louis vuitton There's a Louis Vuitton ping pong set and it's still cheaper than that Tiffany's ball of yarn Rusty Blazenhoff

schoolhouse rock The Roots teach a 'Schoolhouse Rock!'-style lesson on slavery Rusty Blazenhoff

politics Roger Stone proclaims support for Britney Spears in this weird new video Xeni Jardin

politics Biden: I will not pardon Trump Rob Beschizza

Trump considering Joe Exotic pardon Rob Beschizza

law Roger Stone sentenced to 40 months (3 years + 4 months) in prison Xeni Jardin

trump Trump offered Assange pardon in exchange for covering up Russian DNC hack, says lawyer Mark Frauenfelder

corruption Trump commutes sentence of corrupt governor Rod Blagojevich, pardons Giuliani crony Bernard Kerik Rob Beschizza

corruption Trump asked about Roger Stone pardon: “I don't want to say that yet…” Xeni Jardin

Trump calls Roger Stone's proposed sentence a "terrible miscarriage of justice" Mark Frauenfelder

News Michael Flynn to withdraw guilty plea — reversal for former Trump national security adviser Xeni Jardin

b-side Kentucky's former GOP governor pardoned a bunch of rapists and murderers on his way out of office, including a child rapist Cory Doctorow

crime Kentucky's ex-governor Matt Bevin defends pardon of child rapist by claiming 9-year-old girl had 'intact hymen' and 'she made it up' Xeni Jardin

politics Marianne Williamson assails Trump for pardoning Charles Manson's corpse (he hasn't) Rob Beschizza

music Roger Stone, you've been THUNDERSTRUCK Xeni Jardin

money Counterfeiter caught after he tossed test prints in his trash David Pescovitz

books Publisher cans Naomi Wolf book about homosexuality in Victorian England Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Jonathan Lethem on Edward Snowden's "Permanent Record" Cory Doctorow

books Permanent Record: Edward Snowden and the making of a whistleblower Cory Doctorow

books Ed Snowden says he'll stand trial and even go to prison in the USA if he can have a public trial and mount a public interest defense Cory Doctorow