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We put together a cartoon collection about Elon Musk's 'awkward gesture': https://t.co/e5Us1QKaNz

This one is by Oliver Ploux.#ElonMusk #nazisalute pic.twitter.com/u8KrtiIxZ6

— Cartoon Movement (@cartoonmovement) January 22, 2025

Green Party 2024 end-of-the-year Election Reporthttps://t.co/0pZU74nDZz
• Greens win 54.3% of local elections they contest
• 160 Greens currently hold elected office
• Green candidates regain ballot status in 6 states
• Green presidential ticket finishes 3rd in nation pic.twitter.com/I72RZK9fl4

— Green Party Elections Data Base Reports & Analysis (@gpelections) December 30, 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

Medicare for All#SocialistSunday pic.twitter.com/AbBHq010MV

— screamschildrenremoved (@PDiddie) April 13, 2025

This cartoon was drawn in 2009. pic.twitter.com/nwDtBVjU2M

— Friendly Neighborhood Comrade (@SpiritofLenin) July 27, 2024

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

— KUT Austin (@KUT) February 8, 2024

If you zoom in on this 1873 map of Houston, you'll see all sorts of interesting stuff, including the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou, which, because it formed a natural turning basin for boats to turn around, was the primary reason the Allen Brothers, John Kirby… pic.twitter.com/yEZ8x47u7r

— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) February 6, 2025

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God is imaginary.

Think for yourself.

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  • Border/Lines
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  • Green Pages News
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  • Robert Reich
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  • Right Wing Watch
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  • Morning Consult
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  • Dandelion Salad
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  • CT's short stories and novelettes
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  • The Intercept
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  • The Stars Hollow Gazette
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  • Texas Environmental News
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  • Screwston Antifascist Committee
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  • Shadowproof
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  • One People's Project
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  • Innocence Project
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  • Latino Rebels
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  • FiveThirtyEight.com
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  • Tribune of the People
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  • Caitlin Johnstone
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  • So Far From Heaven (Jack Purcell, RIP)
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  • Lawfare
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  • Texas Moratorium Network
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  • Think 3 Institute
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  • IVN
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  • Modern Democracy
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  • The Metaphor Project
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  • Truthout
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  • Splinter
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