Formerly unusual heat is harming agriculture across the US.

I think we must expect food shortage to become normal.

Does drought include West Virginia? If so, it might be used to pressure Manchin.

If Republicans take the House of Representatives, they will conduct investigations of their enemies and attack the usual scapegoats.

The town of Lytton, in British Columbia, was destroyed by a fire. Some residents have rebuilt their homes, and now they have been told to evacuate because another fire threatens the town.

*How Sri Lankan protesters unseated their president.*

Kicking out the Rajapaksas was necessary, but not sufficient. I fear that the only help that the US and other western powers offer will involve selling the country into something like slavery.

Jim Hightower: *The GOP as a whole has mutated from a conservative party with some extremist factions to effectively proclaiming itself the Party of Extremism.*

Potential 2024 candidates are competing to be the most extreme fanatic.