Russian Twitter-bots are supporting Republican efforts to blame Democrats for the shutdown of the government.

This does not necessarily prove collusion. Putin can see for himself how to weaken the US, and would do this even without a quid pro quo.

On the other hand, that doesn't prove there is no collusion.

A few billionaires gave the Rep. Ryan's Republican campaign committee a million dollars as a reward for the tax attacks.

"Billionaire Boom": While World's Richest 1% Took 82% of All New Wealth in 2017, the Bottom Half Got Zero.

Conditions in British prisons are like those in old insane asylums: bad enough to drive people mad, if they aren't mad already.

China is putting political agents in charge of Hong Kong universities, to impose censorship on students and fire noncompliant professors.

Gui Minhai, the Hong Kong publisher that was kidnaped by China and then prevented from leaving China, was arrested to stop him from reaching Beijing for a medical exam at the Swedish embassy. (He is a Swedish citizen.)

It is almost impossible to travel between cities in China without being tracked. Passengers must show identification to take a train, and I think that applies also to buses. In the US, Amtrak checks the identity of passengers, which is why I refuse to use it.