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Urgent: Pass the ROBINHOOD act.
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jul-oct.html#22_October_2026_(Urgent:_Pass_the_ROBINHOOD_act.)
Published: October 23, 2026 02:37
US citizens: call on Congress to Pass the ROBINHOOD Act, which would deny use of a tax avoidance scheme by people who are VERY rich. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but…
Urgent: Support for workers in unionizing
Published: October 23, 2026 02:37
US citizens: call on your state governor to give workers support in unionizing. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard.
Urgent: Investigate prosecution of Broadview Six
Published: October 23, 2026 02:37
US citizens: call on Congress to investigate the DOJ's prosecution of the Broadview Six. 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…
Urgent: Reimbursement of Treasury for corrupter's campaign
Published: October 23, 2026 02:37
US citizens: call on the corrupter to reimburse the Treasury for his $19 million ad campaign. Note, the reimbursement should be to the Treasury, from which the corrupter took the money, not to the individual taxpayers who paid it to the Treasury.
Urgent: Raid on Ilhan Omar's home
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jul-oct.html#22_October_2026_(Urgent:_Raid_on_Ilhan_Omar's_home)
Published: October 23, 2026 02:37
US citizens: Stand with Ilhan Omar: condemn the raid on her home.
Urgent: Stop privatizing of Social Security
Published: October 23, 2026 02:37
US citizens: call on Congress to stop the corrupter from privatizing Social Security. 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…
Urgent: Defeat environmental protection rollbacks
Published: October 23, 2026 02:37
US citizens: call on your senators to defeat environmental protection rollbacks in the Senate permitting bill. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard. US…
Deportation thugs attack protesters
Published: October 23, 2026 02:37
Deportation thugs in Frederick, Maryland, attacked protesters and city officials by hitting them with sticks, and by driving cars at them.
Carbon pollution standards for coal and gas-fired power plants
Published: October 23, 2026 02:37
* The EPA is poised to formally repeal carbon pollution standards for coal- and gas-fired power plants.*
Pressure for Australia to stop trade with Israel's colonies
Published: October 23, 2026 02:37
Australia's government is under pressure to stop trade with Israel's colonies in Palestinian territory, and stop selling weapons to Israel, including parts for F-35 fighters destined for Israel. Australia can and should do the first two. But it can't do…
Homeless man in Queensland
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jul-oct.html#22_October_2026_(Homeless_man_in_Queensland)
Published: October 23, 2026 02:37
Thugs in Queensland (a state of Australia) ordered a terminally ill homeless man to move his van, which contained all his possessions, or they would confiscate everything. He had lost his driver's license so he could not move it. He decided he would…
Request to extradite rich American donor from Spain
Published: October 23, 2026 02:37
The persecutor has asked Spain to criminalize leftist political activity with an official request to extradite a rich American donor to various lawful causes including humanitarian aid to people in Gaza.
Three errors that could help magats win
Published: October 23, 2026 02:37
Three errors that could help magats win in November's election: complacency about victory, despair, and cynicism.
Donald Trump Jr's lavish wedding
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jul-oct.html#22_October_2026_(Donald_Trump_Jr's_lavish_wedding)
Published: October 23, 2026 02:37
*Russian oligarch close to Putin reportedly paid for part of Donald Trump Jr’s lavish wedding.*
Richard Dawkins mistake about chatbots
Published: October 23, 2026 02:37
Richard Dawkins made the mistake of supposing that chatbots are conscious (and intelligent) because they sound that way. Referring to chatbots as "AI" has the tendency to lead people to suppose they are as intelligent as they superficially seem, and that…
Powerful US utilities fund "grassroots" groups
Published: October 23, 2026 02:37
*Powerful US utilities secretly fund "grassroots" groups to sway cities away from switch to public power.* It documents the example of a supposed "grassroots" opposition campaign in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Investigating these campaigns and the…
Flesh-eating Vibrio bacteria
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jul-oct.html#22_October_2026_(Flesh-eating_Vibrio_bacteria)
Published: October 23, 2026 02:37
Flesh-eating Vibrio bacteria are spreading around the world due to global heating. They can infect a person who eats raw shellfish, but also get into the body through an open cut or puncture in the skin. An infection can kill the person, or cause loss…
Urgent: Youth Voting Rights Act
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jul-oct.html#17_October_2026_(Urgent:_Youth_Voting_Rights_Act)
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
US citizens: call on Congress to pass the Youth Voting Rights Act, which would eliminate obstacles to registering and voting by young voters who are of voting age but lack experience. US citizens: Join with this campaign to address this issue. To phone…
Urgent: Stop jailing children in deportation prisons
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
US citizens: call on your congresscritter and senators to stop jailing children in deportation prisons. I edited the sample letter to avoid associating myself or my views with religion, and to reject terms such as "detention" and "ICE". You might want…
Urgent: Don't silence overseas voters
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
US citizens: call on the Pentagon not to silence overseas voters.
Urgent: Restore fuel economy standards
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
US citizens: call on Congress to restore fuel economy standards that the saboteur's officials weakened. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard. US citizens: Join…
Urgent: Strictly limit the R&D tax credit
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
US citizens: call on Congress to strictly limit the R&D Tax Credit. I used this as the text of my letter. Please legislate stricter rules for the research and experimentation tax credit, so that the companies that want to impose Alleged…
Urgent: Deportation to unrelated countries
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
US citizens: Thank the Judges Who Ruled Out Deportation to Countries Unrelated to the Deportee.
Urgent: Don't subsidize private schools
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
US citizens: call on the US Treasury not to subsidize private schools. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard.
Suing newspapers before publishing
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jul-oct.html#17_October_2026_(Suing_newspapers_before_publishing)
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
*[The editor of the Wall Street Journal] said the tactic of suing newspapers before they had published a story had become an established PR strategy of the powerful amid greater distrust of the established media.*
Urgent: School desegregation cases
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jul-oct.html#17_October_2026_(Urgent:_School_desegregation_cases)
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
US citizens: call on the DOJ to stop dropping school desegregation cases and stick to Brown v. Board of Education.
Urgent: Protect reimbursement of Planned Parenthood by Medicaid
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
US citizens: call on Congress to protect reimbursement of Planned Parenthood by Medicaid (for services that Medicaid covers) from arbitrary revenge and interference. US citizens: Join with this campaign to address this issue. To phone your…
Airline passenger tied to a seat and then arrested
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
An article seems to say that an airline passenger was tied to a seat, and then arrested, for uttering statements of bigotry. Bigotry is nasty and I will rebuke people for that, but I don't think people should be tied up, let alone arrested, just for…
Federal Reserve changing rules
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jul-oct.html#17_October_2026_(Federal_Reserve_changing_rules)
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
The Federal Reserve is changing the rules to help big banks take dangerous risks, and risk causing nationwide harm.
"War on terror" weakened the first amendment
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
*The "war on terror" weakened the first amendment. Now we desperately need it.*
(satire) Taking $5,000 from every American
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
(satire) *[The Corrupter] Promises to Take $5,000 From Every American If Democrats Win Midterm.*
Summary of mass surveillance in the US
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
A summary of mass surveillance in the US, and how the data thus collected is used against everyone. I protect myself from most of these systems by never using them. But there are a few I can't avoid, such as cameras used to track the public.
Taxing driverless cars
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jul-oct.html#17_October_2026_(Taxing_driverless_cars)
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
*[Driverless] cars should be taxed to offset job losses, thinktank urges.* If the worst problem the cars cause is loss of jobs, taxing them could be sufficient to deal with the problem. Today's driverless cars have other, worse problems: identifying…
Heatwaves and wildfires
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jul-oct.html#17_October_2026_(Heatwaves_and_wildfires)
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
*Heatwaves and wildfires are setting back air quality improvements, UN finds. WMO report details extreme weather events causing climatic feedback loop with serious health consequences.*
New South Wales to limit "screen time" in schools
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
The Australian state of New South Wales will strictly limit "screen time" in schools. The limits will vary with the grade level. I am not an expert on "screens"' effect on students minds. The views of teachers on this subject seem plausible to me. …
Interviews with Israeli intelligence agents
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
A documentary presents anonymous interviews with Israeli intelligence agents about the systems of killing Palestinians, sometimes because heuristics suggested they are HAMAS agents, sometimes merely for disobeying invisible boundaries. More about the…
ChatGPT encouraged user to commit suicide
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
ChatGPT encouraged a user' delusional religious tendencies to the point that he tried to commit suicide, by telling per perse was Jesus.
EDRI reproaches US government
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jul-oct.html#17_October_2026_(EDRI_reproaches_US_government)
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
EDRI reproaches the US government for its attack on Autistici/Inventati. The power to designate a person or organization arbitrarily for punishment, bypassing the trial that anyone accused has a right to, is a standing invitation for government…
Esther Rantzen's plans for assistance in dying
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
Terminally ill broadcaster Esther Rantzen planned in advance to go to Switzerland for assistance in dying — later on. But now that her illness has advanced to the point where she wants to do this, she is considered "too physically fragile" to travel…
Meta platforms manipulate users to stay
Published: October 18, 2026 08:37
Meta (formerly known as Facebook) engineers its platforms to lead people to stay on its platforms almost compulsively, treating human minds as a resource to be mined for profit.
Urgent: Investigate Sen. Collins
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jul-oct.html#10_October_2026_(Urgent:_Investigate_Sen._Collins)
Published: October 11, 2026 08:37
US citizens: call on the Senate to investigate Sen. Collins for possible corruption. 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…
Urgent: Block destruction of national parks and forests
Published: October 11, 2026 08:37
US citizens: call on Congress to block the saboteur in chief from destroying America's national parks and forests. US citizens: Join with this campaign to address this issue. To phone your congresscritter about this, the main switchboard is…
Urgent: Thank Germany for Safeguarding U.S. climate data
Published: October 11, 2026 08:37
US citizens: thank Germany for Safeguarding U.S. Climate Data.
Urgent: Opposing surveilling pricing
Published: October 11, 2026 08:37
US citizens: thank states and cities for opposing surveillance pricing.
Robert Reich on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as Democratic nominee
Published: October 11, 2026 08:37
Robert Reich lauds Bernie Sanders, then encourages Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for the Democratic nomination for president in 2028, although he does not expect she would win it this time. I know one reason that she probably won't win it: the…
Failure to punish Dubya for torture
Published: October 11, 2026 08:37
The US's failure to punish Dubya for torture, in Guantanamo and other parts of the world, paved the way for the persecutor to embrace torture in the US.
Legal excuse for presidents to block investigation
Published: October 11, 2026 08:37
The corrupter's Department of Thwarting Justice has invented a new legal excuse for presidents to block investigation into their conduct by Congress or courts.
Abdul El-Sayed for senator from Michigan
Published: October 11, 2026 08:37
Robert Reich supports Abdul El-Sayed for senator from Michigan.
Digital display of product prices
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jul-oct.html#10_October_2026_(Digital_display_of_product_prices)
Published: October 11, 2026 08:37
The AFL-CIO warns that digital display of product prices is likely to eliminate tens of thousands of jobs in the US while increasing grocery prices significantly. If you think those two consequences are contradictory, it could be that you believe that…
Connected car ideal for coercive control
Published: October 11, 2026 08:37
A connected car is an ideal weapon for coercive control — by people you know, or by strangers working for your country's government, or by strangers working for another country's government.
Datacenter exemption from disclosing air pollution
Published: October 11, 2026 08:37
The polluter in chief has directed his henchmen to give datacenters an exemption from disclosing their toxic air pollution.
Putin forces are bombing food warehouses in Ukraine
Published: October 11, 2026 08:37
The Putin forces are bombing food warehouses in Ukraine.
(satire) GTA VI feature
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jul-oct.html#10_October_2026_((satire)_GTA_VI_feature)
Published: October 11, 2026 08:37
(satire) *Hyperrealistic ‘GTA VI’ Feature Makes Players Serve Out Prison Sentences In Real Time.*
Laws being pushed by Big Chemistry
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jul-oct.html#10_October_2026_(Laws_being_pushed_by_Big_Chemistry)
Published: October 11, 2026 08:37
Big Chemistry is pushing a law to prohibit accusing factories of dangerous pollution based on the sort of air quality monitors that ordinary people can afford.
Right-wing extremist party in Sweden's government
Published: October 11, 2026 08:37
Admitting a right-wing extremist party into Sweden's government has spread hate, cruelty and global heating denialism into the rest of Sweden's parties.
Protecting Koalas and allowing greenhouse gas emissions
Published: October 11, 2026 08:37
Australia is considering a deal to protect more of the forests where koalas (vulnerable) live in exchange for allowing additional greenhouse gas emissions. In effect, planet roasters are holding adorable koalas hostage with a demand to let them continue…
Things FLOCK cameras capture
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jul-oct.html#10_October_2026_(Things_FLOCK_cameras_capture)
Published: October 11, 2026 08:37
FLOCK cameras don't just capture license plate numbers. They capture faces, too, and other aspects of the appearance of people and cars. Often cops search for people photographed while merely standing for a while in one place. We need to do more than…
Neo-Nazis in Republican employment
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jul-oct.html#10_October_2026_(Neo-Nazis_in_Republican_employment)
Published: October 11, 2026 08:37
Some Republican officials are treating and describing neo-Nazis as toxic in their employment. That is a positive change, but they need to understand that if you run in the same circles as Nazis — in the circles that have vicious ideas that attract Nazis…
Support for affordability and accountability
Published: October 11, 2026 08:37
Progressive campaigners report that most Americans would support a political campaign that joins the goals of "affordability" (to benefit the non-rich) and "accountability" (to be imposed on the rich). It is useful to know that this combination —…