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

Futurism

Gavin Newson Signs Law Cracking Down on AI Industry - The AI industry has been a Wild West. Is that starting to change? The post Gavin Newson Signs Law Cracking Down on AI Industry appeared first on Futurism.
Raw Story

Look to this key governor's race to see if voters blame GOP for the shutdown - There’s no shortage of uphill climbs for the Republican ticket in Virginia’s statewide elections this year. The federal government shutdown is just the l...
Salon.com

In “Jay Kelly,” George Clooney is a movie star in crisis - In Noah Baumbach's new comedy, Clooney blurs fact and fiction to find what's real
Mediaite

Bill Burr Torched for Defending Saudi Comedy Festival by Saying ‘The Royals Loved the Show’ - Comedian Bill Burr was roasted online for the way he defended his decision to perform at a Saudi Arabian comedy festival organized by the government. The...
memeorandum

Political Triumphalism Is Contrary to the Spirit of Yom Kippur (Michael G. Holzman/The UnPopulist) - Michael G. Holzman / The UnPopulist: *Political Triumphalism Is Contrary to the Spirit of Yom Kippur* — I can only imagine the scene that day in March ...
The Daily Poster

The AI Bubble That Could Burst The Economy - From speculative investments to zero returns, the AI industry is looking a lot like the dot-com bubble.
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Trump sees ‘unprecedented opportunity’ to punish Democrats as shutdown enters day two - Republicans and Democrats engage in war of words as White House also uses impasse to cut government spending - US government shutdown – latest...
The Verge

Amazon’s Vega OS launch trick: cloud-streamed apps - This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers onc...
Eschaton

Where Did He Go - I think Trump might be dead again. I do wonder when journalists will take an interest in his somewhat odd behavior.
Second Nexus

Clip Of Jane Goodall Analyzing Trump's Chimp-Like Behavior Goes Viral After Her Death - After renowned primatologist and environmental activist Jane Goodall died at the age of 91 on Wednesday, a video of remarks she made in a 2022 MSNBC inte...
Political Wire

This Isn’t Gridlock - President Trump is weaponizing the government shutdown. Billions in federal funds bound for Democratic-led states are being withheld, and officials are pre...
Capital & Main

Deep-Blue California Is a National Leader in De Facto Public-School Segregation. Here’s Why… - The Golden State has surged past the South and other regions in reversing racial and ethnic integration among children. The post Deep-Blue California Is ...
Mediagazer

A survey finds only 28% of US adults overall and 8% of Republicans have a "great deal" or "fair amount" of trust in newspapers, radio, and TV news, a new low (Megan Brenan/Gallup) - Megan Brenan / Gallup: *A survey finds only 28% of US adults overall and 8% of Republicans have a “great deal” or “fair amount” of trust in newspapers, r...
The Hill

Seized cartel ‘monster’ truck had gunports, .50-caliber machinegun - EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Mexican authorities are reporting the seizure of an armored truck with gunports and a machinegun capable of bringing down ...
Undernews

Schools - * The Lever - *President Donald Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill is poised to accelerate the privatization of the nation’s school systems — and private equit...
Mondoweiss

Global Sumud Flotilla vows to keep sailing ‘until Gaza is free’ following Israel’s interception of over 40 of its vessels - [image: File photo from the Global Sumud Flotilla (Photo: Gulcin Bekar/Global Sumud Flotilla)]Following Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla,...
Dissident Voice

Will California Zionise K-12 Education? - Factual information about Israel and Palestine may soon be outlawed in the California K-12 school system. Assembly Bill 715 is currently on Governor News...
San Antonio Current

Rocky Start: Gina Ortiz Jones’ first 100 days as San Antonio mayor were anything but ordinary - [image: Gina Ortiz Jones was elected mayor after serving as the Biden administration's Under Secretary of the Air Force.] Some observers say she wasted ti...
Daily Dot

“$30?!!!”: Parents say they’re skipping giving out Halloween candy after seeing shocking prices - [image: Halloween candy display at a store. Text overlay reads, "Porch lights will be off this year."] A mom on TikTok said she would not hand out candy ...
Daily Howler

WHAT IS MENTAL ILLNESS: What was Nichols talking about? - *THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2025* *Wallace agreed not to ask:* In Monday morning's report, we cited the old Gil Scott Heron lyric: *The revolution will not be...
Courthouse News

Meta must ease access to non-profiled timeline: Dutch court - The court gave Meta two weeks to ensure users have access to a different timeline — for example in chronological order — if they wish.
Al Jazeera English

Renowned chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall dies at 91 - Jane Goodall, the conservationist and primatologist renowned for her groundbreaking research on chimpanzees, has died.
The Week

Manchester synagogue attack: what do we know? - Two dead after car and stabbing attack on holiest day in Jewish year
CultureMap Houston

Friendly Houston suburb makes 2025 list of best small American cities - Houston suburb *Friendswood* is maximizing its popularity on WalletHub's 2025 list of the best small cities in America, with several more earning spots on ...
Deadline Politics

Fox News Tops September Ratings While CNN And MSNBC Show Year-Over-Year Declines; All Major News Networks Drop In Demo - Fox News showed year-over-year viewership growth in the September ratings, while CNN and MSNBC saw significant audience declines. Fox News also topped the ...
Vox

Jane Goodall’s most radical message was not about saving the planet - Most people know Jane Goodall, the eminent primatologist who died on Wednesday at 91, for her singular, field-defining work on wild chimpanzees. She first ...
The Conversation

Supreme Court opens with cases on voting rights, tariffs, gender identity and campaign finance to test the limits of a constitutional revolution - With partisan advantage, clashing perceptions of reality and revolutionary readings of the Constitution all in play, the Supreme Court’s cases this year re...
NPR's Health Shots

What's behind the health care fight that led to the government shutdown - It's Obamacare health insurance prices — and how much help 24 million Americans will get with their premiums — that are in dispute.
Glasstire

The Nasher Sculpture Center Announces 2027 Nasher Prize Laureate - The Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas has announced Kosovar artist Petrit Halilaj as the 2027 Nasher Prize Laureate. Mr. Halilaj, who at age 39 lives and...
Slate

The Myth of the “Refrigerator Mother” Set Autism Research Back for Decades. Here We Are Again. - The idea that kids were autistic because their moms were too intellectual made everyone's life worse.
San Antonio Report

San Antonio’s Day of the Dead celebration adds 2 new events - New events are coming to San Antonio’s Day of the Dead festivities this year, offering residents and tourists two unique ways to celebrate the annual holid...
OpEd News

Tomgram: Engelhardt, A Hell-on-Earth Presidency - Ours would be the normal story of imperial powers rising and falling on Planet Earth nothing new there, of course if it weren't for one thing: the fact tha...
naked capitalism

Trump’s Imminent War(s) and Economic Damage as His Legitimacy Crumbles - Trump may be launching not just one but two wars right after he and Hegseth proudly exhibited their nakedness before the military top brass.
Bonddad

A note on initial jobless claims - - *by New Deal democrat* It’s Thursday, which typically means it’s time for the weekly initial and continuing jobless claims update. As we all know, ...
Houston Public Media

At hearing, Democrats say the redistricting process was flawed from the start - On the first day of a two-week trial, the plaintiffs’ lawyers honed in on who drew the new map and whether race was a factor.
ArcaMax

Many New York Minutes before New Mayor Gets Elected - Right before New York's Democratic mayoral primary, political seers declared with enormous confidence that Andrew Cuomo would easily beat Democratic Social...
SCOTUSblog

Justices to apply double jeopardy principles to federal firearm offense - The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Oct. 7 in Barrett v. United States. Dwayne Barrett – along with others – committed several armed robberies,...
Daily Cartoonist

Essential Peanuts Introduction by Patrick McDonnell - Exclusive to The Daily Cartoonist is Patrick McDonnell‘s Introduction to The Essential Peanuts. “A Bringing of Happiness” – Introduction by Patrick McDonne...
Rewire

The Supreme Court Gears Up for Another Unprecedented Term - Why the justices will soon be back to work wreaking havoc on democracy. The post The Supreme Court Gears Up for Another Unprecedented Term appeared first...
El Paso Matters

17 statewide propositions will appear on the November ballot. Here’s what Texas voters need to know. - On Nov. 4, Texas voters will get the final say on 17 constitutional amendments — usually listed as statewide propositions at the top of the ballot — inc...
Workers World

PDF of October 2 issue - [image: PDF of October 2 issue] Download the PDF Gustavo Petro calls for ‘powerful army’ to liberate Gaza Assata Shakur : A legacy of resistance Editorial:...
Democracy Now!

Will El Salvador's Total Abortion Ban Be a Model for the U.S.? Maria Hinojosa Investigates - A new investigation by Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Maria Hinojosa looks at reproductive rights in El Salvador, which has one of the world’s most rest...
Alternet

'Everything is offending the GOP': Republican laments his party’s transformation into 'snowflakes' - Former Illinois lawmaker and registered Republican Adam Kinzinger says he laments the days of being able to call Democrats and liberals “snowflakes.” Rep...
Techdirt.

ABC/Disney Gets Rewarded For Kissing Trump’s Ass: FCC Moves To Eliminate Any Remaining Media Consolidation Limits - ABC and Disney’s attempt to please our dim idiot king by banning a critical comedian didn’t go all that well. The company managed to lose 1.7 million strea...
Texas Observer

Inside Tarrant County’s Dogged Prosecution of a Pro-Palestine Activist - Early last month, Raunaq Alam, a 32-year-old Bangladeshi American from the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Hurst, was on the verge of spending a decade behin...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

Rating the New Missouri House Map - Missouri Republicans recently passed a mid-decade gerrymander designed to give them an additional seat in the state's House delegation. We are assuming t...
The NM Political Report

Gov., legislators move quickly to OK $150 million for healthcare, SNAP and public broadcasting to backfill fed funding cuts - New Mexico legislators gathered at the Roundhouse on Wednesday and quickly passed legislation authorizing more than $161 million in one-time spending to ...
Space City Weather

A subtle pattern change will set the tone for Houston’s weather over the next week - In brief: Today’s post discusses the subtle change in our weather pattern that will control our region’s conditions over the next week or so. Houston is st...
First Draft

Irked In October - Vexatious venting about irksome things.
Debunking Christianity

Major Important Debate! What Better Explains Reality? Naturalism or Theism? (Jeffery Jay Lowder vs Frank Turek) - I just noticed this debate from 2017, having been focused for so long on book and blog writing. See what you think. I'm posting it before watching it becau...
Mother Jones

Energy Department Tries to Stifle Workers’ Use of Climate-Related Words - This story was originally published by Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US Department of Energy has told empl...
Rallblog

DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou: “30% of Americans Are Pro-Violence” - LIVE 9:00 am Eastern time, Streaming Anytime: Political cartoonist Ted Rall and CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou cut through the bias, deprogramming you f...
The Smirking Chimp

I’ve Been Through Government Shutdowns. This One Is Radically Different. -
Skeptophilia

Color my world - When you think about it, color perception is *really* strange. Just about all of us have wondered whether we all see colors the same way -- if, for example...
Crooked Media

Dramatize the Injustice - The post Dramatize the Injustice appeared first on Crooked Media.
Off The Kuff

Talarico rakes it in - Impressive. State Rep. James Talarico raised $6.2 million in the first three weeks of his bid for Senate, his campaign announced Wednesday, a massive haul ...
ProPublica

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies - by Justin Elliott and Joshua Kaplan ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon...
American Prospect

Microsoft Is Abandoning Windows 10. Hackers Are Celebrating. - The company will stop supporting the OS on October 14. Advocacy groups warn this will leave up to 400 million computers vulnerable to hacks or in the dump.
Scheerpost.com

Learning From Assata: A Young Black Socialist on Duty and Discipline - Black grassroots organizer and visual artist Rachel Domond speaks on the legacy and influence of Assata Shakur.
Angry Bear

The art of the deal - Until this year, China has been a major consumer of US soybeans. But Trump’s trade war with China has resulted in a shutdown of that major market for Ame...
Grist

In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies - What one doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.
Axios

OpenAI's Sora: Fast track to a vacuous AI-video future - OpenAI's new Sora app gives us a fast-forward view of a future in which AI video, social media and the attention economy fuse into one giant mucky, murky...
The Root

This Black Billionaire’s Daughter Had Three Summer Weddings You Have to See to Believe - Nigerian newlyweds Temi Otedola and Mr Eazi Had Three Glamorous "Weddings" In Three Months Read more...
Counterpunch

Lullabies of Dust: Gaza’s Cry and the Silence of Thrones - Statement by Palestine-Global Mental Health Network and its International Counterparts For nearly two years Gaza has endured an escalated genocide alread...
World Socialist Web Site

Australia: NSW Labor government imposes real wage cut on nurses and midwives - Against vocal opposition from nurses and midwives, the union bureaucracy has yet again utilised the illusion that the deal is only temporary to impose exac...
jobsanger

Hegseth's Speech Was Morally Vile And Profoundly Stupid -
Informed Comment

As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note - Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flower...
Portside

Trump Declares War on America - Trump Declares War on America Mark Brody Wed, 10/01/2025 - 23:03
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.
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...
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...
Antiwar.com

How America Started WWIII - War is ugly and it leaves in its brutal wake not just death and destruction, but also a seemingly endless number of people whose minds and bodies are perma...
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 ...
Liberation News

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

Israelis Make Illegal Arrests on Sumud Flotilla - Israeli soldiers seized 447 volunteers arrests as they boarded the flotilla of 40 boats with 500 people on the high seas on its way to Gaza. The flotilla o...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Dissent Magazine

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

Oil and Gas Trade Group Blasts Reform’s Anti-Renewables Agenda - LIVERPOOL – The UK’s largest oil and gas trade body has criticised Reform UK’s plans to “turn off the tap” on renewable energy. Nigel Farage’s party has ...
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...
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...
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
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

Engraved Ammunition - 11×17 inch high-res color .jpg image, 1.6mb “Sources say…” BWAH HA HA HA HAAHHH, “authorities believe” …”sources say” …after the shooter was revealed to be...
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

เว็บแทงหวยออนไลน์ที่ดีที่สุด – Best Online Lottery Betting Site - เลือกเว็บแทงหวยออนไลน์ที่ดีที่สุด - เว็บหวยออนไลน์ที่ครบวงจร The post เว็บแทงหวยออนไลน์ที่ดีที่สุด – Best Online Lottery Betting Site appeared first on เ...
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

- Titolo dell’articolo: Online Casinos UK: una guida per trovare quella giustaSupremo Casino Titolo dell’articolo: Online Casinos UK: una guida per trovare q...
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

Nhận định soi kèo Erzurumspor vs Pendikspor lúc 17h30 ngày 06/3/2025 - Tiếp tục với giải Hạng Nhì Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ, khi bước vào vòng 28, người hâm mộ sẽ được chứng kiến một trong những trận đấu hấp dẫn diễn ra giữa Erzurumspor và...
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

Happy Art Car, Y'All! - (function(jQuery) {function init() { window.wSlideshow && window.wSlideshow.render({elementID:"840112064306859282",nav:"thumbnails",navLocation:"bottom",cap...
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

The Road to Hell -
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

Placeholder Article for Testing - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In sit amet volutpat tellus, mattis luctus nulla. Nullam purus lacus, faucibus ut magna sit amet, ...
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 ...

Show All

Brains and Eggs

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Sunday Funnies

No comments:

Search This Blog