Australia is increasing the practice of punishing people without convicting them.

Confiscation without trial is frequent in the US. Vague suspicion (usually related to drugs) is enough. For years we have campaigned to eliminate this practice.

Punishment without trial is unjust regardless of what the alleged crime might be. What's the hurry? Why can't they wait for a trial to decide whether that man is guilty?

Aside from that, this is one of a number of reasons why criminalizing the possession of some published work is a terrible threat to liberty. Various countries have criminalized works on various criteria, but it is dangerous regardless of the criteria. It provides an excuse to search people's computers at any time. What's more, it is easy to make someone guilty of this crime without per knowledge. It is common for your computer to contain image files that you did not ask for and never looked at. You may have a copy of a message even though you deleted it unread.

Biden rejected Michèle Flournoy to head the Pentagon and instead named a retired general, Lloyd Austin, who now works for the military-industrial complex.

Here's how they are working already to sell a world of total surveillance: every move you make will be controlled by the AI that runs your "smart neighborhood".

The wrecker is trying to take away Social Security disability payments from hundreds of thousands of disabled Americans.

Right-wingers believe people who can't get enough money should suffer, even die. They would like to eliminate all social security benefits. But sometimes it is easier to reduce them step by step until nobody considers them important any more.

*On Way Out the Door, Trump EPA Rejects Tightening Deadly Soot Pollution Standards.*

The job we need Biden's economic team to do is more than just getting out of a downturn. It includes curing structural inequality.