*[Dissident Ilya Yashin] sentenced to eight and a half years over series of posts about [Putin forces] atrocities in Bucha.*

Putin's obedient servants lie on command, too afraid to refuse. The wrecker has led US Republicans to do likewise. Yashin has chosen to go to prison rather than become a tool of falsehood.

*Macron announces free condoms for 18- to 25-year-olds in France.*

This offer is a good start; it should be extended to everyone.

Calling on the IMF to eliminate the extra interest that it charges poor countries.

Congress is trying to impose a link tax through an increasingly frequent sneaky method — last minute inclusion in "must pass" omnibus bills.

Senator Sinema has officially left the Democratic Party, which suggests that she will run as an independent in 2024.

As the article said, we already knew she belongs to the Plutocratic Party. What matters is, will this make it easier or harder to elect a better senator in her place? I fear this will make it harder — because it won't be possible to eliminate her in the Democratic Party. I don't know whether her presence in the general election as an independent candidate would help or hurt.