Sanders published the draft plan for the budget resolution, which will aid the poor in many ways.

However, I see nothing significant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Since climate defense was omitted from the infrastructure bill too, this is disaster. We need to act boldly and urgently, and the budget resolution is one of the few opportunities to stop Republicans from filibustering it.

The UK's system for auditing large companies is untrustworthy; this has been known for years. But there is no effort to fix it. The Tories find no difficulty making life painful for the poor and weak (though they will pretend it isn't happening), but they haven't got the stomach to give the rich and powerful any bad-tasting medicine.

*How in the world is Louis DeJoy still the postmaster general?*

Biden must choose a climate defender as commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

If you have recovered from Covid-19, get vaccinated. Vaccination makes it less likely you will get infected again. It also reduces the likely severity of a subsequent reinfection.