The head of Republican Women for Hillary, who spoke at the Democratic Convention, was not just any woman. She is a lobbyist for the US Chamber of Commerce, which fights against more or less everything that would restrain plutocracy.

Her personal job is campaigning against the universal single-payer medical system that Sanders advocated and that Clinton now opposes (though she was in favor of it before).

I see nothing wrong in boasting of support from Republicans who can't stomach Trump, but support from people in the US C of C is a sign that a politician is on the wrong side.

At Democratic Convention, many Democratic officials see nothing wrong in accepting donations from companies, lobbyists and PACs.

Of course, the Republican Party does the same thing.

The Democrats that think this is ok are the ones that won't help make things less corrupt.

PISSI organizes large and repeated atrocities against civilians in Iraq. The article calls on Westerners to "care".

I think we do care, but it is not clear what we can do to stop it. We are supporting combatants fighting against PISSI in Iraq and in Syria, but that can't be won by magic. It could be won faster by flattening cities such as Manbij and Mosul rather than trying to capture them, but that would mean a lot more civilian casualties.

Meanwhile, that victory won't immediately end bombings in Iraqi cities. Sunnis have been planting bombs against Shi'ites in Iraq since 10 years ago, long before PISSI. I don't know what anyone could do to stop it. Dubya broke things in Iraq, and the US ought to fix them; but if nobody knows how we could do so, pleas to do so are no use.

PISSI = Pseudo-Islamic State in Syria and Irag

A UK fast food company arranged a phony meeting just to create an opportunity to arrest foreigners working without legal permission.

The company was obliged to cooperate, but was it required to tell lies for that cooperation's sake?

I have no objection to arresting and deporting foreigners who are working illegally. If it is true that "no British person would do" the same work, perhaps the company will have to offer a raise to induce British people to do it. This might reduce some of the fall in wages that the UK has experienced since 2007.

However, to stop these people from talking with their friends and collecting their belongings before they are deported is a gratuitous cruelty. At least let them call to ask friends to bring over their belongings.

Thanks to the Corporations United decision, there is now a manual for any rich foreigners that want to donate to US political campaigns.

Many non-US-citizens have told me how unhappy they are that they can't vote in US elections, even though the results affect them greatly. But they can't use this method directly, because they are not rich.