Brains and Eggs

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

This one is by Oliver Ploux.#ElonMusk #nazisalute pic.twitter.com/u8KrtiIxZ6
— Cartoon Movement (@cartoonmovement) January 22, 2025

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

Medicare for All#SocialistSunday pic.twitter.com/AbBHq010MV
— screamschildrenremoved (@PDiddie) April 13, 2025

This cartoon was drawn in 2009. pic.twitter.com/nwDtBVjU2M
— Friendly Neighborhood Comrade (@SpiritofLenin) July 27, 2024

most of what we fight over is made up... pic.twitter.com/T6UubOBNJ6
— వంశీ చెల్లెపాటి (@Vamshi_C13) November 29, 2025

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

If you zoom in on this 1873 map of Houston, you'll see all sorts of interesting stuff, including the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou, which, because it formed a natural turning basin for boats to turn around, was the primary reason the Allen Brothers, John Kirby… pic.twitter.com/yEZ8x47u7r
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) February 6, 2025

Houston, Texas, and US blog roll

Grist

Environmental defenders remain among world’s most targeted activists - A new report found that environmental defenders are increasingly encountering overlapping networks of government officials, corporations, criminal groups, ...
Futurism

Light Pollution is Causing Fish to Live Miserable, Bitter Lives, Researchers Find - "The consequences could ripple throughout the reef ecosystem." The post Light Pollution is Causing Fish to Live Miserable, Bitter Lives, Researchers Find...
Mediaite

Trump Lashes Out in Wild Rant About New Dem Winners: ‘They Want to End Religion!’ - Trump lashed out at Democrats in a wild rant about the progressive candidates who won surprise primary victories, claiming that "They want to end religio...
memeorandum

Deal with Trump hands Iran economic lifeline as leaders eye postwar gains (Susannah George/Washington Post) - Susannah George / Washington Post: *Deal with Trump hands Iran economic lifeline as leaders eye postwar gains* — An influx of cash under Trump's prelim...
Political Wire

For Your Weekend Listening - The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live. Democrats shouldn’t ignore what happened in New York City this week. Join now to continue reading. Members get...
Al Jazeera English

Three killed as Ukraine and Russia trade attacks overnight - Moscow's attacks are reported to have killed two, while Kyiv's attacks on Russia killed one.
Alternet

Inside the real reason Republicans are finally telling Trump to pound sand - Dispatch writer David M. Drucker dropped some truth on MS NOW’s “The Weekend” show on Saturday, explaining exactly why Republican leaders in the Senate a...
Mother Jones

How to Survive a Brutal Heat Wave in Italy - This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. With Western Europe in the grip of a punishi...
WhoWhatWhy

My Offer to the IRS - [image: US_IRS_Office_of_Appeals_Seal_on_Lectern_3x2.jpg] Glad to pay, with interest and penalties, only not to Donald Trump. My Offer to the IRS originall...
Vox

Democrats say they need manlier candidates. Doesn’t Mamdani qualify? - After two successive women lost the race for president — and with the GOP increasingly claiming the testosterone-fueled “manosphere” — a lot of Democratic ...
Infidel753

Link round-up for 27 June 2026 - Various interesting stuff I ran across on the net over the last week. Reminder: If you like a blog post I link to here, leave a supportive comment *on th...
Crooked Media

What Is A Human For? - The post What Is A Human For? appeared first on Crooked Media.
jobsanger

Trump And Republicans Are Waging A War Against Women -
World Socialist Web Site

WSWS webinar on the American Revolution: The historical significance and contemporary relevance of 1776 - The World Socialist Web Site's webinar marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution brought together leading historians to defend its revolutio...
Informed Comment

Obliterating Gaza’s Children: The Damning UN Report - The Commission's report concludes that the deliberate targeting of Palestinian children is part of a recurring Israeli pattern of conduct
The Hill

Trump rips former national security adviser after guilty plea: "Hopefully, he will be dealt with harshly!" - President Trump slammed his former national security adviser after he pleaded guilty on Friday to improperly retaining sensitive materials from his time in...
Techdirt.

Whoops! Military Reverses Course On Flu Vaccine Requirements After Soldiers Got Sick - When we talk about the scourge of anti-vaxxer philosophy within the federal government, we naturally spend a great deal of that time talking about RFK Jr. ...
Portside

Friday Nite Videos | June 26, 2026 - Friday Nite Videos | June 26, 2026 barry Fri, 06/26/2026 - 21:51
Mediagazer

Two groups file a petition to deny FCC review of ABC's TV station licenses; they say they will seek revocations if stations restrict speech in trade for FCC OK (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net) - Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net: *Two groups file a petition to deny FCC review of ABC's TV station licenses; they say they will seek revocations if stations ...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: EYE ON THE SPARROW Y'ALL EDITION. - *DANCE PARTY!!* It seems the closer we get to the big two-five-oh -- that is, the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence -- the stupider t...
Capital & Main

As Cold Storage Company Became Global Titan, Fire Risks Piled Up - Lineage transformed food supply chains and made its owners rich. Now it’s hired a crisis team in the wake of East L.A. warehouse fire. The post As Cold S...
Raw Story

Trump's next makeover revealed: 'The White House campus just can’t catch a break' - President Donald Trump has planned to add to his vast number of projects with another White House makeover, according to reports on Friday. After adding...
Claytoonz

Mail Fraud - Please read the blog at my Substack. Support your local cartoonist: If you want to support the cartoonist, please donate through PayPal to clayjonz@gmail.c...
NPR's Health Shots

5 million have dropped ACA insurance after Trump and the GOP let prices skyrocket - The number of people who signed up for a health plan and then didn't pay their premium fell much more sharply than it has in years past. Trump officials bl...
Ian Welsh

Brief Iran Update - So, Iran closed the Strait because Israel wouldn’t leave Lebanon. Some ships tried to leave to Iran struck the ships. Trump called that a violation of the ...
The Verge

After covering Prime Day for 36 hours over four days, this is the one thing I bought - We’ve covered so many deals during Prime Day that my head is spinning. But after four days of doing our damndest to try and help folks save money, the thin...
Brad Blog

Court Blocks Trump’s Executive Power Grab Seeking to Nationalize Vote-By-Mail Eligibility - A federal judge in Massachusetts this week, blocked Donald Trump’s unconstitutional attack on the right of U.S. citizens to vote by mail during the upcomin...
Election Law Blog

“Bill Pulte Picks G.O.P. Election Operative for Spy Agency Job” - NYT: Bill Pulte, the acting director of national intelligence, has installed as his chief of staff a woman who worked on election-related issues for the ...
The Greanville Post

More War Now, or Would Sir Rather Wait? - OBB—I picked up on this conflict in my post yesterday, arguing that if Russia (that is to say, Putin) is really committed to preserving a future for the Ru...
Dissent Magazine

The New York Left’s Super Tuesday - The Democratic Party establishment was not happy about Zohran Mamdani’s election, but most did not treat it as an existential threat. The results of the ...
CultureMap Houston

Beard-recognized Houston chef serves up fresh concept in Midtown high-rise - One of Houston’s most acclaimed hospitality groups has opened a new wellness-focused concept in a Midtown high-rise. The Branch is the latest concept from ...
Eschaton

Happy Hour - Get happy
IVN

He Ran as a Democrat Once. Brian Bengs Says Never Again. - His campaign website frames the entire race around one premise: that Big Money has corrupted both parties to the point where regular people who play by the...
The Daily Poster

Why Won't Hickenlooper Debate His Challenger? - United States Senate candidate Julie Gonzales is challenging Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) and the Democratic Party machine protecting him.
slacktivist

LBCF: An interlude, ending with a hug - Wherein, for a brief moment, Rayford Steele is allowed to behave almost like a human being, and so for a brief moment the authors seem almost like real hum...
San Antonio Report

Federal student loan changes are coming July 1. Here’s what’s changing. - The Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act is changing how federal student loans are issued and repaid starting July 1. ------------------------...
Daily Cartoonist

Why Don’t We Do It in the Comics - 9 Chickweed Luann – Two for Tuesday So we are accustomed to Arlo and Janis‘ subtle side glances to sex and 9 Chickweed Lane‘s more direct indications. But ...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Trump again threatens 100% tariffs against any country imposing digital services tax on US firms – live - US president revives threat against European countries discussing tax measure despite repeated court rulings against his tariffs - Sign up for...
Deadline Politics

Donald Trump Threatens 100% Tariff On European Countries That Implement Digital Services Tax - Donald Trump threatened a 100% tariff on European countries that impose a digital services tax, as the president once again came to the defense of American...
Independent Political Report

Ray Walden IV Named Chair of Libertarian Party of Illinois - Ray Walden IV has been named as the new chair of the Libertarian Party of Illinois following a meeting of the organization’s State Central Committee held...
Environment Texas

Senate panel advances bill to fund repairs to national parks - Legislation would provide long-term funding to repair aging roads, trails, campgrounds and water systems in national parks. The post Senate panel advance...
Angry Bear

Jobless claims: seasonality returns, but remains very positive for the economy - – by New Deal democrat This morning a plethora of economic data was released, including personal spending and income, manuacturers’ new orders, motor ve...
Earthworks

Indigenous Council Files Complaint Over Indonesian Mine’s Responsible Producer Certification - Copper Mark awarded PT Freeport Indonesia a renewed certification claiming that their Grasberg facility “fully meets” all but one of its 33 criteria for ...
The Root

What These Recent Supreme Court Rulings Could Mean for All Black Americans - From voting rights to prison sentences, recent Supreme Court decisions could reshape policy and disproportionately affect Black Americans. Read more...
Novara Media

Sadiq Khan Backtracks on Blocking Palantir From Met Contract - Sadiq Khan has granted Palantir a 12-month pilot project with the Metropolitan police, just weeks after he blocked a £50m deal between the two. Citing proc...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

When ‘Judeo-Christian’ Means Christian: The Texas State Board of Education and the Politics of Curriculum, by Angela Valenzuel, Ph.D. - *When ‘Judeo-Christian’ Means Christian: The Texas State Board of Education and the Politics of Curriculum* *by* *Angela Valenzuela, PH.D.* *June 26, 2...
Ballot Access News

Ohio Governor Vetoes Bill Requiring Requests for Absentee Ballots to Include a Copy of the Applicant’s Photo ID - On June 24, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, a Republican, vetoed HB 472. It would have required persons seeking an absentee ballot to include a copy of their ph...
Glasstire

Exhibitors Announced for 2026 Untitled Art, Houston Art Fair - Untitled Art, Houston has announced its exhibitor list for 2026, the second edition of the international art fair to be held Friday, October 2, through S...
Daily Howler

RACE: The termagants say she's really a man! - *FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2026* *They slime the first lady*—*of France!* Is the UFC's Josh Hokit a racist? Asking a slightly different question, was his pitiful...
naked capitalism

Judge Blocks ‘Unconstitutional and Dangerous’ Trump Order Designed to Derail Mail-In Voting - The court blocked the latest Trump effort to override voting laws, here by trying to assert Federal control over mail-in ballots.
Bonddad

Real personal spending on durable goods rebounds from near recessionary levels, including motor vehicle purchases - - *by New Deal democrat* Yesterday we saw a slew of data releases, including durable and core capital goods orders, jobless claims, personal income ...
Crooked Timber

Feels like 40 degrees – Let’s get a Ministry for the Future - For the first time in history, the country in which I live – the Netherlands – has issued a Code Red alert due to the heat. Code red is only issued when th...
Mondoweiss

Palestinians resist Israel’s efforts to take over the West Bank landmark, Solomon’s Pools - [image: Residents around Bethlehem take up the “swimming challenge” as a way of asserting Palestinian presence at Solomon's Pools in Artas, June 2026. (Pho...
Rewire

Planned Parenthood Endorses Graham Platner for Maine Senate Seat - Plus, medical records of trans kids in New York are safe for now, and family planning organizations fight Trump on Title X overhaul. The post Planned Par...
Scheerpost.com

Solidarity With The People Of Venezuela Amidst Disaster - International League of People’s Struggle. Statement of the ILPS The International League of Peoples’ Struggle stands in solidarity with the people of Ven...
Progressive.org

Gluttons for Punishment - The MAGA movement has used and abused people’s ignorance and fear about transgender people as a Trojan horse to implement its fascist agenda.
Duck of Minerva

How the Iran War harms U.S. deterrence - President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran may weaken the U.S. ability to deter great power rivals. But not because the recent U.S.-Iranian memorandu...
Democracy Now!

Bayer/Monsanto Wins Roundup Case as Supreme Court Blocks Suit over Link Between Herbicide & Cancer - The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 to restrict thousands of lawsuits claiming Bayer, the parent company of Monsanto, had a duty to warn consumers about potential ...
The AltWorld

Colombian Presidential Election: Another Right Turn More - Last Sunday, June 21, 2026, Colombia held the second round of presidential elections. The chances between the […] The post Colombian Presidential Electio...
Texas Observer

Portrait of Us, 2019-2023 - The post Portrait of Us, 2019-2023 appeared first on The Texas Observer.
ArcaMax

Pride Isn't About Labels. It's About Making Sure Our Kids Feel Loved. - Last weekend, our family participated in the local pride parade with a group from my husband's work. Before the parade, our son wanted to get a pride flag ...
Dorf on Law

The Insanity and Incoherence of the Bruen Test for Second Amendment Cases - Reasonable people can disagree over whether the Constitution as a whole protects an individual right to own guns apart from militia service. Although the...
Space City Weather

Houston in the haze as steamy summer days continue - In brief: Smoke and dust creating a hazy situation around Houston this weekend will likely continue into early next week. But also a slight change will all...
The Smirking Chimp

The Mounting Humiliations of D. J. Trump -
Off The Kuff

The rules don’t apply to Mike Miles - He’s just special. Houston ISD waited nearly a full school year to seek a state waiver, allowing appointed Superintendent Mike Miles to lead the district f...
Courthouse News

$1.4 trillion investment helps China restore freshwater ecosystems’ oxygen - Oxygen concentrations rose as much as 12% over a decade, a rare environmental success story as climate change warms water.
ProPublica

An Oregon Law Lets One Wealthy Region Turn the Desert Green. When Drought Hits, Farmers Pay the Price. - The post An Oregon Law Lets One Wealthy Region Turn the Desert Green. When Drought Hits, Farmers Pay the Price. appeared first on ProPublica.
High Country News

The Deschutes River goes to the water-rich few during drought. Farmers are paying the price - A century-old Oregon water law lets one wealthy region turn the desert green while water-starved ag fallows commercial crops. The post The Deschutes Riv...
Rallblog

Where’s Our Gratitude? - As J.D. Vance pointed out, the United States has poured billions of dollars into building Israel into the world’s neediest welfare state. But, as David B...
Socialist Alternative

AI IPOs: Next Stage Of The Bubble? - While we pay through the nose for shortages stemming from Trump’s war on Iran, his billionaire friends are gambling trillions on the AI bubble. Elon Musk’s...
Counterpunch

The Hidden Architecture of Knowledge: Intelligence, Academia and the Shaping of Power - One of the central questions guiding my recent work on intelligence, knowledge production and state power concerns undeclared interests and relationship ...
Popular Resistance

Building Systems Of Mutual Aid After Prison - America’s prison system does not end at the prison gate. For millions of formerly incarcerated people, release marks the beginning of another sentence—on...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Flashback - That time when an anti-LGBTQ pastor claimed that gay men have sex with gerbils and cell phones - *(Editor's note - This flashback post piggybacks on my last two posts (which I hope you have read and shared) about how negative images and narratives pl...
Workers World

Swarthmore 9 on trial for pro-Palestine encampment - [image: Swarthmore 9 on trial for pro-Palestine encampment] Philadelphia — Students at Swarthmore College, outside of Philadelphia, held a nonviolent, pro-...
El Paso Matters

How the Rescue Mission of El Paso helped Fred Johnson turn a second chance into a new life - After years of addiction and incarceration, a Rescue Mission recovery program helped Fred Johnson rebuild his life -- and today he's helping others do t...
San Antonio Current

Gabby Giffords, Sheriff Salazar endorse Katy Padilla Stout for U.S. House - Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords and Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar on Wednesday threw their support behind San Antonio attorney and child advocate ...
Wolf Street

Inflation in “Core Services” Surges, plus AI’s Impact on Electricity & Goods: Inflation beyond Gasoline - The 6-Month "core services" PCE price index jumped 4.2% annualized, pushed the 6-month core PCE to 4.1%, worst since June 2023.
Texas Standard

Supreme Court undermines TPS program, putting 147,000 immigrants in Texas at risk of deportation - The decision focused specifically on Haitian and Syrian immigrants, but legal experts say it could apply to as many as 1.3 million immigrants in the U.S. o...
Common Dreams

End Sanctions Now - U.S. Economic Warfare Has Made Venezuela’s Earthquake Catastrophe Worse - CODEPINK extends our deepest condolences to the people of Venezuela following the devastating earthquakes that have taken hundreds of lives, injured thou...
SCOTUSblog

An unusual retort to a dissent from the bench - Next week, what is being billed as the biggest fireworks show ever in Washington, D.C., will help celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday. Yet the Supreme ...
The Week

Remote work: Fueling a mental health crisis? - It can be lonely working from home
Consortium News

Iran Challenges US Doctrine of Low-Intensity Warfare - The official lies that undergird low-intensity warfare are wearing thin as Tehran challenges the underlying assumptions of the doctrine, write Medea Benjam...
Discourse

Super PACs Are No Match for Zohran Mamdani (w/Jack Crosbie) - Plus: Big wins in the New York primaries, ranking NYC avenues, and Taylor and Travis' cursed wedding at MSG
Project Censored

Frame-Checking Generative AI’s Role in Transmitting News - Shealeigh Voitl and Andy Lee Roth As large language models (LLMs), a new generation of AI chatbots, and other forms of generative AI (artificial intellig...
Undernews

NYC's lesson for the Democrats - *The Hartmann Report - *On Tuesday night, the establishment wing of the Democratic Party got a message it would prefer to pretend it didn’t hear. In New ...
The NM Political Report

Top New Mexico Republican official charged in fatal hit and run, months after being charged with street racing and speeding - [image: Kimberly Skaggs] Las Cruces Police used traffic cameras, GPS and old fashioned detective work to track down the vehicle and driver witnesses photo...
First Draft

I Am Sick Of Writing About Abortion - Banning abortion did not lower the number of abortions in the US. It is killing women, though, and in some cases the attendant lack of care is also killing...
The Conversation

The danger of US-Iran ceasefire agreement is what it leaves out - A strong deal would build in real penalties for going back to war: automatic, reversible costs that fall on anyone who restarts the fighting.
The Progressive Wing

6/25-26 News Roundup and Open Thread - More fallout from Tuesday’s election and a big endorsement for Abdul.
Earth 911

For Two Decades, the Salmon Count Was Wrong and Puget Sound’s Orcas Paid the Price - For more than 20 years, fisheries managers set Chinook salmon recovery goals, closed fishing seasons,... The post For Two Decades, the Salmon Count Was W...
Salon.com

On the eve of America’s 250th, SCOTUS may redefine who belongs here - With a decision on birthright citizenship looming, SCOTUS could undermine the entire concept of the nation
Church and State

A Long Train of Abuses and Usurpations - It is painfully apparent that nearly every major abuse and usurpation by King George III has been replicated by Trump.
Liberation News

What Texas’ roots of repression can teach us about the Prairieland sentences - The message this ruling sends is unmistakable: the state will deploy the full machinery of repression in order to crush dissent and maximize its control ov...
Axios

2 powerful earthquakes hit Venezuela - Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday, damaging buildings in the capital, Caracas. *The big picture: *The U.S. Geological Survey issued ...
Antiwar.com

Congress Is Preparing To Surrender American Sovereignty on the Eve of America’s 250th Anniversary - Reprinted with permission from The Kucinich Report. The United States Congress, on the very eve of the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence...
The Grayzone

Leaked emails reveal British intel instigated riots in occupied Ireland with twisted ploys - Leaked emails expose how British military-intel officials deliberately provoked riots among occupied Ireland’s Catholic and Protestant communities, which...
See You In 2020

The Soros plan for assaulting China: build a Hitlerite movement under the “democratic socialist” brand - How can the imperialists effectively wage war against China amid the split that’s emerged between the United States and the European Union? The solution...
Slate

After a Spicy Primary Night, Who’s Winning the Fight for the Democratic Party’s Future? - Here’s what you need to know about the primaries in New York, Maryland, and elsewhere.
Speak Freely (ACLU)

Surveillance is Driving a Corporatization of Police Departments - What are the implications of having for-profit companies at the heart of American police departments?
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

A Democratic Reality Check: The Check-In with Jared Yates Sexton and Danielle Moodie - A recording from Jared Yates Sexton's live video
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

The Primary Season: 2026 Already Surpasses Average Number of Incumbent Losses, and a Low Number of Incumbents are Running - After this week's primaries, 7 House incumbents have been denied renomination. This is above the postwar average of 6.5 losses, and there are some other ...
MintPress News

Hezbollah Hunts Down Hind Rajab’s Killers & Crushes Israeli Offensive - More than two years after six-year-old Hind Rajab was killed alongside her rescuers in Gaza, Hezbollah is systematically targeting commanders linked to t...
Bracing Views

The Real Enemy Is War - For Democracy to Prosper, America’s Wars Must End BILL ASTORE JUN 24, 2026 To democracy, the real enemy is war. Almost any excess, any use of power, any ab...
The Socialist

Eric Adams Net Worth 2026: The Real Numbers Behind the Indictment - If you search for Eric Adams’ net worth online, you will instantly hit a wall of conflicting numbers. Some celebrity wealth trackers claim he is sitting on...
Ecosophia

June 2026 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...
Houston Public Media

Prairieland shooter gets 100 years, others 30-70 for ICE detention center ‘antifa’ protest - The sentencing comes three months after a weeks-long trial in which prosecutors argued the group was a "North Texas antifa cell" with anti-ICE and anti-gov...
Media Lens

Whitewash: Media Silence Over Starmer’s Gaza Legacy - On Monday, Sir Keir Starmer was given a largely respectful farewell by the ‘mainstream’ media, portraying him as a ‘decent’ man who put his country first. ...
Land Destroyer

US Cements Political Capture of Armenia as it Advances “Extending Russia” Strategy - *June 15, 2026 *(NEO - Brian Berletic) - The United States continues pursuing its decades-spanning policy of maintaining global primacy by encircling and...
Idavox

Promoter of NJ Neo-Nazi Show Doubles Down on Beliefs While Two Bands Bow Out - UPDATE: about an hour after we posted this article, the Wisla Club where Vengeance Fest... The post Promoter of NJ Neo-Nazi Show Doubles Down on Beliefs ...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

The Most Effective Research To Prevent Violence Is Buried For Ideological Reasons! - The academic world has been steadily improving research about how to reduce violence and solve many other social problems for decades, if not well over ...
Black Agenda Report

Gustavo Petro: Israel Stole Colombia's Presidential Election - Gustavo Petro: Israel Stole Colombia's Presidential Election bareditors Wed, 06/24/2026 - 02:08 Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist Dimitri Lasc...
Krebs on Security

Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trial - Two men pleaded guilty in the United Kingdom this week to criminal charges stemming from an August 2024 cyberattack that crippled Transport for London, the...
The Texas Signal

Celebrating Pride In Caldwell County - Pride of Caldwell County rekindles the original community spirit of Pride. Rather than a highly organized one-day affair, the town spreads out events in lo...
LareDOS

Trump’s wealth transfer from the poor to the wealthy has unhinged cruelty-induced hardships for 40 million American citizens - His demented behavior and faux Christian evangelism encourages oligarchic Republican politicians to gerrymander, intimidate, and mis-inform
Sludge

Palantir Goes on a Democratic Lobbyist Hiring Spree - The ICE contractor has hired Hakeem Jeffries' former chief of staff and a former Democratic senator as it builds out a Democratic lobbying operation on Cap...
NORML

Virginia: Lawmakers Approve Budget Language Regulating Adult-Use Cannabis Sales in 2027 - [image: A uniform pattern of preroll marijuana joints on a green background][image: A uniform pattern of preroll marijuana joints on a green background]Un...
Seeing the Forest

People Don’t Even Remember That Countries Used To Tax The Rich - Here is something that has been erased from people’s memories: The top income tax rate used to be 90%+ and the corporate tax rate was 52%. This was in both...
TalkLeft

Happy Father's Day and Open Thread - Happy Father's Day to all. A day of tribute and for many, remembrances. My dad passed away at age 81 in 2001. Something reminds me of him every day. His ...
Avedon's Sideshow

Not another one, aw, no - "Girl With Mug" is a painting by Iranzy Art. Not sure where we are in any given minute with the Iran ceasefire deal, during which, as usual, Israel has ...
Trivial Knot

Thoughts on maintaining a game diary - I’ve been maintaining a video game diary since 2021. I post it publicly on my pillowfort. It is not the only media diary I maintain, I also review books ...
Lowering the Bar

Assorted Stupidity #174 - [image: LTB logo]In this edition: a FOIA request; another psychic fails to predict her own future; important disclosure requirements; etc.
Field Negro

No exit in sight. - I few months ago I was driving down to Louisiana to play golf with some friends of mine. I had a craving for a bag of those pecan nuts that they serve...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

Baby, Baby, Baby, You’re Out Of Drones - 10 x 18 inch medium-res color .jpg image, 832kb I didn’t even bother to contain my glee as I read the news of US and Israeli stocks of missiles and drones ...
Alas, a Blog

Fox Goggles - It took me a few tries to write this strip. It’s the most vexing question of the Trump era, for me: How can so many people support Trump? I’ve known a bunc...
Edinburg Politics

Edinburg Cable Network earns 2026 Silver Telly Award for holiday video “The City of Edinburg Catches the Grinch,” reports Mayor Omar Ochoa - Christmas 2025 memories came flashing back in May 2026 when South Texans learned that the Edinburg Cable Network was named a 2026 Silver Telly Winner by th...
Progressives Chat

Mamdani. Platner. El–Sayed. - In the Democratic Party, three men have been greeted with opposition. From Democrats. But also from the supposed mainstream. One of these men, beginning...
Consent Factory, Inc.

The Rise of the New Normal Reich (Redux) - So I’ve got some good news and some bad news. I’ll give you that news in just a minute, but, first, I need to do a recap for any readers just now tuning in...
The Rag Blog

SUSAN VAN HAITSMA / CULTURE / Down on the Drag: Austin Music History - By Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog / June 15, 2026 I love learning about the place, people and history of where I live. I often wonder about the people w...
Debunking Christianity

An Interview on Atheist Morality - > > Dear Dr. Loftus, >> >> I am a secondary school student currently researching the historical >> change in morality and its link to the rise in secular...
Greg Palast

Trump’s Cage Fight GeniusHow ‘bout a cage rematch? Don “The Bovine” Trump v. Sen. Jon Ossoff? - Just when the Democrats thought they had it clinched because of high gas prices from the “little excursion” in Iran, Trump pulls off one of the most brilli...
Web of Debt

AI ABUNDANCE, PART 3: GOVERNMENT MONEY WITHOUT STRINGS ATTACHED - Project Hamilton, ECASH, and the Quest for a Privacy-Protected Digital Dollar The first two articles in this series explored the proposition that artificia...
Texas Monthly

The Daily Crossword: June 14, 2026 - [image: Sunday Crossword Illustration] The post The Daily Crossword: June 14, 2026 appeared first on Texas Monthly.
Stinque

Pop! Six! Squish! Uh-uh! Cicero! Lipschitz! - The post Pop! Six! Squish! Uh-uh! Cicero! Lipschitz! appeared first on Stinque.
Two Party Opera

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Free & Equal

We Need More Choices in Elections | Christina Tobin Interviewed by Matt Kibbe - Tune in to hear Free and Equal founder Christina Tobin dive deep with Matt Kibbe on his show “Kibbe on Liberty!” They discuss the importance of breaking ...
Texas Freedom Network

Five Ways Education Vouchers are Already Harming Texans - By Andrew Freeman Governor Abbott and his far-right cronies pushed for vouchers for more than a decade. It took millions of dollars, countless special se...
Campaign for America's Future

Es nuestra hora de defender la democracia - Nos están arrebatando el derecho a votar. Es nuestro deber restaurar la salud de nuestra democracia, mientras aún podemos. En una democracia sana, tenemos ...
The Militant

Build protests now to defend Cuba’s sovereignty! US hands off Cuba! - The following statement was released May 26 by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party, on behalf of the party’s National Committee....
Green Pages News

Young Ecosocialists have concluded their May 2026 Special Elections - The Young Ecosocialists have concluded their May 2026 Special Elections. Those elected to the Steering Committee are: Alice Falle, Education & Member Suppo...
Countercurrents

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FrontBurner – D Magazine

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nonsite.org

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Texas Environmental News

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The Mind Unleashed

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Downwinders at Risk

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Dissident Voice

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Reading the Pictures

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Second Nexus

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Screwston Antifascist Committee

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Moron Majority

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The Disorder Of Things

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Dandelion Salad

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Daily Dot

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Reform Austin

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Reveal

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ExChristian.Net

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American Prospect

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Progressive Army

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Rio Grande Guardian

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GreenSource DFW

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Nina Illingworth

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Bud Kennedy

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ROAR Magazine

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Ring of Fire

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Southeast Texas Record

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Save Buffalo Bayou

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Texans For Public Justice

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Political Garbage Chute

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Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

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Polygraph (global fact-check)

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Equality Texas

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The Reality-Based Community

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Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center

Anti-Immigrant Group FAIR Taps Controversial Former Sheriff to Serve in Adviser Role - A law enforcement figure associated with the extremist “constitutional sheriff” ideology will serve as an adviser for the anti-immigrant hate group Federat...
New Progressive Alliance

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Robert Reich

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Right Wing Watch

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Dos Centavos

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The Intercept

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The Stars Hollow Gazette

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Shadowproof

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

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So Far From Heaven (Jack Purcell, RIP)

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Lawfare

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In These Times

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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 ...
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Eclectablog

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Echidne of the Snakes

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VICE

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Texas Moratorium Network

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Due Dissidence

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Strategic Culture Foundation

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BillMoyers.com

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Chicken Fried Politics

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The Contributor

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Liberal America

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Popehat

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epic.org

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Malady

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Freethought Now

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Louis Proyect

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INSIDER - politics news

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Houston Press

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Dallas Observer

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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

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PBD - Progressive Blog Digest

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Latino Decisions

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TomDispatch

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Art Killing Apathy

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Defend our Movements

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Better Texas Blog

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Austin 360

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Think 3 Institute

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Modern Democracy

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The Metaphor Project

Say: “Move America Forward?” - In the first Democratic presidential debate, Andrew Yang proposed a slogan, “Not left, not right, forward!” The next day I corrected it on Twitter to be “...
Truthout

Despite Shutdown, Trump Is Pushing Forward Plans to Drill in Arctic - With Trump, oil drilling takes priority over essential services like trash pickup in national parks.
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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