US citizens: tell the President and Congress: No infrastructure deal without climate defense.

The Capitol Switchboard number is 202-224-3121.

If you call, please spread the word!

US citizens: call on Congress to pass a wealth tax.

The Capitol Switchboard number is 202-224-3121.

If you call, please spread the word!

US citizens: call on the Senate to repeal the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force.

The House passed this, but that's not enough to do it.

The Capitol Switchboard number is 202-224-3121.

If you call, please spread the word!

Malaysia plans to increase the repression of blasphemy and nonstandard gender or sex roles.

We think of Malaysia as modern, not fanatical. But countries dominated by Islam tend to be repressive and deny various human rights in the name of religion, including religious freedom.

*At least 64 killed in Ethiopian airstrike on Tigray market.*

When US pilots bombed weddings in the Middle East, perhaps they did not know what they were attacking. However, Ethiopian pilots ought to immediately recognize an Ethiopian market.

When the US claims that all the victims of a bombing were guerrillas, it is hard for Americans to know for certain that this is false. Most of us have never been to the countries where these attacks occurred, and we don't know what is normal there or not. We have to decide whether to believe the US government or believe local people that we don't know much about. Over time, it has become clear that the US often denies civilian casualties.

I expect that Ethiopians know what is plausible in Ethiopian life, and what really could or could not have happened in that bombing.