law Affluent parents surrender custody of their kids to "scam" their way into needs-based college scholarships Cory Doctorow
trumpism Grifty conservative PACs raised millions pushing racist Obama conspiracies to elderly, low-income supporters, then kept almost all of it Cory Doctorow
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snowden Oliver Stone's "Snowden" is great entertainment and an important argument for pardon Barry Eisler
corruption Congressman boasts on Twitter about the money he got to support CISPA, then thinks better of it Cory Doctorow
politics Canada's telcos secretly backing revival of "dead" warrantless surveillance bill Cory Doctorow