corruption Congress: TSA is worst place to work in USG, nearly half of employees cited for misconduct; it's getting worse Cory Doctorow

donald trump Trump confirms that US cyberattacked Russia in 2018 Xeni Jardin

GOP Convention Mitch McConnell is 7th senator to back away from the Republican National Convention Carla Sinclair

#deletefacebook Facebook is still running white nationalist advertising Mark Frauenfelder

voter suppression Kentucky Election Board conveniently cuts 3,500 polling stations ahead of primaries Thom Dunn

Business As COVID-19 surges, Apple re-closes 11 stores temporarily in Florida, Arizona, North Carolina, South Carolina Xeni Jardin

publishing Internet Archive ending free e-books program over publisher lawsuit, National Emergency Library to close for 2 weeks Xeni Jardin

News 'Black lives matter' —Mark Zuckerberg, who says Facebook may change policy on state violence, voter suppression Xeni Jardin

ghosts Quarantining with ghosts David Pescovitz

politics U.S. Supreme Court to decide if Trump can continue to keep his finances secret Xeni Jardin

politics Trump White House asks Supreme Court to block House from seeing Mueller’s grand jury Russia secrets Xeni Jardin

Technology State-sponsored hackers are using COVID-19 as cover for espionage, report from Google's Threat Analysis Group shows Xeni Jardin

Business Vudu, Walmart's streaming service, to be bought by Comcast-owned Fandango Xeni Jardin

politics Trump calls Voice of America's work “disgusting”, threatens to adjourn Congress so he can put a crony in charge of VOA Xeni Jardin

politics U.S. House of Representatives is looking “very closely” at remote voting, as COVID-19 pandemic drags on Xeni Jardin

health NYT chart shows all causes of death in NYC over past 20 years, then coronavirus spike Xeni Jardin

video games Get into Google's Stadia game service for free Seamus Bellamy

Technology Hungary: Coronavirus law lets PM Viktor Orbán rule by decree, threatens 5 years in prison for 'misinformation' spreaders Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Right-wing websites are weighing the pros and cons of letting people die from coronavirus to help the economy Thom Dunn

climate Greenland and Antarctica melting 6x faster than in 1990s: NASA Xeni Jardin