Australia is now paying welfare benefits through a bank card that will track all spending of them.

A large fraction of those affected by this new system of surveillance are indigenous, and they are campaigning to put an end of this.

What do Republicans want most? To make sure rich people have a low tax rate.

Cutting down old-growth forests has wiped out spotted owls in Canada. Only one owl is remains in the wild in Canada.

US citizens: call on Congress to expand the Supreme Court.

The Capitol Switchboard numbers are +1-202-224-3121, +1-888-818-6641 and +1-888-355-3588.

If you phone, please spread the word!

US citizens: if your congresscritter is a Republican, phone per at 1-833-964-2935 to call for raising taxes on the rich rather than cutting the benefits that non-rich Americans (even those with jobs) depend on. You could add, "Don't threaten to make the US default."