Thugs in some parts of the US are collecting DNA samples from people merely because of vague suspicions.

US prisons are forcing prisoners to enter themselves in a voice print data base, to recognize when they are calling. When these prisoners are released, their data won't be deleted.

This practice will not remain limited to prisoners and former prisoners.

It is not sufficient that some billionaires give large sums to charity, seeking thus to influence society in accord with their own wishes. We must tax them so the state has money to carry out the people's decisions rather than the billionaires' wishes.

The state has a big job to do, and that costs a lot of money. Everyone but the poor must contribute what they can, and wealthy people can contribute more.

The billionaires in Davos did not seem to worry that we might make them pay their fair share of taxes. Or even make them pay a 70% marginal rate on the income after the first 10 million.

But we will get there.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. Thanks to Ms Ocasio-Cortez, we have reached the stage where they laugh.

After the bullshitter talked of removing some of the US troops from Afghanistan, the Senate started voting to condemn that withdrawal. The one and only issue on which the Senate dares reprove the bullshitter is when he doubts militarism.

Bernie Sanders voted against the resolution, saying he opposes endless war.

A study published by The Lancet holds the global food system responsible for the obesity of many people and the malnutrition of many others, as well as for a substantial part of global heating.