China plans to arbitrarily block Hong Kongers from leaving Hong Kong. Presumably it would do this to stop people from emigrating.

The Soviet Union used to require citizens to get exit visas to be allowed to leave that country. The assumption was that most people, if they could ever get out, would not return. Does China do this nowadays?

Another tactic used by the Soviet Union was to use relatives of hostages: you would not be allowed to leave unless some of your family stayed home. I expect to see this in Hong Kong too.

DeJoy has another plan to slow down some first class mail.

The Burmese army is arresting organizers of protests.

The thugs who knocked down protester Martin Gugino will face no charges because the grand jury voted not to indict them.

It is always a surprise when a grand jury votes not to indict, because that hardly ever happens. Prosecutors dominate grand juries so effectively that they almost always get the results they want. Thus, I have to wonder whether the prosecutor intended to fail. Prosecutors want good cooperation with thugs and often have right-wing views, so it is plausible that a prosecutor might choose to fail to prosecute thugs for attacking a protester.

Whether that happened in this case is only speculation, but we know it does happen. Members of a grand jury accused the attorney general of Kentucky of concealing options so as to prevent indictment of thugs, then lying to the public about what he had done.

The FAIR Act is a bill that would eliminate forcing arbitration on workers and customers.