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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-sitemap.txt:
+sitemap:
 	find . -name '*.html' | sed 's/^\./https:\/\/www.andrewyu.org/' > sitemap.txt
diff --git a/article/democracy-us.html b/article/democracy-us.html
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--- a/article/democracy-us.html
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@@ -27,10 +27,21 @@
 		</p>
 
                 <p>
-		
+		According to the study, the influence of economic elites and business interest groups on politics is rather high with a rough positive correlation as opposed to the flatline for the general public, making the US an oligarchy rather than a democracy.   Mass-based interest groups have discernable impact on policies, but are still trivial compared with economic elites and businesses.  About three billion dollars are spent yearly by large ``politically active'' businesses to bribe politicians to pass policies for their interest.  While businesses should have a say in legislation, it is unacceptable that they have superior dominance over public opinion.
+		</p>
+
+		<h2 id="senate">The Senate</h2>
+
+		<p>
+		The Senate of the USA consists of 100 members, with 2 from each state.  Two senators from California represent 39 million people while the two from Wyoming represent 500 thousand people.  The founding fathers never could have imagined such a huge a difference between the population of states.
+		</p>
+		<p>
+		Some people believe that the Senate helps against populism as opposed to the House.  Although the number of Senators for each state do indeed not correspond to the population, this has no correlation whatsoever with preventing populism and doesn't serve an obvious purpose.
 		</p>
 
 		<h2 id="electoral-college">The Electoral College</h2>
+		<p>
+		</p>
 
 		<div id="footer">
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diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
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@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 			<li>Paper mail.  (I cannot provide my home address to the general public.)</li>
 			<li>Electronic mail to <code>andrew</code> AT <code>andrewyu</code> DOT <code>org</code>.</li>
 			<li>Internet Relay Chat: <code>Andrew</code> on <a href="https://libera.chat/">Libera Chat</a> and <a href="https://irc.andrewyu.org/">LibreIRC</a>.</li>
+			<li>Matrix: <code>@libreirc_Andrew:vern.cc</code>.  May occasionally fail.</li>
 		</ul>
 		<p><a href="/note/wechat.html">Do not contact me via WeChat.</a></p>
 		<p><a href="/note/social-media.html">I do not use social media.</a></p>
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