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<p>NEW: Amid Mounting War Casualties, Pete Hegseth “Defunded and Impeded” Efforts to Protect Civilians, Lawmakers Say</p><p>Ten members of Congress have warned the secretary of defense that the Trump administration’s gutting of a program focused on shielding noncombatants puts service members in peril, erodes the military’s moral standing and may violate federal law.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/hegseth-trump-war-civilian-casualties-elizabeth-warren-pentagon?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/hegseth-trump-war-civilian-casualties-elizabeth-warren-pentagon?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/heg</span><span class="invisible">seth-trump-war-civilian-casualties-elizabeth-warren-pentagon?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/petehegseth/" rel="tag">#PeteHegseth</a> <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#War</a> <a href="/tags/pentagon/" rel="tag">#Pentagon</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a> still needs to get arrested and to rot in a scuzzy jail for the rest of his psychopathic life for starting a <a href="/tags/genocide/" rel="tag">#Genocide</a> and killing over a hundred thousand innocent people</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a></p>

<p>In our magazine, the latest from Texas Observer cartoonist Ben Sargent.</p><p>Read more from our July/August 2026 issue: <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/issues/july-august-2026/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/issues/july-august-2026/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/issues/j</span><span class="invisible">uly-august-2026/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#comics</a> <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#racism</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a></p>

<p>I ain&#x27;t no snitch but shouldn&#x27;t someone tell FIFA what the guy they gave their Peace Prize to is doing tonight??????</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>Happy 250th to America&#x27;s ultimate power couple! 🗽 💘 ⚖️</p><p><a href="/tags/independenceday/" rel="tag">#IndependenceDay</a> <a href="/tags/ladyliberty/" rel="tag">#LadyLiberty</a> <a href="/tags/ladyjustice/" rel="tag">#LadyJustice</a> <a href="/tags/4thofjuly/" rel="tag">#4thOfJuly</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/fanart/" rel="tag">#FanArt</a> <a href="/tags/fanfic/" rel="tag">#FanFic</a> <a href="/tags/fanfiction/" rel="tag">#FanFiction</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#Illustration</a> <a href="/tags/july4th/" rel="tag">#July4th</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>I handle my stress by making shitty memes</p><p>Jonathan Ross handles his stress by shooting you in the face</p><p><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>The MAHA movement is mad about glyphosate and Trump&#x27;s EPA</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/04/28/nx-s1-5801645/maha-epa-pesticide-glyphosate-trump" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2026/04/28/nx-s1-5801645/maha-epa-pesticide-glyphosate-trump"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2026/04/28/nx-s1-5</span><span class="invisible">801645/maha-epa-pesticide-glyphosate-trump</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p>

<p>&quot;if we had a President Reagan, Ford, Bush, hell even a Nixon say someone tried to assassinate them, it wouldn’t cross my mind anything else occurred. With <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> my first thought was “did he fake it b/c his polling&#x27;s bottomed out like Kash Patel after a bad break-up with Jim Beam?” </p><p><a href="https://shorturl.at/LOrY1" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>shorturl.at/LOrY1</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/whcd/" rel="tag">#whcd</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#iran</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#israel</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/straitofhormuz/" rel="tag">#straitofhormuz</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a></p>

<p>I finished the Black Rose 2023 Program a few days ago and have moved on to Social Anarchism and Organization which I&#x27;m reading in conjunction with Anarchist Popular Power by Troy Andreas Araiza Kokinis. Recommended for anyone interested in learning more about Especifismo which is a model for anarchist organization developed from a collective process of theory and practice. </p><p>If you want a group experience check out the Center for Especifismo Studies. They run an 15-week introductory seminar, the Militant Kindergarten, every year starting in January.</p><p><a href="https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anarchist-federation-of-rio-de-janeiro-social-anarchism-and-organisation" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anarchist-federation-of-rio-de-janeiro-social-anarchism-and-organisation"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theanarchistlibrary.org/librar</span><span class="invisible">y/anarchist-federation-of-rio-de-janeiro-social-anarchism-and-organisation</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/anarchism/" rel="tag">#Anarchism</a> <a href="/tags/socialism/" rel="tag">#Socialism</a> <a href="/tags/organizing/" rel="tag">#Organizing</a> <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#Resist</a> <a href="/tags/antifascism/" rel="tag">#Antifascism</a> <a href="/tags/capitalism/" rel="tag">#Capitalism</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> </p><p>Related:<br><a href="https://www.blackrosefed.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.blackrosefed.org/</a><br><a href="https://www.akpress.org/anarchist-popular-power-ebook.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.akpress.org/anarchist-popular-power-ebook.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.akpress.org/anarchist-popu</span><span class="invisible">lar-power-ebook.html</span></a><br><a href="https://especifismostudies.org" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>especifismostudies.org</a><br><a href="https://m.youtube.com/@CenterforEspecifismoStudies" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="m.youtube.com/@CenterforEspecifismoStudies"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/@CenterforEspeci</span><span class="invisible">fismoStudies</span></a></p>

<p>NEW: Authorities say former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s regime hired Tren de Aragua to kidnap a dissident who had taken refuge in Chile.</p><p>The suspected mastermind, Diosdado Cabello, remains powerful in the new U.S.-backed government in Caracas.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/chile-suspects-venezuela-cabello-killing?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/chile-suspects-venezuela-cabello-killing?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/chi</span><span class="invisible">le-suspects-venezuela-cabello-killing?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> <a href="/tags/chile/" rel="tag">#Chile</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#Geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/maduro/" rel="tag">#Maduro</a></p>

<p>finished watching <a href="https://neodb.social/search?r=1&q=https://eggplant.place/movie/13fEcUnKgOKjeNLEATmdu8" rel="nofollow">Anniversary</a> <br>A cautionary tale about the USA going full fascist (I know, I&#x27;m not downplaying Trump) over... a book? written by an intellectual? How about making the ideology delivery mechanism be... IDK, tweets from a reality show celebrity? That, I would believe.</p><p>In all seriousness, I don&#x27;t know if this movie gets how fascists and fascism work, but I&#x27;ll give it a 👍 for trying.</p><p>I did like that the movement is backed by a corporation, they got that partially right.</p><p><a href="/tags/pol/" rel="tag">#pol</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/capitalism/" rel="tag">#capitalism</a><br></p>

<p>A U.S.-Mexico Impasse Will Test How Far the Trump Administration Will Go to Fight Drug Trade<br>---</p><p>Under Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum, security forces have worked with the U.S. to destroy drug labs and kill or capture crime bosses. But the president is saying she won’t extradite members of her own political party.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/us-mexico-drug-trade-sheinbaum?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/us-mexico-drug-trade-sheinbaum?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/us-</span><span class="invisible">mexico-drug-trade-sheinbaum?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/mexico/" rel="tag">#Mexico</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/deanblundell/" rel="tag">#DeanBlundell</a> <a href="/tags/pentagon/" rel="tag">#pentagon</a> <a href="/tags/wardepartment/" rel="tag">#wardepartment</a><br><a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> </p><p>Dean Blundell has a nice piece where the undersecretary threatened Canada and NATO and basically Canada showed us the middle finger, they are making deals everywhere else , because we are not a reliable partner anymore.</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/deanblundell/p/breaking-trumps-war-department-just?r=17qxua&amp;utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="open.substack.com/pub/deanblundell/p/breaking-trumps-war-department-just?r=17qxua&amp;utm_medium=ios"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/deanblun</span><span class="invisible">dell/p/breaking-trumps-war-department-just?r=17qxua&amp;utm_medium=ios</span></a></p>

<p>NEWLY PUBLISHED BOOK TO READ</p><p>My latest book - THE WILD - takes the view that &quot;anarchy&quot;, often extrapolated in and through the historical, socially-derived politics of anarchism, should instead be characterized on a naturalistic and queer basis as &quot;the wild&quot; (in much the same way as Kropotkin observed nature and came up with the principle of &quot;mutual aid&quot; in fact). </p><p>Through thirteen chapters this idea is then teased out, explained and extrapolated as something both ethical and political that is contrary to patriarchal, capitalist, industrial and technological human civilization as it has developed. </p><p>As such, this book is both a call to the wild (and to the truth and reality of the wild) and to the assertion that in feralness there is an authenticity of the mutual co-existence of all things to be found. </p><p>The book can be downloaded FOR FREE from the link below in multiple formats or read online. It can also be read to you via text to speech on that page.</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/the-wild-ethics-and-anti-politics" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archive.org/details/the-wild-ethics-and-anti-politics"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/the-wild-e</span><span class="invisible">thics-and-anti-politics</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/anarchism/" rel="tag">#anarchism</a> <a href="/tags/anarchy/" rel="tag">#anarchy</a> <a href="/tags/wild/" rel="tag">#wild</a> <a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#wildlife</a> <a href="/tags/feral/" rel="tag">#feral</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#queer</a> <a href="/tags/nihilism/" rel="tag">#nihilism</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/civilization/" rel="tag">#civilization</a></p>

<p>Trump Officials Want to Use Human Rights Aid to Advocate for White South Africans and Right-Wing Causes in Europe<br>---</p><p>Proposed grant recipients have included a free-speech organization that has fought against bans on “gay conversion therapy” and an Afrikaner group that promotes self-governance.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/human-rights-aid-right-wing-causes?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/human-rights-aid-right-wing-causes?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hum</span><span class="invisible">an-rights-aid-right-wing-causes?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#Europe</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/humanitarianaid/" rel="tag">#HumanitarianAid</a> <a href="/tags/rightwing/" rel="tag">#Rightwing</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p>

<p>New from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://texasobserver.social/@josephinelee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>josephinelee</span></a></span>, in the cover story to our magazine: Districts across the state are arresting and citing young children <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> for common misbehavior, leaving lasting trauma as the Legislature rejects bills to raise the age of criminal responsibility and floods schools with even more <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a>. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-school-arrests-crisis-kids-as-young-as-10/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/texas-school-arrests-crisis-kids-as-young-as-10/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/texas-sc</span><span class="invisible">hool-arrests-crisis-kids-as-young-as-10/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#education</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>