Saturday, June 4th, 2022

Time	Event
6:49a	Urgent: Phone your congresscritter and ask per to pass the No Tax Breaks for Union Busting Act US citizens: phone your congresscritter and ask per to pass the No Tax Breaks for Union Busting Act. The Capitol Switchboard number is +1-202-224-3121. (Comment on this)
8:49a	Republicans winning support from groups that stand to lose from Republican policies The Republican Party is winning support from various sorts of groups who stand to lose from Republican policies, through party-operated "community centers". (Comment on this)
8:49a	Florida Republicans passed a "red flag" law where courts can order for guns to be taken away Some years ago, Florida Republicans passed a "red flag" law by which a court can order someone's guns to be taken away, for a range of possible causes. The order lasts only a year or two, but the practice seems to have some good effect. However, Republicans have become more fanatical since then. Governor DeMantis wants to get rid of the law. (Comment on this)
8:49a	Republican congresscritter show off the guns which endanger his family A Republican congresscritter who supports overthrowing the US government showed off his gun collection by video to a congressional hearing, focusing on how some of his guns would be "banned" by proposed laws. He repeated the right-wing false claim that these guns "protect" his family. Actually they endanger his family more than protect it. As I understand it, those proposed laws would ban sale of those guns, not possession of them. Thus, his criticism misrepresented them. However, I am in favor of taking away his guns, for two reasons: Because he supports overthrowing the government and imposing minority rule. To protect his family from the danger of guns in the house. (Comment on this)
8:49a	Massacres ended through gun control measures Australia, New Zealand and the UK experienced large massacres, and put an end to the problem by through gun control measures. The measures they used were not identical, but they were all sufficient to do the job. (Comment on this)
9:19p	Deutsche Bank sub-unit raided to investigate fraud charges A sub-unit of Deutsche Bank was raided to investigate charges of fraud — greenwashing its investment funds. (Comment on this)
9:19p	The Putin forces are advancing slowly but unceasingly around Sievierodonetsk. The Putin forces are advancing slowly but unceasingly around Sievierodonetsk. I hope the Ukrainian army can get its troops out and avoid losing them. More info. (Comment on this)
9:19p	Bogus Johnson has changed the ministerial code so that it doesn't say he is obliged to resign. Bogus Johnson has changed the ministerial code so that it doesn't say he is obliged to resign. (Comment on this)
9:19p	Killing of reporter referred to International Criminal Court Lawyers asking the International Criminal Court to investigate Israel's killing of Palestinian journalists have added Shireen Abu Aqleh to the case. (Comment on this)
9:19p	Alaa Abd El Fattah has been on hunger strike for two months and is close to death Egyptian freedom fighter Alaa Abd El Fattah has been on hunger strike for two months and is getting close to death. His supporters hope the UK will try to have him released. (Comment on this)
9:19p	The Australian election demonstrates the virtue of ranked choice voting. The Australian election demonstrates the virtue of ranked choice voting. (Comment on this)
9:19p	Group who worked with UK media to sue government over failure to relocate them to Britain The UK promised asylum to several Afghan journalists who now face violence for their relationship with British media. They have applied formally for asylum but the UK government has given them no response. Could it be that the promises came from Tories? (Comment on this)
9:19p	British empire nostalgia played part in Brexit vote, says Nobel laureate *British empire nostalgia played part in Brexit vote, says Nobel laureate.* The idea is that the cover-ups of repression in colonies enabled the British empire to look good until it fell, and after. Another pertinent point is why the UK was able to prosper and build such an empire, despite being so small. The reason was, because it was the first country to go through the industrial revolution, in the 1700s. It has no such advantage now. (Comment on this)
9:19p	Victoria’s Secret pays sacked Thai workers $8.3m in ‘wage theft’ settlement Victoria's Secret has been compelled to pay 8 million dollars as mandatory severance pay to Thai workers whom it had dismissed. Some places require poor people to pay money in advance for things like electricity and heat. To treat human beings that way is harsh but businesses are not human beings, and that just gave me an idea. If a business ever fails to pay some workers the wages they have earned, it should be put on a scheme requiring it to deposit wages in advance. The company should hand over the next week or month's wages to an agency that will distribute them to the company's workers. If ever the company fails to pay in advance this way, its work will shut down. (Comment on this)
9:19p	Elon Musk welcomes global recession: ‘it’s been raining money on fools for too long’ *[Elon Musk] has received loans and tax breaks to help keep Tesla afloat, now he says other companies should go bankrupt for the good of the economy.* (Comment on this)
9:19p	Last Salem "witch" pardoned 329 years after wrongful conviction *Last Salem "witch" pardoned 329 years after she was wrongly convicted.* (Comment on this)

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