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politics Prepare for the worst: journalists who survived dictators sound alarm over Trump's press threats Ellsworth Toohey

sad face Elon Gaming website apologizes to Elon Musk for punching down on him Mark Frauenfelder

late stage capitalism The weird grift of "sovereign citizens": where UFOlogy meets antisemitism by way of Cliven Bundy and cat-breeding Cory Doctorow

fake news Decapitating Kim Kardashian, Paul McCartney drives his daughter insane, and cat litter beauty treatments, in this week's tabloids Peter Sheridan

NXIVM Women say they were "branded and traumatized by doctors" in New York as part of cult ritual Mark Frauenfelder

politics The "Blacks for Trump" guy used to be in a murder cult Cory Doctorow

Business Matt Taibbi's The Divide: incandescent indictment of the American justice-gap Cory Doctorow

transparency World awaits verdict in Bradley Manning's trial Xeni Jardin