*Dr. James Phillips worked at Walter Reed hospital and condemned the spreader-in-chief for doing a publicity drive-by outside the hospital, because it endangered the other people with him in the vehicle. Immediately afterward he was fired, but since his job was subcontracted, it is not clear who fired him.*

As usual, subcontracting work causes a lack of accountability. We need laws to make subcontracting so expensive that businesses will only rarely use it.

The US could have arranged to make and distribute Covid-19 vaccine much faster, for an acceptable extra cost.

The UK can no longer block the EU from moving towards a federal democracy.

Nonetheless, it will be a big struggle to avoid enshrining the power of the Euro-zone banks to convert national disasters into perpetual national debt peonage.

*Ro Khanna Applauds 19 House Democrats Who Joined Him in Voting No on Military Budget.*

I applaud them all too.

*Judge orders Georgia counties to halt voter purge ahead of Senate runoff.*

Republicans grasp for every excuse to stop poor people from voting.