New South Wales (a state in Australia) proposes to pass an ag-gag bill. That is unjust already, but it will criminalize protests in many other places.

Australia does not have a bill of rights to protect the right to protest from local infringement like this.

Pelosi announced that the House of Representatives will investigate impeaching the conman.

The reason is the evidence that the conman ordered a cut in aid to Ukraine in order to pressure Ukraine to investigate Hunter Biden.

He has given dozens — or is it hundreds? — of reasons to justify impeaching him and removing him from office. If we could do that, I would be entirely in favor.

However, until the Republicans that control the Senate rediscover a shred of appreciation for their own honor or the national interest, we have no hope of removing him from office after impeaching him.

That being so, impeachment can at most be a political act. Whether to do it is a matter of political strategy. I have been content to leave that strategic decision to Pelosi. If she thinks that now it is a good strategy, I trust her decision.

Greta Thunberg, at the UN, stared coldly at the bullshitter, and may have chased him away from the climate summit, which he did not attend.

All discussions about the climate can make better progress without him. When he participates, it is to interfere. Other US officials can interfere, too, but not as effectively as he can. Also, he lost an opportunity to confuse the public extra.

40 progressive prosecutors elected in 2018 to reduce the rate of imprisonment are facing pushback from thugs, especially the fraction involved in right-wing extremism.

By 2050, many coastal areas will get a hundred-year-flood every year.