Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has filed a criminal complaint against the wrecker for sedition on Jan 6.

This means that officials need to decide whether to charge him, and if they don't, the public can call on them to justify their decision.

Measuring how far the US Senate is from democratic.

According to the figures in the spreadsheet in that article:

Population the 50 Republican senators represent: 142,991,983 (44%)
Population the 50 Democratic senators represent: 184,541,791 (56%)

The Taliban, in peace negotiations demand the release of two prisoners in Guantanamo.

The US should release all the prisoners in Guantanamo, because they have been imprisoned without trial and many have been tortured as well.

*As 'Dark Stain' of Guantánamo Begins 20th Year, Groups Demand Biden Close Offshore Prison.*

The main practical obstacle is finding a place each one can go — but these two Afghans do have a place to go.

British scientists: Britain needs to plan to deal with Covid-19 into 2022, or even later.

The virus could reappear after every human has been vaccinated if it can survive in nonhuman hosts. We might be able to eradicate it from those hosts — we could at least try.

The leader of B'tselem denounces Israel's system of slightly veiled apartheid.