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

Al Jazeera English

LIVE: Trump says new Iran deal ‘largely negotiated’ with talks ‘very soon’ - Middle East leaders join Trump in call on Iran as US push for a peace deal intensifies.
Houston Public Media

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1578: Seaplanes - Episode: 1578 The brief day of the great flying boats. Today, we ask what ever became of flying boats.
Informed Comment

The World cannot contain Iran forever outside the Global Order - But the deeper crisis exposed by the recent war is not simply nuclear. It is structural
Ian Welsh

Open Thread - Use to discuss topics unrelated to recent posts.
Axios

Exclusive: What's inside the Iran deal Trump is close to signing - The agreement the U.S. and Iran are close to signing involves a 60-day ceasefire extension during which the Strait of Hormuz would be reopened, Iran woul...
Raw Story

Congressman pinpoints 'unusual' Trump scandal that 'not enough people are talking about' - Rep. Mike Levin (D-Calif.) sounded the alarm this weekend over a purported sweetheart deal that gave President Donald Trump direct financial control over...
Mediagazer

Analysts speculate about the best candidates to buy Imax, noting a studio buyer could erode Imax's value if the buyer favored its own releases over competitors (Etan Vlessing/The Hollywood Reporter) - Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter: *Analysts speculate about the best candidates to buy Imax, noting a studio buyer could erode Imax's value if the ...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Trump news at a glance: Does the president see a chance to end the war with Iran? - Donald Trump appeared upbeat about the prospects of an imminent deal with Tehran, although Iran and mediators Pakistan appear slightly less sure – key US...
Workers World

A Marxist view on the environmental impact of AI data centers - [image: A Marxist view on the environmental impact of AI data centers] Billionaire tech bosses are facing opposition to unchecked data centers associated w...
memeorandum

Iran War Live Updates: Trump Says Peace Deal Is Near (New York Times) - New York Times: *Iran War Live Updates: Trump Says Peace Deal Is Near* — President Trump said Iran and the United States had “largely negotiated” an ag...
The Hill

Ebola resurgence sparks global concern, travel restrictions: What to know - The resurgence of Ebola in central Africa is prompting international concern, with health officials issuing urgent warnings and travel restrictions as an o...
Mediaite

Shooter Died at Hospital After Firing Multiple Shots at White House With Trump Inside - A gunman who fired three shots at the White House died at a local hospital after exchanging fire with Secret Service, Fox News correspondent Alex Hogan r...
See You In 2020

Fighting ecocide doesn’t look like liberal “degrowth” schemes. It looks like the Palestinian resistance. - Palestine’s resistance shows what it truly looks like to fight for one’s land, as opposed to the “climate movement” that billionaire NGOs have created. ...
Daily Cartoonist

“Textbooks Are Not a Place For Cartoons” - Cartoons in school textbooks can stimulate critical thinking about historical and current events. In India the question of cartoons in textbooks being prop...
Deadline Politics

Suspect Dead After Gunfire Exchange With Secret Service Near White House; Journalists Go Into Lockdown — Update - UPDATED: The White House lawn and presidential residence itself was locked down after dozens of apparent gunshots rang out near the area, as reported by mu...
Popular Resistance

States Are Pushing To Decriminalize Public Homelessness - Nearly two years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson that jurisdictions can criminalize sleeping outside, even when there is n...
The Verge

Record Club is trying to be Letterboxd for music nerds - There isn't really a solid equivalent to Goodreads or Letterboxd for music lovers, but Record Club is aiming to change that. Yes, we have Rate Your Music, ...
Election Law Blog

“Trump Administration Chips Away at Last Traces of Broad Inquiry Into Jan. 6” - NYT: The Justice Department has moved on two fronts to chip away at some of the last traces of its vast investigation into the attack on the Capitol on ...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

Laura “Isis” Sullivan, Photographer: an Appreciation - Just the other night, I learned of the passing of my friend and comrade, photographer Laura Sullivan – a.k.a. “Isis” – earlier this month. I first became f...
Eschaton

At Least The War Is Over - We'll see!
Space City Weather

Stage 2 flooding conditions moving through Houston, but we’re nearing the end of this event - In brief: Strong showers and thunderstorms are moving through Houston on Saturday afternoon, creating some flash flooding. The good news is that this mess ...
Alternet

'Biggest wealth divide in modern history': Shocking graphic shows reality of US economy - Multiple polls and surveys released in recent days have shown US consumer sentiment cratering—and all the while, the US stock market keeps hitting record...
Political Wire

Trump Says Deal with Iran ‘Largely Done’ - President Trump said Saturday that a deal with Iran, including opening the Strait of Hormuz, has been “largely negotiated” after calls with Israel and othe...
Claytoonz

Stupid on Stilts - Please read the blog at my Substack. Support your local cartoonist: If you want to support the cartoonist, please donate through PayPal to clayjonz@gmail.c...
Salon.com

Colbert isn’t gone, he just changed channels for a day - After a CBS farewell watched by millions, the host popped up on a Michigan public access show watched by hundreds
Portside

Memorial Day Gas Prices Are the Highest in Years - Memorial Day Gas Prices Are the Highest in Years Dave Sat, 05/23/2026 - 15:39
Angry Bear

CBS News on The Radio - If you have not read this yet, this may be of interest to you. Just Sitting here at the screen reading what things are out there which may be interesting...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

When Texas Regulates Camps but Not Guns: A Comparative Policy Response to Two Child-Centered Tragedies, by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. May 23, 2026 - *When Texas Regulates Camps but Not Guns: A Comparative Policy Response to Two Child-Centered Tragedies* *by* *Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D.* *May 23, 2026* ...
Techdirt.

This Week In Techdirt History: May 17th – 23rd - This Week in 2016 This Week in 2011 This Week in 2006
San Antonio Report

Texas A&M University–San Antonio partners with local school districts to boost teacher education attainment - The program was created after local research showed a higher number of teachers with master's degrees positively impacts student achievement. -------------...
Trivial Knot

Review: I Want to Be a Wall - I write a bunch of book reviews, and review-ish writings on my Pillowfort. Maybe I should port some of these over? I picked out a review I wrote in 2024,...
Mother Jones

Donald Trump Is Too Busy Posting Weird Memes to Go to Don Jr.’s Wedding - Donald Trump has made it known far and wide that, as president, with the weight of the world on his shoulders, he’s too busy to attend his son Don Jr.’s se...
WhoWhatWhy

Saturday Hashtag: #EuropeExitsUSTech - [image: EU, kicks, Big Tech] Welcome to Saturday Hashtag, a weekly place for broader context. Saturday Hashtag: #EuropeExitsUSTech originally appeared on W...
Undernews

Donald Ttrump - *28 separate false claims Trump made this week* *Donald Trump - *“I don't like friends that become very successful. I like people that are just OK. Even if...
Futurism

Barnes and Noble CEO Says Sure, Why Not Sell AI-Generated Books and Set Our Reputation On Fire? - "I have actually no problem selling any book." The post Barnes and Noble CEO Says Sure, Why Not Sell AI-Generated Books and Set Our Reputation On Fire? a...
CultureMap Houston

Houston restaurateur reveals massive steakhouse and more top stories - *Editor's note: It's time to catch up on the top Houston news of the week, from a ritzy new steakhouse to a Santa Fe-inspired hotspot. Plus, seven Houston ...
Consortium News

WATCH: The World This Week — ‘Chaos of the Old Order’ - Xi and Putin declare unilateral attempts to dominate the world “have failed” and “a new type of international relations” is emerging as “neocolonial tenden...
Courthouse News

Trump’s Justice Department scrubs its website of news releases about Jan. 6 defendants - The Justice Department says it removed website posts about Jan. 6 prosecutions, describing the archived case announcements as partisan rather than informat...
Glasstire

The Whelm of Massive Group Shows, and My Tender Eyes - “If money was no object, which one would you take home?” This question, posed to me at a recent art auction, provoked a persistent thought in my mind abo...
The Root

Kylin Hill Boycotted a State Symbol He Called Racist. Now the NAACP Wants Black Athletes to Challenge Voting Restrictions - Kylin Hill fought against the Confederate emblem on the Mississippi flag. Now, the NAACP urges Black athletes to boycott states weakening Black voting po...
San Antonio Current

Assclown Alert: Stepping up for more abuse from Daddy Trump with Texas Republicans - [image: President Donald Trump speaks during a White House press conference.] Donald Trump doesn’t run the Republican Party so much as terrorize it. Dur...
Daily Howler

SATURDAY: What should Blue America do... - *SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2026* *...in the wake of the Callais decision?* Friend, here we go, on a holiday weekend, with an important policy question: *As a...
NPR's Health Shots

A little bit country, a little bit Desi: A Pakistani-American's hybrid music - On May 31, Yo Sabri make a landmark appearance with the Nashville Symphony for an orchestral rendition of his new album, "Tennessee Desi," which blends App...
Independent Political Report

Kentucky Libertarians Nominate Jeremy Todd After Thomas Massie Primary Loss - The Libertarian Party of Kentucky has nominated Jeremy Todd for the state’s 4th Congressional District, moving quickly to place a candidate in the race a...
Mondoweiss

Itamar Ben-Gvir is suddenly the villain of Israeli politics for one reason: he revealed Israel’s true face to the world - [image: Itamar Ben-Gvir (Photo: Wikipedia)]Itamar Ben-Gvir has been attacked across Israeli politics for a cruel video showing him mocking flotilla activis...
The Daily Poster

YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: You’ve Got Mail — And Rights - Abortion stays a choice, New York goes to market, drugs remain discounted, parents’ rights activists score a new advocate, and Hawaii gives election power ...
Grist

Solar to overtake coal on Texas grid for the first time ever this year - The Trump administration likes to cast renewables as a socialist scam, but solar has soared in the competitive markets of the Lone Star State.
Progressive.org

Every Worker Deserves Paid Leave - Virginia law advances the cause but what is needed is federal action.
Vox

Climate change’s worst-case scenario is officially canceled - You’ve probably never heard of the term “RCP 8.5” — the highest-emission scenario used by climate scientists to project the planet’s future. But if you’ve ...
Land Destroyer

America’s Future: A Prosperous, Peaceful Nation, or a Bankrupt, Violent Empire? - *May 7, 2026* (NEO - Brian Berletic) - The US is at a juncture faced with two choices. It can either manage a transition from global hegemon to a prosper...
ArcaMax

Should Congress Stay or Should They Go? - "Should I stay," the Clash asked, "or should I go?" When I was a kid, during and following Watergate, the tortured politico's answer to that existential qu...
Countercurrents

Punjab Can Stop the Advancing Chariot of RSS-BJP - After its victories in the elections in Assam, Puducherry, and West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has become highly emboldened. Particularly in ...
The Smirking Chimp

Trump Launches Deluge of Conspiracy Theories With Mere Schedule Change -
Off The Kuff

NAACP calls for athletic boycott of vote-suppressing states - We’ll see if anything comes of this. The NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, called on athletes and fans to boycott schools in eight Sout...
Socialist Alternative

There Is Nothing Temporary About China’s Economic Crisis - Over the past few years, the Chinese Communist Party dictatorship and the bourgeois media have repeatedly claimed that “a recovery is on the way,” but the ...
Crooked Media

Breaking the Cycle of Political Violence - The post Breaking the Cycle of Political Violence appeared first on Crooked Media.
Infidel753

Link round-up for 23 May 2026 - Various interesting stuff I ran across on the net over the last week. o o o o o And they all fall down. A lot of people need proofreaders. When you're n...
Slate

Stop Calling Trump’s Slush Fund a Settlement. It’s a Violence Incentive Project. - Trump’s weaponization fund, unpacked by former Jack Smith deputy J.P. Cooney and investigative journalist Andrea Bernstein.
OpEd News

Stephen Colbert Deserves to Be Whistleblower of the Year - So I will say it plainly. Stephen Colbert deserves to be named Whistleblower of the Year.
World Socialist Web Site

A Turkish court unlawfully removes the CHP leadership from office - Under political pressure from the Erdoğan government, a court unlawfully removed the elected leadership of the Republican People's Party, triggering a majo...
jobsanger

The Trump System Is An Extreme Form Of Crony Capitalism -
First Draft

Saturday Odds & Sods: Patches - Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends.
The Week

The rise and fall of Opec - Last month, the United Arab Emirates announced its withdrawal from Opec, threatening the once-mighty oil-producing group
Ballot Access News

U.S. District Court Hears Alabama Redistricting Case - On May 22, a 3-judge U.S. District Court heard the Alabama redistricting case for U.S. House. See this story. Allen v Milligan, n.d., 2:21cv-1530. Accordin...
IVN

El voto latino puede decidir la primaria de California el 2 de junio. La mayoría no va a votar. - Una campaña estatal no partidista, Tu Primaria, está cerrando la brecha de participación entre los votantes latinos e independientes de California antes de...
Project Censored

Forged Signatures, Felled Trees: Adani’s Expansion Into Hasdeo Forest - In July 2025, the Chhattisgarh Forest Department recommended diverting 1,742 hectares of dense protected forest in the Hasdeo Aranya region of central In...
Texas Standard

‘Cure for Paranoia’ frontman hopes NPR Tiny Desk win helps Texas do better for its artists - The Dallas hip-hop collective is starting a 10-city Tiny Desk Contest On The Road tour in June.
slacktivist

LBCF: Skipping steps - Wherein the authors ponder the difficult challenge of sharing the One True Gospel of Bible Prophecy with your mistress.
Counterpunch

The Most Botched Imperial War w/ Gilbert Achcar - On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank sit down with Gilbert Achcar to discuss Israel, Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, and the...
Church and State

Big questions with no answers - If you need religion, then embrace it, but don’t allow it to drive you into a secular observance which removes you from true spiritual appreciation.
Texas Freedom Network

The Legal Chat: Constitutional Law Professor Breaks Down Texas’ Ten Commandments in Schools - It’s happening in real time. The Ten Commandments in schools is one of several legal challenges over religion that’s reshaping the national conversation ...
Discourse

Man, What the Hell? RETURNS - The long-lost column returns in this subscribers-only Special Edition episode
Novara Media

Burnham Launches Byelection Campaign - Andy Burnham’s campaign for the Makerfield byelection is officially underway. Plus: Amazon’s UK boss says young people are not to blame for youth unemploym...
El Paso Matters

El Paso runoff election turnout remains low as early voting wraps up Friday - Early voting for the Democratic and Republican primary runoffs ends Friday in El Paso County, where fewer than 3% of registered voters have cast ballots...
naked capitalism

Coffee Break: The Furies are Coming for US - Today’s Coffee Break on a holiday weekend in the US is the simple recommendation that you go straight to this long essay in Front Porch Republic by W. Aar...
The Militant

US hands off Cuba! - US rulers escalate their attacks against Cuba Over the last week, the U.S. rulers launched a dangerous escalation of threats against Cuba. CIA Director Joh...
Bonddad

Preliminary regional Fed reports indicate inflationary pulse continuing in May - * - by New Deal democrat* Although manufacturing is far less important to the US economy than it was in the decades after World War II, it is still a...
Krebs on Security

Lawmakers Demand Answers as CISA Tries to Contain Data Leak - Lawmakers in both houses of Congress are demanding answers from the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) after KrebsOnSecurity report...
Rewire

Iowa Restricts Access to Abortion Pills, HPV Vaccines - Plus, a woman gives birth in a Brooklyn courtroom and veterans sue Trump administration over VA abortion ban. The post Iowa Restricts Access to Abortion...
Capital & Main

Where California’s Gubernatorial Candidates Stand on Climate and Taking Big Oil Money - While frontrunners Steyer and Becerra slug it out, they’re clashing over their commitment to clean energy. The post Where California’s Gubernatorial Cand...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

Louisiana, Alabama, and South Carolina: How We Would Rate Looming New Republican Maps - A trio of Deep South states are moving to join Tennessee in eliminating heavily Black districts. Alabama and Louisiana are aiming to reduce Democrats to ...
The Texas Signal

Magic And Madness Of Mid-Century Menus in Houston - On display at the Rienzi mansion in River Oaks, is a unique and bizarre display that manages to capture the entirety of the magic and madness of the culina...
Scheerpost.com

Alex Saab And The Fragility Of The Solidarity Movement - Michelle Ellner for CodePink The recent deportation of Alex Saab from Caracas to the U.S. on May 18, 2026, has generated shock, confusion, anger, and inten...
Consent Factory, Inc.

The Beast - So I tried to write a column about dog rape. I couldn’t do it. Despite my fear of losing the last of my Substack subscribers, going broke, getting evicted ...
Texas Observer

Loon Star State: Shredded - To see more political cartoons from Ben Sargent, visit our Loon Star State section. Find Observer political reporting here. The post Loon Star State: Shr...
Earthworks

One Year Later, We’re Still Waiting for Pan American Silver to Acknowledge the Xinka People’s Decision - Pan American Silver has still not publicly recognized or adequately disclosed the Xinka Peoples’ decision to deny consent for the Escobal mine. The post ...
The Progressive Wing

5/22-25 Memorial Weekend News Roundup & Open Thread - More news, videos, tweets, candidate information, etc. in the comments.
SCOTUSblog

Justices agree that actuaries can use up-to-date assumptions in assessing costs of leaving a multi-employer pension plan - Yesterday’s decision in *M&K Employee Solutions v. Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund* was pretty much exactly what you would have expected given ...
Democracy Now!

"AI Resist List": Karen Hao on Data Center Resistance, Tech Billionaires, "Empire of AI" & More - We speak with journalist Karen Hao, author of *Empire of AI*, about the Trump administration’s alliance with tech billionaires, efforts to regulate artific...
The Conversation

Detroit’s high property taxes are driving a housing affordability crisis – how can city leaders bring down costs? - Property tax reform in Detroit could boost homeownership and attract new residents and businesses.
Rallblog

DNC DOA | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas - Live at 9 AM Eastern & Streaming 24-7 Thereafter: Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstream media e...
Earth 911

Guest Idea: How the Birmingham Darter Could Be Saved by the Project Marvel Data Center - Three small, easily overlooked fish swimming in Valley Creek near Birmingham, Alabama, are: the Birmingham... The post Guest Idea: How the Birmingham Dar...
Dorf on Law

Federal Courts Exam 2026: Data Center Nuisance Suit; Habeas Corpus; and Sovereign Immunity - [N.B. My latest *Verdict *column discusses the "Anti-Weaponization Fund" that Attorney General Blanche announced as part of the settlement of the Trumps...
ProPublica

California Teacher Previously Fired for Sexual Harassment Is No Longer in the Classroom After New Complaints - The post California Teacher Previously Fired for Sexual Harassment Is No Longer in the Classroom After New Complaints appeared first on ProPublica.
High Country News

Treat water like family, not profit - Federal and state approaches to managing the Colorado River – as well as land and wildlife – reflect a lack of experience. The post Treat water like fam...
Wolf Street

Prices of Single-Family Homes already Down 10% to 26% in these 15 Bigger Cities: Every Market is Different - San Francisco & Portland came off the list. Fort Worth & Aurora (CO) come on the list.
Brad Blog

Republicans Are Revolting: ‘BradCast’ 5/21/2026 - On today’s BradCast: Maybe the $1.8 billion slush fund for felons was the final straw. Still too early to know for sure. But, between that, the billion dol...
Antiwar.com

The Strait of Hormuz: A Constant in Iranian History - The strategic and spiritual resonance of the Strait of Hormuz is deeply woven into Iran’s identity. It represents a profound geographic constant in Iranian...
Black Agenda Report

Black Agenda Radio May 22, 2026 - Black Agenda Radio May 22, 2026 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 05/22/2026 - 04:27 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda Ra...
Alas, a Blog

The Search - This strip is drawn by the awesome Mike Lawrence, who really went wild with the chicken fat! I wrote this strip two months ago, after coming across this st...
Common Dreams

RootsAction Blasts Official DNC Autopsy; ‘Disgrace’ Would Be ‘Understatement’ - RootsAction is releasing the following statement: After months of intense pressure, Chair Ken Martin and the DNC finally caved and released their 2024 au...
Environment Texas

Community opposition to rescinding the Roadless Rule - The Roadless Rule is a commonsense, effective, and popular policy, and it should not be rescinded or invalidated. The post Community opposition to rescin...
The NM Political Report

Greater Chaco landscape named one of America’s most endangered historic places - [image: Oil well in the Greater Chaco Cultural Landscape] The National Trust for Historic Preservation unveiled its 2026 list of America’s 11 Most Endange...
Edinburg Politics

Rep. Terry Canales being joined by other visionary leaders, business giants, and political trailblazers to serve on Texas Bicentennial Commission - Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, is being joined by other visionary leaders, business giants, and political trailblazers to serve on the Texas Bicentennial ...
Bracing Views

The Gaza Flotilla as Today’s Righteous Gentiles - Persecuted for Helping Victims of Murderous State Violence BILL ASTORE MAY 21, 2026 Several hundred people (428 people from 40 nations, to be precise) conc...
Speak Freely (ACLU)

ACLU Calls on Congress to to Hold Federal Agents Accountable by Allowing People to Sue Them for Rights Violations - ACLU and partners urged members of Congress during Community Safety Week to pass legislation that allows people to sue federal law enforcement when they vi...
Debunking Christianity

Dr. Richard Carrier Highly Endorses My Book! - Thank you Richard Carrier for this enthusiastic endorsement of my book, "The Outsider Test For Faith"! Thanks also for accurately applying the outsider tes...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

Capitalist Horror: A Conversation with Jon Greenaway - Jon Greenaway, author of Capitalism: A Horror Story and host of Horror Vanguard stops by for a chat
NORML

NORML Remembers Congressman Barney Frank - [image: NORML Remembers Barney Frank][image: NORML Remembers Barney Frank]"Representative Barney Frank was one of the earliest supporters of marijuana leg...
The AltWorld

US Blockade of Iran (and China) Continues - 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) continues interdiction operations targeting Iranian maritime shipping. The US Marine Corps under […] The post US Blo...
Crooked Timber

Pet Haidt - One my betes noires has been in the news lately. Jonathan Haidt has been annoying me since at least 2012, when I was critical of his bothsidesism on the cu...
Lowering the Bar

ChatGPT Confesses to a Crime It Didn’t Commit - And that it wasn't even capable of committing.
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Kansas judge temporarily blocks state's gender-affirming care ban while dismantling testimony favoring ban - Sorry for missing this one A judge granted a temporary injunction on Friday, blocking Kansas’s gender-affirming care ban and bringing “enormous relief” t...
The Greanville Post

The Bust-Out Of ‘America’ - INDRAJIT—you analyze ‘America’ politically, you’re making an error, unwittingly. ‘America’ is not a polity, people’s opinions have nothing to do with polic...
Liberation News

PSL Statement: Baseless indictment of Raúl Castro a pretext for another war - The announced indictment of Raúl Castro Ruz, historic leader of the Cuban Revolution and former President of the Republic of Cuba, by the United States Dep...
Ecosophia

Situationism: The Creation of Situations - Some of my readers may be surprised that with everything else happening in the world, I’m returning to the ongoing discussion of Situationism, that bizarre...
Unlimited Hangout

The Rise of the Military Retail Industrial Complex - When it was reported that Wegmans grocery stores were utilizing facial recognition technology (FRT) to collect data on their customers, the company decli...
Duck of Minerva

I choose to celebrate Eurovision - There are two posts I could have written about the latest Eurovision song contest. One would focus on another controversy over Israel’s participation and h...
Sludge

Musk-Recruited NASA Head Pushes Nuclear Agenda Tied to SpaceX - NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman is advancing a space nuclear agenda closely aligned with SpaceX’s Mars ambitions.
Media Lens

Media Myopia As We Hurtle Towards Climate Oblivion - Any aliens who have been monitoring radio and television transmissions streaming outwards into space from Planet Earth over the past few decades will likel...
Dissent Magazine

George Scialabba’s Lessons in Solidarity - Too often we abandon the terrain of belonging to the right, but new cultures of solidarity are emerging out of our political moment.
Field Negro

The death of voting rights. - *"Neither love nor evil conquers all, but evil cheats more" ~Laurell K. Hamilton~ * The United States Supreme court ruled recently that gerrymandering...
Seeing the Forest

Most Voters Too Young To Remember - This post first appeared at Government Cheese – Chronicling the collapse of democracy. I was thinking about how most voters out there have no memory of all...
LareDOS

LLT auditions for The Lion King Jr. set for May 18 and 19 - Play opens July 30
MintPress News

Revealed: USAID, NED & Open Society Quietly Bankroll Cuba’s “Independent” Media In Push for Regime Change - From CubaNet to ADN Cuba, some of the most widely cited “independent” Cuban media outlets in Western Corporate media are quietly funded by USAID, the Nat...
Progressives Chat

Massie - The state of Kentucky will hold primaries next week. Tuesday, May 19, 2026. I am interested in the 2026 Republican primary for U.S. House from *Kentucky’...
Campaign for America's Future

Ruth Lopez Spoke Up for Due Process. Now She’s Detained Without Charges. - Americans should demand the release of jailed Salvadoran lawyer Ruth Lopez — because it can happen here, too. Who of us has the right to live without fear?...
Web of Debt

THE ABUNDANCE PARADIGM: WHY AI FORCES A RETHINKING OF MONEY ITSELF — PART 1 - A Universal Basic Income (UBI) has long been proposed as a way to cushion the blow of jobs lost to automation. Under that model, everyone receives a modest...
Democracy Chronicles

How the Illinois Democratic Party Increases Voter Apathy - Illinois is an especially undemocratic and arguably unconstitutional state. So much so that you can quite literally be legally punished for voting.
Avedon's Sideshow

It's time we started rockin' the boat - This photo of sunrise in Taiwan is from Joe Garrity's BlueSky account at JBGarrity Photography. Lotta cool pics in his stream. "'Tragic Day for the Freedo...
The Grayzone

Covert NATO initiative turns film into anti-Russia battleground - A scandal has erupted over covert NATO conferences with the Western entertainment industry. Leaked documents reviewed by The Grayzone show how NATO has s...
Greg Palast

9+ million Muslim voters purged in 4 states Trump “SAVE” plan takes a test drive in India - Four states have purged Muslim voters by the millions. The states are West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Kerala. Forgive me the ... READ MORE
Skeptophilia

Thy fearful symmetry - For some of the most fundamental aspects of life, it's uncertain whether or not evolution was *constrained*. The question has great significance with regar...
Idavox

The Sullivans, Much Love and Rest in Peace - We lost Mike Sullivan in 2024 and Laura Sullivan yesterday. We want to remember what... The post The Sullivans, Much Love and Rest in Peace appeared firs...
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...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Walmart Crime Report April 2026 - Walmart had another eleven more shootings in April of 2026, with four of those fatal killing at least five people. One of the fatal shootings was an off...
The Socialist

Stephen Schwarzman Net Worth 2026: Blackstone CEO’s $44.2 - Table of Contents The Genesis of a Fortune: Early Career and Blackstone’s Founding The $41,700,000,000 Cornerstone: Blackstone’s Dominance A Global Portfol...
TalkLeft

Friday Open Thread - Our last open thread is about to hit 200 comments and close. Here is a new one all topics welcome. I'll add some content here when I'm done with work for ...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: NO, *YOU* SHUT UP EDITION. - *My phlebotomist was singing along to this.* One of the key features of the second Trump administration (or, as I like to call it, Tubby II) is the elevat...
The Rag Blog

ALICE EMBREE / MAY DAY! MAY DAY! - NO WORK / NO SCHOOL / NO SHOPPING By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / April 30, 2026 On May 1st, we celebrate the original Labor Day, International Workers Da...
FrontBurner – D Magazine

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Anti-Media

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Splinter

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