donald trump Hillbilly Eulogy: JD Vance's approval rating nosedives Ellsworth Toohey

trump Trump staffers "abused and shoved" Arlington National Cemetary official who wouldn't let them film fresh graves Rob Beschizza

television Famed TV host Phil Donahue dead at 88 Rob Beschizza

war Devastating remix of Ellen's lecture on befriending George W. Bush disappears after copyright takedown … then reappears in force Rob Beschizza

facebook Facebook takes down a legitimate anti-far-right protest page, calls it "inauthentic" Cory Doctorow

Copyfight France's Front National (who support the EU's mandatory copyright filters) furious when Youtube's copyright filters kill their channel Cory Doctorow

Bump stocks Georgia gubernatorial candidate holding a bump stock giveaway Robert Spallone

usausausa Monopoly capitalism destroyed American black businesses, which provided safe employment for civil rights activists Cory Doctorow

politics €9m Russian loan to French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is called in Cory Doctorow

happy mutants We Stand on Guard: in 100 years, America seizes Canada for its water Cory Doctorow

picks How would you explain the difference between war and terrorism to a space alien? Barry Eisler

security On whistleblowers and secrecy: What author Barry Eisler said to a room of ex-intelligence officers Barry Eisler

drug policy Why animals eat psychoactive plants Johann Hari

Letter from Serbia: we are drowning in a flood of censorship Blogopenblogclosed

nsa Airport as a Homeland: Snowden Jasmina Tesanovic

Science Death and the Mainframe: How data analysis can help document human rights atrocities Maggie Koerth