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

memeorandum

Zuckerberg faces questions over why superyacht reportedly declined to help stranded boat (Eric Berger/The Guardian) - Eric Berger / The Guardian: *Zuckerberg faces questions over why superyacht reportedly declined to help stranded boat* — Small cruise ship rescued skif...
Daily Cartoonist

Editoonist News - With John Trever, Jay Inthammavong, Jack Ohman, Matt Golding, Megan Herbert, Cathy Wilcox, and Syed Rashad Imam Tanmoy. The Vet and The Cadet Karen Moses f...
The Verge

What to expect from Google’s 2026 Pixel hardware launch event - It's that time of year: On Wednesday, Google is set to host its annual Made by Google hardware launch event for Pixel gadgets. Google itself has already te...
Political Wire

Ken Paxton’s Wealth Under Scrutiny - “Over the course of Ken Paxton’s decade-long rise to prominence, through scandal and turmoil, questions about his finances have followed him. Opponents scr...
Slate

The Trump Immunity Deal Is Neither a Deal Nor Provides Immunity - In short, Trump’s tax immunity deal is unenforceable. Let me tell you why.
Futurism

USA Today Journalists Horrified by Newspaper’s Partnership With Palantir - They were "shocked" by the news and are calling for the company to "immediately end its partnership." The post USA Today Journalists Horrified by Newspap...
The Week

Scientists may have found a cure for allergies: gene-edited dogs - A pair of extra hypoallergenic dogs was created using CRISPR
Mondoweiss

‘Is this how our story ends?’ Palestinian refugees live in fear as Israel takes aim at West Bank camps - [image: Israeli forces carry out a military raid in the Askar refugee camp, east of the West Bank city of Nablus, on August 6, 2026. The raid began just ho...
Undernews

Voting - * NPR - **American voters are open to sweeping changes* as they grow tired of the two-party system, according to a new poll. The data shows that voters su...
Bonddad

Scenes, both positive and negative, from the July employment report - - *by New Deal democrat* As per usual, there’s no economic news today, the first Monday after the employment report. So let’s dig into some detail a...
Eschaton

Give Us All The Money - How long will Trump draw his out before he caves? State of talks: President Donald Trump signaled a US emphasis on increasing economic pressure on Iran, ...
Novara Media

Israel Ramps up Attacks on Reporters in the West Bank - Israeli forces are targeting journalists in the West Bank with growing frequency, contributing to a record number of 108 violations committed against repor...
Election Law Blog

“Window closes for Ohio GOP to replace Rep. Max Miller on the ballot” - WaPo: Rep. Max Miller, the embattled Ohio Republican who faces accusations of domestic violence from his ex-wife, appears almost certain to remain on the...
Al Jazeera English

Ben-Gvir posts AI video of starving Palestinian ahead of elections -
SCOTUSblog

The Supreme Court and the Indian nations - *This article was adapted from an essay that first appeared in the essay collection *America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance* (MIT Press, 202...
naked capitalism

Atheism, Nationalism, and the Conductor of the American Christianity Crazy Train - On the practical and political impact of American Christianity turning against Jesus' message of the duty to help the poor and disadvantaged.
Consortium News

Marco ‘McCarthy’ Rubio: Wrong on Cuba & ‘Terrorism’ - Those who challenge and protest U.S. policies are not foreign-paid terrorists; Rubio and other Trump appointees are using “McCarthy” tactics to stop dissen...
The AltWorld

A Note To Patrons And Subscribers - This is just a note to my patrons and newsletter subscribers to say I’m sorry I haven’t […] The post A Note To Patrons And Subscribers appeared first on ...
WhoWhatWhy

The Lessons for America in India’s Cockroach Protests - [image: Cockroach Janta Party, protests, New Delhi,] While Democrats agonize over divisions between centrists and progressives, the leaders of India's Cock...
Vox

“It’s the fitness space’s Eras Tour”: How Hyrox became the exercise cult of the moment - Exercise can be a humbling experience. A simple push-up can debase the most dignified humans, transforming them into helpless little halibuts, unable to u...
Mother Jones

Building a Soft Landing for Haitians Heading Back to the Island - A few weeks ago, I wrote about how elder care services will be devastated by the end of the Temporary Protected Status program that has offered legal statu...
Raw Story

GOP grudgingly accepts Trump's midterm message even as he 'doesn't have a lot to boast of' - President Donald Trump's midterm message isn't the strategy Republicans would have chosen, but they're embracing it anyway. The 80-year-old president has...
Dorf on Law

The Roberts Court Record on Executive Power is Mostly Lose-Lose - A little over two years ago, in *Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo*, the Supreme Court jettisoned the *Chevron* doctrine requiring judicial deference ...
Salon.com

MAGA has pandemic nostalgia - Renewed harassment of Dr. Anthony Fauci is a sad attempt to reclaim a Covid-era victim narrative
The Smirking Chimp

The Moronic Bullshit of the “Third Way” -
ProPublica

More Than Half the Homes in East Omaha Have Unsafe Lead Levels. That Doesn’t Mean the EPA Will Clean Them Up. - The post More Than Half the Homes in East Omaha Have Unsafe Lead Levels. That Doesn’t Mean the EPA Will Clean Them Up. appeared first on ProPublica.
Grist

A new plan to preserve Georgia’s marshes: Give them space to migrate - Environmental protections usually only cover existing ecosystems. A group of conservationists wants the state to take a longer view.
Crooked Media

Tennessee: A Single Party Issue - The post Tennessee: A Single Party Issue appeared first on Crooked Media.
High Country News

What it’s like inside Elroy’s detention center as a trans woman - [image: A demonstrator protests outside Eloy Detention Center, Arizona, calling for the release of Arbella “Yari” Rodriguez Marquez.] Karla Saenz, a Venez...
Rallblog

The Centrist’s Lament - The upset victory of progressive Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in the Democratic primary for Michigan’s Senate seat has put the Democratic civil war in sharp relief...
Counterpunch

Smoke Walk With Me - On August fifth, Lola and I went for our morning walk. It didn’t feel like morning. It was too hot for morning. It didn’t smell like morning. The winds h...
jobsanger

What Is That Thing On His Head? -
The Hill

Kaptur moving to physical rehab after what police say was a hit-and-run crash - Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) on Sunday said she will undergo physical rehabilitation after she was injured in what Toledo, Ohio, first responders said was a ...
World Socialist Web Site

Australia: Low turnout in vote on union sellout deal at Western Sydney University - The participation rates in the enterprise agreement votes at WSU were tiny—approximately 12.2 percent and 16.7 percent respectively of academics and profes...
Mediaite

Trump Picks Top Aide on Ballroom Project to Be New White House Counsel - President Donald Trump on Sunday announced Will Scharf, one of his go-to aides who leads his ballroom project, will become the new White House counsel. ...
Antiwar.com

Remembering LCDR James Ennes of the USS Liberty (1933-2026) - On Friday, July 31, 2026, Lieutenant Commander James M. Ennes, Jr., US Navy, ret., slipped his cable and unfurled his sails. With the Great Pilot at the he...
The Greanville Post

Prof. Ted Postol: The Interceptor Math Doesn’t Lie: US Air Defenses Are Now in ‘Total Collapse’ - DW—In this video, Professor Ted Postol argues that current US and Western air defense systems have effectively collapsed against modern ballistic missile a...
OpEd News

War trashes the best in us : reflections on Odysseus - Odysseus might as well have been lying comatose on their bed having archetypal dreams of fighting one-eyed giants and falling under the spell of sorceresse...
Claytoonz

Worst Prez Ever - Read the blog on my Substack. Support your local cartoonist: If you want to support the cartoonist, please donate through PayPal to clayjonz@gmail.com, Ven...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Trump appoints staff secretary Will Scharf as new White House counsel - Scharf, who helped president win approval for $400m ballroom, to replace David Warrington on 1 September Donald Trump announced on Sunday that ⁠Will Sch...
Axios

Bernie's revolution gets a test run for 2028 in Michigan and Wisconsin - *LA CROSSE, Wis*. — Progressive insurgents Francesca Hong and Abdul El-Sayed want to shake up the next race for the White House — a notion that will like...
See You In 2020

War on China is the Zionist right’s next maneuver, & only a conservative-left wing dissident front can stop it - The success of the noxious Millennial Reich politics that’s now being pushed by the Zionists depends on politically conscious Americans staying divided ...
San Antonio Report

Democrats in Congress, able to visit ICE lockups in Texas, describe grim conditions - Immigration officials deny the allegations, but Rep. Joaquin Castro says they’ve come across numerous problematic examples. ------------------------------ D...
Courthouse News

Wildfires force 20,000 to flee as British Columbia declares state of emergency - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they are investigating a possible wildfire death near Summerland, but hazardous conditions have prevented authoritie...
Off The Kuff

Weekend link dump for August 9 - “The Doctor Shortage Is Here—and Getting Worse”. “If there is a question to ask, then, it is this: Why does Musk get a pass? Why do politicians, journalist...
Ian Welsh

Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – August 09, 2026 - Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – August 09, 2026 by Tony Wikrent The Biggest Skygazing Day of the Century Is Almost Here [YouTube] August 12, 2026 is ...
Mediagazer

Sources: Paramount has offered three-year agreements to AMC and Regal to release 30 movies a year exclusively in cinemas for at least 45 days if it acquires WBD (Bloomberg) - Bloomberg: *Sources: Paramount has offered three-year agreements to AMC and Regal to release 30 movies a year exclusively in cinemas for at least 45 days...
Bracing Views

Random Sunday Thoughts - On Long Wars, the DSA, Aborigines, and Democracy in America BILL ASTORE AUG 09, 2026 On a very warm and humid Sunday morning, here are a few random thought...
Democracy Chronicles

Whether or Not They Get the Picture - I reflect on the Trump administration, democracy, public institutions, inequality and the growing determination of ordinary Americans to reclaim their coun...
Crooked Timber

John Crowley has died - According to various sources, John Crowley has died. This probably means something to many of you: Crooked Timber readers are not a random draw even on t...
Campaign for America's Future

Un pueblo organizado aún puede vencer a los multimillonarios - Si hablamos directamente con los votantes que han perdido la fe en ambos partidos políticos sobre las preocupaciones en sus vidas diarias, podemos comenzar...
San Antonio Current

As solar and batteries dominate in Texas, Republican lawmakers consider natural gas minimums - This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Si...
The Root

New Survey Shows Black Adults are in the Worst Financial Position in Nearly a Decade - A new survey shows that under the Trump administration, Black adults' financial well-being continues to deteriorate disproportionately. Read more...
Independent Political Report

Journalist Sam Husseini Launches Green Party Bid for Maryland’s 4th Congressional District - Maryland journalist and political activist Sam Husseini has launched a congressional bid for the state’s 4th Congressional District, mounting a challenge...
Brad Blog

Sunday ‘Start Me Up’ Toons - …NEXT WEEK!… …This November… * * * As The BRAD BLOG’s former longtime toon sherpa PDiddie always reminded us: “With editorial cartooning increasingly an en...
The Progressive Wing

8-9 Open Thread - Now we know why the top US general in Europe was abruptly dismissed! Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill An Americ...
The Daily Poster

Lever Weekly: It’s Gonna Cost You - Trump’s oil giveaway, airlines lobbying for smaller font sizes, FEMA cuts, and more from The Lever this week.
El Paso Matters

BlackRock takes majority ownership of Meta’s massive El Paso data center. Here’s what to know. - Meta Platforms appears not to have breached its tax break agreement with the city of El Paso when the technology giant last week sold majority ownership...
Scheerpost.com

Calls Grow For Gov. Gavin Newsom To Commute Death Sentences In California - As Newsom’s term comes to an end, exonerees, victims’ families, and international coalitions are calling on the governor to commute the state’s remaining 5...
First Draft

Scarlet Street (1945) - Edward G. Robinson can’t kick his femme fatale habit. Also starring Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea. Produced and directed by Fritz Lang. Screenplay by Dudley ...
Angry Bear

CMS finalizes higher Medicare Advantage rates - CMS finalizes higher Medicare Advantage rates for 2027 in gift to insurers, Healthcare Dive Trump administration finalized significantly higher Medicare ...
NPR's Health Shots

There's a birth control backlash online. Can it explain the rise in abortions? - The number of abortions is up in the United States. Is it because fewer people are using birth control pills?
Glasstire

Art Dirt: Dallas is Paradox City: Talking with Mark Lamster - This article is part of a series of pieces celebrating Glasstire’s 25th anniversary. To see other stories from this series, go here. To see pieces from t...
Houston Public Media

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1614: Advice for Living, 1836 - Episode: 1614 Advice on how live our lives from 1836. Today, we learn how to live our lives — in 1836.
Informed Comment

If Iran War lasts into 2027, Europe could suffer Cold, Hungry Winter - Europe does not have its usual stock piles of diesel and fossil gas by this time of year, late summer, according to Goldman Sachs analyst
Deadline Politics

Obama Blames Larry David For 2014 Tan Suit Debacle In ‘Life, Larry & the Pursuit of Unhappiness’ Finale - As Larry David’s comedic trip through U.S. history comes to an end, he took credit for one of the nation’s more recent presidential scandals. On Friday’s s...
Wolf Street

US Government Sold $638 Billion of Just T-Bills this Week, 10-Year Treasury Yield Dips after Big Kahuna Yen Intervention - Treasury bills outstanding ballooned by $1 trillion year-over-year, to $7 trillion. But total marketable Treasury securities ballooned by $2.5 trillion. So...
Popular Resistance

BreakThrough Issues Official Response To Congressional Subpoena - Through its attorneys, BreakThrough News issued its official response to the House Ways and Means Committee today, detailing how the Committee’s own stat...
The NM Political Report

Here’s why both of New Mexico’s senators voted against Todd Blanche for Trump’s Atty General - [image: Senators Ben Ray Luján and Martin Heinrich] By a one vote margin, 50-49, the United States Senate voted early Saturday morning to approve Presiden...
Alternet

'Embarrassed' Republican says party in big trouble in red-state stronghold - The Republican Party seems poised for disaster in one of its most reliable red-state strongholds, as one former GOP strategist admitted this week that he...
alicublog

SATURDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: HE CALLS THAT RELIGION BUT I KNOW HE'S GOING TO HELL WHEN HE DIES EDITION. - *New Bands for Old Heads is great, and here's a reminder**that not all the bands there are some punk-hyphenate.* A day late and -- well, they always say...
Techdirt.

This Week In Techdirt History: August 2nd – 8th - This Week in 2016 This Week in 2011 This Week in 2006
ArcaMax

Abdul El-Sayed Is an Opportunity for Democrats - The victory of progressive Abdul El-Sayed in the Democratic primary for one of Michigan's seats in the United States Senate was a dramatic upset over a coa...
CultureMap Houston

10 tasty new additions to Houston Restaurant Weeks and more top stories - *Editor's note: **It's time to look back at the top Houston news of the week, from great dining deals and a sudden closure to stepping inside an ex-NBA sta...
Ballot Access News

Moore County, Tennessee Re-Elects its Independent Sheriff - Tennessee held general elections for county office on August 6. In Moore County, incumbent sheriff Justin Tyler Hatfield, an independent candidate, defeat...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

After Colleges Reject ‘Compact,’ Trump Officials Try a Letter, by Michael C. Bender and Alan Blinder, New York Times - *Friends,* *As covered by New York Times columnists, **Michael C. Bender and Alan Blinder **this letter from Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has to ...
Daily Howler

SATURDAY: Why did Dr. Fauci take the Fifth? - *SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2026* *Why was Blanche confirmed?* Was that an example of tribal group rage in that Senate hearing room last week? Was that an exam...
Two Party Opera

Benjamin Franklin’s Printing Office - Read More
LareDOS

Councilwoman Alyssa Cigarroa announces campaign for Mayor - Says Six Years on City Council showed her “Crisis management Is no way to run a City”
Infidel753

Link round-up for 8 August 2026 - Various interesting stuff I ran across on the net over the last week. o o o o o Sometimes even dogs go too fast. She died and went to Heaven, but found i...
Portside

The American Left Is Making Strides. But Can They Win in November? - The American Left Is Making Strides. But Can They Win in November? barry Fri, 08/07/2026 - 23:07
Lowering the Bar

How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You? Anything You Type, Burgundy Will Read - [image: Bill Oliver]Generative AI claims yet another victim.
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Walmart Crime Report July 2026 - Walmart had at least eight more shootings in July 2026 with one of them fatal where a suspect who had allegedly fired one or more shots and the officer ...
Workers World

For Johanna Fernández – ¡Presente! - [image: For Johanna Fernández – ¡Presente!] By Mark Lewis Taylor Princeton Theological Seminary, August 3, 2026, posted by Free Mumia lists. Taylor is a fo...
slacktivist

LBCF: An inconvenient sooth - Wherein Tim LaHaye the Revelator reads the book of the Seven Seals.
The Texas Signal

Public Hearings On Immigration Enforcement In Texas - Over the span of several hours, The People’s Hearing in Dallas included panels dedicated to the immigration enforcement pipeline, racial profiling, and DACA
Texas Monthly

The Hunt Is On for a Million-Dollar Cooper Flagg Trading Card - Millionaires want it. Memorabiliamongers want it. Even the Mavericks want it—and are willing to give up more than a pretty penny to get it.
Progressive.org

A Requiem for America’s 250th Birthday - Donald Trump was the inevitable result of a country that has spent its existence profiting from slavery, economic exploitation, and a military-industrial c...
Liberation News

How media monopolization in St. Louis hurts the working class - Corporate media is a weapon aimed at the working class
The Militant

Rail workers honor USW picket line at Marathon refinery - MARTINEZ, Calif. — Locked-out refinery workers at the Marathon refinery here got a boost this week when Union Pacific rail crews stopped delivering tallow,...
IVN

In the Birthplace of the GOP, an Independent Is Coming for a Republican Seat - Independent firefighter Mike Thurow is taking on a Republican incumbent in an R+8 Wisconsin district—and early polling suggests voters may be more open to ...
Trivial Knot

Infographic: The Wallpaper groups - I made an infographic depicting every distinct possible symmetry of 2D periodic groups. There are 17 distinct symmetries, known as the Wallpaper groups. ...
Texas Standard

It’ll take a lot of change for one of the most iconic watering holes in Texas to reopen to swimming - Jacob’s Well in Wimberley was flowing rapidly for a short time after July’s heavy rainfall. Now, the waters are receding again.
Common Dreams

Blanche Is (Still) Unfit to Be Named Attorney General - Today, Senator Bill Cassidy, announced that he will vote to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General. *Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen,* iss...
Earthworks

Defend the Heartbeat of Mother Earth - "I know that the Earth is alive, and she should not continue to be abused." The post Defend the Heartbeat of Mother Earth appeared first on Earthworks.
Capital & Main

Fighting for Racial Justice With Piercing Humor — and a Project 2029 - Trump’s reelection would be "game over" for multiracial democracy, veteran civil rights attorney Connie Rice predicted. She now thinks we need a new blue...
Debunking Christianity

Beware of Cult Fanatics and Propagandists - *It’s not hard to spot the craziness* If you live in a small town or big city, chances are there’s a lovely public park where you can have a good time. ...
Texas Observer

An Ode to Austin’s Unsung Proletariat - I made $7.25 an hour at my first job back in 2015, peddling candles and soaps and other good-smelling baubles at a French boutique near Rice University. ...
The Conversation

Democrats have a working-class voter problem that progressives like Abdul El-Sayed are still struggling to solve - Class-war rhetoric from Democratic candidates jams working-class voters into a prefabricated progressive agenda, an expert on rural and working-class commu...
Democracy Now!

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on Historic Michigan Win: "People Are Sick and Tired of This Politics of Hatred" - We speak with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed after his victory in Michigan’s primary race for U.S. Senate sent shockwaves through the Democratic Party. El-Sayed, a for...
Space City Weather

Less heat as coverage of daily downpours in Houston increases the next few days - In brief: Additional shower chances over more of the Houston area will build up this weekend as we get a slight reprieve from high summer temperatures. Aft...
Rewire

‘Summer of Soul’ Playlist 2026: Vinyl Edition - *Rewire News Group*’s president appreciates “every hiss, crackle, and pop from a well-loved record.” Here’s the soundtrack playing on her turntable this su...
Black Agenda Report

Black Agenda Report August 7, 2026 - Black Agenda Report August 7, 2026 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 08/07/2026 - 10:06 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda...
Idavox

Fascist Tennessee Congressman endorsed by Trump loses primary - Rep. Andy Ogles who was the first to serve in a newly gerrymandered 5th district... The post Fascist Tennessee Congressman endorsed by Trump loses primar...
Discourse

Haley Stevens Haunts Us In Our Dreams (w/Producer Sam) - Plus: The Max Miller Meltdown, the curse of AIPAC, and David Ellison blogging for the Times
Speak Freely (ACLU)

A Multi-Generational Fight for Desegregated Schools in Los Angeles - For more than 40 years, equal access to educational opportunities of Los Angeles students under the California Constitution have been protected by a court ...
MintPress News

UK Government Targeting of Muslim Scholar Part of a Coordinated Campaign to Clamp Down on Pro-Palestine Solidarity - Amid a deepening crackdown on Palestine solidarity in the country, a senior member of the British parliament is leading a campaign to have a popular acti...
Krebs on Security

Canadian Man Pleads Guilty in Snowflake Extortions - A 26-year-old Canadian man once described as one of the most consequential cybercrime threat actors of 2024 has pleaded guilty to computer fraud and conspi...
Project Censored

Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal on Ice - Dina Demetrius An antitrust lawsuit by twelve Democratic states’ Attorneys General against the Paramount Skydance–Warner Bros. Discovery merger, valued a...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

The Kamala Conundrum: Examining A Potential 2028 Harris Presidential Run - Exploring the viability of Kamala Harris in the 2028 Democratic presidential primary fight, and what history suggests about her chances. The post The Kam...
Texas Environmental News

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Consent Factory, Inc.

The Memory Hole - I’m beginning to think something is wrong with my memory. It’s strange, the feeling. I don’t know how to describe it. It’s not like I have amnesia or anyth...
Earth 911

Using Reclaimed Materials in Your Home & Yard - When most of us think of landfills, we think of rotting disposable diapers, apple cores,... The post Using Reclaimed Materials in Your Home & Yard appear...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

'LGBTQ candidates excel and win in Tuesday's primaries' & other Wed/Thur news briefs - *“Ready for change”: LGBTQ+ & progressive candidates dominated Tuesday’s primaries* - *I am very cautious and pragmatic about this sort of thing. LGBTQ ...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

The Masks are Off: The Check-In with Jared Yates Sexton and Danielle Moodie - A recording from Jared Yates Sexton's live video
Ecosophia

Energy: Predicaments and Prospects Revisited - A few weeks ago, as regular readers will remember, I glanced back twenty years to my earliest and least accurate overview of the future of industrial civil...
Green Pages News

Chino Garcia Obituary - While we were meeting at the GPUS national meeting in Chicago on Friday, July 24, one of the OGs (Original Greens) the American Green Party movement, Chino...
Socialist Alternative

What’s Really Behind The Crisis In Ceuta? - At the end of July, 60,000 migrants entered Ceuta—a city with a population of around 80,000. Ceuta is one of two enclaves on the African continent maintain...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

The People Say “Stop The War”, The Democrats Say “Hold My Beer” - 14×14 inch medium-res color .jpg image, 722 kb “…Under conditions of mass popular opposition to the war, which is being used by the Trump administration as...
NORML

Analysis: Adoption of Medical Cannabis Access Laws Associated With Increased Workplace Productivity, Innovation - [image: A chart indicating increasing cannabis sales][image: A chart indicating increasing cannabis sales]"From job creation to tax revenue to improved i...
Dissent Magazine

Who Owns American History? - Under the second Trump administration, the fight over history has become a fight over democracy. Who deserves to be trusted with the country’s memory?
Church and State

Can Trump be convicted and ousted? Why won’t the 67 votes needed out of the 100 Senators happen? - Anyone reading the recent book “The Fix” by Barbara McQuade will agree that Trump’s crimes have far exceeded anything necessary to oust him.
Media Lens

‘Let’s Just Embrace A Mediterranean Lifestyle’: Climate Lunacy And Burnham’s ‘Pragmatism’ - ‘Britain can’t stop climate change. Let’s just embrace a Mediterranean lifestyle’ This has to be a serious candidate for the most foolish comment ever made...
Sludge

AIPAC Tops $100 Million in Election Spending for Second Straight Cycle - The pro-Israel group's PAC and super PAC have poured $104.3 million into the midterms, including more than $30.6 million in Michigan's Democratic Senate pr...
Alas, a Blog

Can We Call It Fascism Yet? - Another strip drawn by the amazing Mike Lawrence. From an official press release on whitehouse.gov, July 16 2026: Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller ...
Environment Texas

NEWS RELEASE: Governor’s data center audit important step towards transparency - The post NEWS RELEASE: Governor’s data center audit important step towards transparency appeared first on Environment Texas.
Land Destroyer

China’ Long March 10B Rocket Closes Gap on Space Launch Capabilities - *July 21, 2026* (NEO - Brian Berletic) - On July 10, 2026 China successfully launched a payload to orbit and recovered the first stage booster of its Long ...
The Grayzone

US DOJ relying on anonymous Israeli intel agent to convict US resident of Oct 7 participation - US prosecutors are accusing a legal permanent resident of Louisiana of participating in the October 7 attacks in Israel. Yet their case relies almost ent...
Field Negro

News roundup. - The main stream media seems to be more fixated on an ideological difference within the Democratic party, than they are actual fascism being practiced b...
Progressives Chat

Prediction: Nomination for Abdul El–Sayed - I am predicting, with next Tuesday’s [August 4, 2026] primaries in my home state, the 2026 Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate from Michigan will be wo...
Edinburg Politics

Stronger public safety, improved rehabilitation for inmates, $150 million in taxpayer savings, among major improvements to Texas Department of Criminal Justice under milestone state law led by Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg - Stronger public safety for Texans, improved programs for rehabilitation and reentry into society for inmates, and an estimated $150 million in taxpayer sav...
Duck of Minerva

Divided Government and Multilateral Assistance - In January of 2025, the Republican party gained “the trifecta,” controlling the Presidency and the Senate, and the House of Representatives. Since then, co...
Greg Palast

Trump bombed…the audienceHe killed it at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner - I watched the late night yucksters like Jon Stewart and Seth Meyers get a bunch of cheap guffaws out of Trump’s supposedly inept attempt at comedy at the W...
Seeing the Forest

Free Speech - Here’s a free speech question. Rupert Murdoch and his Fox News, Rush Limbaugh and his “Libtards” and “Econazis” were part of an organized, strategic effort...
Avedon's Sideshow

It's drivin' me mad - Erin Hanson says, "I painted this in tribute to two master artists, David Hockney and Paul Cezanne. It features pines that I saw during my visit to Cezan...
Texas Freedom Network

Texas Parents Reflect on National Parents Day - What does it mean to be a Texas Parent in 2026? President Bill Clinton establish National Parents day in 1994 to honor, uplift, and support the critical ...
Web of Debt

AI Abundance, Part 5: Meaning Beyond Work - Image by ScheerPost.com. Discussions of artificial intelligence typically begin with the question, What happens when the machines take our jobs? For thousa...
Unlimited Hangout

The Praxian Genocidal Kill Chain — Part 3 - In Part 1, Iain Davis defined the Praxians, considered their openly stated control of the Trump administration, and examined their extensive partnerships...
The Rag Blog

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TalkLeft

Fourth of July Open Thread - Who ever thought that on the 4th of July, the main emotion evoked in millions of Americans would be shame. Shame that our fellow citizens voted to elect ...
Equality Texas

Pride Takes a Community - Across Texas, businesses of every size stepped up in extraordinary ways and became Partners in Pride. Some hosted fundraising events. Others donated a port...
The Socialist

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

Pop! Six! Squish! Uh-uh! Cicero! Lipschitz! - The post Pop! Six! Squish! Uh-uh! Cicero! Lipschitz! appeared first on Stinque.
Free & Equal

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

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

Thy fearful symmetry - For some of the most fundamental aspects of life, it's uncertain whether or not evolution was *constrained*. The question has great significance with regar...
DeSmogBlog

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

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 ...
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...
Dispatches from the Underclass

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

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

ForwardDallas - We are reclaiming our neighborhoods by embedding life-changing environmental justice policies into the city’s DNA, finally putting an end to industrial pol...
Dissident Voice

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

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...
WAWG Blog

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Weiss Casino Kifizetés: Gyors és Megbízható Pénzfelvételi Módszerek - Ez a cikk részletes áttekintést nyújt a Weiss Casino kifizetési lehetőségeiről, különös figyelmet fordítva a gyors és megbízható pénzfelvételi módszerekre....
GreenSource DFW

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

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

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

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Buzzflash

Rebecca Solnit: "Forget Geoengineering. We Need To Stop Burning Fossil Fuels. Right Now." - The Guardian
Living Blue in Texas

TEXIT: The Conservative Movement To Turn Texas Into A White Ethnostate - Unpacking “Texit” and the potential consequences of secession. A few years ago, we wrote “QAnon Conspiracies And Neo-Confederate Beliefs Behind Texit Movem...
Eclectablog

Making democracy work for our environment – wsg Nayyirah Shariff & Sean McBrearty - Nayyirah Shariff on Twitter: @NayyirahShariff Flint Rising on Twitter: @FlintRising Flint Rising's website: FlintRising.com Sean McBrearty on Twitter: @Sea...
Echidne of the Snakes

Happy 2023 To All Of You - I have often come back here to try to write some sort of a conclusion to the years of activity on this site, but have not figured out what, exactly, to s...
VICE

Three UFOs Shot Down by US Weren't Chinese Spy Balloons: Biden - However, President Joe Biden did not say what the three objects were, saying the military is still searching for the debris.
Texas Moratorium Network

Senator Sarah Eckhardt Files Bill to Abolish Death Penalty - A State Senator we wrote asking to file a bill to abolish the death penalty has filed a bill to abolish the death penalty. So, we have a senate sponsor o...
Media Myth Alert

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Due Dissidence

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Duffel Blog

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

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

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....
Chicken Fried Politics

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

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The Contributor

34 Senate Republicans oppose even debating gun safety compromise bill - News Image: Every Democrat and 14 Republicans in the Senate voted to consider bipartisan compromise gun safety legislation. Category: Guns in America ori...
Bayou Brief

Tilly Snyder Is Missing Again - Wikipedia’s decision to permanently delete John K. Snyder’s page cannot erase the true story of one of the most eccentric politicians in Louisiana history ...
Washington Babylon

Sub to Our Stack! - [image: Sub to Our Stack!] Hey! We’re back! It’s been a while but *Washington Babylon* is back up and running. Read more @ Washington Babylon...
Talking Points Memo

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

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

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

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

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Malady

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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