Brains and Eggs: "Doing Anything Else Would Be Crazy" Funnies

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

The Daily Poster

LIVE EVENT: Dissecting Trump’s Cabinet With The Revolving Door Project - JOIN US! This live Zoom event starts on Monday, December 2, at 4 p.m. ET.
Techdirt.

Brendan Carr Makes It Clear That He’s Eager To Be America’s Top Censor - When Donald Trump announced that he was appointing current FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr to be the next chair of the FCC, it was no surprise. Nor was it a ...
Al Jazeera English

Will the US-brokered ceasefire in Lebanon hold? - Agreement ends more than a year of fighting between Hezbollah and Israeli military.
Daily Dot

‘I’m done with fast food’: Wendy’s customer demands answers after seeing what happened to her Salted Caramel Frosty - [image: 2 panel image: on the left is the salted caramel frosty, on the right is a a close up of a hand holding a Wendy's frosty cup with text over it th...
Rio Grande Guardian

STHS Children’s presents its annual Children’s Christmas Posada - STHS presents its annual Children's Christmas Posada to kick off the holiday season. The post STHS Children’s presents its annual Children’s Christmas Po...
Mediaite

Steve Bannon Praises Elon Musk ‘Despite Massive Ideological Differences’ And Calling Him a ‘Traitor’ In The Past - "And, look, we have huge ideological differences, including about the Chinese Communist Party. Let's put a pin in that for a second." The post Steve Banno...
Scheerpost.com

Stories from the Center of the World (w/ Jordan Elgrably) | The Chris Hedges Report - By Chris Hedges / The Chris Hedges Report This interview is also available on podcast platforms and Rumble. The years of war and terror imposed upon the Mi...
memeorandum

Democrat Derek Tran ousts Michelle Steel in CA House battle (Melanie Mason/Politico) - Melanie Mason / Politico: *Democrat Derek Tran ousts Michelle Steel in CA House battle* — The battle for the Orange County district turned harshly pers...
Salon.com

"Violent, un-American threats": Trump Cabinet picks terrorized with bomb threats, swatting - Rep. Elise Stefanik and former attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz were among the targets
Houston Public Media

Why author Rachel Kushner had the time of her life writing ‘Creation Lake’ - The two-time National Book Award finalist talks about her latest novel ahead of an event in Houston on Dec. 2.
Raw Story

DOJ steps in as RNC fights North Carolina election board over absentee ballots - The Justice Department is getting involved in a lawsuit brought by the Republican Party against the North Carolina Board of Elections. According to Democ...
MintPress News

Marco Rubio’s Yemen Gamble: Is the US Headed for Another Middle East War? - With calls for airstrikes and arms deals, incoming Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s agenda risks reigniting a devastating conflict and dragging the Unite...
Mediagazer

The US DOJ and 17 state attorneys general file briefs for Fubo and against Venu Sports, which is trying to get an injunction lifted that blocked Venu's launch (Daniel Kaplan/Awful Announcing) - Daniel Kaplan / Awful Announcing: *The US DOJ and 17 state attorneys general file briefs for Fubo and against Venu Sports, which is trying to get an inju...
CultureMap Houston

Chris Shepherd gives thanks for Houston's hard working hospitality industry - This week is Thanksgiving and a true kickoff to the holiday season. All the holiday events, the luncheons, the catered house parties, the large to go orde...
Futurism

Three Recent High School Grads Dead in Grisly Cybertruck Crash - Up In Smoke In Northern California, a group of recent high school graduates have died in a Cybertruck inferno. As San Francisco's KTVU reports, four youn...
Slate

Why an Unlikely Kind of Male Star Has Become the Internet’s Object of Desire - What’s so compelling about the portrait of masculinity put forth in Luca Guadagnino’s films.
San Antonio Report

Potential school closure among rezoning options facing Judson ISD - [image: Judson ISD is considering closing Coronado Village Elementary, which has the smallest student enrollment of the 20 elementary schools in the distri...
The Verge

Kobo’s color e-reader is a far better deal than Amazon’s new Kindle Colorsoft - [image: A hand using a stylus to take notes on the Kobo Libra Colour e-reader.] *The Kobo Libra Colour is $80 cheaper than the Kindle Colorsoft and comes ...
The Hill

The lame duck Congress will be a disaster for Team Trump - Congress is currently in a lame duck session, with a continuing resolution set to expire on Dec. 20, 2024, and Republicans should resist any attempts to do...
American Prospect

Did Bibi Get Away with it? - Today on TAP: Maybe for the moment. But despite Israel’s vicious tactical victories over Hamas and Hezbollah, Israel remains isolated and vulnerable.
Political Wire

Bob Menendez Seeks New Trial - “Former New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez asked on Wednesday that his recent corruption conviction be thrown out and a new trial ordered, after prosecutor...
The Week

Exploring Easter Island, one of the world's most remote inhabited islands - It takes time and effort to travel to this mystical locale
Polygraph (global fact-check)

Kenya drops on travel index ranking with new visa requirements - Kenya requires that foreigners register online three days before traveling to the country
Novara Media

Ceasefire Comes Into Effect in Lebanon - A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has come into effect. Plus: we speak to Jamie Hale about the assisted dying bill. With Steven Methven and Helena N...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

US drone firm appoints Trump Jr as adviser and sees stock price soar - Unusual Machines says president’s eldest son has ‘wealth of experience’ as ‘globally recognized business leader’ A little-known Florida-based drones comp...
Mondoweiss

Tense calm returns to Lebanon as ceasefire with Israel takes hold - A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah took hold on Wednesday. As both sides halted their military operations, thousands of displaced Lebanese began...
Wolf Street

Inflation Re-Accelerates Despite Plunging Gasoline Prices as “Core Services” PCE Price Index Hits 7-Month High - Core services inflation is the biggie, and it’s going the wrong way. The Fed is already talking down the pace of rate cuts.
Ecosophia

November 2024 Open Post - This week’s Ecosophian offering is the monthly open post to field questions and encourage discussion among my readers. All the standard rules apply (no pro...
naked capitalism

2:00PM Water Cooler 11/27/2024 - ~ Today's Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics ~
Consortium News

Legislating Silence - Robert Inlakesh reports on how U.S. Congress plans to target critics of Israel. By Robert Inlakesh MintPress News A coalition of civil rights groups is sou...
Alternet

'Bombs away': Florida Republican makes disturbing threat against progressive lawmakers - Democrats suffered their share of disappointments in the 2024 election when President-elect Donald Trump narrowly defeated Vice President Kamala Harris a...
World Socialist Web Site

Postal workers oppose CWU-Labour government collusion with Kretinsky Royal Mail takeover - There is major disaffection with the CWU bureaucracy among postal workers, but this must take an organised form in the workplace and be united across the R...
Texas Monthly

The Stakes in the Texas–Texas A&M Rivalry Have Never Been Higher - After thirteen long years, the Aggies and Longhorns will meet again—with a chance to play in the SEC Championship game on the line.
Second Nexus

Cynthia Erivo And Ariana Grande React To Skeptical 'Wicked' Moviegoer's Before And After Video - *Wicked* stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande responded after watching a video featuring a curmudgeonly moviegoer being dragged to see the film adaptati...
First Draft

Album Cover Art: Food Glorious Food - A feast for the eyes.
The AltWorld

Trump may be Oreshniked on Ukraine even before he gets to China - With Oreshnik now entering the picture, everywhere the Hegemon will try to harass China they will also […] The post Trump may be Oreshniked on Ukraine ev...
Eschaton

Mechanical Turks All The Way Down - Every time. ...oops forgot the link.
The Root

Diddy's Bodyguard Gene Deal's Most Shocking Comments and Revelations About the Fallen Mogul - Gene Deal can’t help but talk about everything he’s seen Sean “Diddy” Combsdo. For the past year, the music mogul’s former bodyguard has kept his mouth m...
Grist

At the final round of plastic treaty negotiations, a production cap hangs in the balance - Dozens of countries say the treaty will only “end plastic pollution” if it restricts production.
Vox

Wicked, explained - Wicked, the highly anticipated adaptation of the popular Broadway musical, is just about everywhere. The first half of the saga, released on November 22, m...
Common Dreams

Musk Effort to Eliminate CFPB is ‘Intolerable Corruption’ - Elon Musk, named by President-elect Donald Trump to co-lead the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, tweeted today that the Consumer Financial ...
WhoWhatWhy

Views on Garden Insects Are Changing. Why Many ‘Pests’ Are Now Valued - [image: environment, nature, biodiversity, insects, pests, changing views] PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by o...
Ballot Access News

Nebraska State Trial Court Says Medical Marijuana Legalization Petitions Were Valid - On November 26, a Nebraska state trial court ruled that two initiatives concerning medical marijuana had enough valid signatures. Kuehn v Evnen, CI24-3244....
Undernews

JUST A NOTE - *Sam Smith - *As you may have noticed, a holiday is soon upon us and we have guests and events of uncertain length. Service on this site will be highly ...
Capital & Main

California’s November Election Stopped Another Rent Control Ballot Measure – and Maybe Its Chief Architect - A measure seemingly targeting the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which has put forth three rent control ballot measures, is on its way to narrowly passing. ...
Daily Howler

November is the most grisly month! - *WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2024* *The cable news ratings are IN:* Go figure! For unknown reasons, the people at Nielsen Media Research release their month...
Liberation News

Cleveland Police Commission pushes through anti-protester drone policy despite public outcry - [image: The Cleveland Community Police Commission push through a vote on the drone policy amidst conflict and public outrage on Nov. 20. Photo credit: Clev...
El Paso Matters

Ex-coach Rus Bradburd pokes fun at ‘Big Time’ college athletics in new book - In this El Paso Matters Book Club extra, we introduce you to ‘Big Time,’ the fifth book by the former UTEP and NMSU assistant basketball coach, which po...
DeSmogBlog

Group That Calls CO2 ‘Essential’ Praises Trump Energy Secretary Pick Chris Wright - Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Energy, Chris Wright, is receiving enthusiastic approval from a climate obstruction organization that argue...
Ian Welsh

2024 Fundraiser Ends in Seven Days - [image: 2024 Fundraiser Ends in Seven Days] Times are hard for a hell of a lot of people and I’m very grateful to everyone who’s given this year. We have...
Dissident Voice

Bringing Reality to the Palestinian Struggle - The world ponders at the destruction that Israel has inflicted upon the Middle East and North Africa and questions why the United States serves as a surr...
OpEd News

Yes, Biden Should Pardon Trump. Here's Why. - If Biden pardon that he didn't need a pardon because he did nothing wrong will embed his past crimes in the public consciousness more firmly and for longer...
Axios

JuJu Watkins doc captures USC star's rise to fame - At just 19, Judea "JuJu" Watkins appears to carry the world's weight, yet the USC phenom — who shattered records in her first season — seems to hold it a...
Daily Cartoonist

Wayback Whensday: Calvin & Hobbes Press Kit, Snuffy Smith Intro, Rich Cartoonists - Back before Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson became the mega comic strip hit it was to become the first appearance was seen in the Universal Press Syndi...
SCOTUSblog

The morning read for Wednesday, Nov. 27 - [image: The morning read for Wednesday, Nov. 27]Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s...
Bonddad

It’s not just corporate profits, the long leading housing sector is also under pressure - * - by New Deal democrat* I suspect that both hurricanes as well as mortgage rates somewhat distorted all of the housing reports for October. Last w...
Reform Austin

Donald Trump’s Tariffs On Mexico Could Devastate Border Region, Texas Economists Warn - President-elect Donald Trump’s intention to levy a 25% tariff on goods imported from Mexico and Canada sent shockwaves across the country — especially on...
Rallblog

Put the Planet First - We face so many challenges that the task of choosing which ones to emphasize and which can be edited out for the sake of brevity is nearly imp...
Election Law Blog

“Trump signs transition agreement with Biden, but it lacks key guardrails” - Washington Post: “The agreement clears the way for Trump-appointed ‘landing teams’ to start entering government offices to receive briefings from career ...
High Country News

Audio: How nature can thrive despite human impact - What disturbance-loving plants teach. The post Audio: How nature can thrive despite human impact appeared first on High Country News.
Texas Standard

Texas Standard for Nov. 27, 2024: Some of our favorite food & drink stories from this year - We’re working up an appetite just in time for Turkey Day.
Southeast Texas Record

Netflix and pizza: Jail officer defeats claim she ignored suicidal man - NEW ORLEANS - A Harris County city and corrections officer won't be liable for the death of a suicidal man who was in custody at its jail, as a federal a...
NORML

Nebraska: District Judge Upholds Voter-Approved Medical Cannabis Access Initiatives - [image: marijuana vote yes][image: marijuana vote yes]"To prevail in this action, the plaintiff and Secretary had to show that more than 3,463 signatures...
Claytoonz

- Read the blog at my Substack. Signed prints: The signed prints are just $40.00 each. Every cartoon at Claytoonz is available. You can pay through PayPal. I...
Infidel753

Video of the day -- Bonhoeffer on "stupidity" - What he's talking about here is not so much stupidity in the literal sense of low intelligence, as a certain form of closed-mindedness -- the refusal to c...
Church and State

The Vatican’s “Human Rights” Agenda - We should not, in any way, encourage people to think that the Vatican is the guardian of human rights.
Space City Weather

After roasting like a turkey today, a front rolls in early on Thanksgiving to bring the colder air we all relish - In brief: Today’s post takes a detailed look at what to expect from the strong cold front arriving on Thanksgiving morning, windy conditions for Black Frid...
Democracy Now!

Pakistani Forces in Islamabad Crush Protesters Demanding Freedom for Jailed Ex-PM Imran Khan - Security forces in Pakistan arrested over 1,000 supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan during a march on the capital of Islamabad. Protester...
Texas Observer

Riding the Pines in Palestine and Rusk - I pulled up to the train depot in the East Texas city of Palestine, $220 poorer after falling into a speed trap in the nearby town of Oakwood. The indiff...
The Conversation

Why Israel and Hezbollah reached a ceasefire now − and what it means for Israel, Lebanon, Biden and Trump - Under the terms of the deal, Israel will gradually withdraw from Lebanon, while Hezbollah isn’t allowed to rebuild near the border. But will the ceasefire ...
ArcaMax

November's Broken Hearts in History - The most tragic rhyme in American history falls in November's time, one century apart. President Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address on Nov. 19, 18...
The Smirking Chimp

Trump’s Testosterone-Poisoned Picks -
slacktivist

Smart people saying smart things (11.27.24) - Listen to James Baldwin (again, still), Jamelle Bouie, Isabel Soisson, Isabela Dias, and Elle Hardy.
Skeptophilia

Rock of ages - One of the most amazing strides that's been made in science in the last hundred years is our ability to figure out how old stuff is. Geologists have know...
Off The Kuff

Porsha Ngumezi - Remember her name. Wrapping his wife in a blanket as she mourned the loss of her pregnancy at 11 weeks, Hope Ngumezi wondered why no obstetrician was comin...
Crooked Media

Thanksgiving Happy Hour - The post Thanksgiving Happy Hour appeared first on Crooked Media.
Mother Jones

Bored of Turkey? Here’s Some High-End, Lab-Grown Foie Gras. - This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. At an upscale sushi bar in New York last wee...
ProPublica

Maine Proposes Major Staffing Increases for Assisted Living and Residential Care Facilities - Rose Lundy, The Maine Monitor This article was produced by The Maine Monitor, which was a member of ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in 2022-23. Sig...
Angry Bear

USMCA used to be “a fair deal for everybody” - Back when Trump rebranded NAFTA as “USMCE,” here’s what he said about it: “We have negotiated this new agreement based on the principle of fairness and r...
The Reality-Based Community

Wolves có trả lời cho Man United vụ mua Cunha - Wolves đã khẳng định chắc chắn sẽ giữ chân tiền đạo chủ lực Matheus Cunha trong kỳ chuyển nhượng mùa đông, bất chấp sự quan tâm đặc biệt từ Manchester Un...
NPR's Health Shots

Feeling stuffed after the big meal? Don't flop on the sofa, take a 'fart walk' - Among the latest health hacks to go viral on TikTok is the idea of a short, post-dinner "fart walk" to aid digestion. Turns out, the science on this trend ...
Seeing the Forest

BlueSky - Dave Johnson is on BlueSky at https://bsky.app/profile/dcjohnson.bsky.social
Informed Comment

Lebanon Ceasefire underlines that both Israel and Hezbollah Lost the War - Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – When Iran and Iraq were fighting each other in the 1980s, with neither regime being much liked in Washington, former Secreta...
Counterpunch

The Washington Post Excoriates the ICC for Issuing Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant - “The International Court is putting the elected leaders of a democratic country with its own independent judiciary in the same category as dictators and ...
jobsanger

It May Take Disease Outbreaks For Americans To Appreciate Vaccines -
Antiwar.com

Senator Ossoff Reminds Us of One of President Reagan’s Best Foreign Policy Decisions - Reprinted from David Henderson’s substack, I Blog To Differ. On November 20, 2024, Senator Jon Ossoff, one of the two Democratic U.S. senators from Georg...
Sludge

Trump Taps Corporate Lobbyist Jamieson Greer for US Trade Rep - Greer is a partner at law firm King & Spalding and a registered federal lobbyist for the American subsidiary of an Italian construction company.
Workers World

What ICC warrants against Israel really mean - [image: What ICC warrants against Israel really mean] The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Nov. 21 for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin ...
Popular Resistance

Israel’s genocide Day 416: Minimal Food Aid Allowed Into Gaza - Israel and Lebanon are very close to concluding a ceasefire deal, claimed Israeli reports on Monday, after two days of intense fire exchange between Hezb...
Portside

Republicans Freak Out Over Trump’s Choice for Labor Secretary - Republicans Freak Out Over Trump’s Choice for Labor Secretary Greg Tue, 11/26/2024 - 20:26
Krebs on Security

Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier - Two men have been arrested for allegedly stealing data from and extorting dozens of companies that used the cloud data storage company Snowflake, but a thi...
Ring of Fire

Papantonio & Farron Cousins Spar Over Bill Maher’s Attack On Wokeism - The post Papantonio & Farron Cousins Spar Over Bill Maher’s Attack On Wokeism appeared first on The Ring of Fire Network.
Progressive.org

Finding the Strength to Lift People Up - In the wake of Donald Trump's win, we need to acknowledge our similarities if we want to become more united.
LareDOS

Unforgettable memories of El Barrio Azteca come to life in an old photograph - An old wooden staircase evoked a summer day in 1949 when we posed for a picture with the Ruiz sisters
Idavox

Hulk Hogan Flexes His Poor Judgement, Strikes a Pose with Neo-Nazi - The crazy thing is this is the second time (that we know of) where he... The post Hulk Hogan Flexes His Poor Judgement, Strikes a Pose with Neo-Nazi appe...
Political Garbage Chute

Can I File an Extension If I’m Not Ready to Control My Wife By January 20th? - I don’t really want to go to jail because I couldn’t figure out how to wrangle my wife’s genitals into their holding pen before January 20th. Okay, I get...
Crooked Timber

TikTok in Romania - Ownership and control of social media platforms is a first-order concern for both domestic politics and international conflict. The most important battlegr...
Bracing Views

Reflections on the COVID Response - W.J. Astore Overconfidence and Profiteering Trumped Humility and Public Service Here are a few thoughts on America’s response to Covid that I hope are usef...
The Mind Unleashed

He’s been in foster care for most of his life. At 13, all Tim wants is a chance to be someone’s son. - At just 13 years old, Tim has already lived a lifetime of uncertainty. Shuffled between foster homes for most of his childhood, he’s grown used to packing ...
Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

Study Universal Basic Income at the University of Sydney - Introducing SSPS6008 – Universal Basic Income In 2025, the the School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS) at the University of Sydney will offer the ...
Debunking Christianity

The Blasphemy of Heliocentrism - The Pareto distribution of bible verse citations If you’ve listened to many church sermons, you may have noticed that they often cite verses from the chu...
The Grayzone

Sebastian Gorka: British intelligence asset? - Sebastian Gorka’s involvement with British intelligence cost him a security clearance in Hungary. His longtime mentor is a UK spook currently engaged in ...
See You In 2020

Fewer Americans are accepting liberal demonization of the MAGA base, bringing us closer to workers unity - A future where the USA’s people unite against our monopolist system, and build a new society that works for the collective, is becoming easier to see. D...
Project Censored

Connecting the Dots: The War on Workers Is The War Abroad - What does the genocide in Gaza have to do with the working class here at home? Well, quite a lot. Imperialism is a home game and the same corporations an...
Alas, a Blog

Cartoon: Things Were So Much Better Then - This cartoon is drawn by Jenn Lee, who added so many great 1970s details! Jenn and I sometimes work sharing a table at a coffee shop, and she’d sometimes l...
Democracy Chronicles

Will Someone Clear the Air? - Chances are, people reading this will agree that it's impossible to run a successful political campaign without money.
Deadline Politics

Donald Trump Declares “Major Victory” As January 6 & Classified Documents Cases Dropped By Special Counsel - Just less than two months before Donald Trump returns to the White House, the former and future president saw two of his most treacherous legal battles end...
The Texas Signal

Houston Airports Take Art Very Seriously - Saba Razvi likes to write in airports, which is good because she flies out of George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) or William P. Hobby Airport (HOU...
Eater Houston

The Best Italian Restaurants in Houston - [image: A slice of 100-layer lasagna sits on a sauced plate at Milton’s.] Some of the best pasta awaits. | Julie Soefer Wood-fired pizzas, saucy meatball...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

What the Hell is Going On: An Explainer in these Strange Times - A jumping off point for those looking to understand how we got here, where we're going, and what we can do
Earthworks

There’s A Big Plastics Treaty in S. Korea. What You Need to Know! - What is happening: This month, environmental justice advocates will join world leaders in Busan, South Korea. From November 25 – … The post There’s A Bi...
Rewire

This LSU Group Combats Louisiana’s Reproductive Health Crisis - Feminists in Action provides emergency contraception and resources to students at Louisiana State University. The post This LSU Group Combats Louisiana’s...
Discourse

Until Next Week - Gobble gobble.
Speak Freely (ACLU)

Incarceration Should Not be a Death Sentence for Individuals Who Use Opioids - The opioid epidemic has gripped communities for more than 20 years. From 1999 to 2022, nearly 722,000 people died from an overdose involving prescription...
The Progressive Wing

11.25-27 Pre-Thanksgiving Open Threads - Hola everyone! 🙂 It’s official: The 2024 Hurricane/Storm Season is ending. YEAH and how! Talk about climate change crisis!?! Anywho, these are wide Open T...
Earth 911

Earth911 Podcast: Alter Eco Foods CEO Keith Bearden Is All-In On Regenerative Chocolate Farming - Food production is one of the most impactful forces shaping our environment, responsible for approximately... The post Earth911 Podcast: Alter Eco Foods ...
Progressives Chat

Happy Thanksgiving! - This week is Thanksgiving…with the holiday Thursday, November 28, 2024. I wish everyone a *Happy Thanksgiving*! Beginning next week, blog topics will b...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Trust Sarah McBride - Sarah McBride Before she has even been sworn in as the first trans Congresswoman in American history, Sarah McBride finds herself in bad territory. On on...
Field Negro

Transition train wreck. - The election is over and MAGA is still angry. I guess owning the libs was their only goal in life. For the life of me I can't understand where all this ...
Brad Blog

Sunday 'No Such Agreement' Toons - Where'd ya get that idea? We have no such agreement here at Sunday Toons! Please proceed... * * * As The BRAD BLOG's former longtime toon sherpa PDiddie al...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

UT is becoming the face of Texas’ higher education failures. That must change, The Daily Texan Editorial Board - *Friends:* *I am glad that the Daily Texan Editorial Board is weighing in on findings from a recent survey conducted by the American Association of Univers...
The Militant

The working class put its stamp on the 2024 elections - LOS ANGELES — “Given the events over the last couple days, it is necessary to begin this forum by describing the virulent attack on Jews in Amsterdam Nov. ...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: AN AGE OF CLODS AND MONSTERS EDITION. - *I have never heard a bad Desmond Dekker record.* Not gonna push it too hard here as this is only Friday 'Round-the-Horn technically -- it's after midnig...
Lowering the Bar

Still No Lawsuit Against the Fake Colombian Basketball Team - [image: picture of the alleged fake colombian team]I have mixed emotions about this.
Texas Freedom Network

What You Need to Know about the Texas State Board of Education’s Bible Curriculum Decision - Your November 2024 SBOE Rundown On Nov. 22, 2024, the State Board of Education (SBOE) met to take its final vote on whether to approve Bluebonnet Learnin...
Bud Kennedy

The untold story: When TCU canceled JFK’s honorary degree—’He’s a Catholic, you know’ - Gov. John B. Connally asked trustees to honor Kennedy with a Ph.D., but some trustees balked. … Click to Continue »
Unlimited Hangout

Bad Faith Podcast - Bad Faith Podcast.
Reveal

The Unflinching Courage of Taylor Cadle - [image: Taylor Cadle, a young woman with dark hair and wearing a black sweater and jeans ripped above the knee, looks directly into the camera with an unfl...
Avedon's Sideshow

One little miracle a day is all I need - I feel worse than I thought I would if this happened, even though I probably expected it more than a lot of lefties and Democrats did. The whole Cheney ...
Trivial Knot

A better masculinity, for those who don’t want it - A few months ago, I went to an ace unconference–an unconference being an event where attendees create sessions on the spot, rather than planning sessions i...
Border/Lines

The immigration 'vibe shift'—11-19-24 - Immigration news, in context.
Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center

Inside the Beehive - An SPLC Data Lab investigation of anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-immigrant content on The Babylon Bee and its sister site, Not the Bee, has uncovered multiple contro...
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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.
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

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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

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...
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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