politics Mississippi gave $1m of welfare money to Brett Favre for "speeches" he never made—and has just fired an investigator looking into it Rob Beschizza
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tabloids Royal scandals, UFOs and Jeffrey Epstein's "murder" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
Games Hackers looking to sell stolen source code of disappointing game 'Cyberpunk 2077' Jason Weisberger
tabloids Your dollar bills could kill you, and Prince Andrew tries to kill himself, in this week's dubious tabloids. Peter Sheridan
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow
health How Memphis's Methodist University Hospital, a "nonprofit," sued the shit out of its Black, poor patients while raking in millions and paying execs more than a million each Cory Doctorow