The prevalence of guns in Hollywood movies has tripled since 1985. This can influence people (especially children) who see the movie to play with guns.

*Self-Proclaimed Pro-Climate Corporations Have Been Giving Thousands to Manchin and Sinema.*

Republicans are passing laws to reduce the powers of public health officials.

This has a specific short-term goal, to prevent Americans from protecting themselves from Republican Covid-spreading policies. Also, they have a pattern of shifting powers away from local or statewide officials (safe from gerrymandering) to state legislatures (where the Republican Party maintains power with a minority of votes via gerrymandering).

*Luxembourg first in Europe to legalise growing and using cannabis.*

*Canadian military leaders saw the pandemic as a unique opportunity to test out propaganda techniques on an unsuspecting public.*