(satire) *WASHINGTON—In a maneuver that experts suggest could represent a significant setback for the legislative ambitions of Democrats, the GOP reportedly stalled an upcoming government funding bill Tuesday by detonating fifty tons of C-4 explosives inside the Capitol building.*

Rep Ro Khanna: Congress should end the special tax deductions for fossil fuels.

Some propose to use a carbon tax instead to raise tax revenue. I am in favor of a carbon tax, but not as a way to raise tax revenue. The way to raise revenue is to end the special tax deductions. The income from the carbon tax should be redistributed to people with low incomes so that the carbon tax does not ruin them.

*Corporate Lobbyists Are Going to War Against the Build Back Better Plan.*

19 of the top 20 Facebook pages for American Christians are run by Eastern European troll farms, according to a Facebook internal investigation.

What this amounts to is that the troll farms have developed channels of mass influence in the US -- for elections, for instance. Most of the time, they will imitate what their target Christians would say. On occasions, they say what some powerful entity tells them to say.

Where is the outrage over the civil war in Ethiopia? In my case, it is stymied by my lack of understanding of what's happening.

The information I've seen in the press is fragmentary. I don't understand what's occurring, nor why, nor the actions and motivations of the belligerents. Is Ethiopia intentionally starving Tigray? Is Eritrea doing so? Are world powers doing so?

Did Ethiopia really more or less occupy Tigray, or was that Ethiopia's lie? If it was true, how did Tigray bounce back from near total defeat and start attacking other regions? If Tigray is now militarily successful, how come its army cannot open a channel for food aid to flow?

In the past, we would have seen reports from foreign correspondents covering the events. Are there any now? If so, where can we see their reporting?

Now Ethiopia has expelled UN aid officials. The article does not clearly state the motive for expelling them. Is this because there is no known reason? Or does the article refrain from stating it?