Damning new evidence has been leaked of the incompetent response from the police during the Uvalde massacre, images appear to show officers checking their phones and using hand sanitizer while children were being massacred. The Texas state Republican party platforms the idea of a referendum vote for secession in 2023, further signaling the radicalization of the GOP by far-right extremists. Texas, meanwhile, also experiences record heat and drought as the power grid system struggles to meet the demand of a rapidly growing population with outdated infrastructure. Political unrest grows in Europe and the Global South as working people are left to dry by the Neoliberal establishment, often getting radicalized by the right.