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/KQ4e6o9umf
— HumanBeingAwkward (@humanbeingawk) November 28, 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

Raw Story

Trump's 'mad man' threat sparks warnings of new 'five alarm fire': 'Saying the quiet part' - President Donald Trump stunned political analysts on Monday after he made a wild claim about the upcoming election during a podcast interview with his fo...
Mediagazer

Dan Bongino returned to his podcast after a nine-month tenure as the deputy director of the FBI; the first episode featured a call-in from President Trump (Riya Misra/Politico) - Riya Misra / Politico: *Dan Bongino returned to his podcast after a nine-month tenure as the deputy director of the FBI; the first episode featured a cal...
Vox

3 million new Epstein files, briefly explained - This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over ...
Mediaite

DHS Sec Noem Announces Body Cams Will Be Deployed ‘Immediately’ to All Agents in Minneapolis — Rolling Out Nationwide Soon - Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced Monday that body cameras would be deployed to all federal agents under her agency who were in Minne...
The Hill

Sean Spicer sounds alarm over Texas special election: 'This is a big deal' - Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer sounded the alarm for the GOP over a recent Texas special election, saying, “this is a problem.” “I've alway...
Futurism

Elon Musk Not Doing Well After Epstein Files Reveal - The billionaire doth protest too much. The post Elon Musk Not Doing Well After Epstein Files Reveal appeared first on Futurism.
Axios

Elon Musk's SpaceX to merge with xAI - SpaceX has acquired xAI in a deal that combines two of Elon Musk's biggest companies. *Why it matters: *It dramatically reshapes SpaceX's looming IPO, g...
CultureMap Houston

Houston chef slices into Gordon Ramsay-led cooking competition show - A Houston chef is showcasing his skills on Season 5 of *Next Level Chef*. *Trinidad Gonzalez*, better known locally as *Chef Machete* is one of the profess...
Eschaton

Happy Hour - get happy
memeorandum

Trump says Republicans should 'nationalize' voting in at least 15 places (Reuters) - Reuters: *Trump says Republicans should ‘nationalize’ voting in at least 15 places* — President Donald Trump said on Monday that Republicans should “n...
Mother Jones

The Power of Mocking Trump’s Pathetic Monsters - Over a few weeks this January, two Minneapolis sisters repeatedly left their homes and headed out to mock, insult, and record Border Patrol Commander Greg ...
Common Dreams

New Letter Warns Next Grok ‘Mistake’ Could Be Leaked National Security Files - Today, a coalition of 30+ organizations and AI experts released a new letter warning of the potential national security implications of the Pentagon’s us...
Techdirt.

ICE, CBP Brag About Stealing A Legally-Impossible $14,000 From US Citizens At The Minneapolis Airport - Let’s just clear the air right up front: this is just the government mugging Somalis because they’re currently at the top of Trump’s shitlist. Prior to las...
Slate

The Box-Office Story of the Weekend Isn’t *Melania*. It’s Something Much Weirder. - My theater was full of Gen Z–looking fans watching Iron Lung with rapt attention.
The Guardian (U.S. news)

RFK Jr announces $100m in grants to address homelessness and substance use - Kennedy’s pilot program to offer funding for long-term recovery after Trump signed order related to addiction Robert F Kennedy Jr announced on Monday $10...
Salon.com

“Can’t understand how they think”: Bundy breaks with MAGA over ICE operations - The rancher famous for armed standoffs with the government said the left is "more correct" on immigration
Political Wire

A Postal Rule Change Could Cost Thousands of Votes - A little-noticed change at the United States Postal Service could complicate mail voting in 2026. The agency now applies many postmarks at regional process...
Second Nexus

People Can't Believe How Much Paul Mescal Looks Like Paul McCartney In First Look At New Beatles Biopics - Sony Pictures has unveiled the first official look at its ambitious project *The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event*, and fans are already doing double...
Mondoweiss

The new era of Israeli expansionism and the war economy that fuels it - [image: An Israeli artillery unit carries out a military drill at the crossroads between Lebanon, Syria, and Israel on August 28, 2023. (Photo: © Atef Safa...
Independent Political Report

Seven Candidates File for 2026 Utah Legislative Seats With Constitution Party - Seven candidates have filed paperwork to run for seats in the Utah Legislature as members of the Constitution Party in the 2026 general election, accordi...
ArcaMax

Melania: The Movie. The Bribe. The Shame. - I haven’t seen it. I hope you don’t, either. This, from one of the kinder reviews: “Across some 104 minutes, the first lady delivers these blatantly script...
Daily Howler

MONDAY: Morning Joe played the videotape! - *MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2026* *Almost surely, Fox & Friends Weekend won't:* It's true! Joe Scarborough* did* start today's *Morning Joe* with what could be ...
Al Jazeera English

France adopts 2026 budget after two no-confidence votes fail - New budget includes a $7.6m military spending increase and aims to cut the deficit to 5 percent by end of 2026.
The Verge

Notepad++ updates got hijacked for months and could have spied for China - Users of the text and code editor Notepad++ may have unknowingly downloaded a malicious update for the app after its shared hosting servers were hijacked l...
Election Law Blog

“Trump Tells Dan Bongino The GOP Should ‘Nationalize’ Voting in 15 ‘Crooked’ States” - Mediaite: President Donald Trump urged Republicans to “nationalize” the voting process in order to block “crooked” Democrat-led states from allowing ill...
The Week

Gavin Newsom and Dr. Oz feud over fraud allegations - Newsom called Oz’s behavior ‘baseless and racist’
Courthouse News

Federal judge again blocks ICE ban on surprise lawmaker oversight visits - U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb found the Department of Homeland Security could not prove a Jan. 8 policy, nearly identical to a previously blocked version, d...
Deadline Politics

Turning Point USA’s Alt-Super Bowl Halftime Show Finally Has A Lineup - Turning Point USA’s “The All-American Halftime Show,” the event revealed by the right-wing political organization created by the late Charlie Kirk in the w...
Houston Public Media

Hello Houston (February 2, 2026) - Today: We discuss Black History Month with Pastor D.Z. Cofield, talk with The Grand 1894 Opera House's Maureen Patton, learn about the rescue efforts of mo...
Alas, a Blog

The AI Bubble - This cartoon is drawn by new guest artist Jamie Sale, who did a terrific job. I’d originally written the script so the camera would pan out until we saw th...
Novara Media

Massive Epstein Files Release Exposes Mandelson, Prince Andrew, Elites - The latest Epstein files revelations. Mandelson, Prince Andrew, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk, among others, have been exposed in the recent release of Epstein...
OpEd News

Turning Point Reached - Swing Left - The MAGA march toward full fascism in America hit an unexpected roadblock in Minneapolis and beyond. The Resistance, America the Beautiful, has broken thro...
Earthworks

Trump Administration Investment in Mining Raises Questions About The Responsible Use of Taxpayer Money - Why do US taxpayers now own millions of shares in mining companies? Elected leaders want to know. The post Trump Administration Investment in Mining Rais...
San Antonio Report

A look at the top fundraisers in San Antonio’s congressional races - MLB player Mark Teixeria self-funded his way to the top of TX21, while U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales leverages power of incumbency in TX23 rematch. --------------...
Progressive.org

Palestinian Films Are Landing Oscar Nominations. But Hollywood Continues to Block Them. - ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ and ‘Palestine 36’ show the wide range of Palestinian stories amid U.S. distribution struggles.
Sludge

Crypto, AI, and AIPAC Set up to Smash Super PAC Spending Records - The groups are sitting on massive war chests for 2026 midterms, according to new disclosures.
First Draft

Some Things You Might Have Missed In Latest Epstein Dump - The tenacles of the Epstein files run long.
naked capitalism

Coffee Break: The Mask of Unreality Slipping? - Trump's mask of unreality is slipping as the narrative collides with inconvenient realities like the Epstein files and election results.
Consortium News

PATRICK LAWRENCE: AIPAC’s Anxieties - The Israel lobbies’ grip on U.S. politics has slipped beyond restoration since Oct. 7, 2023 due to the Zionist army’s own savagery in Gaza. By Patrick La...
San Antonio Current

Texas lawmakers: Cannabis is here to stay. And we will regulate the market in 2027. - [image: A chain store in Houston sells CBD products along with hemp items containing THC.] Lawmakers and industry leaders gathered in Austin to discuss th...
Angry Bear

Mark Twain and RFK Jr - Mark Twain famously observed: ”A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.” Today is the 16th anniversary of...
World Socialist Web Site

Workers and young people in the UK speak on Gaza and Minneapolis - Tens of thousands took part in the 34th national demonstration in London against the genocide of the Palestinians and the war on Gaza.
Dissident Voice

NYS: Why Are Authoritarian Entities Needed to Create Charter Schools if They Are So Popular? - The charter school industry has been operating in overdrive for several decades, trying desperately to convince everyone that charter schools are amazing...
El Paso Matters

Opinion: Honoring El Paso’s Black history means confronting today’s unfinished fight for equality - Black History Month is an opportunity to recognize the essential role Black Americans have played in shaping El Paso’s history, from Buffalo Soldiers at...
The Progressive Wing

Feb 2-6 News Roundup & OT - Appears we will have six months more. Not surprised here. The 2026 Farmer’s Almanac predicted worst winter in 2025-6. Follow us below the jump.
The Daily Poster

Elon Musk Wants A Blank $661 Million Taxpayer-Funded Check - SpaceX is requesting rules exemptions for $661 million in taxpayer-funded satellite investments.
Capital & Main

Colorado May Ask Big Oil to Leave Millions of Dollars in the Ground - State law that prioritizes public health over fossil fuel extraction could win the day for suburban activists fighting drilling plan. The post Colorado M...
The Texas Signal

The New Union Leader Turned Texas Senator-Elect - Democrat Taylor Rehmet, a 33-year-old Fort Worth Air Force veteran and Lockheed Martin union leader, defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss of Southlake in t...
The Root

Famous Pastor Reveals the Biblical Truth About ‘Submissive Wives’ That Social Media Ignores - As red pill rhetoric reshapes conversations about marriage and gender roles, the Brooklyn pastor breaks down what biblical submission actually means — an...
Project Censored

Déjà Vu News: Corporate Media Repeats Its Failures While Empire Marches On - First up, cohost Mickey Huff sits down with professor of communications Dr. Steve Macek to talk about Trumps war on epistemic institutions. Dr. Macek sha...
Krebs on Security

Please Don’t Feed the Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters - A prolific data ransom gang that calls itself Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters (SLSH) has a distinctive playbook when it seeks to extort payment from victim f...
Daily Cartoonist

Whatnots and Wherefores - Jeff Kinney and his Wimpy Kid rule; Detroit is now a kinda, sorta a one newspaper town with two newspapers; some real life inspirations behind some animate...
Bonddad

ISM manufacturing for January breaks out to the expansionary upside, with a sidecar of stagflation - - *by New Deal democrat* As Although it ended almost three months ago, there are still many economic series that have not caught up, including constr...
Undernews

Donald Trump - *Politico - *Donald Trump’s political war chest grew dramatically in the second half of 2025, according to new campaign finance disclosures submitted late ...
Scheerpost.com

Why Trump’s Denunciations of the Iranian Killings Ring Fatally Hollow - Intro by Tom Engelhardt for Tom Dispatch At almost 82, I still walk six miles a day without fail. And sometimes now, when I’m walking in my city, New York,...
NPR's Health Shots

This global health leader praises Trump's aid plan — and gears up to beat malaria - Bill Steiger, who served in the George W. Bush and first Trump administrations, reflects on the past year's changes in the U.S. role — and on his new job a...
WhoWhatWhy

‘Melania’, Minneapolis, Moguls, Midterms: Many Battles, One War - [image: First Lady, Melania Trump, Chequers, UK] We live in a country where wealth sucks up to power, power works for the wealthy, and somehow the fault li...
SCOTUSblog

Supreme Court further closes the prison gates - Civil Rights and Wrongs is a recurring series by Daniel Harawa covering criminal justice and civil rights cases before the court. On Jan. 20, in what wou...
Glasstire

Mexican American Domestic Life in “Madre_Land” at Centro de Artes, San Antonio - In Spanish, the phrase “mi casa es su casa” (“my house is your house”) is a warm welcome for guests into one’s home. Bonnie Ilza Cisneros, curator of Mad...
Democracy Now!

FBI Raid in Georgia Is Part of "Trump's Scheme to Try to Rig the Midterms": Ari Berman - We speak with *Mother Jones* voting rights correspondent Ari Berman about the shocking FBI raid on an elections hub in Fulton County, Georgia. Federal agen...
The Conversation

Trump’s climate policy rollback plan relies on EPA rescinding its 2009 endangerment finding – but will courts allow it? - A federal judge dealt one blow to the effort when he found the administration had violated the law in handpicking a panel to question climate science.
Space City Weather

No, no, no. Houston is not going to get hit by a ‘snow bomb’ in two weeks - In brief: In today’s post we discuss the rumors about a “snow bomb” hitting Houston around Valentine’s Day (you will be shocked to learn the rumors are not...
Texas Observer

A Reporter’s Religious Quest in Houston Suburbia - In Hindu folklore, the goddess Durga appears with her dark eyes serene, wearing a billowing scarlet sari, and riding atop a lion as she battles the half-...
The AltWorld

Trump’s Iran Strategy: All Bluster, No Exit - Trump’s Iran Strategy: All Bluster, No Exit The post Trump’s Iran Strategy: All Bluster, No Exit appeared first on TheAltWorld.
Rallblog

Senate for Sale | DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou - LIVE 9:00 am Eastern time, Streaming Anytime: Political cartoonist Ted Rall and CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou deprogram you from mainstream media every...
Earth 911

How to Recycle, Reuse, or Responsibly Dispose of CPAP Machines and Accessories - About 8 million Americans use CPAP machines every night for sleep apnea. Dealing with the... The post How to Recycle, Reuse, or Responsibly Dispose of CP...
Dorf on Law

Federalism by Extortion Comes to Minneapolis - It is hard to think of a more extreme example of a federal government effort to "commandeer" state or local government action than the Department of Home...
Skeptophilia

Quetelet's legacy - There's an old quip that there are lies, damned lies, and then there's statistics. I'm not saying it doesn't have its uses, but the *misuse* of statistics ...
The Smirking Chimp

Trump Could Become Even More Dangerous As Public Anger Soars: Historian -
Off The Kuff

Interview with Erik Wilson - We move on to the Legislature this week, where Democrats will be picking a successor to long-term Rep. Alma Allen in HD131. I have three candidate intervie...
ProPublica

FAA Warns Airlines About Safety Risks From Rocket Launches, Urges “Extreme Caution” - The post FAA Warns Airlines About Safety Risks From Rocket Launches, Urges “Extreme Caution” appeared first on ProPublica.
Grist

Trump’s ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’ for polluters faces its latest test in court - The president exempted about 40 medical sterilization companies from Biden-era emission standards. A new lawsuit challenges his authority.
Countercurrents

Epstein Files Show Jeffrey Epstein Worked With Israel’s Mossad - Washington (QNN)- Newly released documents from the Epstein files show that Trump was “compromised by Israel,” that convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was...
High Country News

Ansel Adams in the age of ICE - The beloved photographer kept both beauty and injustice in the frame. The post Ansel Adams in the age of ICE appeared first on High Country News.
Infidel753

Truths and inspirations for 2 February 2026 - If something's hard to see or read, click for full size. [For the link round-up, click here.] Made by Cyberwolf. Made by Rade. ...
Crooked Media

The Illegality and Injustice of ICE’s Minnesota Occupation - The post The Illegality and Injustice of ICE’s Minnesota Occupation appeared first on Crooked Media.
Portside

Sunday Science: A Secret Panel To Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules - Sunday Science: A Secret Panel To Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules Ira Mon, 02/02/2026 - 02:38
Counterpunch

Acts of Revisionism: Hitler, Stalin and Trump - Authoritarian leaders typically attempt a radical reshaping of civic life. Every area of life—from culture and the arts to education and science—becomes...
jobsanger

Trump Has Corruptly Used His Presidency To Make Himself $4 Billion Richer -
Informed Comment

American Reich: Kristi Noem’s DHS is the Department of Homeland Subjugation - Deployed without proper training in conflict de-escalation, hese sadistic vigilantes throw flash-bangs and tear gas at peaceful protestors
Idavox

Don Lemon and How Two Grifters Make Liars Out of Pam Bondi - They keep doing this. So we will be keep call them out every time they... The post Don Lemon and How Two Grifters Make Liars Out of Pam Bondi appeared fi...
Socialist Alternative

The Dems are a Dead End - Working people face no shortage of hardship amidst the crises of capitalism: runaway health care costs, rising inflation and unemployment, the compounding ...
Ballot Access News

Nightmare Wyoming Ballot Access Bill Introduced - Recently, the Wyoming House Committee that handles election law bills introduced HB 54. It raises the number of signatures for all independent candidates f...
Crooked Timber

20th anniversary of the Bar Steward Sons of Val Doonican. - My dad genuinely had no interest in music. Well, almost none – he did enjoy novelty songs from time to time, but not really for the music. Our friend Bob, ...
Antiwar.com

Trump Is Broadening His Use of Economic Warfare - “Tariffs,” President Donald Trump is fond of reminding us, “is the most beautiful word to me in the dictionary.” It’s the most beautiful word “because tari...
The Greanville Post

Seyed M. Marandi: Iran Warns of Overwhelming Retaliation to ANY U.S. Strike - GD—Potential Consequences of War: Iran’s retaliation would not be limited to US military bases but would extend to American interests and allied regimes in...
See You In 2020

The pedocracy, its techie minions, and the American collapse that they’re scrambling to manage - Right now, the more “globalist” wing of our ruling class is trying to use the revelations about the Trump wing’s sexual crimes as a social release valve...
Popular Resistance

ICE Exposes Democratic Party Irrelevance - The Trump administration focuses relentlessly on immigration enforcement as a political tool. That focus isn’t surprising considering that an important g...
Alternet

Trump derided for claiming he was 'not involved' with losing candidate - Hours after the Republican Party suffered an upset defeat in a special election in a deep-red district in Texas, President Donald Trump falsely claimed h...
Ian Welsh

Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – February 01, 2026 - Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – February 01, 2026 by Tony Wikrent The Crisis, No. 8 — The empire of exit and the conspiracy against America Mike Brock,...
Texas Standard

Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins solidly red Texas Senate seat in stunning special election upset - With ballots tallied from all but a handful of voting centers, Rehmet had 57% of the vote, besting the 43% for his GOP opponent, Leigh Wambsganss, who had ...
The Grayzone

Meet the former fashion blogger and shady doctor behind the ‘30,000 dead’ Iran psy-op - Western officials seized on a dubious death toll of 30,000 protesters to escalate against Iran. The number originates with a single, clearly compromised ...
Field Negro

The House Negro Power Rankings. - * Kicking off Black History month with my latest House Negro Power Rankings. I am doing this because sometimes the damage from within, is much more det...
Trivial Knot

Origami: Practical Bookmark - Here’s a really old design of mine, back in 2013. I wanted a simple origami bookmark–no frills, just mark my page please. Some origami bookmarks stick ou...
Brad Blog

Sunday 'Mirror, Mirror' Toons - ...NEXT WEEK!... * * * As The BRAD BLOG's former longtime toon sherpa PDiddie always reminded us: "With editorial cartooning increasingly an endangered spe...
Progressives Chat

2026 United States Midterm Elections: Democrats May Sweep - Now that February 2026 has arrived…we are nine months from the general election for the 2026 United States midterm elections. *Due Dissidence* co-host Ke...
Wolf Street

US Government Sold $766 Billion of Treasuries this Week. Yield Curve Steepened as 30-Year Treasury Yield Rose to 4.87% - The spread between the 2-year and 10-year Treasury yields now the widest since January 2022.
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

From Women and Gender Studies to Faculty and Syllabus Surveillance at Texas A&M University, by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D., Jan. 31, 2026 - From Women and Gender Studies to Faculty and Syllabus Surveillance at Texas A&M University*by * *Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D.* *January 31, 2026* *Texas A&M ...
Claytoonz

Peachy Fraud - Read the blog at my Substack. Support your local cartoonist: If you want to support the cartoonist, please donate through PayPal to clayjonz@gmail.com, Ven...
Bracing Views

AI as a Runaway Bullet Train - Bursting Through the Guardrails BILL ASTORE JAN 30, 2026 The AI hype train is here and is speeding ahead like the fastest Japanese bullet train. It’s a “re...
Workers World

Trump removes historic depiction of enslavement - [image: Trump removes historic depiction of enslavement] Philadelphia Despite broad public opposition, on Jan. 22 National Park Service (NPS) workers carri...
The NM Political Report

Vasquez joins Trump in push to limit Wall Street home buys - [image: In a rare moment of bipartisan overlap, U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M., and President Donald Trump have both advanced similar proposals aimed at cu...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: IS IT FASH YET? EDITION. - *You better run.* Tubby and his mob have been busy, seizing voting records in Georgia (presumably to manipulate in furtherance of his years-long Stolen E...
Church and State

Trump being a racist could bring our country down! - What has happened with Trump proclaiming that the only people we need in this country are white people and people who believe in Jesus Christ.
Moron Majority

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NORML

NORML Argues in Supreme Court Brief That Disarming Cannabis Consumers Is Unconstitutional - [image: A man closes his eyes as he smokes a legal cannabis joint][image: A man closes his eyes as he smokes a legal cannabis joint]"The historical analo...
Environment Texas

Is nuclear energy renewable? - Nuclear energy has produced electricity in America since 1958. But is nuclear energy clean, renewable energy? The post Is nuclear energy renewable? appea...
Dissent Magazine

A Crisis of Conflict Resolution, Not Conflict Studies - A response to “The Demise of Conflict Studies” from our winter issue, followed by a reply by the authors.
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...
The Militant

31,000 Kaiser nurses strike over staffing in California, Hawaii - LOS ANGELES — Nurses and other health care workers set up picket lines at over two dozen Kaiser Permanente hospitals and hundreds of its clinics across Cal...
LareDOS

Lifelong learning has no limits: LC alum, aspiring writer, delivers commencement speech - Reposted from Tragaluz - A Borderland Journal of Arts and Culture
Duck of Minerva

“Fair Trade” and the revenge against the “Foreigner”: From Chamberlain to Trump - A century before Trump’s tariff threats, Joseph Chamberlain pitched the same idea: use duties as a “big revolver” to force rivals into “fair trade.” That h...
Debunking Christianity

The Best Cure for Christianity Is Reading the Bible, Essay Number 8 - *There is far too much mediocre, alarming Jesus-script in the gospels* ...
Rewire

The HPV Vaccine, Explained - Federal inoculation guidelines are changing. Our sex health columnist answers some frequent questions about this cancer-preventing vaccine, including who...
Seeing the Forest

Abolish ICE — Stop Dehumanizing People - If you give them an inch … And look, now they’re taking their mile. Crossing the border without authorization is a misdemeanor. It only became a crime at a...
Black Agenda Report

Black Agenda Radio January 30, 2026 - Black Agenda Radio January 30, 2026 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 01/30/2026 - 05:14 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agend...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Anti-LGBTQ groups launch new effort to overturn gay marriage featuring the same old lies - Forty-seven conservative and anti-LGBTQ groups are teaming up in an effort to overturn the 2015 SCOTUS decision which legalized gay marriage. There is o...
slacktivist

Smart people saying smart things (1.29.26) - Adam Serwer. Rebecca Solnit. Kat Armas. Angela Denker. Heather L. Hart. Mark Jacob.
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

What About The – - 11 x 17 inch medium-res color .jpg image, 1.1mb “Now Democrats are trying to translate visceral outrage into political strategy, even though there’s little...
Liberation News

PSL Statement: Cuba is not a “threat” – End the blockade! - Donald Trump’s January 29 Executive Order declaring Cuba “an unusual and extraordinary threat” to the United States is an absurdly false pretext designed t...
Web of Debt

The Wealth Concentration Engine: Rethinking America’s Financial Plumbing - A Jan. 17 article on Quartz Markets by Catherine Baab reports that JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Bank of America returned nearl...
Greg Palast

The real story of the FBI raid on Fulton County, AtlantaYou are watching the theft of 2026 before your eyes - For god’s sake, let’s get to the REAL agenda behind Wednesday’s-FBI raid on the Fulton County elections office. IT’S NOT ABOUT THE 2020 ELECTION. The warr...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

The Senate: A Couple of Rating Changes in Favor of Democrats, but Republicans Still Favored Overall - Despite facing what is likely to be a difficult national political environment this fall, Republicans remain favored to hold their Senate majority. The ...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

The Battle is Ours: The Check-In with Danielle Moodie and Jared Yates Sexton - A recording from Jared Yates Sexton's live video
Lowering the Bar

Judge Finds for 11-Year-Old in Toy-Dinosaur-Assault Case - Assault *with* a toy dinosaur, not upon one.
DeSmogBlog

Top U.S. Oil Lobby API Targets Landmark EU Climate Law, Policy Document Shows - This piece is copublished by DeSmog and ExxonKnews. ExxonKnews is a reporting project of the Center for Climate Integrity. The U.S. oil lobby aims to bul...
Edinburg Politics

Rep. Terry Canales, Sen. Juan Hinojosa, and Edinburg Mayor Omar Ochoa hail new $10.9 million DPS Hangar 5 as “a fortress of readiness that will house the guardians of our skies” - FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg; Edinburg Mayor Omar Ochoa; and Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen. The three South Texas leaders on Monday,...
Consent Factory, Inc.

The Golden Age of America Made Great Again - Has America been made great again enough for you yet? I asked that question back in May of last year in a column titled The Godzilla Window. It didn’t go o...
Ecosophia

Evil Makes You Stupid: A Case Study - Yes, as most of my readers are probably aware by now, I’ve relocated. It’s been a little less than two years now since my wife Sara died; it’s been a rough...
The Rag Blog

MARIANN GARNER-WIZARD / REMEMBRANCE / Robert “Bob” Pardun, beloved prairie radical - By Mariann Garner-Wizard / The Rag Blog / January 27, 2026 Robert Pardun was born June 30, 1941 and passed away January 16, 2026 after a long struggle with...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Buried Human Rights Reports Few Ever Heard Of! - Many of the biggest Human Rights groups in the world have been documenting atrocities by Israel against Palestinians for decades, possibly going back to...
Democracy Chronicles

Somaliland: A North-South Korea-like Divide… in Africa - With continued democracy and civic freedom, and now globalization and a start at international recognition, Somaliland's future is in the other direction: ...
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. —...
Discourse

Discourse Pod #12: One Terrible Year of Trump 2.0 + Oscar Nominations Reactions (w/Katherine Krueger) - Katherine returns to recap the first year of Trump's violent, unrelenting second term.
TalkLeft

Minnesota and Sunday Night Open Thread - A Minnesota judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the Department of Homeland Security prohibiting it from destroying evidence pertaining...
Avedon's Sideshow

All you gotta do is call - Neat, short little memo with useful graphs: "To: Interested Democrats From: Senators Chris Murphy, Adam Schiff, Tina Smith, and Elizabeth Warren Date: Jan...
MintPress News

Israel Backed Rioters fail regime change operation – Interview with Dr. Mohammad Marandi - Western media sold Iran’s protests as a democratic uprising. Behind the scenes, US-funded NGOs, Israeli intelligence claims, and recycled regime change t...
Media Lens

‘The Weak Must Suffer’: The Eternal Fiction Of The ‘International Rules-Based Order’ - These are exceptional times. The United States has been threatening to take over Greenland, an aggressive move against Europe. Now, and only now, are polit...
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...
Dispatches from the Underclass

Iran, Venezuela, Palestine: The Collapse of International Law | Craig Mokhiber - We’re joined live by former UN human rights official Craig Mokhiber, whose recent Mondoweiss article, “Ushering in the age of impunity: Venezuela, Palestin...
Land Destroyer

US War on Venezuela is a War on the Multipolar World - *January 13, 2026* - (Beijing Review - Brian Berletic) - In brazen violation of international law and abandonment of even the illusion of legitimacy, the...
Texas Freedom Network

Texas Invited Christian Nationalism Into Every Public High School. We Should All Be Alarmed. - By Felicia MartinPresident & Executive Director, Texas Freedom Network Texas crossed a dangerous line in the separation of church and state that should a...
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...
Two Party Opera

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Unlimited Hangout

Trump & the Technocratic Tyranny with Iain Davis - Trump & the Technocratic Tyranny with Iain Davis.
Reading the Pictures

Democracy Was the Target, DEI Was the Scapegoat: Key Pictures of 2025 - Trump killed DEI and called it a win. What he really killed: due process, free speech, sanctuary, and dignity. The post Democracy Was the Target, DEI Was...
nonsite.org

Mystic Realism - During the Vietnam War, Allan Sekula sought to renovate social realism, a practice he associated with Lewis Hine, whom he called a “realist mystic.” Sekula...
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...
Green Pages News

Hospitals Must Stand Up to Trump’s Tirade Against Gender Affirming Care - Author’s Hot Take: If care is only prohibited for people under 19, that is still over 2 million people who are put in harm’s way because they can’t receive...
Campaign for America's Future

It Is Up to Us to Defend Democracy - Do we have the courage to defeat an authoritarian regime? I believe we do, if we organize strategically and effectively. There is no time to waste. Do we...
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...
Texas Monthly

The Daily Crossword: November 18, 2025 - [image: Tuesday Crossword Illustration] The post The Daily Crossword: November 18, 2025 appeared first on Texas Monthly.
FrontBurner – D Magazine

Does Tylenol use by pregnant women cause autism, as Texas Attorney General (and McKinney resident) Ken Paxton alleges? - No. The post Does Tylenol use by pregnant women cause autism, as Texas Attorney General (and McKinney resident) Ken Paxton alleges? appeared first on D ...
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 ...
WAWG Blog

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

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

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Free & Equal

Comparing Tadalafil (Generic Cialis) And Sildenafil (Generic Viagra) - Comparing The Mechanism Of Action Tadalafil and sildenafil are both medications designed to address erectile dysfunction by serving as PDE-5 inhibitors. ...
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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Speak Freely (ACLU)

Live Coverage: Final SCOTUS Decision Day -
Eater Houston

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....
Downwinders at Risk

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

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

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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

Tilly Snyder Is Missing Again - Wikipedia’s decision to permanently delete John K. Snyder’s page cannot erase the true story of one of the most eccentric politicians in Louisiana history ...
Washington Babylon

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

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

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

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

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

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Malady

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

On the Ground Update: Acting DHS Secretary Wolf Understates Portland Crisis - Over the past 24 hours, Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has faced a firestorm of criticism for his over-the-top rhetoric and gra...
Austin 360

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

What is it about Trump? - *P*art of it is this: millions of people who'd never want Donald Trump to be their boss now feel that he has become, or is becoming, exactly that. Somethin...
IVN

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

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

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

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

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

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