Trump has threatened an anti-trust investigation of Amazon as retaliation for investigation of Trump by the Washington Post.

Both investigations ought to be done as a matter of course. The fact that they are being pursued for specific political reasons, rather than as a matter of course, reflects the dangerous power of plutocrats such as Bezos and Trump.

Taking power away from them, and changing the system not to concentrate wealth and power, go hand in hand.

Around the world, freedom of speech and publication is being attacked by governments.

In "free" countries, the usual excuse is "national security" -- in other words, sacrificing our freedom in the name of protecting our lives. In principle, that's backwards! But it's also bullshit: these assaults on our freedom are generally not necessary, and rarely even useful, for protecting anything but unjust power.

Massachusetts thugs beat up a man who had surrendered; he had never threatened any violence.

Minnesota is considering a law to make publicity rights perpetual, and so broad that it would constitute censorship.

I think that publicity rights, in basic form, are legitimate.

7-11 underpaid its workers and was ordered to pay what it owed them. Then it was unhappy with the independent adjudicators who agreed to workers' claims, and acted to interfere.