuclear fearmongering, and a modest proposal I’ve seen a lot of hysterical gobspatter over the Iran Nuclear Treaty. ZOMGtheIraniansAreGoingToBeIncludedInMo...
The Progressive Wing

4/18 News Roundup and Open Thread - Starting with something about Nina and Jamaal.
Democracy Chronicles

The Death of a Warlord in the Central African Republic - The death of Sidiki Abbas of the 3R, one of the most violent warlords in the Central African Republic, was announced earlier this month.
Eschaton

At Least They Only Killed Themselves - Full self-driving [into a tree]. HOUSTON – Two men are dead after a Tesla traveling in Spring crashed into a tree and no one was driving the vehicle, offic...
Alternet

How corporations crush the working class - *The most dramatic change in the system over the last half-century has been the emergence of corporate giants like Amazon and the shrinkage of labor unio...
Mother Jones

During Wave of Mass Shootings, Texas Moves to Eliminate Handgun Permits - During a trip through Texas last month, I found myself waiting in the security line at the state capitol. In order to enter, I had to pass through a metal ...
Stinque

Save the Date - There’s a date we’ve been looking forward to for awhile, a date we might not live to see, but one that holds great significance for America: One fine day...
Ballot Access News

South Jersey Times Deplores Increasing Use of Challenges to Candidate Primary Petitions - The South Jersey Times published an editorial on April 13, deploring the fact that so many candidates are being challenged off primary ballots in New Jerse...
San Antonio Current

San Antonio neighborhoods transform into a Fiesta paradise for debut House Float Parade -
Countercurrents

Increasing Need for Early Availability of More Reliable Mortality Data - Mortality data is very important for understanding trends relating to health problems and diseases and hence for overall health policy and planning. Unfo...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Fauci: Republican vaccine deniers are hurting efforts to lift Covid restrictions - ‘On the one hand they want to be relieved of the restrictions. On the other hand, they don’t want to get vaccinated’ Republicans who refuse the Covid-19 ...
naked capitalism

Take the Train: France Moves to Ban Short-Haul Domestic Flights - In a bid to lower carbon consumption, France takes first step tpwards banning short-haul flights where rail alternatives exist.
Liberation News

The lottery: The cost of hope, a tax on the poor - The lottery is a tax on the poor people of America hoping to break free. The system purports to be helping them while only selling them false hope.
The Stars Hollow Gazette

Cartnoon - Dark Money In The Courts, Freak In The Sheets – SOME MORE NEWS Cody Johnston: “Hi. In today’s episode, we do a deep dive on Brett Kavanaugh, The Federalist...
Futurism

If You’re Looking for Non Alcoholic Drinks That Don’t Suck, Here’s Some Good News - [image: non alcoholic drinks] Drinking is fun, but it also carries plenty of negative side-effects in the bargain. If you’ve decided to wake up with your l...
Nina Illingworth

Book Blog: The End of the Myth by Greg Grandin - Book Blog featuring a review & analysis of Greg Grandin's "The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America" on Can't You...
Dissident Voice

US President Joe Biden’s Shameful Push for War with China and Russia - One of the most delightful things about Americans is that they have absolutely no historical memory. — Zhou Enlai In the autumn of 1862, the governments ...
El Paso Matters

El Paso hits vaccination milestones, but infections remain stubbornly high - More than half of eligible El Pasoans have now received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and a third are fully vaccinated. Still, the number of new...
OpEd News

U.S. Joins Past Empires in Afghan Graveyard - President Biden announced a removal of all U.S. troops by September 11 but he failed to include some important details..
Common Dreams

The US Did Not Bring Peace, Democracy, or Freedom to Afghanistan - Mary Hladky Twenty years of war and U.S. interference have brought no long-term, positive gains in Afghanistan. War is not the answer—not in Afghanistan, I...
INSIDER - politics news

Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey has a double-digit lead over Gov. Greg Abbott in latest Texas gubernatorial election poll - [image: Matthew McConaughey Greg Abbott] Summary List Placement Texans would rather vote for actor Matthew McConaughey than Gov. Greg Abbott, according ...
The Conscious Resistance Network

Is It Too Late to Build Alliances? - Friends, In recent weeks there has been lots of debate on the pros and cons of crypto and blockchain technology. There have been people trying to draw li...
Axios

Biden adviser warns "there will be consequences" for Russia if Navalny dies - The Biden administration warned the Russian government "that there will be consequences" if jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny dies, Nationa...
Brad Blog

Sunday 'Anti-Faxxers' Toons - Last: All the best to Matt Bors, who has drawn his final political toon. I will continue to run The Nib in an almost full time capacity, publishing and edi...
Mediagazer

Washington newsrooms should have fewer political reporters, and editors should let subject-matter beat reporters take the lead on most major stories of the day (Dan Froomkin/Press Watch) - Dan Froomkin / Press Watch: *Washington newsrooms should have fewer political reporters, and editors should let subject-matter beat reporters take the le...
Daily Cartoonist

Kathleen Andrews – RIP - Universal Press Syndicate co-founder Kathleen Andrews has passed away. Kathleen Whalen (Kathy) AndrewsMarch 12, 1037 – April 16, 2021 Kathy was there in ...
Scheerpost.com

The Extraordinary Rendition of Japanese Latin Americans During World War II - During the war, the U.S. government orchestrated the mass abduction of more than 6,000 Japanese, Germans, Italians, and Jews with the collaboration of 18 L...
Glasstire

The Paper Pushes Back: An Interview with Ben Durham - “Amanda is nearly a total blank to me now,” writes artist Ben Durham. “Just a distant memory of a snarling lip.” Words take on a cellular quality in his ...
San Antonio Report

El mural de Manuel Felguérez de 1965 es develado en el Instituto Cultural de México - Se descubrió un mural de 1965 de Manuel Felguérez en el Instituto Cultural Mexicano. El mural estaba escondido detrás de una pared.
Caitlin Johnstone

Stop Siding With The Powerful: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix - The US government’s armed goon squad executed a 13 year-old special ed student whose hands were empty and in the air and they’re telling Americans to worry...
Moon of Alabama

The MoA Week In Review - OT 2021-029 - Last week's posts at Moon of Alabama: April 12 - CNN - Ukrainian Trains With Heavy Weapons Going East Are 'Russian Aggression' Related: - Russia-Ukraine Wa...
The Conversation

Being skeptical of sources is a journalist's job – but it doesn't always happen when those sources are the police - In the aftermath of Adam Toledo's death, police and a prosecutor framed the incident as a confrontation with an armed male holding a gun. Should reporters ...
Bracing Views

Cancel the F-35, Fund Infrastructure Instead - W.J. Astore Imagine you’re President Joe Biden. You’re looking for nearly $2 trillion to fund vital repairs and improvements to America’s infrastructure. Y...
NPR's Health Shots

More Women Are Getting The Coronavirus Vaccine Than Men - Kaiser Health News reporter Laura Ungar tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about a the gender gap in American vaccinations.
The Smirking Chimp

Will Trump End Up In Prison? -
The Intercept

CPI da Covid: quando as instituições funcionam, Bolsonaro perde - Nomes da comissão indicam que responsáveis pelo genocídio em curso vão suar para explicar o boicote sistemático a todas medidas de combate à pandemia. Th...
WhoWhatWhy

Tucker Carlson: Grand Wizard of Fox News - Reading Time: < 1 minute “Heil Tucker,” one fan saluted on social media after the Fox News host spewed neo-Nazi venom on his show, invoking the “great re...
Angry Bear

Jobless claims break on through – 1M+ jobs report for April looks likely - Jobless claims break on through – 1M+ jobs report for April looks likely As I have said for the past few weeks, new jobless claims are likely to the most...
Infidel753

Link round-up for 18 April 2021 - Various interesting stuff I ran across on the net over the last week. o o o o o Sign up today for cat life coaching. Poor ostrich! Even one job was too ...
Counterpunch

The “Innocence” of Early Capitalism is Another Fantastical Myth - It is not unusual for critics of United States foreign policy, whether or not they feel free to use the term “imperialism,” to express regret that a prev...
See You In 2020

Dictatorship Of The Proletariat Is The Only Way To Stop Imperialism’s Brutal Fist - Imperialism is ferocious. For as long as imperialism exists, and its supporting bourgeois and fascist tendencies haven’t been eliminated from history, it...
Crooked Timber

Sunday photoblogging: car reflections - Another in a series
Informed Comment

Biden to reverse Trump’s White Supremacist, Sadistic near-ban on Refugees, but US still Lags, Sweden, Germany other OECD Countries - Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – About one quarter of one percent (0.25 percent) of the US population consists of refugees — some 838,000. This minuscule num...
Second Nexus

Pat Robertson Calls Out Police Violence Against Innocent Black Men in Surprisingly Relatable Rant - Last summer in Minnesota, the murder of George Floyd by Officer Derek Chauvin sparked nationwide protests against racist police brutality and heightened ...
ArcaMax

'A Riot is the Language of the Unheard' - “The anguish we are suffering cannot translate into violence.” So said Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey last week in the wake of yet another police killing of ...
jobsanger

President Biden Pleads For A Reduction In Gun Violence -
Houston Public Media

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2026: Ritual Origins - Episode: 2026 Ritual origins of technology: balance and metaphor. Today, we meet the mother of invention, and she’s not the lady we expected.
The Ghion Journal

Progressive Delusions: Pro-Choice but Anti-Liberty; Against GMO Foods but for Genetically Modified “Vaccines” - Not too long ago, I believed that Fox News followers belonged in the biggest cult in the world. I was certain that conservatives were so The post Progres...
Texas Environmental News

RC&D gives annual report on environmental projects in Harrison, surrounding counties - The Sabine-Neches Resource Conservation and Development Area has helped improve the quality of life for Harrison County and fellow member [...] The post ...
VICE

Daily Horoscope: April 18, 2021 - The moon is in Cancer today.
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

Cherán, an Indigenous Municipality without Criminals or Politicians - *This is a wonderful story of a Mexican community named Cherán located in Michoacán, Mexico where women took the lead in helping the city to become a gov...
Rio Grande Guardian

Brand: Credit churches for distributing two million boxes of food to poor of South Texas, not me - McALLEN, Texas – A McAllen mayoral candidate says he does not deserve credit for distributing $70 million worth of food to the needy of South Texas over ...
Portside

Wall Street Money In 2019-20 Election Cycle Hits Highest Level Ever - Wall Street Money In 2019-20 Election Cycle Hits Highest Level Ever Dave Sat, 04/17/2021 - 19:45
Election Law Blog

Far Right Wing Bloggers Who Believe That Alabama SOS John Merrill Protected Voting Rights Too Much (!) and That He Allowed for Voter Fraud Outed Explicit Details of His Extra-Marital Affair - Quite a story: A former Spanish teacher in North Carolina, Noel Fritsch has in recent years built a career as a conservative operative with a history of in...
Grits for Breakfast

#txlege bill eliminating Class-C arrests for traffic offenses moving forward with bipartisan support - The death of Daunte Wright traffic enforcement by police back in the spotlight, raising the profile of the issue just as *HB 830* (Thompson) passed out of ...
Dandelion Salad

Chris Hedges: Brazil Politics: Crypto-fascism, Corruption, Democracy - Dandelion Salad Note to DS readers and writers: having computer problems at the moment; nothing serious, need to have a fan replaced and waiting for the de...
Daily Howler

The things we can't be told in Our Town! - *SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2021* *Today, it's the Washington Post: *Why was Daunte Wright being arrested last Sunday? The answer to that is one of the things ...
Deadline Politics

Robertson Boulevard In West Hollywood To Close On Weekends For Outdoor Dining - One of West Hollywood’s most famous streets will be closing to traffic on weekends starting today in an effort to expand outdoor dining options. West Holly...
Mahablog

The Truth About Anglo-Saxons - So this happened: Hard-right House Republicans on Friday were discussing forming an America First Caucus, which one document described as championing “An...
Popular Resistance

Addressing America’s Homelessness And Squalor - Washington, Ward 1 - “I wanna know where the $2.5 million is – that’s my reaction.” Muhsin Boe Luther Umar — or as we call him, Uncle Boe — throws his ha...
Ring of Fire

Johnson & Johnson Sets Aside BILLIONS As Cancer Lawsuits Continue To Escalate - Via America’s Lawyer: Johnson & Johnson reserves almost 4 billion dollars to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits over its cancer-causing baby powder. At...
Vox

Global deaths from Covid-19 have now topped 3 million - A burial at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 14. Brazil is suffering with the world’s highest Covid-19 death rate. | Miguel Schinc...
Techdirt.

This Week In Techdirt History: April 11th - 17th - *Five Years Ago* This week in 2016, the encryption wars continued. Senators Burr and Feinstein were planning a one-sided briefing with law enforcement, ...
Wolf Street

Stock Market Leverage in La-La Land, Rises to Historic WTF High - Archegos shows how leverage is the great accelerator of stock prices on the way up, and on the way down. One of its bets, ViacomCBS collapsed by 60%.
Latino Rebels

Chicago Police Critics Call for Charges in Shooting of Adam Toledo - CHICAGO (AP) — Newly released video that shows a Chicago police officer fatally shooting a 13-year-old will be key evidence when prosecutors consider a cas...
Louis Proyect

Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts - Yesterday, “Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts” opened at the Film Forum in New York, the Laemmle in Los Angeles, and through Kino-Lorber’s Virtual Cinema networ...
WhatWouldJackDo

The sad, sordid, and all too true history of Cancel Culture - (h/t to Ward Sutton)
CultureMap Houston

Houston super couple's home rockets onto market, plus more top stories - Editor's note: It's time to recap the top stories on CultureMap from this past week. 1\. Houston super couple's Piney Point home rockets onto market for $...
Claytoonz

Gun Control Absolutely Positively Right Now - Another day in America, another mass shooting. After a recent mass shooting when Democrats in the Senate said we need legislation to stop this insanity, an...
Eclectablog

How government SHOULD(N’T) work – with special guest Don Moynihan - Don Moynihan on Twitter: @donmoyn Don Moynihan's Georgetown University profile is HERE. Buy Don Moynihan's book Administrative Burden: Policymaking by Othe...
Texas Monthly

Why Have Texas’s Restrictive Voter Bills Received Less Corporate Pushback Than the Ones in Georgia? - A few of Texas's big businesses have publicly criticized efforts to make voting more difficult. But many more, fearful of Republican retribution, are try...
The Militant

Solidarity with miners, steelworkers on strike! - ATLANTA — Some 1,100 union coal miners at Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood, Alabama, voted overwhelmingly April 9 to reject a tentative contract proposal and ...
Rewire

How Politicians Exploit Fears About Death to Attack Abortion Care - If we’re so afraid of death—and we are—then equating fetal burial legislation with abortion will only impede access. The post How Politicians Exploit Fea...
Bonddad

Weekly Indicators for April 12 - 16 at Seeking Alpha - *- by New Deal democrat* My Weekly Indicators post is up at Seeking Alpha. The big call I made last year is that conditions were setting up for a Boo...
Lawfare

The New Russia Sanctions Resolve a Mystery That Mueller Left Unanswered - Paul Manafort and his lawyer Kevin Downing arriving at a courthouse in May 2018. (Flickr/Victoria Pickering, https://flic.kr/p/27AraYT; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, ...
Mondoweiss

Justice is embedded in our struggle - Mondoweiss is on the front lines for justice in Palestine and Israel. It is a rare U.S.-based platform for the voices of this movement – voices that mainst...
Progrexas

Family fights anti-trans bills at Texas Capitol: “I will walk through fire to see my child be happy” - Lisa Stanton, with her daughter Maya, spoke at an Equality Texas event at the Capitol this week. Credit: Sergio Flores for The Texas Tribune (Audio unava...
Grist

First GMO mosquitoes to be released in the Florida Keys - The EPA approved Oxitec’s mosquitoes for release this spring. Some scientists and locals want to halt the deployment.
Church and State

Elon Musk’s SpaceX wins contract to build spacecraft to return humans to the moon - SpaceX has won NASA’s $2.89 billion contract to build a spacecraft to send astronauts to the lunar surface in 2024.
ProPublica

Natural Gas Is Getting Cheaper. Thousands Are Paying More To Heat Their Homes Anyway. - by Lucas Manfield and Ken Ward Jr., Mountain State Spotlight ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive ou...
Dallas Observer

Texas Officials Signed Last-Second Agreement to ‘Hamstring’ Biden Immigration Policies - Hoping to thwart Biden's immigration reforms, Louisiana, Texas and Arizona entered agreements with DHS during the last days of the Trump administration.
Crooked Media

Gay for Netflix - The post Gay for Netflix appeared first on Crooked Media.
The NM Political Report

Reversal of Trump gag rule on Title X funding proposed by the Biden administration - [image: Reversal of Trump gag rule on Title X funding proposed by the Biden administration] This week, the Joe Biden administration proposed to reverse a D...
Antiwar.com

Bombast From Washington: Joe Biden’s Russia Sanctions - Thursday, shortly after the White House issued its four-page Fact Sheet on the sanctions about to be imposed on Russia (“Imposing Costs for Harmful Forei...
Workers World

Abortion rights workers beat back anti-choice bigots - [image: Abortion rights workers beat back anti-choice bigots] Pensacola, Fla. (Occupied Creek Muscogee land) For four and a half months, abortion rights ad...
Reform Austin

Two Men Killed After Being Boxed in at Houston Apartment Complex Owned by Rep. Gary Gates - According to ABC 13, two men were shot to death after being boxed in by four other cars outside an apartment complex in Southeast Houston. According to t...
SCOTUSblog

Are Alaska Native corporations Indian tribes? A multimillion-dollar question - [image: Are Alaska Native corporations Indian tribes? A multimillion-dollar question]Are Alaska Native corporations — special corporations that Congress ...
World Socialist Web Site

Biden denounces Russia for “interfering” in US elections, remains silent on Trump coup revelations - Even as Biden spoke of the “threat” to American democracy allegedly posed by Russia, he has remained entirely silent about Trump’s attempt to overthrow the...
Unlimited Hangout

Military Bases Housing Migrant Children Plagued by Serial Sexual Abuse Claims - The Biden administration is now housing unaccompanied migrant children on military bases in Texas and California. Some of these bases have been plagued f...
Equality Texas

Lege Week 14 Wrap-up: This moment calls for action - This week’s legislative update will be a little more personal as the last few days have been incredibly hard on our community. The State Legislature is in ...
Earthworks

Affirmative defense… of who? - Each state implements environmental policy differently. Obviously, each state has different regulations that change the way oil and gas operators behave....
Political Garbage Chute

Man Wants to Make Some Friends Because He’s Sure They’ll Love His “Two Genders” Memes - As soon as he makes a few friends, 43-year-old writer Will Palumbo knows they’ll all love his memes. In particular, Will is completely confident his new ...
Project Censored

“Collision of Crises” Impact Black and Brown Survivors during COVID-19 - In November 2020, ColorLines reported the results of a study that found that women of color who are survivors of sexual violence have faced disproportion...
Progressive.org

Alisha Oyler, George Floyd, and ‘The Other America’ - As the trial of Derek Chauvin draws to a close, in a welter of expert testimony and talk of the crumbling blue wall of police silence, the most important w...
Reading the Pictures

Chatting the Pictures: Lightning in George Floyd Square - Lightning strikes near the intersection of Chicago Avenue and 38th Street, also known as George Floyd Square in Minneapolis. The post Chatting the Pictur...
Right Wing Watch

Right Wing Round-Up: Anglo-Saxon Traditions - Alex Isenstadt @ Politico: ‘A nicer version of Trump’: GOP donors flock to DeSantis. Joe Jervis: Cultist “Big Lie” Spreader To Challenge Georgia Gov. Dan...
NORML

Weekly Legislative Roundup 4/16/21 - Welcome to the latest edition of NORML's Weekly Legislative Roundup! The post Weekly Legislative Roundup 4/16/21 appeared first on NORML.
Freethought Now

The Supreme Court, the White House, Capitol Hill and state legislatures - The judiciary, the legislature and the executive — at the national and the state levels — kept us engaged at the Freedom From Religion Foundation this week.
Independent Political Report

From the Desk of Ralph Nader: Tort Law Explained with Cartoons - *Author and consumer advocate Ralph Nader, the 1996 and 2000 Green Party presidential nominee, 2004 Reform Party presidential nominee, and 2008 Peace and...
Polygraph (global fact-check)

Truth-Squadding Russia’s Response to New U.S. Sanctions - The new sanctions hit Russia’s ability to borrow from U.S. investors and could get even more painful if other countries go along.
MintPress News

A School for Spooks: The London University Department Churning Out NATO Spies - Alan Macleod uncovers the deep links between the British security state and the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, responsible for train...
FrontBurner – D Magazine

Dallas Council Candidates Discuss Food Insecurity at Town Hall with Food Justice Orgs - Volunteers at the Dallas Farmers Market on Tuesday night arranged water bottles and snacks on spaced-out picnic tables in front of a stage. Salsa music b...
Speak Freely (ACLU)

Daunte Wright Should Never Have Been Stopped - The story of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, shot and killed by Brooklyn Center, Minnesota police after being pulled over for minor traffic violations on Sund...
Houston Press

Breakfast Taco Full Of Crystal Meth Found By Hobby Airport TSA Agents - In one of the more absurd news alerts the Houston Press has received in recent history, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration announced Friday th...
American Prospect

Biden’s Unforced Error: Naming Sarah Bianchi to a Top China Job - Today on TAP: A baffling choice for USTR
Discourse

Cool, We’re Getting a Fascist Freak Caucus - God, these weirdo idiots. The post Cool, We’re Getting a Fascist Freak Caucus appeared first on Discourse Blog.
FiveThirtyEight.com

Did The Bruins Win The Trade Deadline? And Will The Canucks Ever Play Again? - neil (Neil Paine, senior sportswriter): One of hockey’s annual big events came and went earlier this week, with Monday’s trade deadline. Though the deadlin...
Texas Standard

The Pandemic Could Give New Life To An Immunization Tracking Bill That’s Been Kicking Around The Legislature For Years - “It allows the state of Texas to modernize its registry system, and be in comportment with the standards of registries throughout the nation.”
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN. - *Someone reminded me of the Voidoids recently.The big hits like "Love Comes In Spurts" are cool,but how often do you hear this?* *• *So many wonderf...
The Appeal

Maryland Could Be the First State to Provide Lawyers for Tenants Facing Eviction - This week, on the last day of Maryland’s legislative session, lawmakers passed a bill that would provide access to counsel for low-income tenants facing ...
DeSmogBlog

Fossil Fuel Companies’ Tough Sell: Oil and Gas Sites With Costly Environmental Clean-up - Last year was rough for major oil companies. BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, and Total suffered a combined $77 billion in losses for 2020. And now, as Re...
In The Loop (Mustafa Tameez)

Mustafa Tameez and Hovercast CEO Eli Stonberg Talk Digital Event Strategies - I sat down with Eli Stonberg, the CEO and co-founder of Hovercast, an interactive live streaming and event platform, to discuss the platform’s success and ...
Dissent Magazine

Restorative Justice in Indian Country - Wellness courts provide an example of how some tribal governments are using indigenous sovereignty to build a community-based justice system, rooted in s...
Edinburg Politics

Rio Grande Valley School of Law proposal by Rep. Martínez, which could be established in Fall 2027, is approved by Texas House of Representatives, and now goes to the Senate for their action - FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Ronnie Larralde, Executive Director, Edinburg Chamber of Commerce; former Hidalgo County 464th District Court Judge Ysmael Fonseca; a...
Duffel Blog

Pentagon to weed out extremists by banning Marine Corps - Don't say “Oorah” or “yut”
Debunking Christianity

Bible Blunders & Bad Theology, Part 11 - *The Lazarus story goes off the rails* Let’s begin with a brief scene from the 1987 film* Moonstruck*: Elderly woman at airline departure gate: “You h...
In These Times

Joe Biden's Afghanistan Announcement Is Not What It Appears - The United States may be withdrawing its troops in September, but that doesn't mean it's ending its decades-long military engagement. - When I met a seven-year-old girl named Guljumma at a refugee camp in Kabul a dozen years ago, she told me that bombs fell early one morning while she sle...
Novara Media

Biden Announces Withdrawal From Afghanistan - #TyskySour returns this evening with Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
Tribune of the People

Brazil: Peasants from the North of Minas and the South of Bahia Declare Support for Camp Manoel Ribeiro - Editor’s Note: The following is an unofficial translation of a statement published by the Brazilian democratic revolutionary newspaper, A Nova Democracia, ...
Texas Observer

The Lege This Week: Instead of Addressing Mass Shootings, Lawmakers Expand Gun Rights - Welcome to the 87th Legislative Session. Since the last session came to a close in June 2019, Texas has been hit by an unrestrained pandemic and a crippl...
Eater Houston

Houston’s Remaining ‘Top Chef’ Contestant Continues to Shine - [image: Chef Dawn Burrell, a Black woman in a white chef’s coat and black apron, massages ingredients on a metal sheet pan] Dawn Burrell is showing that s...
Krebs on Security

Did Someone at the Commerce Dept. Find a SolarWinds Backdoor in Aug. 2020? - On Aug. 13, 2020, someone uploaded a suspected malicious file to VirusTotal, a service that scans submitted files against more than five dozen antivirus an...
Democracy Now!

Biden Sanctions Russia for Cyber Espionage While Remaining Silent over Israeli Cyberattack on Iran - The United States has imposed new sanctions on Russia and expelled 10 Russian diplomats after the Biden administration accused Moscow of being involved in ...
Space City Weather

Cooling late spring in Houston this weekend before outstanding April weather next week - Some storms sped through northern parts of the metro area yesterday evening, delivering a few quarter-size hail reports and some locally heavy rain in nort...
CPI's Danger in the Air

Lobbying groups trying to block a path to citizenship - Prepare for a new era of debate over immigration. Should the Democratic-controlled Congress legalize undocumented workers and revamp the visa system? Ho...
Houston Legal

Houston Legal Links 4/16/2021 - Top legal news includes: Texas House gives initial approval to "constitutional carry," which would allow people to carry a gun without a license; Texas Pla...
Dorf on Law

Knowingly Performing Down Syndrome Abortions Is Not "Eugenics" - *By Sherry F. Colb* Earlier this week, in *Preterm Cleveland v. McCloud*, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in an *en banc *opinion by Jud...
Southeast Texas Record

Court activity on April 14: Unifund CCR Partners vs Jackson Thelma M. - The Harris County Civil Court reported the following activity in the suit brought by Unifund CCR Partners against Jackson Thelma M. on April 14: 'Order G...
ROAR Magazine

Palestine is not a quagmire; it is a collective responsibility - The metaphors that attempt to render Palestine complicated obscure the simple brutality of Zionist colonization.
Earth 911

Earth911 Podcast: Foundation for Climate Restoration Youth Ambassador Ashley Meeky - Young people are stepping into leadership roles in the climate restoration movement. Earth911 talks with... The post Earth911 Podcast: Foundation for Cli...
High Country News

Americans go on a gun-buying frenzy - Gun-related violence soars along with sales.
Rallblog

We Give Joe Biden More Credit Than He Gives Himself - On issues like the drive to increase the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour, many Democratic defenders of President Biden indulge in magical ...
So Far From Heaven (Jack Purcell, RIP)

Ask Old Jules: A full life, second-hand knowledge, meaning of life, destiny/serendipity, feelings/knowledge, MacArthur quote - Old Jules, do you feel you just exist or live a full life? What is the difference? Can we kick the ‘just existing’ into a full life? What can be the barrie...
Bud Kennedy

Is this Texas election about potholes or Commies? Congress election blurs campaigns - The fire-and-brimstone ads in the mailbox say it’s election time. Democrats are campaigning for city and school offices. But Republicans seem to be campaig...
TXElects

Crenshaw Laps Colleagues in Fundraising and Other News for April 15 - April quarterly campaign finance reports were due today for federal officeholders and candidates, except those in the CD6 special election. These reports...
Field Negro

Exhausted. - Let me s...
The Mind Unleashed

Adam Toledo: Chicago Police Video Shows 13-Year-Old’s Hands Were Up When Cops Shot Him - The Chicago Police Department has released gruesome footage depicting the moment that police officers fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo while his hands ...
Liberal America

Pot Legalization is Not About Getting High–It’s About Ending the Drug War - Two weeks ago, New York became the 14th state to legalize recreational marijuana. A week later, Virginia became the 15th and the first Southern state. Mo...
Morning Consult

Chinese Consumers Emerge From the Pandemic More Confident - The post Chinese Consumers Emerge From the Pandemic More Confident appeared first on Morning Consult.
slacktivist

Sapphira is a model of ‘complementarian biblical womanhood’ - Ananias and Sapphira are one of the very, very few biblical examples of "marriage between one man and one woman." And they're the best example of "compleme...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Putting Parents in Jail and Conducting Genital Checks - Anti-Transgender Legislation Just Got More Deranged - Over the past few days, this spate of bills throughout the country targeting transgender kids has sunken to a level of surreal vulgarity. The narrative ...
Sludge

Tax Chairman Neal Takes Checks From the Worst Corporate Tax Dodgers - As he prepares to oversee the tax portions of President Biden’s infrastructure plan, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.) ha...
LareDOS

9-1-1 Regional Office proclaims National Telecommunicators Week to recognize efforts of team of 80 - Winter storm call volume: 16,000 over three days
Living Blue in Texas

What in the KKK is Going On in New Braunfels? - Many local activists remember the protest in June of 2020 in downtown New Braunfels after George Floyd’s death. If you missed it, an armed faction of co...
Rude Pundit

Shut the Fuck Up and Get Your Fucking Vaccine - A bunch of fanatics are fucking up the vaccination program for everyone. Polls are showing that a significant percentage of people won't get the vaccine....
Skeptical Raptor

Reduced COVID-19 risk in healthcare workers after vaccines – real-world evidence - The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Three new articles published in the New England Journal of Medicine provided powerfu...
BEYONDbones

SPARKing Change with Autism Research at HMNS - Written by Dr. Robin Kochel, SPARK I will never forget the day that I learned that birds are dinosaurs. My family and I were visiting HMNS to finalize pl...
Socialist Alternative

Attacks on Trans Rights Escalate: Arkansas Bans Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth - By March 31, International Trans Day of Visibility, the state of Arkansas had introduced four major bills targeting the rights of transgender people, and t...
Innocence Project

Maryland’s Recent Reforms Are a Win for Police Accountability and Exonerees Seeking Compensation - Earlier this week, Maryland passed several laws that will strengthen police transparency and accountability and advance justice for the wrongfully convic...
The Contributor

719 Billionaires Now Own Four Times More Wealth Than Poorest 165 Million Americans Combined - News Image: "Congress should act to restore taxes on the wealthy and limit further democracy-distorting concentrations of wealth and power." Category: Ec...
Washington Babylon

Six Questions for Corene Kendrick on the Little-Known Clinton Era Legislation That Leads to Torture at U.S. Prisons - [image: Six Questions for Corene Kendrick on the Little-Known Clinton Era Legislation That Leads to Torture at U.S. Prisons] Corene Kendrick is the deputy ...
Lowering the Bar

A Farewell to Madoff - He was the best in the world at something, but unfortunately, it was fraud. Related Stories - Alleged Arsonists Say They Set Fires to Get Rid o...
Land Destroyer

Australia's Self-Inflicted Economic Woes Continue - *April 15, 2021* (Joseph Thomas - NEO) - Australia had until recently been enjoying economic growth alongside the rise of China. This all changed when Ca...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

The Mini-Midterms: Five Takeaways from Six Decades of House Special Elections - Dear Readers: Join us tonight (Thursday, April 15) at 6:30 p.m. eastern for a free, virtual panel: “The Changing Face of America: Voters of Color in the 20...
Robert Reich

Does Trickle-Down Economics Actually Work?To the extent the... - *Does Trickle-Down Economics Actually Work?* To the extent the Republican Party has any economic platform at all, it’s trickle-down economics. Unfortunat...
epic.org

Draft EU AI Regulation Would Ban Social Scoring, Limit ‘High-Risk’ Uses - A leaked draft of the European Commission's proposed AI regulation includes a ban on social scoring and strict limits on mass surveillance and other "high-...
Due Dissidence

Podcast: Inside the Democrats’ War on Bernie Sanders – w/Branko Marcetic - Branko Marcetic, staff writer at Jacobin and author of the book Yesterday’s Man: The Case Against Joe Biden, joined the podcast to discuss his thorough and...
Pages of Victory

No one has said it better. - I need to drive my two-year-old to daycare tomorrow morning. To ensure we arrive alive, we won't take public transit (Oscar Grant). I removed all air fr...
Ecosophia

The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic: Preliminaries - Last month we wrapped up three years of monthly discussions of The Cosmic Doctrine by Dion Fortune, arguably the twentieth century’s most important work ...
Texas Freedom Network

TFN President Warns Against New Wave of Discriminatory Religious Exemptions Bills - Republican lawmakers in the Texas Capitol are once again pushing bills that seek to turn religious freedom into a license to discriminate. These bills ar...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

DNC Ramen - From the party that brought you DNC Dog Food, New Blue Money Detergent, Blue Box Chardonnay, and their Premier Donut Assortment now comes — DNC Ramen! Just...
Idavox

The Idavox Report 13 Apr 2021 - This week, we will discuss Rudolph W. Giuliani, his racist tenure as Mayor and how it fueled the flames for killer cops and the so-called alt-right. The ...
TalkLeft

Johnson and Johnson Vaccine "Paused" in U.S. - Six women between the ages of 18 and 48 have been afflicted with a blood clotting disorder within three weeks of taking the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. On...
Environment Texas

HB 2350 for Natural Cities and Healthy Waters - Anna Farrell-Sherman Clean Water Associate Contact person by email Anna works hard to protect the clean water of Texas, advocating for nature-based infra...
Shadowproof

Graduate Workers Unions At New York’s Two Largest Universities Vote For Strike - Graduate workers at New York University and Columbia University, the two largest universities in New York City, are in the midst of a contentious labor b...
CT's short stories and novelettes

MARLEY AMES: THE FEAST - Marley Ames searched the ground before him, taking carefully calculated steps to avoid ripping away the loosely hanging sole of his right shoe....
ExChristian.Net

Freedom and Peace - *By Blackfreethought ~ * It is such a relief to know my actions do not have eternal consequences. My mistakes will not condemn me to damnation and my good...
Progressives Chat

‘Georgia and the GOP’ … ‘AOC and the Dems’ - Recent news items call for me to respond in this blog topic. *Georgia and the GOP* The Republicans in Georgia—with its governor Brian Kemp—want to stop ...
Dos Centavos

Los Blogs de Tejas – TPA Round-Up - The Texas Progressive Alliance bids “bon voyage” to the Ever Given as it brings you this week’s roundup. Off the Kuff comments on the Senate’s omnibus vote...
Alas, a Blog

Cartoon: Triheads vs Squareheads - This cartoon is a collaboration between myself (script and lettering), Becky Hawkins (classroom scenes), and Naomi Rubin (Triheads vs Squareheads scenes). ...
Our Finite World

We can’t expect COVID-19 to go away; we should plan accordingly - To a significant extent, what we can and should do in the future is an energy issue. If we plan to transition to a green energy future, or if we simply pla...
Greg Palast

Wisconsin court win stops purge of 129,000 votersBlack Voters Matter, Palast found list "wrong and racist" - On Friday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 5-2 to block the removal of 129,000 voters from the rolls. The Justices rejected a lawsuit brought by a right-...
Trivial Knot

Link Roundup: April 2021 - How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation | MIT Technology Review – Since Cambridge Analytica, Facebook has made efforts to make their algorith...
Dispatches from the Underclass

Bipartisan Injustice: Racist Border Crisis & Police Killings -
Duck of Minerva

Life in the Time of COVID: Planning for Non-Adherence - This is a guest post from Tana Johnson, an Associate Professor of Public Affairs and Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her publica...
DBC Green

Moxie: Flawed But Worthy - Dang, I meant to re-post this sorta review here about a month ago.In a nutshell, I don't particularly care for the what the Amy Poehler and the Hollywood M...
BillMoyers.com

March 30, 2021 - It feels like the banking under the Republican Party from the Trump years is starting to erode. Continue reading The post March 30, 2021 appeared first o...
Texas Moratorium Network

Rep Jeff Leach Speaks on Bill to End Death Penalty in Law of Parties Cases - Texas State Rep Jeff Leach, a Republican, in this video makes a persuasive argument for his bill to end the death penalty in law of parties cases at the ...
Save Buffalo Bayou

Killing the Bayou: Shocking Plan to Bulldoze, Reroute Buffalo Bayou - Historic Banks of Memorial Park to Be Radically Altered April 6, 2021 The private organization running Houston’s great public Memorial Park on the forested...
Chicken Fried Politics

Florida U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings dies at 84 - Democrat’s death narrows party’s House majority, sets off scramble for his South Florida seat ♦By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedPolitics.com editor FORT LAUDER...
Reveal

We wanted to know how the 2020 census was going. So we asked workers to guide our coverage. - [image: A sign mounted in the bed of a pickup truck reads: “Do your part, stop the spread and do 2020 census.”] More than 150 Census Bureau employees reac...
Avedon's Sideshow

Teach us to be true - Victor Molev's "City of Wandering Towers" is way outside of my price range but nice to look at, and is part of the Amazing Fantasy Cities collection. "Rec...
New Progressive Alliance

Stupid Dems Are Here Again... - ...They're refusing needed funds again Yes, they're holier than thou again Stupid Dems are here again! You can't make this stuff up. Candidates of the *...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Walmart Crime Report March 2021 - Walmart had at least eight shootings last month, fortunately none of them were fatal, although there were at least three or four injuries, including at ...
nonsite.org

Responses to Rita Felski’s Hooked: Art and Attachment - Complexity enchants ANT, new materialism, posthumanism, media studies, affect theory, and the literary undertakings of postcritique, new descriptivism, and...
The Rag Blog

Ivan Koop Kuper : LITERATURE | Larry McMurtry: The Houston years and beyond - ‘I had two novel manuscripts in my drawer, which meant that I had options my fellow graduate students just didn’t have.’ By Ivan Koop Kuper | The Rag Blog ...
The Socialist

Deal Seems Close to End Fast of Anna Hazare - The campaign by 74-year-old Anna Hazare has sparked the biggest protests in decades, uniting millions of Indians, including its growing middle class, again...
Downwinders at Risk

Current Dallas City Council Members Failed History in 2020. They Don’t Deserve Your Support in 2021 - For almost two continuous decades Dallas residents had a string of thoughtful, sincere, and righteously-angry advocates who served on their City Council. A...
Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center

Popular Among Antigovernment Extremists, 'Second Amendment Sanctuary’ Resolutions Pose Risks - Since the election of President Joe Biden, a number of state legislators have proposed so-called “Second Amendment sanctuary” legislation to declare their ...
Bayou Brief

A Tale of Two Carters - As two veteran New Orleans politicos battle for the state's only solidly blue seat in Congress, how much will endorsements really matter?
The Metaphor Project

Our new Metaphor Project Strategy 3/29/21 - Our new Metaphor Project strategy prioritizes being active on social media over writing blogs. Now that President Biden and Vice President Harris are vigor...
Consent Factory, Inc.

The “Unvaccinated” Question - So, the New Normals are discussing the Unvaccinated Question. What is to be done with us? No, not those who haven’t been “vaccinated” yet. Us. The “Covidio...
Media Lens

Propaganda By Omission: Libya, Syria, Venezuela And The UK - We live in a war-like society; one that supports, and is in league with, the world’s number one terrorist threat: the United States of America. Corporate m...
Seeing the Forest

Senate Dems Are Complicit In These Shootings - More shootings, nothing happens. Decades of shootings nothing happens. Millions of guns on our streets is hundreds of millions of gun manufacturer corporat...
Frontloading HQ

FHQ Turns 14 - Today marks the beginning of FHQ's 15th year. Like any other period of time, it has been a span that has seen both ups and downs, none more challenging tha...
Screwston Antifascist Committee

Zine Release – Making Sense of Fascism - We are pleased to announce the release of this new zine “Making Sense of Fascism.” It can be purchased through our online shop here: Making Sense of Fascis...
WAWG Blog

What Socialism Is, Has Changed - Democratic Socialism is about social responsibility for all citizens through expansion of democracy in both our political and economic systems. Continue ...
Texas Watch

Supplemental Comments on HB 19: Safety Recommendations - Executive Director Ware Wendell testifies against HB 19 Video of Executive Director Ware Wendell testifies against HB 19 On Tuesday, March 9th, our team ...
Moron Majority

Where’s Jared? - Since leaving his position, in January, as White House senior advisor, Jared Kushner seems to be missing in action. During Donald Trump’s appearance at las...
GreenSource DFW

Recycle your old phone into security cam - *The cat, we once monitored in our shed on a web cam, watches the Alfred Camera app's live feed. Photo by Julie Thibodeaux.* March 11, 2021 A few months...
Campaign for America's Future

It's Time for an Organizing Revival - The time has come for an organizing revival. Where we celebrate the evolution of this craft, and reground in organizing fundamentals that transcend form an...
Web of Debt

Will 2021 Be Public Banking’s Watershed Moment? - Just over two months into the new year, 2021 has already seen a flurry of public banking activity. Sixteen new bills to form publicly-owned banks or facili...
Free & Equal

Free & Equal Founder Christina Tobin Joins Apolla’s Odyssey Live Show - The post Free & Equal Founder Christina Tobin Joins Apolla’s Odyssey Live Show appeared first on Free & Equal.
News Taco

Legal Machinations of SAWS Trustees and CEO Raise Serious Ethical Concerns - In late January, SAWS and the City of San Antonio dropped their legal action against the SAWS Act PAC citizens’ coalition that is seeking changes at the ...
Anti-Media

As Predicted: Immunity Passports Are No Longer A Fantasy - "Immunity Passports" or "Digital Certificates" will allow people who have been vaccinated to travel, work, and play.
The Disorder Of Things

Judith Butler Goes to Norway - A guest post from Ida Roland Birkvad. Ida is a PhD student in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London. Her t...
Texans For Public Justice

ERCOT's Board Gave Heavily to House Members - As the Texas House investigates the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), *Lobby Watch* finds that powerful energy interests seated on ERCOT’s b...
Two Party Opera

When Texas Freezes Over -
Malady

Surrendering to Hopelessness: Catharsis for the Modern Communist - *“How does it help...to make troubles heavier by bemoaning them?" – Seneca* There is a propensity amongst those on the left to discuss revolution in the co...
Progressives Everywhere

Democrats Must Expand the Supreme Court to Save Democracy - The United States is facing an urgent, existential problem. Thankfully, the solution is obvious, incredibly easy to implement, and incidentally, would be...
Modern Democracy

“The Peril and Promise of Redistricting Reform in H.R. 1” - Very excited to have a piece up on the Harvard Law Review Blog diving into H.R. 1’s redistricting reforms. The post examines some surprising shortcomings i...
Green Papers

Two principles of racial equity that outrage liberals - The May 25, 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked a civil rights explosion. It ignited pushes to demilitarize the police, reallocate police ov...
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-...
LawFlog

CIA refuses to say whether it framed Russia for leaked DNC emails; FBI apparently ignored Seth Rich’s laptop - The Central Intelligence Agency will neither confirm nor deny that it fabricated the Russian “fingerprints” in Democratic National Committee emails publish...
News Junkie

Capitol Riots: The Day of Infamy When Populism Became Fascism - Trumpism has defined, in the past four years, the quintessence of populism. On January 6, 2021, when a pro-Trump mob, instigated by their cult leader himse...
One People's Project

CHESTER DOLES - NAME: Chester Doles HOME BASE: Winters Mtn. Rd. Dahlonega, GA 30533 706-867-6696 (As of 2004) Drives black van, license plate number Georgia 838GMF RELATED...
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...
Texas Sharon's Bluedaze

Update: Chris Faulkner > IT Guy > Frack Master > Felon - ORDER SETTING REARRAIGNMENT HEARING VIA VIDEO TELECONFERENCE as to Christopher Aundre Faulkner: The court finds in this case that the felony plea cannot ...
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: ...
Down With Tyranny!

WE'VE MOVED - In fact, you can click on our new home here... and, like a miracle, you'll be transported to the new DownWithTyranny home.
Green Pages News

S. Michael DeRosa 1945 – 2020 - S. Michael DeRosa, 75 years of age (January 4, 1945 – October 16, 2020) of Wethersfield, CT died October 16, 2020 at Hartford Hospital due to exacerbation ...
The Rise and Fall of Harry Hamid* (RIP)

New post at my "Assorted Noises, Sounds and Flights of Fancy" - For those that have any interest, curiosity or just have a good need for self punishment, I have made a new post on my "Assorted Noises, Sounds and Flig...
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...
Off the Kuff

Interview with Rep. Lizzie Fletcher - I knew I wanted to talk to freshman Rep. Lizzie Fletcher this cycle, because there’s just so much to talk about. You know her story from 2018 – the crowded...
The Texas CBD Blog

TEXAS CBD BLOG – STORIES AND MORE! -
Truthdig

Test Article “Fail” -
Echidne of the Snakes

The Debate. And Other Equally Weird Incidents. - 1. I tried to watch the Biden-Trump debate last night but instead my television gave me a show where two kindergarten children were having temper tantru...
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...
Bad Attitudes

Nothing New Under the Sun - From the *New York Times* of October 30, 2002: Remember all that fuss a couple of years back over Floridaâ€™s Banana-republic voting procedures? And then...
Popehat

Now Posting At Substack - I'll be writing at The Popehat Report at Substack, and (generally) not here. This blog will remain as a historical artifact and collection of writing. Not ...
The Reality-Based Community

[J!nx-Movie] UNHINGED (2020) HD Watch online Full Or Free - Watch UNHINGED Online, free, trial, access!! WATCH HERE > https://comicbook.com/film/unhinged DOWNLOAD HERE > UNHINGED is a movie starring Tom Hanks, Elisa...
Splinter

Google's Planned Updates for Wear OS Are Underwhelming - Google’s smartwatch platform, Wear OS, doesn’t get as much love—or regular updates—as its rivals, but today we got a nice surprise: Google detailed some ...
The Greanville Post

Socialism and Its Discontents—Has communism ever worked? - Caleb's chats are the ideal tool for those who wish to acquire a solid understanding of contemporary history in an easy, accessible manner. In this episode...
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...
Editor & Publisher

Opinion: In Pakistan, a Bizarre Arrest Shows How Media Freedom is Being Squeezed - The country’s most prominent media owner-editor is detained and incarcerated. The image-conscious prime minister ignores a letter from United Nations
Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

We have a world to win! Capitalism, coronavirus and the struggle for the new normal - As another week in lockdown passes, people are understandably worried about their future. The economic results of this global pandemic are set to rival t...
Progressive Army

A Case Against Two Evils - Last week Medhi Hasan of the Intercept interviewed the famous dissident Noam Chomsky in which he proclaimed that not voting for Joe Biden is a vote for “th...
t.e.j.a.s.

Trump’s EPA Giving Companies a Pass to Pollute - Statement About Trump’s EPA Giving Companies a Pass to Pollute For Immediate Release: April 3, 2020 Public Statement: To Communities Across the Nation As v...
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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...
True Tales: a Reporter's Blog

Las Vegas’ Downtown Project & Tony Hsieh - I admire rich people who do something creative with their money instead of just buying more stuff. Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappo, lives in Las Vegas and broug...
Think 3 Institute

Hatred as a factor in presidential politics - *M*ake what you will of this. In the modern era of partisan polarization, which can be dated back to the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, only the presid...
Consortium News

A Modest Proposal for a US Labor Day Every Month - Happy Do Nothing Day. By Edward Curtin edwardcurtin.com In a country with Mount Rushmore that celebrates ruthless and frenetic westward expansion, it migh...
Truthout

The Amazon Is Dying and Bolsonaro Is Fanning the Flames - [image: The darkened sky in Sao Paulo, Brazil is picture on August 19, 2019. Residents reported black rain, while studies by two universities confirmed tha...
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...
OffCite

Contour Functional Art Links Houston and Malawi by M. Lawrence Dillon - Chitembe handscrafted bowl. Courtesy Contour Functional Art. A shipping container packed with furniture designed by Houston-based Jamar Simien and crafted ...

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

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