Kind: Reads

Plus: How damning is the new Trump tape?

First Things peddles a cult favorite among white supremacists, comparing it to 1984 and Brave New World

The National Current by The Reframe

The benefit of the doubt, the doubt of the benefit, and presidential precedent in a country allergic to truth and consequences.

This is not how the world is supposed to be.

As Canada Passes Corrupt Link Tax, Meta Says No More News Links In Canada by Mike Masnick

Two weeks ago, Canada’s Heritage Minister, Pablo Rodriguez, who has been the main Canadian government official pushing for C-18, the bullshit link tax bill, that is just a corrupt wealth transfer from one disliked industry to a favored industry, insisted that it was “unacceptable” that Meta might stop allowing links to news if the bill […]

From bearing the burdens of the Roman Empire to enabling trade over long distances, the humble donkey has been surprisingly influential.

You may have noticed that I don’t spill much digital ink writing about Hunter Biden. That’s because, all along, I have understood this for what it is: a politically-driven effort to smear Joe Biden over the checkered history of his troubled son. Even saying something is “politically-driven” these days creates chum in the water. After all, that is the current language and currency of the right, and particularly of Trump as he faces a growing number of indictments. If Democrats accuse Republicans of going after Hunter Biden for political purposes, the GOP can point to that and say to their own base, “See how this works? If

Since Roe was overturned GOP has gone full religious supremacy

5G Was An Over-Hyped Dud. Prepare For Nobody To Learn Absolutely Anything From The Experience by Karl Bode

We’ve noted for several years how the “race to 5G” was largely just hype by telecoms and hardware vendors eager to sell more gear and justify high U.S. mobile data prices. While 5G does provide faster, more resilient, and lower latency networks, it’s more of an evolution than a revolution. But that’s not what telecom giants […]

The worst of the worst.

Hunter Biden listened to his lawyers, Trump should’ve done the same by Steve Benen

Hunter Biden cooperated with prosecutors, listened to his defense attorneys, and will receive a light sentence. Maybe Donald Trump should've tried this?

As yet another investigation of Joe Biden's son shows him to be a recovering addict, Republicans cling to conspiracy theories that cast him as a globe-trotting gangster

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Plus: Jack Smith Cometh

The president’s son’s investigation was by the book.

Plus: How to Stifle Groups Like the Oath Keepers

Republicans focus on outcomes so that they don't have to grapple with the process.

The Bulwark interview

Plus: Trump’s court date could come as soon as mid-August