Brazil's lower house used the plane crash of a football team as cover for passing a bill to eliminate penalties for corruption of officials.
Of the 513 members of the lower house, 450 voted for this.

Trump wants to pass a law allowing people to carry concealed guns anywhere in the US if they get approval in some (any) state.
If all states had strict standards, this might be ok.

US citizens: call on your senators to oppose bills that undermine science and science-based policies.

US citizens: phone the White House at (202) 456-1111 and call on Obama to stop the siege of pipeline protesters. Thugs are cutting off supplies and ambulances; if the thugs attack again and injure more protesters, they could lose organs or die due to this.

Everyone: call on journalists not to disguise racism behind the innocent-sounding term "alt-right".