Brains and Eggs: Pick Up the Pieces

You cannot change the Democratic Party from within

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

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— Jason Call 🇵🇸 Green Party WA02 JillStein2024 CM (@CallForCongress) January 23, 2024

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

“The problem we are running into is just a fundamental social question of ‘well, are we going to take care of each other or not? Are we going to take care of our neighbors?’”https://t.co/iCG6ytXSja
— Dr. Joe Jarvis (@DrJoeQJarvis) January 12, 2024

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

Lunch break inside the astrodome while under construction pic.twitter.com/tTB4iVE68g
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) January 28, 2024

Houston, Texas, and US blog roll

memeorandum

November 1, 2024 - Trump's comments to right-wing media figure Tucker Carlson last night ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters ...) - Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American: *November 1, 2024* — Trump's comments to right-wing media figure Tucker Carlson last night at an eve...
Dissident Voice

In Gaza, the West Extols the Suffering of the Executioners - A CNN article on the suicide of an Israeli soldier who served in Gaza laments the psychological toll of the horrors inflicted by the occupying army — but...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

‘It can get worse’: Arab and Muslim Americans make final push for Harris - Canvassers urge residents to vote for Democratic nominee despite opposition to administration’s support for Israel Many Arab and Muslim Americans across ...
Slate

Why Is the Only Good Thing to Come Out of the Pandemic Disappearing? - It was a boon for restaurants, diners, and street life. Where did it go wrong?
Daily Dot

‘I knew YouTube Kids was bad’: Mom issues warning after child reveals something disturbing about YouTube show - [image: Woman pointing at herself(l) Hands holding a phone with YouTube Kids logo on it(c) Child holding up phone looking shocked(r)] Many parents allow ...
Raw Story

Professor cornered on CNN after claim Trump and Harris are both 'threats to democracy' - Conservative CNN host Michael Smerconish seemed stunned on Saturday morning after a political scientist from Princeton University attempted to make the c...
Mediaite

Bill Maher Calls Out Media ‘Lie’ That Trump Called for Liz Cheney ‘Firing Squad’: ‘Exactly What Hippies Used To Say’ - Bill Maher torched critics accusing Donald Trump of calling for a "firing squad" for Liz Cheney, accusing the media of lying. The post Bill Maher Calls Ou...
Salon.com

"Don't listen to a word": Graham calls Cheney's claims "bullsh*t" as she pushes for Bush endorsement - Graham accused Cheney of "selling out" to remain relevant
Political Wire

Trump Simulates Sex Act on Microphone Stand - Donald Trump had a full meltdown after he experienced microphone problems before he then simulated fellatio on a microphone stand.
Field Negro

Three days and counting. - *" I live in a crazy time" ~Anne Frank~ * Just three days to go, and Americans are bracing for the election of a lifetime. It's hard to believe that D...
Undernews

Word - * Doug Emhoff - *I’ll never forget when Kamala officially accepted the Democratic nomination at the convention. The hope and pride I felt.I remember thin...
The Hill

Halloween is over, but the election litigation is getting really scary - In the lead-up to the presidential election, lawsuits have been filed in swing states, with concerns over possible systemic voting registration violations ...
Daily Howler

SATURDAY: The Five and the friends have been pushing back hard! - *SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2024* *Out of many mouths, one: **E pluribus unum!* The leading authority on the traditional motto starts by telling us this: *E ...
The Verge

Apple’s AirTags have dropped to one of their best prices to date - [image: AirTagsA] *Let’s face it, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better location tracker if you’re tapped into the Apple ecosystem.* | Photo: Vjeran Pavi...
Futurism

Big Tech Is Facing Down a Major Problem With Its AI Plans - The AI industry is still struggling to reassure investors that the billions of dollars being poured into the tech are worth it. As Reuters reports, Mic...
The Militant

Vote SWP! The working class needs to take political power! - Back the working-class alternative to capitalist exploitation, oppression WASHINGTON, D.C. — “As conditions of life for the working class in the U.S. deter...
Alternet

GOP already preparing Big Lie 2.0 if Trump loses, experts warn - With Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his allies in key swing states already questioning voting processes and claiming Democrats and elec...
Vox

A groundbreaking new plan to get Big Pharma to pay for wildlife conservation - CALI, Colombia — In the face of extreme and accelerating wildlife declines, government officials from nearly every country have agreed to a groundbreaking ...
The Daily Poster

YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Automatic Refunds Take Flight - Automatic airfare refunds finally take off, the Feds slap a big fine on Apple Card, Lyft must stop lying, and tribes tackle orphaned wells.
Second Nexus

People Break Down Small Gestures Of Love That Left A Big Impact On Them - Memories are fascinating. Looking at vintage photographs, admiring keepsakes acquired from an exciting trip, or occasionally glancing at awards from triu...
Mother Jones

The 2024 Election: A Contest Between Reality TV and Reality - After all shouting and debating, all the billions in ads, and all the fury, the 2024 election will determine whether this nation remains committed to its i...
Eschaton

So The Polls Are Just, Like, Your Opinion, Man - Some people say Cohn (NYT) added that last line after criticism, but I haven't verified that. At the same time, the 2016 and 2020 polling misfires shatter...
Al Jazeera English

The Gaza factor in the US election - Voters distraught over the war in Gaza are torn between Harris and Trump.
Progressive.org

Thirty Years Without Erwin Knoll - Why we are all the poorer for it.
Grist

Climate-fueled extreme weather is hiking up car insurance rates - Home insurers have raised premiums after extreme weather events. Now car insurers in the U.S. are doing the same thing.
San Antonio Report

City moves to piece land together for new development in Hemisfair - Plans for the GSA-owned property are unclear but reports for months have revealed that the City soon will present a proposal that could include a new San A...
The Root

The Horrifying Requirements For Diddy's 'Freak-Offs,' Kim Kardashian Takes Down Saint West's YouTube Channel, Best Celeb Halloween Costumes, Amber Rose Claims Beyoncé Stole Her RNC Speech And More - With Sean “Diddy” Combs headlines continuing to take over the news, everyone is itching to know what exactly went down at these alleged “Freak Offs.” The...
Bonddad

Weekly Indicators for October 28 - November 1 at Seeking Alpha - * - by New Deal democrat* My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. There’s always some noise in the high frequency data, and this week tha...
Angry Bear

Suppose the undecided vote breaks for Harris - Yesterday there were reports (political wire) that the undecided vote is breaking for Harris. How big a boost might this give to her election chances? r...
Scheerpost.com

A World Where Our Grandchildren Have to Go to a Museum to See What a Gun Looked Like - The world yearns for ‘active’ peace, tired of the attitude of superiority that defines the North’s relations with the South. This means that wealth, which ...
Mediagazer

AI in Hollywood is a tech leap with a vast impact but remains a tool, not a replacement, for creatives; its speed, quality, and cost allow for VFX breakthroughs (Devin Gordon/New York Times) - Devin Gordon / New York Times: *AI in Hollywood is a tech leap with a vast impact but remains a tool, not a replacement, for creatives; its speed, qualit...
Axios

CEOs hedge in case Trump returns - In meetings, on calls and in public moves, CEOs are steeling themselves and their companies for the possibility of four more years of former President Tr...
OpEd News

Politicians In Glass Houses Shouldn't Throw Mud - In a clear case of projection, Dan Chang and his supporters from the Charter School Industry accuse their opponent of falsely attacking him.
ArcaMax

Why Can't Kamala Talk Dude? - One of the most persistent challenges faced by Kamala Harris' abbreviated presidential campaign is a vexingly wide gender gap. Men just aren't that into he...
The Smirking Chimp

Arizona’s Attorney General Is Now Investigating Trump’s ‘Death Threat’ Against Liz Cheney -
NPR's Health Shots

As ACA sign ups start, more Americans have health insurance than ever. Will it last? - *Enrollment in Affordable Care Act health plans has grown every year of the Biden administration, leading to record low numbers of people who are uninsured.*
WhoWhatWhy

Guardians Versus Warriors: A Surprisingly Deep Distinction - [image: North Penn, Tactical Response Team] Trump’s “I mean real rough” exudes the gleeful sadism of a cosplaying warrior. Guardians Versus Warriors: A Su...
ProPublica

Nevada Says It Worked Out the Kinks in Its New Voter System in Time for The Election, but Concerns Remain - by Anjeanette Damon and Nicole Santa Cruz ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter tha...
naked capitalism

Links 11/2/2024 -
Skeptophilia

Time to act - I know we really don't need anything else to worry about. World events have been depressing enough, and here in the United States we've got an election ...
Off The Kuff

Nevaeh Crain - ProPublica said it had two stories of women who died after being unable to get an abortion during a miscarriage. This is the second one. Candace Fails scre...
The Week

Venom: The Last Dance offers 'mild pleasures' but a 'banal' plot - Tom Hardy is back in the final instalment of this high-octane trilogy
Daily Cartoonist

CSotD: Unclear on the Concept - Mr. Boffo often uses the term “unclear on the concept” in portraying a character who genuinely just doesn’t get it. Joe Martin should have used it today, b...
American Prospect

Can Sherrod Brown Close the Deal in Rural Ohio? - The Democratic senator is in one of the tightest races of his career. Is his party’s brand to blame?
Crooked Media

The Far-Right War for Trump’s 2025 Agenda - The post The Far-Right War for Trump’s 2025 Agenda appeared first on Crooked Media.
Election Law Blog

Please Stop Wishcasting the Supreme Court into a Decisive Election Role - Justin here. There’s a tsunami of election litigation cascading through the legal system right now. It’s producing a lot of public anxiety, in part bec...
Rallblog

Vote for a Winner - A vote for someone who polls say cannot win a campaign, duopolists say, is a wasted vote. But how does one assess likelihood of victory with perfect prec...
Capital & Main

Hacer América Odiar Otra Vez: Supremacistas blancos en la Administración de Trump - Durante la presidencia de Donald Trump, al menos una docena de funcionarios y asesores vinculados a grupos o ideologías de supremacía blanca tuvieron fun...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Video: Donald Trump simulates graphic sex acts during Wisconsin campaign speech - This is exactly what it looks like. You can see the video below. During a campaign speech in Wisconsin, I guess Trump was expressing a displeasure with ...
jobsanger

The Economy Will NOT Be Better Under Trump -
Houston Public Media

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1271: The Longest Race - Episode: 1271 In which automobiles race around the world in 1906. Today, an incredible, and nearly-forgotten, race!
First Draft

Saturday Odds & Sods: Wake Up Everybody - Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends.
World Socialist Web Site

Australian prime minister fails to stem Qantas upgrades scandal - Such scandals, heavily promoted by the corporate media outlets, are invariably mechanisms for executing political shifts as governments unravel in the face...
Informed Comment

As UN warns entire Population of Gaza is at Risk of Death, Bill Clinton says he’s not keeping Score - Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Bill Clinton is a Rhodes scholar and a voracious reader. He is not a stupid man. He is, however, morally stupid. I’m not ref...
Deadline Politics

Bill Maher Compares Trump Rally’s Insult Comic To “Bringing Cocaine To A Funeral” - Following Donald Trump‘s controversial Madison Square Garden rally, Bill Maher had some thought about the choice in entertainment. On Friday’s episode of R...
The Reality-Based Community

Socolive phát sóng tất cả các giải bóng đá lớn với chất lượng cao - Hiện tại tất cả những giải đấu bóng đá lớn, nhỏ đều được Socolive phát sóng trực tiếp với chất lượng cao. Để chỉ cần truy cập vào đây, anh em dễ dàng xem...
Techdirt.

56% Of VR Devs Say VR ‘Declining Or Stagnating’ - If you look around, virtual reality growth projections are all over the map. Most of the folks with money invested in the market see nothing but blue sky a...
Popular Resistance

A World Where Our Grandchildren Have To Go To A Museum To See What A Gun Looked Like - In 1919, Winston Churchill wrote, ‘I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes’. Churchill, grappling at the time with the K...
Portside

Friday Nite Videos | November 1, 2024 - Friday Nite Videos | November 1, 2024 barry Fri, 11/01/2024 - 21:50
Workers World

Forum defends anti-imperialist Marxism and People’s China - [image: Forum defends anti-imperialist Marxism and People’s China] On Oct. 24, 2024, in New York City, Friends of Socialist China celebrated the release of...
Wolf Street

Fed’s ON RRPs Plunge to $155 Billion as QT Drains Liquidity, Nothing Blown Up Yet. SOFR & TGCR Spreads Begin to Move - “Such temporary rate pressures can be price signals” that help markets redistribute liquidity to where it’s needed most: Fed’s Logan.
Consortium News

LISTEN: Roger Waters, Cornel West on World in Crisis - Humanity on the edge: Waters, West, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson and Joe Lauria joined radio host Randy Credico on Friday. Roger Waters, Cornel West, Col. Law...
DeSmogBlog

Utility Industry Dollars Continue to Pour Into Louisiana Public Service Commission Elections - On Tuesday, Louisiana voters in 13 parishes will decide who will fill a vacant seat on Louisiana’s Public Service Commission, a little known but powerful...
El Paso Matters

Socorro ISD borrows $25 million to make payroll amid budget woes - SISD officials called it a “short-term loan” necessary to cover a gap in funds before the state’s next reimbursement. The post Socorro ISD borrows $25 m...
SCOTUSblog

Court declines RNC request to intervene in Pennsylvania voting dispute - [image: Court declines RNC request to intervene in Pennsylvania voting dispute]The Supreme Court on Friday night left in place a ruling by Pennsylvania’s...
Rio Grande Guardian

Hinojosa: There will be no traffic light at proposed intersection of US 281 and SH 68 - State Sen. Juan Hinojosa responds to a press conference state Rep. Terry Canales held to discuss the location and design of the proposed State Highway 68...
Ian Welsh

When Labour Opposes Rapid Technological Change - [image: When Labour Opposes Rapid Technological Change] So, I recently saw this: our obsession with jobs might trap us – everything could look like healt...
Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center

Cottage Industry of Conspiracy Theorists Peddles Mistrust of Elections - Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of three articles examining how disinformation, and those peddling it, are impacting the election process.
Mondoweiss

Israel is hitting a wall in Lebanon. What is its endgame? - [image: Israeli soldiers along the Lebanese border near Misgav Am, June 12, 2023. (Photo: Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua) (Credit Image: Ayal Margolin/Jini/...
Krebs on Security

Booking.com Phishers May Leave You With Reservations - A number of cybercriminal innovations are making it easier for scammers to cash in on your upcoming travel plans. This story examines a recent spear-phishi...
The Conversation

Election anxiety doesn’t need to win − here are 3 science-backed strategies from a clinical psychologist to rein in the stress - Given the polarized political climate in the US, it’s hard not to be affected by the election. But there are ways to make sure stress and uncertainty don’t...
Reform Austin

Trump Suggests Facing Liz Cheney with Firing Squad in Latest Rally Remarks - Donald Trump suggested former Rep. Liz Cheney should be fired upon and called her a “war hawk,” as he escalated his rhetoric against Republicans who crit...
Eater Houston

There’s Still Time to Score Houston’s Viral Pumpkin Spice-Filled Conchas - [image: An image of La Hacienda Bakery’s viral pumpkin-spice filled conchas.] Kirk Sides The staff at La Hacienda Bakery are still working around the clo...
Novara Media

Death Toll From Spanish Floods Exceed 200 - We speak to journalist Eoghan Gilmartin about catastrophic floods in Spain. Plus: The right-wing scare stories about Rachel Reeves’ budget; and the latest ...
slacktivist

LBCF: ‘No change of power’ - Every child in the world has just disappeared without explanation, so our ace reporter hero is desperate to learn more about a special election in Romania.
Texas Standard

Ken Paxton slams Rep. Jeff Leach for texting judge in Robert Roberson case - Leach, who serves as chair of the House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence, asked a Court of Criminal Appeals judge to reconsider Roberson’s case.
Ballot Access News

European Green Party Endorses Kamala Harris - Tahe European Green Party has endorsed Kamala Harris, and has asked the Green Party of the United States to do the same. See this story. … Continue reading →
Ring of Fire

Creators Of Depo-Provera Birth Control Hid Deadly Side Effects For Decades - A popular birth control that is used by over 70 million women each year has been linked to an increase risk of developing potentially-fatal brain tumors,...
Claytoonz

MAGA Creeper - Read the blog at my brand new Substack. Signed prints: The signed prints are just $40.00 each. Every cartoon at Claytoonz is available. You can pay through...
The Texas Signal

Ted Cruz’s Final Pitch - With the Election just days away, Ted Cruz is making his final pitch to voters. As part of his last appeal Cruz is banking on bigotry and transphobia. Hi...
Infidel753

Pre-election political observations and images - I'm now more convinced than ever that my "blue wave" prediction will be vindicated, based on an emerging pattern of the early vote going overwhelmingly fo...
Discourse

Bird of the Week: Bushtit - Yeah, you read that right.
Crooked Timber

First-Year Cohort Classes for PhD Students - In the spring, I’ll be teaching the second semester of our philosophy grad program’s first-year seminar. This is the seminar all PhD students in the philos...
Debunking Christianity

David Fitzgerald’s Toolkit for Dismantling Christianity - *Religions Thrive on Fantasy, Deceit, and the Failure of Curiosity * One of the biggest examples of deceit is this practice of Bible editors: printing the...
The AltWorld

Israeli military casualty numbers in Lebanon ‘acceptable’ for Netanyahu: Analyst - Political risk analyst Elijah Magnier has said that Netanyahu has no intention of stopping the war in […] The post Israeli military casualty numbers in L...
NORML

DEA Judge Pushes Back Timeline for In-Person Testimony in Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing - [image: marijuana rescheduling][image: marijuana rescheduling]NORML's Deputy Director Paul Armentano said that he was disappointed but hardly surprised b...
Political Garbage Chute

Chester Cheetah Was a Drug King Pen The Whole Time and We All Missed It - If it’s true what they say, that you can’t judge a book by its cover, it must also be said that you can’t judge a corporate mascot by their outward facin...
The Progressive Wing

Friday 11/01-04 Open Thread - – Ms. jbob and I moved from NY to Oregon recently. So far we’ve been enjoying living there in a suburb West of Portland. Voting in Oregon was super EZ. All...
Texas Monthly

The Texas Filmmakers Who Documented the Trauma of the State’s Abortion Ban - ‘Zurawski v Texas’ provides an intimate look at the lives of the plaintiffs in the titular case, who suffered medical emergencies under our rigid law regar...
MintPress News

From Promise to Peril: Israel’s Ground Invasion of Lebanon is Unraveling - As the Israeli military grapples with fierce resistance and internal discord, the ambitions of the invasion remain unfulfilled. The post From Promise to ...
Southeast Texas Record

5 new cases to know: Death on a golf cart, rhythm and bruise and more - HOUSTON - An R&B concert turns into a brawl, a gatekeeper pulls her gun and two wrongful death cases are among new lawsuits filed in Southeast Texas. Read...
Rewire

Community Networks Provide Free Abortion Pills in Restrictive States—Despite Risks - These community groups are discreet. But their clients still risk criminalization, and networks struggle to meet demand for abortion pills. The post Comm...
Texas Observer

Loon Star State: Ken Paxton’s Voting Police - To see more political cartoons from Ben Sargent, visit our Loon Star State section or find Observer political reporting here. The post Loon Star State: K...
Earthworks

Another Conspiracy Theory Adds to Western North Carolina’s Trauma - In the wake of Hurricane Helene, a string of wild conspiracy theories have circulated across social media, made up by … The post Another Conspiracy Theo...
Democracy Now!

"Little Secret"? Elie Mystal on Trump's Likely Plan to Steal Election with GOP House Speaker Johnson - With just days to go before the November 5 presidential election, fears are growing that Republicans intend to interfere with the official results in order...
Space City Weather

Haves and have nots in the rain department around Houston yesterday - In brief: After yesterday’s smattering of decent rain in spots, Houston will continue to see at least spotty to scattered showers and storms the next sever...
Church and State

How Fox “News” Became the “Greatest Cancer on Democracy” - Fox's support of Trump’s Big Lie helped tear America apart and set up the violence and deaths on January 6th.
High Country News

Resource production or preservation? Election puts Alaska lands on the line - From oil in the Arctic to the Ambler Road, Alaska's resource and conservation battles await a new administration’s fate, affecting communities, ecosyste...
Counterpunch

Resisting Slavery, Resisting Incarceration - Mumia Abu Jamal is one of the world’s best-known political prisoners. Convicted in 1982 of murdering a Philadelphia police officer in a trial filled wit...
Antiwar.com

Biden’s Destructive Legacy - As President Biden’s term approaches its end, the US and several parts of the rest of the world are significantly worse off than they were when he took o...
Brad Blog

The GOP 'Voter Fraud' Before the Storm: 'BradCast' 10/31/2024 - On today's BradCast we're hoping to help you get acclimated to the tsunami of "fraud" claims --- both real and fake, and what they mean and don't --- that ...
Lowering the Bar

House Advertised as “Not Haunted” - You can't prove it is! (Or that it isn't.)
Greg Palast

Savannah Vigilante Attack on Phd Thousands of Black Voters Face Ballot Block - Carry Smith wrote her PhD thesis on the Voting Rights Act and challenges to the right to vote in Georgia. Now dig this: Smith, the expert on challenges to ...
Save Buffalo Bayou

No More Money for Incompetent Flood Control - Vote No on Proposition A Oct. 31, 2024 The Harris County Flood Control District is asking county voters for a property tax increase to raise an extra $100 ...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Was Theodor Herzl A Prophet? If So, What Does it Mean? - Theodor Herzl is widely considered the founder of the modern Zionist movement, and by some, he's considered a prophet, and others, both now and when he was...
Project Censored

Resilience Rising: Community, Care, and the Aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Appalachia - Now that the cameras have long since left Hurricane Helene’s trail of devastation, what is the situation on the ground? And what was it about Appalachia ...
Unlimited Hangout

The Chain Of Command: How Facebook’s Libra, Bank Regulators, and PayPal Built A New World Currency - Two companies closely tied to Peter Thiel – PayPal and Facebook – have embarked on apparently unsuccessful efforts to create a “new world currency.” Yet,...
Common Dreams

FEC Snoozes Through the Election While Allegedly Illegal Coinbase Spending Reaches $50M - Yesterday, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong pledged another $25 million to the crypto super PAC Fairshake, bringing the company’s total spending in the 2024 ...
Bud Kennedy

Donald Trump wants a do-over. But is that really what America wants? | Opinion - Donald Trump has now been running for president since before some of his voters were born. It’s been 25 years since Trump first told CNN’s Larry King he wo...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

Cheap Groceries - On top of this CNN Town Hall shartage, my regular “Random 15″ from MSNBC included Kay-Kay speaking at a rally where she makes the big buildup to the workin...
See You In 2020

Socialism with American Characteristics is coming, and the path to it only keeps getting clearer - We in the United States are on the trajectory towards building a communist organizational force that wins. We know we’re going in the right direction b...
TalkLeft

Wednesday Open Thread: Respect for Puerto Rico - Reggaeton music artist Nicky Jam has rescinded his endorsement of Donald Trump as a result of the racist and degrading comments delivered by a comedian w...
Border/Lines

We're back (not a moment too soon) - Immigration news, in context.
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

Where We Find Ourselves: Thoughts on the 2024 Election - On the eve of voting, it's time to look this thing square in the face
LareDOS

How Trump’s mass deportations would ‘devastate’ Texas - The Lone Star State is home to millions of undocumented residents and members of mixed-status families critical to the state’s economic success, yet Texas ...
Ecosophia

The Man with the Moustache - One of the lasting traditions on this blog is that whenever a month has five Wednesdays in it, the commentariat gets to nominate and vote on the subject fo...
The Mind Unleashed

Airline to allow cats and dogs to fly in cabins alongside owners - Imagine boarding a plane, settling into your seat, and feeling a comforting presence beside you – but this time, it’s your cherished pet gazing up with fam...
Reveal

A Florida Teen’s Remarkable Fight to Put Her Rapist Behind Bars - Abused by her adoptive father, she was victimized again by the police charged with protecting her. A Florida Teen’s Remarkable Fight to Put Her Rapist B...
Earth 911

Reducing the Carbon Impact of American Diets With Plant-Based Choices - A plant-based diet can significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from our food systems. With... The post Reducing the Carbon Impact of American...
Sludge

Public Campaign Financing Is Already Changing New York Elections - More than 300 candidates joined the first run of New York State’s small-donor matching program, exceeding the expectations of advocates.
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

Could Trump’s Controversial Remarks Cost Him 2024 Election? Latino Experts Weigh In! - *Friends,I really liked this Sunday, October 27th interview on Buelna News involving Drs. Alvarao Huerta and Fernando Guerra. It's cool to have a level...
Alas, a Blog

Cartoon: We Could Let In More Immigrants - Immigration is great for the U.S.. It’s great for the economy. It’s great for our culture. Compared to those of us born here, immigrants are disproportiona...
Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

How to Assess Anarchist Movements? Five Key Socio-economic Dimensions - An assessment of how anarchist movements are grounded in the principles of non-capitalist structures, decentralisation, anti-patriarchy, and non-hierarch...
Free & Equal

Free & Equal Debate Founder Responds to Singer Loomis’ National Anthem - Los Angeles, CA – October 28, 2024 – Singer Loomis is making headlines after she performed the national anthem during the Free & Equal Elections Presiden...
Dissent Magazine

[RECORDING] Market Failure: The Climate Crisis and the Limits of Capitalism - Brett Christophers and Adam Tooze in conversation, moderated by Kate Aronoff.
Progressives Chat

Election 2024 Prediction: Trump … Vance … Republican Trifecta - Next week is the 2024 United States presidential election … along with other races and ballot issues. “Election Day 2024” will publish Tuesday, Novembe...
Trivial Knot

2024 Election positions - As usual, when I write about election positions, my purpose is not primarily to persuade readers, but rather to normalize the research & voting process. I ...
New Progressive Alliance

After the Election - I have friends on both sides and miss the days when we could tease each other instead of believing that we had to be mortal enemies. Those who advocate t...
Seeing the Forest

Still One Of The Best - Betty Boop, Minnie the Moocher
Bracing Views

Multicultural Militarism - W.J. Astore The Bombs Land Softer When a Latina Lesbian Drops Them Listening to Chris Hedges and Cornel West the other day, I heard them use the term “mult...
Democracy Chronicles

New Vision for Hollywood: Community-Driven Path to Sustainable Growth and Local Empowerment - To empower Hollywood, Eduardo proposes community investment and sustainable development for long-term, locally driven growth.
Idavox

2500 Voter Applications Show Up In Penn. County Scott Presler Has Been Canvassing and Law Enforcement Has Questions - Just a few weeks after that WTF of an event in Bucks County that Presler... The post 2500 Voter Applications Show Up In Penn. County Scott Presler Has Be...
alicublog

FRIDAY ‘ROUND-THE-HORN: JEFF BEZOS IS A PARASITIC PIECE OF SHIT WHO SHOULD BE TAXED INTO OBLIVION EDITION. - *I love Jill Scott and this song but had never before heard this live stretch-out. Nice!* It’s just barely Friday, still, but I’m coming in under the wir...
ExChristian.Net

The Misconceived Conception of a Baby Named Jesus - *The following is a short interview with Bill Burkland, the author of a soon to be released book entitled "The Misconceived Conception of a Baby Named J...
The Grayzone

How the Israel lobby fueled the rise of Britain’s top anti-Muslim chaos agent - The riots that gripped the UK this August were heavily inspired by anti-Muslim agitator Tommy Robinson. His rise to prominence is largely the product of ...
Duck of Minerva

Who is behind the terrorist attack in Ankara? - On October 23rd, militants attacked a Turkish aerospace facility near the capital of Ankara. The Turkish government blamed the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PK...
Dispatches from the Underclass

Every Israeli Accusation Is A Confession, from Lebanon to Palestine, w/ As’ad Abukhalil -
Avedon's Sideshow

Scarlet billows start to spread - Thanks to the late Taral Wayne for once having used this APOD photo by David Lane of the Milky Way over Devil's Tower as his October profile pic. (Original ...
Green Pages News

Why a vote for Kamala Harris for president is a wasted climate vote in California – vote Green instead - By Mike Feinstein If you are a climate voter in California, you could be throwing away your vote if you vote for Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party nomine...
Land Destroyer

US Government Behind Campaign Violating North Korean Airspace - *October 23, 2024* (NEO - Brian Berletic) - North Korea has recently warned against the use of drones over its sovereign airspace to spread subversive prop...
Two Party Opera

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Heights Kroger unveils extensive renovations — more cheese, please - After five months of construction and renovation, the Kroger store at the intersection of North Shepherd Drive and 11th Street in the Heights has unveiled...
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Declaración del PSL: El bloqueo de EE. UU. sumerge a Cuba en la oscuridad - ¡Depende de las personas de conciencia en el corazón del imperio aumentar la presión sobre la administración Biden para revertir las 243 medidas de la era ...
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Nina-Bytes: A Gateway to Eliminationism - Nina looks at why fascist lawmakers using anti-trans arguments to go after disability rights is a predictable but ominous sign for Pig Empire society. The...
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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 ...
Texas Freedom Network

“All People Are Beloved by God”: How Progressive Faith Communities Fought for Full LGBTQIA+ Inclusion Within the United Methodist Church - Learn about the United Methodist Church split and why faith values in our Just Texas community demand we fight for inclusion and justice. [...] Read More...
Media Lens

Expanding Beyond Earth – The Illusions Of ‘Progress’ - In 1859, the English philosopher John Stuart Mill wrote that China offered a ‘warning example’ to the West. Yes, Mill sniffed, Chinese culture had benefite...
Campaign for America's Future

Necesitamos a Kamala Harris como presidenta, y no al Medicare privatizado - Cuando Lyndon B. Johnson asumió la presidencia en 1963, quería que Estados Unidos se convirtiera en una “Gran Sociedad” con derecho a voto para todos y el ...
BEYONDbones

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS | October Sky Happenings - Editor’s Note: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS can be spotted with the naked-eye this month. HMNS Astronomer James Wooten explains. Saturn is now an evening obje...
San Antonio Current

Eighteen of Texas' current congressional candidates are election deniers - A total of 18 candidates who deny the legitimacy of the 2020 election are running to represent Texas in Congress this November, according to a tally by no...
Consent Factory, Inc.

Fear and Loathing in New Normal Germany - The first rule of New Normal Germany is, you do not compare New Normal Germany to Nazi Germany. If you do that, New Normal Germany will punish you. It will...
Texas Watch

Written Testimony Submitted to the Texas Legislature on Insurance Reform - The Texas Legislature is grappling with how to address sky-high homeowners and auto insurance rates. Recent hearings in the *Senate Business and Commerc...
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...
Courthouse News

Federal judge unseals Jack Smith immunity filing in Trump’s Jan. 6 case - Jack Smith's immunity brief argues that Trump can still be criminally tried over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election following the Supreme Court's sw...
Glasstire

Arielle Masson’s “Chaotic Nodes” - Contemplating the art of Arielle Masson is a cosmic journey that spirals through deep inner space into the vastness of the universe — moving through the ...
Socialist Alternative

Don’t Let Trump Steal the Election - Despite losing the popular vote by millions, Trump tried to steal the election in 2020. He has never stopped repeating that the 2020 elections were stolen ...
Black Agenda Report

Haiti and the Crisis of Imperialism in the Caribbean - Haiti and the Crisis of Imperialism in the Caribbean bareditors Wed, 10/02/2024 - 00:00 Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and Contributor
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

The Connection Between Jimmy Carter’s 100th Birthday and Tonight’s VP Debate - Former President Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday coinciding with the vice presidential debate today is fitting, given the important role Carter played in e...
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...
Environment Texas

Fracking is an environmental disaster - Polluted waterways. Destroyed wild places. Dead wildlife. The environmental impact of fracking is devastating. The post Fracking is an environmental disa...
Texans For Public Justice

Permission Granted: Texas oil and gas regulators on track to allow more flaring waste than ever - A new investigative report reveals how the state oil and gas agency, the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC), is on track to authorize venting or flari...
CPI's Danger in the Air

Inside the scramble to stop the displacement of thousands of California foster children - For years, the Nonprofits Insurance Alliance of California had been the primary insurer for the state’s foster family agencies, which house some of the m...
nonsite.org

Challenging the New Deal’s “Contemptible Neglect”: The CIO’s Campaign to Organize Agricultural Laborers - That disaster followed in 1947 when Republicans, who won majorities in both houses of Congress in the 1946 election, passed the Taft-Hartley amendment to t...
Edinburg Politics

Open Government Seminar, free and open to the public, set for Hidalgo County Commissioners Court Chambers in Edinburg on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, reports attorney Omar Ochoa - Journalists, elected and appointed public officials, and the general public in the Rio Grande Valley will have the opportunity to hear expert presentations...
The Socialist

International Relations: Tensions in Eastern Europe - Tensions in Eastern Europe have escalated recently, with geopolitical implications that resonate globally. The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine ...
Web of Debt

The Florida State Sunshine Bank: How a State-Owned Bank Can Protect Free Speech - Fifteen years have passed since the Occupy Wall Street movement focused attention on the inequities and hazards of large Wall Street banks, particularly th...
Reading the Pictures

The 13 Most Telling Photographs of the Harris-Trump Presidential Debate - Harris outmaneuvered Trump using psychological tactics to expose his weaknesses potentially reshaping the 2024 election narrative. The post The 13 Most T...
Stinque

A Kind of Hash - The post A Kind of Hash appeared first on Stinque.
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...
The NM Political Report

Indigenous advocates want to take push for RECA expansion to D.C. - Indigenous advocates who have been impacted by radiation exposure are ramping up the pressure they’re putting on U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson t...
The Rag Blog

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Moron Majority

Republicans Sound The Alarm: Harris Administration Could Threaten to Pass Laws Most Americans Actually Want - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Republican Party has entered full-blown panic mode amid growing fears that a Kamala Harris administration might attempt to pass legi...
FrontBurner – D Magazine

Jim Schutze doesn’t dig Tim Walz. - The former D Magazine and Dallas Observer columnist now writes almost exclusively on his Substack, called Shoots, about the mess that is Houston ISD. But...
Morning Consult

Replicating Experimental Findings with Online Panels - The post Replicating Experimental Findings with Online Panels appeared first on Morning Consult.
Polygraph (global fact-check)

Cambodian authorities falsely claim environmental activists justly convicted - Dozens of rights groups say activists were prosecuted for award-winning environmental work, while authorities denied defendants due process or right to a f...
Equality Texas

Remembering Sheila Jackson Lee - Today, we reflect on the profound legacy of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a tireless advocate for equality and justice. Her passing leaves a void in ...
TXElects

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

Julian Assange is FREE!!! - Dandelion Salad June 25, 2024 Guardian Australia on Jun 24, 2024 Stella Assange, Julian Assange’s wife, has released a video statement on her husband’s rel...
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...
The Disorder Of Things

Sex, Power & Play at Europe’s Largest Arms Fair - A guest post from Nico Edwards. Nico is the author of the new World Peace Foundation report Resisting Green Militarism: Building Movements for Peace and Ec...
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...
Countercurrents

Gaza becomes “death zone” as UN suspends humanitarian aid to hundreds of thousands in north - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced Tuesday the suspension of all humanitarian aid to the northern parts of the Gaza Strip. The estimat...
Independent Political Report

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Screwston Antifascist Committee

Global Day of Action Against Elbit Systems: A Report Back on Houston Actionists Blockade of BNY Mellon - This article details an action from early December. It was strategically withheld for publish until December 21st, the Global Day of Action Against Elbit. ...
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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...
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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
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My Most Recent Postings Are Shared at Op Ed News - ——— Check them out! ——— The post My Most Recent Postings Are Shared at Op Ed News appeared first on The WAWG Blog.
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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.
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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....
Bayou Brief

Six Degrees of Babe Huey - Did Huey Long and Babe Ruth ever meet?
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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

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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...
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ROAR Magazine

ROAR is closing down, but the struggle goes on - After more than a decade of independent publishing and media activism, we are moving on to explore new horizons.
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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...
Modern Democracy

Will the Supreme Court Swing the 2022 Midterms? - Recent commentary on the Supreme Court’s stay order in Merrill v. Milligan has focused on what the decision portends for the future of Section 2 d...
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

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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...
Dorf on Law

Between Tamago and Potemkin - *by Michael C. Dorf* There's an episode of *Curb Your Enthusiasm* in which Larry arrives at the new house of his manager Jeff and Jeff's wife Susie, who...
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...
The Metaphor Project

Our new Metaphor Project Strategy 6/04/22 - Our new Metaphor Project strategy prioritizes being active on social media over writing blogs. Now that President Biden and Vice President Harris are vigor...
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...
The Greanville Post

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

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

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

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

I Am One of Aimee Stephens’s Lawyers, and I Heard Yesterday’s Argument Firsthand - Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard argument on whether it is legal to fire people for being transgender or for being gay. I represent Aimee Stephens, th...
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...
Truthout

Energy Transfer Partners’ Security Team Sinks Water Protectors’ Boats - ETP's security team was notorious for its brutal tactics at Standing Rock.
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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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Pick Up the Pieces

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