politics Bill Shine, former Fox News exec, is out as Trump’s communications strategist Xeni Jardin

fox Fox News was always partisan, but now it is rudderless and "anti-democratic" Cory Doctorow

picks Wife of top Trump official cheers return of measles Gina Loukareas

fox news While serving, Trump's comms director will get a $7M Fox News bonus for his mishandling of sexual abuse Cory Doctorow

music Soul legend Bill Withers, singer of "Lean on Me" and "Lovely Day," RIP David Pescovitz

woody guthrie Woody Guthrie's 1943 New Year's Resolutions are a powerful reminder to "Keep the hope machine running." Thom Dunn

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher’s lamp Gina Loukareas

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tabloids The trial of the century, Epstein’s killer exposed, and Obama’s hatred, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Science Nobel Prize in Chemistry split 3 ways for lithium-ion battery research Xeni Jardin

human rights Elizabeth Warren proposes a ban on private prisons and immigration facilities Cory Doctorow

Business Schadenflying: the super-rich are getting ripped off like crazy on their private jet billings Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Artist Nan Goldin leads protests at the Guggenheim and the Met over their reputation-laundering of the Sacklers' opioid epidemic fortunes Cory Doctorow

News PayPal bans Laura Loomer, noted racist troll grifter Xeni Jardin

late stage capitalism How a millionaire slumlord got sweetheart government deals to maintain armed forces housing and then left them to rot Cory Doctorow

politics CNN sues Trump and White House aides over Jim Acosta ban Xeni Jardin

law Senator Wyden proposes 20 prison sentences for CEOs who lie about data collection and protection Cory Doctorow

picks Trump's US-Mexico border troop deployment could go as high as 15,000. Xeni Jardin

right to repair California Farm Bureau sells out farmers, hands John Deere a monopoly over tractor repair Cory Doctorow