The troll's ambassador to Israel endorsed Israel's colonies on Palestinian territory, and said Israel should keep them.

The US became unsuitable as an honest broker for peace negotiations when it became so biased towards Israel that it could not pressure Israel to make the concessions needed for peace. But the US always used to put up a pretense of trying to lead peace negotiations. The troll has overtly rejected the idea of peace.

Echo Spot is Amazon's bedcam -- a device with a camera that users are encouraged to point straight at their beds. Not to mention the microphone.

I am thinking that I should start asking people I stay with whether they have any devices with cameras or microphones.

The Republican Governors Association set up a "news" site and went to great lengths to disguise its control of the site, trying to pass it off as objective and independent journalism.

The European Commission has abandoned even the pretense of support for freedom of speech in its proposed rules to make internet sites delete "illegal" postings.

Referring to postings as "content", as if they were a commodity, smooths the path to such drastic policies.

The cheater talks about helping working people, but his actions are designed to help the rich.