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Houston, Texas, and US blog roll

The Week

Ex-US diplomat confessed spying for Cuba to undercover agent, FBI says - The DOJ says former U.S. ambassador Manuel Rocha perpetrated 'one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the United States government...
The NM Political Report

Environmental groups react to new methane rule - In his role as a field advocate for Earthworks, Andrew Klooster often visits oil and gas facilities. Although most of his work focuses on Colorado, he ha...
Counterpunch

We Can Have Either Billionaires or Democracy. Not Both. - The wealthy are so secure in the protections they have from democratic curbs on their financial power that their biggest worries, as per the UBS report, ...
Informed Comment

Russian Roulette: Doctors w/out Borders Demand Immediate Ceasefire as Hospitals turned into “Morgues” - Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Doctors without Borders (the French volunteer organization Médecins Sans Frontières [MSF]) has written a poignant letter to ...
Axios

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels surging to new highs as COP28 leaders meet - As world leaders gather for the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels are soaring to record levels. *The big picture:...
World Socialist Web Site

Israel’s war on women and children - Before the eyes of the whole world, Israel is carrying out a crime of monumental proportions: a deliberate and systematic massacre of the women and childre...
jobsanger

No Lifelong "Get Out Of Jail Free" Pass For Presidents -
Houston Public Media

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2641: Ghosts of Niagara - Episode: 2641 Niagara Falls and the development of hydroelectric power. Today, ghosts of Niagara.
The Guardian (U.S. news)

We won’t stop speaking out about Gaza’s suffering – there is no climate justice without human rights | Greta Thunberg and Fridays for Future Sweden - Young climate activists haven’t ‘been radicalised’ – solidarity with marginalised people has always been at the heart of our message More than 15,000 peo...
Crooked Media

SCOTUS Decides Fate Of Landmark Opioid Settlement - The post SCOTUS Decides Fate Of Landmark Opioid Settlement appeared first on Crooked Media.
Raw Story

Trump triggered by Lincoln Project ad calling him 'weak' — and claims videos are fake AI - Trump is accusing his conservative nemeses of cooking up A.I. videos to discredit him. A video titled "Feeble," posted by The Lincoln Project on Monday,...
Mediagazer

MSNBC should be careful not to become the TV arm of the Democratic Party leadership, as shown by some of its recent moves, like the cancellation of Mehdi Hasan (Perry Bacon Jr/Washington Post) - Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post: *MSNBC should be careful not to become the TV arm of the Democratic Party leadership, as shown by some of its recent mo...
Al Jazeera English

Double-decker bus slams into tree in Thailand, killing 14 - Long-distance coach was travelling from Bangkok to the country’s far south when it veered off the road at about 1am.
See You In 2020

“Antifa” tries to portray CPI as fascist, showing how unserious much of the U.S. left is - Above: the piece of art that CPI president Elizabeth Young painted for the recent Portland convention When I went to the Center for Political Innovatio...
Election Law Blog

“Defending his 2020 fraud claims, Trump turns to fringe Jan. 6 theories” - WaPo: Ever since he was indicted on charges of interfering in the 2020 election results, Donald Trump has relished the chance to use the case in Washingt...
The Verge

The Fiat 500e is a tiny, affordable EV that’s only emission is classical music - © 2023 Stellantis Stellantis announced the all-new 2024 Fiat 500e, a tiny, affordable electric car that could be the perfect antidote to all those oversi...
Antiwar.com

Has Volodymyr Zelensky Passed His Expiration Date? - Volodymyr Zelensky may have been the perfect president to lead Ukraine through the war with Russia. But he may not be the perfect president to lead them ...
Courthouse News

Judge considers sanctioning Texas again in foster care reform case - Texas is on the brink of being found in contempt for the third time in long-running litigation over its dysfunctional foster care system.
Popular Resistance

One Year After The Coup: The Struggle For Democracy In Peru - On December 7, 2022, Peruvian President Pedro Castillo made a poorly-calculated attempt to thwart right-wing plans to remove him from office. This result...
The Stars Hollow Gazette

German TECHNO BUNKER 24/7 Deep Dark & Hard Techno Underground Live Stream Rave -
Alternet

'Low circulation right-wing' blog with close ties to DeSantis has 'fired all of its staff': report - "One of the only outlets" Florida governor and 2024 GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis "regularly granted interviews" is shutting down, *Rolling Sto...
Daily Dot

‘You took some employee’s haul’: Customer finds bag of brand-new Victoria’s Secret items in dumpster. Viewers think it’s a worker’s stash for later - [image: Customer finds bag of brand-new Victoria’s Secret items in dumpster. Viewers think it’s a worker’s stash for later] A dumpster diver’s successful...
Techdirt.

Google Takes Down ‘Downloader’ App Again After Bullshit DMCA Complaint, Restores It Again - Earlier this year we discussed an app being removed from the Google Play store over copyright concerns and a DMCA notice that was sent in by a firm represe...
memeorandum

EXCLUSIVE: School Assigned Girl to Sleep With Boy Who Identifies as Trans Without Parental Notification (Mary Margaret Olohan/The Daily Signal) - Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Signal: *EXCLUSIVE: School Assigned Girl to Sleep With Boy Who Identifies as Trans Without Parental Notification* — FI...
Mediaite

Top GOP Lawyer in House Told Mike Johnson His Attempt to Keep Trump in Power Was ‘Wildly Unconstitutional,’ Cheney Book Claims - "She told me she had made clear to Mike Johnson that his letter was wrong, and that he knew it was." The post Top GOP Lawyer in House Told Mike Johnson Hi...
Wolf Street

Are the Headlines about Factory Orders Messing with us Again? - The drop in new orders was off an all-time high, while unfilled orders rose to an all-time high. Orders by major category.
Political Wire

Liz Cheney Says GOP Majority Is Threat to U.S. - Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), once a top-ranking Republican in the House, warned that a GOP majority in 2025 “presents a threat” to the United States, The...
Progressive.org

Predicting Pestilence - World Health Organization now says disease could be even deadlier than airstrikes in Gaza.
Dissident Voice

Refreshing the Camelot School: Kennedy Hagiography at Sixty - Camelot, the sweetly sentimental shorthand for a shortened US presidency, has generated a mythopoetry so rich it turns the stomach, clogs the intestines,...
The Hill

Explosion reported at Arlington, Va. home after suspect fires flare gun - An explosion was reported at a home in Arlington, Va. on Monday night after a suspect fired a flare gun from the residence, according to local police. Poli...
Idavox

Activists Speak Out After Philly Thanksgiving Parade Banner Drops - Philadelphia, PA — On November 23, around 11 a.m., BIPoC (Black & Indigenous People of...
Portside

Working for Climate Justice: New Report Urges Trade Unions To Lead Carbon Transition - Working for Climate Justice: New Report Urges Trade Unions To Lead Carbon Transition Stephanie Mon, 12/04/2023 - 21:20
Brad Blog

Last Month's Touchscreen Voting Debacle in Northampton County, PA a Dire Warning for 2024: 'BradCast' 12/4/2023 - After a number of headlines on today's BradCast --- a lot of stuff happened since we last spoke last week --- we're on to our main story today. And it's a ...
Mondoweiss

‘There were bodies everywhere. Horrific scenes, enough to make a stone cry’: one family’s harrowing journey out of Gaza City - [image: Palestinians flee to the southern Gaza Strip on Salah al-Din Street in Bureij, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, November 8, 2023. (Photo: Stringer / APA I...
Texas Environmental News

EPA’s Ozone Plan Analysis Was Unfair, Texas Tells 5th Circ. - Three states on Monday defended their plans for complying with ozone emission regulations meant to curb downwind ozone problems, telling [...] The post E...
Workers World

Hamas on status of remaining Palestinian and Israeli hostages - [image: Hamas on status of remaining Palestinian and Israeli hostages] The following statement was made by the Deputy Head of the Political Bureau of Hamas...
Polygraph (global fact-check)

Distort and Deceive One Pro-Assad Influencer’s Disinfo War on Israel. -
ArcaMax

Lifting the Veil on the Design of Predictive Tools in the Criminal Legal System - Recently, the National Institute of Justice -- the research arm of the Department of Justice -- put out a call for researchers to participate in what they ...
Salon.com

Who has the most "rizz"? Oxford's word of the year shows us Black culture's impact - Do you have rizz? Could you rizz up a random person in the street or bar? Gen Z's favorite word shows your game
SCOTUSblog

Announcement of opinions for Tuesday, December 5 - [image: Announcement of opinions for Tuesday, December 5]On Tuesday, Dec. 5, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argue...
Common Dreams

After Israel Trip, George Latimer Files to Primary Rep. Bowman - After visiting Israel last week, Westchester County Executive George Latimer on Monday filed paperwork to launch a primary challenge against Democratic N...
San Antonio Report

CPS Energy board of trustees approves 4.25% rate increase - [image: A CPS Energy worker finishes a job near Balcones Heights on Monday.]The CPS Energy board of trustees Monday unanimously approved a 4.25% base rate ...
Trivial Knot

Critiques of Train - cn: Discussion of Holocaust media, while avoiding discussion of the Holocaust itself. Train (2009) is a board game slash art installation by Brenda Romero....
Ballot Access News

Long-Time West Virginia Democrat Will Run for U.S. House as an Independent Candidate - Wes holden has announced that he will be an independent candidate for U.S. House, district one, in West Virginia next year. He is a former top aide to form...
Vox

An oil executive is leading the UN climate summit. It’s going as well as you’d expect. - [image: A man wearing a white robe and head scarf with a black headband, sitting at the COP28 speakers’ desk.] UAE Industry and Advanced Technology Minist...
NPR's Health Shots

Big city mosquitoes are a big problem — and now a big target - Africa's cities have become home to an invasive, malaria-carrying mosquito. New research suggests vulnerabilities that could be exploited to take on the di...
CultureMap Houston

Superstar singer and 'sentient tuxedo' Michael Bublé hands out his new whiskey in Houston - A major tenet of journalism is to not bury the lede, meaning, don’t bury the most important info and just get straight to it. So, at risk of doing just th...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

When you want the Bible to be taught in schools AND banned from schools - Couple wants Bible to be taught in schools AND banned from schools. The point of this post is not to make fun of the folks interviewed in the clip below. ...
Slate

The Slatest for Dec. 4: A Double Blow to Trump - Stories about Clarence Thomas’ benefactors being subpoenaed, ESPN’s real crisis, the best jazz albums of 2023, and more.
Liberation News

Israel’s pinkwashing ‘task force’ aims to crush growing Palestine solidarity on U.S. campuses - In response to the growing solidarity with the Palestinian liberation struggle among U.S. college students, Israel has launched a shady new operation on ca...
The Root

Opening Statements in Jonathan Majors Trial Paint Two Different Pictures of Domestic Dispute Incident - On Monday, opening statements for Jonathan Majors’ domestic dispute trial began. Read more...
The Progressive Wing

12/4-7 News Roundup and Open Thread - Vote in Congress tonight. Does anti Zionist equal anti semitic. Obviously not but we have seen this cynical game before.
Reform Austin

Lt. Gov. Patrick Charts Course for Teacher Pay Raises, Despite Vouchers Being Dead - The contentious issue of education vouchers appears to be shelved for the current session. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, displaying a keen understanding of legis...
San Antonio Current

Former SNL star Pete Davidson coming to San Antonio's Aztec Theatre this month - Former Saturday Night Live cast member Pete Davidson will perform a short-notice show at San Antonio’s Aztec Theatre as part of his 2023 stand-up tour. Ti...
Glasstire

Review: “Art is Short for ARTifact” at the Flower Shop Art Residency, Brownsville - Art is Short for ARTifact was a one-night-only pop-up group exhibition on November 3, 2023, at the Flower Shop Art Residency in Brownsville. The show was...
The Intercept

Shock Poll Shows Independent Nebraska Union Leader Beating Republican Senator - With Senate control hanging in the balance, Nebraska Democrats are considering backing Dan Osborn in his challenge against Republican Sen. Deb Fischer. ...
Futurism

Facebook Accused of Pressuring Harvard to Fire a Disinformation Expert - A disinformation expert who previously ran a pioneering research center at Harvard is accusing her ex-employer of firing her under pressure from Facebook...
Right Wing Watch

Right Wing Round-Up: Lacking Wisdom and Hating Freedom - Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck @ CNN: Speaker Johnson wrote foreword for book filled with conspiracy theories and homophobic insults Speaker of the House ...
Eschaton

Happy Hour - Get happy
Texas Standard

What to know about the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference so far - This year’s event is being held in the oil hub of Dubai.
Southeast Texas Record

Texas Supreme Court revives flight attendants’ suit against Boeing over hearing loss - AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court addressed two questions certified by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, finding that the statut...
Church and State

‘Five-Alarm Fire’ as Global Temps Breach 2°C Threshold - Global temperatures have surpassed 2°C above preindustrial levels for the first time, according to data from the EU.
Texas Monthly

This 1879 Map Is Now the Priciest Map of Texas Ever Sold at Auction - It fetched $705,000, topping the list of about 165 items from Ted Lusher's Texana collection.
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
Second Nexus

Trump Fires Back At Liz Cheney's Claim He Was 'Depressed' With Bizarre Admission - Former Wyoming Republican Representative Liz Cheney's upcoming book—*Oath and Honor*—includes several insider secrets from the bowels of the GOP. Cheney ...
naked capitalism

CDC Director Cohen Must Reject HICPAC’s Shoddily Evidenced, Unreviewable, Statistically Invalid, Non-Performing, Conflicted, and Un-Peer-Reviewed Infection Control “Guidance” - By Lambert Strether of Corrente. I apologize in advance for this book-length, grab two-cups-of-coffee post, but I think that empowering the Covid-conscious...
Mother Jones

Exclusive: A Prominent Election Rights Lawyer Is Calling Out Atlanta’s Voter Suppression on Cop City Referendum - One of the most prominent Democratic Party-aligned law firms, Elias Legal Group—led by noted election lawyer Marc Elias—has waded into the legal battle sur...
Texas Observer

Texas GOP Rejects Ban on Association with Nazis - Above: Former Republican State Representative Jonathan Stickland laughs during a 2015 debate on the House floor. The Texas GOP’s full-on embrace of extre...
Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

Reconstructing the labour theory of value: An interview with Duncan Foley (Part 2: The Capitalist Law of Exchange) - Reconstructing the labour theory of value: An interview with Duncan Foley (Part 2: The Capitalist Law of Exchange) The post Reconstructing the labour the...
Rio Grande Guardian

Guillen: It’s important rural communities make their voices heard as broadband funds become available - Everything state Rep. Ryan Guillen said at Starr County Industrial Foundation's recent forum on broadband connectivity. The post Guillen: It’s important ...
NORML

Ohio Legislature Attempting to Gut Legalization Initiative Days Before Implementation of Key Provisions - [image: Ohio marijuana][image: Ohio marijuana]With just days to go before Ohio's voter-approved marijuana legalization measure becomes law, GOP lawmakers...
American Prospect

Free Speech at Work - The boss has far too much power to silence the political expression of employees.
Claytoonz

Bibi’s Bullseye - What did Benjamin Netanyahu know and when did he know it? The Israeli government obtained Hamas’ plan to attack more than a year before it happened on Octo...
Novara Media

Deadly Weekend in Gaza, Norman Finkelstein Interview - We speak to political scientist and activist Norman Finkelstein about the bombardment of Gaza, US complicity in Israel’s war and the nature of Hamas. Plus,...
Dissent Magazine

Shlomo Avineri, 1933–2023 - The Israeli political theorist, Shlomo Avineri, a longtime friend of Dissent, died in Jerusalem on December 1. He made his reputation writing major books...
Independent Political Report

Texas Libertarians to Convene Next April for 2024 State Convention - Texas Libertarians will meet in Corpus Christi next April for the 2024 State Convention of the Libertarian Party of Texas, where they will select nationa...
First Draft

Trump Losing His Last Few Marbles - And this should be discussed in the media.
Daily Howler

What is a subjective assessment? - *MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2023* *The dogs which continue to bark: *It's long been known that you can't fit a square peg in a round hole—or at least that you c...
The AltWorld

Arab American Voters Hold Biden Responsible for Genocide and Hate Crimes - In the United States, Arab, Palestinian, and Muslim communities are experiencing an increase in racist attacks, fueled […] The post Arab American Voters ...
Daily Cartoonist

MoAD’s Behind the Lines 2023 - Artificial intelligence, the Voice referendum, the cost-of-living crisis, King Charles III’s coronation and the Matildas. These are just some of the even...
Undernews

White House warns Congress on Ukraine aid: "We are out of money — and nearly out of time" -
Rallblog

The Final Countdown – 12/4/23 – House Republicans Ramp Up Campaign to Impeach Biden - On this episode of The Final Countdown, hosts Ted Rall and Angie Wong discussed several topics from around the globe, including House Republicans ramping...
WhoWhatWhy

An Exoplanet Discovery Akin to Finding an ‘Ostrich Egg in the Chicken Coop’ - PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening,...
Ian Welsh

Respiratory Infection Hospital Admission 6X Standard Deviations Up - [image: Respiratory Infection Hospital Admission 6X Standard Deviations Up] In Ontario, Canada: Across all ages, admissions are 6 standard deviations abov...
Capital & Main

Federal Infrastructure Dollars to Upgrade Fragile Indian Country Power Grid - *The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California still lacks reliable electricity. Modernizing the grid could also lead to better-paying jobs.* The post Federa...
LareDOS

Randy Koch’s map across ‘the rutted sea” to promises of bounty in the furrowed black earth of the Minnesota prairie - “How came we through the swells and troughs to rifle God’s pure grace?”
Bonddad

A big increase holds up construction spending in October; and construction spending is holding up the economy - * - by New Deal democrat* Construction spending for October was reported last Friday, and every sector but nonresidential ex-manufacturing showed inc...
Angry Bear

Basic research and the origins of CRISPR gene editing - I’ve always done basic research. I’ve never done any research specifically aimed at a clinical goal. I’ve never patented anything I’ve done. None of that...
Earthworks

COP28, Day 5: Weekend Recap, Where Negotiations Stand Now - So much happened this weekend at COP28 in Dubai. The World Leaders Summit wrapped up on Saturday. Dr. Sultan Al … The post COP28, Day 5: Weekend Recap, ...
Grist

Building sustainable roads in emerging economies - A powerful new approach can help developing countries make road construction and maintenance greener and more affordable.
El Paso Matters

Accreditors to issue update to UTEP’s ‘warning status’ - The University of Texas at El Paso will learn this week what the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges decided in regards ...
Discourse

Anyone Who Says the U.S. Is Trying to End the Slaughter In Gaza Is Lying to You - If you're sending Israel the weapons it's using to massacre people, you're not really trying to stop the massacres. Obviously.
Rewire

In Idaho, Extremists Have Created a Culture of Fear Around Pregnancy - Christian nationalists are taking over the state government, and abortion access is only their first target. The post In Idaho, Extremists Have Created a...
ProPublica

A Washington Special Education School Accused of Abusing Students Is Closing Amid Scrutiny - by Mike Reicher and Lulu Ramadan, The Seattle Times This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Seattle T...
DeSmogBlog

Telegraph Sale ‘Middleman’ Nadhim Zahawi is a Guest of UAE at COP28 - DUBAI — Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi is attending the COP28 climate summit as a guest of the United Arab Emirates, DeSmog can reveal – prompting questio...
Democracy Now!

Climate Summit Host UAE Blasted by HRW for Migrant Worker Abuse, Toxic Pollution & Mass Surveillance - The U.N. climate summit underway in Dubai marks the first time in nine years that representatives from Human Rights Watch have been allowed access to the U...
The Conversation

Certain states, including Arizona, have begun scrapping court costs and fees for people unable to pay – two experts on legal punishments explain why - The imposition of fines and fees on people unable to pay has had a disproportionate impact on Black and Latino communities.
Space City Weather

A tale of three fronts, a late-week warmup, and the potential for some storms this weekend - Good morning! Houston will see generally calm weather this week, with cooler temperatures prevailing until Thursday or Friday. We’ll warm comfortably into ...
Debunking Christianity

An Excerpt From Chapter 2, From "The Outsider Test for Faith", pp. 33-44 - *Chapter 2: The Fact of Religious Diversity* This chapter supports my first contention—that people who are located in distinct geographical areas around ...
The Smirking Chimp

What We Can Do To Stop Out-of-Control CEO Pay -
Earth 911

Earth911 Podcast: Alchemy’s James Murdock on Building a Circular Economy for Technology - The volume of electronic waste doubles about every six years as technology plays a more... The post Earth911 Podcast: Alchemy’s James Murdock on Building...
Skeptophilia

Message in a bottle - Ever heard of a *witch bottle*? Witch bottles are magical items that are a type of *apotropaic magic* -- spells meant to ward off evil (the word comes fr...
Scheerpost.com

UAW Becomes Largest US Union to Back Gaza Cease-Fire - "From opposing fascism in WWII to mobilizing against apartheid South Africa and the Contra war, the UAW has consistently stood for justice across the globe...
Off The Kuff

Precinct analysis: At Large #2 - PREVIOUSLY: Mayor’s race Controller’s race Harris Health bond referendum At Large #1 Dist Davis Hellyar Coryat Bess Holly Obes ============================...
Progressives Chat

Flashback 1978: ‘Killer Clown’ Captured - Now that December 2023 has arrived, it was 45 years ago this month that the serial murderer who was also known to some as “The Killer Clown” was revealed...
The Daily Poster

Trump Wants The End Of The World As We Know It, And Corporate Media Feels Fine - Trump’s brazen climate denialism is being ignored or downplayed — have news outlets given up on even pretending they care about climate chaos?
slacktivist

They’re not mobile, but they are homes - These stories happen every day. Whole neighborhoods are squeezed and erased and people who don't have much lose what little they have. It doesn't have to b...
High Country News

An angler goes ever farther upstream with tenkara - How a centuries-old Japanese method of fly-fishing awoke a strong connection to hāfu lineage.
Deadline Politics

Kennedy Center Honors: A Night Of Disco, Divas, Some Robert De Niro F-Bombs — And A Friendly Joke About Joe Biden’s Age - Robert De Niro took the stage at the Kennedy Center on Sunday and, looking out at the balcony box where honoree Billy Crystal was sitting, told him of his ...
WAWG Blog

My Most Recent Postings Are Shared at Op Ed News - ——— Check them out! ——— The post My Most Recent Postings Are Shared at Op Ed News appeared first on The WAWG Blog.
Dos Centavos

Los Blogs de Tejas – TPA Round-Up - The Texas Progressive Alliance hopes everyone has recovered from their tryptophan naps as it brings you this week’s roundup. Off the Kuff takes a closer lo...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

Pioneering Latina public radio journalist Maria Martin dies at 72 - *So sad to learn of friend and journalist Maria Martin's passing. Formerly with National Public Radio, she founded the acclaimed English-language radio p...
Bracing Views

Is the Russia-Ukraine War Sputtering to an End? - W.J. Astore Let the killing stop and the healing begin A report from Sy Hersh today (12/1/23) suggests that the Russia-Ukraine War may finally be sputterin...
Crooked Timber

Sunday photoblogging: Banana bridge, Bristol - [image: The Banana Bridge]
Infidel753

Link round-up for 3 December 2023 - Various interesting stuff I ran across on the net over the last week. o o o o o Just put your arm around her. I shall now push down this wall..... oops. ...
The Militant

Defend Israel’s right to exist as refuge for Jews! Oppose US rulers’ moves to force Israel to give up battle to defeat Hamas Fight against Jew-hatred! - Statement released Nov. 29 by John Studer, Socialist Workers Party national campaign director. From Oct. 7 when Hamas launched its pogrom against Jews in I...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: PRESS GANG EDITION. - *My wings are broken and so is my hair.* The two *Roy Edroso Breaks It Down* freebies this week (free to non-subscribers, that is – subscribers get five ...
Eater Houston

Eater Houston Is Looking for a Temporary Editor. Is It You? - Houston’s essential food publication is on the hunt for its temporary lead editor Eater is looking for an experienced reporter and editor to temporarily...
Sludge

Bank Allies in Congress Join Fight Against New Capital Rules - Members of Congress who have received substantial bank industry funding are echoing banking industry talking points and urging regulators to scrap their Ba...
Bud Kennedy

A new War on Santa? Some Texans say give St. Nick the boot — Christmas is for Jesus | Opinion - The War on Santa has begun, and the big guy is in trouble. Long criticized as too religious for interfaith celebrations, now jolly old Saint Nick is also s...
Socialist Alternative

Chicago’s “Progressive” Masterclass In How Not To Fix The Migrant Crisis - Over the past year, thousands of people have migrated from Venezuela and sought asylum in the United States. Although they technically have a protected leg...
The Grayzone

VIDEO: Understanding the insane appeal of Argentina’s Javier Milei - Renowned Argentine sociologist and anti-imperialist critic Atilio Boron joins The Grayzone to discuss the victory of former tantric sex coach and emotion...
CPI's Danger in the Air

The South is ‘the epicenter’ of a new HIV crisis. Medicaid expansion could help. - [image: High angle view of a red paper awareness ribbon on a black background.] HIV is surging in the South, which the U.S. Centers for Disease Control an...
Project Censored

The Stranglehold of Silence: Suppression of Free Speech in the Israel/Palestine Conflict - In the first half of the show, Eleanor sits down with bestselling author and Emmy-nominated filmmaker James Bamford to discuss Israel’s nefarious attacks...
Unlimited Hangout

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Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Ignoring Causes of Violence Threatens Democracy & Costs Lives - Just about everyone in the country knew when there was a mass-shooting killing eighteen people last month in Maine, but there was very little coverage a...
MintPress News

Visegrád 24: The Polish Government-Funded Fake News Factory Driving The Online Israel-Palestine News Cycle - Visegrád 24 and its ultra-viral content have dominated social media platforms since Israel's war on Gaza began, but who is behind the pro-Israel account ...
Stinque

Finally. - The post Finally. appeared first on Stinque.
Krebs on Security

Okta: Breach Affected All Customer Support Users - When KrebsOnSecurity broke the news on Oct. 20, 2023 that identity and authentication giant Okta had suffered a breach in its customer support department, ...
Ecosophia

Surviving Catabolic Collapse: A Case Study - One of the longstanding traditions on this blog is that when there are five Wednesdays in a month, my commentariat gets to propose topics for the fifth Wed...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

Stop Trying To Make Sense: Necessary Adaptations in Necessary Times - The first step to understanding what is going on in this world is to throw away most of what you thought you knew
Lowering the Bar

Federal Court Ends Dramatic Fight Over Meaning of “Double-Spaced” - And yet further controversy looms.
Robert Reich

A Warning from 1994 of a Two-Tiered SocietyAs secretary of... - *A Warning from 1994 of a Two-Tiered Society* As secretary of labor, I thought it important to explain why the Democrats had lost both the House and the ...
TalkLeft

Oscar Pistorius Granted Parole in January - After eleven years of ups and downs in his legal travails for fatally shooting his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, former Paralympian champion Oscar Pistoriu...
Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center

Jenna Ellis Hosts Antisemitic White Nationalist on Radio Show - Former Donald Trump legal adviser Jenna Ellis hosted on her podcast the self-described ethno-nationalist and antisemite Keith Woods, who collaborates openl...
Environment Texas

A few post-Thanksgiving turkey facts - America’s wild turkey population had fallen to about 200,000. Today there are 6.5 million turkeys in the U.S. The post A few post-Thanksgiving turkey fac...
Avedon's Sideshow

There'll be no sad tomorrow - As always, I am grateful to those of you who have stayed with *The Sideshow*, especially those who have helped out and try to engage. I know it's a shad...
Shadowproof

In Washington State, Prison Closure Divides Abolitionist Community - When the Washington State DOC announced it would close the Washington State Reformatory, it caused a rift between incarcerated abolitionists. The post I...
Greg Palast

Court Rules only Voting Rights CriminalsCan Sue Voting Rights Criminals—No Kidding - This week, Trump-appointed judges permanently barred the NAACP from suing government voting rights violators. Only the government itself may to sue to stop...
Edinburg Politics

Democrat Morgan LaMantia and Republican Adam Hinojosa each file for a possible rematch in November 2024 election for Senate District 27 - With only a few weeks to go before the filing deadline for the upcoming March 2024 political party primaries, Sen. Morgan LaMantia, D-South Padre Island, a...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

Rules-Based Order - To think that all the arduous years I spent assiduously avoiding dropping a “fallen and can’t get up” gag could be undone by this single column at The Crad...
Web of Debt

Three Presidents Who Made Thanksgiving a National Holiday — And What They Were Thankful For - Three U.S. presidents were instrumental in establishing Thanksgiving as a regular national event. On October 3, 1789, George Washington declared the first ...
Dandelion Salad

‘Tis the Season To Wage Boycotts! + Shopping as an Act of Resistance - The Essays of The Man From the North by Rivera Sun Writer, Dandelion Salad Originally published November 24, 2013 November 23, 2023 Boycott Season is now u...
Media Lens

‘Is That Orwellian Or Kafkaesque Enough For You?’ The Guardian Removes Bin Laden’s ‘Letter To America’ - The Guardian has long promoted itself as a valiant publisher of news and analysis that holds the powerful to account. It is a thing of wonder that the Guar...
The Rag Blog

JONAH RASKIN | FILM | The reign of terror waged against the Osage. A review of the movie ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ - By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | November 24, 2023 Jonah Raskin will discuss this article and related issues on Rag Radio, Friday, Nov. 24, 2-3 p.m. (CT) o...
Duck of Minerva

Ordering Power: Hegemonic Architecture in a Multipolar World? - Who, if anyone, rules the world? Answering a question like that requires grappling with both the character of international order and the global distributi...
Morning Consult

Eliciting Better Pricing Insights Through Conjoint Experiments - The post Eliciting Better Pricing Insights Through Conjoint Experiments appeared first on Morning Consult.
Democracy Chronicles

Roller Coasters Made Of Dream Space - In this poetry collection, there is a hint of intense imagination and subtle fancy. The language of these poems is full of simplicity.
Consent Factory, Inc.

The Hate Machine - I think something’s wrong with my Hate Machine. I’ve got it turned up to 10, but I’m still not feeling it. The hate. The murderous, self-righteous hate. Th...
Speak Freely (ACLU)

Why Meaningful Algorithm Auditing is Key to Protecting Civil Rights in the Digital Age - Employers today rely on various kinds of artificial intelligence (AI) or other automated tools in their hiring processes, including to advertise job oppo...
Campaign for America's Future

El entrenamiento es como transformaremos a la sociedad - Aquí en People's Action Institute, el entrenamiento y capacitación son fundamentales - Son la base de quienes somos. Para nosotros, es un compromiso. Sabe...
Save Buffalo Bayou

Ditch Mystery Solved - Origin of False Idea That Property Owners Must Maintain Open Stormwater Ditches Plus: Earthen Ditches Still Way Better Than Concrete Curbs, Buried Pipes No...
OpEd News

Stunning Virginia Beach Parent's Speech at School Board Meeting. - This is a gem of a fabulous speech by parent, Mike Connor, at a Virginia Beach, VA, school board meeting in October. He offered a simple explanation regard...
Texas Freedom Network

Texas Freedom Network Condemns Bill Criminalizing Immigrant Communities as it Advances to Gov. Abbott’s Desk - The Texas House of Representatives tonight voted to pass SB 4, a bill that would allow law enforcement to remove undocumented people from the state and t...
Field Negro

Poll position. - Democrats are freaking out over some recent polls showing Joe Biden losing to the former guy in five of six key swing states, and being down four points...
ExChristian.Net

How to come out to your parents as non-religious - *By Marlene Winell ~ * *After going through your own deconstruction of religious belief, it can feel like a challenge to reveal your change to your relig...
TXElects

Understanding the Constitutional Amendments - *November 7th Ballot Propositions Overview* *Understanding the Constitutional Amendments* Proposition 1 – HJR 126 HJR 126 by Rep. Burns seeks to constitu...
Seeing the Forest

Civilian Casualties In Gaza - News report: At least 15 people were killed and 60 were wounded in an Israeli airstrike on an ambulance convoy near a hospital in Gaza. Israel says the amb...
Countercurrents

Finance Ministry’s latest notification on Electoral Bonds violates the Model Code of Conduct - Finance Ministry’s latest notification on Electoral Bonds violates the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and disturbs the level-playing ground for political part...
Alas, a Blog

Cartoon: Women Need To Be More Warm And Approachable - I saw this exchange on Twitter. For context, “David” is an anti-feminist with 7,000 followers, and Andrew Tate is a famous misogynist: David’s sentiment is...
Reading the Pictures

Chatting the Pictures: On a Gaza Playground, Seized by the Peril of Fighter Jets - The photo, timeless as it is specific, embodies the instinctual reactions, sustained fear, and psychic harm to children lacking true refuge. The post Cha...
BEYONDbones

Daylight Savings Ends | Nov ’23 Sky Happenings - Editor’s Note: We are looking up as HMNS Astronomer James Wooten explains the sky happenings for the month of November, including Daylight Savings Time e...
Equality Texas

A Q&A with Sophia DeLoretto-Chudy - Silence, Censorship, and Fear: The Effects of Anti-LGBTQIA+ Legislation in the Classroom A Firsthand Account from a Former Teacher in Texas As the Texas ...
Two Party Opera

Drums of War - " Drums of War " on Two Party Opera October 25, 2023 I live-streamed the process of making this comic, here is part 1: <iframe width=”560″ height=”315...
FrontBurner – D Magazine

Scenes from the 2023 State Fair of Texas - More than 2.3 million people made their way to Fair Park to attend the State Fair of Texas this year, and photographer Jason Janik found a few of them wi...
nonsite.org

Aesthetic judgement after de Duve: Or, what, exactly, did Kant “get right?” - Thierry de Duve is one of very few leading figures in recent art theory to make Kant’s aesthetics central to their theory of contemporary art. But de Duve’...
Reveal

Federal Agents Investigating Sugar Exporter Over Allegations of Forced Labor in Its Supply Chain - If an inquiry by Homeland Security Investigations leads to criminal charges against Central Romana Corp. or company executives, it would be “unprecedent...
New Progressive Alliance

Continuing Middle East War Crimes - Targeting civilians is wrong no matter who does it. War crimes are equally wrong if done by the United States as exposed by Julian Assange, by Israel, or...
GreenSource DFW

Recycling rules still hazy for many DFW residents - *Bubble wrap is one of the items that should not go into a curbside recycling bin. However, cardboard is desired by local municipal recycling facilities ...
Border/Lines

Administration grants Venezuela new TPS while also resuming deportations—10-11-23 - Immigration news, in context
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.
Screwston Antifascist Committee

Houston Stop Cop City Reference - Summary “The Atlanta Police Department seeks to turn 300 acres of forest into a tactical training compound featuring a mock city. This project was announce...
Ring of Fire

DeSantis Proves How Terrible A President He Would Be & Court Rejected Bankruptcy Protection For J&J - Ron DeSantis is clearly running for President. So we need to understand a lot more about his character and we can learn a lot about our Presidential wann...
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...
Black Agenda Report

Black Agenda Radio September 29, 2023 - Black Agenda Radio September 29, 2023 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 09/29/2023 - 08:02 Black Agenda Radio · Black Age...
The Socialist

The Global Landscape of IP Law: Navigating International IP Protection - Intellectual Property (IP) protection has become more crucial than ever in our increasingly interconnected and digital world. Businesses, creators, and inn...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

Notes on the State of Politics: Sept. 26, 2023 - Dear Readers: This is the latest edition of Notes on the State of Politics, which features short updates on elections and politics. — The Editors New Jerse...
Green Pages News

How Mississippi Green Artis Burney Stands Out Among This Year’s Green Candidates - What would happen if an African-American environmental justice activist ran against a conservative white incumbent in the Deep South? This Novembe...
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...
Land Destroyer

Washington’s Expanding Military Footprint on China’s Doorsteps - *September 13, 2023* (Brian Berletic - New Eastern Outlook) - A series of announcements by the US reflect its large and still growing military presence a...
Nina Illingworth

Nina-Bytes: Courting Destruction in Fascist America - Nina examines a story by antifascist Shane Burley that proves losing his lawsuit against "Antifa" doesn't mean Andy Ngo and his fascist allies aren't win...
Texans For Public Justice

REPORT: Top Texas Officials Pocket $6.3 Million From Blackout Profiteers - Donors tied to 36 companies that private lawsuits allege manipulated natural gas markets to improperly profit from 2021’s deadly Winter Storm Uri contri...
CT's short stories and novelettes

At the Gate of Heaven - As one newly arrived in Heaven, the gatekeeper questioned me, that he might know which of the seven realms I might be the best suited for. Start from th...
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...
The Texas Signal

Latino Victory Fund Announces Houston City Council Endorsement - Today Latino Victory Fund, a political action committee that backs progressive Latino candidates running for office, announced they were endorsing Mario Ca...
The Disorder Of Things

Support the Troops: A Response - Rounding off this week’s symposium on Support the Troops: Military Obligation, Gender, and the Making of Political Community, Katharine Millar responds to ...
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...
The Mind Unleashed

Experts Say “Crazed Sharks” Might Be Consuming Cocaine Dropped Off Florida Coast - The phenomenon of “cocaine sharks” is taking the spotlight, potentially providing the narrative for the next sensational marine-based disaster film. Resear...
Grits for Breakfast

Congressman headlining Grits' zine launch event - For folks in Austin, please come to Grits' zine launch Sunday, July 23rd, from 2-4 p.m.. We're going to record interviews w/ me and others by Congressman...
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, ...
Moron Majority

Pence Super PAC Unfortunately Launches Poorly Thought-Out Campaign Ad - With his presidential campaign failing to gain traction, some advisors are recommending Mike Pence drop out of the 2024 race. Some polls have Pence at the ...
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 ...
Texas Watch

Consumers share stories about the need for #FairAppraisal and #SafeRepairs - Over 1,000 Texans have contacted their lawmakers in support of legislation for #FairAppraisal and #SafeRepairs. Texas Watch is in strong support of HB 1...
Dispatches from the Underclass

China’s Saudi-Iran Peace Deal Is a Major Setback for US Empire, w/ Prof. Mohammad Marandi - Become a Patron to watch the full 90-minute interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-video-saudi-81663975 The historic deal brokered by China for a Sa...
DBC Green

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Taking stock: Top mythbusting posts of 2022 - Media Myth Alert directed attention periodically in 2022 to the appearance of well-known media-driven myths, those prominent tales about the news media tha...
Due Dissidence

Liz Truss Finally Made Neoliberalism Toxic - by Jack Carolan Liz Truss spent her childhood accompanying her father, a leftist University professor, on marches against the Thatcher government. It might...
Duffel Blog

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

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

PODCAST: Dr. Bandy Lee Saw It Coming – The Violence Foretold in Donald Trump’s Election - Our democracy has been eroding in tandem with the rise in inequality, says Dr. Lee. The Trump presidency is not really about Donald Trump the individual....
Bayou Brief

Six Degrees of Babe Huey - Did Huey Long and Babe Ruth ever meet?
Downwinders at Risk

With Historic Rebuke, EPA Sends GAF Permit Back to Austin…and a Message to Company - When Janie Cisneros and her Singleton United contingent met with EPA Region Six Director Dr. Earthea Nance and her staff on June 1, one of the residents’ g...
Chicken Fried Politics

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

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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...
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...
ROAR Magazine

ROAR is closing down, but the struggle goes on - After more than a decade of independent publishing and media activism, we are moving on to explore new horizons.
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...
Modern Democracy

Will the Supreme Court Swing the 2022 Midterms? - Recent commentary on the Supreme Court’s stay order in Merrill v. Milligan has focused on what the decision portends for the future of Section 2 d...
The Reality-Based Community

Watch ‘Encanto’ free Disney’s online: Where to stream and watch from anywhere - Animated Movie’s!! Is Encanto available to stream? Here are options for downloading or watching Encanto streaming the full movie online for free on 123movi...
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...
Free & Equal

Leading Election Foundation Launching Blockchain App with NFT’s - The post Leading Election Foundation Launching Blockchain App with NFT’s appeared first on Free and Equal.
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...
Dorf on Law

Between Tamago and Potemkin - *by Michael C. Dorf* There's an episode of *Curb Your Enthusiasm* in which Larry arrives at the new house of his manager Jeff and Jeff's wife Susie, who...
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...
The Metaphor Project

Our new Metaphor Project Strategy 6/04/22 - Our new Metaphor Project strategy prioritizes being active on social media over writing blogs. Now that President Biden and Vice President Harris are vigor...
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...
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...
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...
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

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...
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...
Truthout

Energy Transfer Partners’ Security Team Sinks Water Protectors’ Boats - ETP's security team was notorious for its brutal tactics at Standing Rock.
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 ...
Political Garbage Chute

Obama’s Gun Confiscation Count: Week #360 – New Year’s Eve Edition - Obama's Gun Confiscation - the year in review.

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