Lies like the bullshitter's lies, told in Germany after World War I, paved the way for Hitler to seize power. The US is not immune.

If Democrats don't want this to happen, they had better ameliorate the life of American masses.

The money spent by US governments on unemployment payments circulates and keeps millions of jobs going. But the unemployment payments will expire in December.

Australia has started making welfare payments, in some localities, via a debit card that limits what they can buy, and tracks them too. This was supposed to reduce their spending on drugs and gambling — but investigation shows it failed to do that.

*The sixth mass extinction is happening faster than expected. Scientists say it's our fault.*

UK thugs spied on antiwar activist Tariq Ali, when he opposed the Vietnam war and when he opposed the conquest of Iraq, and maybe some of the time between.

The surveillance was extreme. *At one point, police reported to MI5 that Ali had collaborated on a book about the Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky with a cartoonist. The confidential report noted the name of the cartoonist’s girlfriend, along with her occupation, her address and friends.*