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

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

Eschaton

Pardon Incoming - Apparently the "Jan. 6 pipebomber" was a Trump-supporting election conspiracy believer.
The Verge

Sony’s new PS5 DualSense controller might have way more battery life - It might not look much different on the outside, but the newest version of the PS5’s DualSense controller could feature a major improvement in battery life...
Mediaite

Suspect in DC Pipe Bomb Case Told FBI He Thought 2020 Election Was Stolen: Report - Brian Cole, 30, the suspect accused of planting pipe bombs in Washington, D.C., told the FBI he believed the 2020 election was stolen, according to a rep...
Slate

Slate Mini Crossword for Dec. 5, 2025 - Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid.
CultureMap Houston

This affluent Houston enclave is the richest small town in Texas - Affluent Houston neighbor* Bellaire* is cashing in as the richest small town in Texas for 2025, according to new study from GoBankingRates.
Futurism

IBM CEO Says the Math Just Doesn’t Add Up on Its Competitors’ AI Spending - "It’s my view that there’s no way you’re going to get a return on that." The post IBM CEO Says the Math Just Doesn’t Add Up on Its Competitors’ AI Spendi...
Daily Howler

ILLNESS: O'Donnell got lost in "the fog of the chase!" - *FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2025* *So did quite a few others: *As we've noted in recent weeks, Lawrence O'Donnell has been the must-see cable news anchor of the...
memeorandum

Accused DC pipe bomber told FBI he believed the 2020 election was stolen, sources say (CNN) - CNN: *Accused DC pipe bomber told FBI he believed the 2020 election was stolen, sources say* — Federal agencies Congressional news January 6th US elec...
Raw Story

Trump's goal out of reach as 'even the most devout MAGA supporter' is tired of him: report - MAGA support for Donald Trump is dwindling with even his most devout supporters starting to lose faith in the president, according to a new report. A ne...
Countercurrents

Indian Muslims and Secular Progressive Citizens Demand a Legal Ban on Polygamy - More than 300 leading progressive figures from all walks of life, from across the nation have endorsed the statement and they include the following: Zakia ...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal - Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protests A tenured professor at San José State Universit...
Houston Public Media

A supersized World Cup field begins taking shape at Friday’s draw - Houston is one of the host cities for the 2026 World Cup, with five group stage matches and two knockout round games set to be played at NRG Stadium.
Common Dreams

Poll: Voters Want Jeffries & Schumer to Fight AI Deregulation - On Friday, Demand Progress released a poll showing that large majorities of Democratic and Independent voters want Democratic leadership to fight an atte...
The Hill

Noem says Trump weighing expanding travel ban to more than 30 countries - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the Trump administration is planning to expand its travel ban to more than 30 countries in the wake of a deadl...
Second Nexus

Professional Chefs Share The Top Mistakes Average Home Cooks Make - With the expansion of cable television and then streaming services, a number of competition shows featuring amateur home cooks. Shows like *Master Chef* ...
Daily Dot

Spotify users are going through a whole range of emotions after discovering their “listening age” - [image: spotify listening age reactions memes] It's that time of year again when Spotify users get their Spotify Wrapped data. People learn which artists...
SCOTUSblog

The who’s and what’s of presidential power - Major Questions is a recurring series by Adam White, which analyzes the court’s approach to administrative law, agencies, and the lower courts. Please no...
Courthouse News

EU thumps X with $140 million fine over blue check ‘deception’ - Despite threats from the U.S. to back down, Brussels hit Elon Musk's platform with the bloc's first-ever penalty under its 2022 tech law.
Daily Cartoonist

Ken Crook – RIP - Editorial cartoonist, sculptor, and painter Ken Crook has passed away. Kenneth Erle (Ken) Crook July 13, 1929 – November 30, 2025 Carl McGowan at Newsday i...
Political Wire

Pipe Bomb Suspect Believed 2020 Election Was Rigged - “The man charged with planting two pipe bombs near the Democratic and Republican party headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol tol...
Axios

Democrats target Trump's affordability crisis in 2026 offensive - Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is working with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to develop a coordinated strategy to make the 2026 election a ...
Texas Standard

Today on Texas Standard: A special broadcast from San Antonio - We’re broadcasting live from the Alamo City today, talking everything from Tejano music to the city’s economic future.
The Week

Choline: the ‘under-appreciated’ nutrient - Studies link choline levels to accelerated ageing, anxiety, memory function and more
Al Jazeera English

Who controls the Rafah crossing? - Gaza once had seven border crossings to the outside world. Now it has two, and both are blocked by Israel.
Mediagazer

The NYT sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and failed to stop using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months (New York Times) - New York Times: *The NYT sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and failed to stop using its content despite repeated demands o...
Glasstire

A Roundup of 2025 Holiday Art Markets Across Texas - Those interested in shopping local while celebrating artists and artisans will find holiday art and artisan markets popping up throughout the state. List...
First Draft

Hannah Arendt Speaks To Us Over The Decades - Fifty years after her death, the German historian/philosopher's astute observations of authoritarianism have never been more relevant.
Salon.com

A desperate Trump puts his racism on full display - The president’s attacks on Somali-Americans are the latest sign he is failing — and he knows it
El Paso Matters

Paso del Norte Trail project awarded $31 million; Veronica Escobar presses Cardinal Health - This week: The Paso del Norte Trail project gains $31 million for new routes as Rep. Escobar seeks answers from Cardinal Health over toxic emissions. Al...
Alternet

Trump longs for 'good old days' when leftists liked him in overnight Truth Social spree - In a contrast to his rage-baiting Truth Social spree from earlier this week, President Donald Trump spent his executive time Thursday posting a string of...
Vox

The end of fur just got a lot closer - The world’s second-largest fur producer is saying goodbye to fur. On Tuesday, Poland passed a law to phase out fur farms over the next eight years — a majo...
The NM Political Report

In NM’s most SNAP-reliant county, fear persists as the holiday season begins - by Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico – Like she does every Tuesday afternoon when the bell rings at the Shepherd’s Closet in Elephant Butte, Tami Smith ...
ArcaMax

The Grove That Shows Why Holly Trees Still Captivate Us - Like the song says, it's time for mistletoe and holly. The holly tree has been a winter favorite throughout human history, but the genus, which includes hu...
The Conversation

Far-right extremists have been organizing online since before the internet – and AI is their next frontier - Neo-Nazis and other far-right extremists were early adopters of bulletin board systems, pioneering online recruiting and radicalization techniques long bef...
Debunking Christianity

The Case for Jesus as a Real Historical Person Continues to Erode - *“But I feel Jesus in my heart” is evidence for what you’re feeling* In my most recent articles here I explained why we no longer need to pay much atte...
NPR's Health Shots

Has hope survived the war? We asked Israelis and Palestinians we spoke to in 2023 - In 2023, we interviewed them to see how the Israel-Hamas war was affecting their ability to feel compassion and empathy. In the wake of the ceasefire this ...
Rallblog

Sloppy Russian Spies | DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou - LIVE 9:00 am Eastern time, Streaming Anytime: Political cartoonist Ted Rall and CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou deprogram you from mainstream media every...
Mother Jones

Border Czar’s Former Clients Cash in on Trump’s Immigration Crackdown - Jin Kang, the CEO of a telecom and IT company, was talking to stock analysts this past spring, when he was asked about the company’s prospects for winning ...
Rewire

Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers Take Case Against New Jersey to U.S. Supreme Court - A decision is expected by the summer. The post Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers Take Case Against New Jersey to U.S. Supreme Court appeared first on Rewir...
Earth 911

Earth911 Inspiration: The Future Is Still To Be Written - This Earth911 inspiration is a quote from the 2025 State of the Climate Report, which... The post Earth911 Inspiration: The Future Is Still To Be Written...
WhoWhatWhy

What If the America We Think We Live in Never Existed? - [image: map, history, United States, 1921] We’re not one nation split by politics — we’re 11 regional cultures that have been at war since the colonies. An...
naked capitalism

Links 12/5/2025 -
The Smirking Chimp

What Democrats Must Pledge to America -
Skeptophilia

Excusing the past - Today I'm asking a question not because I'm trying to lead you in any particular direction, but because I honestly am not sure about the answer myself. Ho...
Capital & Main

To Protect Underage Farmworkers, California Expands Oversight of Field Conditions - State agencies to join forces to crack down on child labor violations after Capital & Main found enforcement breakdowns. The post To Protect Underage Far...
Off The Kuff

SCOTUS upholds the new Congressional map - Shocked, shocked I am. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Texas Republicans’ new GOP-heavy congressional map, handing the party a key victory as it ...
San Antonio Report

As Ballet San Antonio celebrates 40 years, a trailblazing dancer takes the lead in ‘The Nutcracker’ - As Ballet San Antonio turns 40, principal dancer Buse Babadag reflects on her unexpected path from Istanbul to the Sugar Plum Fairy in this year’s “Nutcrac...
ProPublica

What a Recorded Interview Between Police and Preachers Reveals About How a Minnesota Church Handled Sexual Abuse - The post What a Recorded Interview Between Police and Preachers Reveals About How a Minnesota Church Handled Sexual Abuse appeared first on ProPublica.
Seeing the Forest

AI Is Just Not Ready And The Bubble Will Pop - The following experience reflects many experiences I have had using AI. I keep trying again because I’m a long-time techie so I am ever-hopeful that “tech ...
Grist

After COP30, Indigenous advocates celebrate gains while warning of unfinished work - “They can’t decide for us without us.”
Consortium News

Jonathan Cook: UK Hunger Strike Is Not Being Televised - Even Palestinian hunger strikers held illegally in Israeli jails receive more coverage from the Israeli press than Palestine Action’s political prisoners a...
High Country News

Get to know the western spotted skunk - ‘The stench kind of permeates everything’: What it takes to study a stinky, secretive skunk The post Get to know the western spotted skunk appeared firs...
Crooked Media

Two Strikes. Is Hegseth Out? - The post Two Strikes. Is Hegseth Out? appeared first on Crooked Media.
Counterpunch

Operation ‘Just Cause’ Redux? Trump’s Attempt at Regime Change in Venezuela - The similarities between what is happening now in Venezuela and what happened in the lead-up to Operation Just Cause are noteworthy. But the differences ...
Portside

Sabrina Carpenter and the Cruel Authoritarianism of Trump - Sabrina Carpenter and the Cruel Authoritarianism of Trump jay Fri, 12/05/2025 - 01:21
jobsanger

Our Somnolent, Gibbering, Incoherent, Deeply Corrupt President -
OpEd News

On being not fit to be president - The beauty of America is that absolutely anyone can become president. But with money playing such a role in the decision, it is also the curse of America.
Informed Comment

Cracks in the MAGA – Likud Collusion to Hasten End Times Reality - It looks like the perverse romance between MAGA and Israel’s Likud Party is becoming frayed at the edges.
World Socialist Web Site

West Contra Costa California educators and classified workers launch joint strike - The strike by 3,000 educators and support staff has shut down normal operations in one of the San Francisco Bay Area's largest school districts.
Workers World

March for Mumia press conference in Reading, Pennsylvania - [image: March for Mumia press conference in Reading, Pennsylvania] Philadelphia An energetic rally and press conference outside the Berks Couny Courthouse ...
Techdirt.

ACIP Meets To Decide If More Newborns Need To Catch Hepatitis B - ACIP is meeting this week, which means we all get to clench our sphincters as we await whatever small, medium, or large sized horrors will come out of this...
Popular Resistance

First International Day Against Unilateral Coercive Measures - In June of 2025, the United Nations General Assembly designated December 4 as the annual International Day against Unilateral Coercive Measures, urging S...
Claytoonz

Dozing Don - Read the blog at my Substack. Support your local cartoonist: If you want to support the cartoonist, please donate through PayPal to clayjonz@gmail.com, Ven...
The Greanville Post

MUST WATCH DISCUSSION: TPUSA HITS BACK at Candace, Rogan Beckons AI JESUS, Hillary at UNHINGED Israel Hayom Conference - DD—The video transcript presents a wide-ranging and highly critical commentary on contemporary political and social issues, focusing primarily on U.S. poli...
The Root

Michelle Obama Reveals Seven Unknown Facts About Katt Williams - The comedian opened up to Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson on their podcast, sharing a vulnerability you rarely see. Read more...
Brad Blog

The Political Landscape as Dems Seek to Avoid the GOP's Massive, Year-End Health Care Cliff: 'BradCast' 12/4/2025 - Yikes. Quite a news day. We do our best to keep up on today's BradCast. But our conversation about the political fight to avoid falling over the GOP's mass...
Wolf Street

Fed Balance Sheet QT: -$37 Billion in November, -$2.43 Trillion from Peak, to $6.54 Trillion - Standing Repo Facility at zero, after doing its job calming the repo market at month-end. QT ended on December 1, but in November, QT continued.
Progressive.org

Trump’s War on ‘Narcoterrorism’ Is a Smokescreen - The Trump Administration’s recent bombings off the coast of Venezuela signal a return to Cold War-era military aggression.
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

'Lesbian educator wins $700,000 settlement after being called a 'witch' in an 'LGBTQ coven'' & other Thur/Fri news briefs - *Lesbian educator wins $700K after she was allegedly called a ‘witch’ in an ‘LGBTQ coven’ *- *Our community needs reminders like this. When you fight h...
The Texas Signal

Texan Joins Major Reproductive Rights Group - The new Executive Director of one of the largest reproductive advocacy nonprofits in the country has a strong connection to Texas
Ballot Access News

U.S. Supreme Court Lets Texas Use New U.S. House Maps - Late on December 4, the U.S. Supreme Court let Texas use its new U.S. House district maps. The vote was 6-3. See the order here. … Continue reading →
Black Agenda Report

Black Agenda Radio December 5, 2025 - Black Agenda Radio December 5, 2025 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 12/05/2025 - 05:53 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agend...
San Antonio Current

Supreme Court lets Texas keep new congressional map while legal battle continues - [image: State Sen. Kevin Sparks, R-Midland, looks over a proposed congressional map during a redistricting hearing at the Texas Capitol in Austin on Aug. 6...
Antiwar.com

Trump Ukraine Plan AOA (Alive on Arrival) - Despite widespread rejection and ridicule in Western media of Donald Trump’s peace proposal on Ukraine being “dead on arrival” in Moscow, there was Trump’s...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

UT takes disciplinary action against students after Tower sit-in, The Daily Texan, Nov. 18, 2025 - *UT-Austin is investigating students for a peaceful sit-in meant to deliver a letter about the Trump Compact and the University’s proposed departmental c...
Ian Welsh

The Four Steps Guide To Learning - Sometimes it seems like half my life was spent learning something new. The more I’ve learned, the more I’ve thought about how to learn, and I’m going to di...
Independent Political Report

Lawsuit Filed to Reverse Arizona Independent Party Name Change - The Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission has filed a lawsuit against Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, arguing that the recent name cha...
Scheerpost.com

Aaron Maté on Liberalism’s Contradictions: Russia, Israel, and U.S. Hegemony - In this incisive interview from December 2, 2025 with The Institute of Art and Ideas, independent journalist Aaron Maté examines the contradictions within ...
Election Law Blog

Breaking: Supreme Court on 6-3 Party Line Vote, Allows Texas to Use Its Re-redistricting Maps for 2026 Congressional Elections - You can find the order. a concurrence, and a dissent at this link. [This post is in progress] The post Breaking: Supreme Court on 6-3 Party Line Vote, A...
Krebs on Security

SMS Phishers Pivot to Points, Taxes, Fake Retailers - China-based phishing groups blamed for non-stop scam SMS messages about a supposed wayward package or unpaid toll fee are promoting a new offering, just in...
Alas, a Blog

Reasons To Support Trump - I’m generally against “bothsidesism,” but one thing I believe conservatives and liberals have in common in the U.S.: We both find the other side’s choices ...
slacktivist

The Inner Ring (C.S. Lewis on the Epstein lists) - "To nine out of ten of you the choice which could lead to scoundrelism will come, when it does come, in no very dramatic colors."
Reform Austin

Texas Eyes Potential New Interstate Connecting DFW to Amarillo - Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Texas may soon see its newest Interstate if US 287 is upgraded, potentially providing a more di...
Earthworks

Seeing the Invisible: My First Look at New Mexico Through an OGI Camera - The first time I pointed the optical gas imaging (OGI) camera at a well site in New Mexico, an entire … The post Seeing the Invisible: My First Look at ...
Church and State

Trump: Ukrainian NATO membership blocked because Putin owns him! - Our NATO allies in Europe understand a sellout deal in Ukraine would expose NATO members to almost certain Putin invasions.
Angry Bear

Not So Hidden Danger of Pickups - Not so sure why this has been called hidden. It is painfully obvious in accidents. These are made so people can ride around in larger-than-life vehicles....
Deadline Politics

New MS NOW Direct-To-Consumer Offering Will Have 24/7 Access To Linear Channel, But Will Not Be “Your Typical Streaming Service” - The new direct-to-consumer offering from MS NOW is being pitched as different from other subscription digital offerings, but it will include 24/7 access to...
Undernews

- [image: Three Americans own more wealth than the bottom 50% (graph)]
LareDOS

“The Woman Under the Water & Other Stories,” exhibit by San Antonio artist Sarah Fox opens - Dec. 5 at The Laredo Center for the Arts
The Daily Poster

Trump Is Poised To Privatize Legal Aid For Migrant Children - Internal documents suggest Trump aims to undercut a key program for unaccompanied children and potentially outsource those legal services to a for-profit I...
Mondoweiss

Gaza gang leader and Israeli collaborator Yasser Abu Shabab has been killed, reports say - [image: Yasser Abu Shabab. (Photo: Social Media)]Yasser Abu Shabab had become an infamous figure in Gaza over the past two years for his role in collaborat...
Sludge

House GOP Advances Clean Energy Rollbacks - Gas hookup bans, showerhead water limits, and mobile home energy efficiency requirements were among the measures targeted by Energy and Commerce Committee ...
The AltWorld

Tensions SPIKE between Trump and Netanyahu | Ep.136 - Tensions SPIKE between Trump and Netanyahu | Ep.136 The post Tensions SPIKE between Trump and Netanyahu | Ep.136 appeared first on TheAltWorld.
Dissident Voice

The Great Revolutionary Divide - Europe, mid-1800s: Two men stood at the center of a storm that would shape socialism’s future. Karl Marx, a German-born philosopher, believed in seizing ...
Project Censored

AI Cyber Spy: Gilman Louie - As the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was fragmenting in the late 1980s, a moonlighting Russian software engineer, Alexey Pajitnov, coded a spellbin...
The Rag Blog

MARTIN J. MURRAY / REMEMBRANCE / Larry Caroline disarmed critics without demeaning them - By Martin J. Murray / The Rag Blog / December 4, 2025 Martin J. Murray is the author of Insurgent Politics in the Lone Star State: Remembering the Antiwar ...
Bonddad

Jobless claims: Holiday seasonality enters in a big way - - *by New Deal democrat* The good news is, we are back to the normal weekly jobless claims releases. The really good news is that this week’s number...
Democracy Now!

West African Asylum Seekers Find Safe Haven in NYC Volunteer-Run Kitchen - Amid escalating ICE raids in New York City, *Democracy Now*’s Messiah Rhodes spoke to immigrants and advocates supporting newly arrived migrants and asylum...
Space City Weather

Cold, and somewhat wet weather will prevail until the weekend as winter descends into Houston - In brief: Houston will be cold, gray, and intermittently rainy until Saturday, when we should see some sunnier skies for awhile. We may hit 70 degrees by S...
Texas Observer

Remembering David Richards, 1933-2025 - On November 13, surrounded by family and listening to Guy Clark songs in the capital of the state on which he left such an enormous mark, David Richards ...
Dorf on Law

Costco's Lawsuit Raises the Remedial Stakes in the SCOTUS Tariffs Cases - Last week, Costco filed a lawsuit in the Court of International Trade (CIT) against U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP), its Commissioner, and the Uni...
Trivial Knot

On Steam AI disclosures - The Steam game store has a policy that games with AI-generated content are required to say so. The CEO of Epic Games (which owns a competing game store) re...
See You In 2020

The tactics of Zionism’s “Bronze Age Pervert” psyop, & how working-class politics can defeat it - I’ve made it such a priority to combat the ideas of “Bronze Age Pervert” because these ideas are pivotal tools in the ruling-class scheme to perpetuate ...
Socialist Alternative

Students & Workers Unite to Fight Trump & ICE: How & Why We’re Building Students Rise Up - Micaela is co-president of GEO Local 6297 (writing in personal capacity), Sammy is a student at Yale University, and Sophia is a student at University of W...
Discourse

Quid Pro Quo Is the Only Law That Matters - Donald Trump's corruption-first economic agenda is thriving—if you're rich.
The Grayzone

Former Israeli spies now overseeing US government cybersecurity - The Pentagon, Treasury Department, DHS, and a variety of other US government agencies have begun relying on a firm launched by former Israeli military in...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

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

House Rating Changes Following TN-7 Special, Plus Updates on Indiana Redistricting and the Overall House Map - Notes on the TN-7 special, North Carolina ratings changes, a proposed Indiana Republican gerrymander, and the overall House map The post House Rating Cha...
Ecosophia

Situationism: The Road from Raswashingsputin - Two weeks ago, in our ongoing exploration of the ideas of the Situationist International and their application to the ongoing crisis of industrial society,...
NORML

Analysis: NIH Database Now Includes Over 53,000 Cannabis-Related Studies - [image: cannabis researcher with plant and bottle of oil][image: cannabis researcher with plant and bottle of oil]"It is time for politicians and others ...
Green Pages News

Lessons From Leftist Pandemic Disinterest Toward Rebuilding Public Health - Author’s Note: This is a lightly edited and updated version of an essay originally published in New Green Horizons on October 13, 2025. In 2022-2023, the...
Crooked Timber

The Pub at the End of the University - I heard a rumour that London IT professionals have selected the pub where they will meet when the internet goes down. It is apocalyptic thinking, perhaps, ...
Bracing Views

Apocalypse Soon? - Returning a Final Time to Cheyenne Mountain BILL ASTORE DEC 02, 2025 Hello Everyone: In 2007, I was fed up with the lies of the Bush/Cheney administration ...
Greg Palast

Got Democracy? Give to Save 2026This Giving Tuesday, Help Protect the American Vote - You can make a difference and already have. Atlanta Public Radio reported that without Greg Palast’s investigation, Raphael Warnock would not have been ele...
Media Lens

The Magic Begging Bowl, Part 1 – The Failure Of Success - ‘One day a beggar knocked on the doors of a great king. By chance, the king himself opened the door. He saw the beggar: the beggar was not an ordinary begg...
Infidel753

Image round-up for 2 December 2025 - More pictures from my collection -- click any image for full size. [For the link round-up, click here. For the *Wizard of Oz* remix video, click here.] ...
Liberation News

Ohio nurses attacked on job, union demands accountability from hospital - What is happening at OSU Wexner Medical Center is commonplace at all hospitals, and more broadly, is reflective of what is happening at work sites across a...
The Progressive Wing

December 1-7 News Roundup and Open Thread - Welcome to December. We’re expecting 6 inches of snow here tomorrow.
Environment Texas

This Giving Tuesday, help save the bees from a “death spiral” - Your support will help protect bees from die-offs. The post This Giving Tuesday, help save the bees from a “death spiral” appeared first on Environment T...
Progressives Chat

The Last Topic for 2025 - Now that December has arrived, I will be making this the “The Last Topic for 2025”—and for good reason—and I will explain why. I have decided to not pub...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Do Zionists Believe Their Own Obvious Lies? - I don't know if you noticed, but Zionists are totally out of touch with reality, and they often create a heavily censored and false version of history a...
Democracy Chronicles

On Business and Power - The government is the only entity big enough to stop business from having all the control and economic sway, yet the United States is failing at this.
Avedon's Sideshow

Throw cares away - It's that time of year again! And nothing starts the season off like "The Carol of the Bells", so here's a nice flash-mob version from the streets of Pari...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: POST-THANKSGIVING INGRATITUDE EDITION. - *Drive that pile.* Hope your Thanksgiving was good! Mine was fine and now that I’ve had my gratitude I’m ready to move back into my usual ingratitude mo...
The Militant

Fight to defend unions, political rights in Quebec - MONTREAL — Quebec’s four main union federations and five other unions are organizing to bring thousands of unionists to a mass united rally in Montreal Nov...
DeSmogBlog

Labour Group Slams Lord Glasman Over Climate Denial Lecture - An influential Labour peer has been criticised for being the star speaker at the UK’s main climate science denial group, which says carbon emissions are ...
Duck of Minerva

Can the news ever be impartial? - Probably not, but the problem isn’t impartiality it’s the politics of impartiality On November 9th, the director general of The BBC, Tim Davie, along with ...
Consent Factory, Inc.

A Visit by the German Thought Police - Three armed Berlin police officers arrived at my door this morning with a warrant to search my apartment. They conducted the search, interrogated me and my...
MintPress News

The Seven Richest Billionaires Are All Media Barons - The world’s seven richest men now double as media barons, buying up platforms from CNN and CBS to Twitter, Facebook and TikTok. Alan MacLeod charts how t...
Dissent Magazine

Partyism Without the Party - Zohran Mamdani’s victory was rooted in organizations that took up the base-building and mobilization functions that once fell to parties.
Campaign for America's Future

It Is Up to Us to Defend Democracy - Do we have the courage to defeat an authoritarian regime? I believe we do, if we organize strategically and effectively. There is no time to waste. Do we...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

Lord Of The Files - 11 x 17 inch high-res color .jpg image, 2.4mb With a big ol’ School Book Depository Anniversary Day salute to all you poor-ass marks who showed out for thi...
ExChristian.Net

Turn off the Light - *By BlackFreethought ~ * Once I took off the mask and removed the veneer of Christianity during this second deconstruction, the world became a more scary...
TalkLeft

Thursday Open Thread - Donald Trump was not invited to Dick Cheney's funeral. He did, however, sign the Epstein bill. This is an open thread, all topics welcome.
Lowering the Bar

First Alleged Space Crime … Didn’t Happen - [image: AI image of a burglar on the ISS]And when it does it won't look like this.
Web of Debt

Why New York City Needs a Public Bank - We will build a city-owned bank — not to serve shareholders, but to serve you. A bank that invests in housing, in transit, in climate resilience. A bank th...
Texas Monthly

The Daily Crossword: November 18, 2025 - [image: Tuesday Crossword Illustration] The post The Daily Crossword: November 18, 2025 appeared first on Texas Monthly.
Edinburg Politics

Mayor Omar Ochoa calls on Edinburg leadership at all levels “to swing for the fences in economic growth, working tirelessly to recruit businesses with high-paying jobs in technology, healthcare, and advanced trades” - Newly-elected Edinburg Mayor Omar Ochoa is calling on the city’s leadership at all levels “to swing for the fences in economic growth, working tirelessly t...
Dispatches from the Underclass

Why Israel Has No Future in the Middle East | Nakba Survivor Dr. Ghada Karmi - As Israel continues its relentless assault on Gaza, killing and starving hundreds of thousands of Palestinians with Western backing, even during so-called ...
Texas Freedom Network

Alert: SBOE Work Groups Need YOU - Are you someone who disliked group work back in school? Maybe you felt that you could do a better job alone, or that other group members wouldn’t pull th...
Land Destroyer

Future Global Order Pivots on Ukraine Proxy War - *October 21, 2025* (NEO - Brian Berletic) - Russian forces in recent weeks have been increasingly encircling the cities of Pokrovsk in central Donetsk wh...
Idavox

Five Years For Woman Who Burned Down Several Businesses in Puerto Rico - Were is not for social media, Danielle Bertothy could have gotten away with this. The... The post Five Years For Woman Who Burned Down Several Businesses...
Moron Majority

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Unlimited Hangout

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Reading the Pictures

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FrontBurner – D Magazine

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Reveal

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Two Party Opera

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American Prospect

More State (or Is It Just Trump?) Capitalism - Treasury’s Bessent says the feds will jump into pharmaceuticals and shipbuilding. California’s Newsom says the state has produced and will sell insulin at ...
WAWG Blog

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Field Negro

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Progressive Army

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nonsite.org

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Screwston Antifascist Committee

Missouri City GDL Neo-Nazi Identified as Douglas Earl Landrum - Summary Douglas Earl Landrum has been responsible for distributing numerous white supremacist flyers and banners in the Houston area in 2022 and 2023 on be...
The Socialist

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Free & Equal

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Rio Grande Guardian

Smith: Border Days - Border chronicler Morgan Smith recaps a two-day trip he recently made to Mexico, including stops in Anapra, Juárez, and Palomas. The post Smith: Border D...
GreenSource DFW

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Nina Illingworth

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Stinque

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Bud Kennedy

Joe Rogan tells Texas Democrat James Talarico, ‘You need to run.’ Does he? | Opinion - If Texas Democrats need young talent, James Talarico is a start. The 36-year-old Texas House lawmaker from Round Rock is not far removed from his days as J...
ROAR Magazine

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Speak Freely (ACLU)

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Eater Houston

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Ring of Fire

Trump Threatens Media Outlet Over Don Jr’s Comparison To Hunter Biden - Donald Trump Jr. has been crisscrossing the planet using his dad’s name, his name, of course, to get all of these business deals and put money in his poc...
Southeast Texas Record

Case activity for Maa Wwarrs -Maa Vintage Park, LLC vs Keidre Mccall on May 14 - The Harris County Civil Court reported the following activities in the suit brought by Jack Garland Jr. and Maa Wwarrs -Maa Vintage Park, LLC against All...
Save Buffalo Bayou

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The Disorder Of Things

Feminist Peace In Question - Our final piece in the symposium on Governing the Feminist Peace is a reply from our authors to the contributions by Nicole, Mohamed, Helen, and Laura. It ...
Texans For Public Justice

New Report & Tool to Track Flaring - The “Texas Flaring Project” released a website and a report today analyzing how the state’s oil and gas industry wastes valuable natural gas by flaring a...
Political Garbage Chute

Why Did The Secretary of Defense Text Me Dick Pics and Nuclear Launch Codes? - “I’m Prince of War now, got it? I’ll do what I want. Text what and who I want.” Well, that was a new one. I have to say in all my years covering politics...
Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

Degrowth’s unhelpful contribution to global environmental challenges: A rejoinder to a critique of growth contingency - I write in response to the recent critique by Terry Leahy of my article ‘Beyond green growth, degrowth, post-growth and growth agnosticism’ in JAPE (94, ...
Polygraph (global fact-check)

Vatican: Francis stable, out of ‘imminent danger’ of death - The Vatican press office is changing the frequency of the pope’s health updates
Equality Texas

Remembering Sylvester Turner - Today, we mourn the sudden loss of Congressman Sylvester Turner. A lifelong Houstonian and dedicated public servant, Turner was a member of the Texas Hous...
The Mind Unleashed

Tesla Shares Fall After Massive Drop In Sales - Tesla’s stock value has taken a significant hit, dropping over 9% following a sharp decline in sales across the UK and European Union in January. This down...
The Reality-Based Community

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CPI's Danger in the Air

Public Integrity’s “40 Acres and a Lie” project is honored by the Philip Meyer Journalism Awards - [image: A collage illustration that pairs pictures of William T. Sherman with Trinity Church in Edisto, South Carolina. Overlaying Sherman is a snippet of ...
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

2024 Annual Report - *2024 Annual Report* - Publishing in social media means publishing a reference in Facebook at Colorado Best Democracy, Greens Discuss the Issues, L...
Texas Watch

In the News: Insurance Crisis Hurting Texans - We have been updating you throughout the year on the insurance crisis gripping our state and our nation. Insurance companies have *hiked our rates beyon...
BEYONDbones

Winter Solstice | Final Sky Happenings of 2024 - Editor’s Note: Look to the sky as HMNS Astronomer talks winter solstice for the final sky happenings of 2024. Thank you for watching the stars alongside ...
Novara Media

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Border/Lines

The immigration 'vibe shift'—11-19-24 - Immigration news, in context.
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Morning Consult

Replicating Experimental Findings with Online Panels - The post Replicating Experimental Findings with Online Panels appeared first on Morning Consult.
TXElects

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Dandelion Salad

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CT's short stories and novelettes

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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...
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...
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
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

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FiveThirtyEight.com

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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

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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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Living Blue in Texas

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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

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

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Due Dissidence

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Duffel Blog

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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

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Downwinders at Risk

With Historic Rebuke, EPA Sends GAF Permit Back to Austin…and a Message to Company - When Janie Cisneros and her Singleton United contingent met with EPA Region Six Director Dr. Earthea Nance and her staff on June 1, one of the residents’ g...
Chicken Fried Politics

Symbolic solution in search of an actual problem - Support of 9 Southern Republicans for Respect for Marriage Act shows why Supreme Court isn’t about to ban same-sex marriage ♦By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedP...
Pages of Victory

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The Contributor

34 Senate Republicans oppose even debating gun safety compromise bill - News Image: Every Democrat and 14 Republicans in the Senate voted to consider bipartisan compromise gun safety legislation. Category: Guns in America ori...
Bayou Brief

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Washington Babylon

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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...
Popehat

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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...
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...
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...
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...
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

What is it about Trump? - *P*art of it is this: millions of people who'd never want Donald Trump to be their boss now feel that he has become, or is becoming, exactly that. Somethin...
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...
Modern Democracy

Roberts’ Next Thicket?: The Coming One-Person, One-Vote Battle Over “How Much is Too Much” - Recently, Nick Stephanopoulos pointed out how Rucho was written as if constitutional racial vote dilution claims never existed. The same might also be said...
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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