News SCOTUS rules Donald Trump financial records must be released to NY DA, but House won't get tax returns before election Xeni Jardin
corruption Trump waives criminal punishments for convicted banks, including Deutsche Bank, to whom he owes $130,000,000-$300,000,000 Cory Doctorow
#trumprussia Rachel Maddow connects the dots between a billionaire Russian oligarch and a bizarre Donald Trump deal Mark Frauenfelder
Business After Trump reversed Obama's restrictions on private federal prisons, states started banning them instead Cory Doctorow
Business The DoJ's corporate "diversion" program is supposed to change bad corporate culture, but really, it enables repeat offenders Cory Doctorow
Calling the kettle black Here's a smart person deconstructing Steven Mnuchin's dumb speech about cryptocurrencies Mark Frauenfelder
human rights Elizabeth Warren proposes a ban on private prisons and immigration facilities Cory Doctorow
Business Pangea raised $180m to buy up low-rent Chicago properties "to help poor people," and then created the most brutally efficient eviction mill in Chicago history Cory Doctorow
kakistocrats Guess why the Sultan of Brunei changed his mind about his gay death penalty Mark Frauenfelder
politics Michael Cohen pleads guilty to lying to Congress about Russia Trump real estate project Xeni Jardin
politics Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google, 50+ more firms tell Trump to leave trans people alone Xeni Jardin
data dumps This massive searchable Google doc has the personal financial disclosures of Trump staffers Mark Frauenfelder
security Mobile phone security's been busted for years, and now 2-factor auth is busted too Cory Doctorow
