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

Green Party 2024 end-of-the-year Election Reporthttps://t.co/0pZU74nDZz
• Greens win 54.3% of local elections they contest
• 160 Greens currently hold elected office
• Green candidates regain ballot status in 6 states
• Green presidential ticket finishes 3rd in nation pic.twitter.com/I72RZK9fl4
— Green Party Elections Data Base Reports & Analysis (@gpelections) December 30, 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

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

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

Axios

Trump administration pushes OOO email blaming shutdown on Democrats - Since the government shutdown began early Wednesday, out-of-office emails have emerged at several federal agencies blaming Democrats for the situation. ...
memeorandum

How John Thune sees the shutdown ending (Jordain Carney/Politico) - Jordain Carney / Politico: *How John Thune sees the shutdown ending* … “I keep telling them: When they have eight or 10 — preferably 10, or more — when t...
Mediaite

Marjorie Taylor Greene Dares ‘Israel First’ AIPAC To Back Primary Challenge Against Her: ‘Giddy-Up’ - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene dared the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and other pro-Israel groups to back a primary challenge against her next y...
Portside

Trump Declares War on America - Trump Declares War on America Mark Brody Wed, 10/01/2025 - 23:03
Raw Story

'Contrary to our laws': Ex-military leader reveals Trump's 'implied' message for troops - A former military leader revealed the "implied" message President Donald Trump left for active duty troops during his televised speech for America's top ...
Courthouse News

Feds target Oregon counties over noncompliance with ICE subpoenas - As a sanctuary state since 1987, Oregon law enforcement and agencies are generally barred from participating in federal immigration enforcement.
World Socialist Web Site

Eric Adams leaves New York City mayoral race, as Trump steps up attacks on Mamdani - A right-wing gang-up against NYC Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani took place this week, as the November 4 election nears.
The Hill

Jeffries says he hasn't heard from White House since Monday meeting - House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that he hasn’t heard from the White House since a Monday meeting with President Trump and other...
Political Wire

How John Thune Sees the Shutdown Ending - Senate Majority Leader John Thune laid out a path to end the government shutdown, saying he is willing to discuss the shape of future health care negotiati...
Wolf Street

Tariff Cash Keeps Rolling In: Record $30 Billion in September - Corporate profits, after exploding in the high-inflation era, fell this year. Tariffs are very difficult to pass on after the price spikes in 2020-2022.
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Perky Maxwell House viral ad takes on housing crisis as ‘Maxwell Apartment’ - Historic US company also offering ‘12-month lease’ – an annual supply – of pre-ground coffee for under $40 Housing in the US has become so unaffordable t...
Crooked Media

Trump’s Shutdown, Your Problem - The post Trump’s Shutdown, Your Problem appeared first on Crooked Media.
Popular Resistance

Global Sumud Flotilla Boats Being Stolen By Israeli Occupying Forces - Below are Instagram posts from the Global Sumud Flotilla regarding their interception by the Israeli Occupying Forces. This is an evolving situation. Bel...
The Greanville Post

Col. Larry Wilkerson: Warning Signs: Is the United States on the Path to Disaster? - DW—The video transcript features an in-depth conversation with Larry Wilkerson, a retired U.S. Army Colonel, discussing multiple pressing geopolitical and ...
Brad Blog

Why is DOJ Suing 'Blue' States for Their Voter Registration Databases?: 'BradCast' 10/1/2025 - Elections, crime and voter suppression. Three of our favorite topics here on The BradCast, all of which we cover in several different ways and several diff...
Deadline Politics

“New York, Will You Accept This Rose?”: Zohran Mamdani Runs ‘Golden Bachelor’ Spot During ABC Reality Series - Zohran Mamdani’s latest ad features him asking the question, “New York, will you accept this rose?” In an outreach older voters, the campaign is debuting a...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

'GOP lawmaker once accused trans people of harming kids. He just pled guilty to child porn charges' & other Wed/Thur news briefs - Former SC legislator (and Moms for Liberty's 2023 'Legislator of the Year') RJ May recently pled guilty to child porn charges. May in the past has accused...
Mediagazer

Sources: Yahoo nears a deal to sell AOL to Italian app developer Bending Spoons for ~$1.4B; AOL.com's traffic has recently grown 20% YoY among users aged 25-54 (Reuters) - Reuters: *Sources: Yahoo nears a deal to sell AOL to Italian app developer Bending Spoons for ~$1.4B; AOL.com's traffic has recently grown 20% YoY among ...
Daily Cartoonist

Jane Goodall 1934 – 2025 - From the Jane Goodall Institute: Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, UN Messenger of Peace and world-renowned ethologist, conserv...
CultureMap Houston

These are the 14 best things to do in Houston this weekend - Let’s face it – it’s all about Taylor Swift this weekend.
Dissident Voice

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan - He had moments of discomfort and embarrassment – pressed into calling the Qatari Prime Minister by his host to apologise for striking Doha and made to pa...
Claytoonz

Bad Bunny vs Bad President - Read the blog at my Substack, and please become a subscriber. Support your local cartoonist: If you want to support the cartoonist, please donate through P...
WhoWhatWhy

Two Key Takeaways from Hegseth’s Talk to the Generals - [image: Pete Hegseth, Haranguing, Military Leaders] The country’s new Secretary of War explains to America’s leading generals what he expects from the new ...
OpEd News

The Coming of the Second Civil War - In this column I consider the thought that a Second Civil War is upon us. (Not violent, yet, of course.) It is between the Constitutionalist forces a US/Tr...
Daily Dot

Is Ford struggling to sell its F-150 trucks? Budget expert suggests now is the time for people with low credit scores to purchase one - [image: ford f-150 trucks] Ford is extending special financing rates typically reserved for borrowers with excellent credit to those with subprime credit...
Capital & Main

The Insatiable Energy Demands of Data Centers Could Increase Fossil Fuel Emissions in California - By 2030, the centers could consume the equivalent of adding another city the size of L.A. to the state’s power grid. The post The Insatiable Energy Deman...
Techdirt.

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Moderating Is Such Sweet Sorrow - Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on...
Mother Jones

Another Shutdown Casualty: Medicare Telehealth Coverage - In 2001, Congress implemented partial Medicare coverage for telehealth, allowing remote visits with doctors and other forms of long-distance care—a respons...
Liberation News

Oppose US threats against Venezuela! - The Trump administration is accelerating plans for a military attack on Venezuela.
The Verge

Trump admin adds banner attacking ‘Radical Left Democrats’ to government websites - The Trump administration has put up banners across federal websites blaming Democrats for the government shutdown, and in some cases, blatantly campaigning...
Slate

I Learned So Many of My Most Important Life Lessons From Jane Goodall - You may have heard of Horse Girls, but I’m a Primate Girl for life.
High Country News

What the government shutdown means for public lands - Many parks will stay open, and oil and gas permitting will continue — even as tens of thousands of staff are furloughed at NPS, BLM and USFS. The post W...
Vox

Elizabeth Warren on why Democrats had to shut down the government - At midnight on Wednesday, the federal government shut down. Democrats made good on their promise to vote against a continuing resolution if Republicans did...
Houston Public Media

‘We are coming for you:’ Abbott announces Harris County task force targeting repeat violent offenders - Abbott pointed to stats that show violent crime and murders across Harris County are trending down. But crime remains at front of mind for residents in the...
The Week

Art review: Sixties Surreal - Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, through Jan. 19
San Antonio Current

Texas anti-war veteran among those aboard Gaza aid flotilla intercepted by Israeli Navy - [image: Greg Stoker pictured speaking on deck of the veteran vessel in the Global Sumud Flotilla.] The flotilla was intercepted by Israeli forces, and com...
Reform Austin

Talarico Raises $6.2M in Three Weeks, Outpacing Allred - Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… State Rep. James Talarico raised $6.2 million in the first three weeks of his U.S. Senate campa...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

The Check-In with Danielle Moodie and Jared Yates Sexton - Working through the emotional and psychological toll of the fascist military stunt
San Antonio Report

Former Democratic state Rep. Leo Pacheco seeks comeback, but as a Republican - Pacheco once chaired the Bexar County Democratic Party in the 90s, but left HD 118 early after he was censured for a gun rights issue. ---------------------...
TalkLeft

Dems Hold Strong, Shutdown is Here - The Democrats did not cave to pressure from Donald Trump and the cadre of Republicans in Congress who blindly follow him. The federal government has shut...
Undernews

US Home Sales Falling - *Newsweek - * Real estate agents are reporting a growing number of prospective buyers backing out of home sales, reflecting the challenges faced by sell...
Texas Standard

A standoff between parties continues as the government shuts down - President Trump has threatened to fire workers, while Democrats fight to reverse health care cuts.
Consortium News

WATCH: Israelis Make Illegal Arrests on Sumud Flotilla - Israeli soldiers make arrests as they board the flotilla of 40 boats with 500 people on the high seas on its way to Gaza. Watch the feed from the flotilla ...
Salon.com

Jane Goodall’s work with chimps changed how we see humanity - Jane Goodall dies at 91 — her discoveries about chimps transformed our relationship with the animal world
NPR's Health Shots

A new documentary about a dastardly worm and a heroic effort by Jimmy Carter - "The President and the Dragon,' premiering today, looks at Carter's momentous decision to try and wipe out a devastating and neglected disease. We spoke to...
Independent Political Report

American Solidarity Party Responds to Cardinal Cupich on Catholics Being “Politically Homeless” - The American Solidarity Party issued a response this week to Cardinal Blase Cupich’s warning that Catholics in the United States are increasingly “politi...
The Conversation

Why a quick compromise to the first government shutdown in nearly 7 years seems unlikely - Amid negotiations, Democrats may feel like they finally have some leverage against the Trump administration, according to a political science scholar.
Bracing Views

Fat Generals Are the Problem! - Hegseth’s Absurdity Masks a Far Scarier Issue BILL ASTORE OCT 01, 2025 The military historian Dennis Showalter once told me that he didn’t care about the a...
The NM Political Report

Government shutdown signals heartburn ahead for New Mexicans - Alex Ross is a senior politics and legislative reporter for the New Mexico Political Report. He began his career in daily journalism in Montana and previ...
Alternet

'Clown show': Leavitt brutally mocked over explanation of Trump's 'utterly deranged' video - White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is facing a wave of mockery over her response after being asked about President Donald Trump posting then de...
Environment Texas

What’s the U.S. Bee Lab, and why we should protect it - The Bee Lab is working to save the bees– now we have to save the Bee Lab. The post What’s the U.S. Bee Lab, and why we should protect it appeared first o...
Futurism

AI Poised to Gut Your Retirement Fund, Analysts Warn - "Few would escape the pain." The post AI Poised to Gut Your Retirement Fund, Analysts Warn appeared first on Futurism.
Church and State

Blasphemy 2.0 - Today we see a new wave of blasphemy accusations that we could call Blasphemy 2.0 because they differ from past forms.
Discourse

This Is the Plan - A very literal housing collapse shows us the future that capitalists want.
Eschaton

Medical Update - I have managed 3-4 mile runs without them seeming to cause any obvious setback on my plantar fasciitis journey, though not without some pain, so perhaps I ...
slacktivist

‘Whoever does not love does not know’ - It's partly "sheer public apostasy" and an explicit rejection of morality. But that means it's also partly genuine incomprehension.
American Prospect

Who Picked the Crops? - Today on TAP: How ICE favored growers at the expense of farmworkers
naked capitalism

Hooray! Met Our Third Target! On to the Fourth: Continuing Expanded Daily Links - The fundraiser is going nicely but many of you have yet to contribute! How about chipping in for the daily essential of our morning Links?
Second Nexus

R&B Singer Ne-Yo Speaks Out After Physical Altercation With Fan Who Jumped On Stage Mid-Song - Ne-Yo is “*So Sick*” of anyone disrespecting his stage. During a performance in Kobe, Japan, on Saturday, Sept. 27, the R&B superstar *shoved a fan* off ...
Al Jazeera English

Why NYC’s Zohran Mamdani doesn’t fit racial boxes – and that’s the point - The New York City mayoral candidate is in the spotlight for his Ugandan heritage. What does it reveal about race in US?
Daily Howler

WEDNESDAY: Tom Nichols inches towards the question! - *WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2025* *The bill has now come due:* Over here in Blue America, there exists a tremendous reluctance to come to terms with what seem...
Election Law Blog

“A GOP push to restrict voting by overseas U.S. citizens continues before 2026 midterms” - NPR: For many American citizens living abroad, making sure their ballots are returned correctly and on time hundreds or thousands of miles away, back in ...
Mondoweiss

AIPAC’s and Israel’s influence is falling in Congress, two opposing letters show just how much - [image: Workers prepare the stage at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington]Two dueling congressional letters...
First Draft

Quote Of The Day: Shutdown Edition - Josh Marshall on authoritarianism and the shutdown.
El Paso Matters

El Paso DACA recipient Catalina ‘Xóchitl’ Santiago freed by ICE Wednesday on federal judge’s order - U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone ruled that ICE must release El Paso DACA recipient Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago, who has been detained since Aug. 3....
Progressive.org

Editor's Note: The Summer of Secession - A note from Features Editor Alexandra Tempus on the new America that is emerging.
Dorf on Law

Shutdown Mania: When US Politics Gives Us Reruns, I Give You a Classic - *Note to readers:* *Fifteen days ago, I wrote that the Democrats' only politically sane/viable choice in this year's budget battle would be to refuse to ...
The Root

Why the HUD’s Government Website’s New Message is Extremely Biased…and Possibly Illegal - After HUD blamed the "radical Left" for inflicting "massive pain" on Americans amid a government shutdown, they're accused of violating the Hatch Act. R...
The Daily Poster

The “Trump Taj Mahal” And The War On Shareholder Democracy - Decades after he bucked investors in a precedent-setting civil suit, Trump’s financial regulators just made it harder for shareholders to levy lawsuits aga...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

Democrats Face Their ‘But He Fights!’ Moment in Shutdown Battle - Democrats may be in a similar position to Republicans a dozen years ago, when the GOP tried to use a shutdown to extract concessions The post Democrats F...
ProPublica

Trading on Tom Homan: Inside the Push to Cash in on the Trump Administration’s Deportation Campaign - by Avi Asher-Schapiro, Jeff Ernsthausen and Mica Rosenberg ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our ...
Dissent Magazine

The Battle Over Civil Society - An interview with Dylan J. Riley on Trump and the state of American democracy.
SCOTUSblog

Supreme Court declines to take action on Trump’s request to fire Fed governor for now - The Supreme Court on Wednesday announced that it will hear oral arguments in January on a request from the Trump administration to allow the president to...
NORML

Michigan: Advocates Push Back Against Proposed Marijuana Tax Hike - [image: Michigan marijuana laws][image: Michigan marijuana laws]"Raising taxes on adult-use cannabis products will escalate prices out of reach for many ...
Angry Bear

ISM manufacturing index continues to show slight contraction, as new orders retreat - – by New Deal democrat Typically the new month begins with important manufacturing and construction reports; but this morning the construction spending r...
Greg Palast

Mom would’ve kicked Pete Hegseth’s a** - On Tuesday, our newly-dubbed “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth told our military’s top brass that they must restore the "male warrior spirit" to the armed fo...
Glasstire

An Open Invitation to Think, Read, and Write Critically About Art - On the precipice of Glasstire’s 25th anniversary, all five of our full-time staff members traveled this past weekend to the Art Papers Art Writing + Publ...
Texas Observer

‘Make Resistance Sexy’ - BLD PWR (think: build power) Day 2025 was a hectic one. Starting late in the afternoon, many African Americans flocked to the Ion District, a technology ...
Bonddad

ISM manufacturing index continues to show slight contraction, as new orders retreat - - *by New Deal democrat* Typically the new month begins with important manufacturing and construction reports; but this morning the construction spe...
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 ...
Ecosophia

Situationism: Laughter from the Empyrean - Tolerably often, when I’m reading any of the documents that came out of the original Situationist International, I end up feeling as though the author is c...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

More Educated Than Ever, Still Unequal: The Fantasy Economy of Skills Shortages, by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. - *More Educated Than Ever, Still Unequal: The Fantasy Economy of Skills Shortages* *by * *Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D.* *October 1, 2025* *I have been refl...
Ian Welsh

The Next Big Crash Is On Its Way - Every since Greenspan took over the Fed and the 87 crahs when they figured out their playbook, the US has only had unavoidable stock market crashes. The Fe...
Rewire

‘We Play Period Bingo’: Librarians Get Creative To Offer Sex Ed, Period Products, And More - Libraries still check out books. But some now provide tampons, host “menopause parties,” and distribute sexual health information, too. The post ‘We Play...
Democracy Now!

Mahmoud Khalil Hails Judge's Scathing Ruling Against Trump Efforts to Deport Pro-Palestinian Students - A Reagan-appointed judge has issued a scathing ruling rebuking the Trump administration’s targeting of pro-Palestine students. Judge William G. Young calle...
Crooked Timber

Against Campus ‘Debate’ - I have a long-standing pet peeve about the conflation of academic freedom and freedom of speech, especially in the context of (purported) campus debate. In...
Rallblog

DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou: “Afghanistan and US Both Shut Down” - LIVE 9:00 am Eastern time, Streaming Anytime: Political cartoonist Ted Rall and CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou bring you the lowdown on everything that’...
Space City Weather

Wake up, September has ended. But October is starting out no different - In brief: Today’s post starts out with lyrics from Green Day, which should say something about the invariability of our weather in the days ahead. But anyw...
ArcaMax

Back to the Roman Past and Future - ROME, Italy -- I traveled to an ancient world to see a future version of America. The "No Kings" chant is a bit off. Donald Trump's true calling and charac...
The Smirking Chimp

Trump’s Latest Big Lie: ‘Radical Left Violence’ -
Skeptophilia

Anomaly analysis - I try to be tolerant of people's foibles, but one thing that annoys the absolute hell out of me is when someone is obviously ignorant of the basic facts ...
Off The Kuff

Interview with Desmond Spencer - We wrap up our tour of the HCC districts with Desmond Spencer, one of two opponents to incumbent Renee Jefferson Patterson in District II. (The other oppon...
Progressives Chat

From 🔴 to 🔵 and 🔵 to 🔴 and… - The United States has been experiencing some electoral patterns which are worth keeping in mind. I reserved this calendar date, one year and one month ahea...
Scheerpost.com

How the Media Tears Up Its Own Rulebook To Hide Israel’s Atrocities - The news cycle has rules every rookie journalist understands. When the media choose to break them, you can be sure it is for entirely non-journalistic reas...
Grist

E-bikes could cut carbon, congestion, and costs — if cities take them seriously - E-bike sales are booming, providing a sustainable form of transportation that also improves public health. Yet American cities remain committed to cars.
Earth 911

11 Upcycled Storage Solutions for Small Spaces - Home life can be a challenge if your dwelling is lacking on square footage. Sure,... The post 11 Upcycled Storage Solutions for Small Spaces appeared fir...
Counterpunch

The Roberts Court: Twenty Years of Democracy Undermined - October 6 is the first Monday of the month. It is the traditional start of the U.S. Supreme Court term. It is also the twentieth year with John Roberts a...
Black Agenda Report

Anti-Imperialist Coalition Sovereign Media Launches Today - Anti-Imperialist Coalition Sovereign Media Launches Today bareditors Wed, 10/01/2025 - 11:00 Sovereign Media
jobsanger

We Must Not Let Trump/GOP Whitewash The January 6th Coup Attempt -
Informed Comment

The Gulf Cooperation Council, NATO, and the Collapse of Collective Security - San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Within the span of 24 hours in early September, Russia deployed drones into Polish airspace, and I...
The AltWorld

The Trumpanyahu “Peace” Plan, And Other Notes - The onus is on the party committing genocide to stop committing genocide. The onus is not on […] The post The Trumpanyahu “Peace” Plan, And Other Notes a...
See You In 2020

Zionism has ushered in an American Nazi regime, & we must be prepared to fight back against what it’s planning - If our solidarity movements are going to survive, they’ll need to prepare for a scenario where the state has fully activated its tools for violence. Whe...
Workers World

Workers force Europe’s capitalists to act on Palestine - [image: Workers force Europe’s capitalists to act on Palestine] Generally the capitalist class and its state apparatus conduct themselves in a manner detri...
Antiwar.com

Free Speech and Its Discontents - “It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are 20 gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.” — Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) “Co...
Duck of Minerva

6+1 Questions about American Conquest: The Northwest Indian War and the Making of US Foreign Policy - What’s the name of the book, and where can we find it? American Conquest: The Northwest Indian War and the Making of US Foreign Policy (Stanford University...
The Texas Signal

The Houston Latina-Owned Bookstore Redefining Love - The popular romance pop-up bookstore Mossrose is selling literary love to a devoted Houston fan base
Idavox

South Carolina Legislator That Was Celebrated by Moms for Liberty Pleads Guilty to Child Porn - Another day, another right-winger on his way to prison for what he accusing others for... The post South Carolina Legislator That Was Celebrated by Moms ...
Ballot Access News

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Agrees with Lower Courts that a Voter May Vote Provisionally if Original Ballot was Defective - On September 26, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed with lower courts that when a voter’s original postal ballot is not counted due to the voter having ...
Infidel753

For Blasphemy Day - This is International Blasphemy Day -- a day for denigrating, mocking, and denouncing deeply-held spiritual beliefs of every kind! The day is observed ev...
Two Party Opera

Dr. Feelgood For All - Read More
Common Dreams

Trump’s $625M Coal Bailout Won’t Be Enough to Save Expensive, Dirty Energy Source - The Trump administration today announced a coordinated attempt to keep the struggling U.S. coal industry alive slightly longer, including opening more th...
Project Censored

Journalism and Free Expression from the US to Kashmir - In the first half of the program, cohost Mickey Huff welcomes back to the show journalist and author Kevin Gosztola to talk about several stories threate...
Democracy Chronicles

Facebook is Losing its Chance to be a Force for Democracy - Sarah Wynn Williams pitches her idea that Facebook has great power for good in the world, an idealism she eventually loses as she works in policy for Faceb...
Debunking Christianity

Richard Swinburne On the Need For Corroborated Testimony - I went to a philosophical conference two weeks ago which highlighted the work of Paul Draper at Purdue. It was really informative. I got to meet up with ...
DeSmogBlog

How farmed fish in Dutch supermarkets undermines food security in West Africa - On a beach strewn with plastic and fish waste on the eastern side of the Senegalese capital Dakar, a lorry is being loaded up with small fish that have j...
The Rag Blog

ALICE EMBREE / BOOK REVIEW / Insurgent Politics in the Lone Star State: Remembering the Antiwar Movement in Austin, Texas, 1967-1973 - By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / September 29, 2025 This review is a cross post from Alice Embree’s Substack. Rag Radio with guest Martin Murray: Alice Emb...
WAWG Blog

Authoritarian Capitalism Destroys Political Democracies - I asked Proton’s Lumo AI tool about how authoritarian capitalism destroys political democracies. Don’t authoritarian economic systems like slavery, feuda...
The Grayzone

‘No doubt they will attack’: Max Blumenthal meets Iran’s President in NYC - In a meeting with US antiwar figures, Iranian Pres. Masoud Pezeshkian forecasted a more intense round of conflict with Israel and the US, and slammed Was...
Unlimited Hangout

TFTC #665 - TFTC #665.
FrontBurner – D Magazine

Texas, psychedelics, Rick Perry, and Special K - Despite the legislature’s crackdown on recreational THC this session, Texas is poised to become a leading force in psychedelics treatment after approving...
Lowering the Bar

Following Up - [image: LTB logo]In which I note recent developments in cases previously certified as stupid.
The Militant

Israelis fight a defensive war against Hamas, attacks in UN - At the center of the debates swirling around the annual United Nations General Assembly are competing attempts by all the imperialist powers and other ruli...
Sludge

Lobbyist-Led EPA Office Set to Add a New Chemical Industry Hire - Longtime cleaning products lobbyist Douglas Troutman is nominated to lead the EPA office that has worked to stop the MAHA Commission from restricting toxic...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: FASH-AND-CARRY EDITION. - *Absolutely not my kind of thing, but I like it.Know what I mean?* Let’s see, what were the new nightmares of the past week? Well, last Sunday they had...
The Progressive Wing

9.26-10.2 Open Threads - Hola, you all. These are Open Threads so our Nest is ready to host. Post whatever suits your fancy. LOL. Everyone stay safe and well.🙂 October 1st which h...
Alas, a Blog

Doin’ Discourse With Ezra and Charlie - Seemingly obligatory disclaimer: Of course I don’t approve of murdering Charlie Kirk. But we can be against assassinating a hateful bigot without whitewash...
Socialist Alternative

Italy On Strike Against Genocide – Gaza City Under Hellish Attack - Under the slogans ‘24 hour general strike’ and ‘Block everything,’ the strongest day of protest in solidarity with Gaza in Italy to date took place on Mond...
Trivial Knot

Hell is Us: War and emotional distance - Hell is Us is a recent action adventure video game, with an emphasis on puzzles and exploration. I really like the game, but this is not a review. See oth...
Media Lens

‘Sixth-Form Politics’ – The Propaganda Blitz Awaiting Green Party Leader Zack Polanski - On 2 September, Zack Polanski, a former Liberal Democrat who joined the Green Party in 2017, was elected leader of the party in a landslide, with 85% of th...
Texas Freedom Network

TFN Explains: House Bill 7 - Learn more about House Bill 7, banning the mailing of abortion medications, passed during the 2025 Second Special Legislative Session. [...] Read More......
Avedon's Sideshow

It may sound good to you, not to me - Suddenly Facebook seemed to be accusing me of being a robot, and it presented me with a button to prove I wasn't, but when I clicked it, nothing happene...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Education And Child Care Reduce Violence Far More Effectively Than A Police State - There's no doubt that there's an enormous amount of research in the academic world showing how to reduce violence in an effective way that saves far mor...
ExChristian.Net

The Rapture Clock That Never Strikes Midnight - If prophecy forecasting were a sport, it would have the same credibility as the Cleveland Browns winning every Super Bowl from now until eternity. For at...
Krebs on Security

Feds Tie ‘Scattered Spider’ Duo to $115M in Ransoms - U.S. prosecutors last week levied criminal hacking charges against 19-year-old U.K. national Thalha Jubair for allegedly being a core member of Scattered S...
LareDOS

Fundraiser: A Night in Spain: From Castilla to the Borderlands - The Laredo Center for the Arts presents A Night in Spain: From Castilla to the Borderlands – an evening that brings together art, literature, food, and mus...
Earthworks

Getting Lithium Right in California - Deep underground near the Salton Sea, in southern California’s Imperial Valley, lies one of the largest lithium deposits in the … The post Getting Lithi...
Edinburg Politics

New state law shaped by Sen. Juan Hinojosa makes “zoombombing” – the disruption of virtual government meetings with offensive, sometimes hateful content – punishable by jail time and/or fines, reports South Texas attorney Omar Ochoa - A new state law shaped by Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, makes “zoombombing” – which is the disruption of virtual government meetings with offensive, somet...
nonsite.org

What Comes After Liberalism? - Justice Sotomayor’s dissent reflects some of the best principles, the most attractive values, of a liberalism—liberal capitalism—that we on the left have b...
Campaign for America's Future

Aguanta, todo va a estar bien - Los próximos meses nos pondrán a prueba como nunca antes. Como personas que creemos en la democracia, lo que significa que creemos unos en otros, nos verem...
MintPress News

From WMDs to “Narco-States”: How the US Sells Wars the Intelligence Doesn’t Support - Allegations that Venezuela is a narco-state have justified strikes, sanctions, and military buildups. But even US intelligence concedes Maduro is not dir...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

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Field Negro

Dictatorship Versus Democracy. - I'm baaack. It's been a minute field hands, but I have been so overwhelmed with the fall of our democracy that I honestly didn't know where to start wr...
Screwston Antifascist Committee

Missouri City GDL Neo-Nazi Identified as Douglas Earl Landrum - Summary Douglas Earl Landrum has been responsible for distributing numerous white supremacist flyers and banners in the Houston area in 2022 and 2023 on be...
Seeing the Forest

Chemtrails - Atrios makes a great point about right-wingers. You can’t appease them because they’re nuts. They’ll always want more. Florida passed a law banning airplan...
Consent Factory, Inc.

Back in the U.S.S.A. - OK, I’m not back in the U.S.S.A. quite yet, but I’ll be there Sunday night, assuming (a) the German officials allow me to leave, and (b) the Guardians of A...
Reading the Pictures

The Machinery of American Cruelty: A Visual Testament - How photographers are documenting the Trump administration's campaign of terror against immigrant communities. The post The Machinery of American Cruelty...
Web of Debt

Unaudited Power: The Military Budget Nobody Controls - The U.S. federal debt has now passed $37 trillion and is growing at the rate of $1 trillion every five months. Interest on the debt exceeds $1 trillion ann...
The Socialist

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Texas Monthly

The Daily Crossword: August 17, 2025 - [image: Sunday Crossword Illustration] The post The Daily Crossword: August 17, 2025 appeared first on Texas Monthly.
Rio Grande Guardian

Smith: Border Days - Border chronicler Morgan Smith recaps a two-day trip he recently made to Mexico, including stops in Anapra, Juárez, and Palomas. The post Smith: Border D...
GreenSource DFW

Commercial clients lining up for quiet, all-electric landscaping service - *The Greener Good crew manicuring the grounds at Southlake’s Delta Hotel by Marriott in July. Photo courtesy of the Greener Good.* Aug. 8, 2025 At least...
Nina Illingworth

Journal: Courage, Cowardice, and Collaboration - Rashid Khalidi's recent stand against Columbia University's collaboration with Trump's fascist cultural agenda is important; more US educators should joi...
Stinque

Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 - The post Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 appeared first on Stinque.
Bud Kennedy

Joe Rogan tells Texas Democrat James Talarico, ‘You need to run.’ Does he? | Opinion - If Texas Democrats need young talent, James Talarico is a start. The 36-year-old Texas House lawmaker from Round Rock is not far removed from his days as J...
Dispatches from the Underclass

Israeli Terror in Lebanon: Inside the Pager Attacks | BT Documentary Exclusive - On September 17, 2024, pagers began exploding across Lebanon and Syria. The next day, it was walkie-talkies. Israel’s Mossad had booby-trapped communicatio...
Land Destroyer

US Still Dangerous Despite Limits of Military Production - *July 9, 2025* (NEO - Brian Berletic) - The US has recently paused the shipment of some weapons and munitions to Ukraine “due to worries that U.S. weapon...
ROAR Magazine

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Free & Equal

Cialis - What Other Drugs Could Interact With This Medication? When taking Cialis, it’s crucial to be aware of potential interactions with other medications. Thes...
Speak Freely (ACLU)

Live Coverage: Final SCOTUS Decision Day -
Eater Houston

The Best Hidden Gem Restaurants in Houston - [image: A person serves a matcha martini at Bar Doko.] Let Eater point you to some of the most underrated and under-the-radar restaurants in Houston. | Mi...
Reveal

From New York to Arizona, Efforts Emerge to Curb Drug Testing During Childbirth - [image: A woman with long dark hair sits on a bench swing. She wears a black short-sleeve top with shoulder cutouts and dark ripped jeans.] Several propos...
Countercurrents

The Light of “Heart Lamp”: Amplifying the Voices of Muslim and Dalit Women on the Global Stage - Indian writer, lawyer, and social activist Banu Mushtaq has been awarded the International Booker Prize for 2025. She received this prestigious recognition...
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...
Moron Majority

Seniors Revolt as Trump Messes With Their Healthcare - Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is here — and it’s got America’s elderly supporters raising hell (and their canes). Promised cheaper, better healthcare, they’...
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...
The Disorder Of Things

Feminist Peace In Question - Our final piece in the symposium on Governing the Feminist Peace is a reply from our authors to the contributions by Nicole, Mohamed, Helen, and Laura. It ...
Texans For Public Justice

New Report & Tool to Track Flaring - The “Texas Flaring Project” released a website and a report today analyzing how the state’s oil and gas industry wastes valuable natural gas by flaring a...
Political Garbage Chute

Why Did The Secretary of Defense Text Me Dick Pics and Nuclear Launch Codes? - “I’m Prince of War now, got it? I’ll do what I want. Text what and who I want.” Well, that was a new one. I have to say in all my years covering politics...
Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

Degrowth’s unhelpful contribution to global environmental challenges: A rejoinder to a critique of growth contingency - I write in response to the recent critique by Terry Leahy of my article ‘Beyond green growth, degrowth, post-growth and growth agnosticism’ in JAPE (94, ...
Polygraph (global fact-check)

Vatican: Francis stable, out of ‘imminent danger’ of death - The Vatican press office is changing the frequency of the pope’s health updates
Equality Texas

Remembering Sylvester Turner - Today, we mourn the sudden loss of Congressman Sylvester Turner. A lifelong Houstonian and dedicated public servant, Turner was a member of the Texas Hous...
The Mind Unleashed

Tesla Shares Fall After Massive Drop In Sales - Tesla’s stock value has taken a significant hit, dropping over 9% following a sharp decline in sales across the UK and European Union in January. This down...
The Reality-Based Community

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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 ...
Novara Media

41: When Do Good Habits Become Dark Obsessions? - Moya and Ash tackle a mystery question about breaking bad habits, with a frank discussion about open relationships, exercise and disordered eating (content...
Border/Lines

The immigration 'vibe shift'—11-19-24 - Immigration news, in context.
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...
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...
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...
Texas Environmental News

How US Air Pollution, Ironically, Has Kept Climate Hazards in Check - The past half-century has seen remarkable improvements in air quality in many parts of the world, thanks largely to legislation [...] The post How US Air...
Shadowproof

Shadowproof Is Shutting Down - After eight years, we have decided that it is time to shut down Shadowproof, but that does not mean that the independent journalism that we fostered is c...
One People's Project

2023 Year End Campaign! - The time has come to ask for your help as we head along into what promises to be one busy 2024! 2023 Year End Campaign
Innocence Project

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

Taking stock: Top mythbusting posts of 2022 - Media Myth Alert directed attention periodically in 2022 to the appearance of well-known media-driven myths, those prominent tales about the news media tha...
Due Dissidence

Liz Truss Finally Made Neoliberalism Toxic - by Jack Carolan Liz Truss spent her childhood accompanying her father, a leftist University professor, on marches against the Thatcher government. It might...
Duffel Blog

Make-A-Wish kid gets 'Day 1 recycled' at Ranger school - “Rules are rules,” said a Ranger Instructor.
Strategic Culture Foundation

WHO Chief, TPLF Leader Tedros Silent About His Party’s Theft of World Food Program Fuel - UN World Health Organization chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom is also the world’s most prominent advocate of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front. He has said no...
BillMoyers.com

PODCAST: Dr. Bandy Lee Saw It Coming – The Violence Foretold in Donald Trump’s Election - Our democracy has been eroding in tandem with the rise in inequality, says Dr. Lee. The Trump presidency is not really about Donald Trump the individual....
Downwinders at Risk

With Historic Rebuke, EPA Sends GAF Permit Back to Austin…and a Message to Company - When Janie Cisneros and her Singleton United contingent met with EPA Region Six Director Dr. Earthea Nance and her staff on June 1, one of the residents’ g...
Chicken Fried Politics

Symbolic solution in search of an actual problem - Support of 9 Southern Republicans for Respect for Marriage Act shows why Supreme Court isn’t about to ban same-sex marriage ♦By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedP...
Pages of Victory

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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...
IVN

Long Live the Crackpots! - Long Live the Crackpots! Those of us who had been part of and partners with the Perot rebellion knew that the official “branding” of Ross Perot was alrea...
Modern Democracy

Roberts’ Next Thicket?: The Coming One-Person, One-Vote Battle Over “How Much is Too Much” - Recently, Nick Stephanopoulos pointed out how Rucho was written as if constitutional racial vote dilution claims never existed. The same might also be said...
The Metaphor Project

Say: “Move America Forward?” - In the first Democratic presidential debate, Andrew Yang proposed a slogan, “Not left, not right, forward!” The next day I corrected it on Twitter to be “...
Truthout

Despite Shutdown, Trump Is Pushing Forward Plans to Drill in Arctic - With Trump, oil drilling takes priority over essential services like trash pickup in national parks.
Splinter

Someone threatened to set a University of Michigan student on fire for wearing a hijab. This must stop. - Steps away from the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, a stranger approached a student and threatened to set her on fire with a lighter, police ...

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