Representative Nadler has used a special kind of petition to force the House Judiciary Committee to vote on demanding information from the troll about his conflicts of interest and his dealings with Russia.

The Republicans can vote no and defeat it, but this will put them on record as defending his trashing the Constitution.

Uri Avnery summarizes the history of Israel's war of independence, and how expulsions of Arabs and Jews from their homes fit into it.

About the refugee minors in France that now can't go to the UK.

They believe that staying in France would be horrible, and if thugs are patrolling to stop charities from giving them food and sleeping bags, perhaps they are right. On the other hand, conditions if they got to the UK might be even worse. For those that can be legally accepted in France, staying there is probably a good idea.

Attorney General Sessions will display cruelty and inflict many kinds of suffering on Americans who are disadvantaged, including seeking opportunities to punish people who are not guilty.

The loser is thinking of eliminating the EPA's enforcement division. That would be almost equivalent to doing away with those annoying antipollution regulations, since polluters could usuall simply ignore them.