Brains and Eggs: Saturday 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

Countercurrents

‘My Name is Mohammad Deepak’ - Said Deepak Kumar, gym-trainer: “I intended to convey that I am an Indian and everyone is equal before the law. I would not consider myself a human being i...
Rallblog

Renee Good Meets Alex Pretti - After ICE agents gunned down peaceful protester Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the government smeared him (and previously, Renee Good) as a terrorist. In tr...
Al Jazeera English

LIVE: Israel approves measures to expand its powers in occupied West Bank - The rules will make it easier for Israeli settlers to buy land and give Israel more powers to enforce its laws.
The Week

As temperatures rise, US incomes fall - Elevated temperatures are capable of affecting the entire economy
Counterpunch

Trump’s Destruction of Diplomacy and Disarmament - In one year, Donald Trump has managed to disarm Congress and put our Constitution on life support. The separation of powers has been breached, and our c...
jobsanger

Trump Doesn't Learn From His Mistakes -
Houston Public Media

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3351: Crossbow - Episode: 3351 The curious struggle of the Crossbow. History is full of instances where armies cling to outmoded weapons.
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Bad Bunny, brawls and big touchdowns: Super Bowl LX – in pictures - The Seattle Seahawks are Super Bowl champions for the second time in their history after beating the New England Patriots 29-13 on Sunday at Levi’s Stadi...
Informed Comment

Massive Morocco Rainstorms, Flooding: “Passing from a stable Climate System” - Gemenne said that we are passing from a relatively stable climate system to an unstable one, where extreme weather events will multiply
The Verge

OpenAI’s supposedly ‘leaked’ Super Bowl ad with ear buds and a shiny orb was a hoax - As if OpenAI didn't have enough drama around the Super Bowl and advertising, as the game wound down, word spread of a "leaked" ad that actually wasn't leak...
memeorandum

The Troubled State of the Senate Has Members Eyeing Governorships (Carl Hulse/New York Times) - Carl Hulse / New York Times: *The Troubled State of the Senate Has Members Eyeing Governorships* — A record number of senators running for governor ref...
The Hill

Who was the young boy in Bad Bunny's halftime show? - A tender moment between Bad Bunny and a young boy caught people's attention, and drew speculation about the meaning behind it.
Slate

The Super Bowl Ads Last Year Welcomed Donald Trump’s Return. What a Difference a Year Makes. - Regrettably, I must support the Dunkin' commercial.
Vox

Bad Bunny’s unapologetically American Super Bowl show - You don’t have to speak Spanish to understand that Bad Bunny’s blockbuster Super Bowl halftime show was a powerful one: rooted in place, history, politics,...
Mediagazer

A Hong Kong court sentences the 78-year-old Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison over national security charges, ending a five-year legal saga (Reuters) - Reuters: *A Hong Kong court sentences the 78-year-old Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison over national security charges, ending a five-y...
Election Law Blog

“‘The Trust Has Been Absolutely Destroyed’; Some state election officials say they no longer trust their federal partners.” - The Atlantic: The email that federal law enforcement sent this week to the nation’s top election administrators would have been routine just a few years ...
Mediaite

Super Bowl Streaker Gives Fans Perfect Punchline For Losing Team - A fan who ran onto the field during Super Bowl LX was tackled after gaining a lot of yards, giving social media wags a perfect punchline to use. The post...
Political Wire

Trump Slams Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show - Donald Trump took to social media during the Super Bowl to criticize Bad Bunny’s halftime show, Variety reports. Said Trump: “The Super Bowl Halftime Show ...
Axios

Seattle Seahawks dominate Patriots 29-13 to win Super Bowl LX - Hawks running back Kenneth Walker III ran for 94 yards on 14 carries in the first half. Photo: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Seattle surged to its second Supe...
Raw Story

‘There Was Never a Wall’: Man Beaten Nearly to Death by ICE Refutes Self-Harm Claim - A Mexican man beaten within an inch of his life last month by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents is on the mend and on Saturday spoke out to r...
Consortium News

Tensions Soar Over Herzog Visit - After the Bondi massacre and new hate laws, a visit to Australia beginning Monday by the Israeli president named in the ICJ genocide case is raising tensio...
Salon.com

“Nobody understands what this guy is saying”: Trump slams Bad Bunny’s halftime performance - The president called the halftime show "one of the worst ever"
Daily Cartoonist

Grey Blackwell – RIP - Newspaper illustrator and animated sports cartoonist Grey Blackwell has passed away. Nelson Grey Blackwell, Jr. November 19, 1969 – February 4, 2026 From t...
Deadline Politics

Donald Trump Attacks Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show As A “Slap In The Face To Our Country” - Donald Trump ended up watching the Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show, after all, and to little surprise, the president hated it. Trump wrote on Truth Soci...
Courthouse News

‘We will pay,’ Savannah Guthrie says in desperate video plea to potential kidnappers of her mother - KOLD said it received an email related to the Guthrie case on social media that day but declined to share specific details about its contents as the FBI co...
Crooked Media

Why You Can Basically Bet On Anything These Days - The post Why You Can Basically Bet On Anything These Days appeared first on Crooked Media.
Popular Resistance

Give Shovels, Not Bullets, To National Guard To ‘Protect’ DC Residents - I’ve been in Washington, DC for the past week battling the icy and snow piled sidewalks and streets, one week after the big snow and ice storm that immob...
OpEd News

Looking at myself - Don't say I am a force to be reckoned with / Just because I kicked in a door once.
World Socialist Web Site

A toddler’s near death at Dilley exposes the reality of US immigration detention - A federal lawsuit over a toddler’s hospitalization exposes how US immigration detention endangers children, allowing preventable illness to spread through ...
NPR's Health Shots

March for Life attendees may have been exposed to measles, DC Health warns - D.C. health officials are contacting people possibly exposed to measles at the March for Life in January, as confirmed cases rise nationwide.
WhoWhatWhy

The MAGA Winter Olympics: ICE, and a Whole Lot of Snowflakes - [image: mikaela shiffrin, winter olympics] True to their brand, Donald Trump and other right-wing figures are upset that some members of Team USA are not c...
Antiwar.com

Iran: A Bogus or Genuine Rebellion? - Angry demonstrations against Iran’s clerical government engulfed the capital, Tehran, and other cities in December and early January. Although the turmoil...
Scheerpost.com

Left to Bleed: How Israeli Forces Treat the Killing of Palestinian Children as Routine - Posted by Joshua Scheer New reports have surfaced regarding a 14-year-old Palestinian boy, Jadallah Jadallah, who was shot by Israeli paratroopers in the a...
Second Nexus

People Reveal The Worst Thing They've Ever Texted The Wrong Person - Mistexting can be perilous. I have had literal panic attacks about it. Sometimes you click the wrong name. Sometimes you click the group, not just one...
Mother Jones

The Right Is Terrified of Bad Bunny - Bad Bunny, the “King of Latin Trap,” will perform the halftime show at the Super Bowl, promising a “huge party.” But his opposition to the Trump administra...
Off The Kuff

Weekend link dump for February 8 - From an old friend in Minnesota: “The two major immigrant-run organizations who are resisting ICE are Unidos MN and Monarca. They are the true front lines....
Futurism

The Department of Homeland Security Is Demanding That Google Turn Over Information About Random Critics - "You don't have to lock somebody up to make them reticent to make their voice heard." The post The Department of Homeland Security Is Demanding That Goog...
San Antonio Report

Spurs to open ‘first of its kind’ elite performance research hub - The San Antonio Spurs are building a three-story human performance research center next to its practice facility at The Rock at La Cantera. ----------------...
Techdirt.

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt - This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Stephen T. Stone with a comment about ICE and CBP stealing money from citizens at the Minneapol...
Liberation News

GREG ABBOTT: HANDS OFF OUR STUDENTS! - Over the past week, thousands of students across Texas walked out of schools in protest against ICE terror. Students across dozens of school districts are ...
Ian Welsh

Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – February 08, 2026 - by Tony Wikrent [X-Twitter, via Naked Capitalism 02-07-2025] Sheila of the Most High @sheilatebra Just read this beautiful story I live in a 12-unit apart...
Alternet

Reporter brings receipt after Republican downplays Trump’s infrastructure name demand - What’s in a name? Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) on Sunday claimed he “could care less” about “the name of a building or infrastructure project” after the New Y...
See You In 2020

The Luigi movement provides hope that America’s people will overthrow their pedocracy - Now that the Epstein files have largely come out, the Luigi movement has taken on a new role. One where it provides hope that America’s people will be a...
Angry Bear

Measles Denial - Heather at Crooks and Liars writing about a conversation between Robert Kennedy and Dana Bash. “Dr. Mehmet Oz’s nonsense that Robert F. Kennedy is suppos...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

Hurting Children is the Point: The Right Wing Authoritarian Mindset - The motivation that hides in plain sight is the key to understanding what's happening
The AltWorld

Allegations Tie CIA to Attempted Assassination of Russian Negotiator - When the Western media or even Russia itself says Ukrainian intelligence tried to kill a high level […] The post Allegations Tie CIA to Attempted Assassi...
Undernews

Word - Just saying Via Just saying
San Antonio Current

Analysis: Judge Peter Sakai’s sudden change of heart on Project Marvel marks wild campaign turn - At weekend candidate forum, Sakai — who voted to put Project Marvel on the ballot — said he 'did not support' the project, adding it will do 'nothing fo...
Dissident Voice

you should have picked an interest of unfathomable depth - your right cheek pressed against the plaster of heaven where the light stretches over the entrance above your vision the lines come down into your eye li...
Claytoonz

Obit Cartoon - 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...
Novara Media

Vape Shops, Crypto and Luxury Watches: How Money Laundering Is Everywhere - When it comes to the relationship between capitalism and crime, those on the left generally think of exploitation. People often turn to crime, so the think...
TalkLeft

Big Day for Bad Bunny: He'll Knock it Out of the Park - I may not care for football but I will be watching this afternoon to see Bad Bunny's half time show, which he'll sing in Spanish. He is probably the bigg...
Mondoweiss

The hollowing out of Palestine’s most important university - [image: Students gather in front of the closed entrance of Birzeit University during a strike protesting rising tuition fees, September 2, 2013. (Photo: Is...
Field Negro

Monkeying around. - A shockingly racist trope *(to some)* depicting former President Barack Obama and his wife as apes was posted by the current president from his person...
Brad Blog

Sunday 'Dead in Darkness' Toons - ...NEXT WEEK!... * * * As The BRAD BLOG's former longtime toon sherpa PDiddie always reminded us: "With editorial cartooning increasingly an endangered spe...
Glasstire

Moody Fund for the Arts Opens Application for 2026 Grants - The Moody Fund for the Arts is gearing up for another year of supporting Dallas’ small and emerging arts organizations. Applications for the 2026 grantin...
First Draft

The Sunday Dozen: Carnival Tunes - "Oh well, It's Carnival time, and everybody's having fun."
Grist

Overshoot: The world is hitting point of no return on climate - With warming set to pass the critical 1.5-degree limit, scientists are warning that the world is on course to trigger tipping points that would lead to cas...
El Paso Matters

As El Paso students protest ICE operations, TEA threatens penalties for school walkouts - The Texas Education Agency has warned that school districts could face disciplinary actions, including a potential state takeover, for facilitating or e...
The Daily Poster

LEVER WEEKLY: 2008 Is So Back - Rumblings of another recession, secret oil cartels, and more from The Lever this week.
The Root

Everything to Know About How TrumpRx Will Impact Black Americans - After rolling back insurance price protections and ending Obamacare subsidies, President Trump is celebrating the launch of TrumpRx. Here's what you shou...
naked capitalism

Links 2/8/2026 -
Infidel753

Videos of the day -- eat right - There are two widely-promoted systems for healthy eating. One is actually healthy, the other is a scam. The last part of this is rather telling. And ye...
The Smirking Chimp

Sunday Thought: Cry, the Beloved Country -
Eschaton

Morning - Just another... Monday.
Ballot Access News

Louisiana Special Legislative Elections - On February 7, Louisiana held special elections in five districts, but in three of them only Democrats were on the ballot. In the House 37th district, ther...
Wolf Street

AMZN, GOOG, MSFT, META, ORCL Plan $700 Billion in Largely AI-Related Capex in 2026. Where the Cash Comes From - Big Tech is finally plowing their cash & their investors’ cash into the economy.
MintPress News

The Chomsky-Epstein Files: Unravelling a Web of Connections Between a Star Leftist Academic & a Notorious Pedophile - Analyzing over 3800 emails and texts involving the academic, MintPress News has uncovered a deep, years-long friendship between leftist intellectual Noam...
The Greanville Post

DIALOGUE WORKS DISPATCHES—Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson: Warning Signs—The U.S. Is Losing on Every Front - DW—This in-depth analysis reveals a world at a crossroads where aggressive, outdated policies from a declining Western order confront technologically advan...
Portside

Why James Forman Still Matters - Why James Forman Still Matters Kurt Stand Sat, 02/07/2026 - 16:14
Bracing Views

And Justice for All? - James Baldwin on “Respect for Law” BILL ASTORE FEB 07, 2026 I was reading an article by James Baldwin today from July 11, 1966 about the “Harlem Six” and h...
CultureMap Houston

New Mexican restaurant sizzles into Houston's 5 most popular stories - *Editor's note: It's time to catch up on the top Houston news of the week, including restaurant comings and goings and a local suburb that is booming with ...
Bonddad

Weekly Indicators for February 2 - 6 at Seeking Alpha - - *by New Deal democrat* My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. The main movement this week was in the speculative commodity or asset...
Debunking Christianity

Here is a Visual of the Book "God and Horrendous Suffering" - In case you need a visual this is a very B.I.G. book! 600+ pages! Just released! You’ll get your money's worth. Get it. Review it. Laud it. Praise it. L...
ArcaMax

Both Parties Are Losing the Immigration Game - You may be thinking that Donald Trump and his Republicans have lost the immigration issue because voters are disgusted by Immigration and Customs Enforceme...
Skeptophilia

Off center - The *Copernican principle* is an idea from cosmology that can be summed up as "we're nothing special." I'm sure you all know that there was a widespread be...
Environment Texas

How do you know if your food is expired? - Confusing date labels on food can lead to a lot of unnecessary waste. The post How do you know if your food is expired? appeared first on Environment Tex...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: LEMON, IT'S WEDNESDAY EDITION. - *Sabor.* Here’s where I'd repeat the 30 Rock What A Week joke except I assume even people who never saw the show know that one by now because every week i...
Capital & Main

What It’s Like On the Front Line as Health Care Cuts Start to Hit - Pattie Lopez, whose job is to help patients access public health coverage at Venice Family Clinic, says the volume and scope of cuts to Medi-Cal and Cove...
Alas, a Blog

Helpful Advice For New Moms - This cartoon is by me and Becky Hawkins. Becky commented, “It’s always fun and challenging to come up with enough unique character designs for these cartoo...
Daily Howler

FRIDAY: The gentleman's latest Truth Social post! - *FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2026* *Like gunshots on Fifth Avenue? *The *Truth Social* post has been deleted. But you can still see it, just as it was, at the Wa...
Texas Standard

Parents of missing camper sue Camp Mystic after deadly Texas Hill Country flood - The lawsuit, the fifth against the camp, alleges that failures by camp leadership led to the death of 8-year-old Cecilia Steward, who remains missing more ...
Socialist Alternative

Union Leaders Call For Nationwide General Strike—All Out To Get Strike Ready - “We all have to be preparing for a general strike. We all have to be focusing on strike readiness. This is the fundamental check on capitalism. The greates...
Progressive.org

The Super Bowl Is a Trigger for Domestic Violence - The major sporting event exposes our society’s indifference to violence against women.
Texas Observer

Does Taylor Rehmet’s Victory Foreshadow an Anti-MAGA Wave? - After Democrat Taylor Rehmet beat the GOP’s Leigh Wambsganss in the January 31 special runoff election for state Senate District 9 , Lieutenant Governor ...
Independent Political Report

Arizona Independent Party Chair Endorses Candidate in Contested Gubernatorial Primary - The Arizona Independent Party’s gubernatorial primary has drawn increased attention after party chair Paul Johnson publicly endorsed healthcare executive...
Church and State

Experts Warn of ‘Disastrous’ Climate Impacts If Trump Seizes Control of Greenland - Regional warming is opening up potential shipping routes and access to natural resources, from minerals to oil.
The Grayzone

Kincora: British intelligence-run sex abuse brothel? - Half a century after the public learned that boys at a Belfast group home were sexually assaulted by senior staff, a key question remains unanswered: was...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

How We Would Rate the Democrats’ Proposed Virginia Gerrymander - Virginia Democrats finally unveiled a proposed partisan gerrymander on Thursday night that is intended to elect 10 Democrats and 1 Republican if implemen...
The Texas Signal

A Brief History Of The Weird Ways People Ski In Houston - For half a century, people have been trying to bring skiing to Houston in some form or another, mostly in ways that range from charmingly bizarre to bizarr...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

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NORML

Study: Fewer Cannabis-Related School Disciplinary Incidents Following Legalization - [image: A group of smiling teens poses outdoors for a photo][image: A group of smiling teens poses outdoors for a photo]"These findings reinforce the rea...
DeSmogBlog

Canada Pension Plan is Bankrolling Trump’s Fossil Fuel and AI Agenda - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is financing — and profiting from — U.S. President Donald Trump’s fossil fuel and AI development agenda,...
The Militant

Fight for amnesty for all immigrants in the US! - Unions help build Minneapolis protests to unite working clas MINNEAPOLIS — Across the country last week unionists, high school students and others marched ...
High Country News

Trump’s call for deep-sea mining off Alaska raises Indigenous concerns - “Whatever happens in the ocean, it really does affect our way of life.” The post Trump’s call for deep-sea mining off Alaska raises Indigenous concerns...
Trivial Knot

What’s next in game dev? - So I’m finally done with my video game. What’s next? Should I make another? I will definitely make a second game. One of my brothers has long been interest...
Greg Palast

Feb 26-27: Free Black History Screenings of Vigilantes Inc. in GA - Join MAJ. Gamaliel W. Turner Sr. (RET.) for two special Black History screenings of Greg Palast's award-winning documentary, Vigilantes Inc. A victim of Ge...
ProPublica

Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump - The post Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump appeared first on ProPublica.
SCOTUSblog

How academic briefs shape Supreme Court decisions - Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and oral arguments, to provide...
The Progressive Wing

2/6-7 News Roundup & Open Thread - New Jersey House Primary Remains Too Close to Call Two Democrats remained in a neck-and-neck battle late Thursday night in a hotly contested primary race...
Dorf on Law

The Roberts Court's Dangerous and Anti-Historical Bruen Test For Gun Safety Legislation Must Be Changed - In 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down the most anti-originalist and irrational decision interpreting the Second Amendment in Americ...
Rewire

Planned Parenthood Drops Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over Medicaid Funding - Plus: Arkansas women challenge the state's abortion ban and a Texas man sues a California doctor under a new bounty hunter law. The post Planned Parentho...
Space City Weather

Just go on and soak up the weather this weekend, H-Town - In brief: Dang nice, Houston. Today through Sunday This would be something of an unseasonably warm weekend anytime it occurs in winter, and to some it woul...
Democracy Now!

Right of Return: Omar Shakir & Ken Roth Debate "Blocked" Human Rights Watch Report on Palestine - We host a debate between two former officials at the human rights organization Human Rights Watch. Omar Shakir resigned this week after more than a decade ...
The Conversation

What is the American Dream, and has it become harder to achieve in recent years? - Whether the American Dream is centered in economic mobility or personal freedom, many citizens believe its achievement has grown more elusive.
Democracy Chronicles

State of Power: Marx, Democracy, and the ICE Crisis in Minneapolis - In the early weeks of 2026, the streets of Minneapolis became unexpectedly dark. What began as an immigration enforcement regime has morphed into a nationa...
Earth 911

Extend the Life of Your Outdoor Gear With These Repair Programs - Think about your favorite hiking jacket with a torn pocket, or the backpack with a... The post Extend the Life of Your Outdoor Gear With These Repair Pro...
Seeing the Forest

Crypto Crash – The Serious Money Is Betting Trump Will Fail - This post first appeared at Government Cheese – Chronicling the collapse of democracy The crypto crash means the “serious money people” are betting that Tr...
Idavox

Chip Berlet (1949-2026) - When neo-fascists began to be followed and recorded, it was Chip that was the one... The post Chip Berlet (1949-2026) appeared first on Idavox.
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Franklin Graham gets called out for hypocritical attack on Bad Bunny while ignoring Kid Rock's sexualized lyrics - In a recent tweet, prominent conservative pastor Franklin Graham accused Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny of having a 'sexualized agenda.' He also praised...
Workers World

Italian union supports U.S. workers against ICE repression and executions - [image: Italian union supports U.S. workers against ICE repression and executions] The Italian union Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) issued the statement be...
Black Agenda Report

Black Agenda Radio February 6, 2026 - Black Agenda Radio February 6, 2026 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 02/06/2026 - 05:21 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agend...
The NM Political Report

Bill to close ICE facilities in New Mexico signed into law by Gov - Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill today designed to end New Mexico’s involvement in federal civil immigration detention. House Bill 9, the I...
Sludge

Foreign Interests Are Paying Millions to a Trump-Linked Lobbying Firm - Ballard Partners’ foreign-interest lobbying business has boomed since Trump took office, signing up new clients from Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Albania, Uz...
Common Dreams

New Report Exposes MAHA’s Corrupting Influence in HHS and Beyond - The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement has gained significant influence over the US health care system, according to a new report by Public Citiz...
LareDOS

Daphne Art Foundation invites Laredo to MÁSCARA SÍMBOLO DE LA CULTURA, an exhibition by local contemporary artists, and live Five Star Wrestling, Friday, Dec. 6 - Free and open to the community!
Earthworks

Rushing Mineral Extraction Puts This California Community at Risk - The Imperial County, Calif. government is rushing through industrial development at the expense of communities’ health, air, water, and landscapes that h...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Walmart Crime Report January 2026 - Walmart had another six shootings in January 2026, with the first three killing one person each, two of those fatal shootings were by police, the third ...
Ecosophia

On the Education of Desire - As I mentioned a little over a month ago, the competition over which theme would get the fifth Wednesday post in December was almost unparalleled in the en...
nonsite.org

Was This Trip Really Necessary? - Suther’s goal is to establish new “methodological imperatives.” His way of going about it is characteristically inflationary in terms of proposing new noti...
Crooked Timber

A modest proposal for the use of AI - A modest proposal for the use of AI Which jobs will be replaced by AI? Here is a modest proposal.* Replace higher management by AI. Not “management” in the...
Discourse

Discourse Pod #13: Alex Pretti's Impact, New Cranks at CBS News, and Reminiscing About Fusion (w/Sam Grasso) - Producer Sam joins us to talk about the dramatic shift in anti-ICE sentiment.
Lowering the Bar

In Memory of “Death v. Graves” - You will be missed.
Project Censored

Déjà Vu News: Corporate Media Repeats Its Failures While Empire Marches On - First up, cohost Mickey Huff sits down with professor of communications Dr. Steve Macek to talk about Trumps war on epistemic institutions. Dr. Macek sha...
Krebs on Security

Please Don’t Feed the Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters - A prolific data ransom gang that calls itself Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters (SLSH) has a distinctive playbook when it seeks to extort payment from victim f...
Progressives Chat

2026 United States Midterm Elections: Democrats May Sweep - Now that February 2026 has arrived…we are nine months from the general election for the 2026 United States midterm elections. *Due Dissidence* co-host Ke...
Moron Majority

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Dissent Magazine

A Crisis of Conflict Resolution, Not Conflict Studies - A response to “The Demise of Conflict Studies” from our winter issue, followed by a reply by the authors.
The Disorder Of Things

Call for Participation: Women, Peace and Security Research Network UK - Date: Tuesday 19 May 2026 Venue: Queen Mary University of London Format: A one-day event with 20-25 participants The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) UK Res...
Duck of Minerva

“Fair Trade” and the revenge against the “Foreigner”: From Chamberlain to Trump - A century before Trump’s tariff threats, Joseph Chamberlain pitched the same idea: use duties as a “big revolver” to force rivals into “fair trade.” That h...
slacktivist

Smart people saying smart things (1.29.26) - Adam Serwer. Rebecca Solnit. Kat Armas. Angela Denker. Heather L. Hart. Mark Jacob.
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

What About The – - 11 x 17 inch medium-res color .jpg image, 1.1mb “Now Democrats are trying to translate visceral outrage into political strategy, even though there’s little...
Web of Debt

The Wealth Concentration Engine: Rethinking America’s Financial Plumbing - A Jan. 17 article on Quartz Markets by Catherine Baab reports that JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Bank of America returned nearl...
Edinburg Politics

Rep. Terry Canales, Sen. Juan Hinojosa, and Edinburg Mayor Omar Ochoa hail new $10.9 million DPS Hangar 5 as “a fortress of readiness that will house the guardians of our skies” - FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg; Edinburg Mayor Omar Ochoa; and Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen. The three South Texas leaders on Monday,...
Consent Factory, Inc.

The Golden Age of America Made Great Again - Has America been made great again enough for you yet? I asked that question back in May of last year in a column titled The Godzilla Window. It didn’t go o...
The Rag Blog

MARIANN GARNER-WIZARD / REMEMBRANCE / Robert “Bob” Pardun, beloved prairie radical - By Mariann Garner-Wizard / The Rag Blog / January 27, 2026 Robert Pardun was born June 30, 1941 and passed away January 16, 2026 after a long struggle with...
Dandelion Salad

Marxist Scholar Michael Parenti Dies at 92 + When you had the Crisis of Capitalism, Fascism is an Attempt at a Final Solution to the Class Struggle - Michael died Saturday, January 24, 2026. My sincere condolences and deepest sympathies to all his family, friends and readers. He will be missed by many. —...
Avedon's Sideshow

All you gotta do is call - Neat, short little memo with useful graphs: "To: Interested Democrats From: Senators Chris Murphy, Adam Schiff, Tina Smith, and Elizabeth Warren Date: Jan...
Media Lens

‘The Weak Must Suffer’: The Eternal Fiction Of The ‘International Rules-Based Order’ - These are exceptional times. The United States has been threatening to take over Greenland, an aggressive move against Europe. Now, and only now, are polit...
Daily Dot

Rumors that the Starbucks unicorn frappe will return are rampant on TikTok, but is it just more 2016 nostalgia? - [image: starbucks unicorn frappe] People on social media are expressing nostalgia for Starbucks’ discontinued Unicorn Frappe—and spreading rumors about i...
Dispatches from the Underclass

Iran, Venezuela, Palestine: The Collapse of International Law | Craig Mokhiber - We’re joined live by former UN human rights official Craig Mokhiber, whose recent Mondoweiss article, “Ushering in the age of impunity: Venezuela, Palestin...
Land Destroyer

US War on Venezuela is a War on the Multipolar World - *January 13, 2026* - (Beijing Review - Brian Berletic) - In brazen violation of international law and abandonment of even the illusion of legitimacy, the...
Texas Freedom Network

Texas Invited Christian Nationalism Into Every Public High School. We Should All Be Alarmed. - By Felicia MartinPresident & Executive Director, Texas Freedom Network Texas crossed a dangerous line in the separation of church and state that should a...
Reform Austin

A Farewell from Reform Austin - After much reflection, we’ve made the difficult decision to close down Reform Austin. Since our inception, our mission has been to provide Texans with re...
Two Party Opera

Illegal Orders - Read More
Unlimited Hangout

Trump & the Technocratic Tyranny with Iain Davis - Trump & the Technocratic Tyranny with Iain Davis.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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 ...
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

เว็บแทงหวยออนไลน์ที่ดีที่สุด – Best Online Lottery Betting Site - เลือกเว็บแทงหวยออนไลน์ที่ดีที่สุด - เว็บหวยออนไลน์ที่ครบวงจร The post เว็บแทงหวยออนไลน์ที่ดีที่สุด – Best Online Lottery Betting Site appeared first on เ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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

Happy Art Car, Y'All! - (function(jQuery) {function init() { window.wSlideshow && window.wSlideshow.render({elementID:"840112064306859282",nav:"thumbnails",navLocation:"bottom",cap...
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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