assassinations The government can "unilaterally decide to kill US citizens," according to Justice Department lawyers Thom Dunn

Government Gone Wild Speaker Ryan urges Americans to vote GOP because Dems will waste time fighting corruption Jason Weisberger

politics Actual climate scientists debunk Marjorie Taylor Greene's weather-related conspiracy theories Jennifer Sandlin

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

tabloids Robert "The Hulk" Kennedy Jr and UFO death rays in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

unsolved mysteries Unidentified object in Japan leaves people asking if it's a UFO…or a coronavirus contraption Carla Sinclair

tabloids Do the tabloids deserve a government bailout? This week's dubious offerings make a poor case for their survival. Peter Sheridan

eff In serving big company interests, copyright is in crisis Cory Doctorow

class war Terror as disappearances follow Chinese student communists' solidarity with striking workers Cory Doctorow

elections The Rich and the Normal Jasmina Tesanovic

phone A simple cordless handset that sounds good and doesn't record voicemail Jason Weisberger

fake news JFK's killer, Michael Jackson's ghost, and Meghan Markle's halibut, in this week's tabloids Peter Sheridan

interviews Interview with Timothy Leary archivist Michael Horowitz Lisa Rein

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gift guide Boing Boing's 2016 Gift Guide: Books Boing Boing

clickhole Bouncing and Blobbing Richard Kaufman

History The fascinating and ego-killing existence of human wormholes Ryan Holiday

Business Symantec caught issuing rogue Google.com certificates Cory Doctorow

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow