Venezuela is accused of punishing people horribly based on only a hint of evidence they were guilty of anything:
the Guardian
Beaten, suffocated, forced into an abortion: the fate of one Venezuelan woman under Maduro
Latest Amnesty International report documents ongoing state detention and torture in the South American country – all while its president seeks r...
 It is as bad when Maduro does this as it was when Dubya did this to prisoners in black sites and Guantanamo, and in various massacres in Iraq.
(satire) Cop Annoyed At Assumption That All Police Officers Are As Bad As Him:
The Onion
Cop Annoyed At Assumption That All Police Officers Are As Bad As Him
DALLAS—Stressing that those sorts of boilerplate ways of looking at human beings didn’t help anybody, local police officer Tyler Franklin told ...
(satire) Convicted Felons Give The Corrupter Advice For Going To Prison:
The Onion
Convicted Felons Give Trump Advice For Going To Prison
With the former president facing 91 criminal charges in four indictments, The Onion asked convicted felons to give Donald Trump advice for going to...
Global heating is enabling formerly tropical tiger mosquitoes to spread into northern Europe, bringing formerly tropical diseases with them:
the Guardian
‘A first in Paris’: city fumigates for tiger mosquitoes as tropical pests spread, bringing disease
Parisian health authorities treat French capital for the first time as Zika and dengue-carrying tiger mosquitoes advance through northeastern Europe
 When will we learn to defeat the plutocrats that lobby and propagandize to make so many problems worse?
Republicans in Congress are pushing for the US to invade Mexico, and want to pass laws to make this easy:
The Intercept
As Republicans Thirst for War With Mexico, Democrats Push to Make Them Vote on It
Populist Republicans’ response to the new war powers resolution highlights the growing pains of their anti-war coalition with progressive Democrats.
 Biden won't do what they wish, but the ruiner would do it if he is elected again.
[01/02] Burning Man has changed, over the decades, from a reunion of hippies to a rich people's gathering where some fly in on private jets:
the Guardian
Burning Man attendees roadblocked by climate activists: ‘They have a privileged mindset’
Protesters arrested after blocking route to festival, leading to fiery exchanges and threats
 So environmentalists protested by blocking the road. They call on Burning Man to stop permitting private jets, as well as a few excessive forms of consumption of fossil fuels and single-use plastics. It's sad how so many billionaires (and the far more numerous decibillionaires) distort our society.
The US versus the planet roasters, as they become ever more obdurately opposed to civilization's survival: https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/as-idalia-threatens-florida-it-s-time-to-hold-big-oil-accountable-for-climate-disasters
President Biden: Don't Give Wall Street Control of Our Public Water Systems: https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/president-biden-don-t-give-wall-street-control-of-our-public-water-systems Biden flip-flops between opposition to plutocracy and abject surrender to plutocracy.
Many UK universities and organizations are sponsored by, or buy from, organizations participating in the systematic brainwashing of the Uyghurs:
the Guardian
Britain has done more than ignore the Uyghur genocide – from politics to business, it is complicit | Rahima Mahmut
UK companies and even universities are playing a role in human rights abuses, says Rahima Mahmut, executive director of Stop Uyghur Genocide
Covid-19 is still dangerous, and infection rates are increasing. Governments are neglecting it:
the Guardian
Covid cases are surging. We need more from government than ‘Keep coughing and carry on’ | Arwa Mahdawi
Almost a year after Joe Biden declared the pandemic over, coronavirus is still officially a ‘global health risk’. So what are the authorities i...