Brains and Eggs: Sunday Funnies

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

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

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

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

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

most of what we fight over is made up... pic.twitter.com/T6UubOBNJ6
— వంశీ చెల్లెపాటి (@Vamshi_C13) November 29, 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

San Antonio Current

Social media users roast Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick over his Dolly Parton tribute - Online Tributes to country music legend Dolly Parton have poured in since her death on Tuesday. But one from Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wasn’t exactly w...
San Antonio Report

Here’s what you need to know about construction coming soon to Loop 410 and U.S. Highway 281 - TxDOT will host an open house to provide updates on the major highway improvement project expected to start this fall and continue through 2029. -----------...
Techdirt.

Daily Deal: The Essential MATLAB & LabVIEW Mega Bundle - The Essential MATLAB and LabVIEW Mega Bundle has 9 courses to help you improve your skills in programming and visualization. You’ll learn the basics of eac...
Wolf Street

Inflation Refuses to Go Back into the Bottle: Fed-Favored PCE Price Index - AI has begun exacting its pound of flesh directly from consumers. And “Core Services” inflation remains hot.
Slate

My Husband Is Carrying Out What He Thinks Is a “Sweet” Tradition With Our Child. I Want No Part of This. - I don't want to lie to our kid.
Alternet

Bill Kristol issues dire warning about 'desperate' Trump - U.S. President Donald Trump dodged a major humiliation on Tuesday night when a GOP candidate he went all in for, Sen. Darline Graham, defeated Rep. Ralph...
Courthouse News

‘Coolcationers’ flock to Denmark, seeking relief from broiling weather - The Nordic nation is hosting swarms of tourists who prize the lower temperatures, as climate change weighs on tourism trends.
The Hill

FDA approves groundbreaking new pancreatic cancer drug - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday approved a treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer, offering new life-extending care for patients with...
Eschaton

Galaxies (Plural) - Just amazing stuff here, about a young guy whose hedge fund just tanked. For the past few years, at happy hours and dinner parties in San Francisco, Leop...
NPR's Health Shots

States try new tactics to bring down high hospital prices - Indiana is the latest state to experiment with limiting what hospitals can charge, to try to get a handle on high health costs.
Al Jazeera English

US inflation remains sticky in July - Inflation has worsened since the US and Israel attacked Iran, sending energy prices spiralling.
The Week

How could Panama Canal shipping cuts affect the global economy? - A historically intense El Niño is causing shipping to be slowed down
Deadline Politics

Rob Bonta Says It’s “Telling” Meta Settled With State AGs In The Midst Of Instagram Head Adam Mosseri’s Testimony & Before Mark Zuckerberg Took The Stand - California Attorney General Rob Bonta took a victory lap following the $17 billion proposed settlement of claims brought by 51 state attorneys general agai...
Futurism

Your Coworkers Are Becoming “Meat Proxies” for AI - "I can talk to Claude myself." The post Your Coworkers Are Becoming “Meat Proxies” for AI appeared first on Futurism.
Raw Story

Ivanka Trump disgusts with tone-deaf Dolly Parton tribute: 'Tell that to Daddy' - Ivanka Trump’s tribute to the late country music superstar Dolly Parton was not well received — perhaps because it began with her quoting herself on a po...
Angry Bear

YoY repeat home sales prices continue to firm - – by New Deal democrat While the current cycle may have dispelled the notion that “housing *is* the economic cycle,” it is nevertheless an important comp...
Texas Freedom Network

What is Christian Nationalism? - While first coined in the 1940s, over the past decade, Christian Nationalism has become increasingly more common in American discourse. You might have re...
Texas Observer

‘Living like Vampires’: ICE Surge Fractures Daily Life in Deep South Texas - Deep in the Rio Grande Valley, Brenda Dumas and her family are adjusting to a new normal. One family member, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisa...
Salon.com

“Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” withers in metaphor Hell - Jane Schoenbrun's third film honors and analyzes slashers — but skips the thesis
The Greanville Post

Special Treat: Neruda’s Ode to the Cat - There are creatures that do not inhabit our world: they simply allow us to live in theirs. This August 8, International Cat Day, we celebrate those little ...
Novara Media

Brits Told to Stockpile Water and Tinned Food in Face of Extreme Weather - [image: wildfire in wales]Brits will be encouraged to store water and tinned foods as part of the government’s new emergency preparation planning campaign....
Mediagazer

DAZN strikes a deal to buy EverPass, as part of which it gets the commercial arm of NFL's Sunday Ticket package; EverPass will be renamed DAZN for Business (Brian Steinberg/Variety) - Brian Steinberg / Variety: *DAZN strikes a deal to buy EverPass, as part of which it gets the commercial arm of NFL's Sunday Ticket package; EverPass wil...
Ecosophia

August 2026 Open Post - This week’s Ecosophian offering is the monthly open post to field questions and encourage discussion among my readers. All the standard rules apply (no pro...
IVN

California Legislators Lead Landmark Voting Rights Amendment - A coalition of California Democrats wants to put independent voters’ right to participate in publicly funded elections into the state Constitution — but ge...
Ballot Access News

Two Green and One Republican Statewide Candidates in Arizona Accused of Fraud in Order to Obtain Public Financing of Their Campaigns - So asserts Arizona Mirror. It does not appear that any indictment has occurred. Here is a electionlawblog.org post from Rick Hasen. Also, thanks for Richar...
Common Dreams

Statement on 29 States Settling Lawsuit with Meta - *Fairplay Executive Director Josh Golin released the following statement today:* “This is a watershed moment for the growing movement to protect children...
SCOTUSblog

The orders docket, why it matters, and this term’s criminal law orders - The Supreme Court divides its website for official writings by the justices into two main parts: “Opinions of the Court” and “Opinions Relating to Orders...
Bonddad

Incomes remain recessionary and spending expansionary, as real sales increase and corporate profits soar - - *by New Deal democrat* Along with the employment report, real income and spending are probably the most important monthly reports as to the health...
WhoWhatWhy

A New Wrinkle in Trump’s Iran War: The Houthis - [image: houthis, yemen] There’s another strait in the region with high strategic potential, and Yemen’s Houthis watch over it. A New Wrinkle in Trump’s Ir...
The Root

Opinion: Everybody Wants To Be a D-1 Athlete, Here’s How To Make It Happen - Why high school athletes need more than talent to make it at the Division I level. Read more...
Church and State

Some thoughts about people who advocate for a larger population - Although fertility in the USA has declined, people want more children, on the average, than they actually have.
Democracy Now!

"Most Americans Are Getting Poorer": Robert Reich on Inequality & the Failures of Corporate Democrats - Earlier this month, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent publicly attacked the former labor secretary under President Clinton, Robert Reich. Reich wrote in a p...
The Conversation

Tiny house villages are increasingly responding to the homeless crisis in America’s fast-growing cities - As economic and demographic growth increasingly coexists with poverty and homelessness, resident-led alternatives to housing are supporting communities lef...
Scheerpost.com

Supreme Court Dodges the Real Issues In Case About Mail-In Ballots - Austin Sarat ScheerPost Writing about the Supreme Court in 1961, the famous law professor Alexander Bickel praised what hecalled “the passive virtues.” As ...
Rallblog

Should Football Be Banned? | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas - Live at 9 AM Eastern & Streaming 24-7 Thereafter: Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstream media e...
Bracing Views

On Violence - The Slow Strangulation of Compassion and Empathy in America BILL ASTORE AUG 21, 2026 Today I ran across this brief description of a new movie, “Mutiny,” th...
ArcaMax

Not All Problems Are Global or National: Think Local - Public leadership doesn't mean that the "leader" has to have all the solutions, but instead must be open to others with problem-solving ideas. That was one...
Dorf on Law

Party Loyalty as a Legitimate Factor in Constitutional Law Cases or Legal Realism run Amuck? - *Author Disclaimer*: *The ideas expressed below may at first blush be deemed off the wall crazy by many of our readers. I would sincerely ask that before...
naked capitalism

Links 8/26/2026 Plus Iran War Note -
Daily Cartoonist

Paper Has Priorities Right - The Houses of Parliament has lost a number of pieces of art. The Lancashire Telegraph headline: Barbara Castle art among pieces missing from Westminster Wi...
Political Wire

Lawyers Gear Up as Trump Threatens Election Officials - “The Trump administration in recent weeks has warned states that it would withhold federal funding and even arrest and prosecute election officials if nonc...
The Smirking Chimp

Trump’s Inner Circle Panics Over “Natalie” as the Rasputin Parallel Gets Real -
Off The Kuff

UT/Texas Politics Project poll: Talarico 42, Paxton 39 - Back with more polls. A new poll from the University of Texas/Texas Politics Project shows 42% of registered voters surveyed would vote for Democratic stat...
Grist

The great American road trip is in peril - Along my family's 9,000-mile trip this summer, our days whiplashed between grandeur and extreme weather crises.
Two Party Opera

Big Things - Read More
High Country News

Arctic drilling in Alaska won’t get environmental review in new proposal - The Interior Department will soon publish a ‘categorical exclusion’ that will rubber stamp oil and gas development in Alaska’s remote National Petroleum...
Crooked Media

We Will Always Love You, Dolly Parton - The post We Will Always Love You, Dolly Parton appeared first on Crooked Media.
jobsanger

A Lovable Legend Is Gone -
Mediaite

Trump Will Reportedly Spend Millions Making the Midterms a Referendum on His Record - President Donald Trump is reportedly about to make a bold gamble by making November's midterm elections a referendum on his performance. The post Trump W...
memeorandum

Trump administration issues pause on visa appointments for applicants worldwide (Kanishka Singh/Reuters) - Kanishka Singh / Reuters: *Trump administration issues pause on visa appointments for applicants worldwide* — President Donald Trump's administration h...
Debunking Christianity

Speaking of Someone Who Deconverted Away From Christianity, Choose Me! - We are currently speaking of conversion and deconversion stories, yes? Well, I received this email today: Hi, I'm ______. I read mostly books...
Brad Blog

‘Voters Will Be Fine’ Says Former WH/DOJ Election Law Attorney After SCOTUS Ruling on Trump Vote-by-Mail Order: ‘BradCast’ 8/25/2026 - I know a lot of folks were troubled by some of the alarming headlines describing Monday’s unsigned ruling from the corrupt U.S. Supreme Court issued moment...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

US halts all immigrant visa applications amid tightening restrictions - Move by state department to limit access is part of Trump’s crackdown on both lawful and undocumented immigration All US immigrant visa applications have...
Axios

Court ruling threatens Republicans' midterm TV ad advantage - A federal appeals court ruling Tuesday could erase a new midterm advantage for Republicans. *Why it matters: *The 2-1 ruling would block Republicans from...
OpEd News

Iran's Great Contradiction: A Nation Desperate for the Future, Ruled by the Past - Iran is trapped between forces determined to preserve the political past and a society demanding freedom, prosperity and change. As economic hardship, ener...
CultureMap Houston

Superstar Dolly Parton dies at 80 — her legacy includes many Texas ties - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — *Dolly Parton*, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise f...
Antiwar.com

Why Iran Ruffles the Feathers of the United States - Strip away the diplomatic briefings, Congressional hearings and the endless cable news loops about centrifuges, regional proxies and cyber attacks, and you...
Portside

Trump’s Legacy: An Unchecked Presidency and a War That May Outlast Him - Trump’s Legacy: An Unchecked Presidency and a War That May Outlast Him Judy Tue, 08/25/2026 - 19:24
The Daily Poster

Nevada Governor Backed Data Centers Days After $1 Million Donation - AI-linked donors poured $2 million into Republican Joe Lombardo’s reelection campaign as he championed data centers that could consume enough water for 150...
LareDOS

Laredo-born Josephine Sacabo showcases her internationally recognized body of work with THE RIGHT TO DREAM – regreso a mi pueblo - Homecoming retrospective opens August 28, 6 p.m., at TAMIU FPA Gallery
Claytoonz

Dolly - Read the blog on my Substack. There are 70 days left until the midterms. Support your local cartoonist: If you want to support the cartoonist, please donat...
Vox

Trump threatens to demolish another DC landmark - This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over ...
The Verge

Garmin’s new Fenix 9 adds brighter screens and smoother map panning - Garmin just took the wraps off its new line of rugged Fenix 9 smartwatches, with the base model featuring an OLED display with a brightness of up to 3,000 ...
Crooked Timber

Why Ceuta is European, and what came of it - Ceuta, the small Spanish enclave on the coast of North Africa, has been in the news lately. And I’ve seen a couple of articles mentioning that Ceuta has b...
The NM Political Report

Diane Denish: Farewell Dolly Parton - [image: Diane Denish | nm.news] Corner to Corner by Columnist Diane D. Denish — Farewell Dolly Parton. May you rest in peace and may your melodies ring in...
slacktivist

When everything is broken, we can mend it if we try - "You can't be that hateful and still be happy," Dolly Parton said. She wanted everyone to be happy, which is why, today, everyone is sad.
Idavox

Dolly Parton, Rest in Peace - Dolly icon crossed cultural and political lines and a lot of people are feeling this... The post Dolly Parton, Rest in Peace appeared first on Idavox.
El Paso Matters

Wife of Fort Bliss sergeant deported to Honduras under Trump’s immigration crackdown - The wife of an active-duty Fort Bliss soldier has been deported to her native Honduras after the Trump administration’s rollback of protections for mili...
Popular Resistance

Trump Escalates Canada Trade War - US President Donald Trump threatened on 24 August to impose 50 percent tariffs on additional Canadian products after Ontario's Premier Doug Ford warned C...
MintPress News

Israel Tangled In Spiderweb As Army Braces For West Bank Explosion – Iran War Blunts Expansion - Israeli Commanders warn their political leadership of a pending explosion in the occupied West Bank, while the United States unleashes a new economic off...
Progressive.org

Homeschooling Hate - The rise of open bigotry, remote learning, and underfunded public schools has white supremacists pulling children out of class and teaching them at home.
Sludge

AIPAC-Linked PAC Boosts Nguyen Despite Her Gaza Stance - A pro-choice super PAC, largely funded by a group whose biggest outside donor is AIPAC’s United Democracy Project, has spent at least $450,000 on ads backi...
Undernews

Kennedy-xxxxxx Center in financial trouble - *Washington Post -*Ticket sales and fundraising collapsed after President Donald Trump’s name was added to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing...
Speak Freely (ACLU)

Beware of Other License Plate Surveillance Companies Besides Flock - Flock deserves the heat it’s getting, but switching to another provider won’t necessarily improve anything
Mother Jones

Deal /No Deal, Trump’s Iran Contradictions - On March 9, President Donald Trump said the war in Iran was “very complete, pretty much.” That was Day 10 of the conflict. Now it’s nearly Day 180. After ...
Mondoweiss

Why we shouldn’t call colonial Israeli settlers ‘terrorists’ - [image: A Palestinian man inspects burnt scrap cars after an attack by Israeli settlers in the town of Huwwara in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November ...
Texas Standard

Industry warns of blackouts, economic woes if Texas overreacts to data center, transmission line anger - Energy regulators and industry experts warn that the state’s delays to major projects amid backlash from residents could create rolling blackouts and stran...
The Texas Signal

Houston Native Explores Addiction In New Book - The book summarizes a journey in helpful, exquisitely written bites that tackle common misconceptions one at a time and reframe them through the disease lens
ProPublica

Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway. - The post Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway. appeared first on ProPublica.
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

An Exercise in Cowardice: Hakeem Jeffries as Chief Quisling - Jeffries got caught meeting with Jared Kushner. His response is more than telling
Greg Palast

4.7 Million Will Lose Their Vote — Today We Counterattack - Leading up to the 2024 election, 4.7 million Americans were wiped off the voter rolls, a daylight robbery of democracy, an outcome not based on the will of...
Capital & Main

She Fled Russia for Freedom in the U.S. Ten Years Later, She’s Still Waiting. - Persecuted in her homeland, a mother asked for protection but ran into a perfect storm of policy changes instead. The post She Fled Russia for Freedom in...
The AltWorld

The Plan Is Not Just In The USA, It’s Happening Worldwide - The Plan Is Not Just In The USA, It’s Happening Worldwide The post The Plan Is Not Just In The USA, It’s Happening Worldwide appeared first on TheAltWorld.
Edinburg Politics

Terrence Howard, an Academy Award-nominated actor, recording artist, and entrepreneur, honored with city proclamation for his surprise visit to Edinburg, reports Mayor Omar Ochoa - FEATURED FROM LEFT: Edinburg Mayor Omar Ochoa, Academy Award-nominated actor, recording artist, and entrepreneur Terrence Howard, and Edinburg First Lady L...
Glasstire

To-Do Lists & Travelogs: Flipping Through Felice Cleveland’s Zines - For years, the Houston-based artist and arts administrator Felice Cleveland has been making a variety of zines, offering them online as well as at zine f...
Ian Welsh

If You Want Companies To Behave Well You Have To Punish Decision Makers - Regular readers will know that China has been going after billionaires hard. So much so, in fact, that the number of billionaires is dropping in China. Bac...
Space City Weather

Realistically, Texas has about a month left in the Atlantic hurricane season. So what’s going to happen? - In brief: In today’s post we review the state of the Atlantic hurricane season, which normally is taking off at this time of summer. Also we look ahead to ...
Rewire

Planned Parenthood’s Funding Ban Ended—But Money Isn’t Flowing In Every State - Congress blocked large family-planning clinics that offer abortions from billing Medicaid for one year, starting July 2025. Thirteen months later, Planned ...
The Progressive Wing

8/25 News Roundup & Open Thread - More news, videos, tweets, candidate information, etc. in the comments.
Consortium News

Israel’s Global Counter-Offensive - Ramzy Baroud on the dangerous turning point Colombia’s new government represents for pro-Palestine and pro-Arab positions worldwide. By Ramzy Baroud Z Netw...
Informed Comment

Hormuz Catastrophe: Netanyahu & Trump knew Risks, Escalated Anyway - The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran caused the strategic blowback that Israeli and American war-gaming had warned against. So, why the escalation?
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Right-wing pastor Franklin Graham now has $300 million more reasons to continue kissing Donald Trump's butt - One of Donald Trump's biggest defenders over the years has been Pastor Franklin Graham. On many occasions, Graham has either lied about or made excuses ...
Workers World

How Iran will survive new ‘draconian sanctions’ - [image: How Iran will survive new ‘draconian sanctions’] How will Iran survive the latest round of what President Donald Trump calls “draconian sanctions” ...
See You In 2020

The cracks in DSA’s coalition, & the Islamic Marxism that will arise in its wake - I identify Islamic Marxism as the answer to DSA’s reformism, not because all Marxists are Muslim but because Islam has proven to be today’s main resiste...
Houston Public Media

Trump to headline RNC fundraiser in Houston aimed at boosting Ken Paxton’s Senate campaign - An analysis by AdImpact suggests that Paxton, Democratic state Rep. James Talarico, and groups supporting both campaigns could spend roughly $440 million o...
Election Law Blog

Breaking: The Supreme Court, Over the Dissents of Democratic-Appointed Justices Stays the District Court Preliminary Injunction in Trump Mail-In Voting Case; But Another Injunction Against It Remains in Place for Now - You can find the opinions here. [This post will be updated once I read and analyze the opinions.] The post Breaking: The Supreme Court, Over the Dissents...
Independent Political Report

New Iowa Libertarian Nominee Jacob Heard Vows to Fight for Spot on 3rd District Ballot - *This article was originally published by Iowa Capital Dispatch on August 22, 2026. It is republished here under a CC BY-ND 4.0 license. Any views expres...
World Socialist Web Site

The attack on immigrants and Trump’s Operation Dictatorship - We are publishing here the report delivered by Eric London to the Ninth National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US), held August 2–7, 2026, intr...
Daily Howler

MONDAY: Scarborough asks existential question! - *MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2026* *Lightly stoned, Bill defers: *We're glad to see DePaolo and Gilmour covering the things that get said on *Morning Joe*. In t...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

Christian Nationalism Captures Higher Education, or, On Mandatorily Managing the Mystery of the Maker, Parts One and Two, by Joshua Gunn - *Friends:* *I want to call readers’ attention to this provocative and important two-part essay by UT-Austin Professor Joshua Gunn in The Higher Ed Advoc...
Dissent Magazine

Know Your Enemy: The Long Struggle Against Equality in America - Matt and Sam talk to historian Kim Phillips-Fein about her new book, *Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long F...
Media Lens

4 Billion Dead: ‘There Are No Words’ - If you need an indication of how divorced the ‘mainstream’ media is from reality, consider this: the possibility of at least 4 billion deaths resulting fro...
First Draft

Compulsion (1959) - Ripped from the 1920s headlines: A fictionalized take on the Leopold and Loeb case. Starring Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Diane Varsi, Bradford Dillman, E...
Infidel753

Video of the day -- the bus - Danish transport company Midttrafik produced this ad for its bus service. It's cool. Probably worth fullscreen.
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

Look Cool; Vote DSA - 12 x 18 inch high-res color .jpg image, 1.8mb It’s all in the name – Democrats first, Socialists second (if at all). If you want to see what the DSA is rea...
Trivial Knot

Our “luxury” apartment - For the past few weeks, my husband and I have been apartment searching. That’s right, we’re renters! Not sure if readers find that surprising. But when ...
Socialist Alternative

Nolan Wells Should Have Turned 19: We Demand Answers - On July 6 on the coast of Horn Island, Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old Black student in Mississippi, was found dead facedown on a beach. After his body was fou...
Liberation News

Nuyoricans march for Puerto Rican independence amidst the water crisis - Hundreds of New Yorkers and Puerto Ricans in the diaspora took part in the march for independence, advocating for a free Puerto Rico and an end to the deca...
The Militant

Organize, build protests to demand US hands off Cuba - 1,000s attend events in Cuba to back its nat’l sovereignty HAVANA — Thousands of people across Cuba paid tribute to the revolution’s central leader, Fidel ...
Discourse

What If We Kissed at Karen Bass’ ‘Do Not Park Here’ Sign? (w/Producer Sam) - Plus: Thanksgiving wins, that Jon Ossoff video, that Oliver Larkin video, and boy oh boy, that miserable Karen Bass video
NORML

Turning Interest Into Advocacy: Why You Should Intern With NORML - [image: NORML internship][image: NORML internship]NORML Summer ‘26 Intern Dakota Helgren shares her experience for The post Turning Interest Into Advoca...
Counterpunch

Anti-Immigrant Furor in Thetford - If William Blake were alive today, he’d call his country a “brown and unpleasant land.” English summers used to be short and wet; now they are long and d...
Black Agenda Report

Black Agenda Radio August 21, 2026 - Black Agenda Radio August 21, 2026 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 08/21/2026 - 06:17 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda...
Lowering the Bar

Parking Company Apologizes to Formerly Dead Woman for $80 Ticket - It also agreed to waive part—but not all—of the fee.
Project Censored

The Next Dark Pattern - Lily Minh Wass There’s a saying that goes, “If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product.” The digital platforms we rely on daily have built...
The Rag Blog

MICHAEL MEEROPOL / LABOR / Time to Consider a Four-Day Workweek - By Michael Meeropol / The Rag Blog / August 20, 2026 Mike Meeropol, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Western New England University, comments on Juliet B...
Environment Texas

NEW REPORT: Pollution puts swimmers at risk in Texas rivers and lakes - The post NEW REPORT: Pollution puts swimmers at risk in Texas rivers and lakes appeared first on Environment Texas.
The Grayzone

ADC files federal lawsuit against DHS and CBP over unconstitutional targeting of Max Blumenthal - The ADC is suing DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin over the government’s seizure and attempted forensic search of Max Blumenthal’s phones after returned fro...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

Democratic Outlook Brightens in Races for Vital State AG Posts - This year, 30 states are holding elections for attorney general. Currently, the GOP holds 27 attorney general offices to 23 for the Democrats The post De...
Unlimited Hangout

How “Argentina’s Elon Musk” Is Bringing Technocracy To Patagonia - Javier Milei’s administration has been showcasing Patagonia to Silicon Valley executives, culminating in OpenAI’s ‘Stargate Argentina’ announcement. The ...
Duck of Minerva

The Pedagogical Legacies of the Pandemic - Did the pandemic durably change our pedagogy in International Relations (IR), or were pandemic-induced changes only temporary measures with which we have s...
Green Pages News

Young Ecosocialist Caucus of the GPUS Hosts August 2026 Steering Committee Election - The Young Ecosocialist Caucus Steering Committee is holding an election for five positions: Caucus Co-chair Green Party US National Committee Delegate Gree...
Earthworks

Golden Gifts, Sweetheart Deals, and Demands for Investigations - The Trump Administration’s corruption and self-dealing went on full display during the August 7 Critical Minerals Roundtable at the State Department. Th...
Texas Environmental News

JUR-712 Minami Kojima นี่อาจจะเป็นการแข็งตัวครั้งสุดท้ายในชีวิตของฉันแล้ว -
Field Negro

The united marks of America. (The great American con) - It's official, the Trump administration is now the worst in the history of America. How could it not be? Consider what is happening with the following: ...
Progressives Chat

Fifty Five - Sunday, August 16, 2026 marks my 55th birthday. I now am able to get a Senior Discount at what few establishments offer a Senior Discount to customers w...
Seeing the Forest

Everything Is Extraction Now - This post was first published at Government Cheese – Chronicling the collapse of democracy, because it belonged there. Extraction Everything is extraction ...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: UP SHIT GULF WITHOUT A PADDLE EDITION - *It's good.* Does this seem a bit weird to anyone: Tubby fucks up the Reflecting Pool and demands innocent people be arrested and charged for the damage,...
Krebs on Security

Who’s Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find Out - It can be daunting to determine who's responsible for showing ads on the websites we visit, or who's harvesting data from the mobile apps we use every day....
Earth 911

Guest Idea: California Recently Finalized the Nation’s Strictest Plastic Packaging Rules Change Shopper Expectations - In 2028, you might notice subtle changes in your grocery runs. Fruits are in cardboard... The post Guest Idea: California Recently Finalized the Nation’s...
TalkLeft

Tuesday Open Thread - I'm taking a longer break from daily blogging than I anticipated. Until I return, here's a new open thread.
Democracy Chronicles

Whether or Not They Get the Picture - I reflect on the Trump administration, democracy, public institutions, inequality and the growing determination of ordinary Americans to reclaim their coun...
Campaign for America's Future

Un pueblo organizado aún puede vencer a los multimillonarios - Si hablamos directamente con los votantes que han perdido la fe en ambos partidos políticos sobre las preocupaciones en sus vidas diarias, podemos comenzar...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Walmart Crime Report July 2026 - Walmart had at least eight more shootings in July 2026 with one of them fatal where a suspect who had allegedly fired one or more shots and the officer ...
Texas Monthly

The Hunt Is On for a Million-Dollar Cooper Flagg Trading Card - Millionaires want it. Memorabiliamongers want it. Even the Mavericks want it—and are willing to give up more than a pretty penny to get it.
Consent Factory, Inc.

The Memory Hole - I’m beginning to think something is wrong with my memory. It’s strange, the feeling. I don’t know how to describe it. It’s not like I have amnesia or anyth...
Alas, a Blog

Can We Call It Fascism Yet? - Another strip drawn by the amazing Mike Lawrence. From an official press release on whitehouse.gov, July 16 2026: Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller ...
Land Destroyer

China’ Long March 10B Rocket Closes Gap on Space Launch Capabilities - *July 21, 2026* (NEO - Brian Berletic) - On July 10, 2026 China successfully launched a payload to orbit and recovered the first stage booster of its Long ...
Avedon's Sideshow

It's drivin' me mad - Erin Hanson says, "I painted this in tribute to two master artists, David Hockney and Paul Cezanne. It features pines that I saw during my visit to Cezan...
Web of Debt

AI Abundance, Part 5: Meaning Beyond Work - Image by ScheerPost.com. Discussions of artificial intelligence typically begin with the question, What happens when the machines take our jobs? For thousa...
Equality Texas

Pride Takes a Community - Across Texas, businesses of every size stepped up in extraordinary ways and became Partners in Pride. Some hosted fundraising events. Others donated a port...
The Socialist

Eric Adams Net Worth 2026: The Real Numbers Behind the Indictment - If you search for Eric Adams’ net worth online, you will instantly hit a wall of conflicting numbers. Some celebrity wealth trackers claim he is sitting on...
Stinque

Pop! Six! Squish! Uh-uh! Cicero! Lipschitz! - The post Pop! Six! Squish! Uh-uh! Cicero! Lipschitz! appeared first on Stinque.
Free & Equal

We Need More Choices in Elections | Christina Tobin Interviewed by Matt Kibbe - Tune in to hear Free and Equal founder Christina Tobin dive deep with Matt Kibbe on his show “Kibbe on Liberty!” They discuss the importance of breaking ...
Countercurrents

Abdullah Quilliam: The Forgotten Pioneer of Child‑Centered Welfare and Social Protection - Abdullah Quilliam — born William Henry Quilliam in 1856 — was a British solicitor from Liverpo...
Skeptophilia

Thy fearful symmetry - For some of the most fundamental aspects of life, it's uncertain whether or not evolution was *constrained*. The question has great significance with regar...
DeSmogBlog

Gulf Royal Family Banks Over €70 Million in EU Farming Funds - The UAE’s ruling royal family is benefiting from tens of millions in EU subsidies to grow crops destined for the Gulf, it can be revealed. A new cross-bo...
FrontBurner – D Magazine

Surprise shows coming to Dallas this weekend - Is it really a weekend in Dallas without some pop-up shows? No, it is not. But we’re hearing about two this weekend that you should definitely put on your ...
nonsite.org

Bonnard and Escapism - Violently, but also with his intellect. Still life artists in the same great easel painting tradition—Chardin, Cezanne—had pondered what kinds of logic rel...
Dispatches from the Underclass

“They’re Demonic” – Israel Runs the Gaza Playbook in Lebanon (w/ Rania Khalek) - I was on Bad Faith Podcast with Briahna Joy Gray to talk about Israel’s war on Lebanon, check it out:
The Mind Unleashed

Форекс индексы: Твой ключ к диверсификации и прибыли! - Форекс Индексы: Трейдинг с Умом! Арбитраж – это стратегия, при которой трейдер пытается извлечь прибыль из разницы в ценах на один и тот же актив на разных...
Downwinders at Risk

ForwardDallas - We are reclaiming our neighborhoods by embedding life-changing environmental justice policies into the city’s DNA, finally putting an end to industrial pol...
Dissident Voice

Tulsi Gabbard and Joe Kent - Frank had just finished listening to online news about how US government officials viewed the Israel-United States war of aggression launched against Ira...
Reading the Pictures

Caught My Eye: Trump, the Bomber, and the Blowback - A round‑up of pictures that cut through the spin and highlight the fallout, from Iran to the home front. The post Caught My Eye: Trump, the Bomber, and t...
WAWG Blog

Are Election Safeguards Sufficient for Our 2026/2028 General Elections? - While no system can be 100?% immune to attempts at manipulation, the combination of legal requirements, bipartisan procedural rules, and independent audi...
Second Nexus

U.S. Hockey Star Slams White House For Sharing AI-Doctored Video Of Him Insulting Canadians - There's a saying about laying down with dogs. Or, you're known by the company you keep. NHL player and Team USA member Brady Tkachuk is learning that les...
Screwston Antifascist Committee

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Targets Screwston Anti-Fascists For Investigation - BREAKING Our organization is being targeted by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton who, on Friday, February 6th, released a public statement calling us “dera...
Moron Majority

After Disastrous Bondi Hearing, Stetson University College of Law Issues Statement - Pam Bondi received her Juris Doctor degree from Stetson University College of Law in 1990. The Florida law school fears for its reputation after Bondi’s un...
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...
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. —...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
ROAR Magazine

Weiss Casino Kifizetés: Gyors és Megbízható Pénzfelvételi Módszerek - Ez a cikk részletes áttekintést nyújt a Weiss Casino kifizetési lehetőségeiről, különös figyelmet fordítva a gyors és megbízható pénzfelvételi módszerekre....
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...
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...
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
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...
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 The post 2023 Year End Campaign! a...
Innocence Project

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Buzzflash

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Due Dissidence

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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....
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

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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...
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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