*UK government keeping files on [some] teaching assistants and librarians’ [social media posts]* to keep records of criticism of its policies.*

US citizens: call on Congress to pass the School Lunch Debt Cancellation Act, which would pay all student lunch debt and provide meals for all school children henceforth.

Each time trumpet Republican Rep. Jordan held a vote on becoming speaker, the number of Republicans voting against him increased. It is now clear that the insurrectionists cannot elect a speaker.

That is something we can celebrate, but how can the House elect a speaker? Since the speaker does not have to be a member of the House, I suggest looking for a respected older leader, perhaps a retired judge, who is known for more probity than partisanship, to seek support among Democrats and Republicans.

In Israel, Arabs and Israelis now face censorship and punishment if they oppose the war in Gaza.

Israel has damaged 1/3 of the housing in Gaza. It continues deliberately bombing and destroying residential buildings.

The very old St Porphyrius Church, in which civilians were sheltering, was damaged by a missile which hit a nearby building. Although the missile killed some of them, at least nobody tried to attack the church.