Summarizing the most harmful points in Florida's new voter-suppression law.

Texas Republicans passed a bill to interfere with voting in a number of ways. This article describes how Democrats resisted efforts to make it even worse.

The article mentions the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. The only way to get these past the coup-supporting Republicans in the US Senate is to eliminate the filibuster, and that requires the support of a few plutocratist die-hard Democrats.

I hope someone has a plausible plan for how to achieve this, a plan I could support. So far I have not seen any discussion of one.

*Global Protests Target Banks Funding Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline.*

I wish I had found out a week ago and could have posted an urgent note suggesting that people participate in these protests. Does anyone know where these plans are announced in advance? If necessary, I will recruit developers to help you access the announcements without running nonfree JavaScript code, then link to them here.

Private equity fund managers arranged to have their management fees taxed as capital gains rather than as ordinary income. This intentional giveaway to the abusive finance industry is referred to by the misnomer of "carried interest loophole". It may be eliminated soon.

I am in favor of this change, but it won't be enough to put an end to the "private equity" funds that have eliminated many companies we used to deal with.

*FTC Report Finds Manufacturers' Repair Restrictions Unwarranted.*

I support the right to repair movement but its goal is only a first step. It should be illegal to block purchasers of a product from replacing the software embedded in it, or to impede them from together to replace that software with free software.

The Tories will impose a voter-ID law on the UK. Apparently they found the voter-suppression effect quite satisfactory.