The latest from cartoonist Ben Sargent, in our magazine.
Read more from the May / June 2025 issue: https://www.texasobserver.org/issues/may-june-2025/
#education #religion #schools #politics #USpol #Texas #TXlege #comics
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This painting, located in the northern city of Roubaix, France is titled “The Statue of Liberty’s Silent Protest.” By Dutch artist Judith de Leeuw 😢
#MastoArt #StatueOfLiberty #France #USPol #SilentProtest #Art
This week's net.wars, "Nephology", attends the US House Judiciary Committee's Thursday hearing on "Foreign Influence on Americans' Data Through the CLOUD Act", at which four experts expertly defended encryption: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/06/06/nephology/ #NetWars #USpol #surveillance #encryption #Apple #UK
Apparently the White House is assessing ways to “persuade” women ti have more children.
I can save them a ton of time and energy:
Universal healthcare
Universal basic income
Childcare & paid time off
Education
clean air & water
Affordable housing
Legalized abortion
Address climate change
Stop Being Fascists
It’s really not that hard.
#uspol #fascism #birthrate #pregnancy #abortion #MyBodyMyChoice
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Regarding the below:
“Sixteen people were killed by rubber or plastic bullets during the Troubles [in the North of Ireland]. A 17th person was killed by a fall, possibly after being hit by one of the bullets.
Some were involved in street disorder. Others were bystanders.
Eight of the dead were children.
Others suffered serious injuries, including brain damage and blinding.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-64939678
From: @david
https://fouroclockfarms.club/@david@fouroclockfarms.club/114653940084433019
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"Trump has awakened something he cannot control" says the Guardian....
Well done Los Angeles!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/09/los-angeles-trump-immigration
⚡️President Donald Trump’s global tariffs were deemed illegal and blocked by the US trade court, dealing a major blow to a pillar of the Republican’s economic agenda.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-28/trump-s-global-tariffs-blocked-by-us-trade-court
Find your nearest protest site for this Saturday, June 14:
No need to sign up or share your info. Just show up. It might really matter!
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Disillusioned & distanced from #Trump, #Musk says he’s exiting Washington & made clear he is frustrated w/obstacles he encountered as he tried to upend the #FederalGovernment🎻
Musk dissed Trump’s signature domestic policy, saying it would add to the #deficit. He complained about a lucrative deal that went to a rival co to build an #AI #DataCenter in the #MiddleEast. And he has yet to make good on a $100M pledge to Trump’s political operation.
#BooMutherFuckinHoo #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-doge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=94709C91-3556-4635-8095-65DC81177EF3
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700 Marines are being sent to LA to try and stop those who are fighting to protect their immigrant friends and neighbours.
Two journalists have already been shot with “less lethal” ammunition, one of whom required emergency surgery.
They’re shooting at the press.
They seem to want this situation to escalate and they want to silence the brave reporters trying to do their jobs.
Don’t let them. Keep speaking out. Amplify posts from those who are on the ground sharing what’s happening .
Speak up against atrocities. Don’t look away.
#ice #abolishice #uspol #la #fascism #immigration #losangeles
Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hafxlnw235qrcil2lpohp2ly/post/3lr5q6dqynk2e #USPol
Hallucinating #GoldStandard science
"The #MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist."
https://www.notus.org/health-science/make-america-healthy-again-report-citation-errors
"Health Secretary #RFKJr says his “Make America Healthy Again” Commission report harnesses “gold-standard” science, citing more than 500 studies and other sources to back up its claims. Those citations, though, are rife with errors, from broken links to misstated conclusions. Seven of the cited sources don’t appear to exist at all."
#AI #DefendResearch #Medicine #ScholComm #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
“Texans know bullshit when we see it. This bill is a political stunt designed to distract us from the damage the state’s #abortion ban continues to cause.” https://www.texasobserver.org/legislature-abortion-reproductive-rights-bills-2025/
#news #politics #USpol #health #healthcare #TXlege #HumanRights #women #Texas
The White House wants Americans to pray to an angry god in the hopes that he'll change his mind and stop drowning people, like cavemen desperate to placate an angry volcano.
This is happening instead of funding and supporting the federal agencies that have been evolving responses to floods and other disasters for decades.
And you thought the McRib was gross.
Did you know it’s not just two journalists who’ve been shot while covering the LA anti-ICE protests?
It’s many more. They appear to be targeting the press. Trying to silence them. Dissuade them from reporting on what is one of the most important issues America is facing.
Does the country want to submit to a fascist authoritarian?
Or do they want to fight back?
LA has chosen to fight back. And journalists are showing up to cover it. As they should.
Adam Rose is keeping a running tally on a thread on Bluesky. Highly recommend checking it out.
here’s some of the injured:
Ryanne Mena, shot with pepper balls
Sean Becker-Carmitchel, hit multiple times
Anthony Cabassa hit in face with chemical munition
Ryanne and Sean were hit again the next day, with a tear gas cannister
No name has been given but reports of someone from KTLA being hit with less lethal ammo and going to urgent care
Lauren Tomasi hit with less lethal ammo
Nick Stern shot with less lethal ammo and requires emergency surgery
These people were clearly identifying themselves as members of the press
They were there to do their jobs
And at least in the case of Lauren Tomasi, there’s video evidence which appears to show an officer taking clear aim and firing directly at her
Say their names.
Speak up.
The public need to know the risks the press are taking just to attempt to bring truth to the masses.
The Regime have been attempting to silence, sue and throttle the press since day one.
We shouldn’t tolerate any direct attacks on them.
#ice #abolishice #uspol #fascism #journalism #la #losangeles #resist
Doomers continue to be right.
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Political meme on (*points around to everything going on now*), with eye contact:
#EyeContact #Politics #democracy #WesternDemocracy #reality #HopeIsADiscipline #EUpol #NLpol #USpol #Israel #Palestine #Sudan
New today: It’s a different camp, different year, different creek, but the same story. This story—the one where the Hill Country experiences devastating and unexpected flash #floods following an intense period of extended drought—is a familiar one for those of us who grew up in the area. https://www.texasobserver.org/hill-country-flood-family-home-fourth-of-july-2002/
#Kerrville #KerrCounty #Texas #CentralTexas #flooding #history #environment #weather #politics #USpol #news #ClimateChange
The administration is trying to kill every program that pops up in a search for the word “climate.” In the process, the heart is being cut out of agencies that produce information that the state needs to manage its environmental threats. https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-texas-doge-cuts-disaster-aid/
#weather #Trump #FEMA #politics #USpol #news #Texas #environment #ClimateChange
For those trying to say the men who attacked Sen #Padilla didn't know who he is or bec he wasn't wearing a Congressional lapel pin or a name tag as an excuse for their actions - #KristiNoem, present in the room, most definitely knows who he is & could have called off her thugs at any time. She didn't
Weak excuse by a bunch of #fascist liars
As Sen Padilla said afterward, if they will treat a US Senator the way they did ON CAMERA, what do you think will happen to anyone else
Oh, good! Because Republicans are worried that not enough people will die.
GOP Senator vows deeper Medicaid cuts in 'second bite at the apple'
https://www.rawstory.com/ron-johnson-2672984017/
#BigFuglyBill #BBB #Medicare #Medicaid #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
This:
"Sunday reading: Why the Extremists Took Over on the Right
I wrote about the escalating sense of besiegement that has fueled the rise of dangerous people and truly radical ideas that fully define the Right today.
This week’s piece: https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/why-the-extremists-took-over-on-the "
Here: https://mastodon.social/@tzimmer_history/115004613922564206
#USPol #USExtremism #Misogyny #ChristoFascism #RepublicanParty #MAGA #Trump
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