Billionaires are taking control of politics in the US.

I disagree with the first points in the article. "Obeying the rules" is no excuse for driving civilization towards the disaster of global heating. It is no excuse for kicking the poor when they are down.

Meanwhile, there is a simple rule for American voters to resist the billionaires. On TV, you can see who the billionaires support: the major candidates that the attack ads don't attack. Vote for whoever the attack ads are attacking.

Verizon is trying to force customers to move to fiber-based phone lines, although they won't work when there is a power failure.

Ethiopia has constructed a total surveillance state based on ready-made products obtained from advanced countries, and uses it to impose total repression.

The US and UK condemn oppositionists for supporting dictators, while being even bigger supporters of dictators.

It's wrong for the US and UK to support dictators. It's also wrong for others to support dictators, even dictators that the US and UK oppose. That much is straightforward.

Where it becomes complicated is when some country's politics is a rivalry between one evil and another. For example, Morsi in Egypt was in the process of trampling the rights of women, but the coup introduced an even more cruel regime. Saddam Hussein was a murderous dictator but respected Iraqis' rights better, on the whole, than happens now.

Everyone: Call on the UN to impose sanctions against John Brennan, head of the CIA.