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

Green Party 2024 end-of-the-year Election Reporthttps://t.co/0pZU74nDZz
• Greens win 54.3% of local elections they contest
• 160 Greens currently hold elected office
• Green candidates regain ballot status in 6 states
• Green presidential ticket finishes 3rd in nation pic.twitter.com/I72RZK9fl4
— Green Party Elections Data Base Reports & Analysis (@gpelections) December 30, 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

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

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

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

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

Houston, Texas, and US blog roll

Eschaton

That Trick Works Every Time - I am not an expert on Argentinian voters, but I suspect this will not help Milei. Hosting Milei at the White House last week, Trump threatened Argentinian...
San Antonio Report

Aquariums, opera houses, zoos, arenas: Explaining the ‘venue tax’ at the heart of Props A & B - On Props A and B, voters are deciding how to spend money with limited potential uses — but broader than local leaders are suggesting. ----------------------...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

The Shadow President: From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. - *Friends,* *Every empire has its architects. In this vein, I urge you to read Andy Kroll’s extraordinary investigative report in ProPublica co-published ...
The Verge

Iniu’s tiny 10,000mAh power bank is almost half off right now - Small power banks are a dime a dozen, but Iniu’s Pocket Rocket P50 stands out for its combination of size, capacity, and features. We saw this model drop i...
Courthouse News

US envoys meet Israel’s Netanyahu after Gaza violence - Donald Trump vowed Hamas would be "eradicated" if the group doesn't honor a deal with Israel.
Al Jazeera English

Madagascar’s new prime minister named after military coup - Exiled former president Rajoelina condemns takeover and refuses to step down despite defections in the security forces.
Texas Observer

Why the City of Austin Wants Voters to Hike Their Property Taxes - It’s a tough time to be an Austin property taxpayer. Nothing seems to make sense. Maybe you figured high taxes were a fair price to pay for the tremendo...
San Antonio Current

Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai vents over speculation ex-Mayor Ron Nirenberg wants his job - 'Considering the challenges we face, it’s disappointing that some would rather start fights within our Democratic party than work together to lift up ou...
Daily Dot

“Why would you post this?”: Kristen Bell called out for “unbelievably tone-deaf” anniversary post to husband Dax Shepard - [image: Dax Shepard & Kristen Bell at the 2019 Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Tweet text overlay reads, "The death of woke is Kristen B...
Second Nexus

MAGA Influencer Dragged After Claiming That Only 'Single Gay Males' Live In Cities - Will Chamberlain, a MAGA minion who works for a Republican-aligned legal group, claimed suburban living is where all the good families live, rather than ...
Raw Story

The bizarre evolution of antifa - Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.
Mediaite

‘They’ll Be Eradicated… Pretty Violently’: Trump Threatens ‘Rambunctious’ Hamas Over Ceasefire Violations - Donald Trump threatened to "eradicate" Hamas if the militant Palestinian organization didn't get in line with Trump's 20-point peace plan for the region....
Houston Public Media

Longtime Missouri City council member challenging mayor in November election - Jeffrey Boney, the city council representative for District B, is taking on Mayor Robin Elackatt. Some city council races also are on the ballot in the Hou...
Political Wire

GOP Lawmaker Says Campaign ‘Mistakenly’ Paid Her Son - Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) paid her son $3,500 from her campaign account for “consulting,” Iowa Starting Line reports. Twenty-two days later, her...
Techdirt.

President Denies Reality Of Massive Nationwide Protests While Posting Videos of Himself Dumping Shit On Citizens - “The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command…. And if all others accepted the lie which the...
The Daily Poster

Offshoring For Me, Not For Thee, Says MAGA - A Trump-aligned super PAC incorporated in the Cayman Islands is seeking $260 million to “fund the next chapter of American Exceptionalism.”
Futurism

President Trump Posts AI Video of Himself Spraying Explosive Diarrhea on Peaceful Protestors - Our 79-year-old commander in chief, folks. The post President Trump Posts AI Video of Himself Spraying Explosive Diarrhea on Peaceful Protestors appeared...
Undernews

Gaza - *NBC News - * President Donald Trump insisted that *the ceasefire in Gaza was still in place* after Israel launched strikes in the enclave and *traded ac...
memeorandum

Lower-Income Americans Are Missing Car Payments (Sydney Ember/New York Times) - Sydney Ember / New York Times: *Lower-Income Americans Are Missing Car Payments* — Inflation and a tough job market are making it harder for some peopl...
Common Dreams

Health Care Costs are a Priority — Trump and Republicans Aren’t Delivering - Health care price woes remain a top concern for Americans as the federal government shutdown enters its fourth week. New *polling* from Groundwork Collab...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

US supreme court to consider whether drug users can legally own guns - Trump administration argues that federal law prohibiting drug users from having firearms is justifiable restriction Drinking alcohol regularly does not d...
Daily Cartoonist

European Cartoon Award Announces Long List of Finalists - European Cartoon Award has announced their long list of 30 cartoonists who are in the running for their annual award to “honor the most provocative, insigh...
Mother Jones

Top Republicans Stand by President’s Poop Video - Late Saturday, as “No Kings” protests across the country came to a close, President Donald Trump emerged with what appeared to be his official response to ...
The Hill

RFK Jr. to unveil new guidance encouraging more saturated fats - Foods like butter, cheese and red meat could be reemphasized in new dietary guidelines.
NPR's Health Shots

Cannabis works better than opioids for back pain, in two European studies - Millions of Americans use weed to treat chronic pain, but there's little high quality research on whether it works. New findings suggest it can be effectiv...
The Week

Conservative megadonors build a new bank thanks to Trump administration approval - With a Lord Of The Rings-inspired name, and the backing of some of the biggest GOP financiers around, Erebor Bank is set to make major waves in the crypto ...
Slate

I Just Got a Look at My In-Laws’ Bank Accounts. I Thought They Were Much More Responsible Than This. - How can I fix this for them?
Salon.com

The beauty industry has its head up your butt - From butt masks to "holecare," consumer beauty obsession is now hitting both ends
Mediagazer

Antenna: Disney+ customer cancellation rates doubled from 4% in August to 8% in September after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, and Hulu's doubled from 5% to 10% (Isabella Simonetti/Wall Street Journal) - Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal: *Antenna: Disney+ customer cancellation rates doubled from 4% in August to 8% in September after Jimmy Kimmel's...
Capital & Main

The Farm-to-School Model Is Under Threat - Federal rollbacks are leaving farmers and schools struggling, but local investment is helping Tucson’s program endure. The post The Farm-to-School Model ...
Deadline Politics

Kenny Loggins Blasts Use Of ‘Danger Zone’ In Trump’s Response To No Kings; POTUS’ AI Video Appeared To Show Him Dropping Feces On Protests - Kenny Loggins issued a statement calling on his song Danger Zone to be removed from an AI generated video posted by President Donald Trump that depicted hi...
Angry Bear

Initial claims lower than one year ago - “Initial claims lower than one year ago, an important positive point for the economy” – by New Deal democrat As per my introduction the past several wee...
CultureMap Houston

Intimate new wine shop and grocer coming to Montrose with 4,000 records - A new wine shop and gourmet grocer is coming to a prime space in Montrose. Named *Montrose Grocer*, it’s a new concept from *Heights Grocer* owner Mary Cla...
SCOTUSblog

Court agrees to hear additional case on gun rights - The Supreme Court on Monday morning added another dispute over the scope of the Second Amendment right to bear arms to its docket for the 2025-26 term. A...
The Progressive Wing

10/20-26 News Roundup & Open Thread - Cuomo clings to his own failings. Here’s a clip of someone correcting Cuomo in an interview this morning. Notice one of the corrections was subtle, the oth...
OpEd News

Tomgram: Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner, Who Should Live and Who Should Die? - The Senate Finance Committee hearing with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was explosive. The Secretary of Health and Human Services was accused of reckless disregard...
Dissident Voice

Who’s to Blame? Political Action, Personal Accountability, and Human Nature - [A version of this essay was presented at the Taos Community of Love service on October 19, 2025.] I know this isn’t a conventional church service, but I...
Election Law Blog

Section 2’s Legislative History Refutes the SG’s Proposal - I’ve previously noted a number of problems with the SG’s proposal in Callais, under which demonstrative maps would have to achieve the enacted plan’s pol...
NORML

Wisconsin: 12th Most Populated County Reduces Marijuana Possession Penalties to $1 Fine - [image: marijuana buds and a vape pen rest atop a single US dollar bill][image: marijuana buds and a vape pen rest atop a single US dollar bill]"Time and ...
Axios

Shutdown could halt SNAP benefits for millions, states say - Millions of families could go without food aid next month, states have begun warning, as the government shutdown threatens November's Supplemental Nutrit...
Texas Standard

Dallas annexed this neighborhood almost 50 years ago — now residents say they feel forgotten - Residents in the Dallas neighborhood of Kleberg say the city isn’t responding to their calls to improve its streets and other infrastructure.
Daily Howler

PIECES OF WORK: Is President Trump a piece of work? - *MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2025* *A look at The Big Weekend Show: *According to organizers, seven million people took part in Saturday’s “No Kings” rallies. S...
Bonddad

Initial claims lower than one year ago, an important positive point for the economy - *- by New Deal democrat* As per my introduction the past several weeks, despite the government shutdown we can recreate the initial and continuing c...
naked capitalism

AI Is Coming For Your Doctor - Medical systems using Epic are planning to turn most patient care decisions over to AI.
Glasstire

Review: Hannah Spector’s “if you stare at a cowboy’s face for long enough, it turns into a sunset” at Women & Their Work, Austin - Spatial awareness. The desert as a reclaimed entity. Expansion of temporal limitations. Dismantling of everything that doesn’t serve your own expansion. ...
Mondoweiss

The Burden of Imprecision: on the limitation of statistics - [image: Palestinians returning to the Al-Nafaq area in Gaza City are met with scenes of widespread destruction and devastation, on October 14, 2025. (Photo...
First Draft

Shecky’s Quick Hitters: Shine On - This time: No Kings Day, The Frampton Glow, JD Vance: Professional Asshole, MAGA Canary In A Coalmine, Mamdani Takes Manhattan, and When Andrew Met Jack.
Rewire

Virginia’s Election Could Affect Abortion Access Across the South - In choosing their new governor, legislators, and attorney general, Virginia voters will decide whether the state remains a regional exception with broad ...
El Paso Matters

Elections: Key state, local propositions on the Nov. 4 ballot in El Paso - El Paso County voters will decide on 17 state amendments and local school tax measures. Here are some key propositions to know more about. The post Elec...
Democracy Now!

"This Is Ethnic Cleansing": Civil Rights Icon Dolores Huerta Decries Trump's Targeting of Immigrants - Immigrant rights and labor icon Dolores Huerta, now 95 years old, is continuing her lifelong activism as immigration raids intensify across the country. Sh...
The Conversation

How mobsters’ own words brought down Philly’s mafia − a veteran crime reporter has the story behind the end of the ‘Mob War’ - Longtime mob reporter George Anastasia explains how intensive electronic eavesdropping revealed dialogue that surpassed Hollywood scripts.
Vox

Sorry, it’s true: The US really does have crappy bread - Have you ever gone on a trip to another country and thought, “Why does the food here taste so much better than the food in America?” That’s the question K...
Space City Weather

So far this October is the warmest on record. Is there any relief in sight? - In brief: In this morning’s post we dig into the data to find that yes, this October definitely still ‘feels’ like summer. Will this ever end? Also, we loo...
The Root

The Subject of Tupac’s ‘Brenda’s Got a Baby’ Finally Breaks His Silence, 33 Years Later - Tupac Shakur's "Brenda's Got a Baby" wasn't just a song, it was Davonn Hodge's life. Now, he's breaking his silence in a fascinating update. Read more...
Rallblog

DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou: “2-For-1 Regime Change?” - LIVE 9:00 am Eastern time, Streaming Anytime: Political cartoonist Ted Rall and CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou deliver the no-holds-barred analysis you ...
Earth 911

Sustainability In Your Ear: Buckstop’s Alexander Olesen Digs Into Urban Mining - Read a transcript of this episode. Subscribe to receive transcripts. Every solar array, battery system,... The post Sustainability In Your Ear: Buckstop’...
WhoWhatWhy

Epstein: Dirty Secrets Emerge From a Painful Book — and the Powerful Squirm - [image: Virginia Roberts Giuffre, David Boies, Jeffrey Epstein.] But selections in the Epstein files continue to be protected behind one magic expression: ...
slacktivist

Smart people saying smart things (10.20.25) - Words worth reading from Joel Bowman, Eugene McCarraher, Jill Filipovic, W.E.B. Du Bois, the Portland Chicken, and a former DHS official speaking on condit...
Dorf on Law

Justice Barrett's "Evil Day" and Other Infuriating Lowlights From the Voting Rights Act Oral Argument - The instant consensus--with which I agree--is that last Wednesday's oral argument in *Louisiana v. Callais* portends the final step in the Roberts Court'...
The Smirking Chimp

The Other Demonstration on Saturday -
Alternet

Prison's 'massive' Maxwell 'coverup' came from the White House: expert - A federal prison consultant has revealed to The Daily Beast, in a piece entitled "Prison Is Running Massive Ghislaine Maxwell Coverup for Trump: Insider,...
Skeptophilia

In with the bad - A post I did a couple of weeks ago, about my view that creativity is a relationship (and thus inherently subjective, in the sense that each person will c...
DeSmogBlog

The Methane Hunters of Melendugno - This story was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe. For centuries, farmers in Melendugno, a town located at the tip of southern Italy’s b...
Crooked Media

Will the Voting Rights Act Survive SCOTUS? - The post Will the Voting Rights Act Survive SCOTUS? appeared first on Crooked Media.
Off The Kuff

October 2025 campaign finance reports – Senate and Congress (Not CD18) - I’m doing this one a little differently, for two reasons. One is that I want to include non-Democratic candidates in the CD18 special election, just so we’...
ProPublica

What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President - by Andy Kroll ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published....
Scheerpost.com

Aaron Mate & Mnar Adley: The Truth About Trump’s Gaza Plan & Empire’s Cover Up - Independent journalist Aaron Mate joins MintPress director Mnar Adley to dissect the so-called Gaza “ceasefire” deal—and expose it for what it really is: i...
Consortium News

AS’AD AbuKHALIL: A Return to the Balfour Declaration - Donald Trump’s twenty-point plan offers nothing political for the Palestinians. It creates a joint U.S.-Israel occupation. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to C...
Infidel753

No Kings - See reports and images from the No Kings rallies in St Petersburg FL, Tiverton RI, Kalamazoo MI, and here in Portland OR, where the downtown rally drew fo...
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 ...
Grist

Racing against time, Illinois clears a major hurdle in containing an invasive fish - After a political standoff between President Trump and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, the state is now moving ahead with a billion-dollar project to contai...
High Country News

Ventura County is turning former farmland into affordable housing for farmworkers - [image: Agricultural land stretches from the Pacific Coast to the 101 Highway and beyond in Camarillo, California. Ventura County has some of the strictest...
Counterpunch

The Many Crimes of CIA Covert Actions - The term “covert action” is a peculiarly American invention; it does not appear in the lexicon of other intelligence services. Nor does the term appear ...
jobsanger

The Economy Is Good For The Rich - But Not For The Rest Of Us -
World Socialist Web Site

Letter from Christchurch building collapse victims in New Zealand to the families of the Tennessee explosives plant disaster - Maan Alkaisi, whose wife was one of 115 people killed in the preventable collapse in 2011, addressed the families of the 16 people killed in the Accurate E...
Informed Comment

“And one by one crept silently to Rest:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:21 - Stanza 21 of the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s translation of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám continues with the theme of the shortness of life and the...
Portside

Sunday Science: Save the Whales. But Save the Microbes, Too. - Sunday Science: Save the Whales. But Save the Microbes, Too. Ira Sun, 10/19/2025 - 23:59
Idavox

WE MADE THE GOAL! - We worked our behinds to get out of this crisis we were in and we... The post WE MADE THE GOAL! appeared first on Idavox.
Popular Resistance

The Israeli Occupation Forces Attacked Our Ship Conscience - The voyage went relatively well up until the interception. We sailed with the 1000 Madleens to Gaza flotilla so we spent some time catching up to them, w...
Antiwar.com

A Warning from Lebanon - In not quite one year since the ceasefire deal in Lebanon, Israel has broken the ceasefire 4,600 times. It has killed hundreds of people, including infants...
See You In 2020

George Jackson knew state terror like this was coming, & he gave us clarity on how to resist this terror - To George Jackson, it was obvious that the USA had already been a fascist state, and that this state would revert to open terror as soon as a threat to ...
Ian Welsh

Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – October 19, 2025 - Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – October 19, 2025 by Tony Wikrent Trump not violating any law ‘He who saves his Country does not violate any Law’ Trump ...
Reform Austin

Do Pets Legally Have to Be Vaccinated in Texas? - Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Having a pet is about more than belly rubs and treats, it comes with real, and sometimes legal,...
Crooked Timber

Sunday photoblogging: Pézenas - [image: Pe?zenas]
Wolf Street

The 15 Bigger Cities with the Biggest Price Declines of Single-Family Homes (-10% to -24%) through September - Oakland, Austin, Cape Coral, New Orleans, San Francisco, Birmingham, Fort Myers, Washington DC, Sarasota, Denver, Hayward, Portland, Phoenix, Naples, St. P...
Ballot Access News

Hearing Set for November 10 in Cornel West’s North Carolina Ballot Access Case - U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Boyle will hear Ortiz v North Carolina State Board of Elections, e.d., 5:24cv-420, on Monday, November 10. This is the l...
Brad Blog

Sunday 'How It Started' Toons - ...MEANWHILE... AT THE DEPT. OF WAR ON AMERICAN VALUES... Yup... ...NEXT WEEK!... * * * As The BRAD BLOG's former longtime toon sherpa PDiddie always remin...
Democracy Chronicles

Executive Immunity and Institutional Erosion - Unchecked executive power threatens democratic institutions in the US, demanding urgent civic response.
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

'No Kings' rally/protest in Columbia, SC sends a powerful message of defiance to Trump and Republican Party - Americans in cities all over the nation came out to represent during the No Kings rallies. My city of Columbia, SC was no different. Though I did not st...
Trivial Knot

No Kings, October 2025 - I just came back from the No Kings protest. Last time, we went to the San Francisco protest, which was the largest crowd I’ve ever seen. This time, we we...
Socialist Alternative

American State Terror: Charlie Kirk & A New Red Scare - In the immediate wake of Charlie Kirk’s death, Trump and a whole gallery of figures across the right made it crystal clear it was not just Kirk’s killer wh...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

Dispatches Mailbag: Protests, Neo-Nazis, the Long Republican Con, and More - Another edition of the Dispatches Mailbag, where I answer your questions
Bracing Views

Why War on Venezuela? - Oil, maybe? BILL ASTORE OCT 17, 2025 I wonder why the Trump administration is so interested in Venezuela? Oh, so that’s why. A barrel of oil is selling for...
Earthworks

In West Texas, Residents Face Drought, Proposals for More Pipelines - This summer, Earthworks embarked on a road trip with partners that started in the Permian Basin, which spans from West … The post In West Texas, Residen...
The Texas Signal

Thousands of Texans Take To No Kings Protests - Texans from every part of the state took part in peaceful No Kings protests to push back on many of the policies from the Trump administration
Progressive.org

Housing Is Needed for Domestic Violence Survivors - People fleeing abusive relationships need specific safety, support, and care.
ArcaMax

Saving Gopher Tortoises Means Protecting Their Homes, Not Just Moving Them - A rescued gopher tortoise arrived at the Nokuse Nature Preserve in Florida's Panhandle while my sister Erica and I were there. It didn't know how lucky it ...
Seeing the Forest

Who Will Stand With Us? - For No Kings Day. (Lyrics below video.) Throughout centuries in every country We’ve faced the wrath and felt the pain Of the tyrant’s sword or the henchman...
Workers World

Reports from the Black Power era - [image: Reports from the Black Power era] By Susan Sherrell and Dave Welsh Oakland, California Mural in West Oakland, neighborhood of Oakland, California. ...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: TAKIN' IT TO THE STREETS EDITION. - *You still need a drugstore to cure my cough.* Getting this Friday ‘Round-the-Horn (which often turns into Saturday ‘Round-the-Horn or even Sunday ‘Round...
The NM Political Report

Heinrich agrees with Cardi B’s cost-of-living comments - [image: New Mexico Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich has come to the defense of rapper Cardi B, following comments she made about the economy.] [image: New ...
Lowering the Bar

Nirvana Beats Former Baby’s Lawsuit (Again) - [image: Cropped version of the Nirvana album cover]Please appeal again.
The Militant

Defend Israel’s right to exist as refuge from new Holocaust - Trump says that Hamas thugs patrolling streets of Gaza is OK The release of the 20 remaining living hostages by Hamas — starved, tortured and brutalized fo...
Sludge

Schumer Lines up Behind Centrists in Senate Primaries - In Michigan and Minnesota, Schumer’s reported favorites align with AIPAC’s endorsements and the crypto industry's supporters.
The AltWorld

Trump Unleashes the CIA on Venezuela - A war against drugs and migrants also includes regime change It is particularly difficult to pick out […] The post Trump Unleashes the CIA on Venezuela a...
Independent Political Report

Libertarian Party of Wisconsin Urges Support for Smith–Mundt Repeal Bill - The Libertarian Party of Wisconsin is urging the state’s congressional delegation to back a bill from Republican Rep. Thomas Massie that would reinstate ...
Discourse

Bird of the Week: Emu - How have we not done this one before?!?!?!
Debunking Christianity

The Best Cure for Christianity Is Reading the Bible, Essay No. 6 - *Bad theology in the Old Testament* Not too long ago I saw a video: a conservative woman being interviewed by a man who wanted to know her opinion abou...
Krebs on Security

Email Bombs Exploit Lax Authentication in Zendesk - Cybercriminals are abusing a widespread lack of authentication in the customer service platform Zendesk to flood targeted email inboxes with menacing messa...
Black Agenda Report

Black Agenda Radio October 17, 2025 - Black Agenda Radio October 17, 2025 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 10/17/2025 - 06:21 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agend...
The Greanville Post

Col. Larry Wilkerson: The Iran War Threat RETURNS — But Iran Has Transformed into a Military Giant! - DW—The dramatic shift in American public opinion, particularly among Jewish Americans, who increasingly view Israeli actions as war crimes, signals a seism...
LareDOS

Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez awarded APHA’s 2025 Sedgwick Memorial Medal for Distinguished Service in Public Health - SaludAmerica!
Greg Palast

Palast, Hartmann Speak in San Diego, LA this Friday, SaturdayTwo evening talks — plus Palast at No Kings this Saturday - Greg Palast joins Thom Hartmann to take the crown off King Donald’s comb-over. Three chances to catch their act.... READ MORE
Project Censored

Legacy Media Is Failing Trans People - By Shealeigh Voitl The same day that Tyler Robinson shot Charlie Kirk, co-founder of the conservative student organization Turning Point USA, at Utah Val...
FrontBurner – D Magazine

The Daily Mail deems this cheesy new Chili’s dish “disgusting” - I’m sorry to link a Daily Mail article in the sophisticated forum that is Frontburner, but only the DM would be deranged enough to write the headline: “C...
Unlimited Hangout

City-States Without Limits – Part 2 - In Part 1, we discussed the NRx technocrats’ ideas and how they have influenced the city-state model that seeks to capitalise on the global proliferation...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

Maine Senate Primary Tests Whether Democrats Will Keep Deferring to Their Leaders - Gov. Janet Mills’s (D-ME) Senate run sets up an intriguing primary that will test Democratic voters’ willingness to go along with the preferences of part...
Avedon's Sideshow

I'm just a wandering on the face of this earth - Very seasonal photo of a tree near Glastonbury Tor by Mike Jeffries. "Trump's Blueprint to Crush the Left Draws from Decades of Counterterrorism Policy: *...
MintPress News

Aaron Maté: Gaza, Gas, and the Real Estate Empire Behind Trump’s Deal - Journalist Aaron Maté joins Mnar Adley to discuss Israel’s ceasefire with Hamas, the lopsided prisoner exchange, and how Larry Ellison’s CBS takeover cem...
Texas Freedom Network

A Chance for Change: TFN Endorses Cy-Fair Candidates - Pol. Adv. paid for by Texas Freedom Network. A lot of folks might feel overwhelmed or even powerless in the face of the seemingly constant stream of corr...
ExChristian.Net

True Believers and the Iron Grip of Belief - It never ceases to amaze me how completely a human mind can be taken over by belief. Once someone decides they have the truth, there’s no reaching them wit...
Dissent Magazine

Know Your Enemy: How Charles Murray (Almost) Predicted the Trump Era - Matt and Sam read Charles Murray’s 2012 book, *Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960–2010*.
Ecosophia

The No-Ego Ego Trip: An Interlude - Every year or two I field an earnest message from someone who’s just discovered that the human ego is the cause of all the world’s problems. The sender’s i...
Progressives Chat

Mr. Jones! Mr. Jones! Mr. Jones! - The October 3, 2025 episode of HBO’s *Real Time with Bill Maher* included among its guests *Van Jones*. Van Jones can be described in three words which a...
WAWG Blog

Creating a Democratic Socialist State in USofA - I asked Proton’s Lumo AI tool about creating a democratic socialist state in the United States of America. Our authoritarian capitalism has led to massiv...
Church and State

Put Trump‘s day of triumph in Gaza in perspective - Trump's constant efforts to dismantle our democracy will continue and he will stop at nothing to install his authoritarian regime.
The Grayzone

Secret Israeli military bunker located under Tel Aviv tower struck by Iran, analysis shows - The Grayzone has geolocated the underground bunker of an important military command and control center nestled within a densely populated Tel Aviv neighb...
Edinburg Politics

Sen. Hinojosa, Rep. Canales, Rep. Guerra praise grand opening of $145.7 million UT Health RGV Cancer and Surgery Center in McAllen, hint at much bigger expansion in upcoming few years - Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, and Rep. Bobby Guerra, D-McAllen, on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, praised the grand opening o...
Field Negro

Almost there. - *" Mr. Field Please blog about your thoughts on the Charlie Kirk killing".* I have been getting a lot of those requests lately via email and other int...
Environment Texas

95 whales were entangled in the US in 2024 - Entanglements are bad news for whales–and 2024 was a bad year for entanglements The post 95 whales were entangled in the US in 2024 appeared first on Env...
TalkLeft

Remembering Diane Keaton - R.I.P. Diane Keaton. The incredibly accomplished and uniquely gifted actor, interior designer, photographer, fashion icon, and single mother of two, who ...
Claytoonz

ICE ICE Terrorists - Read the blog at my Substack, and please become a subscriber. Support your local cartoonist: If you want to support the cartoonist, please donate through P...
Media Lens

Blinkered Bowen: The BBC’s International Editor On The ‘Gaza War’ - On the second anniversary of the 7 October attacks on Israel, with Middle East peace talks underway, BBC international editor Jeremy Bowen asked, ‘Will Isr...
Liberation News

Hegseth’s speech: Beyond the spectacle, a racist purge of the military - Iraq war veteran explains what Hegseth's speech really means: purging the military to create a lily-white, all male "Crusader Army."
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

Voter Enthusiasm - 11×17 inch medium-res color .jpg image, 694kb I happily confess that nearly my entire contact with Legacy Media™ these days comes from the five minutes or ...
Duck of Minerva

Antisemitism, Israel and the Problem with no Easy Solution - Debates about Israel and Palestine have, as one scholar remarked to me, become the “third rail” in British academia. That needs to change. The terror attac...
Alas, a Blog

They Think They Own The Road! - A cartoon by me and Becky Hawkins. Becky writes: In recent years, I’ve become involved with local organizing efforts around safer streets. I’ve had some ga...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Walmart Crime Report September 2025 - Walmart had another thirteen shootings in September of 2025, with at least four deaths including one officer involved fatal shooting and two suicides, t...
Web of Debt

How a Fed Overhaul Could Eliminate the Federal Debt Crisis, Part I: The Fed’s Hidden Drain - The Federal Reserve’s independence is currently being challenged by political forces seeking to reshape its mandate. The Fed has not always been independen...
Reading the Pictures

Chatting The Pictures: The Grand Climate Disconnect - The video explores how the calm tourists, vast canyon, and looming smoke capture both beauty and danger, echoing classic landscape art. The post Chatting...
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 ...
Two Party Opera

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The Rag Blog

ALICE EMBREE / BOOK REVIEW / Insurgent Politics in the Lone Star State: Remembering the Antiwar Movement in Austin, Texas, 1967-1973 - By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / September 29, 2025 This review is a cross post from Alice Embree’s Substack. Rag Radio with guest Martin Murray: Alice Emb...
nonsite.org

What Comes After Liberalism? - Justice Sotomayor’s dissent reflects some of the best principles, the most attractive values, of a liberalism—liberal capitalism—that we on the left have b...
Campaign for America's Future

Aguanta, todo va a estar bien - Los próximos meses nos pondrán a prueba como nunca antes. Como personas que creemos en la democracia, lo que significa que creemos unos en otros, nos verem...
Screwston Antifascist Committee

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

Back in the U.S.S.A. - OK, I’m not back in the U.S.S.A. quite yet, but I’ll be there Sunday night, assuming (a) the German officials allow me to leave, and (b) the Guardians of A...
The Socialist

เว็บแทงหวยออนไลน์ที่ดีที่สุด – Best Online Lottery Betting Site - เลือกเว็บแทงหวยออนไลน์ที่ดีที่สุด - เว็บหวยออนไลน์ที่ครบวงจร The post เว็บแทงหวยออนไลน์ที่ดีที่สุด – Best Online Lottery Betting Site appeared first on เ...
Texas Monthly

The Daily Crossword: August 17, 2025 - [image: Sunday Crossword Illustration] The post The Daily Crossword: August 17, 2025 appeared first on Texas Monthly.
Rio Grande Guardian

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

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...
Stinque

Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 - The post Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 appeared first on Stinque.
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...
Dispatches from the Underclass

Israeli Terror in Lebanon: Inside the Pager Attacks | BT Documentary Exclusive - On September 17, 2024, pagers began exploding across Lebanon and Syria. The next day, it was walkie-talkies. Israel’s Mossad had booby-trapped communicatio...
Land Destroyer

US Still Dangerous Despite Limits of Military Production - *July 9, 2025* (NEO - Brian Berletic) - The US has recently paused the shipment of some weapons and munitions to Ukraine “due to worries that U.S. weapon...
ROAR Magazine

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Speak Freely (ACLU)

Live Coverage: Final SCOTUS Decision Day -
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...
Reveal

From New York to Arizona, Efforts Emerge to Curb Drug Testing During Childbirth - [image: A woman with long dark hair sits on a bench swing. She wears a black short-sleeve top with shoulder cutouts and dark ripped jeans.] Several propos...
Countercurrents

The Light of “Heart Lamp”: Amplifying the Voices of Muslim and Dalit Women on the Global Stage - Indian writer, lawyer, and social activist Banu Mushtaq has been awarded the International Booker Prize for 2025. She received this prestigious recognition...
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...
Moron Majority

Seniors Revolt as Trump Messes With Their Healthcare - Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is here — and it’s got America’s elderly supporters raising hell (and their canes). Promised cheaper, better healthcare, they’...
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...
The Disorder Of Things

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

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

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

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

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

Geneesmiddelinteracties tussen Cialis en Penicilline G Benzathine / Procaïne Penicilline - Penicilline G Benzathine / Procaïne Penicilline Penicilline G Benzathine en Procaïne Penicilline zijn vormen van antibiotica die veel worden gebruikt om ...
Equality Texas

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

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

Nhận định soi kèo Erzurumspor vs Pendikspor lúc 17h30 ngày 06/3/2025 - Tiếp tục với giải Hạng Nhì Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ, khi bước vào vòng 28, người hâm mộ sẽ được chứng kiến một trong những trận đấu hấp dẫn diễn ra giữa Erzurumspor và...
CPI's Danger in the Air

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

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

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

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

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

41: When Do Good Habits Become Dark Obsessions? - Moya and Ash tackle a mystery question about breaking bad habits, with a frank discussion about open relationships, exercise and disordered eating (content...
Border/Lines

The immigration 'vibe shift'—11-19-24 - Immigration news, in context.
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...
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...
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...
Texas Environmental News

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

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

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

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

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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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....
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...
Bayou Brief

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

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...
Talking Points Memo

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

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

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...
IVN

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

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

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

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

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

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