education Bernie Sanders got the GAO to study the life chances of millennials, and the report concludes that debt is "crushing their dreams" Cory Doctorow

hackers Report: U.S. military weapon systems and computers are ridiculously easy to hack Séamus Bellamy

politics Looks like killing 6000 people might have consequences after all: Philippines dictator Duterte arrested Ellsworth Toohey

Conservatives upset at DOGE officials being named Rob Beschizza

politics House Dem introduces "Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy" (ELON MUSK) Act Ellsworth Toohey

donald trump Mexico has Trump's number Jason Weisberger

hate groups Florida school board votes to oust Moms for Liberty's Bridget Ziegler Carla Sinclair

weapons Pentagon pouring $1 billion/year into science fiction-style beam weapons mounted on military vehicles David Pescovitz

politics Trump plans to deploy military on Inauguration Day, seize government agencies, and purge critics Mark Frauenfelder

free speech Man arrested twice for criticizing police sues Iowa town for violating his constitutional rights Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Queen Camilla's divorce ultimatum and the Clintons betray Joe Biden, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

fbi 95% of FBI agents aren't trained on facial recognition tech but still use it anyway Thom Dunn

travel Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs law making her taxpayer-funded travel a state secret Rob Beschizza

law Tracking fatal encounters with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Elías Villoro

justice A New Mexico county commissioner has been removed from office over his participation in the January 6th insurrection Jason Weisberger

crime Report: two Seattle cops participated in Capitol Hill riot and lied about it Rob Beschizza

george floyd Merrick Garland says Chauvin's guilty verdict not enough – Minneapolis Police Dept now being investigated Carla Sinclair

law NM governor signs law ending qualified immunity for cops Rob Beschizza

News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin

protests Protestors use facial recognition to ID cops with hidden badges Gareth Branwyn