The Republican death cult is killing Americans — its believers, and people who come in contact with them. It is doing its best to endanger anyone it can.

* Following the leak of IRS documents that shed additional light on the prevalence of tax dodging among the wealthiest Americans, a group of House Democrats on Thursday said President Joe Biden must swiftly appoint a new Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division if he hopes to crack down on unlawful evasion tactics.*

*Man who pleaded guilty in murder-for-hire case planned to pin killings on Black Lives Matter.*

Perpetrators of right-wing violence have made a habit of flying false flags. Consider "umbrella man" who started violence in protests about the murder of George Floyd, and the way the perpetrators of the Jan 6 attack on the Capitol now claim that it was "Antifa" which carried out that attack.

I have to wonder how much of this plan was suggested and promoted by the FBI informant. The FBI's MO includes leading people by the nose into participating in a criminal plot. We can't tell whether the accused entered the plot of per own motivation, in which case the conviction is valid deserved, or was effectively entrapped, in which case the conviction is invalid.

A racist bully in Michigan was sentenced to 5 years in prison for a bloody attack on a black teenager for using the same beach.

UK universities find that many students are fed up with virtual courses and want to attend class physically. Others feel the opposite.

If you are a student, or have been admitted, and you are disgusted with being forced to use nonfree software for the university, you can make a difference right now by telling the university you don't want to do that. Keep your language civil, but show how strongly you feel this.