US prosecutors go easier on violent fascists than on relatives of violent Islamist.

Schumer will lead an attempt to set aside the filibuster and pass voting rights reform.

This is a wave of public pressure aimed at Manchin and Sinema. I hope it succeeds.

The right-wing majority on the Supreme Court is likely to override anything that interferes with Republican efforts to rig the next election. I believe that replacing that majority needs to go with voting rights laws.

*US, Russia, China, the UK and France who are permanent members of the UN security council agree "nuclear war cannot be won".*

*Destruction of trees, grasses and other plants in world's largest savanna is a major source of Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions.* This adds to the emissions of destroying the Amazon forest.

Brazil under Bolsonaro has hardly tried to enforce its laws against deforestation. He has stated contempt for the goal.

China and Tonga are covering up the cause of death of a "fisheries observer" whose job was to verify that a Chinese fishing boat did not catch more than its allowed limit of fish.