*IMF warns emissions policies 'grossly insufficient' and urges green recovery.*

It is noteworthy that an organization which in general serves plutocracy says this. It seems that the planet roasters have lost out to other interests in one important contest.

*New Analysis Finds Barrett Sides Against Consumers, Immigrants, Workers, and More.*

Barrett is willing to consider letting the wrecker unilaterally delay the election. That would be quite a stretch to the US Constitution, and shows that she is prepared to go to great lengths to help the wrecker seize unconstitutional power.

*Social Security's Cost of Living Adjustment Is Inadequate. Democrats Have a Plan to Fix That.*

After Republicans stacked the appeals court, it approved the Texas voter-suppression measure of allowing only one ballot drop-off per county.

I am curious to see their rationale, but I suspect it is based on taking at face value the pretense that this is a measure to prevent fraud, and disregarding the question of what effect it will really have.

That gives officials a free hand to oppress people: just fabricate a motive that would have been legitimate, no matter how absurd.

(satire) *"For just $3 per shipment, Amazon users who are outwardly critical of our company can have their packages delivered in a blank cardboard box without any logos or branding so they’ll never get called out for being hypocritical."*