Brains and Eggs

And so they did https://t.co/u40rGSacVy
— screamschildrenremoved (@PDiddie) November 6, 2024

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

“The problem we are running into is just a fundamental social question of ‘well, are we going to take care of each other or not? Are we going to take care of our neighbors?’”https://t.co/iCG6ytXSja
— Dr. Joe Jarvis (@DrJoeQJarvis) January 12, 2024

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

Lunch break inside the astrodome while under construction pic.twitter.com/tTB4iVE68g
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) January 28, 2024

Houston, Texas, and US blog roll

Raw Story

Alleged smuggler had meth-soaked cow onesie in suitcase: U.S. officials - A would-be drug smuggler soaked a cow onesie in methamphetamine, part of a whole suitcase full of clothes he tried to sneak aboard a plane, US justice of...
Vox

Will Trump’s pick for Labor Secretary be able to act on her pro-union ideas? - President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Labor Secretary, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), is a pro-union Republican, but that doesn’t necessarily mean Trum...
The Verge

No, Microsoft isn’t using your Office docs to train its AI - [image: Photo illustration of a computer with a brain on the screen.] Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Getty Images Microsoft says i...
Off The Kuff

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

EU Nears Finish Line on Trade Deal With South American Bloc in an Effort to Deal Blow to China - It’s unlikely to do much vis-à-vis China, but will be bad news for the environment and majority of Europeans already reeling from Ursula’s other strategic ...
Mother Jones

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

Morning - Get your morning on.
The Hill

End of Trump prosecutions renews scrutiny of DOJ's pace - Special counsel Jack Smith’s move to dismiss Donald Trump’s two federal indictments has sparked finger-pointing from those eager to see the president-elect...
Salon.com

Picking through the debris of the 2024 election, Democrats are left soul searching - Now is the time to engage in critical self-reflection
Mediagazer

Australia's AG updates national secrecy laws so journalists will no longer face prosecution for receiving secret government info even without making it public (Karen Middleton/The Guardian) - Karen Middleton / The Guardian: *Australia's AG updates national secrecy laws so journalists will no longer face prosecution for receiving secret governm...
Polygraph (global fact-check)

 Several hurt in Kyiv after Russia attacks Ukraine with 89 drones - Russia reports downing more than 40 Ukrainian drones along border
Al Jazeera English

“Fear” Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire will mean another Sykes-Picot - Rami Khouri on why the Lebanon ceasefire negotiations may turn into another Western-led, carving up of the Middle East.
American Prospect

Trump’s Economy: Brute Force and Favor-Trading - The tariff threats against major trading partners preview geopolitical strategies that Trump’s Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent has articulated, wi...
Angry Bear

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

War Crimes in Lebanon: Human Rights Watch Says Israel Used US Arms To Kill 3 Journalists - “Journalists are civilians, and deliberately targeting journalists is a war crime,” says Human Rights Watch researcher Ramzi Kaiss.
DeSmogBlog

Climate Denier Richard Tice’s Seat is Second Most Exposed to Global Warming, Says Insurance Giant - The constituency held by Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice, who campaigns against policies to tackle climate change, has been ranked as the second mos...
The Week

Gingerbread Collins recipe - Blending spices and citrus, this recipe offers a festive twist on a classic cocktail
ProPublica

Landlords Evicted Maui Residents and Housed Wildfire Survivors for More Money. FEMA Didn’t Take Basic Steps to Stop It. - by Nick Grube, Honolulu Civil Beat This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Honolulu Civil Beat. Sign up f...
MintPress News

TikTok isn’t anti-Israel: It’s Hired Unit 8200 Agents to Run its Affairs - A MintPress News study has unearthed a network of former agents of Israeli spying agency Unit 8200 working at TikTok, a company charged with supposedly b...
NPR's Health Shots

After turkey, take a trot. A little post-meal walk can be a big boost for health - Among the latest health hacks to go viral on TikTok is the idea of short post-dinner "fart walk" to aid digestion. Turns out, the science on this trend is ...
Daily Dot

‘They bought the engine from O’Reilly’s’: Mechanic warns against using mom-and-pop auto shops after this happened to driver’s truck - [image: Three hour panel design with a person using Diesel in car in one, an O'Reilly auto part store sign, and a man looking concerned in the 3rd.] Peop...
Grist

Who’s responsible for waste? A Q&A about the ‘conspiracy’ of overconsumption. - The director of Netflix’s “Buy Now!” says companies should be accountable for the trash they generate.
The Guardian (U.S. news)

The ceasefire in Lebanon doesn’t ensure a lasting victory for Israel, but does signal a strategic setback for Iran | Bilal Saab - Hezbollah is still armed and has the potential to attack Israel. But more significantly it has in effect abandoned Hamas Now that the dust has settled, q...
Novara Media

Assisted Dying Could Make Some Lives Not Worth Living - [image: A woman takes a photo of an assisted dying billboard]As late as 1902, a practice called ‘snatching the pillow’ was used by community nurses in Norf...
The Reality-Based Community

Man United chi tiền to chiêu mộ ‘Ronaldo mới’ - Manchester United đang lên kế hoạch chi 60 triệu euro, bao gồm các khoản thưởng bổ sung, để chiêu mộ Quenda, tài năng trẻ được ví như “Ronaldo mới” của b...
Southeast Texas Record

Plaintiff alleges negligence by meat market after workplace accident - Karina Nunez has filed a lawsuit against Pancho’s Meat Market #7 following an accident at work where she suffered severe burns from hot soup spillage by ...
Crooked Media

Israel and Hezbollah Reach Ceasefire Deal - The post Israel and Hezbollah Reach Ceasefire Deal appeared first on Crooked Media.
Rallblog

To the Spoiled Go the Victors - Whatever you think about Donald Trump’s cabinet picks for his second administration, whether or not you think they are qualified, very clearly he and his...
ArcaMax

This Thanksgiving, Biden Should Grant Clemency To Leonard Peltier - While many brace for the return of Donald Trump to the White House, let's remember that until Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, Joe Biden is still president, with all...
Common Dreams

Ugly American: Onward Christian Boot Camps, War Crimes, Rape - As a baleful Cabinet of Horrors coalesces, up nex to run our vast military is "perfect Trump World monster" Pete Hegseth, a creepy, philandering, "inordi...
Informed Comment

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

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

The spread of H5N1 bird flu among animals and the growing possibility of a pandemic - The developing avian influenza panzootic and the growing possibility of a pandemic bring to the fore the existential questions for humanity of climate chan...
jobsanger

It May Take Disease Outbreaks For Americans To Appreciate Vaccines -
Houston Public Media

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3243: The Water Illusion Machine - Episode: 3243 Hollywood’s Heroic Water FX. Today, water effects.
memeorandum

Harris aides say internal polling never had her ahead of Trump (Brady Knox/Washington Examiner) - Brady Knox / Washington Examiner: *Harris aides say internal polling never had her ahead of Trump* — The leadership of outgoing Vice President Kamala H...
OpEd News

Five Fantasiestucke Op. 25 for the Flash Revolution Ahead - The author paints a grim picture of the future after Trump gets in again. Thanks to Jah the tales told are mercifully short.
Antiwar.com

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

Illustrated Humor in the News - That time Bill Watterson wrote Mike Lynch a letter Six months into Bill Watterson’s comic strip launch, I wrote him a letter. I asked probably what many pe...
Political Wire

Trump Transition Agreement Lacks Key Guardrails - “The Trump transition team said Tuesday it had reached an agreement with the Biden White House to start coordinating the handoff of federal agencies to the...
Alternet

Jack Smith just made a hell of a mistake - Yesterday, the rule of law was thrown out the window — not by Trump but by special counsel Jack Smith. Smith asked a federal judge to dismiss the indictm...
Techdirt.

Katy Perry Wins Trademark Suit Brought By Katie Perry In Australia - It’s been over a year since we last talked about the trademark dispute between Katy Perry, the American pop star, and Katie Perry, an Australian woman with...
Mediaite

Courtroom Sketch Artist Says Giuliani Is ‘Losing It’: ‘I Feel Bad for Anyone Who Represents Him’ - Courtroom sketch artist Jane Rosenberg claimed on Tuesday that Rudy Giuliani was "losing it" in court and had been shouting orders at his lawyers. The po...
Axios

Sustaining Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire poses huge challenge for Biden and Trump - Reaching a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was a hard-won diplomatic achievement, but preventing it from collapsing could ultimately be more diffi...
Sludge

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

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

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

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

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

Courthouse News Service Story on California Minor Party Ballot Access Lawsuit - Courthouse News Service has this article about the lawsuit filed a few days ago against the California top-two system, Peace & Freedom Party et al v Weber....
San Antonio Report

In its 45th year, the Raul Jimenez Thanksgiving Dinner provides ‘food for the soul’ - [image: Saul Ramirez, a food and beverage operator at RK Black Tie, turns the turkeys in the oven on Monday morning at the Henry B. González Convention Cen...
Reform Austin

DOGE - The post DOGE appeared first on Reform Austin.
Futurism

Neuralink Testing Robot Arm Controlled by Brain Chip - Elon Musk's brain-computer interface (BCI) company is entering its next phase of experiments: seeing if patients can move a robotic arm using their minds...
El Paso Matters

City rep chief of staff, social services worker meet in District 5 runoff to represent far Eastside - The Upper Eastside seat is one of five City Council runoff elections to be decided Dec. 14. The post City rep chief of staff, social services worker mee...
CultureMap Houston

Top tips for managing Thanksgiving travel crush at Houston’s airports - Face it: traveling during the days around Thanksgiving can be a hassle. Packing, parking, crammed planes, long waits — it's almost enough to justify not s...
The Daily Poster

Biden’s Last-Minute Gift To Corporate Lawbreakers - A new Justice Department policy update says that even repeat corporate offenders can avoid prosecution if they “make good faith efforts” to come clean.
Slate

Moana 2 Is Enough to Make Anyone Miss Lin-Manuel Miranda - The sequel is a watered-down rehash of the original. You’re welcome?
Ian Welsh

The Spiritual View "I Am Awareness” - [image: The Spiritual View] The functional chassis of all real spirituality are metaphysical statements, often called views. Each view is a way of underst...
Rio Grande Guardian

Primark to open its first Texas store in McAllen on December 12 - The McAllen store will have 37,000 square feet of retail selling space. It will be Primark's first store opening in Texas. The post Primark to open its f...
Election Law Blog

North Carolina: “GOP candidate protests the ballots cast by his opponent’s parents in state Supreme Court race” - WUNC: The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted unanimously Tuesday to certify the 2024 elections, except for a handful of contests under recount...
WhoWhatWhy

Democracy Slips on a Peel - [image: United States of America, Banana Republic, cartoon] Pratfall as tragedy. Democracy Slips on a Peel originally appeared on WhoWhatWhy
Ring of Fire

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

What a Mess! Defund Police Activist in Huge Trouble for Alleged Wrongdoing - What started as a mission to eliminate police brutality ended in a scandal that has a non-profit founder in big trouble in the District of Columbia. Read...
Wolf Street

Inventory of New Single-Family Houses Jumps to Highest since 2007. Unsold Spec Houses Jump to Highest since 2009 as Sales Suddenly Plunge - Bring on the supply. Homebuilders may need to do some serious price cutting to move their inventory.
slacktivist

Thanksgiving week on the night shift - This week, my crew gets even less sleep than usual. Plus: Kids vs. Fascists, and various stories of spiritual and financial fraud.
Consortium News

Craig Murray: Death in the Bekaa Valley - After a month of Israeli drones buzzing overhead, the author had grown rather blasé about them. But his companions were concerned about one moving along wi...
Texas Monthly

Which Texans Should We Wish Upon the Trump Administration? - Is it better to keep our favorite bum steers here or set them on the nation, enjoy the show, and get some local relief?
Daily Howler

BLUE DELUSIONS: On the one hand, she came amazingly close! - *TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2024* *Still, how did we lose to him? *How in the world could Kamala Harris have lost to Donald J. Trump? It's a perfectly reason...
Claytoonz

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

'The Simpsons' Star Opens Up About Why She's Leaving The Iconic TV Show After 35 Seasons - After 35 seasons of performing as Milhouse and other side characters on *The Simpsons*, Pamela Hayden announced her retirement. She will leave her role ...
Mondoweiss

U.S. lawmakers condemn ICC warrants targeting Israeli leaders - The White House condemned the ICC's arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, joining lawmakers across both parties. Senator Tom Cotton went...
Texas Standard

What’s the secret ingredient to ArnieTex’s success? Easy – it’s family. - “We’re sharing our culture. We’re sharing what we know, what we grew up with, and stories.”
The Conversation

Trump’s next HUD secretary would have a lot to do to address the history of racist housing policy – and Trump’s own comments and history suggest that’s unlikely - Donald Trump’s false claims about Haitian immigrants echo an enduring element in the history of American housing − that certain people don’t belong in cert...
Progressive.org

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

Inspector General: DEA Agents Prohibited From Randomly Searching Travelers at Airports, Other Transportation Facilities - [image: an agent leads a drug detection dog to sniff in an open suitcase][image: an agent leads a drug detection dog to sniff in an open suitcase]"For too...
LareDOS

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

GEN Z - *Newsweek - *In the survey from Talker Research, 1,000 U.S. adults were asked: "how often do you feel tired?" Twenty-four percent of those born between ...
First Draft

The System Failed: Case Dismissed - The son of a bitch got away with it.
Idavox

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

Dilemmas - We are experiencing times of global transition. Where we have been is self-evident. Where the world is headed remains obscure. Some states are implacably...
SCOTUSblog

The morning read for Tuesday, Nov. 26 - [image: The morning read for Tuesday, Nov. 26]Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s t...
Political Garbage Chute

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

I am so ashamed for my country!! - Trump’s continuance came despite his flawed leadership, utter lack of integrity or care for the American people!
Crooked Timber

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

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

Strangest State: Snacks, Scents, and Rays in the Bay - The post Strangest State: Snacks, Scents, and Rays in the Bay appeared first on The Texas Observer.
The Mind Unleashed

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

"I Am Ready, Warden": New Film on TX Death Row Prisoner John Ramirez Examines Redemption & Vengeance - We speak with journalist Keri Blakinger about a new documentary, *I Am Ready, Warden*, based partly on her reporting about death row prisoner John Henry Ra...
Space City Weather

Front one arrived last night, front two comes on Thanksgiving to finish the job - In brief: A Monday night front brought a cool-down to the area, but it will be briefly lived. A second front on Thanksgiving morning will provide a more lo...
Bonddad

On the Road - * - by New Deal democrat* I’m traveling this week, so light posting. There was no significant economic news yesterday. I’ll take a look at today’s...
The Smirking Chimp

The Daily Chimp for Tuesday, 26 November 2024 -
Skeptophilia

Genetic walkabouts - Today's topic comes to us from the One Thing Leads To Another department. I got launched into this particular rabbit hole by a notice from *23 & Me* that ...
Infidel753

Image round-up for 26 November 2024 - More pictures from my collection -- click any image for full size. [For the link round-up, click here.] World's largest ice maze,...
High Country News

Why did Nevada vote to ban slavery, when California didn’t? - Both states require incarcerated people to work — often for critical and dangerous jobs. The post Why did Nevada vote to ban slavery, when California di...
Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

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

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

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

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

At COP29, Western imperialists once again skirt responsibility as climate crisis deepens - Absent in the COP negotiations is acknowledgement of capitalism and imperialism as the cause of the climate crisis and the barrier to the solution.
The AltWorld

How Close to Nuclear War? - How Close to Nuclear War? The post How Close to Nuclear War? appeared first on TheAltWorld.
Project Censored

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

University of California Workers Say They Are Being Squeezed As Contract Talks Stall - The UC system says it is offering healthy raises for nearly 40,000 staffers, but workers say the system is playing a shell game by also raising their hea...
Earthworks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bad Faith Podcast - Bad Faith Podcast.
Reveal

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

The Century of the Other - As a rule, no American election means as much as the shouting immediately afterward might lead you to think. Every four years, with a regularity that clock...
Avedon's Sideshow

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

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

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

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

Jamaal Bowman: How AIPAC Drove Me Out of Congress & My Views on Palestine Changed - Congressional Rep Jamaal Bowman joined Rania Khalek to discuss the bipartisan AIPAC-funded campaign to push him out of office, his evolution on Palestine, ...
Campaign for America's Future

¡Si, ganamos! - En victorias desde la Carolinia del Norte hacia el Estado de Washington y Maine, encontramos la evidencia que cuando nos organizamos, ganamos. Siempre encu...
Media Lens

Buried Out Of Sight: Deliberate Israeli Targeting Of Palestinian Children Becomes ‘Local News’ On The BBC - Imagine an experienced Ukrainian surgeon breaking down in front of a committee of British MPs as he related how Russian forces had been deliberately target...
Consent Factory, Inc.

A Tale of Two PSYOPS - Once upon a time, on a planet called Earth, there was born a global-capitalist empire. It was the first global empire in the history of empires. It dominat...
Moron Majority

Satirists Declare National Emergency as Trump’s Cabinet Picks Outpace Their Wildest Spoofs - I In an unprecedented move, the nation’s leading satirists gathered on the steps of the Capitol today to stage a protest against what they call the “unbear...
Land Destroyer

The Trump Administration: From “No War Hawks” to ALL War Hawks - *November 13, 2024* (NEO - Brian Berletic) - In the weeks leading up to the 2024 US presidential election, Americans and many around the world invested hop...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

Hair Of The Dog - Yeah, yeah, I know… but the only way to properly express the mood of this piece was to set it in a dark, grim mid-20th dive, with a permanently-circulating...
nonsite.org

Going Forward from the Edge of the Abyss - Trump has no new coalition; he can’t because those “groups” aren’t real as groups, and people identify with them largely around thin identities more like c...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Walmart Crime Report October 2024 - Walmart had another six shootings, with two of them fatal in October of 2024, including one officer involved shooting after an automobile crash, and ano...
Seeing the Forest

How Dem Betrayal Brought Us Trump - Of all people, David Brooks, in a confession, does a good job or explaining Trumpism in Voters to Elites: Do You See Me Now? Read it all, but this about mo...
FrontBurner – D Magazine

Dogs are the solution to the ‘900 new cops’ problem - In response to my noodling over the conundrum created by the passage of Proposition U, which requires the city to hire 900 new cops it can’t afford, a la...
Greg Palast

Here’s What We Do NowA Personal Note - Being right never felt so horrid. Before the election, I wrote, “How Trump Won.” And on Election night I waited for the returns to make a fool of me. Inste...
Stinque

Hanging by a Thread - We forget who laid it out for us a lifetime ago, but civilization is inherently fragile, and can collapse in an instant. Everything is handed off from on...
Two Party Opera

Election Day Comedy Hour - ↓ TranscriptPanel 1: Trump and Harris are dressed as vaudevillian/barbershop-quartet-ish comedy duo, with hats, canes, and pin striped vests. Trump says ...
Web of Debt

Our Fragile Infrastructure: Lessons From Hurricane Helene - Buncombe County North Carolina – damage after Hurricane Helene floods. NCDOTcommunications, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wiki...
TalkLeft

Election Day Jitters - I have them. I'm sure any rational person does, when considering the possibility, however slight, that Donald Trump, the most unfit person to run for Pre...
Reading the Pictures

The Reading the Pictures Salon: Looking at Key Images from Campaign 2024 - An expert panel examined key images in the contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump emphasizing themes of democracy, gender, and race. The post The...
BEYONDbones

Daylight Savings Time | November Sky Happenings - Editor’s Note: HMNS Astronomer James Wooten reminds us to adjust our clocks as Daylight Savings Time ends this month. Saturn is an evening object. Look ...
Save Buffalo Bayou

No More Money for Incompetent Flood Control - Vote No on Proposition A Oct. 31, 2024 The Harris County Flood Control District is asking county voters for a property tax increase to raise an extra $100 ...
Free & Equal

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

[RECORDING] Market Failure: The Climate Crisis and the Limits of Capitalism - Brett Christophers and Adam Tooze in conversation, moderated by Kate Aronoff.
New Progressive Alliance

After the Election - I have friends on both sides and miss the days when we could tease each other instead of believing that we had to be mortal enemies. Those who advocate t...
ExChristian.Net

The Misconceived Conception of a Baby Named Jesus - *The following is a short interview with Bill Burkland, the author of a soon to be released book entitled "The Misconceived Conception of a Baby Named J...
Duck of Minerva

Who is behind the terrorist attack in Ankara? - On October 23rd, militants attacked a Turkish aerospace facility near the capital of Ankara. The Turkish government blamed the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PK...
Green Pages News

Why a vote for Kamala Harris for president is a wasted climate vote in California – vote Green instead - By Mike Feinstein If you are a climate voter in California, you could be throwing away your vote if you vote for Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party nomine...
Nina Illingworth

Nina-Bytes: A Gateway to Eliminationism - Nina looks at why fascist lawmakers using anti-trans arguments to go after disability rights is a predictable but ominous sign for Pig Empire society. The...
GreenSource DFW

New native plant group hoping to take root in DFW - *Organizers are seeking new members to help get Wild Ones DFW off the ground. Photo courtesy of Wild Ones.* Oct. 17, 2024 A new native plant group has s...
Robert Reich

How We Take Back the Supreme CourtWhere do you see yourself in... - *How We Take Back the Supreme Court* Where do you see yourself in 2060? What about your kids or grandkids? Will Donald Trump be affecting your life even ...
San Antonio Current

Eighteen of Texas' current congressional candidates are election deniers - A total of 18 candidates who deny the legitimacy of the 2020 election are running to represent Texas in Congress this November, according to a tally by no...
Texas Watch

Written Testimony Submitted to the Texas Legislature on Insurance Reform - The Texas Legislature is grappling with how to address sky-high homeowners and auto insurance rates. Recent hearings in the *Senate Business and Commerc...
Grits for Breakfast

Grits publishes "Tulia" zine for 25th anniversary: Preorder now! - Until Jeff Frazier and the good folks at Mano Amiga in San Marcos reached out about their event Monday night, I had not realized it was the 25th anniversar...
Courthouse News

Federal judge unseals Jack Smith immunity filing in Trump’s Jan. 6 case - Jack Smith's immunity brief argues that Trump can still be criminally tried over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election following the Supreme Court's sw...
Glasstire

Arielle Masson’s “Chaotic Nodes” - Contemplating the art of Arielle Masson is a cosmic journey that spirals through deep inner space into the vastness of the universe — moving through the ...
Socialist Alternative

Don’t Let Trump Steal the Election - Despite losing the popular vote by millions, Trump tried to steal the election in 2020. He has never stopped repeating that the 2020 elections were stolen ...
Black Agenda Report

Haiti and the Crisis of Imperialism in the Caribbean - Haiti and the Crisis of Imperialism in the Caribbean bareditors Wed, 10/02/2024 - 00:00 Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and Contributor
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

The Connection Between Jimmy Carter’s 100th Birthday and Tonight’s VP Debate - Former President Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday coinciding with the vice presidential debate today is fitting, given the important role Carter played in e...
Right Wing Watch

Right Wing Round-Up: One Really Violent Day - Marshall Cohen and Daniel Dale @ CNN: Fact check: 12 election lies Trump is using to set the stage to dispute a potential 2024 defeat Former President Do...
Environment Texas

Fracking is an environmental disaster - Polluted waterways. Destroyed wild places. Dead wildlife. The environmental impact of fracking is devastating. The post Fracking is an environmental disa...
Texans For Public Justice

Permission Granted: Texas oil and gas regulators on track to allow more flaring waste than ever - A new investigative report reveals how the state oil and gas agency, the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC), is on track to authorize venting or flari...
CPI's Danger in the Air

Inside the scramble to stop the displacement of thousands of California foster children - For years, the Nonprofits Insurance Alliance of California had been the primary insurer for the state’s foster family agencies, which house some of the m...
Edinburg Politics

Open Government Seminar, free and open to the public, set for Hidalgo County Commissioners Court Chambers in Edinburg on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, reports attorney Omar Ochoa - Journalists, elected and appointed public officials, and the general public in the Rio Grande Valley will have the opportunity to hear expert presentations...
The Socialist

International Relations: Tensions in Eastern Europe - Tensions in Eastern Europe have escalated recently, with geopolitical implications that resonate globally. The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine ...
Dos Centavos

Ay Te Watcho, Houston - Well, if you’re reading this on this Labor Day, these words are being typed from Northern Colorado. After 26 years of living in Houston and 53 in Texas, it...
The NM Political Report

Indigenous advocates want to take push for RECA expansion to D.C. - Indigenous advocates who have been impacted by radiation exposure are ramping up the pressure they’re putting on U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson t...
The Rag Blog

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

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

Remembering Sheila Jackson Lee - Today, we reflect on the profound legacy of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a tireless advocate for equality and justice. Her passing leaves a void in ...
TXElects

Consistency in Texas: Trump Maintains Lead Over Biden in Latest Polls - *By Jeff Blaylock – Founder & Senior Editor* *JUNE. 20, 2024* Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Former President Trump leads President Biden by 7 po...
Dandelion Salad

Julian Assange is FREE!!! - Dandelion Salad June 25, 2024 Guardian Australia on Jun 24, 2024 Stella Assange, Julian Assange’s wife, has released a video statement on her husband’s rel...
CT's short stories and novelettes

Grape - “I can jump a ship there. Just get me in the city limits. I will take it from there.” “How many sapiens did you kill?” “Five. Why do you want to know?”...
The Intercept

In No Labels Call, Josh Gottheimer, Mike Lawler, and University Trustees Agree: FBI Should Investigate Campus Protests - The bipartisan duo also praised schools that brought in police to violently quell protests and connected the demonstrations to the TikTok ban. The post I...
The Stars Hollow Gazette

NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2024: Second Four Play Ins - This s the second night of the women’s Play-Ins.Here are last night’s winners and losers: Time Network Seed School Record Region Score Seed School Record R...
The Disorder Of Things

Sex, Power & Play at Europe’s Largest Arms Fair - A guest post from Nico Edwards. Nico is the author of the new World Peace Foundation report Resisting Green Militarism: Building Movements for Peace and Ec...
Texas Environmental News

How US Air Pollution, Ironically, Has Kept Climate Hazards in Check - The past half-century has seen remarkable improvements in air quality in many parts of the world, thanks largely to legislation [...] The post How US Air...
Countercurrents

Gaza becomes “death zone” as UN suspends humanitarian aid to hundreds of thousands in north - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced Tuesday the suspension of all humanitarian aid to the northern parts of the Gaza Strip. The estimat...
Independent Political Report

Minor Technical Note - For some days we have had an anomalous issue that kept our site from loading properly. Apologies while the matter is being worked on. We are aware of the...
Screwston Antifascist Committee

Global Day of Action Against Elbit Systems: A Report Back on Houston Actionists Blockade of BNY Mellon - This article details an action from early December. It was strategically withheld for publish until December 21st, the Global Day of Action Against Elbit. ...
Shadowproof

Shadowproof Is Shutting Down - After eight years, we have decided that it is time to shut down Shadowproof, but that does not mean that the independent journalism that we fostered is c...
One People's Project

2023 Year End Campaign! - The time has come to ask for your help as we head along into what promises to be one busy 2024! 2023 Year End Campaign
WAWG Blog

My Most Recent Postings Are Shared at Op Ed News - ——— Check them out! ——— The post My Most Recent Postings Are Shared at Op Ed News appeared first on The WAWG Blog.
Innocence Project

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Happy Art Car, Y'All! - (function(jQuery) {function init() { window.wSlideshow && window.wSlideshow.render({elementID:"840112064306859282",nav:"thumbnails",navLocation:"bottom",cap...
Buzzflash

Rebecca Solnit: "Forget Geoengineering. We Need To Stop Burning Fossil Fuels. Right Now." - The Guardian
Living Blue in Texas

TEXIT: The Conservative Movement To Turn Texas Into A White Ethnostate - Unpacking “Texit” and the potential consequences of secession. A few years ago, we wrote “QAnon Conspiracies And Neo-Confederate Beliefs Behind Texit Movem...
Eclectablog

Making democracy work for our environment – wsg Nayyirah Shariff & Sean McBrearty - Nayyirah Shariff on Twitter: @NayyirahShariff Flint Rising on Twitter: @FlintRising Flint Rising's website: FlintRising.com Sean McBrearty on Twitter: @Sea...
Echidne of the Snakes

Happy 2023 To All Of You - I have often come back here to try to write some sort of a conclusion to the years of activity on this site, but have not figured out what, exactly, to s...
VICE

Three UFOs Shot Down by US Weren't Chinese Spy Balloons: Biden - However, President Joe Biden did not say what the three objects were, saying the military is still searching for the debris.
Texas Moratorium Network

Senator Sarah Eckhardt Files Bill to Abolish Death Penalty - A State Senator we wrote asking to file a bill to abolish the death penalty has filed a bill to abolish the death penalty. So, we have a senate sponsor o...
Media Myth Alert

Taking stock: Top mythbusting posts of 2022 - Media Myth Alert directed attention periodically in 2022 to the appearance of well-known media-driven myths, those prominent tales about the news media tha...
Due Dissidence

Liz Truss Finally Made Neoliberalism Toxic - by Jack Carolan Liz Truss spent her childhood accompanying her father, a leftist University professor, on marches against the Thatcher government. It might...
Duffel Blog

Make-A-Wish kid gets 'Day 1 recycled' at Ranger school - “Rules are rules,” said a Ranger Instructor.
Strategic Culture Foundation

WHO Chief, TPLF Leader Tedros Silent About His Party’s Theft of World Food Program Fuel - UN World Health Organization chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom is also the world’s most prominent advocate of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front. He has said no...
BillMoyers.com

PODCAST: Dr. Bandy Lee Saw It Coming – The Violence Foretold in Donald Trump’s Election - Our democracy has been eroding in tandem with the rise in inequality, says Dr. Lee. The Trump presidency is not really about Donald Trump the individual....
Bayou Brief

Six Degrees of Babe Huey - Did Huey Long and Babe Ruth ever meet?
Downwinders at Risk

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

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

The Road to Hell -
The Contributor

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

Sub to Our Stack! - [image: Sub to Our Stack!] Hey! We’re back! It’s been a while but *Washington Babylon* is back up and running. Read more @ Washington Babylon...
ROAR Magazine

ROAR is closing down, but the struggle goes on - After more than a decade of independent publishing and media activism, we are moving on to explore new horizons.
Talking Points Memo

Scott Pruitt, Yes That Scott Pruitt, Is Running For Senate - Nearly four years after he resigned from the Trump administration amid a cloud of scandal and profligate spending of taxpayer...
Liberal America

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Republicans’ Identity Crisis - This week, Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered his long-anticipated, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. No sooner did this happen than Donald Trump–the...
Modern Democracy

Will the Supreme Court Swing the 2022 Midterms? - Recent commentary on the Supreme Court’s stay order in Merrill v. Milligan has focused on what the decision portends for the future of Section 2 d...
Popehat

Customer Agent Rendering - A customer representative or perhaps buyer broker is the strategy of a brokerage or property broker symbolizing a client in an financial commitment transac...
epic.org

EPIC, Coalition Urge FTC to Issue Rules Protecting Consumers Against Data Abuse and Discrimination - Today, EPIC and a coalition of 44 consumer advocacy, civil rights, and media democracy groups urged the Federal Trade Commission to initiate a rulemaking t...
Truthdig

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Malady

Capital’s profitability now depends on ‘lockdowns’, acute social enclosure, and ‘medical’ tyranny - * *This essay was originally posted in April 2021 (and regularly updated) on Medium.com but was censored in September and then put “under investigation”. H...
Freethought Now

FFRF’s Freethought Now Blog has moved! - FFRF has moved our blog, Freethought Now! Check out our new blog today.
Louis Proyect

The Future of this Blog - Update: this site has now returned to its free version at https://louisproyect.wordpress.com … i do not know how much longer https://louisproyect.org will ...
INSIDER - politics news

TikTok extremism exposed: over 1,000 videos found including Holocaust denial, white supremacy, and ISIS propaganda, according to new report - [image: TikTok] Summary List Placement New research released by a counter-extremism think tank found that over 1,000 TikToks featuring hate speech and e...
Dorf on Law

Between Tamago and Potemkin - *by Michael C. Dorf* There's an episode of *Curb Your Enthusiasm* in which Larry arrives at the new house of his manager Jeff and Jeff's wife Susie, who...
Houston Press

Simone Biles Also Withdraws From Individual All-Around in a Post-Karolyi Era - After her shocking withdrawal from the U.S. women’s gymnastics team finals on Tuesday due to mental health concerns, Houston’s own Simone Biles has now—per...
Dallas Observer

'Viruses Are Going to Virus': COVID-19 Infections Rise Among Vaccinated Texans - Several fully vaccinated Texas Democratic lawmakers have tested positive for COVID-19, becoming some of the most widely publicized instances of so-called "...
Progressives Everywhere

Ohio’s Gerrymandered Theocracy Exhibit the Stakes of Voting Rights - Inaction of voting rights will be very deadly
Anti-Media

Peer-Reviewed and Published: Adoption of Ivermectin to Combat COVID-19 is Justified - The study's authors conclude that "large reductions in COVID-19 deaths are possible using ivermectin."
Bad Attitudes

Big Government Handouts - Recently, Elon Musk beat out Jeff Bezos for a 2.9 billion contract from NASA to fly one of his magnificent exploding rocket ships to the moon. In true Am...
The Metaphor Project

Our new Metaphor Project Strategy 6/04/22 - Our new Metaphor Project strategy prioritizes being active on social media over writing blogs. Now that President Biden and Vice President Harris are vigor...
PBD - Progressive Blog Digest

46 - Joe Biden, the president of the United States. Not a perfect president, but the perfect president for these post-Trump times. Earnest, unpretentious, good-...
Latino Decisions

Alex Padilla, Latino Champion of Voter Access, New California US Senator - In a historic event, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla has been appointed as United States Senator by Governor Gavin Newsom. Secretary Padilla...
TomDispatch

Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, The Madness of War, American-Style - In choosing a title for his final, posthumously published book, the prominent public intellectual Tony Judt turned to a poem by Oliver Goldsmith, *The De...
Art Killing Apathy

Free Speech Is More Complicated Than You Think - By Eleanor Goldfield The truth is – words are dangerous. Words are the catalysts of all action – good or evil. To start with a cliché but solid example: ...
Defend our Movements

Assessing Tech: How We Know If It’s On Our Side - By Bex Hong Hurwitz, Tiny Gigantic Over the past months, technical research into privacy and security concerns with Zoom and Zoom’s actions in response hav...
Better Texas Blog

New Census Data Confirms Texas Needs to Equitably Invest in Anti-Poverty Programs - Looking for analysis of the new health insurance numbers released this week? Check out our blog here! Although median income and poverty rates improved ...
Texas Rural Voices

“IT’s” the RACISM, STUPID! - It is at the center of our national attention. And, justifiably so. It’s presence permeates our national psyche, whether we acknowledge it or not. We...
The Greanville Post

Socialism and Its Discontents—Has communism ever worked? - Caleb's chats are the ideal tool for those who wish to acquire a solid understanding of contemporary history in an easy, accessible manner. In this episode...
PERRspectives

On the Ground Update: Acting DHS Secretary Wolf Understates Portland Crisis - Over the past 24 hours, Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has faced a firestorm of criticism for his over-the-top rhetoric and gra...
Progressive Army

A Case Against Two Evils - Last week Medhi Hasan of the Intercept interviewed the famous dissident Noam Chomsky in which he proclaimed that not voting for Joe Biden is a vote for “th...
Austin 360

Neuron Garage - Neuron Garage Camp Expands to 12 Locations for Summer 2020! Austin-based day camp, Neuron Garage, is quickly gaining a loyal following as the Hands-On Bu...
Think 3 Institute

Hatred as a factor in presidential politics - *M*ake what you will of this. In the modern era of partisan polarization, which can be dated back to the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, only the presid...
IVN

Long Live the Crackpots! - Long Live the Crackpots! Those of us who had been part of and partners with the Perot rebellion knew that the official “branding” of Ross Perot was alrea...
Truthout

Energy Transfer Partners’ Security Team Sinks Water Protectors’ Boats - ETP's security team was notorious for its brutal tactics at Standing Rock.
Splinter

Someone threatened to set a University of Michigan student on fire for wearing a hijab. This must stop. - Steps away from the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, a stranger approached a student and threatened to set her on fire with a lighter, police ...

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