law Porno copyright troll sentenced to 14 years: "a wrecking ball to trust in the administration of justice" Cory Doctorow
usausausa Reverse mortgages: subprime's "stealth aftershock" that is costing elderly African-Americans their family homes Cory Doctorow
trumpism The NRA begs gun nuts for donations, spends lavishly on its board of directors and execs Cory Doctorow
corruption Payday lenders switched their trade show to a Trump hotel and sent Trump at least a million bucks, then he gave them carte blanche to make billions preying on poor people Cory Doctorow
crime That woman who got fired for comparing Michelle Obama to an ape is now going to jail for defrauding FEMA Cory Doctorow
corruption How the "prosperity gospel" convinces poor people to give everything to grifty millionaire preachers Cory Doctorow
crowdfunding Trump supporters astonished to learn that the man they gave $20m to "build the wall" has nothing to show for it Cory Doctorow
scams Thanks to the 2008 foreclosure crisis, a Kuwaiti ponzi schemer was able to single-handedly blight cities across America Cory Doctorow
politics This 23-year-old who is charged with posing as a NYC lawyer to grift 'clients' also co-founded 'Students for Trump' Xeni Jardin
picks Megachurch Pastor Hope Carpenter: 'I cut people. I got a knife right in that pocketbook.' Xeni Jardin
Business After boasting about running his company from prison, Martin Shkreli gets solitary confinement Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Study finds 95% of all Bitcoin trading volume is fake, designed to lure in ICOs Cory Doctorow
class war Burning Man purges one-percenter camp that charged up to $100K, littered like crazy, and ripped off its attendees Cory Doctorow
trumpism Charter slashes network spending by $2B, but makes up for it by charging its customers more Cory Doctorow
books The Fifth Risk: Michael Lewis explains how the "deep state" is just nerds versus grifters Cory Doctorow
politics Judge rules Dems can sue Trump for doing business with foreign governments while in office Xeni Jardin
