California is considering a law to require all thug departments to publish their policies and standards of conduct.

The staff of Turkey's main non-subservient newspaper have been convicted of supporting terrorist organizations.

Like any tyrant, Erdoğan treats unfavorable reporting as a form of rebellion. Like the troll, if news is not biased in his favor, he calls it "fake", but he goes further and calls it "treason".

The troll will call it "treason" too if he gets enough power.

"Centrist" (plutocratist) Democrats systematically try to pressure progressive candidates to drop out from primaries and let other plutocratist Democrats win. Levi Tillemann, progressive candidate, recorded a phone call whose aim was to convince him to drop out.

A plutocratist Democrat is the next worst thing to a Republican, so let's work to keep progressives in the race, and to help them win.

Several of these plutocratist Democrats seem to be former prosecutors or veterans. Those are not necessarily bad things, but I think they are chosen to appeal to voters who are not progressive, so they make me worry.

Some Democratic senators are investigating the "infiltration" of agents of the Koch brothers in US environmental policy.

Arizona teachers demand a raise, but won't accept it at the expense of other programs to help the non-rich. They demand more tax on businesses instead.