US citizens: call on Hillary Clinton to stop supporting Monsanto.

One of the Koch brothers was a Bircher in the 60s and put money into fighting against civil rights.

Israel has created an opportunity to invade Gaza again. This gives it a chance to kill or wound hundreds of Palestinians, with an excuse to shield the killers from prosecution.

This is retaliation for rockets launched from Gaza, generally not by Hamas. These rockets are quite warlike but almost never hurt anyone. Effectively they are like a raised fist, which Israel generally responds to with attacks that kill plenty of civilians.

This cycle of violence started with the murder of three Israeli teenagers, to which Israel responded by arresting hundreds of Palestinians unrelated to the murder (generally without charges), and sending troops into Arab areas to harass large numbers of people. This predictably inspires young Palestinians to throw stones, which is an opportunity to shoot tear gas, which often injures people, and also an opportunity to shoot bystanders dead. It's even possible for a soldier to kill Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets or tear-gas canisters.

Israeli civilians living in colonies ("settlements") in Palestine are launching attacks against nearby Palestinian villages.

Here's Juan Cole's analysis.

The Afghan presidential election preliminary results declared Ashraf Ghani the winner, but Abdullah Abdullah accuses Ghani's campaign of ballot-stuffing and says he will set up a parallel cabinet.

I have no way to judge what the truth is, but running an election properly includes preventing opportunities for ballot stuffing.

Chinese writer Murong Xuecun asked the Chinese thugs to arrest him as they had arrested his friends.