politics This 23-year-old who is charged with posing as a NYC lawyer to grift 'clients' also co-founded 'Students for Trump' Xeni Jardin

picks Megachurch Pastor Hope Carpenter: 'I cut people. I got a knife right in that pocketbook.' Xeni Jardin

Business After boasting about running his company from prison, Martin Shkreli gets solitary confinement Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Study finds 95% of all Bitcoin trading volume is fake, designed to lure in ICOs Cory Doctorow

scholarship Most adults are incapable of understanding most online terms of service Cory Doctorow

class war Burning Man purges one-percenter camp that charged up to $100K, littered like crazy, and ripped off its attendees Cory Doctorow

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

trumpism Charter slashes network spending by $2B, but makes up for it by charging its customers more Cory Doctorow

politics Broke Milo Yiannopoulos banned from Patreon after one single day Xeni Jardin

books The Fifth Risk: Michael Lewis explains how the "deep state" is just nerds versus grifters Cory Doctorow

politics Judge rules Dems can sue Trump for doing business with foreign governments while in office Xeni Jardin

politics Former sheriff David Clarke has a Russian money problem Rob Beschizza

magic A con man reinvents himself as a reality TV magician Mark Frauenfelder