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

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

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

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

Off The Kuff

Third Houston measles case documented - Again, we hope that’s all there is. The Houston Health Department has confirmed the city’s third measles case, months after identifying two cases in adults...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

EPA aims to cut pollution rules projected to save nearly 200,000 lives: ‘Real people will be hurt’ - Moves to roll back 31 pollution regulations risk public health and big annual healthcare savings, Guardian analysis shows A push by Donald Trump’s admini...
Vox

A new Supreme Court case seeks to revive one of the most dangerous ideas from the Great Depression - Federal law seeks to make communications technology like telephones and the internet, in the words of one older statute, “available, so far as possible, to...
Eschaton

Morning - Almost every day.
Slate

My Husband and I Have Very Different Ideas of How to Discipline Our Dog. Now I’m Concerned About What Kind of Dad He’ll Be. - I don't think it's OK for parents to yell at their kids.
Al Jazeera English

Turkiye police detain Erdogan rival Imamoglu in corruption, terror probe - CHP calls Imamoglu's detention 'coup' as the mayor vows to challenge diploma invalidation, barring him from presidency.
The Socialist

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American Prospect

DOGE Is Going to Kill a Lot of Americans - The Democratic Party could spell this out clearly and consistently for voters.
Courthouse News

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memeorandum

Turkey detains Erdogan's main rival in what opposition calls 'coup' (Reuters) - Reuters: *Turkey detains Erdogan's main rival in what opposition calls ‘coup’* — Turkish authorities detained President Tayyip Erdogan's main political...
NPR's Health Shots

After historic indictment, doctors will keep mailing abortion pills over state lines - Doctors who mail abortion medication pills across state lines have been on alert ever since Louisiana, which bans abortion, indicted a New York doctor for ...
naked capitalism

A Strange “Peace” in the South Caucasus and the Encirclement of Iran - What to make of the proposed deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan as preparations for war continue and the West looks to destabilize Iran.
Daily Dot

‘Hidden clearance’: Walmart shopper finds $479 Canon camera that ringing up for only $18 - [image: Walmart Store Front(l) Pointing at Canon Camera(r)] There is a hidden fact that Walmart die-hard fans know: the company has secret clearance item...
ProPublica

Emails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on the Courts - 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....
Mediagazer

The National Association of Theatre Owners changes name to Cinema United, saying it is "complicated having the same name as a multinational military alliance" (Lindsey Bahr/Associated Press) - Lindsey Bahr / Associated Press: *The National Association of Theatre Owners changes name to Cinema United, saying it is “complicated having the same nam...
Grist

How the Klamath Dams Came Down - Loading… How the Klamath Dams Came Down By Anita Hofschneider and Jake Bittle Illustrations by Jackie Fawn March 19, 2025 Last year, tribal nations in Oreg...
High Country News

The indomitable Butte, Montana - [image: The view of Butte, Montana, from a window in Christy Hays Pickett's home.] The misunderstood, often-maligned mining town helps itself. The post T...
Claytoonz

Dead Department Walking - Read the blog at my Substack, then please subscribe to help support my cartooning and blogging. Support your local cartoonist: If you want to support the c...
Crooked Media

Trump Reignites the Forever Wars - The post Trump Reignites the Forever Wars appeared first on Crooked Media.
Common Dreams

Talk About Monsters: It's Disappearing Time - The surreal horrors reached a grisly nadir this weekend when our racist overlord, citing an 18th-century wartime edict while defying a court order, disap...
Rallblog

Egg Prices Soar, Free Speech Sinks - Consumers obsess over inflation; like egg prices topping $4; but barely notice a green card holder’s arrest for peacefully criticizing Israel. The contra...
Axios

Radio Free Europe sues Kari Lake and the Trump administration over funds termination - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is suing the Trump administration, Kari Lake, the U.S. Agency for Global Media and USAGM acting CEO Victor Morales over m...
Counterpunch

Hegseth’s Attacks on Black Troops Evoke Long History of Anti-Racist Struggle - Peter Hegseth is charging forward on the promise to De-Woke The Military, codified in Trump’s executive order to purge “DEI” from the ranks. Among their ...
Southeast Texas Record

Courtroom Testimony Considerations on March 20 - 21, 2025 - Anthony J. Morrone will present "Courtroom Testimony Considerations" at the Texas IAAI Arson & Fire Investigator Seminar in San Marcos, Texas. Anthony wi...
The Week

Codeword: March 19, 2025 - The Week's daily codeword puzzle
Glasstire

The Guadalupe Announces Conjunto Festival Poster Contest Winners - The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio has announced the winners of its 2025 Conjunto Festival poster contest. Each year, the Guadalupe hosts ...
Consortium News

Patrick Lawrence: Season of the Sophists - Trump’s disrespect for the law and courts is not the “only question” raised by the disappearing of Mahmoud Khalil. There are several others, from long befo...
jobsanger

Trump And His Henchmen Don't Care About The Law -
Houston Public Media

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2075: Rudolph Ackerman - Episode: 2075 Rudolph Ackerman and his amazing chronicles of 19th-century art and technology. Today, architectural historian Margaret Culbertson tells us a...
Crooked Timber

Dispensing with US universities, whether we want to or not - It’s been evident since Trump’s inauguration that the US, as we knew it, is over. I’ve been looking at some of the US-centred organisations and economic de...
World Socialist Web Site

Spain’s PSOE-Sumar government calls for record military spending without parliamentary debate - The participation of Sumar in the war plans underscores the political complicity of middle class pseudo-left parties in European plans for war with Russia.
Informed Comment

Israel’s Renewed Gaza Genocide on Black Tuesday: 420 Dead (175 Children) and 540 Wounded - Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that Israeli airstrikes shattered the supposed ceasefire in Gaza on Tuesday, dropping ...
Antiwar.com

American Spring? Uphold Freedom of Speech on American Campuses - Reprinted with permission from The Kucinich Report. Throughout my political career, I have steadfastly defended the First Amendment, particularly the right...
CultureMap Houston

Post Malone's road show lifts up RodeoHouston with heart and soul - On Tuesday night Post Malone brought his ongoing* F-1 Trillion* road show to the largest rodeo in Texas, mere months after headlining the Cynthia Woods Mit...
Scheerpost.com

Palestinian Political Prisoner Mahmoud Khalil Releases Statement From Louisiana ICE Detention Center - “I have always believed that my duty is not only to liberate myself from the oppressor, but also to liberate my oppressors from their hatred and fear.”
Mediaite

Scott Jennings Blows a Gasket at ‘Condescending’ Neera Tanden: ‘Let Me Educate You!’ - Scott Jennings lost it on former Biden administration official Neera Tanden on Tuesday's edition of CNN NewsNight. The post Scott Jennings Blows a Gasket ...
The Hill

Sanders: Roberts knows ‘the danger of a president' who doesn't 'respect the Constitution' - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Tuesday that he believes Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts knows “the danger of a president” who doesn’t “respect t...
Techdirt.

Roku Further Enshittifies Its Streaming Product With Compulsory Ads On Login - The enshittification of Roku’s streaming service, by which the company seeks the exact pinpoint at which it can extract the most amount of money from its c...
Raw Story

'Coddling?' CNN panelists shout in tense discussion over rights for illegal immigrants - A CNN panel devolved Tuesday night as panelists sparred over what rights illegal immigrants are afforded. The panel on CNN's "NewsNight" kicked off its d...
Wolf Street

Who Holds the Ballooning US Government Debt, even as the Fed and Foreign Holders Unloaded Treasury Securities in Q4? - An increasingly important question in iffy times. Here are the holders as of Q4, who dumped, who bought.
Popular Resistance

I Resigned 22 Years Ago From The Government Over The Bush War On Iraq - 22 years ago, on March 19, 2003, I resigned from the US Department of State. I was the Deputy chief of mission at the US Embassy in Ulaan Baatar, Mongoli...
Political Wire

Trump Fires Democratic Commissioners at FTC - “President Donald Trump fired two Democratic commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, in another major test of the independence of regulat...
The Root

Surprise! Jonathan Majors, Meagan Are Married Here's The Tea - Congratulations may be in order for Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good. According to recent reports, the celebrity couple may have officially tied the knot ...
Alternet

'We’re heading over a cliff': Trump considering these 2 MAGA judges for the Supreme Court - President Donald Trump may be poised to appoint two or more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) over the course of his second ter...
San Antonio Report

San Antonio jury finds 2 guilty in nation’s deadliest migrant smuggling attempt - The smugglers heard the jury’s deliberation after the two-week trial in U.S. District Judge Orlando L. Garcia’s federal courtroom in San Antonio. Garcia sc...
Brad Blog

Courts Largely Holding Against Rampant Trump, Musk Lawlessness. For Now: 'BradCast' 3/18/2025 - We remain on the precipice of a Constitutional Crisis on today's BradCast, as our Man Baby President has now begun defying court orders. Some reasonably ar...
Salon.com

"No relation to fact": Judge blocks Trump transgender military ban, says order is "soaked in animus" - A federal judge indefinitely blocked Trump's executive order, calling it a blatant violation of the Fifth Amendment
Dissident Voice

The Trauma Will Be Instagrammed: Wombat Handlings Down Under - The influencer might be defined as a modern, junked cretin of arrested moral and ethical capacity – with specific skills. Such an individual, for instanc...
Workers World

Stop imperialist aggression on Yemen! - [image: Stop imperialist aggression on Yemen!] Workers World Party has consistently shown solidarity with all currents and forms of the Palestinian resista...
Mondoweiss

Letter from Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian political prisoner in Louisiana - [image: Mahmoud Khalil (Photo courtesy of Writers Against the War on Gaza)]Mahmoud Khalil writes from an ICE detention facility: "The Trump administration i...
The AltWorld

This Is Trump’s Genocide Now: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix - Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): This is Trump’s genocide. Trump is […] The post This Is Trump’s Genocide Now: Notes From The ...
The Greanville Post

The forever wars may be over, but Trump is no peacemaker - Print this article This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International…
SCOTUSblog

Justices allow Louisiana to execute Buddhist over religious freedom claim - [image: Justices allow Louisiana to execute Buddhist over religious freedom claim]A divided Supreme Court declined to block the execution of Jessie Hoffm...
The Verge

Google’s Pixel Tablet is $120 off ahead of Amazon’s spring sales event - Amazon’s next Prime Day event likely won’t occur until July; however, that hasn’t stopped the retail giant from launching a slew of seasonal promos. The ne...
Daily Cartoonist

A Century of New Yorker’s Transportation Cartoons - The New York Transit Museum is celebrating The New Yorker’s centennial with an exhibit called Commentary on the Commute: A Century of The New Yorker’s Tran...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Appeals court strikes down Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, citing parental rights and calling out healthcare discrimination - Good news courtesy of *The Associated Press:* Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is unconstitutional and must be permanently blocked from b...
Portside

Senators Introduce Bill To Ban Federal Labor Unions - Senators Introduce Bill To Ban Federal Labor Unions Greg Tue, 03/18/2025 - 19:34
Progressive.org

ICE Takes Columbia Student As Political Prisoner Amid Free Speech Crackdown - What the Trump Administration’s detainment of a lawful permanent resident means for Palestinian solidarity activists nationwide.
Reform Austin

SXSW Shines With Unforgettable Premiere Parties At Cinema Center - At South by Southwest (SXSW), Roxstar Entertainment’s Cinema Center and Collider Studio, sponsored by Bloom Nutrition, Peroni, Hendrick’s Gin, Rendezvous...
WhoWhatWhy

Chief Justice Roberts Has Buyer’s Remorse for Making Trump an Unaccountable King - [image: Chief Justice, John Roberts, SOTU, 2020, State of the Union] The Supreme Court and Chief Justice John Roberts played a major role in enabling Donal...
Mother Jones

Israel Is Bombing Gaza Again. Here’s What Doctors Are Seeing On The Ground. - The ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, instituted in mid-January, was always shaky. It could even be argued it never fully existed. Sixteen days...
Angry Bear

Great February Industrial Production Report - Two cheers for a great February industrial production report! With a gigantic * – by New Deal democrat Two cheers for the very good industrial productio...
Deadline Politics

Donald Trump Fires FTC’s Two Democratic Commissioners: “A Really Devastating Sign Of What Could Be To Come” — Update - UPDATED, with additional comment: Setting up a battle over the independence of a major federal agency, Donald Trump fired the two Democrats who sit on the ...
Second Nexus

John Roberts Smacks Down Trump For Threatening To Impeach Federal Judge Who Questioned Deportation Order - United States Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts finally spoke up on Tuesday to rebuke Republican President Donald Trump after he threatened a judg...
The NM Political Report

Possible measles exposures in Guadalupe, Valencia counties - The New Mexico Department of Health warned that a Texas traveler who had measles was in Guadalupe and Valencia counties earlier this month, giving the o...
Texas Observer

Loon Star State: Trump’s Grocery Run - To see more political cartoons from Ben Sargent, visit our Loon Star State section. Find Observer political reporting here. The post Loon Star State: Tru...
The Grayzone

Tulsi Gabbard reverses her strong opposition to ‘genocidal’ Yemen war - US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has just called for other countries to join the US in attacking the Houthis in Yemen, a country she in...
Church and State

Alas, to MAGA’s and Oligarchs Mr. Trump Gives Major Disappointments! - Possible pending cuts in Social Security amid the stock market’s effect on retirement accounts is causing major apprehension. The post Alas, to MAGA’s an...
Futurism

Former NASA Astronaut Says Elon Musk Has No Idea What He's Talking About - SpaceX Elon Musk is adamant that the space company will eventually make humanity interplanetary by establishing a permanent presence on Mars. It's an ext...
Daily Howler

OU BOUM: You have to watch Gutfeld!, Matthews said! - *TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2025* *Here's what was said last evening:* We lost a large chunk of time today. Safely returned to our sprawling campus, we're happy ...
Election Law Blog

“DC Prosecutor Ed Martin Opens Election Accountability Unit” - From Bloomberg Law: Washington’s top prosecutor, who has amplified false claims of election fraud, said he’s formed a special unit to uphold US election ...
El Paso Matters

Is it legal to drive in Texas with only one license plate? - Chapter 504 of the Texas Transportation Code details the license plate requirements for residents operating a motor vehicle in the state. The post Is it...
Debunking Christianity

The Evil God Challenge, Part One: Introduction - John W. Loftus asked me to write about Steven Law’s Evil God challenge (Wikipedia link). The topic turns out to be rather large, and it ramifies into se...
NORML

NORML Op-Ed: Marijuana Consumers Are Under Attack in Multiple States and It’s Time to Fight Back - [image: us flag cannabis][image: us flag cannabis]Those who support legalizing marijuana are not part of the ideological fringe; we are the majority. It’...
Texas Standard

UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers likely headed to Dallas Wings as first-round pick - Bueckers will play for her college team during the March Madness tournament this spring before the WNBA draft.
OpEd News

China hosts a meeting concerning Iran nuclear deal - This article talks about the meeting that China had to discuss the Iranian nuclear deal
The Texas Signal

First Arrests Under Texas Abortion Ban: What We Know - These arrests represent the first criminal charges against individuals who have allegedly performed abortions in not just Texas, but the country since Roe ...
Discourse

John Roberts Is Increasingly Unnerved by the Leopard Eating His Face - Good luck with all that.
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

We Are In The Crisis: A Conversation with Danielle Moodie - I'm joined by Danielle Moodie for a necessary discussion on the crisis we're facing and how we must fight our way out
First Draft

Exhuming McKinley - You say McKinley, I say Denali. Let’s call the whole thing off.
Eater Houston

How the Ranch, the Houston Rodeo’s Fine Dining Destination, Rakes In $3 Million in Just 20 Days - [image: People walk by the entrance of the Ranch at the Houston Rodeo.] The Houston Rodeo’s first standalone, seen-and-be-seen restaurant is raking in the...
The Daily Poster

Trump’s Gift To Loan Sharks - Trump promised caps on credit card rates — but his regulators are helping banks kill state initiatives to impose those caps.
Undernews

Polling - *Newsweek - *According to a poll conducted by AtlasIntel between March 7 and 12 among 2,550 respondents, Trump's approval rating currently stands at 47 ...
DeSmogBlog

Kemi Badenoch Made Anti-Net Zero Speech at Shell Ad Agency - Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch today ditched her party’s commitment to the UK’s flagship climate target in a speech hosted by an advertising group tha...
Texas Monthly

SXSW Is Finally Changing. Is It Too Little, Too Late? - This year’s music fest felt small-time. Next year it will be folded into Film & TV and Interactive. Maybe that’s a good thing. Or maybe it’s a last gasp.
Capital & Main

Elon Musk’s Scorched Earth Tactics Are Hurting Those Who Live Off That Land — The Farmers - It's a time of uncertainty in the heartland as agricultural programs are cut. “It’s very unsettling and very stressful.” The post Elon Musk’s Scorched Ea...
Dissent Magazine

Trump’s Antisocial State - The administration is attempting to incapacitate the redistributive and social protective arms of the state, while exploiting its vast bureaucratic power...
Sludge

Lawmakers Invest in Palantir Amid Trump Privatization Push - Among those buying the stock are DOGE Subcommittee Chair Marjorie Taylor Greene.
MintPress News

New Conservative Argument: Cut US Aid to Protect Israel’s Reputation - The Heritage Foundation’s proposal to reduce American military assistance is not about abandoning Israel—but ensuring it isn’t seen as a dependent state....
Bonddad

Two cheers for a great February industrial production report! With a gigantic * - - *by New Deal democrat* Two cheers for the very good industrial production report for Feburary! Total production increased 0.7%, and manufacturing ...
Rio Grande Guardian

Region One ESC secures RSTEF grant - Region One Education Service Center received $119,000 for its Preparing and Certifying Educators Program. The post Region One ESC secures RSTEF grant app...
Idavox

Alice Stone Blackwell (1857 – 1950) - The mother of Lucy Stone, who we profiled yesterday, she had some pretty interesting first.... The post Alice Stone Blackwell (1857 – 1950) appeared firs...
The Conversation

Social movements constrained Trump in his first term – more than people realize - Pushback works.
Democracy Now!

On Kennedy Center Stage, Folk Musicians Nora Brown & Stephanie Coleman Protest Trump's Takeover - One of President Donald Trump’s most intense fixations since returning to the White House has been to take over and overhaul the Kennedy Center, the nation...
Ian Welsh

Extraordinary Rendition Comes Home To America - [image: Extraordinary Rendition Comes Home To America] Oh hey: The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a f...
Space City Weather

Houston to become the windy city for awhile - In brief: Expect winds to whipsaw across Houston for the next few days as we go from a southerly flow to a northerly flow and back to a southerly flow betw...
Infidel753

Image round-up for 18 March 2025 - More pictures from my collection -- click any image for full size. [For the link round-up, click here. For Sunday's short post on the shutdown vote, click...
The Smirking Chimp

Trump’s Push for Deportations Without Due Process Is Meant To Cause a Constitutional Crisis -
Media Lens

Würden Wir Alle Deutsch Sprechen! The Case Against Fighting For Sir Keir Starmer - Former BBC Newsnight diplomatic editor Mark Urban covered wars in Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan. He has written books with titles like ‘Generals: Te...
ArcaMax

Something Bad: The President Pushes America Off the Cliff - Since it's been over 70 years since Sen. Joseph McCarthy used his power as chairman of a Senate investigative committee to bully and crush citizens at his ...
Earth 911

Guest Idea: Ask Your Favorite Restaurant To Embrace Sustainable Deep-Frying - Commercial kitchens across the globe use deep fryers to produce the crispy, flavorful foods customers... The post Guest Idea: Ask Your Favorite Restauran...
Dorf on Law

Foolish Fixations and Useless Originalism - It is universally recognized by legal academics that originalism is not a single theory but rather a family of different approaches for judges to employ ...
Skeptophilia

The zombie claim - One of the fundamental principles of woo-woo-ism is never to let a popular idea die. You can refute them, you can debunk them, you can show them hard cold ...
Ballot Access News

Kansas House Passes Ban on Ranked Choice Voting - The amended bill is going back to the Kansas Senate. This is the fourth try to ban RCV in Kansas. Here is the story from The Topeka Capital-Journal. … Conti...
See You In 2020

The purge against dissent, the expanding extermination effort, & what’s at stake in this phase of the struggle - In this third world war, we’ve reached the phase where the U.S. ruling class has begun carrying out its plan for a direct, dictatorial crackdown. If thi...
Project Censored

New York Officials Call for Criminal Prosecution of Fossil Fuel Companies and CEOs - In October 2024, New York prosecutors set the groundwork for filing criminal charges against major fossil fuel companies for their significant role in co...
slacktivist

Postcards from America (3.17.25) - "Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid."
Liberation News

Largest Greenland protest ever tells Trump ‘We are not for sale!’ - Capitalist mining: Extracting a ton of rare earths products 2,000 tons of toxic waste.
Bracing Views

A Revealing Poll by NBC News Tells People How and What to Think - W.J. Astore Forget about peace or reductions to military spending According to an NBC News poll, America is rooting for Ukraine but Trump prefers Russia. S...
The Progressive Wing

St Pat’s Jukebox and Open Thread Week 3/17-23 - Today is a combination of the Irish music jukebox and news. Add any news and your songs in the comments below the jump. Happy St Pat’s Day. For those who s...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

It's Spring Break—Time to Advocate (March 17, 10 AM-4 PM) for Faculty Tenure and Academic Freedom! - *Friends,* *It's Spring break right now and members of the legislature always take advantage of this knowing that faculty are likely out of pocket. Accor...
Progressives Chat

‘[Democrats’s] Failures…’ - I describe the named *Democratic Party* as follows: • The Democratic Party is not an actual political party. • The Democratic Party is a scam operation wh...
Trivial Knot

What Even is Gender? (Book review) - What Even is Gender? is an academic philosophy book written by B. R. George and R. A. Briggs, freely accessible online. Unusually, the book belongs to the ...
Campaign for America's Future

Building the Resistance - Our fight for democracy is not about left or right, or who you voted for - it's about who gets to live with dignity. Right now, greedy oligarchs think our ...
Polygraph (global fact-check)

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

Join the Socialist Workers Party’s spring campaign! - There is a revolutionary working-class voice in the 2025 elections. The Socialist Workers Party is launching a spring campaign to introduce its national s...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: BEEN SO DOWN SO LONG IT STILL LOOKS DOWN TO ME EDITION. - *You *know* how I love Nina Simone. Have I posted this one before? * *Well, who cares if I have.* MORE LIKE CUCK SCHUMER AMIRITE. Well. It’s been another...
Krebs on Security

ClickFix: How to Infect Your PC in Three Easy Steps - A clever malware deployment scheme first spotted in targeted attacks last year has now gone mainstream. In this scam, dubbed "ClickFix," the visitor to a h...
Rewire

The White House Wants to Deport a Legal Resident for Exercising Free Speech - Plus, Trump advertising for Tesla, legal battles in the courts, and incessant funding cuts. The post The White House Wants to Deport a Legal Resident for...
Speak Freely (ACLU)

Trump’s Attack on the Department of Education, Explained - This week, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) released a statement saying it would cut nearly 50 percent of the department's workforce. These new layo...
Earthworks

Earthworks Field Survey 2024 Report for Colorado - Every year since 2022, Earthworks has consistently documented harmful pollution in more than a quarter of surveys conducted from hundreds … The post Ear...
Democracy Chronicles

Pandemics and Politics: Iran’s Mahsa Amini Protests - The pandemic acted as an accelerating agent for the movement. Linking medicine with political movements can also help explain other uprisings in the Middle...
Black Agenda Report

Black Agenda Radio March 14, 2025 - Black Agenda Radio March 14, 2025 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 03/14/2025 - 04:55 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda ...
The Rag Blog

ALICE EMBREE / APPEAL / Help Mariann Garner-Wizard Vasquez Heal - By Alice Embree/ The Rag Blog / March 12, 2025 Mariann Garner-Wizard Vasquez has been living in Central America for several years. I’ve known Mariann for s...
Political Garbage Chute

Trump Orders Every American to Buy Six Teslas - “I call THIS ‘free market authoritarianism.'” There is simply no denying it, unless you’re appearing on Fox News or OANN: Tesla’s stock price is in troub...
Bud Kennedy

Where are Tarrant County leaders to speak against Keller ISD’s secret-squirrel games? | Opinion - District Attorney Phil Sorrells, where are you? County Commissioner Matt Krause, where are you? Judge Tim O’Hare, where are you? Why haven’t we heard from ...
Unlimited Hangout

The Dark MAGA Gov-Corp Technate — Part 2 - In continuing to unpack the ideologies of the oligarchs who are part of the new Trump administration, Iain Davis examines how their ideas are being trans...
Consent Factory, Inc.

The Speech Police - OK, this one is for all the professional “sensitivity editors” out there, and for the US Department of Homeland Security, and President Donald Trump, and t...
Ecosophia

The Ritual of High Magic: Chapter 22 - With this post we conclude a monthly chapter-by-chapter discussion of The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic by Eliphas Lévi, the book that launched the mod...
Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

Seminar: Sahil Dutta, ‘The making and unmaking of British ‘monetary Keynesianism’’ - The making and unmaking of British ‘monetary Keynesianism’ Tuesday 25 March, 1.00pm-2:30 pm, 2025 Room 341, Level 3, Social Sciences Building (A02), Univ...
Lowering the Bar

Arsonist Reportedly on Fire - Always funny.
ExChristian.Net

Christians say that Omniscience is one of the attributes of GOD - What does anyone know of Omniscience. Are there actually any "know-it-alls?" How far does omniscience extend for an omniscient being? Is there anything I...
Duck of Minerva

So much for “Great Power Competition” - The buzzword of the first Trump administration was "Great Power Competition." That was also a lie.
Alas, a Blog

Cartoon: Taking Away His Incentive To Work - This cartoon is by me and Becky Hawkins. Becky writes: In some circles, Portland’s claim to fame, aside from “burned down by Antifa in 2020,” is the large ...
Seeing the Forest

Can You Trust American Tech? - I live in the UK now. The reaction here and in the EU to what Trump is doing to Ukraine from what I’m reading, is intense. That is putting it mildly. Sudde...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Walmart Crime Report February 2025 - Walmart had at least fifteen more shootings related to their business, with most of them on their property, but at least three were nearby and either th...
Field Negro

"State of the Union causes State of Confusion" - The state of this fragile American union is not good. It's not good because the leader is intentionally trying to divide us and destroy it. I am not ...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

Lessons from History: House Incumbents from the Non-Presidential Party Rarely Lose Reelection in Midterms - KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — The non-presidential party often picks up House seats in midterms, and as a part of it, that party’s incumbents rarely los...
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...
Avedon's Sideshow

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Texas Freedom Network

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TalkLeft

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Web of Debt

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Stinque

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CPI's Danger in the Air

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Reveal

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The Mind Unleashed

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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

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Ring of Fire

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Moron Majority

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

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FrontBurner – D Magazine

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Reading the Pictures

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Save Buffalo Bayou

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Robert Reich

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Grits for Breakfast

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Socialist Alternative

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Right Wing Watch

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Environment Texas

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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

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Dandelion Salad

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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

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The Disorder Of Things

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Texas Environmental News

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

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

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Screwston Antifascist Committee

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

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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
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My Most Recent Postings Are Shared at Op Ed News - ——— Check them out! ——— The post My Most Recent Postings Are Shared at Op Ed News appeared first on The WAWG Blog.
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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.
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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...
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So Far From Heaven (Jack Purcell, RIP)

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Lawfare

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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

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DBC Green

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

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Eclectablog

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Echidne of the Snakes

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VICE

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Texas Moratorium Network

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

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BillMoyers.com

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Downwinders at Risk

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Chicken Fried Politics

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Pages of Victory

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The Contributor

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

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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

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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

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INSIDER - politics news

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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

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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."
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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-...
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TomDispatch

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Art Killing Apathy

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Defend our Movements

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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

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Progressive Army

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Austin 360

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Think 3 Institute

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Texans For Public Justice

Paxton Criminal Trial Lingers (again). - From the TexasTribune: Texas AG Ken Paxton's criminal case likely to face further delays as attorneys revive fights over venue, prosecutor pay Read the ar...
IVN

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Modern Democracy

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

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

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

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

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Brains and Eggs

Thursday, October 20, 2005

That smiley mugshot? Nuh-uh.

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

No longer waiting to exhale

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