Brains and Eggs: #waterforelephants

You cannot change the Democratic Party from within

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

Join us https://t.co/Tj0nOMa49x #VoteGreen pic.twitter.com/wb8q2hFdv6
— Jason Call 🇵🇸 Green Party WA02 JillStein2024 CM (@CallForCongress) January 23, 2024

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

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

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

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

Houston, Texas, and US blog roll

Mediaite

Harris Corrects Reporter Who Calls Her ‘Madam President’ at Presser: ‘Vice President. Three Days’ - Kamala Harris corrected a reporter for referring to her as "madam president" instead of "vice president" three days before the election. The post Harris C...
Daily Dot

‘It’s official’: Shopper shows Target has begun removing self-checkout. Here’s why—and what to expect next - [image: Two panel design with one showing a Target sign and two showing a long line at a Target store] Target shopper and TikToker Arianna Cabada (@arian...
Alternet

'Pleaded with him': Insiders describe begging Trump not to hit Biden with shocking slur - Shocked Trump staffers “pleaded” with Donald Trump to abandon plans to use an offensive slur as a new nickname for President Joe Biden, a report claimed ...
memeorandum

Raffensperger urges voters to ignore X ad purporting fraud: 'Don't fall for it' (Ashleigh Fields/The Hill) - Ashleigh Fields / The Hill: *Raffensperger urges voters to ignore X ad purporting fraud: 'Don't fall for it'* — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffens...
The Root

New Developments In Liam Payne’s Investigation Could Bring His Family Solace—But Huge Questions Remain - The One Direction singer’s Oct. 16 death has stirred up controversy as new details emerge. News just broke regarding Liam Payne’s death and it may finall...
Salon.com

Anti-vax "Sopranos" actress says "half of Hollywood" is going to vote for Trump - De Matteo smeared other celebrities who endorsed Harris, claiming she was blacklisted for her anti-vax beliefs
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Drugs and weapons seized in sweep of jail where Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is held - Brooklyn detention center holding 1,200 has been under scrutiny since two fatal stabbings this summer Federal authorities have confirmed that they seized...
Axios

Trump's 2024 vulnerability: Boredom - Former President Trump's 2024 campaign was far more united and on-message than the previous two installments, until the candidate's restlessness sparked ...
Raw Story

Texas bars federal election monitors from state polling stations - "Texas tells U.S. Justice Department that federal election monitors aren’t allowed in polling places" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprof...
Deadline Politics

Donald Trump Is “So Disappointed” In Julia Roberts For Narrating Kamala Harris Ad - With three days until the presidential election, Donald Trump is taking aim at Julia Roberts over her support of Kamala Harris. On Saturday, the former pre...
Al Jazeera English

Harris, Trump hit North Carolina in final weekend push before US election - The fate of the election is expected to be determined by the seven battleground states, which are being heavily courted.
The Verge

Kindle Colorsoft owners complain of a yellow bar on the e-reader’s screen - [image: Picture of the Kindle Colorsoft with a color book cover for Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano displayed.] Image: David Pierce / The Verge People ...
Eschaton

Sure Why Not - Hopefully a post-mortem. At the end of June, in the afterglow of a debate performance that would ultimately prompt President Joe Biden to end his campaign...
Election Law Blog

“James O’Keefe warned against helping put hidden cameras at voting locations” - WaPo: The top prosecutor in Arizona’s most populous area of Maricopa County warned conservative activist James O’Keefe, known for his undercover videos,...
DeSmogBlog

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Pledges to “Triple Down” on Her Climate Denial - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith pledged to “triple down” on conservative principles, including energy extraction and anti-trans policies at the Alberta Un...
Mondoweiss

Israeli justice minister calls for 20-year prison sentence for citizens promoting sanctions against the state - [image: Yariv Levin (Photo: Wikimedia)]Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin is demanding a 20-year prison sentence for citizens who call for sanctions agai...
Dissident Voice

Internationalism: Is It Dead or Dying? - It is difficult to think about Cuba without engaging emotionally. I couldn’t get back to sleep the other night, distressed over the tragic blackout of ne...
Claytoonz

SCOTUS Weenie Roast - Read the blog at my brand new Substack. Signed prints: The signed prints are just $40.00 each. Every cartoon at Claytoonz is available. You can pay through...
Techdirt.

This Week In Techdirt History: October 27th – November 2nd - Five Years Ago This week in 2019, Comcast was putting on an innocent act regarding consumer privacy, while we looked at one Idaho town that was doing broad...
The Hill

FBI condemns fake election security videos - The FBI released a statement on Saturday addressing false claims about the election and reaffirming their intention to ensure voter security leading up to ...
Counterpunch

- North Gaza In the past three weeks, more than 71,000 people have been displaced from North Gaza governorate to Gaza City and about 100,000 people remain ...
Grist

Voter turnout is surging in the key swing states hammered by Hurricane Helene - What record early voting in Georgia and North Carolina says about the storm and the stakes of the election.
Mother Jones

Trump Threatens to “Get the News Shaped Up” - Donald Trump is amplifying attacks on the media in the final days of the campaign, broadly threatening retaliation against the industry for coverage critic...
Political Wire

Harris Launches Closing Ad - “The Harris campaign released its closing ad on Saturday — Brighter Future — which will air nationally across NFL games on CBS and Fox this weekend, includ...
Angry Bear

“Thinking About” the Power We Hold by Voting - Timothy Snyder energizing us on voting and why we should be voting without fear. We choose the president and not Trump. “Thinking About” . . . Why has Do...
First Draft

Caturday: Kitties Like Halloween, Too - Meow from Connor and Liam.
WhoWhatWhy

Saturday Hashtag: #TheAccountabilityVacuum - [image: Media Black Hole] Welcome to Saturday Hashtag, a weekly place for broader context. Saturday Hashtag: #TheAccountabilityVacuum originally appeared ...
OpEd News

The speech Harris has NOT given, that would get my vote - Kamala Harris can clinch this election with on simple statement, even, or maybe especially, at the last possible moment.
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

Fortifying Ourselves for the 2024 Election: Audio From A Collapsing State - Election anxiety is a real thing. Let's pause, breathe, and prepare ourselves
The AltWorld

Western Arms Industry Building “Factories” in Ukraine to Make Money, Not Arms/Ammunition - Update on the conflict in Ukraine for November 3, 2024… Western media continues growing admissions to Ukraine’s […] The post Western Arms Industry Buildi...
Reading the Pictures

The Reading the Pictures Salon: Looking at Key Images from Campaign 2024 - An expert panel examined key images in the contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump emphasizing themes of democracy, gender, and race. The post The...
Mediagazer

A profile of John Avlon, former CNN anchor, former Daily Beast EIC, former speechwriter for Rudy Giuliani, and now a congressional candidate running in New York (Ben Jacobs/Slate) - Ben Jacobs / Slate: *A profile of John Avlon, former CNN anchor, former Daily Beast EIC, former speechwriter for Rudy Giuliani, and now a congressional c...
Workers World

Striking hotel workers fight BlackRock - [image: Striking hotel workers fight BlackRock] Boston For almost two months, UNITE HERE! Local 26 hotel workers have been striking to demand the living wa...
Second Nexus

TikToker Warns How To Tell If You Might Actually Be Applying For A 'Ghost' Job In Viral Video - Even though the unemployment rate in the United States is at an all-time low, people looking for a job or secondary work seem to be having a harder time ...
Novara Media

Novara REPORTS From San Francisco - In the first of our series covering the US election, Richard Hames hits the streets of San Francisco to gauge people’s mood ahead of, what’s looking like, ...
Vox

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

U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Refuses to Block Pennsylvania Supreme Court Order on “Naked” Ballots - On November 1, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously refused to block the recent decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that allowed voters who make a mis...
Futurism

New Psychiatric Technique Asks Schizophrenics to Engage in Dialogue With the Voices in Their Heads - Using 3D modeling technology, researchers in the United Kingdom have come up with an ingenious new approach to treating psychosis: talking to the voices ...
Undernews

Schools - *Metafilter - * "PEN America today released new documentation of public school book bans for the full 2023-2024 school year, recording 10,046 instances ...
Slate

The Correct Way to Drink on Election Night - America’s Founding Fathers offer one answer.
The Conversation

Undoing the ‘deep state’ means Trump would undo over a century of progress in building a federal government for the people and not just for rich white men - Conservatives defend efforts to dismantle the federal bureaucracy as tactics against tyranny, but Americans exercise their sovereignty through these civil ...
The Week

Today's political cartoons - November 2, 2024 - Saturday's cartoons - anti-fascism, early voter turnout, and more
Reform Austin

This Texas Town Ranked Among The Worst Of The Country - Port Arthur, Texas, ranks among the worst small cities in the U.S., according to a recent study conducted by WalletHub. The study compared over 1,300 cit...
Field Negro

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

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

A Dim Milestone for Dark Money in Politics - Unprecedented levels of secrecy.
The Militant

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

Max Carver: This is an Attack on Democracy - During our Save Your Vote broadcast, actor and activist Max Carver (*Desperate Housewives, The Leftovers*) spoke about his fears surrounding the 2024 elect...
The Daily Poster

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

Thirty Years Without Erwin Knoll - Why we are all the poorer for it.
San Antonio Report

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

Nhận định soi kèo Samsunspor vs Antalyaspor lúc 00h00 ngày 05/11/2024 - Trở lại với giải VĐQG Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ, khi đến với vòng 11, với sự đầu tư cho chất lượng của đội hình thi đấu hiệu quả, Samsunspor sẽ tiếp tục có cơ hội nâng ...
Bonddad

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

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

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

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

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

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

Links 11/2/2024 -
Skeptophilia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We're back (not a moment too soon) - Immigration news, in context.
LareDOS

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

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

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

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

Reducing the Carbon Impact of American Diets With Plant-Based Choices - A plant-based diet can significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from our food systems. With... The post Reducing the Carbon Impact of American...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Seventh Crisis - Nixon would joke that writing the book was his seventh crisis, but it would have actually been this. ↓ TranscriptThree panel comicin the north lawn of th...
CultureMap Houston

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

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