* It’s not possible for the US to prosecute Assange while claiming to be a friend of press freedom. Biden should end this now.*

*Ebrahim Raisi was no moderate, but his death may mean Iran becomes even more hardline.*

I don't see any way that Iran could become less repressive, other than via a revolution which seems rather unlikely.

New York City thugs went to town beating up the protesters they had already arrested.

Even if those protesters deserved to be arrested — a question on which I won't presume to trust the judgment of thugs was valid — it could not justify that violence.

Ilan Pappé: *I'm an Israeli critic of Zionism. Why did border agents detain me at a US airport?*

It seems that US government "security" agencies are meddling politically, which they have no business doing. Fortunately they did not bar his entry to the US this time.

I don't know Pappé's views in detail and I probably would disagree with part of them — but I am incensed at the US government for meddling in this way.

The fascist energizes supporters by saying "fuck you" to Liberals, Democrats, truth, justice, and human decency.

When they start their coup, will we be organized to fight them and defeat them?