Brains and Eggs: Sunday Anniversary Funnies

Sunday, January 09, 2022

Sunday Anniversary Funnies

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Houston, Texas, and US blog roll

Alternet

MAGA superintendent’s mandatory Trump prayer video is against the law: report - Oklahoma school superintendent of Education Ryan Walters was met with pushback from the state attorneys general office in the GOP leader's efforts to for...
Raw Story

'So you're not a genius?' Republican clashes with war veteran over mass deportation plan - A Republican strategist sparred with an Iraq War veteran on Monday night during a discussion over President-elect Donald Trump's plan to use the military...
Mediaite

Lawyer Says Matt Gaetz Paid for Sex Using Adopted Son’s PayPal - Attorney Joel Leppard told CNN on Monday that Gaetz paid for sexual favors through his adopted son Nestor's PayPal account. The post Lawyer Says Matt Gaet...
memeorandum

Trump nominates former Rep. Sean Duffy as transportation secretary (Brady Knox/Washington Examiner) - Brady Knox / Washington Examiner: *Trump nominates former Rep. Sean Duffy as transportation secretary* — President-elect Donald Trump nominated former ...
Daily Dot

‘This was my apron after 3.5 hours of being on bar’: Viewers are shocked after learning what Starbucks’ apron policy demands - [image: Starbucks Employee working(l) Starbucks Cup(c) Starbucks employee sharing story(r)] In a TikTok video that has garnered over 507,000 views and 1,...
Al Jazeera English

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 998 - As the war enters its 998th day, these are the main developments.
The Hill

Ken Cuccinelli says Trump using military will help drive migrant numbers at border 'down into the dirt' - Former senior Trump administration official Ken Cuccinelli said Monday that President-elect Trump “using the military” will help drive migrant numbers at t...
World Socialist Web Site

Trump vows military roundups of millions of immigrants - In a social media post, Trump declared it was “True!!!” that he would declare a national emergency to wage war on migrants.
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Colorado victims sue over attack at LGBTQ+ nightclub that killed five - Suit accuses Club Q of lax security and says authorities’ ‘deliberate inaction’ enabled shooter to carry out attack Two days shy of the second anniversar...
Workers World

Solidarity with Samidoun and Charlotte Kates! - [image: Solidarity with Samidoun and Charlotte Kates!] Workers World Party urges unwavering support for Samidoun Political Prisoners Network and denounces ...
Antiwar.com

Iraq Weekly Roundup: 19 Killed - Five others were wounded. The post Iraq Weekly Roundup: 19 Killed appeared first on Antiwar.com .
OpEd News

Gaza Scorecard: Israel Fails in Every Level of Compliance - The Gaza Scorecard published on November 12, 2024 shows that Israel has failed to comply with U.S. humanitarian access demands in Gaza in every level of co...
Ballot Access News

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Polls Relatively High Percentage of Vote in South Dakota on Indian Reservations - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. received the highest percentage of the vote in South Dakota in Ziebach County, which is entirely in either the Cheyenne River Indian...
Brad Blog

Trump Already Violating Federal Law (That He Signed!) During Transition: 'BradCast' 11/18/2024 - Today on The BradCast: He hasn't even been sworn in and he's already violating federal law. Surprised? In this case, the law that he's violating is one tha...
El Paso Matters

El Paso ISD has updated its school closure proposal ahead of Tuesday’s vote. Here’s what we know. - The EPISD school board on Tuesday is expected to vote which, if any, elementary schools to shut down as an updated proposal recommends conducting the cl...
San Antonio Report

It’s the finish line for Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon as San Antonio takes on annual running event - Rock ‘n' Roll organizers sent an email to past participants announcing that it was “deeply saddened” it wouldn't be returning after 16 years. --------------...
Salon.com

Trump taps former Fox host and MTV star Sean Duffy for secretary of the Department of Transportation - “He will prioritize excellence, competence, competitiveness and beauty," Trump said of Duffy in his announcement
Mediagazer

Donald Trump selects Fox Business' The Bottom Line co-host and former congressman Sean Duffy to be his nominee for secretary of transportation (Ted Johnson/Deadline) - Ted Johnson / Deadline: *Donald Trump selects Fox Business' The Bottom Line co-host and former congressman Sean Duffy to be his nominee for secretary of ...
Political Wire

How Democrats Will Fight Trump’s Mass Deportation Pln - “Immigration advocacy groups and Democratic leaders are seeking to disrupt President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport millions of undocumented immigrant...
Axios

What to know about Sean Duffy, Trump's Transportation secretary pick - Former Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wisc.) was tapped by President-elect Trump on Monday to serve as Secretary of Transportation. *Why it matters: *If confirmed, t...
WhoWhatWhy

Pennsylvania Senate Election Controversy Is Not a Good Look for Democrats - [image: Pennsylvania, mail-in ballot] Although Republicans are usually the party of election denialism, the way Democrats are conducting themselves in the ...
Slate

The NFL’s Most Underrated Coach Is Painting His Masterpiece - He’s always been great. But what he’s accomplishing now is extraordinary.
Wolf Street

US Treasury Debt Held by Foreign Investors: Ravenous Appetite for Juicy Yields, Juicy Compared to their Stuff at Home - Will foreign investors buy the Recklessly Ballooning US Debt? Increasingly crucial question. But yield solves demand problems.
Popular Resistance

On Way Out, Reckless Biden Allows Deep Russia Strikes - As a parting shot to incoming U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the defeated Joe Biden has defied the Pentagon by risking...
The Verge

Google now lets you manage all of your old Nest Cams from the Home app - Google now lets you manage Nest Cam IQ indoor and outdoor cameras — which were both released in 2017 — through a public preview in the Google Home app, ...
Texas Monthly

Texas Dinner Party, Holiday Potluck Edition: Sweet Potato Crème Brûlée - We’re sharing how to make the forever favorite of holiday desserts more velvety, creamy, and decadent.
Portside

Framed: Innocents in U.S. Prisons - Framed: Innocents in U.S. Prisons Mark Brody Mon, 11/18/2024 - 19:34
Crooked Timber

Trump’s dictatorship is a fait accompli - A few weeks ago, I drew up a flowchart to estimate the probability that Trump would establish a dictatorship in the US, which looked, at the time, like an ...
See You In 2020

Empire seeks to use anti-woke psyop to purge Palestine supporters, advance genocide & world war - Donald Trump was elected because of a mass desire to combat the liberal establishment; now that establishment seeks to partner with Trump in suppressing...
Election Law Blog

Bob Bauer: “Did the Legal Process Over the Last Four Years ‘Fail’?” - Thoughtful Bob Bauer post at Lawfare. The post Bob Bauer: “Did the Legal Process Over the Last Four Years ‘Fail’?” appeared first on Election Law Blog.
Grist

The US no longer supports capping plastic production in UN treaty - Environmental advocates understand the announcement as a reversal, calling it “absolutely devastating.”
Techdirt.

Texas PD’s Massage Parlor Sting Operation Ends With 13 Officers Disciplined, All 23 Criminal Cases Dismissed - Cops like to pretend they’re winning the war on sex trafficking. Whether or not there’s enough sex trafficking to justify law enforcement expenditures is, ...
Futurism

Internal OpenAI Emails Show Employees Feared Elon Musk Would Control AGI - Elon Multiverse During the discovery process in his lawsuit against Sam Altman, exchanges between OpenAI cofounder Elon Musk and the rest of the firm pro...
Reform Austin

The Defense Secretary - The post The Defense Secretary appeared first on Reform Austin.
Southeast Texas Record

Nov. 11: Harris County Civil Court docket for "other civil case" cases - The following cases categorized as "other civil case" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on Nov. 11. All case details are allegations on...
Deadline Politics

Donald Trump Nominates Fox Business Host Sean Duffy As Secretary Of Transportation - Donald Trump has gone to the Fox News well once again, tapping the Fox Business host to be his nominee for secretary of transportation. Duffy, a former con...
Mondoweiss

‘If you haven’t spoken to non-voters, you haven’t explained the election’: making sense of Trump’s victory - [image: Donald Trump speaking at a rally in Glendale, Arizona, on August 23, 2024. (Photo: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia)]Political consultant Peter Feld talks t...
Consortium News

Craig Murray: US Tries to Pound Lebanon Into Submission - U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein arrives in Lebanon as his country carries out mass killing of civilians through its colonial settler proxy. The Lebanese should t...
Eschaton

Happy Hour - Get happy.
Second Nexus

Trump Calls For 'Investigation' Into A Pollster He Didn't Like—And People Aren't Surprised - In a potential sign of things to come, Republican president-elect Donald Trump has called for an investigation into Ann Selzer—the respected Iowa pollste...
Daily Howler

The sexual politics of Donald Trump's world... - *MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18. 2024* *...comes to us from prehistory: *The sexual politics of Donald Trump's world comes to us straight from prehistory. It start...
The Root

15 Crazy Moments in Soul Plane...Spirit Airlines History Prior to Bankruptcy Filing - Well, it’s official, Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy, and who could’ve expected this one?!.... asked nobody. Known for their bright yellow and b...
Mother Jones

Trump’s FCC Pick Wants to Intimidate Broadcasters and Enrich Trump Allies - During this year’s campaign, Donald Trump disowned Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation agenda that would transform the federal government’s enforcement p...
Project Censored

Northern California School District Adds Resources for Students of Color - During the 2024–2025 school year, the Tamalpais Union High School District in Northern California will fund four new positions to provide support and res...
Texas Standard

Reflecting on the 25th anniversary of the Aggie Bonfire collapse - What caused the tragedy, and how one survivor embraced his identity as the “13th man.”
Houston Public Media

Rice University student awarded prestigious Rhodes Scholarship - 16 committees across the U.S. selected the recipients of the Rhodes Scholarship in a competitive process. Nearly 3,000 students applied, with 865 endorsed ...
ArcaMax

Trump’s ‘First Buddy’ is in Deep Trouble - The two finalists to become Trump’s Treasury Secretary — the person will have a major hand in cutting taxes for the wealthy and raising tariffs so everyone...
Scheerpost.com

Michael Brenner: Moral Suicide - The exaltation of the Jews of Israel - honored and cosseted - is matched by the dehumanization of Palestine's Muslims.
The Conversation

Trump’s criminal conviction won’t stop him from getting security clearance as president - Under normal circumstances, Trump’s criminal record and other aspects of his life, including financial history, would disqualify him from getting access to...
American Prospect

Quirks of Right-Wing Populism - Today on TAP: Far-right populists do share some things with the left. But boss rule Trumps them all.
Earthworks

Refinery Pollution Threatens Montana’s Yellowstone River - The television show “Yellowstone” has put a spotlight on Montana and the iconic Yellowstone River, renowned for its spectacular beauty … The post Refine...
Novara Media

Joe Biden Approves Use of US Missiles Deep Inside Russia - Joe Biden has permitted Ukraine to use US-supplied long-range missiles in Russia. Plus: Brazil’s President Lula proposes a wealth tax for billionaires; and...
Rio Grande Guardian

Garza: Business community can help drown out ugly political rhetoric - The second in a two-part series on former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Antonio Garza's appearance on a webinar hosted by the RGV Hispanic Chamber of Commerc...
Sludge

The Corporate Consultants Behind Harris for President - A presidential campaign that had trouble connecting with working-class voters was led by consultants with backgrounds working for giant companies.
The Week

The Pentagon faces an uncertain future with Trump - The president-elect has nominated conservative commentator Pete Hegseth to lead the Defense Department
First Draft

Bluer Social Media Skies - Bluesky offers a refuge from the worst. Let us have it.
Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

A Second Twenty Years’ Crisis? - How is E.H. Carr representative of mid-twentieth century intellectuals who tried to understand not so much the political irruptions of their time, but ra...
naked capitalism

2:00PM Water Cooler 11/18/2024 - ~ Today's Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics ~
Vox

Trump says he wants to influence interest rates. Can he? - President-elect Donald Trump and some of his allies have suggested, to varying degrees, that Trump should be allowed to meddle with the Federal Reserve’s d...
Progressive.org

Voters Across the Political Spectrum Gave Public Education Important Wins in the 2024 Election - People around the country split their tickets to support public schools and vote for Trump.
Angry Bear

Whither housing? A look at interest rate and inflationary considerations - – by New Deal democrat Starting tomorrow we get to the time of month when the data on the important long leading sector of housing begins to be reported....
The AltWorld

Has Biden Just Destroyed the World? - Among the many slips between cup and lip of which I have warned await Trump and his […] The post Has Biden Just Destroyed the World? appeared first on Th...
Daily Cartoonist

Cartoonists Rights seeks defeat of “nonprofit killer” - Cartoonists Rights Network International and 130 civil liberties, religious, reproductive health, immigrant rights, human rights, racial justice, LGBTQ+, e...
Political Garbage Chute

Tesla is Rebranding the Cybertruck - …new features include the much-hyped “Incel-erator,” which replaces the accelerator, satellite radio that plays only Theo Von and Joe Rogan podcasts, an...
Capital & Main

Why Mass Deportations Would Cripple California’s Economy - Mythology aside, nearly 2 million undocumented immigrants are the backbone of some industries, and pay billions in taxes for services they will never rec...
Undernews

IMMIGRATION - *Axios - *President-elect Trump confirmed Monday that he is planning to declare a national emergency and use the U.S. military to carry out mass deportat...
DeSmogBlog

World’s Biggest Meatpacker JBS Wants Public Money to Fight Climate Change - JBS – the world’s largest meat company, with a net revenue of $3.1 billion in the second quarter of 2024 alone – is seeking more funding to combat climat...
The Progressive Wing

11/18-21 News Roundup and Open Thread - And the crapalooza continues
Dissident Voice

As Biden Leaves Office, the US Empire is Desperate to Maintain Its Hegemony - This November, US president Joe Biden will leave office with the world in turmoil and US fingerprints on the bodies of untold thousands across the globe:...
MintPress News

Trump Election Win Triggers Houthi War Drills as Yemen Braces for US Invasion - With Trump’s election signaling a potential shift in U.S. policy, Yemen’s Houthis mobilize for a violent response to looming American intervention, escal...
SCOTUSblog

Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Alaska campaign finance laws - [image: Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Alaska campaign finance laws]For the second week in a row, the Supreme Court did not add any new cases to i...
Unlimited Hangout

Breaking (Down) The Chain: An Investigation Post-mortem - A concise post-mortem on The Chain series, a deep dive on the creation of the Bitcoin-Dollar system which names the names and explains the technology uph...
The Mind Unleashed

One Zodiac Sign Is More Emotionally Intelligent Than The Rest - Emotions drive much of what makes us human—our connections, decisions, and the way we experience the world. But while everyone has the capacity for emotion...
Church and State

As He Promised In His Campaign, Trump Now Seeks To Subjugate All Competing Government Entities Which Block His Path To His Dictatorship - The threat that Trump poses to our democracy and our Constitution and the rule of law cannot be underrated.
Liberation News

National day of action Jan. 20: PROTEST on Inauguration Day — we fight back! - On Inauguration Day, January 20, people will come together in Washington D.C. and in cities and towns across the country in a nationwide mobilization oppos...
Bonddad

Whither housing? A look at interest rate and inflationary considerations - * - by New Deal democrat* Starting tomorrow we get to the time of month when the data on the important long leading sector of housing begins to be re...
Bracing Views

“Taking the Handcuffs Off” U.S. Missiles in Ukraine - W.J. Astore Feeding the Obscenity of War I woke to this disconcerting story from CNN: President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use powerful long-range...
Discourse

It's 'Blame Trans People' Season Once Again - DC insiders are rushing to scapegoat trans people rather than take responsibility for their own failures.
Texas Observer

The Vet, the Cattle Prod, and the ‘Guttural Wail’ - Ashlee Watts, a veterinary equine surgeon and Texas A&M University faculty member, referred to the draft horse she was treating as “Maggot Draft.” The ma...
Rewire

Opinion: Adequate Information Can Help Unlock Youth Birth Control Access - Power to Decide's new survey suggests people need more knowledge to determine the best birth control for them. The post Opinion: Adequate Information Can...
Ian Welsh

How Much Does Having More Babies Matter For Domestic Politics? - [image: How Much Does Having More Babies Matter For Domestic Politics?] The right is strongly pro-natal. Some of it is for religious reasons, some of it i...
Democracy Now!

Trump Picks Climate-Denying Oil & Gas Magnate as Energy Sec. He Once Drank Fracking Fluid on Live TV - As we broadcast all week from the COP29 talks in Azerbaijan, we look at what Donald Trump’s reelection as U.S. president means for the climate. Clean energ...
Rallblog

This Morning on “The TMI Show”: Mass Deportations - On The TMI Show Monday at 10 Eastern LIVE (and streaming thereafter), co-hosts Ted Rall and Manila Chan investigate what’s true and what’s not about the ...
Space City Weather

Slight chance of storms as a cold front pushes into Houston this afternoon - In brief: Houston faces the slight possibility of some thunderstorms as a cold front pushes into Houston this afternoon, with drier air following. A strong...
slacktivist

Telmarine theater - They're doing a live theater version of "Prince Caspian," but no Old Narnians are permitted in the cast.
Earth 911

Earth911 Podcast: Making IT Product Chemical Impacts Transparent With TCO Development’s Stephen Fuller - Being a consumer in an advanced economy—or any economy these days—is challenging because you cannot... The post Earth911 Podcast: Making IT Product Chemi...
The Smirking Chimp

Trump’s “First Buddy” Is in Deep Shit -
The Daily Poster

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

Very like a mammal - "Prior to the End-Cretaceous Extinction, mammals were all small and shrew-like, restricted to skulking, scurrying forms because of competition from, and pr...
Crooked Media

Trump’s Parade of Clowns, Idiots, and Creeps - The post Trump’s Parade of Clowns, Idiots, and Creeps appeared first on Crooked Media.
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
jobsanger

Planting The Seeds Of His Own Political Demise -
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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 ...
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
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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 ...
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 ...
Reveal

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

Free & Equal Debate Founder Responds to Singer Loomis’ National Anthem - Los Angeles, CA – October 28, 2024 – Singer Loomis is making headlines after she performed the national anthem during the Free & Equal Elections Presiden...
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

MARY MANTLE | REMEMBRANCE | Early Austin activist has died: Tom Mantle was a founder of ‘The Rag’ in 1966 - By Mary Mantle | The Rag Blog | August 28, 2024 When I was a 17-year-old girl in Corpus Christi, Texas, then a small city at the bottom of America, Naval c...
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.
Innocence Project

Perry Lott is Exonerated After 35 Years of Wrongful Conviction in Ada, Oklahoma - The post Perry Lott is Exonerated After 35 Years of Wrongful Conviction in Ada, Oklahoma appeared first on Innocence Project.
Latino Rebels

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Road to Hell -
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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