Bolivia accuses the alleged assassins of President Moïse of having tried to kill Luis Arce in Bolivia, before he was elected president.

Antivax fanaticism is now splitting the right wing.

*Assange: A Threat to War Itself.*

*House Progressives to Pelosi: Reject Divisive Means-Testing in Favor of Universal Benefits.*

I sympathize completely with those who say that wealthy people should be paying more, not receiving more. But the amount we would get from rich people by denying them these benefits would be minuscule, not enough to justify the future weakness that would result from limiting these benefits to poor people.

Instead, we should make the rich pay taxes on all their income and property. That would bring in far more funds. However, Manchin specifically opposes that too.

Why does the spending in the Build Back Better bill have to be specifically "paid for"? It's not something the US needs to do for economic reasons. Deficit spending is entirely possible, and economically desirable now. Congress doesn't trouble to make sure increases in military spending are "paid for" by savings or taxes.

The reason is that plutocratists adopted an arbitrary "pay as you go" rule for spending on things that will help Americans, and that applies to the Build Back Better bill.

Jurists are concerned that expanding the US Supreme Court could undermine the court's legitimacy.

Indeed it could, but Republican manipulations, and the decisions that result, are doing exactly that.

Biden should endorse expanding the court.

Expansion may not be the best solution. I read an article proposing instead to reduce the size of the court, which would kick the most recently elected justices down to appeals courts. However, we don't need "the best solution" — any solution is better than none.

Meanwhile, any such plan will run into Manchin running interference for the Republicans.