cons Con artist busted for scamming 35 women for birthday gifts by pretending to be in a serious relationship with each of them David Pescovitz
remote schooling An 8-year-old con artist ran a brilliant grift to get out of going to school over Zoom Thom Dunn
grifters 5G conspiracy theorists are selling Faraday cages to put your router in. But there's a problem. Rob Beschizza
kenneth copeland Heavy Metal Kenneth Copeland COVID-19 rant, by Andre Antunes (MUSIC VIDEO) Xeni Jardin
paula white Presidential spiritual adviser Paula White leads creepy live prayer service to secure Trump election win Xeni Jardin
the trump organization Trump's biz tweets video of pro golfer John Daly who suggests drinking 1 bottle of vodka daily will 'kill' coronavirus (IT WILL NOT) Xeni Jardin
Slumlord Millionaires Drew Friedman's amazing portrait of Jared Kushner for Netflix's "Dirty Money" Mark Frauenfelder
grifters Fake news network stole from legit sites, flooded Google News and Alerts. Report blames NASDAQ & Thomson Reuters ex-employees. Xeni Jardin
federal privacy statutes The answer to the Clearview AI scandal is better privacy laws, not anti-scraping laws Cory Doctorow
every sentence that contains the word "brand" is bullshit Warner claims ownership over the numbers 36 and 50, and demonetizes Youtube videos that incorporate them Cory Doctorow
studio 71 Youtube's Content ID has become the tool of choice for grifty copyfraudsters who steal from artists Cory Doctorow
juking the stats NYC paid McKinsey $27.5m to reduce violence at Riker's, producing useless recommendations backed by junk evidence Cory Doctorow
Avinoam Sapir Cops and spooks all over the world rely on a junk-science "walking polygraph" method to steer their investigation Cory Doctorow
vile conspiracy stories George Zimmerman is suing Trayvon Martin's mother for $100M in order to promote a movie Thom Dunn
ads inc A San Diego Republican operator ran a massive, multimillion-dollar Facebook scam that targeted boomers Cory Doctorow
crucifix watch Whistleblowers out Falwell's Liberty University as a grifty, multibillion-dollar personality cult Cory Doctorow
ted suhl Debullshitifying Trump's get-out-of-jail statement for Medicaid scammer Ted Suhl Cory Doctorow
Brigham Feld Schadenfreude watch: Porno copyright trolls' investors sue, say the grifters they backed stole their money (the grifters say their lawyer stole the money from them first!) Cory Doctorow
