This isn't the first time the US government stood on the wrong side of an essential human rights challenge. In my new book, "Righting Wrongs," I explain how the human rights movement repeatedly circumvented and overcame US obstruction. We can do it again. penguinrandomhouse.com/books…

The human rights movement doesn’t pretend to be turning dictators into nice guys. We are not therapists. The point of shaming them is to change the cost-benefit analysis behind their repression — to play hardball. I explain: trib.al/C8zPF30

Aid agencies warned of the fast-developing humanitarian emergency inside Taiz City in Yemen, which has been encircled by de facto Houthi forces fighting government troops along the country’s west coast. trib.al/QlQYUk8

JD Vance believes Republican officials should never say they are sorry. That's the problem. They have so much to apologize for, beginning with their do-nothing approach to Trump's corruption, but they hope voters won't notice. They will. trib.al/YAznGF7

The pro-Israel lobby AIPAC is spending $9 million to help Republican candidate for senator from Michigan Mike Rogers because it thinks he will support Israel's genocide, apartheid, and endless occupation. Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed won't. trib.al/OG4i5VY

Trying to buy votes: Desperate to salvage his abysmal reputation and avoid a midterm disaster, "Trump’s political operation dedicated about $277 million from September through mid-October to help Republican midterm candidates, a staggering sum." trib.al/uXBO9qq

Democrats lead nationally by 11% — 52 to 41% — when likely voters were asked about the candidates for the House in their district. If voting tracks polling, it "would probably yield a large Democratic House majority" and a chance to win the Senate. trib.al/7muCk3H

Trump’s approval rating hit a new low, driven down by broad disapproval of his handling of the economy, the war in Iran and high gas prices. Just 36 percent of likely voters said that they approved of Trump’s performance, while 59 percent disapproved. trib.al/v0CoyTN

“Serbia’s inspiring student movement will run in snap parliamentary elections against the party that has ruled the country for 14 years. At the head of the ruling coalition’s list of candidates is Serbia’s longtime autocratic leader, Aleksandar Vucic.” trib.al/5FzCFzn

Trump’s shameless appeasement of Putin makes Neville Chamberlain look good in his failed attempt in Munich in 1938 to head off war with Nazi Germany. trib.al/TmQu1RR

UN experts condemn the Indian government's violent response to the "cockroach" protests. trib.al/0F8JHng

Taiwanese prosecutors have charged five men for a plot to ram a car into a comedian who made fun of the Chinese Communist party and Xi Jinping. Taiwan has repeatedly accused China of transnational repression to silence critics on the self-governed island. trib.al/3ZnZUjX

So why is your government, the United Arab Emirates, sending arms and mercenaries to the Rapid Support Forces as they commit genocide and mass atrocities against people in Sudan? xitter.cf/Lana_Nusseibeh/status/…

Early voting for the US midterms is surging. That's probably good news for the Democrats. Ending Congressional complicity in Trump's corrupt, self-absorbed rule is essential. trib.al/Gf3iAD3

If Trump refuses to accept a likely midterm drubbing for Republicans, it would jeopardize not only America's democracy, which he couldn't care less about, but also its economy, which might give the corrupt president pause. trib.al/pAhEpnv

"The Kremlin's seeming interest in negotiations aims not to end the war in Ukraine but rather to secure economic concessions from the United States such that Russia can continue funding its war." And Trump is naive enough to go along with Putin's plan. trib.al/JveBBAQ

As Trump abandons Ukraine for his bromance with Putin, "long-range Russian attacks across Ukraine are intensifying, including in Kyiv, causing at least 14 civilian deaths and 78 injuries overnight into Thursday." trib.al/cDhh4kM

Trump wants another Yalta, dividing up the world with Moscow (and Beijing), but he has so diminished US standing that he won't be able to pull it off. trib.al/FY8fM9K

The pro-Israel lobby AIPAC made a big contribution to the opponent of Senate candidate for Michigan Abdul El-Sayed (because of his legitimate criticism of Israel) in a way it hoped could be hidden. It didn't work. trib.al/ugza37S

A Fox News poll shows that “corruption in government” is the top concern of voters, even greater than inflation. If the Democrats take control of Congress, they should go after the corruption enablers. Republicans in Congress have ignored the issue. trib.al/KCCiSky®i_id=13104264&segment_id=228497&sendId=228497&uri=nyt://newsletter/0f7ff4b5-c644-5330-97fd-5aff0dbe1ca1&user_id=f9f32c671f3e231b94498e6795451442

As measles deaths rise in the United States because of anti-vaxxers like Trump's "health" secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Trump administration is becoming LESS transparent about them. trib.al/V65eyyS