Brains and Eggs: Sunday Funnies

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

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

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

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

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

most of what we fight over is made up... pic.twitter.com/T6UubOBNJ6
— వంశీ చెల్లెపాటి (@Vamshi_C13) November 29, 2025

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

If you zoom in on this 1873 map of Houston, you'll see all sorts of interesting stuff, including the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou, which, because it formed a natural turning basin for boats to turn around, was the primary reason the Allen Brothers, John Kirby… pic.twitter.com/yEZ8x47u7r
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) February 6, 2025

Houston, Texas, and US blog roll

ArcaMax

Mamdani's Victory Strut Is Premature - Yes, Mayor Zohran Mamdani's socialist picks just knocked off some Democratic incumbents in New York City. They included surprising defeats, especially that...
Alternet

'Like a hospital board meeting' — with yelling: Inside the GOP's lunch with Trump - WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans walked into a lunch with the president on Wednesday looking for ways to unify, but they left the closed-door meeting...
Political Wire

Trump Has a Bill Pulte Problem - “Bill Pulte has spent his first days as the acting director of national intelligence firing senior personnel. But according to the law, he’s not even eligi...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Would-be physician assistants deterred by strict caps on US student loans - Advocates condemn change that caps loans at $20,500 per year – less than half median annual cost of PA program Strict new caps on federal student loans a...
The Verge

The 124 best tech deals for day three of Prime Day - It’s day three of Prime Day, folks. We’re nearly 75 percent of the way through Amazon’s four-day sales event, and unsurprisingly, many deals are still stic...
Off The Kuff

Surely the TDP convention will have better vibes than the Republican one - This is not a high bar to clear. After a contentious primary, Texas Democrats will host their state convention in Corpus Christi this week and look to rall...
Crooked Media

Choice Words w. Franchesca Ramsey - The post Choice Words w. Franchesca Ramsey appeared first on Crooked Media.
Texas Observer

Texas’ Refusal to Plan for Climate Change Created a Crisis in Corpus Christi - Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared at Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the ...
Grist

After a civil rights complaint, Chicago built the nation’s largest air monitoring network - As extreme heat reshapes air quality, the network of 227 monitors is expected to help identify localized pollution hot spots.
Al Jazeera English

South Africa celebrates reaching World Cup knockout stage for first time - South Africa’s team has celebrated reaching the World Cup knockout stage for the first time after defeating South Korea.
naked capitalism

Iran Challenges US Doctrine of Low-Intensity Warfare - How Iran's success against the US and Israel exposed how the US is operating from a dangerously dated playbook.
memeorandum

A Bit of Tedious Drama At Bluesky (Ken White/The Popehat Report) - Ken White / The Popehat Report: *A Bit of Tedious Drama At Bluesky* — Recently I got suspended for four days from Bluesky for posting this: — My suspe...
Portside

The Socialist Future Is Being Written in New York - The Socialist Future Is Being Written in New York Mark Brody Thu, 06/25/2026 - 02:32
Counterpunch

Donald J. Trump, America’s Latest War Criminal - For the past 60 years, U.S. presidents have used and misused the concept of threat to justify the use of force on a massive scale. U.S. presidents in th...
jobsanger

Trump Has Turned The U.S. Refugee Program Into A Racist White Only Program -
Raw Story

Trump DOJ's defiance backfires as judges move to revive contempt case: legal expert - The Trump administration's defiance of federal judges is starting to backfire as a contempt case is revived, according to a legal expert. Former U.S. Att...
Daily Cartoonist

GoComics “Upgraded” Their Comments Structure - From GoComics: “What’s Changing and What to Expect” As of June 24, 2026, the GoComics commenting system has been upgraded. This article covers what’s new, ...
Workers World

PDF of June 25 print issue - [image: PDF of June 25 print issue] Download the PDF World Cup fans agree: ‘Boycott the U.S.!’ Chris Silvera ¡presente! Buffalo tenants fight back UAW dive...
World Socialist Web Site

Türkiye launches police dragnet ahead of NATO summit: War, dictatorship and permanent revolution - As it prepares to roll out the red carpet for US President Donald Trump and other imperialist war criminals, the Erdoğan regime is seeking to suppress all ...
The Hill

Senate GOP gets back in line with Trump over the Iran war - The Senate late Wednesday night in a 47-50-1 vote opted not to rebuke the Trump administration a second time over its military conflict in Iran, as leaders...
Mediaite

American Soldiers Claim Pete Hegseth Downplayed Severity of Iran War Wounds - On Wednesday, CBS News reported that two American soldiers wounded in the Iran war say the Pentagon minimized the severity of their injuries, despite suf...
Brad Blog

Help Stop Trump’s Project 2025 Scheme to Kill Science: ‘BradCast’ 6/24/2026 - On today’s BradCast: If ya think a $1.8 billion slush fund (which is not dead yet!) for his January 6th insurrectionist pals and himself is a bad idea, jus...
Liberation News

What Texas’ roots of repression can teach us about the Prairieland sentences - The message this ruling sends is unmistakable: the state will deploy the full machinery of repression in order to crush dissent and maximize its control ov...
Axios

2 powerful earthquakes hit Venezuela - Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday, damaging buildings in the capital, Caracas. *The big picture: *The U.S. Geological Survey issued ...
Popular Resistance

Hezbollah Hunts Down Hind Rajab’s Killers; Crushes Israeli Offensive - More than two years after six-year-old Hind Rajab was killed alongside her rescuers in Gaza, Hezbollah is systematically targeting commanders linked to t...
Election Law Blog

“Gerrymandering the Electoral College” - New from Henry Noyes in the Marquette Law Review: In Rucho v. Common Cause, the Supreme Court held that partisan gerrymandering is a nonjusticiable polit...
Ballot Access News

Illinois Independent Gubernatorial Candidate Survives Challenge - On June 24, Illinois independent gubernatorial candidate Collin Corbett won his fight to stay on the ballot in Illinois. The challenge to his petition was ...
San Antonio Report

SAISD board picks lone finalist from Houston as superintendent - Adrian Bustillos started his career in El Paso ISD as a science teacher in 2006. He's currently an executive for Aldine ISD in Houston. --------------------...
Socialist Alternative

Trans Healthcare Under Siege—Fight Texas’ “Detransition Clinic” - In the latest volley of right-wing attacks on queer existence, a horrifying new “detransition clinic”—the nation’s first—will open in Texas Children’s Hosp...
Antiwar.com

Congress Is Preparing To Surrender American Sovereignty on the Eve of America’s 250th Anniversary - Reprinted with permission from The Kucinich Report. The United States Congress, on the very eve of the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence...
Vox

Why urban Democrats love socialists now - Democratic socialists won big in New York’s primaries Tuesday, as two members of the Democratic Socialists of America defeated the Democratic establishment...
The Grayzone

Leaked emails reveal British intel instigated riots in occupied Ireland with twisted ploys - Leaked emails expose how British military-intel officials deliberately provoked riots among occupied Ireland’s Catholic and Protestant communities, which...
Mother Jones

Is It Time for Jews to Leave New York? - New York City’s right-wingers, who evidently cannot handle losing elections, are dealing with their anger by once again attempting to fearmonger Jewish Ame...
See You In 2020

The Soros plan for assaulting China: build a Hitlerite movement under the “democratic socialist” brand - How can the imperialists effectively wage war against China amid the split that’s emerged between the United States and the European Union? The solution...
Slate

After a Spicy Primary Night, Who’s Winning the Fight for the Democratic Party’s Future? - Here’s what you need to know about the primaries in New York, Maryland, and elsewhere.
San Antonio Current

San Antonio’s Dakota East Side Ice House to shut down in early August - Inclusive and laid-back watering hole Dakota East Side Icehouse will serve its last Grape Dranks and Briscuit Biskets next month. The casual hangout kno...
Eschaton

Happy Hour - Get happy
The Week

Olivia Rodrigo: Her boldest album yet - ‘You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love’ covers a wide range of emotions
slacktivist

God’s wrath on the jerks - Natural disasters are not God's punishment for the sin of the 14th Amendment. The pop-theologians who say this are just The Jerk.
WhoWhatWhy

Trump Refuses to Sign Housing Bill to Force Action on SAVE America Act - [image: Couple standing, front of a house] Only minutes before he was supposed to sign a bipartisan housing bill, Donald Trump announced that he will refus...
Speak Freely (ACLU)

Surveillance is Driving a Corporatization of Police Departments - What are the implications of having for-profit companies at the heart of American police departments?
IVN

SurveyUSA: The Argument that Ranked Choice Voting Is 'Too Confusing' for Voters is A Lie - A new SurveyUSA poll finds overwhelming majorities of DC voters say ranked choice voting was easy, support using it, and want independents included in taxp...
Angry Bear

Respect and the Vulgar Class - I do not know how others are raised in their families. You can get an idea by watching how they act with others and yourseld for that matter. With an Ita...
Daily Howler

WEDNESDAY: Gabbard performed her final document dump! - *WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2026* *Suzanne Scott took over from there: *Just when you think you've seen it all, it turns out that you actually haven't. We refer...
Church and State

Will Trump finally agree with me on how to end the Iran war? Hasn’t he already? - This time Iran will be asking for reparations, which will include release of billions of their funds that have been held out of their reach for years.
Salon.com

“He really doesn’t care”: Warren slams Trump’s decision to hold up affordable housing bill - The senator said Donald Trump is stymying affordable housing because he's indifferent to the cost crunch
CultureMap Houston

New app connects Houstonians for friendly dinners at any restaurant - A new app in Houston is connecting foodies and social butterflies for shared meals. OpenToBites launched on Android on June 18 and iOS on June 22, and is a...
Capital & Main

One Year On, Los Angeles Is Still Living with the Fallout of the Raids - New analysis and firsthand accounts reveal the toll of the crackdown on immigrant communities in L.A. County and beyond. The post One Year On, Los Angele...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

A Democratic Reality Check: The Check-In with Jared Yates Sexton and Danielle Moodie - A recording from Jared Yates Sexton's live video
Common Dreams

Congress Should Not Let Trump Hold Housing Bill Hostage - Today, President Trump announced on Truth Social that he is cancelling plans to sign major bipartisan legislation on housing affordability, threatening t...
Consortium News

Vijay Prashad: AI & the US War on Iran - The Iranian schoolhouse in Minab stands as a warning that goes beyond a single strike, or company, or war. It warns of a future in which technological powe...
Glasstire

Five-Minute Tours: Cindee Travis Klement & Sherry Tseng Hill at Throughline, Houston - Note: the following is part of Glasstire’s series of short videos, Five-Minute Tours, for which commercial galleries, museums, nonprofits, and artist-run...
Futurism

Trump’s Truth Social Stock Just Hit Its Lowest Point Ever - It's been circling the drain for over a year now. The post Trump’s Truth Social Stock Just Hit Its Lowest Point Ever appeared first on Futurism.
Novara Media

Britain Is Boiling - With Britain experiencing a record heatwave, our studio is currently above safe working temperatures for our staff and streaming equipment. In place of a l...
The Daily Poster

Midterm Madness: Mamdani’s Midas Touch - Democratic socialists just doubled their numbers in Congress.
Mondoweiss

‘The Israel lobby is toxic, and that was proven again’: Breaking down the NYC primaries - [image: Darializa Avila Chevalier campaign Instagram]Mamdani-backed candidates swept New York City’s Democratic primaries. What do these wins tell us about...
The Root

The Rising Movement to Overturn Karmelo Anthony’s Extreme 35-Year Sentence - Here is a breakdown of the ongoing efforts to support Karmelo Anthony after his 35-year prison sentence. Read more...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

The Primary Season: 2026 Already Surpasses Average Number of Incumbent Losses, and a Low Number of Incumbents are Running - After this week's primaries, 7 House incumbents have been denied renomination. This is above the postwar average of 6.5 losses, and there are some other ...
Courthouse News

College athletes cry foul over NCAA’s eligibility crackdown - Just hours after the bylaw was unanimously passed, a group of basketball players took the NCAA to court, seeking an additional year of eligibility.
MintPress News

Hezbollah Hunts Down Hind Rajab’s Killers & Crushes Israeli Offensive - More than two years after six-year-old Hind Rajab was killed alongside her rescuers in Gaza, Hezbollah is systematically targeting commanders linked to t...
Bonddad

May new home sales: Another poor month for sales, prices stable, inventory increasing - * - by New Deal democrat* To start with the usual: new home sales are very volatile and heavily revised, which is why I pay more attention to single ...
Undernews

Union membership lessens the ethnic wealth gap - American Progress - Families of color experience the largest proportional gains in wealth when a union member is present, even though overall wealth rema...
Scheerpost.com

Alan Greenspan’s Mixed Legacy - Dean Baker Substack I was not an Alan Greenspan fan, but I will give him some serious credit on his passing. I’ll also give him serious blame for missing t...
Texas Standard

Maternal healthcare ‘deserts’ leave thousands of Texas women to their own devices - Cash-strapped rural hospitals in East Texas and beyond are closing their labor-and-delivery units.
Bracing Views

The Real Enemy Is War - For Democracy to Prosper, America’s Wars Must End BILL ASTORE JUN 24, 2026 To democracy, the real enemy is war. Almost any excess, any use of power, any ab...
The Socialist

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

Why is the Forest Service using glyphosate in our national forests? - Glyphosate isn’t just being utilized by farmers; it is also used by the Forest Service. The post Why is the Forest Service using glyphosate in our nation...
Independent Political Report

Libertarian Activist Izzy Aly Released From ICE Detention While Appeal Is Underway - Libertarian Party activist Islam “Izzy” Aly has been released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention, according to supporters who advocated f...
Ecosophia

June 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...
Mediagazer

Forbes unveils Forbes Creator, which uses TikTok, Instagram, and events to push video-led coverage fronted by six creators, with flexible, case-by-case payments (Alyssa Mercante/Digiday) - Alyssa Mercante / Digiday: *Forbes unveils Forbes Creator, which uses TikTok, Instagram, and events to push video-led coverage fronted by six creators, w...
Houston Public Media

Prairieland shooter gets 100 years, others 30-70 for ICE detention center ‘antifa’ protest - The sentencing comes three months after a weeks-long trial in which prosecutors argued the group was a "North Texas antifa cell" with anti-ICE and anti-gov...
SCOTUSblog

The blast radius of Callais – and what it means for Constitutional Law - In the month and a half since the Supreme Court decided *Louisiana v. Callais*, the actual and potential scope of that case’s destructive impact on the R...
Media Lens

Whitewash: Media Silence Over Starmer’s Gaza Legacy - On Monday, Sir Keir Starmer was given a largely respectful farewell by the ‘mainstream’ media, portraying him as a ‘decent’ man who put his country first. ...
First Draft

It’s Not Easy Being Green - Trump’s entire political career is about undoing everything Obama did. The Reflecting Pool debacle is a guilt-free helping of schadenfreude.
Duck of Minerva

6+1 Questions about Resilient Statehood - Why did some states successfully avoid conquest by European empires? Logan Cochrane's new, co-edited volume tackles this puzzle.
The Progressive Wing

6/24 News Roundup and Open Thread - Much more about the Seismic elections in NYC.
Democracy Now!

"Second Nature": Elliot Page on New Film Exploring Animal World Beyond the Binary - A new documentary explores a growing body of scientific research documenting the wide range of gender and sexual diversity found in the animal kingdom, fro...
Crooked Timber

AI Electricity use: a lot or a little - There’s long been a disconnect between concerns about the massive impact of AI data centres on electricity demand and claims by Sam Altman and others that ...
The Conversation

How the US Supreme Court decides its cases – a step-by-step guide - Grasping how the nation’s highest court makes policy requires stepping into an exceptionally regulated and sometimes hidden routine.
Space City Weather

With high pressure dominating Houston’s weather, what’s going on in the tropics? - In brief: In today’s post we briefly discuss the ongoing ridge of high pressure dominating Houston’s weather. We also take a look at what’s happening in th...
Earth 911

Guest Idea: Home Microplastics Reduction Strategies That Work - Imagine a typical suburban neighborhood. Homeowners are tending their gardens and children are playing outside,... The post Guest Idea: Home Microplastic...
Rewire

Who Will Train The Next Generation of Abortion Providers? - Opinion: Many medical and nursing schools do not teach abortion care—independent clinics do. But they’re shuttering nationwide, and it’s creating a medic...
Dorf on Law

Does the Most Favored Nation Approach to Religious Discrimination Apply in Prison? - Yesterday, the Supreme Court held that the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) cannot be the basis for a lawsuit for money dama...
The Smirking Chimp

Political Analyst Nails Why the Unraveling of Trump’s Presidency Began With a Pool -
The AltWorld

Trump 2.0’s Escalation Strategy Against Russia Is Starting To Take Shape - The US is preparing to radically intensify the Ukrainian Conflict over the coming year. Trump’s decision to […] The post Trump 2.0’s Escalation Strategy ...
NPR's Health Shots

Inside the gold-mining town where the Ebola outbreak likely started - NPR reports from Mongbwalu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The fight to contain the virus faces obstacles from lack of supplies to residents who doubt...
ProPublica

Missouri’s Governor Is Opposed to Out-Of-State Funding, but Not for His Own Ballot Measure - The post Missouri’s Governor Is Opposed to Out-Of-State Funding, but Not for His Own Ballot Measure appeared first on ProPublica.
Rallblog

War Is Peace - While the IDF was ethnically cleansing the Gaza Strip, razing 80% of its buildings and slaughtering hundreds of thousands of its people in an internation...
Land Destroyer

US Cements Political Capture of Armenia as it Advances “Extending Russia” Strategy - *June 15, 2026 *(NEO - Brian Berletic) - The United States continues pursuing its decades-spanning policy of maintaining global primacy by encircling and...
Informed Comment

China Rides a Global Green Wave - China's bet on green technology and clean energy is increasingly embedding sustainability into global trading patterns, across supply chains
El Paso Matters

EPISD eyes up to $450 million bond election, outlines $1 billion in long-term needs - The El Paso ISD board in August may vote whether to call for the bond election in November. If approved, the bond would be used to upgrade outdated air-...
Idavox

Promoter of NJ Neo-Nazi Show Doubles Down on Beliefs While Two Bands Bow Out - UPDATE: about an hour after we posted this article, the Wisla Club where Vengeance Fest... The post Promoter of NJ Neo-Nazi Show Doubles Down on Beliefs ...
Claytoonz

Antifa Duck - Please read the blog at my Substack. Support your local cartoonist: If you want to support the cartoonist, please donate through PayPal to clayjonz@gmail.c...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

'From pathetic sex maniacs to a syndicate plotting to create 'transgender sleeper agents' - The fertile idiocy of attacks against LGBTQ people - I wish we would have more conversations about the ugly tropes and narratives used to denigrate us. Last week when that awful UFC fighter called Michelle Ob...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

The Most Effective Research To Prevent Violence Is Buried For Ideological Reasons! - The academic world has been steadily improving research about how to reduce violence and solve many other social problems for decades, if not well over ...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

Texas Is Legislating Growth on a Drying Planet—and the $174 Billion Bill for Texas’ Growth Machine Is Coming Due, by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. - *Texas Is Legislating Growth on a Drying Planet—and the **$174 Billion * *Bill for Texas’ Growth Machine Is * *Coming Due* *by * *Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D.*...
The NM Political Report

Republican Party of New Mexico members fail to reach quorum to elect new chair - [image: The New Mexico Republican Party still has no leader following a failed vote June 20, 2026, in Las Cruces. Above: Republicans gather at the party’s ...
Progressive.org

Queer Media Workers Navigate an Uncertain Landscape - The shrinking, shifting media industry leaves LGBTQ+ journalists asking, ‘What’s next?’
Black Agenda Report

Gustavo Petro: Israel Stole Colombia's Presidential Election - Gustavo Petro: Israel Stole Colombia's Presidential Election bareditors Wed, 06/24/2026 - 02:08 Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist Dimitri Lasc...
Ian Welsh

Freedom And Power (Freedom Series #4) - Power Comes from the Barrel of a Gun -Mao This is part 4 of our Freedom Series. If you missed them, part 1 (Capitalism and Freedom),Part 2 (Freedom And Dem...
Krebs on Security

Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trial - Two men pleaded guilty in the United Kingdom this week to criminal charges stemming from an August 2024 cyberattack that crippled Transport for London, the...
Dissent Magazine

I Shall Not Live in Fear - After a twelve-year struggle against military conscription in Thailand, Buddhist conscientious objector Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal faces potential incarcer...
The Texas Signal

Celebrating Pride In Caldwell County - Pride of Caldwell County rekindles the original community spirit of Pride. Rather than a highly organized one-day affair, the town spreads out events in lo...
High Country News

White Salmon has been fighting for free mail for decades - The small Washington town exemplifies a broader problem across the West, where some pay for a service others get for free. The post White Salmon has bee...
Infidel753

Video of the day -- maximizing stress - I included this at the end of a link round-up a couple of months ago, but I want to make sure everybody sees it because it's so relevant to the way life i...
LareDOS

Trump’s wealth transfer from the poor to the wealthy has unhinged cruelty-induced hardships for 40 million American citizens - His demented behavior and faux Christian evangelism encourages oligarchic Republican politicians to gerrymander, intimidate, and mis-inform
Techdirt.

‘News’ Site Keeps Hallucinating EFF Staffers - What do EFF staffers Sarah Chen, Javier Morales, Caitlin Chin, Emma Rodriguez, and Mikko Kopponen have in common? For one thing, they don’t exist. For an...
Project Censored

LGBTQ Organizing Beyond Meta’s Censorship - Meta’s censorship of LGBTQ voices brings together digital activists, legal experts, and LGBTQ communities to combat invisibilization. We discuss the prob...
Sludge

Palantir Goes on a Democratic Lobbyist Hiring Spree - The ICE contractor has hired Hakeem Jeffries' former chief of staff and a former Democratic senator as it builds out a Democratic lobbying operation on Cap...
NORML

Virginia: Lawmakers Approve Budget Language Regulating Adult-Use Cannabis Sales in 2027 - [image: A uniform pattern of preroll marijuana joints on a green background][image: A uniform pattern of preroll marijuana joints on a green background]Un...
Deadline Politics

ABC Launches On-Air Campaign Warning Viewers Of FCC Actions And Urging Public Comment - ABC is taking to the airwaves to warn viewers of the FCC’s crackdown on The View and the agency’s unusual demand that the network’s stations seek early ren...
TalkLeft

Happy Father's Day and Open Thread - Happy Father's Day to all. A day of tribute and for many, remembrances. My dad passed away at age 81 in 2001. Something reminds me of him every day. His ...
Avedon's Sideshow

Not another one, aw, no - "Girl With Mug" is a painting by Iranzy Art. Not sure where we are in any given minute with the Iran ceasefire deal, during which, as usual, Israel has ...
Trivial Knot

Thoughts on maintaining a game diary - I’ve been maintaining a video game diary since 2021. I post it publicly on my pillowfort. It is not the only media diary I maintain, I also review books ...
The Greanville Post

Memo of Misunderstanding - JM—Up until now, Iran has carefully avoided civilian casualties in Israel when attacking military sites, but maybe it’s time to take the gloves off. Israel...
Wolf Street

Out Hiking in Europe. Shop (Partially) Closed through June - I’ll have sporadic access to the internet and will read the comments; if I turn into a night owl, I might write an article.
Lowering the Bar

Assorted Stupidity #174 - [image: LTB logo]In this edition: a FOIA request; another psychic fails to predict her own future; important disclosure requirements; etc.
Discourse

Where Do We Even Start With This Iran Deal (w/Rafi Schwartz) - Plus: All the necons losing their shit, the best lines from Trump's press conference, and Jack's shocking piece of mail
alicublog

FRIDAY ‘ROUND-THE-HORN: RETURN TO FORM EDITION. - *You know what, I never knew what this was called until this week.* Well, looky here -- for the first time in weeks I got one of these R-T-Hs published ...
Field Negro

No exit in sight. - I few months ago I was driving down to Louisiana to play golf with some friends of mine. I had a craving for a bag of those pecan nuts that they serve...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

Baby, Baby, Baby, You’re Out Of Drones - 10 x 18 inch medium-res color .jpg image, 832kb I didn’t even bother to contain my glee as I read the news of US and Israeli stocks of missiles and drones ...
Alas, a Blog

Fox Goggles - It took me a few tries to write this strip. It’s the most vexing question of the Trump era, for me: How can so many people support Trump? I’ve known a bunc...
Edinburg Politics

Edinburg Cable Network earns 2026 Silver Telly Award for holiday video “The City of Edinburg Catches the Grinch,” reports Mayor Omar Ochoa - Christmas 2025 memories came flashing back in May 2026 when South Texans learned that the Edinburg Cable Network was named a 2026 Silver Telly Winner by th...
Progressives Chat

Mamdani. Platner. El–Sayed. - In the Democratic Party, three men have been greeted with opposition. From Democrats. But also from the supposed mainstream. One of these men, beginning...
Consent Factory, Inc.

The Rise of the New Normal Reich (Redux) - So I’ve got some good news and some bad news. I’ll give you that news in just a minute, but, first, I need to do a recap for any readers just now tuning in...
The Rag Blog

SUSAN VAN HAITSMA / CULTURE / Down on the Drag: Austin Music History - By Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog / June 15, 2026 I love learning about the place, people and history of where I live. I often wonder about the people w...
Earthworks

In Colorado, Polluting Just Got More Expensive - The headlines are inescapable: In Washington D.C., generations-long environmental rules are currently under assault. Industry-friendly officials and lawm...
Debunking Christianity

An Interview on Atheist Morality - > > Dear Dr. Loftus, >> >> I am a secondary school student currently researching the historical >> change in morality and its link to the rise in secular...
Greg Palast

Trump’s Cage Fight GeniusHow ‘bout a cage rematch? Don “The Bovine” Trump v. Sen. Jon Ossoff? - Just when the Democrats thought they had it clinched because of high gas prices from the “little excursion” in Iran, Trump pulls off one of the most brilli...
Seeing the Forest

The First AI War - This could be the first AI war. My experience with AI is it’s a confirmation bias machine. This isn’t about being right, it’s about seeing responses that s...
Web of Debt

AI ABUNDANCE, PART 3: GOVERNMENT MONEY WITHOUT STRINGS ATTACHED - Project Hamilton, ECASH, and the Quest for a Privacy-Protected Digital Dollar The first two articles in this series explored the proposition that artificia...
Texas Monthly

The Daily Crossword: June 14, 2026 - [image: Sunday Crossword Illustration] The post The Daily Crossword: June 14, 2026 appeared first on Texas Monthly.
Stinque

Pop! Six! Squish! Uh-uh! Cicero! Lipschitz! - The post Pop! Six! Squish! Uh-uh! Cicero! Lipschitz! appeared first on Stinque.
Two Party Opera

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Free & Equal

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

Five Ways Education Vouchers are Already Harming Texans - By Andrew Freeman Governor Abbott and his far-right cronies pushed for vouchers for more than a decade. It took millions of dollars, countless special se...
Campaign for America's Future

Es nuestra hora de defender la democracia - Nos están arrebatando el derecho a votar. Es nuestro deber restaurar la salud de nuestra democracia, mientras aún podemos. En una democracia sana, tenemos ...
The Militant

Build protests now to defend Cuba’s sovereignty! US hands off Cuba! - The following statement was released May 26 by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party, on behalf of the party’s National Committee....
Green Pages News

Young Ecosocialists have concluded their May 2026 Special Elections - The Young Ecosocialists have concluded their May 2026 Special Elections. Those elected to the Steering Committee are: Alice Falle, Education & Member Suppo...
Countercurrents

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

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OpEd News

Stephen Colbert Deserves to Be Whistleblower of the Year - So I will say it plainly. Stephen Colbert deserves to be named Whistleblower of the Year.
Democracy Chronicles

How the Illinois Democratic Party Increases Voter Apathy - Illinois is an especially undemocratic and arguably unconstitutional state. So much so that you can quite literally be legally punished for voting.
Skeptophilia

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DeSmogBlog

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

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nonsite.org

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Texas Environmental News

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Dispatches from the Underclass

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

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

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Dissident Voice

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

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WAWG Blog

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE’s Facial Recognition Tech - [image: Two federal agents are standing in the sun wearing police vests. One agent is holding a cell phone.] Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he wa...
ExChristian.Net

Turn off the Light - *By BlackFreethought ~ * Once I took off the mask and removed the veneer of Christianity during this second deconstruction, the world became a more scary...
American Prospect

More State (or Is It Just Trump?) Capitalism - Treasury’s Bessent says the feds will jump into pharmaceuticals and shipbuilding. California’s Newsom says the state has produced and will sell insulin at ...
Progressive Army

Acta de reunión de comisión directiva - Estimados socios buenos días: Les hacemos llegar en adjunto acta número 920 relacionada a la reunión de comisión directiva realizada el día miércoles 24 ...
Rio Grande Guardian

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

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

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

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

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Eater Houston

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

Trump Threatens Media Outlet Over Don Jr’s Comparison To Hunter Biden - Donald Trump Jr. has been crisscrossing the planet using his dad’s name, his name, of course, to get all of these business deals and put money in his poc...
Southeast Texas Record

Case activity for Maa Wwarrs -Maa Vintage Park, LLC vs Keidre Mccall on May 14 - The Harris County Civil Court reported the following activities in the suit brought by Jack Garland Jr. and Maa Wwarrs -Maa Vintage Park, LLC against All...
Save Buffalo Bayou

Cutting Forest for Stormwater Basins - Is that A Good Idea? The Value of Lost Ecosystem Services April 29, 2025 Digging out the land to create basins to hold stormwater and prevent flooding is a...
Texans For Public Justice

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

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

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

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

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

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Border/Lines

The immigration 'vibe shift'—11-19-24 - Immigration news, in context.
Robert Reich

How We Take Back the Supreme CourtWhere do you see yourself in... - *How We Take Back the Supreme Court* Where do you see yourself in 2060? What about your kids or grandkids? Will Donald Trump be affecting your life even ...
Grits for Breakfast

Grits publishes "Tulia" zine for 25th anniversary: Preorder now! - Until Jeff Frazier and the good folks at Mano Amiga in San Marcos reached out about their event Monday night, I had not realized it was the 25th anniversar...
Right Wing Watch

Right Wing Round-Up: One Really Violent Day - Marshall Cohen and Daniel Dale @ CNN: Fact check: 12 election lies Trump is using to set the stage to dispute a potential 2024 defeat Former President Do...
Dos Centavos

Ay Te Watcho, Houston - Well, if you’re reading this on this Labor Day, these words are being typed from Northern Colorado. After 26 years of living in Houston and 53 in Texas, it...
Morning Consult

Replicating Experimental Findings with Online Panels - The post Replicating Experimental Findings with Online Panels appeared first on Morning Consult.
TXElects

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CT's short stories and novelettes

Grape - “I can jump a ship there. Just get me in the city limits. I will take it from there.” “How many sapiens did you kill?” “Five. Why do you want to know?”...
The Intercept

In No Labels Call, Josh Gottheimer, Mike Lawler, and University Trustees Agree: FBI Should Investigate Campus Protests - The bipartisan duo also praised schools that brought in police to violently quell protests and connected the demonstrations to the TikTok ban. The post I...
The Stars Hollow Gazette

NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2024: Second Four Play Ins - This s the second night of the women’s Play-Ins.Here are last night’s winners and losers: Time Network Seed School Record Region Score Seed School Record R...
Shadowproof

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

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

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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

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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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Due Dissidence

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Duffel Blog

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

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

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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

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Talking Points Memo

Scott Pruitt, Yes That Scott Pruitt, Is Running For Senate - Nearly four years after he resigned from the Trump administration amid a cloud of scandal and profligate spending of taxpayer...
Liberal America

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Republicans’ Identity Crisis - This week, Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered his long-anticipated, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. No sooner did this happen than Donald Trump–the...
Popehat

Customer Agent Rendering - A customer representative or perhaps buyer broker is the strategy of a brokerage or property broker symbolizing a client in an financial commitment transac...
epic.org

EPIC, Coalition Urge FTC to Issue Rules Protecting Consumers Against Data Abuse and Discrimination - Today, EPIC and a coalition of 44 consumer advocacy, civil rights, and media democracy groups urged the Federal Trade Commission to initiate a rulemaking t...
Truthdig

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Malady

Capital’s profitability now depends on ‘lockdowns’, acute social enclosure, and ‘medical’ tyranny - * *This essay was originally posted in April 2021 (and regularly updated) on Medium.com but was censored in September and then put “under investigation”. H...
Freethought Now

FFRF’s Freethought Now Blog has moved! - FFRF has moved our blog, Freethought Now! Check out our new blog today.
Louis Proyect

The Future of this Blog - Update: this site has now returned to its free version at https://louisproyect.wordpress.com … i do not know how much longer https://louisproyect.org will ...
INSIDER - politics news

TikTok extremism exposed: over 1,000 videos found including Holocaust denial, white supremacy, and ISIS propaganda, according to new report - [image: TikTok] Summary List Placement New research released by a counter-extremism think tank found that over 1,000 TikToks featuring hate speech and e...
Houston Press

Simone Biles Also Withdraws From Individual All-Around in a Post-Karolyi Era - After her shocking withdrawal from the U.S. women’s gymnastics team finals on Tuesday due to mental health concerns, Houston’s own Simone Biles has now—per...
Dallas Observer

'Viruses Are Going to Virus': COVID-19 Infections Rise Among Vaccinated Texans - Several fully vaccinated Texas Democratic lawmakers have tested positive for COVID-19, becoming some of the most widely publicized instances of so-called "...
Progressives Everywhere

Ohio’s Gerrymandered Theocracy Exhibit the Stakes of Voting Rights - Inaction of voting rights will be very deadly
Anti-Media

Peer-Reviewed and Published: Adoption of Ivermectin to Combat COVID-19 is Justified - The study's authors conclude that "large reductions in COVID-19 deaths are possible using ivermectin."
Bad Attitudes

Big Government Handouts - Recently, Elon Musk beat out Jeff Bezos for a 2.9 billion contract from NASA to fly one of his magnificent exploding rocket ships to the moon. In true Am...
PBD - Progressive Blog Digest

46 - Joe Biden, the president of the United States. Not a perfect president, but the perfect president for these post-Trump times. Earnest, unpretentious, good-...
Latino Decisions

Alex Padilla, Latino Champion of Voter Access, New California US Senator - In a historic event, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla has been appointed as United States Senator by Governor Gavin Newsom. Secretary Padilla...
TomDispatch

Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, The Madness of War, American-Style - In choosing a title for his final, posthumously published book, the prominent public intellectual Tony Judt turned to a poem by Oliver Goldsmith, *The De...
Art Killing Apathy

Free Speech Is More Complicated Than You Think - By Eleanor Goldfield The truth is – words are dangerous. Words are the catalysts of all action – good or evil. To start with a cliché but solid example: ...
Defend our Movements

Assessing Tech: How We Know If It’s On Our Side - By Bex Hong Hurwitz, Tiny Gigantic Over the past months, technical research into privacy and security concerns with Zoom and Zoom’s actions in response hav...
Better Texas Blog

New Census Data Confirms Texas Needs to Equitably Invest in Anti-Poverty Programs - Looking for analysis of the new health insurance numbers released this week? Check out our blog here! Although median income and poverty rates improved ...
Texas Rural Voices

“IT’s” the RACISM, STUPID! - It is at the center of our national attention. And, justifiably so. It’s presence permeates our national psyche, whether we acknowledge it or not. We...
PERRspectives

On the Ground Update: Acting DHS Secretary Wolf Understates Portland Crisis - Over the past 24 hours, Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has faced a firestorm of criticism for his over-the-top rhetoric and gra...
Austin 360

Neuron Garage - Neuron Garage Camp Expands to 12 Locations for Summer 2020! Austin-based day camp, Neuron Garage, is quickly gaining a loyal following as the Hands-On Bu...
Think 3 Institute

What is it about Trump? - *P*art of it is this: millions of people who'd never want Donald Trump to be their boss now feel that he has become, or is becoming, exactly that. Somethin...
Modern Democracy

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

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

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

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

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