The US government is investigating a Texas school district's book ban as a civil rights issue.

*Israel's New Far-Right Government to Lift Ban on Parliamentary Candidates Inciting Racism.*

*Positive signals from Iran over nuclear deal put west in a tricky position.* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/20/positive-signals-from-iran-over-nuclear-deal-put-west-in-a-tricky-position

I suggest dropping sanctions against Iran, then inviting it to decide whether to continue arming Russia (and face sanctions for that) or stop arming Russia (and continue without sanctions).

*This Is the Dying Phase of Reaganism — and It's Hideous.*

*The question today is whether we as a nation and a people will recover from it, or if it will, as Reagan promised, destroy the American experiment of pluralistic liberal democracy.*

*Markey Asks Biden to Draft Plan for Ending Public Funding of Overseas Fossil Fuel Projects.*