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

Al Jazeera English

US military releases video of marines seizing Iranian ship - Video from the US military show an operation by its forces to seize an Iranian-flagged ship near the Strait of Hormuz.
ArcaMax

Trump, the Pope and the Gospel of 'Pulp Fiction' - It is hardly surprising that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s explicitly Christian monthly worship services monthly in the Pentagon have raised alarm in...
Mediagazer

Sources: Bill Ackman proposes merging UMG with his SPAC and naming Michael Ovitz as chair, an offer UMG is likely to reject; UMG stock is down 20% since 2021 (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg) - Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: *Sources: Bill Ackman proposes merging UMG with his SPAC and naming Michael Ovitz as chair, an offer UMG is likely to reject; UMG...
Houston Public Media

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1560: Narrow Perception - Episode: 1560 In which we ‘look’ at the world through a narrow slit. Today, we look at the world through a narrow slit.
Countercurrents

Reservation, Representation, and a Rather Convenient Defeat - In politics, winning is a touch overrated. The real connoisseurs of power know it isn’t always about getting a bill through the House—it’s about arranging ...
memeorandum

Iran Update Special Report, April 18, 2026 (Institute for the Study of War) - Institute for the Study of War: *Iran Update Special Report, April 18, 2026* — The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and The Critical Threats Projec...
Informed Comment

US Seizes Iranian Vessel: Question Mark over Islamabad Talks - It is not clear whether an Iranian delegation will show up, since various Iranian figures and institutions have made contradictory statements
The Hill

Pope Leo, Vance seek to mend fences after Trump feud - Pope Leo XIV and Vice President Vance on Saturday both said the presumed feud with President Trump was misinterpreted. “There’s been a certain narrative th...
Consortium News

DAYS 49-50: A Rabid Trump Says Iran Ship Seized; Threatens to Bomb Bridges & Power Plants if New Talks Fail - In the midst of growing chaos Donald Trump sent his real estate agents to Islamabad in a unilateral effort at renewed peace talks. He says if there’s no de...
Raw Story

GOP stronghold 'completely collapsing' under the weight of Trump's unpopularity: analyst - A long-time GOP stronghold is "completely collapsing" under the weight of President Donald Trump's unpopularity, according to one analyst. Pat Ford, pro...
Popular Resistance

Chris Hedges Report: Is Hezbollah Beating Israel In Lebanon? - On April 16, the Trump administration forced the Israeli military to cease its attacks on Lebanon as part of an agreement with Iran to fully open the Str...
Portside

Mexico Is Going All In for Universal Health Care - Mexico Is Going All In for Universal Health Care Ira Sun, 04/19/2026 - 21:55
Axios

What to know about tariff refund site that's set to go live Monday - U.S. businesses that paid tariffs that the Supreme Court ruled were illegal can start applying for refunds Monday. *Why it matters:* The Trump administra...
Crooked Media

Trump vs Reddit: Free Speech In The Balance - The post Trump vs Reddit: Free Speech In The Balance appeared first on Crooked Media.
Claytoonz

The Book of Sam - Read the blog at my Substack, and please subscribe. Support your local cartoonist: If you want to support the cartoonist, please donate through PayPal to “...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Trump news at a glance: Oil price surges again as Iran accuses US of breaking ceasefire - Tehran vowa to respond after USS Spruance fires on Iranian-flagged cargo ship allegedly running strait of Hormuz blockade. Key US politics stories from S...
Political Wire

Democrats Eye a Broader Battlefield - New York Times: “Democrats are also expanding their ambitions in Senate elections, where the four-seat pickup needed for control once felt impossible. Demo...
Mediaite

‘An Excruciating Form of Suffering’: Mom of US Hostage Killed by Hamas Shares Heartbreaking Story on 60 Minutes - Rachel Goldberg-Polin told 60 Minutes about the "excruciating" suffering her family endured while her son was held hostage by Hamas before he was murdere...
The Week

India’s home-help conundrum - The nation’s instant home-help services are enjoying a frenzy of orders
Antiwar.com

The Most Unpopular War in American History? - The night before l voted against going to war in Iraq, my sister, Beverly, told me that a Knoxville television station had run a poll and found that in Eas...
Election Law Blog

“DOJ demands Detroit-area 2024 ballots, escalating election scrutiny” - Patrick Marley for WaPo: The Justice Department is demanding all ballots from the 2024 election in the Detroit area, a highly unusual move that comes sho...
The Verge

Blue Origin successfully reused its New Glenn rocket - Today's launch of AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 satellite aboard Blue Origin's reusable New Glenn rocket was a partial success. The New Glenn touched down o...
Crooked Timber

Sunday photoblogging: Pézenas street - [image: Pézenas street]
World Socialist Web Site

Starmer government facing collapse over Mandelson/Epstein scandal - There is a fear that Starmer's downfall will bring to a head a far broader political crisis of rule for the British bourgeoisie, possibly claiming the Labo...
Eschaton

Armageddon's Back On The Menu, Boys -
Salon.com

A $12 commute becomes a $150 World Cup ride - NJ Transit’s pricing plan is drawing backlash over affordability and access for incoming fans and local commuters
Alternet

Trump's latest scam stuns even his critics - President Donald Trump claimed he would “drain the swamp” upon being elected, but a new report on a lavish party to be held at his Mar-a-Lago estate cont...
Off The Kuff

Weekend link dump for April 19 - Government databases are top targets for cybercriminals and also former DOGE bros, especially those who got their grubby hands on Social Security data. “Yo...
Techdirt.

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt - This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is dfbomb with a comment about the insane charges being brought against adults who assist students...
Daily Cartoonist

Jaime Hernandez, Trung Le Nguyen Graphic Novels Win LA Times Book Prizes - This weekend was the L.A. Times Festival of Books where they unveiled their best books of last year. Jaime Hernandez took home the prize in the Graphic Nov...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

If Civics Isn’t a Discipline, What Is? A Case for Policy Studies, by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. - *If Civics Isn’t a Discipline, What Is? A Case for Policy Studies* *by* *Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D.* *April 19, 2026* *By any measure, we are witnessing ...
Mother Jones

Trump’s Approval Rating Sinks to Lowest Point of His Second Term - President Donald Trump’s approval ratings have dropped to their lowest level since the start of his second term. According to the NBC News Decision Desk P...
WhoWhatWhy

Sharing Bandwidth With Emily D. - [image: Evening Wind, Edward Hopper, 1921] An Open Invitation… Sharing Bandwidth With Emily D. originally appeared on WhoWhatWhy
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

The Christian Nationalist Schism: Fascist Religion at the End of Empire - The fight between MAGA and the pope is a preview of something much larger and more dangerous
Slate

Slate Crossword: Professor Who Might Have Done It in the Kitchen With the Wrench (Four Letters) - Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for April 19, 2026.
San Antonio Report

San Antonio leaders eye long-term future for Pre-K 4 SA - Pre-K 4 SA leaders laid out a budget at a city council meeting where city leaders discussed childcare needs in San Antonio. ------------------------------ S...
Angry Bear

MAHA is about politics, not health - RFK Jr says “Many of us have come to the conclusion that [the] government actually lies to us.” On that, I agree. Our government lied us into the Vietnam...
Campaign for America's Future

I Want You to March With Me This May Day - I invite you to march with me this May Day, then organize to win elections and protect our right to vote. Together, we can prove the power of organized peo...
Undernews

Bookshops - *Guardian - *About 422 new indie bookshops opened in 2025, according to the American Booksellers Association, a 31% rise from 2024. Countless independent ...
Socialist Alternative

Capitalism & Immigration: Deeper Analysis For An Age Of Reaction & Struggle - Under Trump’s second term, immigration has become arguably the single most important issue driving struggle in the US. The fightback against Trump’s anti-i...
Ballot Access News

Incumbent Legislator Removed from New Mexico Republican Primary Ballot - On April 15, a state trial court in New Mexico removed Rebecca Dow from the New Mexico Republican primary ballot. See this story. She is trying to be re-el...
Futurism

The Florida Mass Shooter’s Conversations With ChatGPT Are Worse Than You Could Possibly Imagine - If a human uses an AI chatbot to plan a mass shooting, is the company liable for the ensuing deaths? The post The Florida Mass Shooter’s Conversations Wi...
San Antonio Current

San Antonio Spurs reveal four medals for Fiesta San Antonio 2026 - [image: Sales of the San Antonio Spurs' four new medals benefit the team's nonprofit arm, Spurs Give.] Now Spurs fans have something else beyond the team’...
Novara Media

Europe’s Ancient Myths, Current Crises & Future Possibilities - As the American empire teeters, China gains dominance, and war spreads across Eastern Europe and West Asia, questions arise as to Europe’s place in this ra...
Glasstire

ACLU of Texas Names 2026-27 Artist-in-Residence - The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas (ACLU-TX) has announced its 2026-2027 artist-in-residence: Dr. Robyn B. Adams, a musician, storyteller, and c...
Brad Blog

Sunday 'WWJD?' Toons - ...HOW IT STARTED... ...HOW IT'S GOING... ...NEXT WEEK!... * * * As The BRAD BLOG's former longtime toon sherpa PDiddie always reminded us: "With editorial...
Mondoweiss

Israel is racing to expand West Bank settlements before new political realities end its era of impunity - [image: Jewish Israeli settlers set up mobile homes and raise Israeli flags over the evacuated settlement of Sanur, north of Nablus, which was approved by ...
First Draft

The Sunday Dozen: Devil Songs - The devil is in the details. Music by Robert Johnson, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, The Rolling Stones, G...
Grist

Maine presses pause on large data centers. Will other states follow its lead? - The moratorium is the first of its type to pass a legislative chamber, but about a dozen other states have pending proposals.
El Paso Matters

298 days: Iranian asylum seeker released after judge rules ICE violated his rights - Escaping religious persecution in Iran, Argam Nazarian was detained by ICE for nearly 10 months – much of it in El Paso. He was released this week by or...
Liberation News

Exposing five lies about Lebanon’s resistance - The U.S. & Israel seek to turn Lebanon into a vassal state. But the Lebanese people are determined to keep their independence and dignity.
The Daily Poster

LEVER WEEKLY: Spy Vs. Lie - A surveillance showdown, a dirty drilling operation, and more from The Lever this week.
Vox

Is “time confetti” ruining parenthood? - The idea that you need to save up a certain amount of money before having kids is so common it can feel almost like a moral law. But it isn’t, and I said ...
The Root

Black Law Workforce Hits Decade Low Under Trump Anti-DEI Shifts - Following the 2026 NALP report, experts warn that the systematic dismantling of DEI policies under the Trump administration is reversing a decade of prog...
Scheerpost.com

From BBC to ICE Detention: The Arrest of Yousof Azizi and the Collapse of “Free Speech” - Iranian academic and media commentator faces deportation as supporters warn of political retaliation against anti-war voices Joshua Scheer Inspired by the ...
NPR's Health Shots

Why nearly every farmer who grows these chile peppers is a woman - Chile peppers are a traditional part of Indian cuisine — and a key crop for women farmers. They say it's too demanding for men. "In spite of the challenges...
slacktivist

Sunday reading - "I hated everyone / but I acted generously / and no one found me out"
naked capitalism

Links 4/19/2026 -
The Smirking Chimp

Sunday Thought: A Change in the Air -
OpEd News

What Does Prayer Mean in An Age of Empire? The Dangerous Simplicity of Pope Leo's "Nonviolence" - What is prayer? What are its political implications? And what does the Bible itself (and common sense) reveal about Jesus and nonviolence?
Infidel753

Video of the day -- intelligent design - This one speaks for itself. Be aware, they're not kidding about the disturbing images.
LareDOS

2026 Genetics Conference and Resource Fair for families of children with developmental disabilities and Autism set for Friday, April 24 - Event open to families, caregivers, and advocates
The AltWorld

First Principles: Why the US Will Continue War with Iran - The US’ primary goal is global primacy. Attacking Iran is driven by a desire to isolate Russia […] The post First Principles: Why the US Will Continue Wa...
Common Dreams

On Witless Great Vengeance and Furious Anger - Seeking to rally the troops for his unholy war, Christian nationalist, TV-carnie and war fanboy Pete Kegseth just passed off some vengeful Gospel Accordi...
Counterpunch

GOP School Censorship 2.0 - Rightwing culture warrior Christopher Rufo on the Joe Rogan Experience. Rightwing culture warrior Christopher Rufo on the Joe Rogan Experience. Rightwing...
jobsanger

Republicans Are NOT The Fiscally Responsible Party -
Courthouse News

Orbán’s legacy: His Hungarian illiberal ‘revolution’ lives on despite loss - Viktor Orbán, Hungary's strongman dubbed the “Trump before Trump,” has been defeated. But that doesn't mean his illiberal nationalist-conservative ideology...
Field Negro

Green light red light in the Strait. - *"War, what is it good for? Absolutely, nothing" ~ Edwin Starr~ * Before Trump's war, also known as Operation Epstein, most Americans would have thoug...
Deadline Politics

Former Presidents, ‘SNL’ Stars, Nicole Kidman, Garth Brooks & More Celebrate America’s 250th At History Channel Event - The nation’s four former presidents, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, and assorted celebs took the stage at the Kimmel Center in P...
See You In 2020

The U.S. will only keep ramping up its wars, forcing the “progressive” imperialists to reveal themselves - In this next phase, the biggest problem for the antiwar movement will be the “progressive” Democrats who act as false allies to our cause. The “democrat...
DeSmogBlog

Who Funds Nigel Farage? Mapping His Millions - Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is the highest-paid Member of Parliament. In less than two years as the MP for Clacton, Farage has racked up £2 million in ...
Ian Welsh

Open Thread - Use to discuss topics unrelated to recent posts.
CultureMap Houston

Affordable Houston seafood restaurant makes a splash in our top stories - *Editor's note: It's time to catch up on the top Houston news of the week, including a new seafood spot from a chef-favorite fisherman and the big reveal o...
Edinburg Politics

Landmark state law led by Sen. Juan Hinojosa and Rep. Terry Canales to bring $160 million biomedical research center to Edinburg, Mayor Omar Ochoa reveals in State of the City Address - One of the many results of a landmark state law, led in 2013 by Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, and Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, will be a $160 million b...
Space City Weather

Some parts of Houston may see heavy rainfall later today and tonight - In brief: Sorry to interrupt your weekend, but we wanted to update your expectations for rainfall later today and tonight. There are some indications that ...
Bonddad

Weekly Indicators for April 13 - 17 at Seeking Alpha - - *by New Deal democrat* My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. The biggest news this week is how sharply oil prices backed off of thei...
NORML

A Path Forward for Cannabis Freedom in Hungary? - [image: The flag of Hungary pulls back to reveal marijuana leaves][image: The flag of Hungary pulls back to reveal marijuana leaves]With new leadership i...
Progressive.org

Climate Education Makes Economic Sense - This Earth Day, let's remember our need to train a new generation to take on environmental challenges.
Daily Howler

SATURDAY: Where have all the specialists gone? - *SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2026* *This is the gamble we've chosen:* It's as we noted in this week's reports: In Tuesday's front-page overview for the New York ...
The Progressive Wing

4/18-19 News Roundup and Open Thread - Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.
Skeptophilia

One story, two ways - After fifteen years of writing here at *Skeptophilia*, one thing that never fails to amaze me is how little it takes to get a crazy claim going -- and th...
Seeing the Forest

Campfire Politics - I encourage people to visit Campfire Politics, a new site for progressives to visit. Campfire Politics is a curated progressive political digest – the best...
Workers World

VP Vance’s claim on Gaza aid ‘misleading’ - [image: VP Vance’s claim on Gaza aid ‘misleading’] The following statement was issued by Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas on April 15, 2026. We strongly...
Wolf Street

Nasdaq up by 60% since Liberation Day Selloff and by 100% in 3 Years. People Are Just Having Fun - While the Nasdaq gained 100%, the economy grew by 15% not adjusted for inflation. Who needs cryptos when stocks are so much fun.
Dorf on Law

Interchangeable Idiots and Sociopaths: Do Individuals Matter in Trump's World? - I have spent a fair bit of time over the past year or so pondering a surprisingly difficult and recurring question: Does it matter which specific people ...
The Texas Signal

Finding LGBTQ-Friendly MMA Training in Texas - It makes sense that many LGBTQ+ Texans want to learn mixed martial arts (MMA). The problem is that there are relatively few overtly LGBTQ-friendly MMA gyms...
Church and State

Trump will be gone before November 3, 2026!! - Continuing under Trump would push the gutless GOP toward a broader conflict, with many nations armed with nuclear weapons.
FrontBurner – D Magazine

Surprise shows coming to Dallas this weekend - Is it really a weekend in Dallas without some pop-up shows? No, it is not. But we’re hearing about two this weekend that you should definitely put on your ...
Lowering the Bar

Cat Blamed for Crime - [image: ai-generated image of a cat lineup]Unsuccessfully.
SCOTUSblog

Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, April 22 - We will be live blogging as the court potentially releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs abou...
Texas Standard

Buck Meek melds Hill Country and Topanga Canyon sounds on ‘The Mirror’ - The Wimberley native, who also plays in Big Thief, grew up swapping songs at the Kerrville Folk Festival.
Rewire

Black Women’s Health Care Undermined by Trump Policies: Analysis - From food assistance to reproductive care, Trump’s signature federal spending bill from 2025 has weakened programs that Black women disproportionately re...
The Militant

End Washington’s war for plunder in the Middle East - The Donald Trump administration is alternating between arrogant threats to restart bombing and flattery of current Iranian officials — calling them “smarte...
Independent Political Report

Meredith Hays Resigns as Libertarian National Committee Region 4 Representative - Meredith Hays has resigned as the Region 4 Representative to the Libertarian National Committee, with alternate Mimi Robson moving into the role. In a m...
Trivial Knot

Newcomb’s Paradox occurs in real life - Newcomb’s paradox is a philosophical thought experiment. There is an entity called Omega, who can predict your choices. Omega presents you with two boxes; ...
Capital & Main

What Could a Republican Governor Get Done in Deep-Blue California? - Experts say he would likely face a recall, but could still wield power through appointments, vetoes and regulatory boards. The post What Could a Republic...
Bracing Views

The Social Media Echo Chamber - When the Rabbit Hole Becomes an Information Silo BILL ASTORE APR 16, 2026 If you’ve spent time on social media, you know it can be quite unsocial. Profane...
The Conversation

Why the future of marijuana legalization remains hazy despite high public support - A cannabis legalization movement that for a decade rode a wave of success has stalled amid failed ballot initiatives, rising health concerns and a frayed c...
Debunking Christianity

Does the Splintered, Bickering Church Represent Gospel Jesus? - *Tough question, since there are major disagreements about gospel Jesus* In the article I posted here on 27 March 2026, I commented on the book by Karl...
Texas Observer

Off the Charts - The post Off the Charts appeared first on The Texas Observer.
Democracy Now!

Aliya Rahman v. DHS: Disabled Woman Dragged from Car Files Claim over Violent Arrest in Minneapolis - Aliya Rahman, a Minneapolis resident who was violently detained by ICE officers in January during “Operation Metro Surge,” filed a federal tort claim again...
ProPublica

Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women - The post Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women appeared first on ProPublica.
Rallblog

Pope vs. Dope | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas - Live at 9 AM Eastern & Streaming 24-7 Thereafter: Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstream media e...
High Country News

Why mycorrhizal fungi networks need more protection - Scientists say the West’s hidden biodiversity warrants more attention. The post Why mycorrhizal fungi networks need more protection appeared first on Hi...
Earth 911

56 Environmental Innovations in the 56 Years Since Earth Day Began - The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970 — 56 years ago —... The post 56 Environmental Innovations in the 56 Years Since Earth Day Began appe...
Alas, a Blog

Centrist Dems Pre and Post Election - When Kamala Harris lost the election, a lot of centrist Democrats blamed progressives (as they did when Hillary Clinton lost in 2016), and it’s been a cons...
Black Agenda Report

Black Agenda Radio April 17, 2026 - Black Agenda Radio April 17, 2026 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 04/17/2026 - 02:48 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda ...
MintPress News

Not Neutral: Inside The UAE’s Shadow Role In the US-Israeli War on Iran - Behind claims of neutrality, the UAE has emerged as a key player in the war on Iran — providing surveillance, hosting operations, enabling strikes from i...
Greg Palast

Mr. Colbert, I’m not laughing anymore - Dear Mr. Colbert, your take-down of Trump’s #2 at FEMA, Gregg Phillips, who claims he was teleported to a Waffle House was so hilarious I spit my milk out ...
Earthworks

Indigenous Communities Demand German Automaker Respect Indigenous Peoples’ Rights - by Jan Morrill, Earthworks, Member of the SIRGE Coalition & Edson Krenak, Cultural Survival, Member of the SIRGE Coalition Guarani … The post Indigenou...
Environment Texas

STATEMENT: Congress overturns 20-year mining ban near Boundary Waters - U.S. Senate vote puts beloved wilderness area at risk of toxic pollution The post STATEMENT: Congress overturns 20-year mining ban near Boundary Waters a...
Dissent Magazine

Power and Abuse in the United Farm Workers - The alleged sexual violence committed by Cesar Chavez cannot be understood as the failing of a single charismatic leader. It unfolded within a patterned ...
Sludge

Spouse of Intel Committee Member Makes Timely Quantum Stock Purchase - MAGA Rep. Greg Steube’s spouse bought stock last month in a quantum computing company whose share price boomed when it reached a technical milestone and wa...
Discourse

Tucker Carlson Is Not Your Anti-War Ally - Liberals are hyping Carlson's opposition to the Iran War. All they’re doing is boosting an unrepentant, pathologically dishonest bigot.
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

The Places We’re Watching as Virginia Votes on a Pro-Democratic House Map - Next week, Virginia will vote on a ballot measure that would, if passed, allow Democrats to impose a gerrymander--if the state Supreme Court doesn't inte...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Libs of TikTok fails in attempt to generate problems for USC's drag show event - *Editor' note - I was aware of this so-called controversy when Libs of TikTok sent out its initial tweet. I chose not to write about it because I didn't...
Project Censored

Fewer Vaccine Mandates Result in Fewer Doctor Visits for Kids - Every year, schools remind families to keep up with their children’s vaccines. But according to Sarah Carr for the Hechinger Report, the recent rise in v...
Ecosophia

Situationism: The Art of the Dérive - Our explorations of Situationism, that eccentric twentieth-century offspring of a drunken amour between avant-garde European art and radical post-Marxist p...
Progressives Chat

Kim Iversen Interviews Marjorie Taylor Green - *Kim Iversen* welcomed former congresswoman *Marjorie Taylor Green* (R–Georgia #14). This is a worthwhile interview. It was published to YouTube Sunda...
Krebs on Security

Patch Tuesday, April 2026 Edition - Microsoft today pushed software updates to fix a staggering 167 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and related software, including a...
nonsite.org

Bonnard and Escapism - Violently, but also with his intellect. Still life artists in the same great easel painting tradition—Chardin, Cezanne—had pondered what kinds of logic rel...
The NM Political Report

Sam Bregman’s campaign laid off staff ahead of finance deadline - [image: Sam Bregman] By Pat Davis — In the days leading up to a critical fundraising deadline, Sam Bregman’s campaign for governor laid off staff in areas...
Duck of Minerva

The Gulf is a vital lynchpin of global stability, and it goes far beyond energy - The US and Israel’s war on Iran and regional instability threatens to disrupt critical global migration patterns. These serve as vital pressure release val...
Texas Freedom Network

SBOE preliminarily approves social studies TEKS, reading list - Your April SBOE Rundown Texas Freedom Network, our Teach the Truth coalition, Texas Rising students, and other education advocates organized a strong, un...
The Grayzone

UK seeks to jail Palestine Action for ‘terrorism’ amid UK media blackout - Six Palestine Action activists face a retrial after being acquitted in February following over a year in solitary confinement. If convicted, the six Pale...
Web of Debt

All Wars Are Bankers’ Wars: Iran and the Bankers’ Endgame - “The powers of financial capitalism had another far reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to ...
The Greanville Post

Rescuing TGP from a severe attack. - This option only applies to Single Post Template Styles 1 & 2. if you wish to hide Featured Images from automatically appearing on all posts, you can selec...
Media Lens

Nuclear Genocide – The Threat And The Ceasefire - Given the ‘mainstream’ structural filters that reflexively whitewash the crimes of ‘The Good Guys’ – ‘us’, by doctrinal fiat – we have often wondered how t...
Unlimited Hangout

The Praxian Genocidal Kill Chain – Part 1 - In this two-part article series, Iain Davis examines how a class of Silicon Valley oligarchs have set about destabilising the planet in order to achieve ...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

Capitalism: 404 - 12×18 inch medium-res color .jpg image, 1.1mb When I first got the word going around that the Citibank building in Dubai had been bombed, my first thought ...
Texas Environmental News

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Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Walmart Crime Report March 2026 - Walmart had another eleven more shootings in March of 2026, with one of them fatal and at least one more injury, which is few deaths or injuries than us...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: ANOTHER ONE JUST LIKE THE OTHER ONE EDITION. - *The original orchestrations are grand, but this is just irresistible.* Pam Bondi’s departure is meaningless — Tubby has a huge crabbucket of equally loat...
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 Socialist

Roger Williams Net Worth 2026: The $74.66M Auto Dealer’s Fortune - Table of Contents The Foundation: Williams Auto Group’s Enduring $34.2 Million Value and Legacy Real Estate Empire: A $33 Million Portfolio Rooted Deep in ...
TalkLeft

Pam Bondi Fired, Todd Blanche to Replace Her - The rumors are true. Donald Trump has fired Pam Bondi. Todd Blanche, one of his personal lawyers from his criminal trial in New York and a former federal...
The Rag Blog

JAN LANCE / RETIREES / Senior Solidarity - By Jan Lance /The Rag Blog / April 2, 2026 Protecting Retirement Now and for the FutureThe Texas Alliance for Retired Americans (TARA) wants you! Jan Lance...
Consent Factory, Inc.

No Robots - This will be a very brief update on my health and legal battles for subscribers. There won’t be any opining on Iran or Epstein or Trump or anyone or anythi...
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...
Avedon's Sideshow

Well you know it's a shame and a pity - The Rising Son Records account (Arlo Guthrie?) on Facebook posted this photo and said, in the first person, that in September of 2013, "As I watched the cl...
Land Destroyer

American/Ukrainians Caught Arming Militants in Myanmar and the US Dirty War on China - *March 20, 2026* (NEO - Brian Berletic) - India’s national media reported the arrest by Indian security services of US mercenary Matthew VanDyke and six ...
Idavox

A letter to Vermont from your neighbor – from an anonymous immigrant - Don’t just be an ally. Be an effective one. Dear Vermont, With everything going on... The post A letter to Vermont from your neighbor – from an anonymous...
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...
Democracy Chronicles

War Pigs: Black Sabbath Meets the Evangelical Iran War Supporters - One day this insanity that’s been repeating itself can come to an end. Will it start with you? Will it start with me?
Reading the Pictures

Caught My Eye: Trump, the Bomber, and the Blowback - A round‑up of pictures that cut through the spin and highlight the fallout, from Iran to the home front. The post Caught My Eye: Trump, the Bomber, and t...
Two Party Opera

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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...
Green Pages News

Appetites - You cannot stop smoking although you know it is killing your lungs. You cannot stop eating although you know it is killing your heart. You cannot stop prod...
Free & Equal

How Do We Empower The Next Generation? w/ Ron Paul - Join Christina Tobin, Chair of Free and Equal Elections Foundation, as she and Former U.S. Attorney David Katz join NewsNation to discuss what President ...
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...
Texas Monthly

The Daily Crossword: November 18, 2025 - [image: Tuesday Crossword Illustration] The post The Daily Crossword: November 18, 2025 appeared first on Texas Monthly.
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...
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...
ROAR Magazine

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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...
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

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 ...
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

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...
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

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

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Malady

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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