Brains and Eggs: Too funny to wait until Sunday

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

Courthouse News

Conservationists warn of Army Corps harm to vital Florida estuary - Georgia asked the 11th Circuit to affirm the government's 2017 operational updates to end decades of dispute between its shared water resources with Florid...
Al Jazeera English

Greenland parliament approves security deal with US, Denmark - Lawmakers vote 16-0 for trilateral agreement signed in September, while seven abstained.
Undernews

Israel - *The Hill -* President Trump said on Tuesday that he has reached a deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that will end U.S. aid to Israel ...
Futurism

Anthropic Debuts Tool for Your Boss to Spy on Your Claude Chats - The tool will tell bosses "how a team uses Claude" and "report on the work getting done." The post Anthropic Debuts Tool for Your Boss to Spy on Your Cla...
Raw Story

'He's a fraud': Furious Trump unleashes Election Day attack after Dem's jab - President Donald Trump lashed out at Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) on Election Day, insisting he was only joking about renaming the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Po...
Axios

States take steps to secure vote after federal pullback - State officials have largely taken securing the 2026 midterm elections into their own hands after nearly two years of federal program and funding cuts du...
The Week

Book reviews: ‘The American Way of Killing’ and ‘Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up’ - Malcolm Gladwell examines why gun violence is so prevalent in the U.S., and David Byrne highlights major breakthroughs that were overlooked
Bonddad

Thoughts on today’s midterm elections - - *by New Deal democrat* My thoughts on how today’s midterm elections might shake out are expressed pretty well by this thread by MTSW on Bluesky: ...
Novara Media

Leftwing Alliance Led by Yanis Varoufakis Loses Access to Bank Account - An alliance of leftwing European political parties co-founded by former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has lost access to its bank account. The De...
Eschaton

Pete's Warfighters - They don't like him much. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had a similar approval rating. Roughly 45% of respondents said they approved of him, while 50...
Daily Howler

SELF GOVERNMENT: "The Texas Senate race is cooked!" - *TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2026* *Morning Joe, sanguine assessments:* We Americans no longer vote on Election Day. We've made it easier (and better) than that...
Political Wire

Gas Prices Rise Above $4 for First Time On Election Day - “Americans driving to the polls will pay gas prices averaging over $4 a gallon for the first time on record on an election day, the latest milestone in an ...
CultureMap Houston

Where to shop in Houston right now: 12 must-visit stops for November - Houston shoppers know that there is always room for one more boutique to explore, especially during the weeks leading up to the holiday season. From design...
Slate

On a Recent Night Out With My Single Friends, I Realized They All Have a Skill I Don’t. I’m Doomed. - They make it look so easy.
The Verge

Midterm elections 2026: all the news - The 2026 midterm elections will determine the scope of President Donald Trump’s power in his final two years in office, and signal what voters care about g...
San Antonio Current

Curator Mia Lopez comes full circle with the Centro de Artes exhibition ‘Mercado/Material’ - The vibrant new exhibition at San Antonio's Centro de Artes is on view through March 7, 2027. The post Curator Mia Lopez comes full circle with the Cen...
Glasstire

Letter from the Publisher: The Long View: Legacy, Lineage & Lasting Impact - Individual people can make disproportionally significant impacts on their local art scenes. This doesn’t make sense when seen from afar — how would one p...
SCOTUSblog

Will an ability to hold federal officers accountable survive this term? - At a time when there is a desire to hold ICE agents accountable for their constitutional violations, the Supreme Court might be poised to eliminate the o...
Independent Political Report

Wisconsin Green Party Secretary of State Candidate Charges Republican Impersonated Him in Text Message - *This article was originally published by Wisconsin Examiner on November 2, 2026. It is republished here under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Any views expre...
Scheerpost.com

‘Deeply Alarming’: Hours Before Midterm Elections, Trump Bombs Iran’s Qeshm Island - Jake Johnson Common Dreams “There is still a chance to prevent another catastrophe, but that window may be closing. We cannot afford to let this war escala...
Mother Jones

“Was It immature? Yes. Was It Juvenile? Yes. Was It Perverted? Probably.” - The most infamous political advertisement of the 2026 election cycle was first scooped by a quirky blogger who recently went to jail for sending a lawmaker...
Ian Welsh

Bullshit Stats: Indian Poverty - So, India and Indian chuds are doing a victory round because supposedly Indian poverty has massively dropped to 2.6%. Supposedly 496 million Indians were l...
WhoWhatWhy

Sports Betting PAC Stacks the Deck to Win State Legislatures - [image: DraftKings, Sportsbook logo, Chicago, Wrigley Field] With state legislatures playing a major role in regulating (or not regulating) new industries,...
Texas Standard

Abbott vs. Hinojosa: What’s at stake in the Texas governor’s race - Texas voters will decide Tuesday whether to give Gov. Greg Abbott a fourth term or elect Democrat Gina Hinojosa. The candidates have different plans for pu...
TalkLeft

Midterms Election Day: We Get the Government We Elect - I don't know if there will be a blue wave, a blue tsunami or we'll be singing the blues tonight. I know I don't trust the polls or the pundits pounding sta...
First Draft

Election Day Overview: Thanks, Donald - It's election day. Tick tock, motherfuckers.
ArcaMax

Time for a Reset: The New Congress Should Renew American Support for Ukraine - After former President John F. Kennedy's assassination, the new president, Lyndon Johnson, was being urged by Democrats to name Attorney General Robert F. ...
Mediagazer

Thomson Reuters reports Q3 revenue up 10% YoY to $1.83B and news unit revenue up 12% to $232M, boosted by a surge in licensing revenue from generative AI (Kenneth Li/Reuters) - Kenneth Li / Reuters: *Thomson Reuters reports Q3 revenue up 10% YoY to $1.83B and news unit revenue up 12% to $232M, boosted by a surge in licensing rev...
Space City Weather

It is absurdly warm this morning, but I think this is finally the end of steamy sunrises - In brief: In today’s post we discuss a shift from very warm temperatures this morning to something decidedly nicer over the next 10 days. Also, it’s probab...
El Paso Matters

El Paso election results: Follow live results with El Paso Matters - Check back with El Paso Matters starting at 7 p.m. for live results, interviews and in-depth coverage of key races, including City Council, county judge...
Rallblog

Midterm Mayhem | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas - Live at 9 AM Eastern & Streaming 24-7 Thereafter: • Finally—it’s Election Day in the US Midterm Elections. Most Americans have already voted early, and a...
Angry Bear

A Candidate Scorned - Knowledge Is Better Than Ignorance, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar‘s Take on the news. I lived in Michigan for over 21 years. Michigan’s Senate Race Turns Even Ugli...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

US midterm elections 2026 live: Americans go to the polls in referendum on Trump’s agenda - Polls open across the US where key Senate and House races will decide which party controls Congress for remainder of Donald Trump’s second term - ...
The Progressive Wing

11/3 Election Day News Roundup and Open Thread - Happy Election Day! I’m voting later this am. Fingers crossed!
Mediaite

‘Big If True!!!’ Donald Trump Jr. Mocked for Warning Ohioans That Dems Want to ‘Make Ohio a State’ - Trump Jr. was ridiculed for the bizarre on-stage slip as he joined Vice President JD Vance in a last push before voters head to the polls. The post ‘Big ...
Houston Public Media

Election Day in Houston (Nov. 3, 2026) - On Tuesday's show: As voters head to the polls on Election Day, we check in with reporters at polling places around the city, remind you what you should do...
The Hill

A tale of two political ads - What we will remember from this season are the two ads the ended it — and possibly ended the political aspirations of some would-be politicians.
Dorf on Law

Why I Vote in Person on Election Day But Shouldn't Have To - Today is Election Day. If I lived in a state in which elections are conducted primarily by mail, I almost certainly would have mailed in my ballot rather...
naked capitalism

Links 11/3/2026 -
The Root

A Strategist Knocked on Doors in Fla. and Georgia. Here’s What Black Voters Want Democrats to Know - A Strategist knocked on 1000 doors and now reveals what Black Americans want from Democrats. Read more...
Vox

Who will govern Israel? It may come down to Arab voters. - The dust is beginning to settle a week after Israel’s first national election since Hamas’s attack on October 7, 2023, and the war Israel waged on Gaza in ...
Salon.com

Black voters could sway the midterms in surprising places - SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act. Early voting numbers indicate that Black Americans are fighting back
The Smirking Chimp

Trump’s ‘Loser’ Move Suggests White House ‘Lost Control of the President’ -
Crooked Timber

An open letter to JK Rowling from Sophie Grace Chappell - An open letter to J K Rowling (November 2026) Dear Ms Rowling I see you have published an update on your June 2020 essay on transgender issues. As you prob...
Off The Kuff

Today is Election Day 2026 - From the inbox: Election Day for the Tuesday, November 3, 2026, General and Special Elections is [today]. Harris County voters will cast ballots in federal...
San Antonio Report

All eyes on Texas as Paxton, Talarico make final pitches in nationally targeted Senate race - Texas has already broken turnout and spending records. Now national and international media are flooding into the state to watch. --------------------------...
ProPublica

We Can’t Predict What Will Happen on Election Day. But We’ll Be Here to Cover It. - The post We Can’t Predict What Will Happen on Election Day. But We’ll Be Here to Cover It. appeared first on ProPublica.
Two Party Opera

Activity Page: Voting Edition - Read More
Crooked Media

Election Day Survival Guide (w/ Dan Pfeiffer) - The post Election Day Survival Guide (w/ Dan Pfeiffer) appeared first on Crooked Media.
The Daily Poster

The Midterms May Be An Anti-Trump Wave. They Could Become Far More. - The conditions for real change are finally emerging — if voters treat Election Day as the beginning rather than the end.
Daily Cartoonist

CSotD: It’s Now or Never - Chappatte offers a concise description of the day: This is the point at which we declare what and who we are. We can get off the road to autocracy, or we c...
Grist

Electric aviation is taking off in unexpected ways - Electric aircraft may one day usher in low-carbon travel, but for now they are finding a foothold with paramedics and climate researchers.
High Country News

‘Work, patience, repair’ - #iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region. The post ‘Work, patience, repair’ appeared first on High Country News.
Portside

How Field Organizing Beats Big Money - How Field Organizing Beats Big Money Mark Brody Tue, 11/03/2026 - 02:25
Consortium News

Patrick Lawrence: America Goes to the Polls - The conduct of empire and the dismantling of a never-fully-functional U.S. democracy have been normalized — broadly accepted as the anxious reality in whic...
World Socialist Web Site

Capitalist Crisis, Imperialist War and the World Socialist Revolution - Delivered the night before the midterm elections, this lecture explains why the war against Iran, the AI bubble and the eruption of mass struggle across Eu...
Common Dreams

The Algae Is Brutal, The Choice Is So Clear - Hoo boy. We made it, barely. Not stressed, really. But pretty wrung dry by the relentless lies, slurs, sludge, fearmongering in "the most nakedly bigoted...
Election Law Blog

An Election Day stocking-stuffer: materials on election-related warrants - Justin here. Just in time for Election Day, I’m delighted by the arrival of the final published version of the summer’s article on Election-Related Searc...
Informed Comment

With Rumors of Nuclear War, the New Congress must end the Iran conflict to avoid a U.S. Catastrophe - The US electorate needs to bring this conflict to a negotiated end before it literally blows up in their faces.
Techdirt.

American Measles Cases Have More Than Doubled Last Year’s Record Totals - As I continue to say, you may be done with the measles, but the measles is not done with you, nor the entire country. Coinciding with the profane installme...
Brad Blog

Last Call(s) Before Election Day!: ‘BradCast’ 11/2/2026 - Yup, it’s our last call-in BradCast before Election Day tomorrow. But we’ve also got a whole bunch of related news to go along with our, let’s say, eclecti...
Alternet

Trump's DOJ 'runs scared' from Jack Smith: report - President Donald Trump and his top supporters have repeatedly been embarrassed in their attempts to prosecute Jack Smith, the official who himself prosec...
Krebs on Security

Tech Firms Dismantle Botnet That Turned 1.3M TV Boxes Into Proxies - Google said today it worked with industry partners to dismantle a botnet made up of more than 1.3 million Android TV set-top boxes that ship with malicious...
OpEd News

Trump' s Iran War: Is China Quietly Replacing America in the Persian Gulf? - Trump's war with Iran may be accelerating China's rise in the Persian Gulf. As American military bases face damage and Washington considers reducing its re...
Deadline Politics

The Key 2026 Midterm Races Hollywood Is Watching - As encouraging as polls are for Democrats, left-leaning Hollywood activists are viewing Tuesday’s midterm elections with a lot of anxiety — and just a bit ...
Workers World

Global port workers action: ‘We won’t work for war’ - [image: Global port workers action: ‘We won’t work for war’] The global port workers strike on Oct. 30, with themes such as “We won’t work for war” and “Po...
Church and State

The Roman Catholic hierarchy: a cabal of power that moves under the guise of benevolence - Through the Vatican’s constant presentation of the Church’s actions as “virtuous”, recognition of the Church as a tyrant has been thwarted.
Ballot Access News

South Dakota Supreme Court Agrees with Lower Court that Candidate Should Remain on Ballot Even Though Her Address on her Petition Doesn’t Match Her Address on Her Registration Record - On Octdober 29, the South Dakota Supreme Court issued an order in Kathol v Johnson. It will issue a full opinion later. The issue is the petition validity ...
Progressive.org

On the House - One Connecticut child care provider has an innovative fix for a broken system: housing its workers for free.
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

'MAGA reduced to pushing misleading clip of El-Sayed about trans athletes' & other Mon/Tues news briefs - *Editor's note - Tuesday is election day and the LGBTQ community simply have to show up. A lot of us do weeping and hand wringing about the attacks on o...
Antiwar.com

Soviet Dictators Used War and Famine To Create Ukraine - The Russian Empire entered the First World War in 1914 as one of Europe’s great powers, yet four years of catastrophic military defeats, economic dislocati...
Greg Palast

Federal Agent Sues to Block Trump from Sending Deputies to Texas Polls - US Special Agent Nicolas Little’s job is to protect America’s foreign embassies from terrorist attacks. He sports a heavy bulletproof vest, a lawman’s badg...
Liberation News

Only people power can transform society: Lessons from the Minnesota Socialism Summit - ...we have to realize that we can have a socialist system in our lifetime, only if we are willing to fight for it!
Popular Resistance

White Supremacy Is The Glue That Consolidates The Global Rise Of Fascism - As the world rises against neoliberalism and its dictates of austerity and militarization, the capitalist class is doubling down on fueling a rise of Whi...
IVN

2026 Midterm Election Live Updates for Independent Voters - Live updates on the races and ballot measures that matter to independent voters.
Claytoonz

Hoax Wave - Read the Blog and subscribe to my Substack. There is 1 day until the midterms. Support your local cartoonist: If you want to support the cartoonist, please...
Polygraph (global fact-check)

Iran’s Supreme Court upholds death sentence for a fruit seller arrested in connection with nationwide protests - Marefati was convicted in March 2026 by an Islamic revolutionary court in Tehran on charges alleging participation in activities against national security,...
Speak Freely (ACLU)

A Conversation with an Election Expert: Breaking Down This Year’s Election Process - Loyola Law School professor Justin Levitt has worked on elections for 25 years in the government, nonprofits, and academia. He addresses common voter quest...
NPR's Health Shots

This woman defied lethal cancer. Can mRNA vaccines make that possible for others? - Researchers have been chasing the dream of a cancer vaccine for decades. Some recent successes with mRNA technology are garnering excitement from patients,...
Dissent Magazine

A Turnaround in Brazil - Lula’s victory interrupted the far right’s advance at the presidential level. Can the left use his final term to build a political alternative for the fu...
Mondoweiss

Haley Stevens is trying to ratf–k the El-Sayed campaign over Israel - [image: Rep. Haley Stevens interviewed by CNN's Anderson Cooper on her decision to endorse GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers, on November 1, 2026.]In a shoc...
The AltWorld

When the World Sleeps: Stories, Words and Wounds of Palestine - Book Author(s):Francesca Albanese Published Date:30 April 2026 Publisher:Hardie Grant Books ISBN-13:97817614528540 UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albane...
Project Censored

What’s Happening to the US Economy? - On this episode of the Project Censored Show, co-host Eleanor Goldfield sits down with journalist and political economist Ben Norton to discuss the economy...
Earthworks

The Long Journey to Hold Canadian Mining Accountable - By Jan Morrill, Earthworks and Diana Martin, MiningWatch Canada This month representatives of communities living in the shadows of the … The post The L...
Wolf Street

No Inflection Point Yet: Near-Exponential Data Center Boom Sends Shockwaves to Industrial Economy, Construction Hit by 2nd Wave of Inflation - They all spiked: Construction of data centers and power plants; orders for equipment at US manufacturers; and inflation in construction.
Edinburg Politics

With almost 12,000 Blacks in the Rio Grande Valley, new board members for Village in the Valley (ViVa) continue to promote positive changes for all residents of deep South Texans - FEATURED: Village in the Valley (ViVa), a McAllen-based organization whose stated mission is elevating and uniting the Black community while connecting cul...
Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

Dependent Fascism in Latin America Revisited - The current political conjuncture in Latin America, characterized by an ascendant far-right, demands more than the language of populism or democratic bac...
The NM Political Report

In Chaves Co., Republicans, Democrats outperformed in early voting, nonpartisan voters mostly sat it out - [image: Republican candidates in the Eastern New Mexico State Fair (NMGOP)] By Pat Davis, The New Mexico News — As Chaves County voters turn their attenti...
slacktivist

Texas Christians and ‘biblical literacy’ - Frederick Douglass's great sermon shows the gap between his "baseline of biblical literacy" and the "biblical literacy" of the white Christians he called t...
Capital & Main

Remembering Dolores Huerta, Who Taught Farmworkers to Stand Up - Friends and admirers recall the enduring legacy of the labor icon, 96, who spent her life organizing and fighting for workers and civil rights. The post ...
Sludge

Israel Hires Trump Fundraising Vendor for 'Persuasion Pilot' - Starboard, which has collected thousands from Trump’s joint fundraising committee and runs a network of conservative news sites, registered as a foreign ag...
Bracing Views

Resisting Dystopia - Keep on thinking free BILL ASTORE NOV 01, 2026 When I was a teenager in the 1970s, three dystopic novels were pretty much required reading: Orwell’s “1984,...
Debunking Christianity

My Christian Conversion and Deconversion, by John W. Loftus - * As I announced earlier, I've decided to publish whole chapters from my books. I may eventually publish them all, certainly a bunch of them. The go...
Democracy Now!

"Princes and Thieves" Author Matthew Cole on Jared Kushner & the "Secret Plot to Remake Middle East" - *Vanity Fair* recently published an excerpt from longtime investigative reporter Matthew Cole’s new book, *Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed b...
The Conversation

Disaster aid has become a political lottery – libraries, schools and places of worship are stepping into the breach - Libraries, synagogues, parks and local businesses are becoming the real front line of recovery.
Texas Observer

Could Socialism Come to Texas? - A few months back, Governor Greg Abbott wailed about the threats coming from “socialist cities like Austin, Houston, and Dallas.” Whether or not you shar...
memeorandum

Trump vows to protect Musk, floats pre-emptive staff pardons (Ben Berkowitz/Axios) - Ben Berkowitz / Axios: *Trump vows to protect Musk, floats pre-emptive staff pardons* — President Trump said Monday he'd move to protect Elon Musk if D...
Rewire

These 10 Midterms Ballot Measures Will Affect Reproductive Justice - Rewire News Group is tracking referenda on abortion access, trans kids in sports, and marriage equality in the 2026 midterms.
Consent Factory, Inc.

An Advertisement for The Rise of the New Normal Reich, including a Stupid Anti-Nazi Disclaimer for the German Authorities - Here we go again. The second edition of The Rise of the New Normal Reich: Consent Factory Essays, Vol. III (2020-2021), published by Tucker Carlson Books, ...
Infidel753

Truths and inspirations for 2 November 2026 - Normally there would be a non-political image round-up this week, but (a) the election would be too much of a distraction, and (b) I've got too many of the...
Seeing the Forest

AI Sells The Public’s Work Back To Us - AI was developed using the government-developed Internet to vacuum up all of humanity’s knowledge. It sucked up all of humanity’s science, literature, art,...
Duck of Minerva

The Curse of Elon - As part of my interest in electric vehicles, I have listened to 7 or 8 audiobooks on Elon Musk, EVs, and Tesla (Vance, Isaacson, Niedermayer, McKenzie, Slo...
Socialist Alternative

Federal Agents Raid Ilhan Omar’s Home—Fight Back Against Political Repression & Attacks On Immigrants! - On the morning of October 12, federal agents raided a house in one of Washington DC’s northeast neighborhoods. They were collecting evidence. Was it the re...
See You In 2020

The “Zombie Biden” Democrat faction will defeat capital’s other wings, & bring about America’s breakup - When I predict that America is going to break up, I say this with the confidence that such a breakup will actually be what catalyzes America’s great com...
The Texas Signal

A Record Early Vote In Texas - Over 7.7 million Texans cast their ballot in-person or via mail. That amounts to a little over 40 percent of registered voters, a threshold that passes 2018.
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

Haley Stevens Endorses Mike Rogers: Dispatches Mailbag - A recording from Jared Yates Sexton's live video
The Greanville Post

From Matter to Primitive Consciousness: The Emergence of Internality in Prehuman Nature - BL—After World War II four very important books came out. The first was Jean Gebser’s The Ever-Present Origin. In my opinion Gebser’s stages of consciousne...
Alas, a Blog

If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Be ‘Em - This one is drawn by Becky Hawkins. I rarely write cartoons with a release date in mind. Typically, I write a script and it sadly hangs around in my “unfin...
Trivial Knot

Origami: Western Pond Turtle - This is one of the designs in Origami Design Secrets, in a chapter on pattern grafting. The hexagonal pattern on the turtle’s pack is folded first, then y...
Progressives Chat

2026 U.S. Midterm Elections Predictions - The time has arrived. Tuesday, November 3, 2026 is Election Day and Election Night. I will likely be a guest on *Due Dissidence* with a focus on the elec...
jobsanger

Taking A Break - Like most other bloggers, pollsters, and pundits, I seem to just be repeating myself - and it's pointless. I think most voters have either already voted...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

From Demographic Change to Democratic Change: Is a New #ChangeWave Rising in Texas and Across America? by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. Oct. 31, 2026 - *From Demographic Change to Democratic Change: Is a New #ChangeWave Rising in Texas **and Across * *America?* *by* *Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D.* *October 31,...
Field Negro

Midterm fears. - November third is almost here, and the talking heads and political junkies at news outlets like CNN, MSNBC, and FOX are losing their minds. This is the...
Avedon's Sideshow

Just like a ghost, you've been a-hauntin' my dreams - This image was swiped from Snoogums' flickr feed. Look, if you were hoping Netanyahu would lose and it would make everything okay, no, that was not going ...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Count Folke Bernadotte & History of Isreli Assassinations - Israel has an incredibly long history of carrying out Assassinations, one of the most important ones was Count Folke Bernadotte when they were just esta...
Lowering the Bar

Assorted Stupidity #176 - [image: LTB logo]In this edition: Anthropic tells potential investors its product might kill them (and the rest of humanity); some guys fail to steal 13 to...
MintPress News

Iran Downs US Aircraft As Israel Prepares ‘Unprecedented Strikes’ Amidst Election Turmoil - Iranian air defences downed three US drones and opened fire on a fighter jet, amidst ongoing military preparations by the United States to carry out anot...
Discourse

The Truth Behind Trump’s Ass Obsession (w/Jack Crosbie) - Plus: Fiery Taylor Swift wedding reporting, Obama shit-stirring about the Cheesecake Factory, and our Midterms predictions
The Militant

Vote Socialist Workers Party! Join the SWP campaigning, now and after the elections! - Vote for the Socialist Workers Party candidates Nov. 3! Join with the SWP and build the one party that speaks loudly and clearly for the class interests of...
DeSmogBlog

Ohio Denies Evidence of Fracking Waste in Drinking Water. Its Own Records Show Otherwise. - This story was co-published with Rolling Stone. In Ohio’s rural southeastern corner, Marietta College geology professor David Jeffrey was among the resid...
The Grayzone

Facing subpoenas, pro-Palestine activists refuse to testify in Fergie fishing expedition - A pair of activists subpoenaed by Trump’s Justice Department have announced their refusal to cooperate with investigators on an apparent legal fishing ex...
Black Agenda Report

Memphis Communities Fight Elon Musk's Data Center - Memphis Communities Fight Elon Musk's Data Center Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 10/30/2026 - 01:28 KeShaun Pearson of...
NORML

Marijuana Midterms Alert: Double Your Impact Before Election Day - [image: four raised fists of varying skin tones display round "VOTE" stickers against a background of legal cannabis plants][image: four raised fists of ...
Idavox

Next on the – Ahem – ‘Far Right’ James O’Keefe & Cam Higby - We really not big on using the “far right” moniker in this case, and prefer... The post Next on the – Ahem – ‘Far Right’ James O’Keefe & Cam Higby appea...
Environment Texas

Environment Texas endorses Austin Proposition A to protect parks, pools and trails - $260 million bond measure would improve Austin’s parks, pools, trails and recreational facilities. The post Environment Texas endorses Austin Proposition...
Ecosophia

October 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...
Texas Freedom Network

Thomas Ray Garcia por de la Junta de Educación Estatal (SBOE) - Anuncio político pagado por Texas Freedom Network. Read in English Este otoño, los votantes desde South Padre hasta la Bahía de Matagorda tienen un super...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

Despite a Blocked Gerrymander, Virginia Democrats Aim for House Gains Anyway - Jeff Schapiro on Virginia's 2026 elections The post Despite a Blocked Gerrymander, Virginia Democrats Aim for House Gains Anyway appeared first on Sabato...
Land Destroyer

US Project Meridian” - A Symptom of American Decline, Not a Solution - *October 12, 2026 *(NEO - Brian Berletic) - US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth recently announced the creation of the 120 day task force, “Project Meri...
Campaign for America's Future

Will You Save Democracy? - Everyone who has the right to vote must vote. We must send a clear message to authoritarians that we reject their plan, and reject division. We stand toget...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: DADDY ISSUES EDITION. - *I forgot they were good right to the end.* Getting close to zero hour, so Tubby and his goons are trying to fuck with the election. For example, he was ...
LareDOS

Avowed racist Bo French running for Texas Railroad Commissioner - His xenophobic sentiments evidence a lack of character
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

EU Flag, Revised, no. 2 - 11 x 17 inch high-res color .jpg image, 1.5mb …Governments do not launch wars simply because they confront domestic unrest. The fundamental causes of imper...
Earth 911

Sustainability In Your Ear: XPRIZE’s David Babson on Why Climate Grand Challenges Need Buyers, Too - Buyers contracted nearly 30 million tons of durable carbon removal in 2025, more than triple... The post Sustainability In Your Ear: XPRIZE’s David Babso...
nonsite.org

Introduction to Capitalism 1996–2026 - If, we take seriously, as the contributors to this issue argue we must, the idea that capital has reached the point where it can no longer afford to (and s...
Web of Debt

Dollar Reset 2.0: Stablecoins, Treasury Bills and the Case for Public Banks - The Digital Dollar Drain, image by ScheerPost Washington’s stablecoin strategy could shore up the dollar by making U.S. Treasury bills the backing for a ne...
Media Lens

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Brains and Eggs

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Too funny to wait until Sunday

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