confirmation hearings Pete Hegseth suggests he "will shoot protestors in the legs" if asked by Trump (video) Carla Sinclair

politics EFF is liveblogging the Jeff Sessions Attorney General confirmation hearing Cory Doctorow

Bondi moments Trump-pick Pam Bondi is the dimmest bulb in the room — just how MAGA likes it (video) Carla Sinclair

Congress decides to release the Gaetz ethics report afterall Jason Weisberger

politics Watch as a Democrat screams into the wind Jason Weisberger

scotus Here is what Trump's SCOTUS picks said about Roe V. Wade before they became justices Carla Sinclair

madison cawthorn For Madison Cawthorn, defining "woman" is simple: it's all about the "tallywacker" Carla Sinclair

ted cruz Ted Cruz grandstands for just one reason, as seen on his phone by photographer Carla Sinclair

scotus Senator Cory Booker's impassioned, moving remarks to SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Gareth Branwyn

guns A new investigation from the Trace shows that the ATF rarely enforces the law Thom Dunn

transgender rights Biden to drop military transgender ban Rob Beschizza

racism Amy Coney Barrett's legal reasoning for dismissing a racial discrimination case Thom Dunn

happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz

authoritarianism Cops and spooks all over the world rely on a junk-science "walking polygraph" method to steer their investigation Cory Doctorow

elections Stephen King-themed, anti-Susan Collins merch from the Maine Democrats Cory Doctorow

web theory Freedom House: Thanks to social media, internet freedom is down for the the ninth straight year Cory Doctorow

lunchbucket joe Anita Hill rejected Joe Biden's fauxpology Mark Frauenfelder

Business Facebook hired GOP oppo firm to smear protesters by linking them to George Soros, an anti-Semitic trope: NYT Xeni Jardin

no you shut up White supremacist hate groups find approval in Trump's words Jason Weisberger

Business Facebook's top lobbyist threw Kavanaugh a victory celebration in his home Cory Doctorow