Nicaragua's dictator Ortega is aiming for completeness in the repression of political opposition.

10 Colombian soldiers have been charged with almost 150 murders, as part of the "falsos positivos" murder campaign which involved murdering over 6,000 people around 15 years ago.

The motive for the murders was to inflate body counts and claim bounties meant for killing rebels.

US citizens: phone your senators on July 12 to insist on abolishing the filibuster.

The Capitol Switchboard number is 202-224-3121.

If you call, please spread the word!

US citizens: call on your congresscritter to support the Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2021.

This is a substantial step forward, but not sufficient. We must ban face recognition by private parties too, outside of narrow exceptions.

The Capitol Switchboard number is 202-224-3121.

If you call, please spread the word!

*The real tragedy of the 2003 U.S. invasion is that virtually none of its lessons have been learned. It's easy to understand why. None of its perpetrators have ever suffered any consequences for the damage they inflicted on the country and the world.*

I think that the death of a million or so Iraqis, and the rise of PISSI, are additional tragic consequences of Dubya's invasion.