Republicans in some US towns are defunding their public libraries, or trying to, over objections to books about queer people.

I write "queer" rather than "LGBTQ" because the former is one syllable instead of five and covers the same range of variations.

(satire) *Biden: U.S. Won’t Rest Until Brittney Griner Returned Home To Serve Marijuana Possession Sentence.*

The US should legalize marijuana and free everyone that's in prison for nonviolent crimes relating to marijuana. Then it will speak with moral authority when it calls on other countries not to punish Americans for such offenses.

*Election deniers are one step closer to taking control of voting in 4 key states.*

Amnesty International criticized Ukraine for stationing military units and weapons systems in cities.

It would be absurd to compare this with the pervasive evil of the Putin forces, and it certainly doesn't excuse them. But this is a valid point. Ukraine should heed this criticism and change those practices.

*Justice Department employees ask for expanded benefits to protect abortion access,

… asking for the administration to expand health care coverage to include abortion-related benefits like paid leave to travel out of state and reimbursement for travel expenses.*