trumpism The NRA begs gun nuts for donations, spends lavishly on its board of directors and execs Cory Doctorow

occupy Seattle activists have established a 6-block autonomous zone around an abandoned police station Thom Dunn

haunted mansion A touring Bolivian orchestra is stranded in a German castle surrounded by 23 packs of wolves Thom Dunn

music Monday: New Order's Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris's streaming tribute to Joy Division's Ian Curtis David Pescovitz

guns The NRA spent $70,000 on a consultant to help Wayne LaPierre choose which mansion to purchase Cory Doctorow

trump NRA kicks out second in command, Christopher W. Cox accused of complicity in failed coup against Wayne LaPierre Xeni Jardin

NRA reportedly looted by its famous faces and in deep financial trouble Rob Beschizza

News Trump ex-attorney Michael Cohen sentenced: 3 years prison, $500,000 forfeiture, $1.4 million restitution, $50,000 fine Xeni Jardin

books New photo book gives rare glimpse inside North Korea Andrea James

guns NRA president Ollie North partially blames school shootings on Ritalin David Pescovitz

The new president of the NRA is Oliver North David Pescovitz

trumpism Sources in Trump's White House report meetings to assemble a network of deniable wetwork/black ops spooks to target Trump's political enemies in the US and elsewhere Cory Doctorow

"Weird Al" Yankovic Weird Al scales back for his 2018 'Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour' Rusty Blazenhoff

john oliver Weird Al composes 'The North Korea Polka' upon John Oliver's request Rusty Blazenhoff

uk Even by the standards of tax-havens, Gibraltar is pretty sketchy Cory Doctorow

politics 370 economists sign letter slamming Trump for 'magical thinking and conspiracy theories' Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Arcade cabinet enthusiasts discover trove of 50+ games in ship, derelict for 30 years Cory Doctorow

Games A Canadian teenager used America's militarized cops to terrorize women gamers for years Cory Doctorow

design North Korean interiors look like a Wes Anderson film set Mark Frauenfelder