US citizens: call on your senators to pass a resolution to block the arms sale to the UAE.

The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and 888-355-3588.

If you call, please spread the word!

Massachusetts residents: call on Governor Baker to sign the thug department reform bill.

*Because She Was Wrong About Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Libya, Daniel Ellsberg Joins Campaign Against Flournoy.*

*Greta Thunberg Says Denmark's 30-Year Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Not Fast Enough.*

She's right, of course. We know from scientific modeling that we need to get rid of most greenhouse emissions by 2030. Denmark's decision to stop all exploration now is good; the rest of its plans are an improvement but still not good enough.

The bully is eager to execute Lisa Montgomery before Biden gets a chance to perhaps commute her sentence to imprisonment; but what larger conclusions should we draw?

First of all, this reminds us that US trials are generally sloppy and often unfair, for the whole range of crimes. Defendants who are innocent usually plead guilty, because they have no hope of paying for a proper defense.

Second, we see that the US system of public health is horribly inadequate.