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

Mediaite

David Axelrod Says Trump’s Approach to Midterms ‘Hasn’t Worked in a Thousand Years’ - Democratic strategist David Axelrod used a bit of hyperbole on Thursday to emphasize that the kind of approach that President Donald Trump is taking rega...
Vox

Trump’s strange obsession with steam-powered catapults - This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over ...
The Conversation

Is it illegal for the president to spend ‘patriotic’ donations on a White House ballroom or anything else? - Uncle Sam may receive charitable gifts, but that doesn’t give presidents free rein on how to spend those funds.
Ballot Access News

Rob Richie on C-Span’s Washington Journal - FairVote and Expand Democracy founder Rob Richie was on C-Span’s Washington Journal yesterday (Wednesday, August 19, 2026) to discuss the use of Ranked Cho...
The Hill

FBI foils alleged ISIS-inspired bomb plot targeting New York Capitol - Federal police arrested a 35-year-old woman in connection with a plot to bomb the New York State Capitol, according to a criminal complaint filed in federa...
Progressive.org

End the Use of AI in Warfare - It's foolhardy to believe that humans can adequately review AI targeting without making tragic errors.
Election Law Blog

“Homeland Security Has Not Proved That Thousands of Noncitizens Registered to Vote in Nevada” - NYT: A month after the Trump administration declared without evidence that thousands of noncitizens had illegally registered to vote in Nevada, official...
Popular Resistance

Fujimori Faces The First Protests Of Her Administration - A wave of protests and demonstrations have rocked diverse regions of Peru in recent days. The recently inaugurated right-wing President Keiko Fujimori is...
First Draft

Happy Birthday, John Hiatt - "And the master of disaster, gets tangled in his Telecaster. He can't play it any faster, when he plays the blues."
Political Wire

‘Florida Is a Screwy State’ - Just finished up a fun discussion on this week’s primaries with the great Julie Mason. You can listen here.
Futurism

The Economy Is So Bad That People Are Using Klarna for Rent and Utilities - "It’s a roller-coaster ride, up and down — I can't afford to have an emergency." The post The Economy Is So Bad That People Are Using Klarna for Rent and...
Novara Media

IDF Opens Criminal Investigation Into Murder of Hind Rajab - The IDF has opened a criminal investigation into the murder of five year old Hind Rajab, her family and 15 other Palestinians in Gaza in 2025. Plus: Ed Mil...
Daily Howler

THURSDAY: He knows how to buy good trees! - *THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2026* *And he's very good at flagpoles:* "I'm very good at flagpoles," the sitting president said. He said it yesterday, during...
Brad Blog

‘Green News Report’ – August 20, 2026 - Follow and stream @GreenNewsReport!…(Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Soaring diesel prices are ripping across the U.S....
Mother Jones

Republicans Are Realizing That No One Wants Data Centers - The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued a memo Tuesday suggesting that, if incumbent Republican Ohio Sen. Jon Husted loses his upcoming electio...
IVN

Missouri Voters Got the Signatures. A Judge Says They Still Can’t Vote on Trump-Backed Map - A Missouri judge blocked voters from using a referendum to overturn a Republican-backed congressional map, despite the initiative collecting over 300,000 s...
Project Censored

The Next Dark Pattern - Lily Minh Wass There’s a saying that goes, “If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product.” The digital platforms we rely on daily have built...
Undernews

Climate change - *Inside Climate News - *Wildfires in Europe could burn across about 39 percent more land by the end of the century, even if greenhouse gas emissions decl...
Capital & Main

Children Are Losing Health Coverage. Federal Cuts Will Make It Worse. - Medi-Cal enrollment among children has fallen by more than 460,000 since 2025. Medicaid cuts taking effect next year will push coverage even lower. The p...
The Rag Blog

MICHAEL MEEROPOL / LABOR / Time to Consider a Four-Day Workweek - By Michael Meeropol / The Rag Blog / August 20, 2026 Mike Meeropol, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Western New England University, comments on Juliet B...
ArcaMax

The Deadly Pursuit of Fame - The tragic deaths of Hayden Panettiere and Jason Arday can be tied to the same phenomenon. It's not new but has accelerated in today's influencer culture: ...
Salon.com

“The End of Oak Street” does pastiche right - In a studio culture obsessed with nostalgia, David Robert Mitchell's dino thriller knows what we truly want
SCOTUSblog

Slaughter’s vice - As a new school year gets underway, law students might expect to soon be called upon to answer a seemingly simple question: What did the Supreme Court ho...
naked capitalism

Pro-Israel Pressure Group Honest Reporting Received Grant from Knight Foundation - DropSite News exposes how the too-cutely-named Israel front Honest Reporting managed to secure funds from the Knight Foundation
Texas Standard

Opponents of Big Bend border construction take protest to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission - Those opposed to a border barrier through the Big Bend region say the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department should be doing more to stop the construction on ...
Houston Public Media

Opponents of Big Bend border construction take protest to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission - Those opposed to a border barrier through the Big Bend region say the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department should be doing more to stop the construction on ...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

A Crisis of Meaning and Purpose: A Moment of Truth - A Crisis of Meaning and Purpose Part IV: Societal atomization and personal suffering reaches a boiling point as methods of control increase in kind
El Paso Matters

What to know about possible border barriers in Big Bend - Border construction is paused in Big Bend National Park as residents, elected officials and environmental groups challenge federal plans across far West...
Glasstire

Previewing Exhibitions Coming to West Texas & the Panhandle in Fall 2026 - Art spaces throughout West Texas and the Panhandle will open exhibitions during the fall season. Here is a preview of shows coming to the Ellen Noël Art ...
Deadline Politics

Semafor Taps Ashley Gold For Key Role Covering Technology - Ashley Gold is joining Semafor as senior technology correspondent, taking on a key role in coverage including AI and global politics. Gold joins from Axios...
Angry Bear

Michigan’s livelihood - Kind of slower these days for now anyways. I spent six days in the hospital. First a walkabout to see what was wrong. I have been eating oats plus other ...
Al Jazeera English

Bangladesh’s government under pressure as youth demand jobs - Six months into Prime Minister Tariq Rahman’s term, Bangladesh faces an energy crisis and rising prices.
Rewire

Intersex Children Shut Out As Hospitals Halt Gender-Affirming Care - The Trump administration's threats to defund facilities that treat trans minors is harming intersex youth who also need hormone therapy. "The federal gover...
Dorf on Law

The E.J. Carroll Case as Anchoring Device - In my various essays following the conclusion of the latest SCOTUS term earlier this summer, I emphasized a number of points to push back on the narrativ...
Raw Story

Trump dumps late-night Stephen Miller lovefest on Truth Social - It was 12:29 a.m., and President Donald Trump was still posting loving clips of Stephen Miller. Over the course of just two hours and 40 minutes, Trump s...
The Grayzone

ADC files federal lawsuit against DHS and CBP over unconstitutional targeting of Max Blumenthal - The ADC is suing DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin over the government’s seizure and attempted forensic search of Max Blumenthal’s phones after returned fro...
Church and State

First-ever Plug-and-play BCI device translates brain activity into action - BCIs have come a long way, the existing systems need to be reset and recalibrated each day to tap into the brain’s natural learning processes.
memeorandum

North Korea fires off barrage of missiles hours after Trump says he plans to meet Kim (Jesse Johnson/The Japan Times) - Jesse Johnson / The Japan Times: *North Korea fires off barrage of missiles hours after Trump says he plans to meet Kim* — Pyongyang fired off a barrag...
Off The Kuff

How much of those academic gains are a mirage? - Damn. Two years into Houston ISD’s state takeover, state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles touted a major achievement: state ratings showed there were no...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

Democratic Outlook Brightens in Races for Vital State AG Posts - This year, 30 states are holding elections for attorney general. Currently, the GOP holds 27 attorney general offices to 23 for the Democrats The post De...
ProPublica

This Coach Is Banned From Working With Kids. Why Is He Still Coaching? - The post This Coach Is Banned From Working With Kids. Why Is He Still Coaching? appeared first on ProPublica.
Grist

Who’s most at risk in the cyclospora outbreak? The farmworkers on the front lines. - An expert on migrant farmworker health describes how this population has been blamed and put at risk, but seldom understood.
Infidel753

Why do we talk like this? - Is English an unusual language? It's widely said to be so. Yet the examples most people tend to cite are not really examples at all, while the true pecu...
Crooked Media

Trump’s Money Laundromat w. Leigh McGowan - The post Trump’s Money Laundromat w. Leigh McGowan appeared first on Crooked Media.
Counterpunch

There Is No Elsewhere: A World Burning - British Columbia, Canada is my home and once again, it’s burning. More than 100 fires were burning across the province as B.C. declared a state of emerg...
Consortium News

The Israeli Mole Inside the UN - U.N. spokespeople are deflecting questions about a Drop Site News investigation of alleged spying by staffer Yahav Lichner in 2014 and 2015, Dulcie Leimbac...
Workers World

PDF of August 20 print issue - [image: PDF of August 20 print issue] Download the PDF WW Commentary: A tribute to Fidel Castro: ‘¡Venceremos!’ (‘We will win!’) USS Lincoln in crisis: Wil...
Portside

Why Are Progressives Winning Across the United States? It’s Not Complicated - Why Are Progressives Winning Across the United States? It’s Not Complicated Mark Brody Thu, 08/20/2026 - 01:23
World Socialist Web Site

Ahead of parliamentary elections, Kremlin intensifies crackdown on domestic dissent - As is always the case in Western coverage of Russia and the war, the history of both the war and the political tendencies in question is completely ignored.
jobsanger

The Rhetoric Of Hate Makes Everyone Less Safe -
Informed Comment

The Mecca Security Pact is not about Iran - The Pact suggests serious strategic rethinking about the reliability of the United States as the region's guarantor of peace and stability
Socialist Alternative

Trump’s DHS Goes After Left Groups & Unions: We Won’t Be Intimidated - After ICE invaded Minnesota with 4,000 agents last winter, the Twin Cities working class responded with a mass movement of rapid response networks and a 35...
Ian Welsh

Another Big Profit Opportunity For Elites Is On The Way (Bonds/Carry Trade) - Japan has, since the mid 90s, had very low interest rates. The Japanese carry trade was to borrow in Japan and invest in America. You didn’t even need to t...
Sludge

Trump Convenes White House Crypto Meeting With His Own Business Partners - Many of the companies at today’s White House meeting are in business with the president's or his son's crypto ventures, and have donated millions to Trump’...
Daily Cartoonist

Ġorġ Mallia – RIP - Maltese cartoonist and author Ġorġ Mallia has passed away. Ġorġ Mallia November 9, 1957 – August 19, 2026 From Sarah Carabott and The Times of Malta: Acade...
Antiwar.com

‘We’ll Bomb the Sh*t Out of Them’: Trump and the War on Morality - Consider this hypothetical: Two apartment buildings share a single parking lot. Management from both Building A and Building B are engaged in negotiations ...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

From the archives: Hate group makes fool of itself with latest attack on Drag Queen Story Hour - *Editor's note - For this post, I am going way back in the archives to show how ridiculous some anti-LGBTQ groups are when they attempt to push the "drag...
The Verge

Does giving a camera wings dodge the FCC’s drone ban? - HoverAir drones always have intriguing gimmicks. This one folds flat to fit in your pocket. This one can land on water. Another can charge inside its carry...
The Greanville Post

Laith Marouf: Heavy Hezbollah-Israel Clashes in Southern Lebanon - DW—Marouf details the Israeli military's continued attempts to capture Ariah Hill near Nabatieh, characterizing their actions as "collective punishment" of...
Techdirt.

Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt For Noncitizen Voters - This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. It was late March when Joe Teirab, the second-in-command at...
San Antonio Current

San Antonio nonprofit SNIPSA hosting puppy and kitten speed-dating event Saturday - San Antonio nonprofit SNIPSA has saved 27,000 animals since 2006, and it’s hoping to grow that number with a special event this Saturday. The organizati...
See You In 2020

The DPRK backed Russia because it refuses to appease imperialism. This policy is now causing the U.S. to retreat. - How has the DPRK pressured Trump into reducing military drills, and effectively begging socialist Korea to become open towards any kind of negotiation? ...
Axios

Moderna and Merck shares soar on mRNA cancer vaccine - Moderna and Merck shares soared on Wednesday after the companies said a personalized mRNA treatment hit its target of preventing skin cancer from recurri...
Slate

I Write About Dinosaurs for a Living. I’ve Never Seen Dinos Quite Like the Ones in Anne Hathaway’s New Movie. - The End of Oak Street is preposterous, but there’s at least one way in which its prehistoric creatures represent a giant step forward.
Courthouse News

Eighth Circuit lifts injunction on Missouri’s SNAP implementation - The three-judge panel also overturned part of a summary judgment in favor of three individuals who claim their constitutional rights were violated.
Eschaton

They All Still Received Their T Shots - Food isn't necessary. The USS Abraham Lincoln wasn’t able to be resupplied because the U.S. Navy’s main resupply base in the Gulf of Oman was destroyed b...
San Antonio Report

Alamo Colleges District eyes higher tax rate amid enrollment growth, budget pressures - District officials proposed a tax rate increase that is slightly higher than previously expected as they get a clearer picture of the 2027 budget. --------...
Unlimited Hangout

How “Argentina’s Elon Musk” Is Bringing Technocracy To Patagonia - Javier Milei’s administration has been showcasing Patagonia to Silicon Valley executives, culminating in OpenAI’s ‘Stargate Argentina’ announcement. The ...
Duck of Minerva

The Pedagogical Legacies of the Pandemic - Did the pandemic durably change our pedagogy in International Relations (IR), or were pandemic-induced changes only temporary measures with which we have s...
Common Dreams

Reproductive Freedom for All Slams Trump Tapping Heidi Overton as FDA Commissioner Nominee - Today, news outlets reported that Donald Trump plans to nominate White House Domestic Policy Deputy Director Dr. Heidi Overton — an anti-abortion extremi...
The NM Political Report

From Gallup to Washington: UNM Graduate nominated to lead FDA - [image: A Gallup native is in line to become one of the country’s top health officials after President Donald Trump nominated Dr. Heidi Overton to lead the...
The Daily Poster

Midterm Madness: Socialism Smashes Expectations In Florida - Democratic socialism just smashed expectations in the Sunshine State.
The Root

She Was Tasked to Fight Hunger. Now, This Black Woman is Refusing to Eat Until Her State Acts - Liz Wills-O’Gilvie was chosen to help fight hunger in Massachusetts. Now she’s going hungry in protest of the state’s response. Read more...
Two Party Opera

Unreasonable Search - Read More
Mondoweiss

Progressive Israel-critic Angie Nixon scores upset victory in Florida Senate primary - DSA member Angie Nixon defeated Alex Vindman in Florida's Senate primary, outspent 16 to 1. She's called Netanyahu a war criminal and opposes U.S. arms sal...
MintPress News

Hezbollah Take Out 3 Israeli Elite Soldiers As Iran Issues Final Ultimatum - Hezbollah have repelled another Israeli attempt to seize the strategic Ali al-Taher Hills in southern Lebanon as Iran issues a threat that it will not st...
Ecosophia

Energy: Preparations and Possibilities Revisited - Last month we started the process of looking back twenty years at my earliest and least accurate set of predictions about the deindustrial future, with an ...
NPR's Health Shots

A real-world study of Oregon's nonmedical psilocybin program shows promise - Oregon was the first state to establish a legalized and regulated psilocybin industry. Since then, thousands have tried magic mushrooms. Here is the latest...
Independent Political Report

Libertarian Party of Arkansas Calls for End to Warrantless License Plate Surveillance - The Libertarian Party of Arkansas is calling on government agencies across the state to end the warrantless use of automated license plate readers and ot...
Environment Texas

STATEMENT: New proposal to rescind ‘Roadless Rule’ would open national forests in Texas, across US, to logging - The post STATEMENT: New proposal to rescind ‘Roadless Rule’ would open national forests in Texas, across US, to logging appeared first on Environment Tex...
CultureMap Houston

Tesla plans $10 billion solar cell factory for Houston suburb - Electric vehicle and clean energy company Tesla is considering building a new $10.1 billion solar cell manufacturing facility in Fort Bend County, accordin...
Scheerpost.com

How Finland Destroyed Itself For NATO - Nate Bear Do Not Panic Finland, often known as the happiest country in the world, now has the highest unemployment rate in Europe, demand for food aid has ...
Bonddad

The mini-recession of 2025 vs. the AI wealth effect inflationary expansion of 2026 - - *by New Deal democrat* No significant economic news today, so let’s take the proverbial “35,000 foot” look at the US economy in the past two years...
NORML

Feds: Over 1 in 5 Older Adults Have Consumed Cannabis in the Past Year - [image: A senior woman uses a grinder to prepare cannabis for rolling into a joint][image: A senior woman uses a grinder to prepare cannabis for rolling ...
Liberation News

Pentagon’s scorn for sailors exposed amid USS Lincoln suicide attempts - Members of the U.S. armed forces have the same role as all workers in ending the capitalist system that only tramples their lives in its network of organiz...
Democracy Now!

Activist Tree-Sit in Ancient Cottonwood Continues Against Border Wall Construction in Arizona - A protest camp in the small border town of Lochiel, Arizona, is seeking to stop federal contractors from building another portion of President Trump’s bord...
Rallblog

Whistleblower: Ivy League “Anti-Semitism” Scare Was Fake | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas - LIVE 9:00 am Eastern time, Streaming Anytime: Conflict reporter/writer/cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstr...
Space City Weather

So what do we think about the new UIL rules for heat stress in Texas? - In brief: In today’s post we discuss new heat protocols for Texas schools, and explain why they’re a good thing. Speaking of heat, Houston is going to take...
The Smirking Chimp

The Last Stand of the Corporate Democrats -
High Country News

Mining execs bought big in company stock days before Bears Ears’ cuts - House Democrats have opened an investigation for insider trading. The post Mining execs bought big in company stock days before Bears Ears’ cuts appeare...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Trump hits pause on Canada tariffs threat, and hints at revival of Keystone XL oil pipeline project - US president delays 50% tariffs by three days, and says contentious oil project ‘may be awoken from the grave’ Canada has temporarily avoided a bruising ...
Wolf Street

Oh Dear, Prices of Single-Family Homes Fell by 11% to 26% in 15 Bigger Cities Already - In another 5 bigger cities, price fell by 10%. But San Francisco powered off the list after AI mania started running the housing market.
The AltWorld

Today In Dystopia: “We Have Cameras Everywhere In That Town” - Today in dystopia, police have been wrongfully arresting people based on faulty information from AI-assisted Flock surveillance […] The post Today In Dys...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

Man Overboard! (to coin a phrase) - 12 x 17 inch high-res color .jpg image, 1.4mb Kevin Reed reports at the World Socialist Web Site: The President’s response encapsulates the contempt of the...
Claytoonz

Trump Badunkadonk - Read the blog on my Substack. There are 77 days left until the midterms. Support your local cartoonist: If you want to support the cartoonist, please donat...
Mediagazer

In opening arguments, US state AGs said Meta intentionally sought to addict children to Facebook and Instagram in pursuit of profit; Meta rejected the claims (Reuters) - Reuters: *In opening arguments, US state AGs said Meta intentionally sought to addict children to Facebook and Instagram in pursuit of profit; Meta reje...
Crooked Timber

The economics of Swifties - Yesterday, I ran my first gimmick promotion for the Brisbane to Gold Coast Ride against Cancer [1]. I invited anyone who donated $100 to nominate a topic o...
OpEd News

The art of not waking until I have solved something - I am trying to weave the conscious and unconscious mind together, to essentially link them together. What am I saying?
Texas Observer

What the Data Says About Electricity Shutoffs During Sweltering Texas Summers - In July 2024, the city-owned electric utility in Georgetown recorded two disconnections for nonpayment for every 10,000 residential accounts it served. I...
Dissent Magazine

The Right to Cooling - Few public health interventions have been as effective at protecting people from extreme heat as air conditioning. Yet the growing need for it is evidenc...
Green Pages News

Young Ecosocialist Caucus of the GPUS Hosts August 2026 Steering Committee Election - The Young Ecosocialist Caucus Steering Committee is holding an election for five positions: Caucus Co-chair Green Party US National Committee Delegate Gree...
Earthworks

Golden Gifts, Sweetheart Deals, and Demands for Investigations - The Trump Administration’s corruption and self-dealing went on full display during the August 7 Critical Minerals Roundtable at the State Department. Th...
slacktivist

Postcards from America (8.18.26) - "Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid."
WhoWhatWhy

New Images of Sun Reveal Finest Detail Ever — Plus Strange Pattern - [image: Science, astronomy, solar telescope, photographs, finest detail ever, strange pattern] PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors...
Alternet

The last wall: Why Jon Stewart is untouchable at MAGA-coded Paramount - President Donald Trump has long made it clear that he wants Paramount to purchase Warner Brothers because its CEO, David Ellision has indicated that he w...
Texas Environmental News

JUR-712 Minami Kojima นี่อาจจะเป็นการแข็งตัวครั้งสุดท้ายในชีวิตของฉันแล้ว -
The Progressive Wing

8/17-18 News Roundup and Open Thread - Looks like Markey is going to cruise to victory in MA
Debunking Christianity

Visit My "Academia.edu" Papers - I have published papers for Academia.edu, a few of which aren't found elsewhere. Here they are in one Link. ---A Minimal Facts Approach to the Problem of E...
The Week

Stuck ships in the Strait of Hormuz could be a marine superspreader threat - Idle ships are a microbes’ playground
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

The Serpent Has Reached Its Tail: America Is Devouring Itself at Santa Elena Canyon, by Angela Valenzuela, August 16, 2026 - *The Serpent Has Reached Its Tail: America Is Devouring Itself at Santa Elena Canyon* *by* *Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D.* *August 16, 2026* *There are act...
Field Negro

The united marks of America. (The great American con) - It's official, the Trump administration is now the worst in the history of America. How could it not be? Consider what is happening with the following: ...
Bracing Views

This Mighty Scourge of War - The Most Terrifyingly Honest Sentence Written by a U.S. President BILL ASTORE AUG 13, 2026 Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, often described as a...
Progressives Chat

Fifty Five - Sunday, August 16, 2026 marks my 55th birthday. I now am able to get a Senior Discount at what few establishments offer a Senior Discount to customers w...
Seeing the Forest

Everything Is Extraction Now - This post was first published at Government Cheese – Chronicling the collapse of democracy, because it belonged there. Extraction Everything is extraction ...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: UP SHIT GULF WITHOUT A PADDLE EDITION - *It's good.* Does this seem a bit weird to anyone: Tubby fucks up the Reflecting Pool and demands innocent people be arrested and charged for the damage,...
Lowering the Bar

RFK Jr. Claims He’s Not Allowed to Vote Because He Has “No Legal Residence” - The court didn't say he had "no legal residence," just that he lied about where it was. Falconry records notwithstanding.
The Militant

Quash government subpoenas, Defend constitutional liberties! - The following statement was released Aug. 9 by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party, on behalf of the party’s National Committee....
Idavox

South Africans protest against xenophobia - #operationubuntu calls for an end to xenophobic violence by vigilante groups and the government. Elitsha... The post South Africans protest against xenop...
Krebs on Security

Who’s Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find Out - It can be daunting to determine who's responsible for showing ads on the websites we visit, or who's harvesting data from the mobile apps we use every day....
Black Agenda Report

Racist Policies End TPS and Criminalize Haitian Immigrants - Racist Policies End TPS and Criminalize Haitian Immigrants Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 08/14/2026 - 08:42 The Supre...
The Texas Signal

The Trail Helping Houston Regain Freedom From Roads - Transforming the trail into something actually useful started in stages in 2009, but the formation of the Friends of Columbia Tap Trail really got the ball...
Greg Palast

DSA has a race problemThe Arab v. Black collision - African-American radio host Cleopatra Draper is worried. The victory of Democratic Socialist Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Democratic primary for US S...
Discourse

Drafting the Woke 1 Accords (w/Paul Blest & Jack Crosbie) - Plus: AOC egg freezing drama, the Michigan Senate primary, and Francesca Hong.
Speak Freely (ACLU)

Despite 'New' Updates, Flock's Creepy Cameras Remain Major Civil Liberties Threat - In response to Flock’s announcement of operational changes, the ACLU breaks down why many fall short.
Earth 911

Guest Idea: California Recently Finalized the Nation’s Strictest Plastic Packaging Rules Change Shopper Expectations - In 2028, you might notice subtle changes in your grocery runs. Fruits are in cardboard... The post Guest Idea: California Recently Finalized the Nation’s...
LareDOS

Janet Krueger’s Thick and Thin exhibit opens at the Hunt Gallery Sept. 3 in San Antonio - Artist talk is set for September 12 from 1 to 2 p.m.
TalkLeft

Tuesday Open Thread - I'm taking a longer break from daily blogging than I anticipated. Until I return, here's a new open thread.
Trivial Knot

Link roundup: August 2026 - Artificial Life | Emergent Garden (video, 35 min) – A video about simulations that simulate evolution or generate life-like complexity. He draws a distinc...
Democracy Chronicles

Whether or Not They Get the Picture - I reflect on the Trump administration, democracy, public institutions, inequality and the growing determination of ordinary Americans to reclaim their coun...
Campaign for America's Future

Un pueblo organizado aún puede vencer a los multimillonarios - Si hablamos directamente con los votantes que han perdido la fe en ambos partidos políticos sobre las preocupaciones en sus vidas diarias, podemos comenzar...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Walmart Crime Report July 2026 - Walmart had at least eight more shootings in July 2026 with one of them fatal where a suspect who had allegedly fired one or more shots and the officer ...
Texas Monthly

The Hunt Is On for a Million-Dollar Cooper Flagg Trading Card - Millionaires want it. Memorabiliamongers want it. Even the Mavericks want it—and are willing to give up more than a pretty penny to get it.
Consent Factory, Inc.

The Memory Hole - I’m beginning to think something is wrong with my memory. It’s strange, the feeling. I don’t know how to describe it. It’s not like I have amnesia or anyth...
Media Lens

‘Let’s Just Embrace A Mediterranean Lifestyle’: Climate Lunacy And Burnham’s ‘Pragmatism’ - ‘Britain can’t stop climate change. Let’s just embrace a Mediterranean lifestyle’ This has to be a serious candidate for the most foolish comment ever made...
Alas, a Blog

Can We Call It Fascism Yet? - Another strip drawn by the amazing Mike Lawrence. From an official press release on whitehouse.gov, July 16 2026: Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller ...
Land Destroyer

China’ Long March 10B Rocket Closes Gap on Space Launch Capabilities - *July 21, 2026* (NEO - Brian Berletic) - On July 10, 2026 China successfully launched a payload to orbit and recovered the first stage booster of its Long ...
Edinburg Politics

Stronger public safety, improved rehabilitation for inmates, $150 million in taxpayer savings, among major improvements to Texas Department of Criminal Justice under milestone state law led by Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg - Stronger public safety for Texans, improved programs for rehabilitation and reentry into society for inmates, and an estimated $150 million in taxpayer sav...
Avedon's Sideshow

It's drivin' me mad - Erin Hanson says, "I painted this in tribute to two master artists, David Hockney and Paul Cezanne. It features pines that I saw during my visit to Cezan...
Texas Freedom Network

Texas Parents Reflect on National Parents Day - What does it mean to be a Texas Parent in 2026? President Bill Clinton establish National Parents day in 1994 to honor, uplift, and support the critical ...
Web of Debt

AI Abundance, Part 5: Meaning Beyond Work - Image by ScheerPost.com. Discussions of artificial intelligence typically begin with the question, What happens when the machines take our jobs? For thousa...
Equality Texas

Pride Takes a Community - Across Texas, businesses of every size stepped up in extraordinary ways and became Partners in Pride. Some hosted fundraising events. Others donated a port...
The Socialist

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Stinque

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Countercurrents

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Skeptophilia

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DeSmogBlog

Gulf Royal Family Banks Over €70 Million in EU Farming Funds - The UAE’s ruling royal family is benefiting from tens of millions in EU subsidies to grow crops destined for the Gulf, it can be revealed. A new cross-bo...
FrontBurner – D Magazine

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nonsite.org

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Dispatches from the Underclass

“They’re Demonic” – Israel Runs the Gaza Playbook in Lebanon (w/ Rania Khalek) - I was on Bad Faith Podcast with Briahna Joy Gray to talk about Israel’s war on Lebanon, check it out:
The Mind Unleashed

Форекс индексы: Твой ключ к диверсификации и прибыли! - Форекс Индексы: Трейдинг с Умом! Арбитраж – это стратегия, при которой трейдер пытается извлечь прибыль из разницы в ценах на один и тот же актив на разных...
Downwinders at Risk

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Dissident Voice

Tulsi Gabbard and Joe Kent - Frank had just finished listening to online news about how US government officials viewed the Israel-United States war of aggression launched against Ira...
Reading the Pictures

Caught My Eye: Trump, the Bomber, and the Blowback - A round‑up of pictures that cut through the spin and highlight the fallout, from Iran to the home front. The post Caught My Eye: Trump, the Bomber, and t...
WAWG Blog

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Second Nexus

U.S. Hockey Star Slams White House For Sharing AI-Doctored Video Of Him Insulting Canadians - There's a saying about laying down with dogs. Or, you're known by the company you keep. NHL player and Team USA member Brady Tkachuk is learning that les...
Screwston Antifascist Committee

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Targets Screwston Anti-Fascists For Investigation - BREAKING Our organization is being targeted by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton who, on Friday, February 6th, released a public statement calling us “dera...
Moron Majority

After Disastrous Bondi Hearing, Stetson University College of Law Issues Statement - Pam Bondi received her Juris Doctor degree from Stetson University College of Law in 1990. The Florida law school fears for its reputation after Bondi’s un...
The Disorder Of Things

Call for Participation: Women, Peace and Security Research Network UK - Date: Tuesday 19 May 2026 Venue: Queen Mary University of London Format: A one-day event with 20-25 participants The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) UK Res...
Dandelion Salad

Marxist Scholar Michael Parenti Dies at 92 + When you had the Crisis of Capitalism, Fascism is an Attempt at a Final Solution to the Class Struggle - Michael died Saturday, January 24, 2026. My sincere condolences and deepest sympathies to all his family, friends and readers. He will be missed by many. —...
Daily Dot

Rumors that the Starbucks unicorn frappe will return are rampant on TikTok, but is it just more 2016 nostalgia? - [image: starbucks unicorn frappe] People on social media are expressing nostalgia for Starbucks’ discontinued Unicorn Frappe—and spreading rumors about i...
Reform Austin

A Farewell from Reform Austin - After much reflection, we’ve made the difficult decision to close down Reform Austin. Since our inception, our mission has been to provide Texans with re...
Reveal

How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE’s Facial Recognition Tech - [image: Two federal agents are standing in the sun wearing police vests. One agent is holding a cell phone.] Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he wa...
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...
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 ...
Progressive Army

Acta de reunión de comisión directiva - Estimados socios buenos días: Les hacemos llegar en adjunto acta número 920 relacionada a la reunión de comisión directiva realizada el día miércoles 24 ...
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...
ROAR Magazine

Weiss Casino Kifizetés: Gyors és Megbízható Pénzfelvételi Módszerek - Ez a cikk részletes áttekintést nyújt a Weiss Casino kifizetési lehetőségeiről, különös figyelmet fordítva a gyors és megbízható pénzfelvételi módszerekre....
GreenSource DFW

Commercial clients lining up for quiet, all-electric landscaping service - *The Greener Good crew manicuring the grounds at Southlake’s Delta Hotel by Marriott in July. Photo courtesy of the Greener Good.* Aug. 8, 2025 At least...
Nina Illingworth

Journal: Courage, Cowardice, and Collaboration - Rashid Khalidi's recent stand against Columbia University's collaboration with Trump's fascist cultural agenda is important; more US educators should joi...
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...
Eater Houston

The Best Hidden Gem Restaurants in Houston - [image: A person serves a matcha martini at Bar Doko.] Let Eater point you to some of the most underrated and under-the-radar restaurants in Houston. | Mi...
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

Cutting Forest for Stormwater Basins - Is that A Good Idea? The Value of Lost Ecosystem Services April 29, 2025 Digging out the land to create basins to hold stormwater and prevent flooding is a...
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
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

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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

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...
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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...
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 The post 2023 Year End Campaign! a...
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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Rebecca Solnit: "Forget Geoengineering. We Need To Stop Burning Fossil Fuels. Right Now." - The Guardian
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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...
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Due Dissidence

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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....
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...
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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...
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Tilly Snyder Is Missing Again - Wikipedia’s decision to permanently delete John K. Snyder’s page cannot erase the true story of one of the most eccentric politicians in Louisiana history ...
Washington Babylon

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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

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...
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...
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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Brains and Eggs

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

"The Change We Deserve": GOP or Effexor?

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