George Monbiot: *What price British democracy when a rich elite has the government’s ear?*

He invites us to imagine that a foreign power had the control over the British government that the rich have.

It's broadly similar with the rich in the US, and the plutocratist senators (and other officials) they buy.

(satire) *Woman Desperately Seeking Excuse To Assault Retail Workers Now That Mask Mandate Lifted.*

*More than 1,000 Hershey’s workers vote on plan to unionize Virginia plant.*

US citizens: call on Secretaries of State to disqualify all insurrectionists from serving in office, including as poll workers and election officials.

*Oil and gas facilities could profit from plugging methane leaks, IEA says.*