Brains and Eggs: Sunday Funnies not censored by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

And so they did https://t.co/u40rGSacVy
— screamschildrenremoved (@PDiddie) November 6, 2024

The future of the next generation is being stolen due to the misconception of endless growth on our finite planet. The Earth is a closed system for materials. "We are stealing the future, selling it in the present, and calling it GDP" - Paul Hawkenhttps://t.co/DLIGn4uJnd
— Peter Dynes (@PGDynes) January 12, 2024

“The problem we are running into is just a fundamental social question of ‘well, are we going to take care of each other or not? Are we going to take care of our neighbors?’”https://t.co/iCG6ytXSja
— Dr. Joe Jarvis (@DrJoeQJarvis) January 12, 2024

The Bullock Museum completed a five-year project in December to make all 16,000 years of Texas history encapsulated within its walls available to visitors in both English and Spanish.https://t.co/hGF86uGJx9
— KUT Austin (@KUT) February 8, 2024

Lunch break inside the astrodome while under construction pic.twitter.com/tTB4iVE68g
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) January 28, 2024

Houston, Texas, and US blog roll

Houston Public Media

New report: Dow Freeport chemical plant leads nation in wastewater polluting - The Dow Freeport petrochemical plant in Brazoria County was found to be the top polluter of three toxic chemicals, causing downstream health risks to nearb...
The Verge

Roblox will restrict kids under 13 from chatting outside of games - [image: Roblox logo illustration] Illustration: The Verge Roblox is starting to roll out some recently-announced child safety features, and the updates i...
Vox

Trump didn’t gut foreign aid last time. This time could be different. - On the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance did not sound like guys likely to support foreign aid spending. Vance...
Daily Dot

‘I’m actually terrified now’: Woman reveals the real reason she now blow dries her hair after every shower. Here’s what it prevents - [image: Woman talking(l), Woman blowing out hair with text that says "Forever blow drying my hair as soon as I get out of the shower so *redacted*(r)] A...
Raw Story

Hundreds of 19th-century skulls collected in the name of medical science tell a story - When I started my research on the Samuel George Morton Cranial Collection, a librarian leaned over my laptop one day to share some lore. “Legend has it,”...
Mediaite

‘Time for a New Approach’: Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Reveal ‘Personal’ Visit With Trump To ‘Restart Communications’ - Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski opened Monday’s show with the stunning revelation that they had traveled to Florida to “meet person...
Mediagazer

Sources: Jonathan Chait's move from NYMag to The Atlantic angered health journalist Ed Yong; News UK hires former Spectator editor Fraser Nelson (Ben Smith/Semafor) - Ben Smith / Semafor: *Sources: Jonathan Chait's move from NYMag to The Atlantic angered health journalist Ed Yong; News UK hires former Spectator editor F...
Axios

Trump's victory sparks consumer confidence surge - After years of wondering why there was a disconnect between how Americans feel about the economy (bad) and the actual state of the economy (pretty good), ...
memeorandum

As Trump Looms, Biden Makes a Last-Ditch Pitch to Global Leaders (Zolan Kanno-Youngs/New York Times) - Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times: *As Trump Looms, Biden Makes a Last-Ditch Pitch to Global Leaders* — The president approved Ukraine's use of long-...
Al Jazeera English

Tottenham’s Bentancur banned for seven games over racist remark about Son - Uruguayan midfielder found guilty of 'aggravated breach' in comments about his South Korean club captain Son Heung-min.
Political Wire

Immigration Crackdown Expected on Day 1 - Politico: “Trump’s team is already thinking about how to craft executive actions aimed to withstand the legal challenges from immigrants’ rights groups.” “...
The Daily Poster

The Art Of Deception - A radical magic contest reveals the secrets of manipulation in a post-truth world.
The Smirking Chimp

My Little Conspiracy Theory: Stranger Things Have Happened -
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Donald Trump picks big tech critic and co-author of Project 2025 Brendan Carr to lead FCC – US politics live - Carr last week accused big tech firms including Meta, Alphabet, Apple and Microsoft of taking steps to censor Americans Iowa pollster *J Ann Selzer* has ...
Salon.com

One-party rule can be democratic or dangerous - America is about to get a taste of the dangerous kind
Off The Kuff

Judicial undervotes 2024 - One brief comment on this Houston Landing story about undervoting, and then I will have some numbers for you. Tens of thousands of Harris County residents ...
naked capitalism

Paris and Washington Go Scorched Earth in the Sahel - What does it say about AFRICOM’s counterterrorism mission when nationalized mines increasingly come under attack and the US proxy state of Ukraine is train...
Progressives Chat

Election 2024: Highlights - *Progressives Chat* will soon conclude covering outcomes for Election 2024. I will wrap-up with such related blog topics next week. In fact, next week wi...
Mother Jones

Repealing Biden’s Climate Bills Won’t Kill Clean Energy, But It May Cripple US Manufacturing - This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The United States’s blossoming emerge...
Eschaton

Morning - Monday Monday.
The Hill

Federal workers brace for Trump overhaul of civil service - President-elect Trump’s plans to reshape the federal workforce would allow him to fire wide swaths of career employees and replace them with political appo...
The Week

Bermuda destination guide: exploring an island paradise - From crystal caves to pink, sandy beaches, this hidden North Atlantic gem has much to offer
Slate

Which Word Describes the Appearance of a Person Called a *Tatterdemalion*? - Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Nov. 18, 2024.
Scheerpost.com

Glenn Greenwald: Elizabeth Warren Accuses Tulsi Gabbard Of Being In ‘Putin’s Pocket’ - By Glenn Greenwald / System Update
American Prospect

The Department of Government Efficiency Is Inefficient - Elon Musk evinces no understanding of how government works.
The Reality-Based Community

Man United thừa sức quyến rũ Arda Guler - Arda Guler: Từ Real Madrid đến Manchester United? Tương lai của tài năng trẻ Arda Guler đang trở thành tâm điểm chú ý của giới truyền thông khi có những ...
NPR's Health Shots

A more severe strain of mpox has been detected in the U.S. for the first time - The patient was traveling from East Africa, where the mpox disease is endemic. The CDC says the strain does not present a high risk to the general population.
ProPublica

Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars - by Jennifer Berry Hawes and Mollie Simon ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that...
Dissident Voice

Natural Resources and Palestinian Sovereignty: Israel’s Further Isolation - Two more United Nations committee resolutions. Both concerning the conduct of Israel past and current. While disease, hunger and death continue to stal...
Grist

New York’s plastic lawsuit against PepsiCo has been dismissed. What’s next? - Despite the setback, environmental attorneys think similar litigation can succeed elsewhere.
Southeast Texas Record

Plaintiff alleges negligence against grocery chain H.E.B., Inc - Sonia Ruiz De Jimenez has taken legal action against H.E.B., Inc., claiming negligence after sustaining injuries from a fall at one of their Joe V’s stor...
High Country News

How a dwindling helium supply is impacting public land management - A new BLM plan for western Colorado makes a priority of helium production, worrying environmentalists. The post How a dwindling helium supply is impacti...
Rallblog

Feel the Love - Many swing voters who opted for Donald Trump told pollsters that they felt that Democratic coastal elites looked down upon them and that they were reacti...
Portside

Sunday Science: How We Discovered That the Ocean’s Surface Absorbs Much More CO₂ Than Previously Thought - Sunday Science: How We Discovered That the Ocean’s Surface Absorbs Much More CO₂ Than Previously Thought Ira Mon, 11/18/2024 - 02:48
Counterpunch

The Winner of the US Presidential Elections? Prime Minister Netanyahu - The results are in and the clear winner of the 2024 U.S. presidential election is undeniably Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu is now...
Alternet

Dictator on day one: Team Trump already in disarray in less than two weeks - It’s been less than two weeks since the election, but we can see Donald Trump and the GOP moving rapidly in their efforts to take sweeping authoritarian ...
World Socialist Web Site

Germany: Who are the “Saxon Separatists?” - A look at the background of those arrested, all of whom are between 20 and 30 years old, reveals they are not an isolated phenomenon, but have emerged from...
jobsanger

Planting The Seeds Of His Own Political Demise -
Crooked Media

ACLU Ready To Fight - The post ACLU Ready To Fight appeared first on Crooked Media.
Informed Comment

How to Lose a War: The Story of America’s Intervention in Afghanistan - Review of Amin Saikal, “How to Lose a War: The Story of America’s Intervention in Afghanistan” (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2024). Munich,...
Claytoonz

Stafford Complicated - This cartoon was drawn for the FXBG Avance. Click the link to get a better understanding of the issue. Signed prints: The signed prints are just $40.00 eac...
Antiwar.com

A Common Thread Runs Through Trump Appointments: Look Out Iran! - Former President and President-elect Donald Trump has been tarred, inconsistently with his actual record, with the charge of being soft on Russia. He has...
OpEd News

Progressive Pastries Elicit Death Threats (in Texas, of course) - The local response to progressive Texas baker and Food Network star Haley Popp's Tim Walz cookies included death threats.
Daily Cartoonist

Wayback Weekend: A Random Mix - Socialists Charles Schulz and Al Vermeer, Walt Kelly and Jim Henson – Pogo and Muppets, Al Brodax animates The Beatles for TV, Wild Takes Animated by Tex A...
Consortium News

On Way Out, Reckless Biden Allows Deep Russia Strikes - With his party decisively beat at the polls, the rejected president is gambling with regional security to preserve his ‘legacy’ and to saddle the incoming ...
Dispatches from the Underclass

Jamaal Bowman: How AIPAC Drove Me Out of Congress & My Views on Palestine Changed - Congressional Rep Jamaal Bowman joined Rania Khalek to discuss the bipartisan AIPAC-funded campaign to push him out of office, his evolution on Palestine, ...
The AltWorld

US Gives Green Light for Launching US Missiles into Russia - ▪️Strikes would require US intelligence and targeting data as well as the possible use of US “contractors” […] The post US Gives Green Light for Launchin...
Deadline Politics

Donald Trump Picks Brendan Carr, Who Has Attacked Tech Platforms For Content Moderation Practices, As Next FCC Chair - Donald Trump has picked Brendan Carr to serve as his next FCC chairman, selecting the senior Republican on the commission who has promised to rein in Big T...
Rio Grande Guardian

Farias: Rosser brings vision and experience to Texas Higher Educating Coordinating Board - Dr. Wynn Rosser is the new commissioner of higher education in Texas. THECB Chairman Fred Farias says Rosser will be instrumental in shaping a bright fut...
WhoWhatWhy

Republicans Are Moving the Goalposts on Deportation – Will the MAGA Base Buy It? - [image: 2024, Republican National Convention, Mass Deportations Now] How many and what kinds of people will be deported with Donald Trump takes office? Con...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Black Trump supporter reminded by fellow MAGA member that he will never be accepted - Knowing how social media is, the video below could be something simply to gain engagement. But then again, what if it's genuine? I think it could be. To...
See You In 2020

Russia & China’s victories have opened up new fronts in the class war. Prepare for another revolutionary wave. - China’s economic victories against the United States, and Russia’s own strategic triumphs, have provided lessons for anti-imperialists all around the gl...
Popular Resistance

Arab And Muslim States Prepare For Trump 2.0 - Donald Trump’s electoral victory means that other states, particularly in the Middle East, have to prepare for a range of possibilities. At a summit in R...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

DEI Attacks Are Widening the Racial Wealth Gap | Bloomberg - *Friends:* *An expanding middle class is so obviously important to our economy and society. And this is what DEI helps accomplish. This is an excellent op...
Angry Bear

Forever Chemicals Released into Waterways - US EPA Enables Polluting Plastics Plants by Failing to Update Wastewater Limits, Report Says – as reported by r. j. sigmund Federal regulators have enab...
Texas Monthly

‘Landman’ Premiere Recap: A Campy, Fiery First Day in the Oil Patch - Fifty-six minutes stuffed with action, family drama, sex, and enough pickup trucks to start a dealership.
Techdirt.

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt - This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is That One Guy with some pushback on the language we used to describe Marc Andreessen’s hypocrisy...
Ian Welsh

Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – November 17, 2024 - [image: Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – November 17, 2024] Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – November 17, 2024 by Tony Wikrent *Strategic Politi...
Undernews

WORD - *Rep. Ritchie Torres - *There’s a Turkish proverb that says, “If a clown goes into a palace, the clown does not become a king; the palace becomes a circu...
The Root

Steal the Looks From These Black Fashion Influencers On Instagram - If you’ve been rocking the same jeans and tees on repeat for months, it might be time for a glow up. But don’t worry, you don’t have to have a celebrity ...
Second Nexus

Mom Hilariously Predicts Everything Her Toddlers Say In Cute Viral TikTok - When we think of an "absentee parent," we can too easily think of examples of a parent who isn't around, who isn't engaged with their kids, and who spend...
Crooked Timber

Sunday photoblogging: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale - Kitchy and quasi-totalitarian ghastliness, USA (from 2008)
San Antonio Report

Holiday giving: Tips on how to support trusted charities in San Antonio - San Antonio is home to dozens of trustworthy charities. Here's how to ensure your donated dollars make meaningful impact this holiday season. -------------...
El Paso Matters

Concerns over proposed EPISD school closures intensify as vote nears - The El Paso ISD school board will vote Tuesday, Nov. 19, on proposed elementary school closures. The post Concerns over proposed EPISD school closures i...
Campaign for America's Future

¡Si, ganamos! - En victorias desde la Carolinia del Norte hacia el Estado de Washington y Maine, encontramos la evidencia que cuando nos organizamos, ganamos. Siempre encu...
Mondoweiss

Palestine against an eco-apartheid world - [image: A general view of the destruction in the vicinity of al-Shifa Hospital, following a two-week Israel military operation in Gaza City, on April 2, 20...
Novara Media

There Is No Such Thing As ‘Green Capital’ - Since global warming was acknowledged as a problem, the ‘international community’ has set various limits on how much warming is acceptable. The problem is ...
Reform Austin

Mass Exodus from X: Millions Flee To Bluesky Amid Musk’s Trump Alliance - Just the week after the Presidential election, millions of X/Twitter users decided that they’ve had enough of the platform’s extreme political messages a...
Space City Weather

Training showers possible today, and thunderstorms on Monday ahead of a cold front - In brief: I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend in Houston, and we’re sorry to interrupt. But I wanted to give readers a heads up about the intermitten...
Brad Blog

Sunday 'Into the Gaetz of Hell' Toons - DEPT. OF JUSTICE... DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY... DEPT. OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY... (Which isn't actually a thing.) HEAL...
Futurism

Barbers Alarmed When Customers Start Asking for AI-Generated Haircuts - Taper Expectations Most of us are probably guilty of having unrealistic expectations for how our haircuts should look. Showing your barber a photo of Dav...
First Draft

The Sunday Dozen: Songs Of Mortality - Songs of mourning and life.
slacktivist

Sunday reading - "God was finally going to believe / in a man both good and strong, / but good and strong / are still two different men."
Infidel753

Link round-up for 17 November 2024 - Various interesting stuff I ran across on the net over the last week. o o o o o This cat is a unique personality. The Pied Piper of Hamelin is branching ...
Democracy Chronicles

Why Pursuing Peace with Iran is Critical for Global Stability - Fostering peace with Iran could prevent devastating global consequences from a broader Middle East conflict.
Wolf Street

Auto-Loan Balances, Burden, Subprime & Prime Delinquency Rates, and Subprime Dealer America’s Car-Mart in Q3 2024 - Subprime is always in trouble, and now, after the reckless-subprime lending era, more so. Prime is in pristine shape. Car-Mart joins our Imploded Stocks.
Election Law Blog

“Trump is already testing Republicans, and some seem unwilling to defy him” - WaPo: The soon-to-be president, who vowed to shake up Washington, this week tapped several highly unconventional candidates for his Cabinet, pressured S...
Ring of Fire

Dems Are Going Hysterical Over Trump’s Victory - The post Dems Are Going Hysterical Over Trump’s Victory appeared first on The Ring of Fire Network.
Ballot Access News

No Minor Party or Independent Presidential Candidate in Any State Held Balance of Power - At last week’s election, the only states in which one of the presidential candidates got less than 50% of the total vote were Michigan and Wisconsin. And e...
The Grayzone

Leaks expose secret British military cell plotting to ‘keep Ukraine fighting’ - Leaked files show top UK military figures conspired to carry out the Kerch bridge bombing, covertly train “Gladio”-style stay-behind forces in Ukraine, a...
Liberation News

Amsterdam defense against racist Israeli rampage called ‘antisemitic’ - Israeli visitors spit at, threw beer at and beat Dutch residents and threatened some with death.
The Militant

UAW holds first strike ever at Georgia automotive parts plant - LITHONIA, Ga. — “We’re striking for better pay and benefits and against unfair treatment by supervisors,” Myra Williams, a union representative for United ...
Texas Standard

A look at some of the Mexican restaurants recognized in Michelin’s first Texas guide - “Tacos of Texas” podcast host Mando Rayo weighs in.
Daily Howler

SATURDAY: Demise of the two percent revolution! - *SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2024* *Plus, more text from Mary Trump: *Was the recent election a "rout?" Was it "not even close?" Was it "a wipeout," the lang...
Bonddad

Weekly Indicators for November 11 - 15 at Seeking Alpha - * - by New Deal democrat* My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. More the recent ‘same’ this week: short term and coincident indicators ...
The Progressive Wing

This is not a Thread. - But It’s something, everyone should read!
DeSmogBlog

British Gas Given Under the Radar Access to COP29 Climate Summit - BAKU – The CEO of Centrica, the parent company of British Gas, has quietly gained access to the flagship COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, De...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

Beginning to Resist: Audio From A Collapsing State - Every journey begins with a step. To create a movement to defeat authoritarianism we must first heal ourselves and prepare for the struggle to come
The Mind Unleashed

Three ‘Rhino Poachers’ Eaten By Lions After Breaking In To South African Game Reserve - Poaching has long plagued Africa’s wildlife, threatening iconic species like rhinos, elephants, and more. Despite rigorous efforts from game reserves and c...
Workers World

Rediscovering the Boston 1974 National March Against Racism - [image: Rediscovering the Boston 1974 National March Against Racism] Rediscovering the 1974 National March Against Racism and Labor-Left Organizing in Bost...
Progressive.org

Raising the Next Generation - A new book provides essays for abolitionist parents and caregivers.
ArcaMax

Homesteading: How Off-the-Grid Living Reminds One Family What They're Capable Of - Turbulent times can make people feel helpless and hopeless, but we have more agency than we might think. We can still choose to live life on our own terms ...
Skeptophilia

Doomsday translation - In my Latin and Greek classes, I always warned my students to avoid Google Translate. It's not that it's a bad tool, honestly, as long as you don't push it...
Trivial Knot

My economic simulation of spacefaring kittens - Kittens Game is a clicker game that you can play in your browser. It makes a strong first impression, as it tempts you into choices that will kill off your...
Idavox

Grooming Hippies to be Fascists: Libertystock and the Crunchie to Far Right Pipeline in Vermont - This is an article written last year about a fascist-in-progressive-clothing festival in Vermont called ‘Libertystock’.... The post Grooming Hippies to ...
MintPress News

The High Cost of Empire: US Weapons Depletion Fuels Concerns Over Military Readiness - America's commitment to arming allies like Israel and Ukraine has exposed cracks in its own military strategy, as endless wars leave the nation ill-prepa...
Capital & Main

Yes, Having a Climate Denier at The Helm is Alarming. But All Is Not Lost - UCLA's Cara Horowitz says Trump will act quickly to gut Biden's climate agenda but states like California can slow the damage The post Yes, Having a Cli...
Sludge

A Bailout for Toxic Pesticide Companies - Syngenta and Growmark host congressional staffers as congressional scrutiny of their paraquat products grows.
Common Dreams

Accountable.US Statement on Doug Burgum’s Nomination to Lead the Interior Department - In response to President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to nominate North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum to lead the Department of the Interior, government w...
Discourse

Bird of the Week: American Crow, Again - Yeah we’re playing this song again and turning the volume all the way up.
SCOTUSblog

Trump taps lawyer who argued his immunity case for solicitor general - [image: Trump taps lawyer who argued his immunity case for solicitor general]President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he intends to nomina...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: BRINGIN' IT ALL BACK HOME EDITION. - *Never out of fashion.* Another week into the over-the-cliff phase of the death of democracy! The appointments Tubby’s trying to push through the lame du...
Rewire

New Maternal Health Fund Aims to Support Black Louisiana Parents - Louisiana's maternal care landscape is dire. Birthmark's mutual aid fund works to close to the gap. The post New Maternal Health Fund Aims to Support Bla...
Eater Houston

The Ultimate Whataburger Holiday Gift Guide - [image: A woman sits in a chair in a Whataburger housecoat and Whataburger slippers.] It’s gonna be a Whataburger Christmas. Whataburger-themed Loteria, ...
Media Lens

Buried Out Of Sight: Deliberate Israeli Targeting Of Palestinian Children Becomes ‘Local News’ On The BBC - Imagine an experienced Ukrainian surgeon breaking down in front of a committee of British MPs as he related how Russian forces had been deliberately target...
Consent Factory, Inc.

A Tale of Two PSYOPS - Once upon a time, on a planet called Earth, there was born a global-capitalist empire. It was the first global empire in the history of empires. It dominat...
NORML

Study: Cannabis Use Not Associated With Later IQ Decline - [image: Marijuana Brain][image: Marijuana Brain]Researchers determined that participants with a history of cannabis use experienced "significantly less c...
Debunking Christianity

The Role of the Bible in Damaging Christian Faith - *Maybe that’s why the devout avoid reading it* Mark Twain once stated the dilemma: “It is not the things which I do not understand in the *Bible* which tr...
Democracy Now!

Historian Enzo Traverso: Israel Is Using the Memory of the Holocaust to Justify Genocide in Gaza - In the acclaimed new book *Gaza Faces History*, historian Enzo Traverso challenges Western attitudes toward Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza by reckoning ...
Bracing Views

Tulsi Gabbard, A Smart Choice as Director of National Intelligence - W.J. Astore And she surfs too Former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has been nominated as Director of National Intelligence by President-elect Dona...
The Conversation

Populist podcasters love RFK, Jr., and he took the same left-right turn toward Trump as they did - How did this lifelong Democrat go full MAGA? A scholar of populism finds some answers in the ‘manosphere’ podcasts credited with helping Trump win, such as...
Texas Observer

Taxpayers Fund Post-‘Roe’ Business Boom for Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers in Texas - If you had the means to provide diapers to a struggling new parent, what would you demand from them in return? Would you require that they listen to your...
Church and State

Did we elect a benevolent dictator? Hardly! - Trump's initial nominations for key government rules are highly questionable as to their qualifications as well as to their morality.
Earth 911

Earth911 Inspiration: More Influential Than You Think - This Earth911 inspiration comes from our recent interview with Brett Jenks, CEO of Rare.org, who... The post Earth911 Inspiration: More Influential Than ...
Krebs on Security

An Interview With the Target & Home Depot Hacker - In December 2023, KrebsOnSecurity revealed the real-life identity of Rescator, the nickname used by a Russian cybercriminal who sold more than 100 million ...
Moron Majority

Satirists Declare National Emergency as Trump’s Cabinet Picks Outpace Their Wildest Spoofs - I In an unprecedented move, the nation’s leading satirists gathered on the steps of the Capitol today to stage a protest against what they call the “unbear...
Lowering the Bar

Insurer Thinks Bear Shown in Video Trashing Car Looks a Lot Like a Guy in a Bear Suit - So did the California Department of Insurance.
Alas, a Blog

Ohio Passes School and College Trans Bathroom Ban - My alma mater Oberlin, and all schools and colleges in Ohio (private schools and colleges included) is going to be forced to ban trans students from using ...
LareDOS

Jorge Alberto Uribe May 27, 1939 – November 10, 2024 - Rancher Jorge Alberto Uribe of Lytle, and formerly of San Ygnacio, passed away November 10.
Project Censored

Unplugging the News (and History) in San Francisco - By Peter Byrne Reporters are tasked with wading into the maelstroms of current events—fires, hurricanes, battle spaces, crime scenes, accidents, politica...
Political Garbage Chute

Musk’s Apparently Convinced Trump to Replace Air Force One With Epstein Air 69 - Well, that didn’t take long, and maybe I owe Elon Musk an apology. I just didn’t think that his Department of Government Efficiency would do much more th...
Bud Kennedy

Can Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tell us more about the JFK assassination? | Opinion - Sixty-plus years later, we still don’t know everything the U.S. government knows about President John F. Kennedy’s death on Elm Street. But we do have a fl...
CultureMap Houston

Michelin Guide removes shuttered Houston Vietnamese restaurant - Make that 30 — not 31 — Houston restaurants listed in the Michelin Guide. In a press release issued Thursday, November 14, the Guide announced that it had...
Land Destroyer

The Trump Administration: From “No War Hawks” to ALL War Hawks - *November 13, 2024* (NEO - Brian Berletic) - In the weeks leading up to the 2024 US presidential election, Americans and many around the world invested hop...
Ecosophia

The Ritual of High Magic: Chapter 18 - With this post we continue a monthly chapter-by-chapter discussion of The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic by Eliphas Lévi, the book that launched the mod...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

Hair Of The Dog - Yeah, yeah, I know… but the only way to properly express the mood of this piece was to set it in a dark, grim mid-20th dive, with a permanently-circulating...
nonsite.org

Going Forward from the Edge of the Abyss - Trump has no new coalition; he can’t because those “groups” aren’t real as groups, and people identify with them largely around thin identities more like c...
Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

Labour law and the reign of neoliberal legality - Eugene Schofield-Georgeson synthesises, amongst other things, a juridification of social relationships, the centrality of contract as a means of repatter...
Unlimited Hangout

TFTC #555 - TFTC #555.
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Walmart Crime Report October 2024 - Walmart had another six shootings, with two of them fatal in October of 2024, including one officer involved shooting after an automobile crash, and ano...
Field Negro

Post- Mortem - *~Paraphrasing Ali Velshi~ The most powerful person in America is not Donald J. Trump, it's you.* These are tough times for progressives and democrat...
Texas Freedom Network

Elections are not the beginning or end - If I may: stretch out of the fetal position. Take a deep breath. Put on whatever jacket makes you feel confident, and strike a power pose. My therapist m...
Seeing the Forest

How Dem Betrayal Brought Us Trump - Of all people, David Brooks, in a confession, does a good job or explaining Trumpism in Voters to Elites: Do You See Me Now? Read it all, but this about mo...
The Texas Signal

A Very Red Texas - Yesterday’s election was a bitter disappointment for Texas Democrats. While there was some optimism that the state could potentially elect a statewide De...
FrontBurner – D Magazine

Dogs are the solution to the ‘900 new cops’ problem - In response to my noodling over the conundrum created by the passage of Proposition U, which requires the city to hire 900 new cops it can’t afford, a la...
Greg Palast

Here’s What We Do NowA Personal Note - Being right never felt so horrid. Before the election, I wrote, “How Trump Won.” And on Election night I waited for the returns to make a fool of me. Inste...
Stinque

Hanging by a Thread - We forget who laid it out for us a lifetime ago, but civilization is inherently fragile, and can collapse in an instant. Everything is handed off from on...
Two Party Opera

Election Day Comedy Hour - ↓ TranscriptPanel 1: Trump and Harris are dressed as vaudevillian/barbershop-quartet-ish comedy duo, with hats, canes, and pin striped vests. Trump says ...
Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center

How community leaders and officials in two states took on election deniers - This is the final piece in a series of three articles examining how disinformation, and those peddling it, are affecting the election process.
Web of Debt

Our Fragile Infrastructure: Lessons From Hurricane Helene - Buncombe County North Carolina – damage after Hurricane Helene floods. NCDOTcommunications, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wiki...
TalkLeft

Election Day Jitters - I have them. I'm sure any rational person does, when considering the possibility, however slight, that Donald Trump, the most unfit person to run for Pre...
Border/Lines

Special Edition — On the election and the paths forward - Immigration news, in context.
Reading the Pictures

The Reading the Pictures Salon: Looking at Key Images from Campaign 2024 - An expert panel examined key images in the contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump emphasizing themes of democracy, gender, and race. The post The...
BEYONDbones

Daylight Savings Time | November Sky Happenings - Editor’s Note: HMNS Astronomer James Wooten reminds us to adjust our clocks as Daylight Savings Time ends this month. Saturn is an evening object. Look ...
Earthworks

Another Conspiracy Theory Adds to Western North Carolina’s Trauma - In the wake of Hurricane Helene, a string of wild conspiracy theories have circulated across social media, made up by … The post Another Conspiracy Theo...
Save Buffalo Bayou

No More Money for Incompetent Flood Control - Vote No on Proposition A Oct. 31, 2024 The Harris County Flood Control District is asking county voters for a property tax increase to raise an extra $100 ...
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A Florida Teen’s Remarkable Fight to Put Her Rapist Behind Bars - Abused by her adoptive father, she was victimized again by the police charged with protecting her. A Florida Teen’s Remarkable Fight to Put Her Rapist B...
Free & Equal

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Dissent Magazine

[RECORDING] Market Failure: The Climate Crisis and the Limits of Capitalism - Brett Christophers and Adam Tooze in conversation, moderated by Kate Aronoff.
New Progressive Alliance

After the Election - I have friends on both sides and miss the days when we could tease each other instead of believing that we had to be mortal enemies. Those who advocate t...
ExChristian.Net

The Misconceived Conception of a Baby Named Jesus - *The following is a short interview with Bill Burkland, the author of a soon to be released book entitled "The Misconceived Conception of a Baby Named J...
Duck of Minerva

Who is behind the terrorist attack in Ankara? - On October 23rd, militants attacked a Turkish aerospace facility near the capital of Ankara. The Turkish government blamed the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PK...
Avedon's Sideshow

Scarlet billows start to spread - Thanks to the late Taral Wayne for once having used this APOD photo by David Lane of the Milky Way over Devil's Tower as his October profile pic. (Original ...
Green Pages News

Why a vote for Kamala Harris for president is a wasted climate vote in California – vote Green instead - By Mike Feinstein If you are a climate voter in California, you could be throwing away your vote if you vote for Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party nomine...
Nina Illingworth

Nina-Bytes: A Gateway to Eliminationism - Nina looks at why fascist lawmakers using anti-trans arguments to go after disability rights is a predictable but ominous sign for Pig Empire society. The...
GreenSource DFW

New native plant group hoping to take root in DFW - *Organizers are seeking new members to help get Wild Ones DFW off the ground. Photo courtesy of Wild Ones.* Oct. 17, 2024 A new native plant group has s...
Robert Reich

How We Take Back the Supreme CourtWhere do you see yourself in... - *How We Take Back the Supreme Court* Where do you see yourself in 2060? What about your kids or grandkids? Will Donald Trump be affecting your life even ...
San Antonio Current

Eighteen of Texas' current congressional candidates are election deniers - A total of 18 candidates who deny the legitimacy of the 2020 election are running to represent Texas in Congress this November, according to a tally by no...
Texas Watch

Written Testimony Submitted to the Texas Legislature on Insurance Reform - The Texas Legislature is grappling with how to address sky-high homeowners and auto insurance rates. Recent hearings in the *Senate Business and Commerc...
Grits for Breakfast

Grits publishes "Tulia" zine for 25th anniversary: Preorder now! - Until Jeff Frazier and the good folks at Mano Amiga in San Marcos reached out about their event Monday night, I had not realized it was the 25th anniversar...
Courthouse News

Federal judge unseals Jack Smith immunity filing in Trump’s Jan. 6 case - Jack Smith's immunity brief argues that Trump can still be criminally tried over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election following the Supreme Court's sw...
Glasstire

Arielle Masson’s “Chaotic Nodes” - Contemplating the art of Arielle Masson is a cosmic journey that spirals through deep inner space into the vastness of the universe — moving through the ...
Socialist Alternative

Don’t Let Trump Steal the Election - Despite losing the popular vote by millions, Trump tried to steal the election in 2020. He has never stopped repeating that the 2020 elections were stolen ...
Black Agenda Report

Haiti and the Crisis of Imperialism in the Caribbean - Haiti and the Crisis of Imperialism in the Caribbean bareditors Wed, 10/02/2024 - 00:00 Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and Contributor
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

The Connection Between Jimmy Carter’s 100th Birthday and Tonight’s VP Debate - Former President Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday coinciding with the vice presidential debate today is fitting, given the important role Carter played in e...
Right Wing Watch

Right Wing Round-Up: One Really Violent Day - Marshall Cohen and Daniel Dale @ CNN: Fact check: 12 election lies Trump is using to set the stage to dispute a potential 2024 defeat Former President Do...
Environment Texas

Fracking is an environmental disaster - Polluted waterways. Destroyed wild places. Dead wildlife. The environmental impact of fracking is devastating. The post Fracking is an environmental disa...
Texans For Public Justice

Permission Granted: Texas oil and gas regulators on track to allow more flaring waste than ever - A new investigative report reveals how the state oil and gas agency, the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC), is on track to authorize venting or flari...
CPI's Danger in the Air

Inside the scramble to stop the displacement of thousands of California foster children - For years, the Nonprofits Insurance Alliance of California had been the primary insurer for the state’s foster family agencies, which house some of the m...
Edinburg Politics

Open Government Seminar, free and open to the public, set for Hidalgo County Commissioners Court Chambers in Edinburg on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, reports attorney Omar Ochoa - Journalists, elected and appointed public officials, and the general public in the Rio Grande Valley will have the opportunity to hear expert presentations...
The Socialist

International Relations: Tensions in Eastern Europe - Tensions in Eastern Europe have escalated recently, with geopolitical implications that resonate globally. The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine ...
Dos Centavos

Ay Te Watcho, Houston - Well, if you’re reading this on this Labor Day, these words are being typed from Northern Colorado. After 26 years of living in Houston and 53 in Texas, it...
The NM Political Report

Indigenous advocates want to take push for RECA expansion to D.C. - Indigenous advocates who have been impacted by radiation exposure are ramping up the pressure they’re putting on U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson t...
The Rag Blog

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Morning Consult

Replicating Experimental Findings with Online Panels - The post Replicating Experimental Findings with Online Panels appeared first on Morning Consult.
Polygraph (global fact-check)

Cambodian authorities falsely claim environmental activists justly convicted - Dozens of rights groups say activists were prosecuted for award-winning environmental work, while authorities denied defendants due process or right to a f...
Equality Texas

Remembering Sheila Jackson Lee - Today, we reflect on the profound legacy of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a tireless advocate for equality and justice. Her passing leaves a void in ...
TXElects

Consistency in Texas: Trump Maintains Lead Over Biden in Latest Polls - *By Jeff Blaylock – Founder & Senior Editor* *JUNE. 20, 2024* Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Former President Trump leads President Biden by 7 po...
Dandelion Salad

Julian Assange is FREE!!! - Dandelion Salad June 25, 2024 Guardian Australia on Jun 24, 2024 Stella Assange, Julian Assange’s wife, has released a video statement on her husband’s rel...
CT's short stories and novelettes

Grape - “I can jump a ship there. Just get me in the city limits. I will take it from there.” “How many sapiens did you kill?” “Five. Why do you want to know?”...
The Intercept

In No Labels Call, Josh Gottheimer, Mike Lawler, and University Trustees Agree: FBI Should Investigate Campus Protests - The bipartisan duo also praised schools that brought in police to violently quell protests and connected the demonstrations to the TikTok ban. The post I...
The Stars Hollow Gazette

NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2024: Second Four Play Ins - This s the second night of the women’s Play-Ins.Here are last night’s winners and losers: Time Network Seed School Record Region Score Seed School Record R...
The Disorder Of Things

Sex, Power & Play at Europe’s Largest Arms Fair - A guest post from Nico Edwards. Nico is the author of the new World Peace Foundation report Resisting Green Militarism: Building Movements for Peace and Ec...
Texas Environmental News

How US Air Pollution, Ironically, Has Kept Climate Hazards in Check - The past half-century has seen remarkable improvements in air quality in many parts of the world, thanks largely to legislation [...] The post How US Air...
Countercurrents

Gaza becomes “death zone” as UN suspends humanitarian aid to hundreds of thousands in north - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced Tuesday the suspension of all humanitarian aid to the northern parts of the Gaza Strip. The estimat...
Independent Political Report

Minor Technical Note - For some days we have had an anomalous issue that kept our site from loading properly. Apologies while the matter is being worked on. We are aware of the...
Screwston Antifascist Committee

Global Day of Action Against Elbit Systems: A Report Back on Houston Actionists Blockade of BNY Mellon - This article details an action from early December. It was strategically withheld for publish until December 21st, the Global Day of Action Against Elbit. ...
Shadowproof

Shadowproof Is Shutting Down - After eight years, we have decided that it is time to shut down Shadowproof, but that does not mean that the independent journalism that we fostered is c...
One People's Project

2023 Year End Campaign! - The time has come to ask for your help as we head along into what promises to be one busy 2024! 2023 Year End Campaign
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.
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Perry Lott is Exonerated After 35 Years of Wrongful Conviction in Ada, Oklahoma - The post Perry Lott is Exonerated After 35 Years of Wrongful Conviction in Ada, Oklahoma appeared first on Innocence Project.
Latino Rebels

Neuro-Inclusivity, Belonging and Radical Hospitality - Latino Rebels Radio goes on the road for a live podcast recording at Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut. Host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes seve...
FiveThirtyEight.com

What Americans Think Of The Biden Impeachment Inquiry - Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly-ish polling roundup. It’s officially impeachment season again. On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announc...
Tribune of the People

Tribune of the People was the news organ of a political cult called the “CR-CPUSA” and collapsed in March 2022 - Read about what happened here: https://maoistcultexposed.wordpress.com/ This website belonged to a political cult called the “Committee to Reconstitute the...
Caitlin Johnstone

CaitlinJohnstone.com Is Now At CaitlinJohnstone.com.au - Hello subscribers, As you may have noticed, our website at caitlinjohnstone.com has been reduced to a shuffle lately, suffering repeated 502 errors for rea...
So Far From Heaven (Jack Purcell, RIP)

Draw an Ask Old Jules card on YouTube - Hello everyone, I decided to upload videos of drawing one card at a time on YouTube. This will happen three times a week. If you want to go over and look, ...
Lawfare

UN Special Rapporteur Releases Guantánamo Report - On June 26, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism Fionnuala Ní Aoláin released her report following a technical visit ...
In These Times

How Israeli Spyware Endangers Activists Across the Globe - Israeli surveillance technology is empowering antidemocratic governments to track journalists and human rights activists. Regulation is virtually nonexistent.
News Junkie

Mayotte Crisis: Putrid Leftover of France’s Imperialist and Colonialist Scrooge? - The cycle of empires It is not as if President Macron and his administration needed a new crisis to add to the turmoil of his second term in power. Unlike ...
DBC Green

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Buzzflash

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...
Popehat

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

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

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Malady

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

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

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

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

I Am One of Aimee Stephens’s Lawyers, and I Heard Yesterday’s Argument Firsthand - Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard argument on whether it is legal to fire people for being transgender or for being gay. I represent Aimee Stephens, th...
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 ...

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Sunday, June 10, 2018

Sunday Funnies not censored by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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