Houston's newly elected prosecutor has decided to stop prosecuting possession of marijuana, and to stop keeping people in jail for months for being poor.

Trumponomics: Neocon Neoliberalism (and unilateralism) Camouflaged with Anti-Globalization Circus.

Three journalists have been murdered, one by one, in the Maldive Islands.

It goes with the tyranny that was set up after the overthrow of the only elected president, Nasheed. I suspect that oil interests played a role in the coup that overthrew Nasheed, because he campaigned at the global level to curb the greenhouse gas emissions that will eliminate the Maldive Islands.

Most of the troll's executive orders don't really change anything. They only start a procedure that might possibly change something.

That doesn't make them harmless. The agencies that will carry out these procedures are run by saboteurs appointed by the troll, and they will do their utmost to take advantage of these opportunities for sabotage.

The US government is prosecuting 200 protesters for the "felony" of participating in a protest where someone broke windows.

Even for those who broke the windows, 10 years in prison is repressive in the extreme.