Persistent rain has caused flooding in Okayama, Japan. Entire neighborhoods were inundated.

Global heating effects tend to cause this kind of extreme weather, which is why rain-driven floods are much more frequent now than they were 20 years ago.

The numbskull believes, or perhaps pretends, that his joint statement with Dictator Kim was a "contract" for North Korea's denuclearization.

Saboteur Zinke claimed to have revoked the Bears Ears National Monument to "give [it] back to the states and to the people", so now a Canadian company plans to do mining there.

The US deportation thugs transported refugee women shackled in a hot van, denying them water (and vital medicine) for 12 hours. This caused them various injuries and medical problems, beyond the immediate discomfort.

Another was denied medical attention as she had a miscarriage.

She speaks of the lost fetus as if it were a baby, but a fetus is not a baby. We can give compassion to her disappointment while rejecting that incorrect interpretation of the events, and we must reject it lest we unwittingly aid the cause of the religious fanatics that want to prohibit abortion.

Kavanaugh's record shows he would sabotage climate defense if confirmed to the Supreme Court.

Environmental protection, too.

He is on record as saying that presidents should never be sued or investigated.