Claims about touch screen voting machines
13 November 2026
Claims are circulating about touch screen voting machines that change the vote that the user has already entered. Experts say that those machines are not rigged, but are prone to being hypersensitive, such that slight touches can confuse them.
Members of Congress with investments in Putative Intelligence
13 November 2026
Over 1/5 of the members of Congress (or their close family) has substantial investments in Putative Intelligence.
Quite a few have investments in building data centers.
Windfall profits of oil companies
13 November 2026
The windfall profits of nine giant oil companies over three recent months add up to almost a hundred billion dollars.
In the 1970s, when the oil price spiked because of an OPEC production cut, the US Congress imposed a windfall profits tax on oil companies. If it doesn't do likewise now, that is a measure of how the political influence of the oil companies has become dangerous.
Countries that emit less than 1% of greenhouse emissions
13 November 2026
Countries that emit less than 1% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions are not negligible — they add up to almost 1/3 of the total emissions.
Thus, the argument that emitting less than 1% is an excuse for the country to do nothing to reduce its emissions is a bogus excuse.
Uyghur refugees who fled to Thailand
13 November 2026
China has ordered Thailand to deport to China some Uyghur refugees who fled China and criticize China for persecuting Uyghurs. Thailand is so completely under China's thumb that it intends to obey that order even though these refugees have been offered asylum in Canada, which ought to be safe.
Shame on you, Thailand!
Bill that would deregulate environmentally destructive projects
13 November 2026
*Public Citizen calls on Congress to reject the "compromise" bill that would deregulate many environmentally destructive industrial projects.
Suspicion of brutal confrontation with Congress
13 November 2026
Suspicion that the saboteur in chief may seek a brutal confrontation with Congress.
Holding investigations is not the only way that Democrats in Congress can oppose him. There will continue to be must-pass bills into which they could insert provisions that would help the country and non-rich, but that he would oppose. The saboteur in chief would veto the bills; then what? Will Democrats be determined enough to out-stubborn him?
I suggest that they respond by doubling down: pass another version of the bill, adding a few more good provisions that he would oppose. And repeat this until he cracks.
"Corporate" (plutocratist) Democrats will be the weak link.
Tangible outcome of emissions cuts people can see
13 November 2026
*Australia's climate and energy minister and president of negotiations for Cop31: "We need a tangible outcome focused on implementation [of emissions cuts and finance] that people can see is real."*
Hunger and obesity as closely related problems
13 November 2026
Proposing that governments consider hunger and obesity as closely related problems. The same policies can cause both.
Rule of Law Project
13 November 2026
The Rule of Law Project will prepare criminal cases against the perpetrators who have carried out crimes for the corrupter/persecutor.
The cases will be available to be used by whichever country has the opportunity and courage to prosecute those perpetrators.
Democrats have to take on billionaire class
13 November 2026
Naomi Klein: If Democrats want to keep the blue wave going into 2028, they have to take on the billionaire class.
China's lead on green energy
13 November 2026
*US and rest of world must follow China's lead on green energy.*
Jamestown inundated by rising Atlantic
13 November 2026
Jamestown is slowly but steadily being inundated by the rising Atlantic Ocean, due to global heating.
Urgent: Protect Head Start
12 November 2026
US citizens: call on your congresscritter and senators to protect Head Start from the executive branch sabotage.
See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard.
US citizens: Join with this campaign to address this issue.
To phone your congresscritter about this, the main switchboard is +1-202-224-3121.
Please spread the word.
Assessing benefits of "free trade"
12 November 2026
Defenders of "free trade" policies often argue that free trade between two countries "benefits both countries". That conclusion might be valid if you measure "benefit" by total income for the population of each country. But often it results in more total income for each country's rich and less total income for each country's non-rich.
That's where they ask us to have faith that the increased income of the rich will "trickle down" to the rest. Meanwhile, the rich cite this faith as an excuse to block the channels by which some of that wealth might reach the non-rich.
Difficult to curb NYPD helping LICE
12 November 2026
Mayor Mamdani is finding it difficult to curb the NYPD from actions that assist LICE in its violence, which they find excuses for.
Deaths from excess heat
12 November 2026
Scientists attribute 50,000 deaths in Europe's cities this summer to excess heat, and 2/3 of that to global heating.
Government thugs arrested for torturing protesters
12 November 2026
Serbia has arrested some government thugs for seizing and torturing protesters last year.
Call on Australia to ban import of products from Israel's West Bank
12 November 2026
Calling on Australia to ban the importation of products (including dates) from Israel's colonies in the West Bank.
Billionaire blue collar coalition
12 November 2026
*[The saboteur in chief]'s billionaire-blue collar coalition has been smashed by class politics.*
Refrigerators in French blood banks
12 November 2026
Crackers took control of refrigerators in French blood banks and tried to ruin the blood products. That is not funny &mdash it can kill people.
I enjoy hacking. I have had little to do with cracking.
Impeaching saboteur officials
12 November 2026
How impeaching saboteur officials (not the saboteur in chief) could strengthen Congress's power if it is handled the right way.
Genetically engineered dog cyborgs
12 November 2026
A company aims to develop genetically engineered dog cyborgs guided by computers.
Mink farms as incubators for virus strains
12 November 2026
Mink farms can act as incubators, developing new virus strains that humans can catch. This article suggests monitoring them carefully, but Utah doesn't want to talk about it.
British thugs arrested hundreds of protesters
12 November 2026
British thugs eagerly arrested hundreds of protesters for calmly stating they support Palestine Action. Officials seriously claim that the protest deserves to be condemned as "crime" simply because they have arbitrarily declared it so.
Defeat of magats in Congress
12 November 2026
The defeat of many magats in Congress, motivated by resentment against high prices they imposed, does not imply that Americans have learned to firmly reject fascism and trumpery and defend freedom, democracy, and honesty. We must not take for granted that bullying, cruelty, corruption and tyranny will not take power again. The magat officials still in place, including on the Supreme Court
We must reinforce our weakened system of democratic checks and balances, human rights, and honesty, so that it can expel officials that spit on those values.
Military aid to Israel
12 November 2026
The bullshitter said he would cease military aid to Israel to deprive senator-elect El-Sayed of a criticism to make.
If he really does this, it would be a step forward. But the bullshitter's statements of future plans are hardly serious, so we should not take his statement seriously. It is meant as manipulation, like his other statements to the public.
(I suppose he does make serious commitments to billionaires.)
Reparations in UK should not fall on general public
12 November 2026
The UK should make reparations to the current descendants of former slaves, but financial burden should not fall on the general British public, who can't afford it.
Some in Britain became rich through the slave trade. Many of them exploited British workers too. In many cases, their heirs still have fortunes today. It would be justice to take the reparations from those fortunes.
This suggests a legal principle that, if a certain fortune was originally British, it remains British forever — and subject to British taxation no matter where the heirs may happen to live.
EPA online archive
12 November 2026
The EPA plans to shut down its online archive. This would be a disaster for environmental monitoring and science, and a great gift to polluters.
Harmeet Dhillon resigned from Justice Department
12 November 2026
Harmeet Dhillon, principal sabotage agent in the Justice Department, has resigned in advance of an expected congressional investigation.
LICE agents attacking people that "look" Hispanic
12 November 2026
LICE agents drive around, and when they see someone who looks Hispanic and that they get a hunch about, they jump out and attack — sometimes violently.
They know that the blackwhitingly named "Department of Justice" will protect them from justice.
In order for Congress's power to investigate the conduct of federal agents to be able to stop this, it needs to be augmented with the power to start criminal cases against agents. If Congress needs the help of the Justice Department to do that, sabotage by the attorney general can make the department immune to all checks on its depredations.
Two candidates preaching progressive and kind version of Christianity
12 November 2026
Two candidates preaching a progressive and kind version of Christianity won election to the US Senate from generally conservative states.
Nothing could convince me that there is room in our universe for gods or resurrection of the dead. But those candidates' attitude of kindness wins my admiration.
Despite that, I always feel a twinge of fear when a candidate brings per religion into political actions and argumentation. Of course, I feel this way when magats cite religion as the reason for cruelty. But I worry when a progressive politician cites religion as the reason for helping others. That is not evil, but it carries a seed than can easily be adapted by other politicians into support for cruelty.
Public exposure to carcinogens
12 November 2026
* Natural Resources Defense Council shows how federal rules changes will spike up public's exposure to carcinogens.*
Weak measures to "get money out of politics"
12 November 2026
Corporate Democrats now advocate "getting money out of politics", but the measures they advocate are to weak to achieve the goal.
Saboteur did nothing drastic on election day
12 November 2026
Despite all his blustering and threats, the saboteur in chief ultimately did nothing drastic on election day to attack the election.
It's good news when one of his threats and attacks turns out to be a bluff, but many of them have done long-term harm. His attacks against human rights, human health, Earth's climate, Earth's ecosystems, US news media, US economic competition, and honest enforcement of laws, have been devastating.
Exceeding 1.5°C of global heating
12 November 2026
Scientists warn that exceeding 1.5°C of global heating will start causing permanent damage to areas of ice and snow, including permafrost. To minimize that damage requires bringing the average heating back down below that level as soon as possible.
Office of Labor-Management Standards paid by anti-union organization
12 November 2026
The saboteur in chief appointed to the Department of Labor a saboteur to head the department's Office of Labor-Management Standards. Between her and her spouse, they had been paid $750k by an anti-union organization.
Americans crippled by medical debt
12 November 2026
*Millions of Americans crippled by medical debt despite relief efforts.*
British people don't need to apologize for slavery
12 November 2026
British people don't need to apologize for slavery – but the government does.
The British government today is the same government which in the 18th century and the 19th century encouraged buying slaves in Africa and forcibly transporting them to colonies to be forced to work. So it is responsible for its past actions — just as the US government and state governments are responsible for their past denial of equal rights to certain groups.
Upcoming talk Quito at Central University of Ecuador
12 November 2026
Richard Stallman hará una conferencia en Quito a la Universidad Central del Ecuador el 17 de noviembre a las 08:30. El público está invitado. El software libre y la libertad en la sociedad digital.
Richard Stallman will giva a talk in Quito at Central University of Ecuador, November 17 at 08:30. Free software and freedom in the digital society. The talk is in Spanish at Central University of Ecuador in Quito
Upcoming talk in Quito for the INCISCOS event at Central University of Ecuador
12 November 2026
Richard Stallman hará una conferencia en Quito al evento INCISCOS en la Universidad Central del Ecuador, el 19 de noviembre a las 10:00. El público está invitado. El software libre y la libertad en la sociedad digital.
Richard stallman will give a talk in Quito to the INCISCOS event at Central University of Ecuador, November 19 at 10:00. Free Software and freedom in digital society The talk is in Spanish in Quito at Central University of Ecuador.
Upcoming talk in Guayaquil at Central University in Ecuador
12 November 2026
Richard Stallman hará una conferencia en Guayaquil a la Universidad Central del Ecuador el 23 de november a las 10:00. El público está invitado. El software libre y la libertad en la sociedad digital.
Richard Stallman will give a talk at Central University of Ecuador, November 10 at 10:00. Free Software and freedom in digital society The talk is in Spanish in Guayaquil at Central University of Ecuador
Upcoming talk in Quito at Salesian Polytechnic University
12 November 2026
Richard Stallman hará una conferencia en Quito a la Universidad Politecnica Salesiana el 25 de noviembre a las 10:00. El público está invitado. El software libre y la libertad en la sociedad digital.
Richard Stallman will hold a talk in Quito at Salesian Polytechnic University on November 25 at 10:00. Free Software and freedom in digital society The talk is in Spanish in Guayaquil at Central University of Ecuador.
Upcoming talk in Cuenca at Salesian Polytechnic University
12 November 2026
Richard Stallman hará una conferencia en Cuenca a la Universidad Politecnica Salesiana, el 30 de noviembre à las 16:00. El público está invitado. El software libre y la libertad en la sociedad digital.
Richard Stallman will give a talk in Cuenca at the Salesian Polytechnic University on November 30 at 16:00. Free Software and freedom in digital society The talk is in Spanish in Cuenca at the Salesian Polytechnic University.
Sizewell C nuclear power plant
11 November 2026
A group of UK parliamentarians acknowledge that the Sizewell C nuclear power plant would be a terrible deal for the taxpayers.
Nuclear power tends to be a bad deal, because it is more expensive and takes far longer than renewable generation.
That being so, it provokes suspicion that the government has some hidden reasons for pushing the nuclear plan.
No human at the helm
11 November 2026
*"No human at the helm": Delaware plan would let AI agents run entire businesses.*
If the agents direct the business to commit crimes, no one could be punished. Could the shareholders profit from that outcome? It is crucial to ensure that no one who has control can gain from that.
What made French student protests powerful?
11 November 2026
What has made French student protests so powerful?
Noise from muskrat's new datacenter
11 November 2026
The muskrat's new datacenter, built in a city in Mississippi, has turbine generators that sound as loud as jet engines. One neighbor is suing and asking others to join.
The muskrat has offered to buy the houses in the area for market value, but that is unfair given the trouble that moving would involve. To be a decent man, he should offer twice the market value for each house — he can afford it.
Ebola outbreak could spread outside Africa
11 November 2026
Warning that the current Ebola outbreak, the broadest ever, could spread to countries outside Africa.
Rich countries that have not given money to get the outbreak under control for Africans' sake must now help fund getting the outbreak under control so as to protect their own populations.
Discounting future profits and future disasters
11 November 2026
Some economics departments continue to teach the system of discounting future profits and future disasters, which leads to systematically understating the impact of climate disaster when it happens.