Richard Stallman's Political Notes

Urgent: Federal worker lifelong secrecy agreements

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 05:04:48 +0000

US citizens: submit an official comment to the Office of Personnel Management opposing the plan to require federal workers to sign lifelong secrecy agreements covering everything they do and know about their jobs.

I have condemned since around 1980 nondisclosure agreements that cover generally useful technical information, and refused ever to agree to one. These nondisclosure agreements are a different moral issue; they will be aimed protecting corrupt and treacherous acts inside federal agencies.

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Urgent: Investigate FBI's raid on voter registration activity

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 05:04:48 +0000

US citizens: call on your congresscritter and senators to investigate the FBI's raid on a voter registration activity.

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Urgent: Reject magats' attempt to obstruct mailing of ballots

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 05:04:48 +0000

US citizens: call on the USPS to obey its mandate by rejecting the magats' attempt to obstruct the mailing of ballots to voters.

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Urgent: Reject deeper embedding of U.S.-Israeli military cooperation

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 05:04:48 +0000

US citizens: call on your congresscritter and senators to reject the deeper embedding of U.S.-Israeli military cooperation.

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Judges challenge corrupter's $1.8bn slush fund

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 05:04:47 +0000

*Bipartisan group of ex-federal judges challenges [the corrupter]'s $1.8bn [corruption slush fund]* in a lawsuit.

They have also urged the judge who approved this self-dealing "settlement" to reopen the decision and investigate whether the case that it "settled" was fraud on that court.

Around 17,500 people deported to countries they've never seen

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 05:04:47 +0000

The persecutor has deported around 17,500 people to countries they have never seen before. Most of them do not speak the local language and can't live there.

Even worse, many of those countries intend to send those deportees back to their countries of origin, where they are likely to be tortured or killed.

Magats don't mind killing an immigrant and are glad to involve another intermediate country as an excuse.

Abortion prohibitions hinder treatments after miscarriages

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 05:04:47 +0000

US state abortion prohibitions hinder treatment after miscarriages.

Adopt ranked choice voting for presidential primaries

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 05:04:47 +0000

Calling on the Democratic Party to adopt ranked choice voting for the presidential primaries of 2028.

Israel expanding part of Gaza where Palestinians are shot on sight

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 05:04:46 +0000

Israel is expanding, step by step, the part of Gaza where Palestinians are to be shot on sight. Originally it was 53% (plus a roughly defined border strip). Then it expanded to 60% plus... Now Netanyahu has ordered widening it to 70% plus the border strip.

Urgent: Call media to cover FBI election raids

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:38:19 +0000

US citizens: call on CNN, NBC and the New York Times to cover the FBI's election intimidation raids.

Urgent: Ban surveillance pricing

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:38:19 +0000

US citizens: call on your state's governor to protect consumers and ban surveillance pricing.

Urgent: Restore screwworm control funding

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:38:18 +0000

US citizens: call on your congresscritter and senators to restore screwworm control funding.

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Israeli occupied Lebanon resembles West Bank

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:38:23 +0000

Life in the part of Lebanon under Israeli occupation resembles the West Bank. Shi'ites are being forced out of their towns entirely. Sunnis, whose farms have been effectively confiscated, are living amidst patrolling Israeli soldiers under an all-night curfew and anyone who goes outdoors is likely to be shot dead.

Tony B'liar's parting advice for the Labour Party

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:38:23 +0000

Tony B'liar's parting advice for the Labour Party: to become the third right-wing lunatic party, competing with the Gory Party and Deform.

Arbitrarily blocking immigrants renewing truck driving licenses

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:38:22 +0000

Magat officials are arbitrarily blocking many immigrants from renewing truck driving licenses even though they are authorized to work in the US.

EPA prioritizing big business

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:38:22 +0000

Under magat control, the EPA is *prioritizing big business over public health.*

(satire) Listerine Leaves germs alive

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:38:22 +0000

(satire) *Listerine Leaves 0.1% Of Germs Alive To Spread Message Of Terror Throughout Microbial Community.*

Urgent: Reject Todd Blanche

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:38:28 +0000

US citizens: call on the Senate to Reject Todd Blanche for Attorney General.

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Urgent: Expose Supreme Court for playing politics

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:38:27 +0000

US citizens: call on the media to expose the Supreme Court for playing politics.

Urgent: Resist bully's air travel shutdown

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:38:27 +0000

US citizens: call on the Senate to resist the bully's air travel shutdown, meant to punish cities that won't help the deportation thugs.

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Report by Democratic National Committee

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:38:27 +0000

The Democratic National Committee commissioned a report about why the Democrats lost the 2024 presidential election, then refused for a long time to release it.

Facing public pressure, the committee released the report, after saying the report was badly flawed for disregarding a very important point: the effect of Democrats' refusal to criticize Israel firmly about Gaza.

It seems that the report was written to avoid that issue. I wonder who decided to write the report that way.

Asylum seekers in the UK

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:38:26 +0000

The UK Labour Party, competing to outdo the extreme right-wing in harshness to refugees, plans that each asylee will get a review every 2.5 years — and these reviews will continue for 20 years before the refugee is allowed to remain permanently.

The policy is, I think, meant to drive refugees to seek asylum elsewhere.

Ministry of Truth deleted Jan 6 participants from DOJ site

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:38:26 +0000

The Ministry of Truth has deleted from the DOJ web site the information about prosecutions of participants in the bully's Jan 6 attack on the Capitol.

Bullshit generators suggesting changes to faces

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:38:26 +0000

Bullshit generators can give users recommendations for what to change in their faces using plastic surgery, but they may be dangerous or foolish.

The recommendations may unreliable, impossible, or injurious, but users become dead set on getting these operations and then may ruin their lives by having them or seeking the funds to have them.

I suspect that calling those programs "bullshit generators" instead of "AI" would help some people turn away from them.

How Europe can defeat Putin's ambitions

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:38:26 +0000

Advice on how Europe can defeat Putin's ambitions.

Bossware spreading to more workers

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:38:26 +0000

"Bossware", which a company runs to snoop on and send commands to workers, is spreading to control more and more workers.

Bossware is oppressive, of course. On the general level, it is oppressive because it is a nonfree program. More specifically, systems that give orders to people are treating them like machines.

The article bemoans the confusion that comes from using the term "AI" to refer to both bossware and LLMs. That is not the only confusion that comes from the term "AI". Let's reject that term, and use the terms "bossware" and "LLMs" instead.

Second indictment of James Comey

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:38:25 +0000

The second indictment of James Comey, after the first prosecution failed, shows the persecutor's determination to hurt his opposition, by hook or by crook.

(satire) ICE ransom of Minnesota

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:38:25 +0000

(satire) *ICE Issues Ransom Note Demanding $65 Billion If U.S. Wants To See Minnesota Again.*

Only way out of Iran war

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:38:25 +0000

It looks like the would-be bully is coming to recognize that the only way out of his war with Iran is to climb down, accept partial defeat, and draw a pretty face on it. Given the circumstances, that choice is less harmful than any of the other options, but militarist Republicans are enraged.

I am disappointed (though not surprised) that this has done nothing to advance the cause of human rights in Iran, nor even to find out how many dissidents the Islamist fanatics have killed.

Saboteur in chief not acting as constitutional president

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:38:25 +0000

Robert Reich argues that the saboteur in chief does not act as a constitutional president, and does not deserve the title of "president".

I agree, but Reich does not suggest what to call him instead.

I have a number of suggestions in the glossary page.

Torture and sexual abuse by Israeli thugs

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:38:25 +0000

Australians who were seized by Israel from the Gaza aid flotilla report torture and sexual abuse by Israeli thugs.

Australian PM Albanese pleads ignorance of whether those reports are true, but some of the victims were diagnosed with broken bones from torture. Those should be easy to verify with an x-ray. Even bruises will have been recorded by medics in Turkey and Australia.

Albanese should verify the facts quickly and then act accordingly.

Inadequate medical attention in deportation prisons

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:38:24 +0000

Abusive deportation prisons tend to give prisoners totally inadequate medical attention, systematically refusing to examine problems that sometimes turn out to be very dangerous.

This can lead to death, or to a fate worse than death, such as dementia.

US sanctions on ICC members

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:38:24 +0000

*Former prosecutor calls for EU statute blocking US sanctions on ICC members.*

Varroa mites immune to chemical to protect bees from them

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:38:24 +0000

Varroa mites, which are parasites on bees, have become immune to the chemical that is used to protect bees from them. This could lead to disaster.

Scheme to demoralize Americans about corruption

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:38:24 +0000

The corrupter and his capi are now making their corruption totally blatant as a scheme to demoralize Americans who might perceive something wrong about corruption.

Urgent: Boycott Home Depot

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:38:16 +0000

US citizens: call on Home Depot and Lowe's to stop spying on customers.

Urgent: reject Bill Pulte for Director

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:38:16 +0000

US citizens: call on your senators to reject Bill Pulte for Director of National Intelligence.

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Urgent: USPS vote by mail rule

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:38:16 +0000

US citizens: call on USPS to withdraw its proposed limits on who can vote by mail.

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Urgent: tell congress no child should be separated

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:38:15 +0000

US citizens: call on Congress to require that deportation thugs not separate a child from per family.

Sea level rise

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:38:15 +0000

Summarizing the state of protecting the oceans, both surface and bottom, from damage by human society.

Losing track of a prisoner

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:38:15 +0000

Prisons in the US sometimes lose track of a prisoner, making it impossible for relatives and lawyers to contact per. The result is terrible. This article focuses on Malik Muhammad; Oregon sent per into a South Carolina prison and per family could not tell where perse was.

I found this article gratuitously hard to understand because of its unannounced and unexplained use of plural pronouns to refer to Malik Muhammad. For each plural pronoun there was some group of people that it could have referred to. I had almost reached the end before I realized I had been misunderstanding over and over.

This sort of problem is part of the reason why I completely reject use of plural pronouns for an individual. For the situations where I don't know someone's gender, and for people who assert non binary gender, I use gender less singular pronouns.

We should all switch to them, to make our speech and writing easier to understand.

Home Office-sponsored report

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:38:15 +0000

The author of a UK government report on drug trade in the UK run by China reports on repeated attempts to corrupt him.

Todd Blanche’s nomination

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:38:14 +0000

The bully's nominee for attorney general has been one of his henchmen since 2023.

He has already attempted many injustices for his master.

Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:38:14 +0000

Palestinians testify about being beaten and raped in Israeli prisons.

No matter what the reason for putting someone in prison, even if it was a sentence resulting from a fair trial, torturing per is never justified.

Urgent: Plan to increase maritime speed limits

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:38:12 +0000

US citizens: Stop the wrecker's plan to increase the maritime speed limits that protect Atlantic right whales from extinction.

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Urgent: Keep public fund away from private schools

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:38:12 +0000

US citizens: call on your congresscritter to keep public funds from being diverted to private schools.

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Urgent: Preserve LIHEAP funds

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:38:12 +0000

US citizens: call on your congresscritter and senators to preserve LIHEAP funds to help poor people pay for heating and cooling.

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Urgent: Save the World Cup Act

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:38:12 +0000

US citizens: call on your congresscritter and senators to pass the Save the World Cup Act, which would protect World Cup soccer games from the deportation thugs.

See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard.

Here is the message I sent.

Normally I would not write to you about sports activities, but this is about protecting the public.

Soccer is popular across most of the world, more than in the US. So soccer matches in the US will be ideal bait to catch and persecute anyone that grew up elsewhere. If deportation thugs can haunt World Cup games, they will surely deport refugees waiting for asylum hearings, residents with visas, even naturalized citizens, not just unauthorized visitors.

Please support efforts to protect the public from them. Don´t let them put knock-out drops in the world´s cup!

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Urgent: Workers at Amazon calling 911 in an emergency

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:38:11 +0000

US citizens: call on Amazon's VP of Workplace Safety to tell workers directly that they are allowed to call 911 in an emergency.

The recommended letter text encouraged telling workers that specifically using some cr...app, which is surely nonfree, so I deleted that part.

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Urgent: Taxing Buybacks from Big Oil Windfalls Act

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:38:11 +0000

US citizens: call on your senators to pass the Taxing Buybacks from Big Oil Windfalls Act.

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