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https://www.stallman.org/archives/2020-sep-dec.html#9_December_2020_(Millionaire_tax) -- Argentina Passes "Millionaire's Tax" to Fund Covid-19 Recovery. -- https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/06/argentina-passes-millionaires-tax-fund-covid-19-recovery -- Argentina Passes "Millionaire's Tax" to Fund Covid-19 Recovery -- Sunday, December 06, 2020 -- "We're coming out of this pandemic like countries come out of world wars, with thousands of dead and devastated economies," said one senator. -- >>519

https://www.stallman.org/archives/2020-nov-feb.html#15_January_2021_(Big_tech_crack_down) -- Big Tech companies decided to crack down on right-wing mobs set on overthrowing the US government (or worse) just after they learned that Democrats would control the Senate. It could be a scheme to convince them not to break up those Big Tech companies. I would guess that Big Tech is also working on acquiring a few Democratic senators to block anything that might reduce their power. -- https://theintercept.com/2021/01/13/big-tech-antitrust-biden-ftc/ -- Behind Big Tech’s Crackdown on the Right Is a Fight Over Biden Antitrust Policy -- January 13 2021 -- Silicon Valley is currying favor with the Biden transition. Whether the Biden administration will be as friendly as Obama’s is another question. -- >>579

https://www.stallman.org/archives/2020-nov-feb.html#18_January_2021_(Capitol_rioters_planned_to_capture_and_kill_politicians) -- Capitol rioters planned to capture and kill politicians, say prosecutors. -- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/15/capitol-rioters-planned-capture-kill-officials-say-prosecutors -- Capitol rioters planned to capture and kill politicians, say prosecutors -- Fri 15 Jan 2021 -- Charges so far include hurling fire extinguisher at officer and beating another with flagpole

Federal prosecutors have offered an ominous new assessment of last week’s siege of the US Capitol [ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/09/us-capitol-insurrection-white-supremacist-terror ] by Donald Trump’s supporters, saying in a court filing that rioters intended “to capture and assassinate elected officials”. Prosecutors offered that view in a filing asking a judge to detain Jacob Chansley, the Arizona man and QAnon conspiracy theorist who was photographed wearing horns as he stood at the desk of the vice-president, Mike Pence, in the chamber of the US Senate. The detention memo, written by justice department lawyers in Arizona, goes into greater detail about the FBI’s investigation into Chansley, revealing that he left a note for Pence warning that “it’s only a matter of time, justice is coming”.

“Strong evidence, including Chansley’s own words and actions at the Capitol, supports that the intent of the Capitol rioters was to capture and assassinate elected officials in the United States government,” prosecutors wrote. A public defender representing Chansley could not be immediately reached for comment. Chansley is due to appear in federal court on Friday. Prosecutors and federal agents have begun bringing more serious charges tied to violence at the Capitol, including against a retired firefighter, Robert Sanford, that he hurled a fire extinguisher at the head of one police officer and another, Peter Stager, accused of beating a different officer with a pole bearing an American flag.

In Chansley’s case, prosecutors said the charges “involve active participation in an insurrection attempting to violently overthrow the United States government”, and warned that “the insurrection is still in progress” as law enforcement prepares for more demonstrations in Washington and state >>578 capitals. They also suggested he suffered from drug abuse and mental illness, and told the judge he posed a serious flight risk. “Chansley has spoken openly about his belief that he is an alien, a higher being, and he is here on Earth to ascend to another reality,” they wrote.

The justice department has brought more than 80 criminal cases in connection with the violent riots at the US Capitol last week, in which Trump’s supporters stormed the building, ransacked offices, and in some cases attacked [ https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=_cA2l0n5gPE -- https://invidious.kavin.rocks/watch?v=_cA2l0n5gPE ] police. Many of the people charged so far were easily tracked down by the FBI [ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/13/capitol-attack-arrests-fbi ], which has more than 200 suspects, thanks in large part to videos and photos posted [ https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=LYzsukyYgC4 -- https://invidious.kavin.rocks/watch?v=LYzsukyYgC4 ] on social media. Michael Sherwin, the acting US attorney for the District of Columbia, has said that while many of the initial charges may seem minor, he expects much more serious charges to be filed as the justice department continues its investigation.