*Republicans scrape back control of US House after underwhelming midterms.* This means that one dissenter among them can defeat any legislative plan. The Senate is likely block their bills, too.

The question is, how far will Republicans go in holding the whole country hostage to impose their demands.

A volley of Musketry has driven out 3/4 of Twitter's remaining employees.

This reinforces my suspicions that Musk's damage to the company is his aim, not a mistake.

*Xi Jinping's cordial tone at G20 does not herald softer foreign policy.*

He is playing two roles in parallel: good empire-conqueror and bad empire-conqueror.

Iranian thugs were recorded shooting at the public in a metro train station in Tehran. Other thugs attacked women inside the train.

To thwart the plan to use face recognition against protesters, I suggest protesters arm themselves with the tools required for destroying the state repression cameras mounted in public places where protests are likely. That would include ladders.

There is no chance that Corbyn will be allowed to run again under the Labour Party banner. Starmer is blocking anyone who wants change that goes beyond tweaks. Corbyn says he will run for reelection; perhaps he will have to run as an independent.

Given Starmer's plutocratist policies and dirty tricks for imposing them on the party, it is clear he will not allow Momentum or anyone else who wants more leftist policies to have any influence. If I were British, and if Corbyn had inspired me to join Labour, I would quit and support something else.

Could Corbyn join the Green Party and perhaps run as a Green candidate?