* We [Britons] feel besieged and imperiled, and the Johnson government is seizing the chance to weaken our most fundamental liberties.*

US citizens: call on Congress to write the budget reconciliation bill to follow the INVEST Act — raising taxes on the rich and investing public transit.

The US could spend that money on public transit without any increase in taxes; it can handle a larger deficit. But taxing the rich more is a good thing to do, just as investing more in public transit is a good thing to do.

Restorative justice can be more effective than punishment, for avoiding future harm and future crime.

Biden has done nothing to make non-medical workplaces protect workers from Covid-19.

Pinochet justified his coup in Chile by accusing President Allende (falsely) of planning mass murder. Pinochet's party believed this, and considered his coup justified. The supporters of the bully's cult are trying to do that here. What can straighten them out?

I think putting the bully on the witness stand under oath can help correct his lies. If he lies on the stand, he could be charged with perjury. If he tells the truth, some of his followers may wake up.