Russia has blocked a popular opposition candidate from running for parliament, based on accusations that are strange and hard to believe.

UK health minister Sajid Javid tried to use the standard Republican manipulation, "If you are scared of catching Covid-19, your a sissy. We don't need any precautions here!" But people responded with anger.

This has to be won gradually. The bully built up his US death cult step by step, getting his followers to push each other along one step further into fanaticism, then waiting before the next step.

Everyone: state your support for the Belarus branch of PEN. Lukashenko may shut it down.

* A group of US Democratic senators on Thursday said that newly released materials show the FBI failed to fully investigate sexual misconduct allegations against US supreme court Justice Brett Kavanaugh when he was nominated to the court in 2018.*

Naomi Klein: billionaires still think they can move to escape global heating effects, but most people in wealthy countries are starting to realize there is no safe place to move to.