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

Alternet

Trump official repeatedly refuses to follow judges' orders - President Donald Trump has already built a reputation for defying court orders, but now Politico reports his top Homeland Security commander, Secretary M...
Al Jazeera English

Trump berated Netanyahu? Analysts question US-Israel feud rumours - Analysts say 'strategic leaks' aim to influence public perceptions amid diplomatic impasse in US-Israel war on Iran.
memeorandum

Black Crowes singer booed after mocking fans' 'U.S.A.' chant (Washington Times) - Washington Times: *Black Crowes singer booed after mocking fans' ‘U.S.A.’ chant* — Add us as a preferred source on Google — Black Crowes frontman Chr...
World Socialist Web Site

Trump designates Brazilian gangs as “terrorist organizations” in new imperialist intervention in Latin America - The Trump administration's designation of Brazil's PCC and CV as Foreign Terrorist Organizations marks an ominous escalation of imperialist intervention in...
Angry Bear

Dan Rather and Team Steady, The Celebration - Rather than celebrate 250 years of the United States existence by itself, our leader once again makes it about himself and what he wants. People are aban...
Futurism

There’s Something Living Inside Fog, Scientists Find - The fog is not what it seems. The post There’s Something Living Inside Fog, Scientists Find appeared first on Futurism.
Techdirt.

Daily Deal: LabsDigest - LabsDigest is built for those who learn best by doing. Whether you’re preparing for a CompTIA certification or diving into Python development, our platform...
Consortium News

How Britain Turned Terrorism Laws on Activists - Four activists could be sentenced as terrorists despite Palestine Action not being proscribed at the time of the incident and the High Court subsequently f...
First Draft

Todd Blanche Is A Fuck Up - You say screw up; I say fuck up. Let's call the whole thing off.
Deadline Politics

White House Correspondents’ Association Reschedules Dinner, Trump Says He’ll Attend - UPDATED: The White House Correspondents’ Association is rescheduling its annual dinner for July 24 in what will be a more intimate event with “enhanced saf...
Courthouse News

Georgia Supreme Court resumes executions halted by Covid - The state has not carried out an execution since 2024, despite more than 30 inmates sitting on death row.
Daily Howler

FRANK: Few things can match a show like The Five! - *TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2026* *Frank said we Blues have some flaws:* Yesterday, we started the week's ruminations with a few simple factual questions: *Were...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Millions vote in high-stakes US primaries including California governor, LA mayor and Iowa Senate – live - California voters must decide top two candidates to advance in governor’s race; Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota and New Mexico also hold primarie...
San Antonio Report

NISD Superintendent John Craft announces retirement after 3 years - Another public school leader in San Antonio is leaving the role. John Craft first joined Northside ISD in 2023. ------------------------------ NISD Superin...
Eschaton

It's Iran Deal Week, Again - Will the press ever stop reporting on imminent deals as real things. Will THE MARKETS ever stop soaring? Trump can't manifest reality without a lot of he...
Mediaite

WSJ Hammers Trump For Caving to Iran Demands And ‘Rescuing Hezbollah’ - The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board put President Donald Trump on blast on Tuesday, arguing that the president “rescued Hezbollah” The post WSJ Ham...
Undernews

Civil rights - *NY Times - *In a move that disproportionately targets women and minority officers, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently blocked the promotions of nin...
Slate

The Man Who Shares My Desk at Work Has a Disgusting Habit. I Can’t Escape Him. - All of my senses are being violated.
The Daily Poster

Data Centers’ New Deep-Pocketed Champion: The Kochs - A Koch network-backed dark money front group is popping up across mainstream media as a new defender of the artificial intelligence buildout.
ArcaMax

Rocket Men: Hezbollah Demands Impunity and Democrats Say 'Sure!' - Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen recently claimed that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee was "un-American," an announcement that surely surpr...
San Antonio Current

Paxton sues Denton to block gender-neutral changing rooms at Pride pool party - [image: Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a campaign meet and greet event in Amarillo on May 7, 2026.] Attorney General Ken Paxton said Monday that hi...
Mother Jones

Bill Pulte Lacks Intelligence Qualifications. He’s Perfect for the Job Trump Just Gave Him. - President Donald Trump’s announcement Tuesday that Bill Pulte will serve as acting Director of National Intelligence—taking over the post from the embattle...
Vox

Alabama’s new congressional maps do the one thing the Supreme Court still forbids - Allen v. Milligan, an Alabama redistricting case that is now before the Supreme Court for the third time, is a face-palm, wrapped in a head-desk, wrapped i...
Texas Standard

As data centers flock to Texas, ERCOT tries to decide which projects are feasible - The state’s grid operator will vote Tuesday on whether to begin a study of data centers, known as “Batch Zero,” that would use a new evaluation process for...
WhoWhatWhy

Time to Cause Some Good Trouble Again in the South - [image: Good Trouble Walk, Angeles] The battle for civil and voting rights for African Americans has always been characterized by progress and setbacks. No...
Election Law Blog

“New York Democrats push redistricting amendment, joining national battle” - Politico: Democrats have finalized their plans for a state constitutional amendment to change New York’s redistricting process — joining a national battl...
Texas Observer

Texas Is Cracking Down on Essential Immigrant Drivers - For four years, I’d driven school buses and 18-wheelers for the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District, one of the Houston area’s largest and fas...
SCOTUSblog

The radical Justice Thomas - On May 7, 2026, Clarence Thomas became the second longest serving justice in American history, surpassing Justice Stephen Field, who had been a justice f...
Glasstire

Desert D’or: Disappearing at the Picnic Festival, Marfa - Marfa is most famous for its visual art, but it is also a quietly legendary space for live music. I’ve seen some of the best shows of my life in Marfa — ...
Liberation News

Tennessee at the center of far-right assault on Black voting rights - The state GOP’s latest aggression against Black lawmakers and Black Tennesseans is a bold escalation — but this didn’t come out of nowhere. In fact, attack...
Socialist Alternative

Hungary: After Orbán, Struggle Must Continue - Former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s stunning loss in Hungary’s April election opened up new hopes for LGBTQ liberation. Over the last sixteen years, Orbán...
The Progressive Wing

6/2 News Roundup & Open Thread - Senator Sanders and Graham Platner sat down in Sullivan, Maine to talk about the race for United States Senate, how we can get money out of politics, and...
Rewire

How to Build Your Queer Summer Reading List - The founder of a popular New York City LGBTQ+ book clubs talks queer literature, book clubs, and what she's reading this summer for Pride Month. The post...
Space City Weather

Expect healthy shower and thunderstorm chances for the rest of the week - In brief: A stormy pattern will descend upon Houston through Saturday or possibly Sunday. We don’t expect serious flooding, but there will be plenty of sho...
Raw Story

Culture war conservative hit with instant fact check on CNN by ex-Trump ambassador - A culture war conservative got an abrupt fact check on foreign policy from President Donald Trump's former ambassador to the European Union. Anti-trans c...
Daily Cartoonist

CSotD: Brushing Against the Ridiculous - I’ve often observed here that it’s tough to do multi-panel political cartoons because the news rarely cooperates by producing enough examples to fit the fo...
Earth 911

PaintCare Reveals How Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Can Grow - Open the cabinet under almost any kitchen sink, then check the garage shelf and the... The post PaintCare Reveals How Household Hazardous Waste Recycling...
Dorf on Law

Pigs, Dogs, and Nicholas Kristof - On Saturday, *New York Times *columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote an essay condemning the "Save Our Bacon Act," which passed the House and is currently pend...
Mondoweiss

Palestine is reshaping Democratic Party politics, and nowhere is this clearer than in New York City - [image: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and House candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier. (MS NOW)]New York goes to the polls on June 23, and, as in the re...
Salon.com

In Trump’s Cabinet, flattery is the job. Governing is secondary - A New York Times review of hours of meetings found officials spend more time fawning than governing
The Smirking Chimp

Trump to Make Nation’s 250th Birthday About One Hideous Thing: Himself -
Political Wire

Trump Stiffs America’s Bipartisan Birthday Commission - NOTUS: “The Trump administration is withholding tens of millions in taxpayer funds from the bipartisan group created to celebrate America’s 250th birthday ...
The AltWorld

Thousands Of New Yorkers Just Attended A Nazi Parade For Israel, And Other Notes - Multiple far right Israeli ministers attended New York City’s Israel Day Parade on Sunday, including Israel’s genocidal finance minister Bezalel […] The ...
The Hill

Senators still hope for details on a deal to pause the war in Iran as talks falter - Senate Democrats and Republicans alike have high hopes for a deal to end the Iran War and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. But a shaky ceasefire between Israel...
Off The Kuff

Fighting back on multiple fronts - I approve. The top Democrats on three U.S. House committees are going after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, accusing him of ignoring consumer complaints...
ProPublica

Toxic Ground: How Oil Field Pollution Is Threatening Oklahoma - The post Toxic Ground: How Oil Field Pollution Is Threatening Oklahoma appeared first on ProPublica.
Crooked Media

How the Left Can Take Back States’ Rights - The post How the Left Can Take Back States’ Rights appeared first on Crooked Media.
Axios

Just lead: 6 ways today's CEOs can meet the moment - *This is Axios CEO Jim VandeHei's plan to help CEOs and other leaders navigate this moment. This call to action, which got a sneak peek over the weekend ...
NPR's Health Shots

Why is Michigan loosening its rules for parents wanting to exempt kids from vaccines? - A decade ago, Michigan had high rates of parents not vaccinating their children, so it required them to attend an in-person education class to get an exemp...
Grist

Why is this Trump official dead set on saving a failing California dam? - Brooke Rollins’s latest culture war crusade threatens a delicate compromise between Potter Valley farmers and nearby tribes.
High Country News

Elk herd habitat near Dinosaur National Monument to open for drilling - On June 16, the feds will open Colorado’s biggest public land sale in modern history, threatening wildlife and recreation. The post Elk herd habitat nea...
Infidel753

Image round-up for 2 June 2026 - More pictures from my collection -- to see any image at full size, right-click and open the link in a new tab. [For the link round-up, click here. For the...
Counterpunch

The Donroe Doctrine Strangles Cuba - One Month Inside the Trump Administration’s Siege on the Cuban People All eyes are on Cuba as the corporate press is now reporting that U.S. troops are i...
jobsanger

Cruelty Is The Purpose Of Trump's Immigration Agenda -
Informed Comment

Trump blasts Netanyahu as Iran Talks Stall over Beirut - These violations of the ceasefire, especially the Israeli invasion and devastation of south Lebanon, had led the Iranian side to cease all talks
Ian Welsh

Americans Today Have Little To Be Proud Of - Pride in one’s nation is one of the weakest and most pathetic types of pride because a nation’s greatness is a result of so many different people’s contrib...
Mediagazer

Letter: Congress summons NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to testify June 10 about the league's broadcast deals and whether it should retain antitrust exemptions (Dan Murphy/ESPN) - Dan Murphy / ESPN: *Letter: Congress summons NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to testify June 10 about the league's broadcast deals and whether it should r...
Portside

This Week in People’s History, Jun 3–9, 2026 - This Week in People’s History, Jun 3–9, 2026 Jonathan Bennett Mon, 06/01/2026 - 21:14
Workers World

Shut down Delaney Hall and all ICE detention centers! - [image: Shut down Delaney Hall and all ICE detention centers!] June 1. A workers’ hunger strike by 300 to 400 immigrant detainees at Delaney Hall Immigrati...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Hate group leader's attempt to gloat about Pride Month reveals his inability to stop it - Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council Today marks the beginning of Pride Month 2026 and Tony Perkins of the anti-LGBTQ hate group the Family Researc...
Antiwar.com

Was Trump Ever a ‘Realist’? - Reprinted from The Realist Review. Over the course of his three presidential campaigns (2016, 2020, 2024), President Donald J. Trump promised an America Fi...
Web of Debt

The AI Revolution: Where Capitalism Meets Socialism: The Abundance Paradigm, Part 2 - Part 1 of this “Abundance Paradigm” series discussed predictions that artificial intelligence and robotics will in the relatively near future produce an ec...
CultureMap Houston

Bike trail connecting EaDo and Third Ward shines with new lights - The Columbia Tap Trail is getting safer and brighter. The Greater Southeast Management District and the East Downtown Management District announced on Mond...
El Paso Matters

6 things to know: How EPISD is handling a financial crisis - Find out what did — and didn’t — cause El Paso ISD’s financial crisis, and why the district may be cutting more than 400 jobs in response. The post 6 th...
Progressive.org

How English Teachers and College Faculty Are Navigating AI in Their Classrooms - Educators are taking the extra time to explain to their students why writing, reading, and doing their own work is crucial for critical thinking in life.
IVN

6 States Vote June 2. Independent Voters Don’t Have the Same Rights in Any of Them. - June 2 primary elections are being held in several states across the US. And when it comes to independent voters and their rights, none of them have the sa...
Wolf Street

As Prices Spike, Manufacturing Expands at Fastest Rate in 4 Years, Orders Surge, Supplier Deliveries Slow - Amid improved automation and efficiencies, production rises, but employment doesn’t, or only a little.
Claytoonz

Sexting Lobsters - 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...
Novara Media

Mandelson’s “Excruciating” Revelations - A tranche of declassified files throw light on Mandelson’s time as US ambassador, revealing his true opinions on the “beleaguered & bereft” Prime Minister....
The Verge

The Google Pixel Watch 5 may have been spoiled by… the creator of Borderlands - We may just have gotten an early look at the Google Pixel Watch 5 - and from an unusual source. Randy Pitchford, the creator of the Borderlands game franch...
Capital & Main

Deep Cuts to Civilian Support Staff for Families of Deployed Marines Raise Concerns - Those who helped families cope with child care, financial instability and mental health are being replaced with uniformed service members. The post Deep...
Independent Political Report

No Labels Kansas Is No More as a Political Party, Despite Bizarre Bid to Hijack the Organization - *This article was originally published by the Kansas Reflector on May 19, 2026. It is republished here under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Any views express...
Church and State

Should the GOP now be called the traitor party? - The GOP members of Congress now seem completely unwilling to protect our 250-year-old democracy.
Texas Monthly

In June, the Texas Book Club Revisits a Defining Flash Point in Texas History - This month, readers in the Texas Book Club will reevaluate the Waco siege through the eyes of star-crossed lovers.
Sludge

The Dark Money Network Attacking Graham Platner - Two shadowy Delaware nonprofits have pumped $750,000 into attack ads against Graham Platner. One faces a federal straw donor complaint, and both are part o...
Dissent Magazine

[EVENT | June 29] America at 250: A Conversation with Adom Getachew, Aziz Rana, and David Waldstreicher - An online event in partnership with *Boston Review*.
naked capitalism

Coffee Break: Dem Centrists Pick Their Side, Stand With ICE and Israel, Not Mamdani - The dividing lines in the Democratic party came into sharp focus at New York's Israel Day Parade, an anti-ICE protest in New Jersey, and the pages of the N...
Ballot Access News

Alabama Opponents of New U.S. House Districts Tell U.S. Supreme Court that it is Impossible to Change Maps Again - On June 1, the Alabama opponents of the new districts passed by the legislature this year filed this brief in Singleton v Allen, 25A1315. It says that sett...
Krebs on Security

Hackers Used Meta’s AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts - The Instagram accounts for the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Space Force were briefly defaced with pro-Iranian images and mes...
NORML

Vermont: Lawmakers Advance Bill to Governor Doubling Adult-Use Marijuana Possession Limits - [image: a glass bowl of legal cannabis flower sits on a table next a pipe][image: a glass bowl of legal cannabis flower sits on a table next a pipe]Under ...
Brad Blog

Did Trump and His Attorneys Conspire to Defraud the United States? - Did President Trump and others engage in a conspiracy to defraud the United States in the lawsuit he filed against his own government? Did they, in fact, “...
The Root

Tina Knowles Says ‘Euphoria’ Finale Brought Back a Painful Memory - Tina Knowles is opening up and sharing a truly sad memory about her late nephew that was triggered after watching 'Euphoria's' series finale. Read more...
The Texas Signal

A Brief History Of Pride In Texas - The June Pride month commemorates what is now known as the Stonewall uprising, an important moment in the history for LGBTQ liberation
Project Censored

History is Not Past: 250 Years of the US Project and Examining HondurasGate - First up, Dr. Gerald Horne joins the show to ring in 250 years of the US project - how is that going? Dr. Horne sets the record straight not only about w...
Popular Resistance

Global Sumud Flotilla Submits Accounts Of iOF Crimes To The ICC - The Hague, Netherlands — A delegation of legal representatives, victims and medical personnel from the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) submitted an official ...
Bonddad

Manufacturing expands in May; April construction expands nominally, but only data center construction in real terms - - *by New Deal democrat* May data started out as usual with the ISM manufacturing index. Plus, as a bonus, official government data is finally back ...
The Greanville Post

Alastair Crooke: Trump’s Iran Moves Worsen US Position - JN—Inter alia Crook sheds light on controversial provisions within the U.S. National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that deepen military collaboration be...
Democracy Now!

Meet Bajun Mavalwalla, Veteran Convicted for ICE Protest in Unprecedented Use of Conspiracy Charges - A federal jury last week convicted three people on felony conspiracy charges over their involvement in an anti-ICE protest in Spokane, Washington, last Jun...
The Conversation

The World Cup and human trafficking: What the research reveals about the real risks at major sporting events - Public awareness campaigns around the World Cup and other sporting events are well intentioned – but not backed by research.
Trivial Knot

Origami: Sferica - I’m out travelling, but I brought some origami paper to fold. I got this model from the 5th Geometric Origami Convention, and folded it on the train. It’...
Progressives Chat

Flashback 1976: Martha Mitchell Dies - *Martha Mitchell* died at age 57 on [Monday,] May 31, 1976. The 50th anniversary of her death has just passed. Martha was a socialite who was also, when...
slacktivist

A first person, extremely possessive pronoun - The song is not "How Great Is God" but "How Great Is OUR God." The folks who rail against "pronouns" sure love using that one.
Rallblog

Pressure Drop - President Trump repeatedly says he feels no pressure to make a deal with Iran, even though his war led to the closing of the Strait of Hormuz and the ent...
Houston Public Media

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1582: Llewellen M. K. Boelter - Episode: 1582 L. M. K. Boelter and engineering education at its best. Today, a great teacher.
Crooked Timber

That time global capitalism converged on a town that now has pop.111 - Google maps said it would take 2.5 hours to drive from our place in the Blue Mountains to Hill End. Maybe we’re slow. And sure, we stopped to check out nea...
Common Dreams

Labor Unions Celebrate World Court Ruling Enshrining Right to Strike - The right to strike is under attack throughout the world, including in the United States. Labor strikes are currently forbidden or restricted in the majo...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

The Five Paths to Power: José Ángel Gutiérrez and the Continuing Work of the Chicana and Chicano Movement, by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. May 31, 2026 - *The Five Paths to Power: José Ángel Gutiérrez and the Continuing Work of the Chicana/o Movement* *by * *Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D.* *May 31, 2026* Dr. Jo...
See You In 2020

The Epstein regime’s next designs, the coming civil war, and the task of today’s patriots - The task of patriots right now is to resist our government’s world war, and its campaign to eliminate all who speak out against this war. If we form an ...
The Rag Blog

ALLEN YOUNG / OPINION / June: From shame to pride - By Allen Young / The Rag Blog / May 31, 2026 Gay Pride flag. “June is bustin’ out all over,” says a memorable song composed in the 1940s for the musical Ca...
The Grayzone

Israeli authorities refuse to return massive trove of Oct 7 video. What are they hiding? - Israeli citizens wonder why the state won’t return October 7 footage it confiscated from them. The mother of an Israeli victim says authorities deleted v...
Seeing the Forest

Can Tech Companies Be Trusted Not To Promote Addictive AI? - A while back I wrote about AI as a confirmation bias machine. I can continue to refine my prompts and the AI will continue to refine its responses, until I...
Scheerpost.com

South Lebanon’s History of Resistance - Juan Cole for Informed Comment The Israeli destruction of south Lebanon, with Bint Jbeil having been apparently wiped off the face of the earth, and some o...
Campaign for America's Future

Es nuestra hora de defender la democracia - Nos están arrebatando el derecho a votar. Es nuestro deber restaurar la salud de nuestra democracia, mientras aún podemos. En una democracia sana, tenemos ...
The Week

5 sleepy cartoons about the President’s health - Artists take on ship shape, power grabs, and more
alicublog

SATURDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: BEEN AWAY, WHAT'D I MISS? EDITION. - *You should be satisfied, but it ain't quite right .* A month between alicubi editions? So sorry! Been a busy, busy time, with surgery etc. Since I know...
Bracing Views

America the Dictatorship - Shamocracy BILL ASTORE MAY 30, 2026 When it comes to war (and more war), the USA is a dictatorship. Consider Trump’s words that he will make “the final det...
Earthworks

Who Makes Hurricane Damage Worse? Insurers, Banks and Investors - The climate crisis is raising global temperatures, making hurricanes more likely to bring stronger winds, heavier rain, and more damage. But the fossil f...
Speak Freely (ACLU)

Congress Must Preserve Military Women’s Ability to Serve in Ground Combat Roles - After a decade of progress, the Trump administration wants to turn back the clock for women serving in ground combat roles. Congress must act.
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Is George Jonas's Book "Vengeance" Mossad Propaganda? - Apparently even Google AI agrees that this book was propaganda to glorify the assassinations of terror suspects, although they don't attribute it to the...
The Militant

Build protests now to defend Cuba’s sovereignty! US hands off Cuba! - The following statement was released May 26 by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party, on behalf of the party’s National Committee....
Edinburg Politics

Robert Peña, Jr., 58, former state legislative candidate, longtime Edinburg school board trustee, economic development leader, and veteran of Operation Desert Storm, passes away - Robert Peña, Jr., 58, a former Edinburg Democratic state legislative candidate, longtime school board trustee, economic development leader, and veteran of ...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

Exclusive Report: The Worsening Crisis - An analysis of the growing energy and economic crises and opportunities for change
Lowering the Bar

Good Reason to Kill #79: Disputed Seating at Kindergarten Graduation - "A kindergarten graduation turned violent today," but only for the parents.
Black Agenda Report

Black Agenda Radio May 29, 2026 - Black Agenda Radio May 29, 2026 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 05/29/2026 - 05:30 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda Ra...
The NM Political Report

By the #s: Where New Mexico gas prices have risen the most since the Iran war began - [image: Gas prices at Circle K Gas on Central Ave. and San Pedro Dr SE] By the #s: Where New Mexico gas prices have risen the most since the Iran war bega...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

Fun with Media Markets: A Cheapskate’s Guide to Investing in Competitive Races - Where can campaign dollars go the furthest? We look at 5 competitive Senate races and 10 competitive House races occurring in relatively small media mark...
Green Pages News

Young Ecosocialists have concluded their May 2026 Special Elections - The Young Ecosocialists have concluded their May 2026 Special Elections. Those elected to the Steering Committee are: Alice Falle, Education & Member Suppo...
Environment Texas

Texas acquires landmark 54,000-acre Hill Country ranch for future state park - The post Texas acquires landmark 54,000-acre Hill Country ranch for future state park appeared first on Environment Texas.
Discourse

It's Still So Funny How Much Trump Hates His Kids (w/Aleks and Jack) - Plus: Jack does stand-up, I Love Boosters, Trump skipping Don Jr.'s wedding, the 2024 DNC autopsy, and Bari Weiss' future
LareDOS

Folklórico dancers zapateando con todo corazón featured at June 5 Mexico Lindo 2026 concert - Featuring performances of traditional Mexican dance by members of the Gabriela Mendoza-García Ballet Folklórico and the Espuelas de Oro-J.W. Nixon High Sch...
Ecosophia

May 2026 Open Post - This week’s Ecosophian offering is the monthly open post to field questions and encourage discussion among my readers. All the standard rules apply (no pro...
Countercurrents

Abdullah Quilliam: The Forgotten Pioneer of Child‑Centered Welfare and Social Protection - Abdullah Quilliam — born William Henry Quilliam in 1856 — was a British solicitor from Liverpo...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

Tap The Brakes - 11 x 17 inch high-res color .jpg image, 2.4mb Trump taps the brakes…? “Taps the brakes”? JEEzus, they’re really breaking the Goofy Meter over at the Washin...
Idavox

Trump’s New National Strategy Labels ‘Left-Wing’ as Terrorists, Akin to ISIL and Al Qaeda - Trump’s real enemy is not foreign. It’s you. Phil Mandelbaum, Unicorn Riot Contributor The White... The post Trump’s New National Strategy Labels ‘Left-W...
TalkLeft

Memorial Day Open Thread - With gratitude to those who served and died, to our veterans still with us, and to those currently enlisted who are protecting our nation and allies and ...
Unlimited Hangout

The Praxian Genocidal Kill Chain — Part 2 - In Part 1, we dissected how the “Praxians”—the Silicon Valley-rooted wing of the global oligarchy—have seized control of the second Trump administration....
Field Negro

The Field Negro news watch. - Here are some of my takes on a few of the most relevant news stories right now. I will start with the war in Iran. Mr. Trump announced last night th...
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...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
FrontBurner – D Magazine

Surprise shows coming to Dallas this weekend - Is it really a weekend in Dallas without some pop-up shows? No, it is not. But we’re hearing about two this weekend that you should definitely put on your ...
nonsite.org

Bonnard and Escapism - Violently, but also with his intellect. Still life artists in the same great easel painting tradition—Chardin, Cezanne—had pondered what kinds of logic rel...
Texas Environmental News

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Dispatches from the Underclass

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

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

ForwardDallas - We are reclaiming our neighborhoods by embedding life-changing environmental justice policies into the city’s DNA, finally putting an end to industrial pol...
Dissident Voice

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

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

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WAWG Blog

Are Election Safeguards Sufficient for Our 2026/2028 General Elections? - While no system can be 100?% immune to attempts at manipulation, the combination of legal requirements, bipartisan procedural rules, and independent audi...
Second Nexus

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

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

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

How Do We Empower The Next Generation? w/ Ron Paul - Join Christina Tobin, Chair of Free and Equal Elections Foundation, as she and Former U.S. Attorney David Katz join NewsNation to discuss what President ...
The Disorder Of Things

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Eater Houston

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....
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...
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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