Trump has already been ‘played’
The Forces Were Perfectly in Balance at the White House Correspondents' Dinner: Sarah Huckabee Sanders' job is to embarrass the press. Michelle Wolf's job is to embarrass Sanders.
North Korea’s Phony Peace Ploy
The Government is Empty: Only half of key government agency positions are currently filled
Mueller Has Dozens of Inquiries for Trump in Broad Quest on Russia Ties and Obstruction
Monday, April 30, 2018
Saturday, April 28, 2018
Friday, April 27, 2018
Reading archive 2018-04-27
Rachel Dolezal’s Grotesque Idea of Identity: In a new Netflix documentary, ‘The Rachel Divide,’ the controversial “transracial” activist makes her case—and it still doesn’t make sense - "Dolezal talks about blackness as if it were reducible to two qualities, and only two qualities: scholarship and aesthetics. It cannot occur to her that blackness—a social construction, indeed—is a comprehensive and involuntary realm of experience. White power invented it, and white power enforces it, but, paradoxically, black people own blackness.
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"Ideally, a white person should be able to empathize with a black person, and enjoy black culture, without mistaking themselves for a black person. Ideally, Dolezal would see herself for who she truly is: a white woman with peculiar but nonetheless righteous interest in black culture and black liberation. Instead, Dolezal is a tourist with a fetish who must swear she’s a native."
Who (really) wants gaydar to be accurate anyway?
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"Ideally, a white person should be able to empathize with a black person, and enjoy black culture, without mistaking themselves for a black person. Ideally, Dolezal would see herself for who she truly is: a white woman with peculiar but nonetheless righteous interest in black culture and black liberation. Instead, Dolezal is a tourist with a fetish who must swear she’s a native."
Who (really) wants gaydar to be accurate anyway?
Monday, April 23, 2018
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Saturday, April 21, 2018
Reading archive 2018-04-21
From posh oligarchs to taxi drivers, Russians in London feel a chill
Sessions told White House that Rosenstein’s firing could prompt his departure, too
Vermont’s creative approach to its labor shortage: Hire the tourists
Shifting views on marijuana highlight just how differently people of color are impacted by drug laws
Police responding to dying student’s 911 call stayed in their patrol car, body cam videos show
‘Ain’t nobody got time for this’: 911 dispatcher sentenced to jail after hanging up on thousands of callers
Sessions told White House that Rosenstein’s firing could prompt his departure, too
Vermont’s creative approach to its labor shortage: Hire the tourists
Shifting views on marijuana highlight just how differently people of color are impacted by drug laws
Police responding to dying student’s 911 call stayed in their patrol car, body cam videos show
‘Ain’t nobody got time for this’: 911 dispatcher sentenced to jail after hanging up on thousands of callers
Friday, April 20, 2018
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Reading archive 2018-04-18
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Monday, April 16, 2018
Reading archive 2018-04-16
If Justice Kennedy Retires, His Replacement Could Undermine His Legacy
Fox News host Sean Hannity revealed as Michael Cohen's mystery third client
Conservancy python trackers find Collier County's largest breeding group
How ‘Riverdale’ turned Archie into a fascist: In his quest to Make Riverdale Great Again, the All-American hero gives into the fear animating the right.
Fox News host Sean Hannity revealed as Michael Cohen's mystery third client
Conservancy python trackers find Collier County's largest breeding group
How ‘Riverdale’ turned Archie into a fascist: In his quest to Make Riverdale Great Again, the All-American hero gives into the fear animating the right.
Sunday, April 15, 2018
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Reading archive 2018-04-10
North Korea’s definition of ‘denuclearization’ is very different from Trump’s
Why Trump’s online store collects sales tax in three states — while Amazon does for 45 states
Sinclair stations ran a critical ad, then tacked on: ‘We hope you won’t buy into the hysteria’
A Palestinian protester was shot by an Israeli sniper. One celebrating soldier called it a ‘legendary clip.’
Why Trump’s online store collects sales tax in three states — while Amazon does for 45 states
Sinclair stations ran a critical ad, then tacked on: ‘We hope you won’t buy into the hysteria’
A Palestinian protester was shot by an Israeli sniper. One celebrating soldier called it a ‘legendary clip.’
Monday, April 9, 2018
Reading archive 2018-04-09
This is how homophobia feels in 2018.
Fox News mistakenly posts graphic showing it lags in trust
Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys
The Moscow Midterms How Russia could steal our next election.
A debt crisis is coming. But don’t blame entitlements.
Sinclair commentator resigns after threatening to sexually assault Parkland survivor David Hogg
‘A bomb on Trump’s front porch’: FBI’s Cohen raids hit home for the president
Fox News mistakenly posts graphic showing it lags in trust
Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys
The Moscow Midterms How Russia could steal our next election.
A debt crisis is coming. But don’t blame entitlements.
Sinclair commentator resigns after threatening to sexually assault Parkland survivor David Hogg
‘A bomb on Trump’s front porch’: FBI’s Cohen raids hit home for the president
Sunday, April 8, 2018
Friday, April 6, 2018
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Reading archive 2018-04-04
A Georgia city proclaimed April as Confederate History Month. Then came the n-word.
China just gut-punched Trump on trade. Is it time to get worried? - "'If protecting U.S. intellectual property is the ultimate goal here, I'm not sure how destroying shareholder wealth, damaging CEO confidence and making the American farmer the main sacrificial lamb here after six years of pain on the farm is going to get us there,' said Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer of the Bleakley Advisory Group."
China just gut-punched Trump on trade. Is it time to get worried? - "'If protecting U.S. intellectual property is the ultimate goal here, I'm not sure how destroying shareholder wealth, damaging CEO confidence and making the American farmer the main sacrificial lamb here after six years of pain on the farm is going to get us there,' said Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer of the Bleakley Advisory Group."
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Reading archive 2018-04-03
Dutch lawyer is first person to be sentenced in Mueller probe, gets 30 days in prison
Jill McCabe: The president attacked my reputation. It’s time to set the record straight.
Once a Troll, Always a Troll? - "Back in 1984, when we were both enrolled at Dartmouth College, she secretly recorded a confidential support group for gay students, and published a transcript in The Dartmouth Review - complete with the names of the students at the meeting, students who were in the closet, back in the day when being outed could mean getting rejected for jobs and attacked by drunken frat boys."
Jill McCabe: The president attacked my reputation. It’s time to set the record straight.
Once a Troll, Always a Troll? - "Back in 1984, when we were both enrolled at Dartmouth College, she secretly recorded a confidential support group for gay students, and published a transcript in The Dartmouth Review - complete with the names of the students at the meeting, students who were in the closet, back in the day when being outed could mean getting rejected for jobs and attacked by drunken frat boys."
Monday, April 2, 2018
Reading archive 2018-04-02
Why Sinclair Made Dozens of Local News Anchors Recite the Same Script
The Kushners Saw Redemption in the White House. It Was a Mirage.
A Smithsonian Horticulturist Goes on a Quest for an Historic Seedling: A live oak tree from a South Georgia island community will one day enhance the grounds of the African American History Museum
Women Lose Out to Men Even Before They Graduate From College
THE MYTH OF THE CRIMINAL IMMIGRANT: The link between immigration and crime exists in the imaginations of Americans, and nowhere else. - "As of 2017, according to Gallup polls, almost half of Americans agreed that immigrants make crime worse. But is it true that immigration drives crime? Many studies have shown that it does not. Immigrant populations in the United States have been growing fast for decades now. Crime in the same period, however, has moved in the opposite direction, with the national rate of violent crime today well below what it was in 1980."
The Massive Prize Luring Miners to the Stars
China Is Making a Bold Military Power Play
The Kushners Saw Redemption in the White House. It Was a Mirage.
A Smithsonian Horticulturist Goes on a Quest for an Historic Seedling: A live oak tree from a South Georgia island community will one day enhance the grounds of the African American History Museum
Women Lose Out to Men Even Before They Graduate From College
THE MYTH OF THE CRIMINAL IMMIGRANT: The link between immigration and crime exists in the imaginations of Americans, and nowhere else. - "As of 2017, according to Gallup polls, almost half of Americans agreed that immigrants make crime worse. But is it true that immigration drives crime? Many studies have shown that it does not. Immigrant populations in the United States have been growing fast for decades now. Crime in the same period, however, has moved in the opposite direction, with the national rate of violent crime today well below what it was in 1980."
The Massive Prize Luring Miners to the Stars
China Is Making a Bold Military Power Play
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