Israel finally has a new prime minister and a new government. Yes, it's a fragile coalition, and the new PM is right-wing, but this Tablet article claims that the centrist Yair Lapid has veto power over Bennet's decisions, and that the center and left parliament members can block rightwing agenda. So the outlook seems a bit more optimistic. Even if the coalition falls apart later, there will be new elections, and by then we can hope that Netanyahu might be in prison.
More locally, here's an article about Texas progressives targeting midsize cities such as Grand Prairie, and they mention the recent victory of two Black city council members. So I'm glad they actually proved they could win local elections. I hope they can make a difference in turning the state blue.
Abbott keeps forbidding anyone to have a mask mandate, and has been threatening to build a border wall in Texas--does he even have power to do that? I'm sure the federal government will stop him, but it's still a fucking headache that he continues his saber rattling. At least the federal judge ruled that those suing hospital workers must be vaccinated; at will employment on the side of good for once. Nurses certainly shouldn't go around spreading conspiracy theories about the "experimental" vaccine, when we're still fighting the pandemic.
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