corruption Trump Organization to Congress: Upholding the Constitution "diminishes the experience of our brand" Cory Doctorow
tabloids Bill Clinton dying, a Hollywood baby boom, and a cross-dressing star outed in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
News Trump ex-attorney Michael Cohen sentenced: 3 years prison, $500,000 forfeiture, $1.4 million restitution, $50,000 fine Xeni Jardin
surveillance Oh for fuck's sake, not this fucking bullshit again (cryptography edition) Cory Doctorow
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fake news Royal wedding bombshell, the CIA’s Trump assassination plot, and the stars really are like us, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
gop Four things to know about the Republican plan to give trillions of dollars to the richest Americans Cory Doctorow
spooks Australia announces plan to ban working cryptography at home and in the US, UK, New Zealand, and Canada Cory Doctorow
books Crooked: a photo catalog of protest signs to benefit the American Refugee Committee, Planned Parenthood, and Reading Partners Soona Amhaz
mental illness It’s Mental Health Awareness Month: Trumpcare’s dangerous impact on mental health care Maureen Herman
full disclosure House GOP approves bill allowing companies to force genetic testing on workers [See update] Carla Sinclair
law How to legally cross a US (or other) border without surrendering your data and passwords Cory Doctorow
happy mutants The Women's March and the Judean People's Front: After Occupy, after trumpism, a new networked politics Cory Doctorow
media Trump’s wild imaginings promulgated in tabloids alongside equally fact-challenged celebrity “news” Peter Sheridan
politics Global trumpism: how India's brutal leader manufactures reality with trumped-up "polls" Cory Doctorow