tennessee Tennessee lawmaker defends operating an unregistered "Christian magic supply" business Cory Doctorow

religion Conspirituality: A podcast that dismantles New Age cults, wellness grifters, and conspiracy-mad yogis Elías Villoro

christianity Watch: Michele Bachmann said she spent Christmas telling her 3- and 6-year-old grandkids that the "eternal fires" of Hell await them Mark Frauenfelder

GREG ABBOTT Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's popularity is plunging says new poll Carla Sinclair

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

News Trump: 'We need an explanation' of why Biden is winning the presidential election Xeni Jardin

tabloids Kenny Rogers' body is missing in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

vampires Dark Shadows' 12 major storylines Gareth Branwyn

Killers hunt Prince Andrew, Brad Pitt's secret daughter, and George Clooney's plastic surgery shocker, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

obits Pirate radio pioneer Ronan O'Rahilly of Radio Caroline has died Gareth Branwyn

real estate The US government just "disestablished" a Native American reservation Thom Dunn

blackwater Blackwater founder Erik Prince used ex-spies to infiltrate liberal groups for Project Veritas Thom Dunn

politics The 'Ukraine meddling' thing is a Russian operation, say U.S. intel experts Xeni Jardin

facebook In Kuwait, domestic laborers are bought and sold on Instagram Xeni Jardin

privacy Berkeley city council unanimously votes to ban facial recognition technology Cory Doctorow

trump Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe appeal to avoid criminal charges rejected by Trump administration: Report Xeni Jardin

politics Peter Thiel 'most scared' of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, accuses Google of treason. Trump agrees. Xeni Jardin

media Prince Charles' gay scandal, Tom Cruise destroys Scientology, and Michael Jackson's afterlife, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

normalizing racism Ex-GOP staffer who racially assaulted black woman and wrote for white supremacist site VDare now writes for WSJ, Forbes Xeni Jardin

politics Barr: We'll release the Mueller report in a week but first we gotta color code it and redact the bad stuff Xeni Jardin