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Houston, Texas, and US blog roll

Slate

Two More Former Cuomo Aides Accuse NY Governor of Inappropriate Behavior - Several former staffers say Cuomo led a toxic office culture in which women were often degraded and verbal attacks on subordinates were common.
Mediaite

Dear News Media: Being Skeptical of Science ‘Experts’ is Not ‘Anti-Science’ - All of the many frustrating aspects of being an anti-Trump conservative, none has been more maddening than being reflexively labeled as “anti-science” be...
The Verge

The most powerful Wear OS watches are held back by Wear OS - Android users still can’t get anything as good as the Apple Watch For the past month, I’ve been testing the two most powerful Wear OS watches you can buy...
Raw Story

‘Loser’ Trump brutally mocked after lashing out at ‘disloyal’ GOP senator: ‘Stupidest possible move’ - Former president Donald Trump issued a statement on Saturday night attacking Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. "I will not be endorsing, under...
Countercurrents

India-Pak ceasefire! Surprise - Every conscientious person in the world strives for peace and harmony among the neighbours. Kashmir has been crying for it for decades. They are the wor...
Progress Pond

What Conventional Wisdom Gets Wrong About Biden’s Approach to Foreign Policy - As vice president, he consistently counseled against military intervention. The post What Conventional Wisdom Gets Wrong About Biden’s Approach to Foreig...
Popular Resistance

Don’t Cross This Virtual Picket Line - Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama have been voting on joining RWDSU for the last month. If they are successful, they would be the first...
Moon of Alabama

The MoA Week In Review - OT 2021-019 - Last week's posts at Moon of Alabama: March 1 - Biden Breaks Campaign Promise On MbS Punishment - Psaki Lies To Hide That - Guardian Fakes Quote To Hide Ps...
memeorandum

Biden marks Selma anniversary with order to expand voting access (Reuters) - Reuters: *Biden marks Selma anniversary with order to expand voting access* — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will sign an executive o...
The Intercept

The Military’s Failure to Reckon With White Supremacy in Its Ranks - When it comes to rooting out extremists, military investigators have provided conflicting accounts of their own regulations. The post The Military’s Fail...
Digby's Hullabaloo

“Let more people vote” - “Then they came for my voting rights,” Martin Niemöller might say in a 21st-century reworking of his famous quotation, On this 56th commemoration of “Blood...
Eschaton

How Does Society Function With This Many Assholes - It's actually a serious question. This week, after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said Tuesday that he would rescind the statewide mask mandate while the vast...
Daily Dot

How to stream the NBA All-Star Game - [image: nba all-star game paul george] The 2021 NBA All-Star Game compresses what's typically done over the course of a whole weekend into one action-pac...
Brad Blog

Sunday 'Tex-Ass Backwards' Toons - Nick Anderson, who founded Counterpoint, was interviewed by Houstonia Magazine about his cartooning career post-newspapers: "(A)rtists from all political l...
Daily Cartoonist

CSotD: Sunday in the Park with Suzi - Real Life Adventures (AMS) is more of an “Ain’t it the truth?” strip than a “Fall on the Floor” laugh-a-thon, and here Wise and Aldrich tap into something ...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Biden hails Senate passage of 'desperately needed' $1.9tn coronavirus relief bill – video - Joe Biden has hailed the passage of the American Rescue plan by an exhausted Senate. Lawmakers narrowly approved the bill on Saturday as the US president...
Alternet

House Democrats pass sweeping election law bill amid unanimous GOP opposition - House Democrats have passed sweeping legislation that could signal massive changes to the United States' election laws despite unanimous opposition from ...
Al Jazeera English

Why you must still wear a mask after having a COVID-19 vaccine - Dr Khan explains you can still transmit the virus after your first vaccination, so don’t stop obeying the rules.
Salon.com

States aim to chip away at abortion rights with Supreme Court in mind - Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has promised to sign two proposed measures that would put new limits on abortion
Axios

Top Chinese diplomat warns Biden against meddling in country's affairs - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in a speech on Sunday warned the U.S. against getting involved in China's "internal affairs," saying that "both sides ne...
Futurism

Boost Your IT Career With This CompTIA Certification Training - It’s hard to predict the march of technology, yet it’s clear that the need for IT professionals is enormous and growing. Similarly, the speed at which te...
Buzzflash

Dick Durbin Shuts Down Ted Cruz on the Senate Floor for Brazenly Lying About the COVID Relief Bill - PoliticusUSA
Political Wire

GOP Quiet as Donor Accused of Biggest Tax Fraud Scheme - “The billionaire accused of running the biggest tax fraud scheme in U.S. history was a prolific donor to Republican groups and causes. The leaders of those...
Mediagazer

News orgs' focus on audience engagement exposes journalists to abusive comments from readers, an aggravation compounded by a lack of guidance on how to respond (Jacob L. Nelson/Nieman Lab) - Jacob L. Nelson / Nieman Lab: *News orgs' focus on audience engagement exposes journalists to abusive comments from readers, an aggravation compounded by...
NPR's Health Shots

Biden Thanks American People After Congress Passes $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill - Formally known as the "American Rescue Plan," it includes a $1400 stimulus check, more money allotted for free-of-charge vaccines and distribution and exte...
Getaka

China will make 'efforts' to outlaw forced labor, foreign minister says - China will make 'efforts' to outlaw forced labor, foreign minister says China will take steps toward ratifying International Labor Organization rules aga...
The Week

Cuomo faces yet another allegation of inappropriate workplace behavior - Ana Liss became the third former aide to accuse New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) of inappropriate workplace behavior. In an interview with *The Wall Street...
The Smirking Chimp

The Vaccine Hunger Games: How Companies Are Holding Humanity Hostage for Profit -
The Hill

Biden pressing Congress to restore Voting Rights Act - President Biden, in remarks prepared for the Martin & Coretta Scott King Unity Breakfast on Sunday, is calling on Congress to restore parts of the Voting R...
Strategic Culture Foundation

VIDEO: Cuba – a Solitary Voice Against Global Inequality - The coronavirus pandemic has catapulted Cuba onto the world stage.
Angry Bear

Household debt and the pandemic - Household debt and the pandemic This is something I used to pay a lot more attention to back around the time of the Great Recession. How stretched were A...
WhoWhatWhy

Abandon COVID-19 Rules: So Easy, A Neanderthal Can Do It - Reading Time: < 1 minute After President Joe Biden called Texas Governor Greg Abbott a Neanderthal, Abbott claimed Biden is letting Mexicans with coronav...
The Stars Hollow Gazette

Pondering the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition - Pondering the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news medium and the internet...
naked capitalism

Links 3/7/2021 -
San Antonio Report

Two years into tenure as city manager, Walsh’s ‘unflappable’ leadership sets tone in crises - Erik Walsh started as San Antonio's city manager on March 1, 2019. His second year on the job threw a pandemic and a storm at him.
Rio Grande Guardian

American Airlines forges closer ties with Harlingen, VIA - HARLINGEN, Texas – American Airlines is committed to forging even greater ties to Harlingen and Valley International Airport, a senior consultant said Sa...
Counterpunch

Civil War 2.0 - On May 29, 2020, in the wake of the police murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, a Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstration marched about a half-mile...
Second Nexus

South Carolina's State Senate Just Added 'Firing Squad' to the State's Execution Options - The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution demands that "cruel and unusual" punishments not be issued for those found guilty of a crime. The ...
The NM Political Report

Senate redistricting proposal heads to the Senate floor - [image: Senate redistricting proposal heads to the Senate floor] After a slow, bumpy and contentious start, a bill that would create an independent redistr...
Dissident Voice

Black Civil Rights Lawyer in New Orleans Fights Back Against Exploitative Media Organization - In January, a news organization called The Conversation announced they were spearheading a much needed dialogue about race. But, ironically, they began t...
Informed Comment

Ayatollah Sistani Affirms Religious Freedom to Pope Francis in HIstoric Iraq Meeting - Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Saturday, Pope Francis met in the holy city of Najaf with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the spiritual leader of most of th...
ArcaMax

Dr. Seuss Has Not Been 'Canceled' - No, Dr. Seuss hasn’t been “canceled.” Granted, you’d never know it from the ruckus that erupted after Theodor Seuss Geisel’s estate decided to stop publish...
jobsanger

New Quarter Is Issued To Honor The Tuskegee Airmen -
Houston Public Media

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2230: James Herman Banning - Episode: 2230 James Banning, pioneering Black pilot. Today, James Herman Banning.
First Draft

Sunday Morning Video: Curtis Mayfield Live At Ronnie Scott’s - Here’s the great soul singer-songwriter Curtis Mayfield live in 1988:
OffGuardian

The Nightingale Alternative - We used to learn in Sunday School that perfect love casteth out fear. It is equally true that perfect fear casteth out love: and since the advent of The Vi...
Wolf Street

Yellen Coddles Up to Powell on Rising Long-Term Yields as a Welcome Sign of Recovery. Wall Street Crybabies Not Amused - To let some hot air out of the markets? As long as it isn’t “disorderly.”
OpEd News

Coronavirus: How dangerous are the new mutations? - Three new coronavirus variants. We explain whether the virus is becoming more dangerous, whether vaccination will still help and what that means for the pa...
Courthouse News

Dolce&Gabbana Seeks Over $600M in Damages From 2 US Bloggers - The Milan fashion house Dolce&Gabbana has filed a defamation suit in an Italian court seeking over $600 million in damages from two U.S. fashion bloggers w...
Caitlin Johnstone

This Is Who Democrats Are: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix - Democrats cannot wait for the midterms so they can lose and go back to letting the Republicans play the bad cop. ❖ This is who the Democrats are. It’s who ...
Debunking Christianity

All Things Are Possible . . . in Books, Films, and Campfire Tales - Those who have lived long enough will recall the Cecil B. DeMille 1956 cinematic classic *The Ten Commandments*, starring Anne Baxter, Yul Brynner, an...
VICE

Daily Horoscope: March 7, 2021 - The moon is in Capricorn today.
Deadline Politics

‘Forrest Gump’ Cited As Reason To Release ‘”QAnon Shaman” From Custody - A federal courtroom is a lot like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get. That was never truer than Friday, when the attorney represe...
Independent Political Report

Former GOP Congressman Joe Scarborough, Now An Independent: ‘The Republican Party Cannot Be Saved’ - Former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough appeared on HBO’s *Real Time with Bill Maher* this week and confirmed that he is done with the Republican P...
Dispatches from the Underclass

Censorship, Imperialism, & Biden Presidency -
Texas Environmental News

Residents concerned over RV park’s plans to discharge treated wastewater into Carancahua Bay - At her home on the south side of Port Alto, Linda Busby has a manila folder of newspaper notices and [...] The post Residents concerned over RV park’s pl...
Vox

Trump tells GOP committees to stop using his name for fundraising - Former President Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida on February 28, 2021. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images ...
Glasstire

Notes From Your Events Editor: March 2021 - One thing to know about the United States is that we are operating at full capacity with aging or bad infrastructure, and any interruption has major cons...
Mahablog

The Covid Bill Will Get Done - The Senate passed the covid bill, and now it goes back to the House. I hope the House just approves the Senate version without further delay, because I s...
El Paso Matters

El Pasoans: We want to know how you’ve grown during the pandemic. Share your story - With the one year anniversary approaching since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in El Paso County, we want to share stories of all the ways El P...
Portside

Senate Approves Sweeping Coronavirus Measure - Senate Approves Sweeping Coronavirus Measure Dave Sat, 03/06/2021 - 16:02
Mother Jones

Joe Biden Is Already Starting His Victory Lap - Since taking control of the White House and Congress this January, Democrats have talked a lot about the need to go big, and to sell their accomplishments....
Techdirt.

Game Jam Winner Spotlight: Remembering Grußau - So far, we've featured *~THE GREAT GATSBY~*, *The Great Gatsby Tabletop Roleplaying Game*, *Art Apart* and *There Are No Eyes Here* in this series of pos...
Grits for Breakfast

A proposed resolution to the conflict over UT's "Eyes of Texas" (a #txlege resolution, that is) - I need to find a Texas legislator willing to file this resolution. Who would y'all suggest? *A Resolution to Change the University of Texas * *School Song...
Bud Kennedy

Trusting QAnon, Dallas actor wanted D.C. riot to bring End Times. Now he faces charges - A year of YouTube rants hallucinating about children being killed and eaten under cover of the “deep state” took the Highland Park-bred grandson of a forme...
Common Dreams

Calls for the Biden Administration to Prioritize Our Water Infrastructure - Shiney Varghese Newly introduced legislation would help counteract decades of underinvestment in water infrastructure have been plaguing America’s drinking...
SCOTUSblog

Court favors deliberative-process privilege protections over FOIA transparency goals - Notwithstanding the Freedom of Information Act’s primary goal of promoting transparency in government decision-making, the Supreme Court on Thursday rule...
WhatWouldJackDo

Floriduh Man (and his little friend) stands up for civil rights -
The Progressive Wing

3/6-7 Rev William Barber III States the Obvious; News & OT - I’m pasting his thread here for everyone to see. The White House wouldn’t support the @VP overruling the advice of the parliamentarian.@SenSchumer took $15...
Progrexas

Senate passes Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill - The Senate approved the relief plan on Saturday after roughly 24 hours of debate. The bill, which could prove President Biden’s first legislative victory...
Socialist Alternative

CPN’s “Breaking Bad”: Fresh Paint on a Failed Strategy - The debate on socialists’ relationship to the Democratic Party is not new. Generations of socialists have tried to take over the party, resulting in the si...
Ballot Access News

New Hampshire Legislative Hearing on March 10 Will Consider Many Bills of Interest - The New Hampshire House Election Law Committee holds a working session on March 10, Wednesday. It will consider the bill to improve ballot access for minor...
CultureMap Houston

Ken Hoffman's takedown of his former Hollywood idol leads top stories - Editor's note: It's time to recap the top stories on CultureMap from this past week. 1\. Ken Hoffman blasts his former hero and center of controversial ne...
Democracy Chronicles

Repressive Prison Terms For Former Cambodia Opposition Leaders - Recent jail sentences for exiled senior leaders of the dissolved Cambodian National Rescue Party are disproportionate, UN experts.
Claytoonz

Long Night In The Q Patch - After election day and Joe Biden passed Donald Trump in the vote count, Republicans held onto hope, with many believing that Trump would come back and win ...
Pages of Victory

What? More Music? - Rolling Stones this week
Duffel Blog

6 surefire ways to determine whether your Chief Petty Officer is actually a vampire - The chief seems really suspicious.
No More Mister Nice Blog

BASHING DEMOCRATS IS ALWAYS A POPULAR MOVE - Jonathan Chait on Arizona senator Kyrsten Sinema's self-aggrandizing rejection of a $15 minimum wage: Yeah. I agree it's a strange issue to make a stand on...
The Root

Best Buy Rewards Members Can Snag a Sony 55-inch 4K TV for $80 off Right Now - Sony 55" LED 4K UHD Smart Android TV | $520 | Best Buy Read more...
San Antonio Current

This North San Antonio home comes with the ultimate outdoor kitchen and a 1,600-bottle wine cellar -
Daily Howler

Cable star trashes Senator Manchin! - *SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2021* *Truly, it doesn't get dumber:* Today, let's start with some political facts about the state of West Virginia. In presidential...
Equality Texas

Lege Week 8 Wrap-up: URGENT — Take action to protect trans kids in Texas! - Lt. Governor Dan Patrick has made banning trans kids from sports one of his legislative priorities. Texas trans kids don’t deserve to be targeted with a me...
The Militant

Books by revolutionary leaders sell well at Tehran fair - TEHRAN, Iran — More than a million books were sold by mail order during the Tehran International Book Fair, held online Jan. 20-29. The Iran Book News Agen...
Land Destroyer

France Joins America's South China Sea Adventurism - *March 6, 2021* (Joseph Thomas - NEO) - France has recently sent one of its nuclear attack submarines over 10,000 kilometers to the South China Sea for a...
Bonddad

Weekly Indicators for March 2 - 6 at Seeking Alpha - - *by New Deal democrat* My Weekly Indicators post is up at Seeking Alpha. Two important data considerations this week: (1) for the first time, some ...
Rewire

Meet the Global Activists Shaping the Future of Abortion Access - These leaders are working to dismantle barriers to abortion access in Argentina, Kenya, Mexico, and the Global South. The post Meet the Global Activists ...
The Ghion Journal

Access Denied and Freedoms Nullified: the Day Twitter Deplatformed Me - I guess I should take this as a badge of honor; the day I always knew was coming arrived yesterday as Twitter unceremoniously suspended my The post Acces...
Rude Pundit

Grappling with Andrew Cuomo's Scandals - There is absolutely no reason to feel guilty or bad because you found comfort in New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's daily press briefings during the lockdo...
Grist

Will race and income inequalities trip up Cascadia’s fight against climate change? - Fires, floods, and pollution are exposing disparities in Washington and Oregon.
The AltWorld

Joe Biden Unlawful Agression in Syria Signals the Endgame in the Region - The “build back better” government with Joe Biden at the helm waited 40 days after inauguration to violate […] The post Joe Biden Unlawful Agression in S...
American Prospect

Andy Levin on Amazon: ‘This Is the Biggest Union Election in This Century’ - The Michigan congressman met with workers in Alabama who are organizing an Amazon warehouse.
See You In 2020

Overcoming The Mental Illnesses Instilled By Late-Stage Capitalism - Late-stage capitalism, with its brutal, manipulative, and morally nihilistic methods for maintaining the current socioeconomic system, is designed to gri...
Crooked Media

Cuomosexual Misconduct - The post Cuomosexual Misconduct appeared first on Crooked Media.
Ian Welsh

Open Thread - Use comments to discuss topics unrelated to recent posts.
Antiwar.com

Ready To Work With Netanyahu: Mansour Abbas Splinters Arab Vote in Israel - At a glance, it may appear that the split of Arab political parties in Israel is consistent with a typical pattern of political and ideological divisions...
World Socialist Web Site

House Democrats pass token police reform bill - As the Democrats are well aware, the largely cosmetic reforms contained in the “George Floyd Justice in Policing Act” have no chance of being passed by the...
The Grayzone

El “embajador virtual” de Estados Unidos tiene una cumbre de golpistas antes del reconocimiento a Guaidó de Biden - Una cumbre a puertas cerrada de venezolanos insurrectos en Bogotá realza el papel de James Story como el administrador de Washington de la oposición radi...
Liberal America

House Democratic Majority Passes Historic Voting and Police Reform Bills (Video) - One day after the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) was expected to hear two cases threatening to unleash “the most aggressive attacks on the right to...
FiveThirtyEight.com

Turning The COVID-19 Pandemic Into The COVID-19 Endemic - On this week’s episode of PODCAST-19, we discussed what the endgame of the pandemic will be. It likely isn’t society reaching herd immunity. And if herd im...
Field Negro

? Of The Day - What will America look or be like in 50 years?
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

"Winter Storm Reflections on the Notion of ‘Collapse’ for our Academia Cuauhtli Mothers" - *"**Winter Storm **Reflections on the Notion of ‘Collapse’ for our Academia Cuauhtli Mothers"* *by * *Itzel G. García* *March 5, 2021* *This powerful ...
Workers World

Vaccine imperialism: China vs. the Western world - [image: Vaccine imperialism: China vs. the Western world] Vaccine Racism: How wealthy nations stockpile life-saving vaccines while poor countries and poor ...
Lowering the Bar

Assorted Stupidity #142 - [image: LTB logo]In this edition: no good deed goes unlitigated, checking the wrong box costs someone $1 billion, Capitol rioters can't keep their mouths s...
Latino Rebels

3 Venezuelans Plead Guilty for Aiding Anti-Maduro Plot - MIAMI (AP) — Three Venezuelan men pleaded guilty to helping organize an ill-conceived invasion last year to remove President Nicolás Maduro.
Living Blue in Texas

Parker County GOP Pass Racist Resolution, Plan To Denounce America - Not only has Parker County GOP passed a racist resolution, but this county party has also been bought and paid for by a far-right extremist, and tonight ...
The Appeal

California Prosecutors’ Association Reveals More Public Money May Have Been Misspent - California’s largest and most influential lobbying organization for prosecutors—the California District Attorneys Association (CDAA)—is currently embroil...
FrontBurner – D Magazine

These Dallas Grocery Stores Will Still Require Masks, Despite Lifted Mandate - This guide will be continually updated as we learn more from store representatives and community members. To share your shopping experiences, email emily...
Right Wing Watch

Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Did God Really Say? - Hank Kunneman claims that even though the Bible commands believers to pray for those in authority, Christians don’t have to pray for President Joe Biden ...
Louis Proyect

1942: Unknown Battle - Recently a list of the 10 top Russian war movies cropped up on Facebook, most of which I hadn’t seen. If I were putting together my own list right now, I’d...
Freethought Now

A good victory, inspiring life stories, a bad decision and an ugly conference - We at the Freedom From Religion Foundation were grappling with the good, the bad and the ugly this week.
Ring of Fire

Three House Republicans Face Ethics Charges After Trying To Change Colleague’s Vote - Three House Republicans – led by Louie Gohmert – are facing serious ethics problems after they apparently tried to change the vote of another Republican ...
NORML

Weekly Legislative Roundup 3/5/21 - Welcome to the latest edition of NORML's Weekly Legislative Roundup, on the blog every Friday! The post Weekly Legislative Roundup 3/5/21 appeared first ...
Progressive.org

Best Frienemies Forever - Biden is definitely doing more than Donald Trump did to punish Saudi Arabia, but he is letting the the main culprit off the hook.
Liberation News

Video: Cancel the Rents caravan in Oakland, California - Video of caravan On Feb 27, people from around the San Francisco Bay Area gathered for a rally and caravan in Berkeley and Oakland to demand cancellation o...
Innocence Project

Idaho Just Passed a Law to Compensate the Innocent - Today, Governor Brad Little signed the “Wrongful Conviction Act” into law, providing state compensation for the wrongfully convicted in Idaho. This makes...
Texas Monthly

Alamo Drafthouse’s Founder Vows to Protect What Makes It Special - Yet, in an interview two days after the beloved cinema chain’s pandemic-induced bankruptcy filing, Tim League also says he can’t guarantee changes aren’t...
Discourse

This Week In ‘What Now’: Luke O’Neil, Pandemic Mascots, and Much More - Only in our exclusive newsletter! The post This Week In ‘What Now’: Luke O’Neil, Pandemic Mascots, and Much More appeared first on Discourse Blog.
slacktivist

Postcards from the class & culture wars (3.5.21) - "Those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the...
Reform Austin

The Public Utility Commission Says They Won’t Fix a $16 Billion Overcharge - Texas may have to live with an overcharge of over $16 Billion USD on their electric bills. According to The Public Utility Commission of Texas Chairman, ...
INSIDER - politics news

Doug Emhoff and Chasten Buttigieg used to text each other emojis as their spouses debated onstage. Here's a timeline of their friendship. - [image: doug emhoff chasten buttigieg] Summary List Placement Doug Emhoff and Chasten Buttigieg bonded on the campaign trail as spouses of presidential ...
Krebs on Security

At Least 30,000 U.S. Organizations Newly Hacked Via Holes in Microsoft’s Email Software - At least 30,000 organizations across the United States -- including a significant number of small businesses, towns, cities and local governments -- have o...
The Conversation

Women in Afghanistan worry peace accord with Taliban extremists could cost them hard-won rights - Afghan women interviewed about current talks between the government and the Taliban say, 'There is no going back.' Taliban fundamentalist rule in the 1990s...
Environment Texas

The truth about the Texas power crisis - Mary Katherine Moore Creative Associate Contact person by email - Read more about Mary Katherine Moore Friday, March 5, 2021 In the energy capital ...
Dissent Magazine

Belabored: Changing a Culture of Harassment - Rita Pasarell, former Albany legislative staffer and co-founder of the Sexual Harassment Working Group, discusses recent accusations against Andrew Cuomo.
Shadowproof

Dissenter Weekly: Report Shows How Whistleblower Protection Laws Often Fail Whistleblowers—Globally - In this edition of “Dissenter Weekly,” host and Shadowproof editor Kevin Gosztola highlights an important report from the Government Accountability Proje...
Houston Press

Abbott All Smiles As He Tries To Change The Subject From Texas Blackouts - Gov. Greg Abbott has looked downright giddy this week. He dropped hints for days on Twitter before finally dropping the news on Tuesday afternoon that he w...
MintPress News

Social Media Microtargeting and the Evolving Ministry of Truth - As social media replaces actual social interactions, our thoughts and opinions are increasingly coming under the purview of the cybersecurity industry an...
Lawfare

Facebook, It’s Time to Put the Rules in One Place - Facebook like icons. (Pixabay, https://pixabay.com/service/license/) On Jan. 28, Facebook responded to the Facebook Oversight Board’s first set of policy...
Texas Standard

Vaccinating Texas: A Breakthrough For Many In Phase 1B - As Texas opens up Phase 1C for teachers and child care staff, most — but not all — of the Phase 1B vaccine seekers Texas Standard has followed have receive...
Rallblog

Joe Biden Doesn’t Need More Time. He Needs Progressives to Demand an Ambitious Agenda - “Give Joe Biden time.” “He just got there.” “Trump left him a hell of a mess. It’s unreasonable to expect him to turn...
BEYONDbones

Fill in the Blanks with Accessibility Programs Manager Matti Hammett - Everyone on staff at the Houston Museum of the Natural Science is dedicated to making sure that every inch of the museum is accessible to each patron tha...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN. - *Pure joy. * Here's the end of yet another week of dumbassery, what with Republicans going to great lengths to sabotage the COVID bill and trying to play...
BillMoyers.com

Obstruction - Republicans in Congress have held up the American Rescue Plan and voter reform. Continue reading The post Obstruction appeared first on BillMoyers.com.
Polygraph (global fact-check)

Cambodia’s Lies About ‘Coup’ Case and Verdict - Opposition members were denied right to due process in ‘rubber stamp’ court proceedings.
Edinburg Politics

Landmark plan aimed at providing unserved regions, including many areas in South Texas, with access to vital high-speed Internet, features Rep. Terry Canales as a joint author - A landmark legislative plan that would provide unserved regions, including many areas in South Texas, with access to vital high-speed Internet, such as nee...
CPI's Danger in the Air

‘Unintended consequences’: The rubber industry’s toxic legacy in Akron - In the winter of 1946, Perkins Pringle boarded the first leg of a 950-mile train ride from Durant, Mississippi, to Akron, Ohio—the Rubber Capital of the ...
Church and State

Trump will be politically dead by 2024 - Biden’s only task is to keep governing from the middle as the middle is perceived by the vast majority of all Americans!
Sludge

Donor-Advised Funds Must Stop Supporting Hate - America’s philanthropy is a trillion-dollar industry that yearly gives billions of dollars to charitable organizations, which in most cases serve worthy co...
DeSmogBlog

Analysis: Some Fracking Companies Are Admitting Shale Was a Bad Bet — Others Are Not - [image: Permian basin pumpjack] Read time: 10 mins Energy companies are increasingly having to face the unprofitable reality of fracking, and some executiv...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

'Right-wing Facebook pages dominated conversation about Equality Act and Dr. Rachel Levine' & other Fri midday news briefs - *Right-wing Facebook pages dominated conversation around Equality Act and Dr. Rachel Levine* - *This, my friends, is very depressing. * *An “Ex-Detran...
Election Law Blog

“Mail Ballots Not a Clear Boost for Turnout or Biden” - WSJ: DID MAIL-IN VOTING BOOST BIDEN? The presidential-election results left the impression that mail-in voting increased turnout and propelled President Bi...
Greg Palast

Pizza outlawed in GeorgiaTo Suppress the Vote - I can’t make this up. The state of Georgia passed a law this week, HB 531, that outlaws handing out pizza slices and water to voters waiting for hours to v...
Reading the Pictures

Chatting the Pictures: The “Old Timey” Look of the Second Mars Touch Down - As always, NASA plays the excitement to the hilt. And the first image from Perseverance plays it both forward and backward in time. The post Chatting the...
Novara Media

Slap for Carers - #TyskySour returns this evening with Michael Walker and Moya Lothian-Mclean.
Dos Centavos

Los Blogs de Tejas – TPA Round-Up - The Texas Progressive Alliance prefers the old-fashioned “talk nonstop” filibuster to what we have now as it brings you this week’s roundup. Off the Kuff a...
Texas Observer

The Lege This Week: Abbott Lets His Mask Slip - Welcome to the 87th Legislative Session. Since the last session came to a close in June 2019, Texas has been hit by an unrestrained pandemic and a crippl...
Mondoweiss

Palestinians take to the streets in Umm al-Fahm to protest Israeli police - On Friday March 5, between 10,000-20,000 Palestinian citizens of Israel marched in Umm al-Fahm against police abuse and neglect, as months of violence reac...
Democracy Now!

"We Do This 'Til We Free Us": Mariame Kaba on Abolishing Police, Prisons & Moving Toward Justice - Outrage over police brutality and the mass incarceration of Black and Brown people has generated calls to defund and abolish the police. Longtime organizer...
ExChristian.Net

Answers to Christianity - *By Rational Logic ~ * Time and again common questions are asked of non believers by Christians. I answer these in this section. Note, many of these quest...
Space City Weather

Hints of spring for Houston today, followed by a lovely weekend - Today may offer our area the first real taste of spring, via some warm temperatures and even a few thunderstorms. That will setup what should be a delightf...
The Contributor

With Jobless Benefits to Expire in 9 Days, Republicans Pull Out All Stops to Obstruct Relief Bill - News Image: "When Sen. Johnson voted to cut taxes for the wealthiest Americans, he didn't force staff to read the bill. But now that working people need h...
Houston Legal

Houston Legal Links 3/5/2021 - Top legal news includes: ERCOT overcharged power companies $16 billion for electricity during winter freeze, firm says; Fired ERCOT leader refuses more tha...
Dorf on Law

A Preliminary and Barely Data-Based Observation About SCOTUS Polarization - *by Michael C. Dorf* Yesterday the Supreme Court handed down two opinions that divided the Court on ideological grounds (although Justice Kagan joined th...
Scheerpost.com

‘Scheer Intelligence’ Nabs 4 NAEJ Nominations - “Scheer Intelligence,” the weekly award-winning podcast hosted by legendary journalist Robert Scheer and executive produced by Joshua Scheer, has been nomi...
ROAR Magazine

The socialist internationalism of Rosa Luxemburg - In light of rising nationalism and a planetary ecological crisis fomented by global capitalism, Rosa Luxemburg’s internationalist ethos is more relevant th...
ProPublica

Ruling on Murder Case by Judge Suffering From Dementia Will Stand, Court Says - by Joe Sexton ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published....
Dallas Observer

In Dallas, Homeless Shelters Help Some Get Back on Their Feet, But Others Avoid Them - The shelter system helps some people get back on their feet, others get stuck in it and some avoid it at all costs.
High Country News

The long Western legacy of violence against Asian Americans - ‘History is repeating itself.’
Earthworks

Indonesia Ditches Ocean Dumping - The tides are turning. Last year Indonesia was moving full steam ahead with plans to approve permits to dump 31 million tonnes of mine waste from nickel...
Tribune of the People

Kansas: State’s Unemployment System Fails Workers, Favors Ruling Class - Cover Photo: Sign at the Kansas Department of Labor building (Source: The Capitol-Journal) By Brian Martel Since the beginning of the economic crisis and s...
Morning Consult

How Workers’ Expectations Justify Powell’s Patience With Inflation - The post How Workers’ Expectations Justify Powell’s Patience With Inflation appeared first on Morning Consult.
The Conscious Resistance Network

Free Thinker Radio (3/4/21): More Hopium, More Lies - Micah, Johnny, and Derrick are back for another episode of Free Thinker Radio on 90.1 KPFT Houston! This week the guys are covering Biden’s bombing of Sy...
Idavox

As Feds Close In On Proud Boys With Warrants, Indictments, And Criminal Prosecutions, Philly’s Zach Rehl Has Gone Mighty Quiet - His status as a recently married thirty-two year old with a pregnant spouse who is expecting in June, just might give him further pause and cause him to ...
Skeptical Raptor

Adenovirus vaccines for COVID-19 – scientific facts vs anti-vax nonsense - The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. The new COVID-19 vaccines from Johnson and Johnson (JNJ) and AstraZeneca utilize an ...
The Rag Blog

Lamar W. Hankins : JUSTICE | Saudi murder and American murder: An ethical equivalence - While Khashoggi may have had no legal rights under Saudi law, Anwar al-Aulaki was a U.S. citizen and entitled to due process. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag...
Frontloading HQ

2020 Presidential Primary and Caucus Movement (Pre-pandemic) - *[Scroll down for analysis below graphic]* For a site named for the phenomenon of states shifting their presidential primary and caucus dates to earlier p...
Political Garbage Chute

Jim Jordan Shares Freedom Fries With the Dixie Chicks While Blasting ‘Cancel Culture’ - On a park bench not far from the nation’s capitol complex, Qongressman Jim Jordan sits with country band The Dixie Chicks, sharing a large order of freed...
Undernews

January 6 Insurrection & Statehood for DC -
Eater Houston

A New Bakery Will Soon Bring Beautiful Babka to Rice Village - [image: a table set for bread service, with three rolls, a glass of wine, and a plate of olive oil with herbs in it] Badolina Bakery and Cafe will serve D...
Reveal

Physicians’ guide to having end-of-life conversations - Medical schools often provide insufficient training around death and dying. With the COVID-19 pandemic creating great need, this guide is meant to be a ...
Bracing Views

The Pentagon’s Wasteful Weapons - W.J. Astore Imagine you’re a soldier in combat. What’s the most important feature of any weapon system? That it works. That it’s reliable. Nobody wants a w...
Trivial Knot

Poe’s Law is and always was bad - It’s time for another trip to the ruins of New Atheism, to scavenge for clues about its downfall. Today we examine the Poe’s Law, an adage that states that...
In These Times

An Alabama Amazon Worker's Case for Unionization - Jennifer Bates, an employee of the Bessemer fulfillment center, explains why the forthcoming vote is so monumental. - At this very moment, one of the most historic union drives of our era is taking place at the Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama. Around 5,800...
Web of Debt

Will 2021 Be Public Banking’s Watershed Moment? - Just over two months into the new year, 2021 has already seen a flurry of public banking activity. Sixteen new bills to form publicly-owned banks or facili...
Southeast Texas Record

TX Nurse Challenges ‘Acting’ General Counsel’s Move to Nix Her Case Seeking Access to Secret Union Agreement with Hospital Limiting Her Rights - CORPUS CHRISTI - Nurse Marissa Zamora has just filed an opposition brief defending her case charging National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC) union bo...
Earth 911

Legumes for Sustainable Food Systems - Even if most of us outgrow a childhood aversion to ... The post Legumes for Sustainable Food Systems appeared first on Earth 911.
So Far From Heaven (Jack Purcell, RIP)

The Great Tick Migration - Written several years previously, Jack posted this in July, 2005: The Great Tick Migration Dateline, Socorro, NM It’s sad, but they have to migrate: there’...
Nina Illingworth

Film Sessions: And All The King’s Men on Media Madness - After a bizarre and taxing couple of weeks, we're back with a new Film Session about all the fascists who aren't Donald Trump, and are still responsible ...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

Virginia and New Jersey Governors 2021: A First Look - KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — Virginia Democrats are trying to win three consecutive gubernatorial races, a feat the party has not accomplished since the ...
TalkLeft

Andrew Cuomo: Sorry but He Will Not Resign - Andrew Cuomo today said he's sorry he made anyone feel uncomfortable but he won't resign. Good for him. He should not resign. This piling on of accusations...
TXElects

23 File to Succeed Wright - Nearly two dozen candidates filed for the May 1 special election to fill the unexpired term of the late U.S. Rep. Ron Wright (R-Arlington) by today’s dea...
Free & Equal

Free & Equal Founder Christina Tobin Joins Apolla’s Odyssey Live Show - The post Free & Equal Founder Christina Tobin Joins Apolla’s Odyssey Live Show appeared first on Free & Equal.
Crooked Timber

The Boys Aren’t Back in Town - A colleague from the school of Education who is visited my (in person, on campus) classes for the first time expressed surprise that out of 40 students tot...
epic.org

Virginia Governor Signs Consumer Data Protection Act - Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has signed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act into law. "It is good to see Virginia and other states taking action t...
Ecosophia

Strange Days Dawning - Late in 2019 I wrote a series of posts entitled “Dancers at the End of Time,” sketching out certain weird and deeply troubling shifts in the collective c...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

Listen To The Science! - Oh, sweet jeeeeeezus, where do I even start with this? What, are they taking a break from slagging on Maduro? It’s almost breathtaking, the way the Post is...
Project Censored

Luminaries Join Peace Studies Class for Tribute to Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg - By: Aaron Good Famed Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg joined my peace studies class on February 2nd. Ellsberg came prepared to answer quest...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Walmart Crime Report February 2021 - Walmart had at least twelve shootings in February 2021, with four of them fatal; two of those shootings, including one of the fatal ones, were officer i...
Due Dissidence

Rainbow Bombs and Broken Promises: Things are Finally Getting Back to Normal - by Russell Dobular I’ve been holding my fire, ’cause fair is fair; we had to give Biden a little time to either break his previous mold or prove to be the ...
Speak Freely (ACLU)

Robot Police Dogs are Here. Should We be Worried? - The New York Police Department is receiving a lot of attention for testing robot “dogs,” which it has deployed in several situations, including to delive...
Seeing the Forest

The #FightFor15 Minimum Wage WAS The Compromise. #FightFor24! - The minimum wage should be $24 if it had kept up with the gains in the economy. Instead all those gains went to a top few. CEPR: This is What Minimum Wage ...
LareDOS

John Lewis: crossing the bridge, then and now - Well we could learn from his “good trouble”
News Taco

Legal Machinations of SAWS Trustees and CEO Raise Serious Ethical Concerns - In late January, SAWS and the City of San Antonio dropped their legal action against the SAWS Act PAC citizens’ coalition that is seeking changes at the ...
Progressives Chat

New ‘Recommendations’ - Two years ago, on March 1, 2019, I revised the look of *Progressives Chat*. (Link: *Considering a Change*.) On this blog’s date, here in 2021, I am revis...
Bayou Brief

The Brazen Cajun - Louisiana's attorney general is now considered a leading contender in the 2023 governor's race, but while his record of intransigent and pugilistic partisa...
Robert Reich

Why Trump’s Takeover of the GOP is Great for Biden and the Democrats (but a Potential Disaster for America) - Donald Trump formally anointed himself head of the Republican Party at Sunday’s Conservative...
The Mind Unleashed

Landlord Accused Of Kidnapping Tenants to Evict, Dumping Them in Cemetery - Shockingly a New York landlord has been accused of kidnapping two tenants to evict them. Shawn Douglas is accused of kidnapping two of his tenants from his...
Stinque

It’s an Anarchist! - The funniest thing happened last week, and we were afraid to talk about it. It falls under the category of Inappropriate Laughter, or seems to, anyway. L...
Anti-Media

As Predicted: Immunity Passports Are No Longer A Fantasy - "Immunity Passports" or "Digital Certificates" will allow people who have been vaccinated to travel, work, and play.
Eclectablog

Voting Rights for President! – with special guest Anat Shenker-Osorio - Anat Shenker-Osorio on Twitter: @anatosaurus Anat's website: ASOcommunications.com Anat's podcast: Words to Win By We Make the Future's new website: WeMake...
Duck of Minerva

Actorless Threats - This is a guest post from Morgan D. Bazilian, Director of the Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines; Andreas Goldthau, Franz Haniel Professor at the Wi...
Our Finite World

Why Collapse Occurs; Why It May Not Be Far Away - Collapse doesn't happen instantaneously; it happens many years after an economy first begins outgrowing its resource base. In fact, the resource base likel...
Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center

Alex Jones on Leaked Video: 'I Wish I Never Met Trump' - Before multimillionaire conspiracy theorist Alex Jones riled up Donald Trump’s fans with lies about a stolen election, he privately expressed revulsion ove...
The Disorder Of Things

Judith Butler Goes to Norway - A guest post from Ida Roland Birkvad. Ida is a PhD student in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London. Her t...
Texans For Public Justice

ERCOT's Board Gave Heavily to House Members - As the Texas House investigates the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), *Lobby Watch* finds that powerful energy interests seated on ERCOT’s b...
Save Buffalo Bayou

That Bend in Winter: A Hidden Landscape - Waiting for the Return Feb. 24, 2021 We are quite a bit late posting a winter photograph for our ongoing series documenting the same bend in Buffalo Bayou ...
Avedon's Sideshow

I want to shake your hand - Debbie Heyer's "Alien Eggs" (New Mexico Badlands) is one of those featured in "The Best Milky Way Photographers of the Year Show the Beauty of Our Galaxy."...
Unlimited Hangout

Whitney Webb on The Corbett Report - The post Whitney Webb on The Corbett Report appeared first on unlimitedhangout.com.
Moron Majority

Trump Vows To Appeal Supreme Court Decision On Taxes - The United States Supreme Court issued a devasting decision yesterday when it refused to block the release of Trump’s tax returns to the Manhattan District...
Consent Factory, Inc.

The Vaccine (Dis)Information War - So, good news, folks! It appears that GloboCap’s Genetic Modification Division has come up with a miracle vaccine for Covid! It’s an absolutely safe, non-e...
Media Lens

20 Years Of Media Lens: A Selection Of Remarkable Replies From Journalists - Introduction – The Insiders The Insiders In a 2002 interview with the Observer, the BBC’s John Cody Fidler-Simpson CBE of Kabul, to give him his full name ...
New Progressive Alliance

Nobody’s feet are going to be held to the fire - This is an excellent article which takes a hard deep look at basic economic assumptions, war, and the Democratic Party. Jeff Roby is a Florida activist w...
CT's short stories and novelettes

DANCE INTO THE SEA - Some love science Some love gods I love to dance with the arthropods Ready? All hands waving free Silhouetted by the sea Heady Click and shuffle to the side...
Texas Watch

The Blue Tarp Bill Applies to Snowstorms, Too - In 2017, the insurance lobby pushed a bill through the Texas Legislature that lessens penalties if insurers slow pay claims and puts hurdles in front of ...
Dandelion Salad

The U.S. Moves Closer Towards Revolutionary Crisis, by Rainer Shea - by Rainer Shea Writer, Dandelion Salad Rainer Shea: Anti-Imperialist Journalist, Feb. 18, 2021 February 19, 2021 In The Foundations of Leninism, Stalin con...
Chicken Fried Politics

Veteran Arkansas State Senator Jim Hendren leaves Republican Party to become independent - Decision by Hendren, nephew of Governor Asa Hutchinson, sparks speculation about 2022 bid for governor ♦By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedPolitics.com LITTLE RO...
DBC Green

Dallying with Delilah - The current Delilah for Texas campaign logo features a red rose, not a yellow one, putting the socialism right out front. Is Texas ready for a governor wit...
Two Party Opera

When Texas Freezes Over -
Campaign for America's Future

The Union Bond - Dave Dell Isola, the son and grandson of union members, grew up grateful for the family-sustaining wages and benefits that organized labor won for working ...
Alas, a Blog

Open Thread and Link Farm, I Always Feel Like Clown Eggs Are Watching Me edition - Butch lesbian opens up about ‘increasing harassment’ she faces when she uses public toilets “This hostility towards butch lesbians is believed to be borne ...
Malady

Surrendering to Hopelessness: Catharsis for the Modern Communist - *“How does it help...to make troubles heavier by bemoaning them?" – Seneca* There is a propensity amongst those on the left to discuss revolution in the co...
Progressives Everywhere

Democrats Must Expand the Supreme Court to Save Democracy - The United States is facing an urgent, existential problem. Thankfully, the solution is obvious, incredibly easy to implement, and incidentally, would be...
Downwinders at Risk

Support a Dallas Climate Committee AND Restoring the Environmental Health Commission - In the next seven days you can help us change the way Dallas City Hall looks at “environmental issues.” One of the most important lessons of the Shingle Mo...
The Socialist

Four Quick Fixes For a Better Congress – An Excerpt From A Better Congress by Joseph Gibson - "I love these members that get up and say, 'Read the bill!' Well, what good is reading the bill if it's a thousand pages and you don't have two days and tw...
Modern Democracy

“The Peril and Promise of Redistricting Reform in H.R. 1” - Very excited to have a piece up on the Harvard Law Review Blog diving into H.R. 1’s redistricting reforms. The post examines some surprising shortcomings i...
Texas Freedom Network

Translating Gov. Abbott’s State of the State - Last night, Gov. Greg Abbott delivered his latest State of State Address. The reality of the crisis, a pandemic, was clear from the get-go as Abbott deli...
nonsite.org

Deneocolonize Your Syllabus - It hardly needs saying that the term “decolonize” once meant something wholly different than it does now. To put it not a little too bluntly, in the heyday...
Green Papers

Two principles of racial equity that outrage liberals - The May 25, 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked a civil rights explosion. It ignited pushes to demilitarize the police, reallocate police ov...
GreenSource DFW

EarthxTV partners with 'Now This' news brand - *The 'Now This Earth' series kicked off this week on the web-based platform.* Jan. 27, 2021 EarthxTV is adding a new series it hopes will appeal to Mill...
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-...
In The Loop (Mustafa Tameez)

Mustafa Tameez on Fox & Friends: Biden Inherits an Immigration Mess from Trump Upon Inauguration -
LawFlog

CIA refuses to say whether it framed Russia for leaked DNC emails; FBI apparently ignored Seth Rich’s laptop - The Central Intelligence Agency will neither confirm nor deny that it fabricated the Russian “fingerprints” in Democratic National Committee emails publish...
News Junkie

Capitol Riots: The Day of Infamy When Populism Became Fascism - Trumpism has defined, in the past four years, the quintessence of populism. On January 6, 2021, when a pro-Trump mob, instigated by their cult leader himse...
Screwston Antifascist Committee

Friendswood Highschool Coach Attended D.C. ‘Storm the Capital’ Trump Protest - **UPDATE** It appears this man is also listed as the High School Principal for Chireno ISD High School. https://www.chirenoisd.org/o/chireno-isd/staff If y...
WAWG Blog

Survival of Our Democratic Republic – Expanding Human Rights … - Contriving to limit rights is about control and power over others. It’s about arrogance and imaginary supremacy over others. It’s about maximizing inequa...
One People's Project

CHESTER DOLES - NAME: Chester Doles HOME BASE: Winters Mtn. Rd. Dahlonega, GA 30533 706-867-6696 (As of 2004) Drives black van, license plate number Georgia 838GMF RELATED...
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...
Texas Sharon's Bluedaze

Update: Chris Faulkner > IT Guy > Frack Master > Felon - ORDER SETTING REARRAIGNMENT HEARING VIA VIDEO TELECONFERENCE as to Christopher Aundre Faulkner: The court finds in this case that the felony plea cannot ...
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: ...
Down With Tyranny!

WE'VE MOVED - In fact, you can click on our new home here... and, like a miracle, you'll be transported to the new DownWithTyranny home.
Green Pages News

S. Michael DeRosa 1945 – 2020 - S. Michael DeRosa, 75 years of age (January 4, 1945 – October 16, 2020) of Wethersfield, CT died October 16, 2020 at Hartford Hospital due to exacerbation ...
The Rise and Fall of Harry Hamid* (RIP)

New post at my "Assorted Noises, Sounds and Flights of Fancy" - For those that have any interest, curiosity or just have a good need for self punishment, I have made a new post on my "Assorted Noises, Sounds and Flig...
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...
Texas Moratorium Network

State Rep. Harold Dutton at 21st Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty - State Rep. Harold Dutton, Jr. spoke at the 21st Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty on October 10, 2020 (online only this year because of the pande...
Off the Kuff

Interview with Rep. Lizzie Fletcher - I knew I wanted to talk to freshman Rep. Lizzie Fletcher this cycle, because there’s just so much to talk about. You know her story from 2018 – the crowded...
The Texas CBD Blog

TEXAS CBD BLOG – STORIES AND MORE! -
Truthdig

Test Article “Fail” -
Talking Points Memo

Hydroxychloroquine Advocates Are Pissed Trump’s Not Taking It For COVID - President Donald Trump spent months earlier this year playing up the promise of the old anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in the...
Washington Babylon

Judge Barrett’s Religion is Off Limits, Opus Dei’s Agenda Is Not - [image: Judge Barrett’s Religion is Off Limits, Opus Dei’s Agenda Is Not] Executive Vice President of the Federalist Society Leonard Leo, board member of O...
Echidne of the Snakes

The Debate. And Other Equally Weird Incidents. - 1. I tried to watch the Biden-Trump debate last night but instead my television gave me a show where two kindergarten children were having temper tantru...
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...
Bad Attitudes

Nothing New Under the Sun - From the *New York Times* of October 30, 2002: Remember all that fuss a couple of years back over Floridaâ€™s Banana-republic voting procedures? And then...
Popehat

Now Posting At Substack - I'll be writing at The Popehat Report at Substack, and (generally) not here. This blog will remain as a historical artifact and collection of writing. Not ...
The Reality-Based Community

[J!nx-Movie] UNHINGED (2020) HD Watch online Full Or Free - Watch UNHINGED Online, free, trial, access!! WATCH HERE > https://comicbook.com/film/unhinged DOWNLOAD HERE > UNHINGED is a movie starring Tom Hanks, Elisa...
Splinter

Google's Planned Updates for Wear OS Are Underwhelming - Google’s smartwatch platform, Wear OS, doesn’t get as much love—or regular updates—as its rivals, but today we got a nice surprise: Google detailed some ...
The Greanville Post

Socialism and Its Discontents—Has communism ever worked? - Caleb's chats are the ideal tool for those who wish to acquire a solid understanding of contemporary history in an easy, accessible manner. In this episode...
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...
Editor & Publisher

Opinion: In Pakistan, a Bizarre Arrest Shows How Media Freedom is Being Squeezed - The country’s most prominent media owner-editor is detained and incarcerated. The image-conscious prime minister ignores a letter from United Nations
Political Dig

Biden Opens Up 5-Point Lead Over Trump In Minnesota: Poll - Former Vice President Joe Biden has opened up a five-point lead over President Donald Trump in Minnesota, according to a new Star Tribune-MPR News-KARE 11 ...
Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

We have a world to win! Capitalism, coronavirus and the struggle for the new normal - As another week in lockdown passes, people are understandably worried about their future. The economic results of this global pandemic are set to rival t...
Progressive Army

A Case Against Two Evils - Last week Medhi Hasan of the Intercept interviewed the famous dissident Noam Chomsky in which he proclaimed that not voting for Joe Biden is a vote for “th...
t.e.j.a.s.

Trump’s EPA Giving Companies a Pass to Pollute - Statement About Trump’s EPA Giving Companies a Pass to Pollute For Immediate Release: April 3, 2020 Public Statement: To Communities Across the Nation As v...
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The Metaphor Project

Framing #ClimateDamage for the #ClimateHoldouts - For too long too much of our climate crisis framing has resonated only with the already convinced. That is still going on today, this very minute. Even Gre...
True Tales: a Reporter's Blog

Las Vegas’ Downtown Project & Tony Hsieh - I admire rich people who do something creative with their money instead of just buying more stuff. Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappo, lives in Las Vegas and broug...
Think 3 Institute

Hatred as a factor in presidential politics - *M*ake what you will of this. In the modern era of partisan polarization, which can be dated back to the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, only the presid...
Consortium News

A Modest Proposal for a US Labor Day Every Month - Happy Do Nothing Day. By Edward Curtin edwardcurtin.com In a country with Mount Rushmore that celebrates ruthless and frenetic westward expansion, it migh...
Truthout

The Amazon Is Dying and Bolsonaro Is Fanning the Flames - [image: The darkened sky in Sao Paulo, Brazil is picture on August 19, 2019. Residents reported black rain, while studies by two universities confirmed tha...
Media Matters (Tumblr)

in the wake of two mass shootings in El Paso, TX, and Dayton, OH... - in the wake of two mass shootings in El Paso, TX, and Dayton, OH this past weekend, right-wing media are looking to blame anything but easy acce...
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...
OffCite

Contour Functional Art Links Houston and Malawi by M. Lawrence Dillon - Chitembe handscrafted bowl. Courtesy Contour Functional Art. A shipping container packed with furniture designed by Houston-based Jamar Simien and crafted ...
The Electronic Intifada

Khalida Jarrar leaves Israeli jail with "messages of freedom" - Gaza Palestinians abducted in Egypt four years ago return home.

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Sunday, March 16, 2014

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