Reading archive 2018-08-31

Why so many people are coming to see Beto O’Rourke: A revolt against Trump and a demand for compassion

Trump’s latest rally rant is much more alarming and dangerous than usual

People don’t vote for what they want. They vote for who they are.

Glenn Greenwald, the Bane of Their Resistance: A leftist journalist’s bruising crusade against establishment Democrats—and their Russia obsession.

NAFTA talks rocked by media leak of off-record Trump comments on Canada

Justice lawyer was told Russia had ‘Trump over a barrel’: AP

Reading archive 2018-08-28

The Reporter Who Won’t Let the NFL Go off the Record: Mark Leibovich spent years digging under the skin of Washington, D.C.’s power brokers. When he turned his attention to the world of pro football for a new book, he found an awfully familiar set of characters.

The Aria of Chris Matthews

Reading archive 2018-08-27

One moment from McCain’s 2008 run made clear his character and foretold Trump’s rise

Trump announces separate U.S.-Mexico trade agreement, says Canada may join later

Reading archive 2018-08-24

One hates Trump. The other loves him. Two West Virginians wait for the president to come to town.

Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg, who allegedly helped arrange hush-money reimbursement to Cohen, receives immunity

Reading archive 2018-08-21

Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a scale from zero to one

A guide to the racism scandal that’s tearing Beauty YouTube apart

‘Beyond disrespectful’: At VMAs, Madonna gets backlash after bizarre Aretha Franklin tribute

Microsoft says it has found a Russian operation targeting U.S. political institutions

‘Silent Sam is down’: Crowd topples Confederate statue at UNC

Michael Cohen says he worked to silence two women ‘in coordination’ with Trump to influence 2016 election

Reading archive 2018-08-20

Study: When a city’s trashy lots are cleaned up, residents’ mental health improves

‘The king and his husband’: The gay history of British royals

Another epic economic collapse is coming

Reading archive 2018-08-19

Austria’s far-right ordered a raid on its own intelligence service. Now allies are freezing the country out.

Reading archive 2018-08-18

White House Counsel Has Cooperated Extensively With Mueller’s Obstruction Inquiry

Reading archive 2018-08-17

Trump says he plans to revoke security clearance for Justice Dept. official Bruce Ohr ‘very quickly’

Reading archive 2018-08-15

Minnesota Republicans reject former governor Tim Pawlenty as Democrats pick historic nominees

I read six sycophantic pro-Trump books — and then I read Omarosa

Was Smokey Bear wrong? How a beloved character may have helped fuel catastrophic fires.

‘They be pirates’: An old scourge is reappearing in the Caribbean

Elizabeth Warren has a plan to save capitalism She’s unveiling a bill to make corporate governance great again.

Reading archive 2018-08-14

Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.: If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.

Reading archive 2018-08-06

‘The most bizarre thing I’ve ever been a part of’: Trump panel found no widespread voter fraud, ex-member says

An off-duty officer shot a man in the face. Then he dropped an object at the scene, video shows.

Why protectionism soaks American consumers twice

Reading archive 2018-08-03

QAnon: Meet a real-life believer in the online, pro-Trump conspiracy theory that’s bursting into view

Reading archive 2018-08-01

‘We are Q’: A deranged conspiracy cult leaps from the Internet to the crowd at Trump’s ‘MAGA’ tour

Kris Kobach’s Lucrative Trail of Courtroom Defeats: For years, the candidate for Kansas governor has defended towns that passed anti-immigration ordinances. The towns have lost big — but Kobach has fared considerably better.