trump Trump's 'promise' to foreign leader sparked whistleblower complaint Xeni Jardin

surveillance Congressional Democrats have so little faith in Trump's leadership that they've awarded him the power to conduct limitless, warrantless mass surveillance of Americans Cory Doctorow

cults Love Letters to Hitler Mike Shaughnessy

Games Popular Chinese video game invites players to "hunt down traitors" in Hong Kong Cory Doctorow

corruption As news outlets were shutting down for Thanksgiving, the University of North Carolina quietly gave white nationalists $2.5m to settle a lawsuit that hadn't even been filed Cory Doctorow

uk Leaked UK military "Extreme Right Wing" checklist: "using the term 'Islamofascism'", adding "-istan" to place names Cory Doctorow

racism Fear that far-right terrorists will stage attacks if Brexit is canceled Cory Doctorow

politics Billionaire Beach Villain Vinod Khosla has a thought concerning Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Rob Beschizza

calls for genocide Former senior CIA official says it's "quite near time" for Trump supporters to kill Trump opponents Mark Frauenfelder

News “Highly Likely” Russia behind poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal & daughter, British PM Theresa May says Xeni Jardin

fake news Prince Harry’s love child, Trump’s revenge, and Teri Hatcher homeless, in this week’s highly dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Tea Party Heroes Accused child molester Roy Moore is begging for money to "prevail against the unholy forces of evil" Mark Frauenfelder

picks Arlington National Cemetery is the only monument we need to Robert E. Lee Jason Weisberger

Science Sam Clovis, Trump's pick for USDA chief scientist, called progressives 'race traders' and 'race traitors' online Xeni Jardin

politics President Bannon welcomed to higher level of hell Rob Beschizza

education Yale's college will no longer bear the name of a slaver, from now on, it's "Grace Murray Hopper" college Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Bilingual guide to resisting trumpism, based on the Tea Party playbook Cory Doctorow

Business Tim Cook confirms: tech met with Trump to ask for billions in tax breaks Cory Doctorow

media This week in the bloids Peter Sheridan

politics Hungary's Prime Minister shuts down opposition press, then goes after everyone else Cory Doctorow