A giant fracking project in Argentina is close to cancellation. Argentina has promised large subsidies for drilling there, which means that most of the profit would go to the companies and little to Argentina or Argentines.

The New York State Democratic Party cancelled its presidential primary on the grounds that all the candidates except Biden have withdrawn. The election will be held anyway, since it includes other offices as well.

The Sanders campaign objected to this move, since it could reduce the turnout of progressives for other candidates.

I hope progressives understand the importance of replacing right-wing Democrats, and vote as if their lives depend on it -- since they will.

Democrats are coming to understand the danger of Republican voter suppression. However, anything that artificially discourages progressive voters from voting will have a similar effect.

New York City will exclude cars from many streets.

I am eager to see which streets I am familiar with will be included.

New Zealand has nearly eliminated Covid-19 and will start gradually reopening many kinds of businesses.

The lesson here is that a lockdown can be effective, if it is complete enough to stop nearly all transmission and thus eliminate the need for the lockdown.

A small company that does data collection for the conman's campaign got a suspiciously large small business loan, suspiciously fast.