Senator McConnell dropped his demand for a commitment to preserve the filibuster when center-right Democrats Manchin and Sinema promised to vote to preserve it.

Either way, it will be hard to pass any laws to reduce the harm that Republicans have done, unless in 2022 we elect more Democrats to the Senate (unless Sanders can achieve this with the reconciliation tactic).

In 2022, Republicans will claim, absurdly, that the Democrats "failed to achieve anything". They do this every time.

Poland banned abortion of abnormal fetuses. Women have protested across the country for three nights.

The US and Russia have agreed to renew their principal nuclear weapons limitation treaty. The wrecker was going to let it expire.

Indian thugs attempted to force tens of thousands of protesting farmers to leave their protest camp near Delhi. In a second camp, Hinduist fascists allied with the ruling party led the attack and were supported by thugs.

*Court rules Shell Nigeria must pay for oil damage.*

Extraction companies are in many cases profitable only because they dodge paying the cost of cleaning up their mines or wells.