junk science Oil and tobacco lobbyist blames Trans-Atlantic slave trade on wind Thom Dunn

finance Comcast fights shareholder call for lobbying transparency, saying that it would be "burdensome" to reveal how much it spends lobbying states Cory Doctorow

banking GOP wants to get rid of overdraft fee limits Mark Frauenfelder

corruption Right to repair is under assault in New York, and you can save it! Cory Doctorow

government Meet the only lobbyist pushing for US government "disclosure" of E.T. visitation David Pescovitz

lobbying "Zinc lobby" preventing retirement of penny Rob Beschizza

Science Gun lobby has opposed research on effects of gun ownership/gun laws Maggie Koerth

politics Former Meta exec exposes Zuckerberg's transformation from Chinese censorship enthusiast to fake free speech warrior Ellsworth Toohey

music industry Record labels attempt to bankrupt Internet Archive over grandpa's dusty old 78s Ellsworth Toohey

better late than never Mike Pence lashes out — schools Trump on who started the Ukraine-Russia war Carla Sinclair

politics Conservative judge upset at "diversity policy" rejects Boeing's deal in 737 MAX crashes Rob Beschizza

unions Union Steelworkers surprised the leopard is eating their face Jason Weisberger

finance Intuit tried to bully the Verge into editing a podcast about tax lobbying Thom Dunn

native americans Idaho senator from Illinois screams at Native American from Idaho: "go back where you came from" Ellsworth Toohey

FDA denies approval of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD Allan Rose Hill

ireland Visit Ireland's "Last Leprechaun Whisperer" and see if you've got the gift to carry on his legacy Jennifer Sandlin

apple Oregon governor signs right-to-repair law Natalie Dressed

depositions Matt Gaetz subpoenaed by woman he allegedly had sex with when she was 17 — the same one he said didn't exist (video) Carla Sinclair

gadgets Oregon passes right-to-repair law Rob Beschizza