The US is facilitating the reintegration of Syria's dictator Assad, which includes handing Syria power once again over collapsing Lebanon.

Syria was torn apart between the Assad and the Sunni Islamists that took over the anti-Assad rebels. For a while, the US sent military aid to the rebels but it all fell into the hands of the Islamists.

As Assad's men tortured rebel prisoners, the Islamists persecuted everyone who wasn't Sunni, which drove all those other groups into Assad's camp.

Then PISSI exploded, and Assad got support from Russia and Iran.

If Assad gains more legitimacy, I fear for the survival of Rojava, which is the only state in the region that deserves much support.

*‘White feminists’ are under attack from other women. There can only be one winner — men.*

I agree with the article's point and its values, but I must dispute a detail of its title. The inevitable winner is not all men, but rather patriarchy and the men who align with it. Patriarchy with its idea of masculinity hurts many men, though it hurts women more.

*'Groundbreaking' Win as Court Rules USFWS Can't Ignore Climate Impacts on Joshua Tree.*

The US deported at least 41 children to Haiti although they are citizens of other countries.

They were deported with their parents, who are of Haitian origin but were living in South America. I think it was wrong for the US to send the parents to Haiti.

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The EPA is being sued for reapproving the pesticide paraquat, which it says is "highly toxic".