Reading archive 2019-08-19

More from the Matt Shea files: GPS trackers, a ‘provisional government’ and a hunt for moles

Reading archive 08-09-2019

The NRA and its allies use jargon to bully gun-control supporters

‘They’re afraid’: Suburban voters in red states threaten GOP’s grip on power

China leaks U.S. diplomat’s personal information in Hong Kong as protesters flood into airport

Human intelligence can’t be transferred to machines

Reading archive 2019-08-07

U.S. State Department Official Involved in White Nationalist Movement, Hatewatch Determines

D.C. is considering giving more prisoners a chance for early release. Prosecutors are pushing back.

The Trump Appointee Who’s Putting White Supremacists in Jail: Two years after Charlottesville, this Republican prosecutor is pioneering a new approach to convicting racist rioters

Reading archive 2019-08-06

Harris, Sanders, Booker campaigned at Vegas church led by pastor who calls being gay a sin: Pastor has called being gay a sin “enough to send you to hell” - "Fowler said his views on LGBTQ issues never came up in his conversations with Harris or Booker at the church this weekend — and he didn’t see gay rights as 'a major issue at this point' at a time when the U.S. is facing challenges like this week’s mass shootings." [ed. note: the Pulse nightclub shooting was two years ago]

Mother of gay teen fights for justice after 'house arrest' decision for father accused in murder

Peter Strzok sues FBI for firing him over anti-Trump texts

Reading archive 2019-08-05

Ohio Republican blames mass shootings on ‘drag queen advocates,’ Colin Kaepernick and Obama

How the ‘good guy with a gun’ became a deadly American fantasy

Black Man Killed by Police in Alabama Was Shot From Behind, Autopsy Shows

Steelmaker That Praised Trump Tariffs Now Suing U.S. for Relief

US farmers are slamming Trump — saying 'trade policy is not a game' and China tariffs will plague ranchers for 'decades'

Why do so many working class Americans feel politics is pointless?

Can gentrification be a force for positive social change? A new paper suggests it displaces few people and often improves life for those who stay

LEFT BEHIND: Farmers fight to save their land in rural Minnesota as trade war intensifies

Reading archive 2019-08-04

John Paul Stevens: Repeal the Second Amendment

There are no lone wolves

Three mass shootings this year began with a hateful screed on 8chan. Its founder calls it a terrorist refuge in plain sight.

I MADE AN UNTRACEABLE AR-15 'GHOST GUN' IN MY OFFICE—AND IT WAS EASY

YOU’RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP—AND IT’S KILLING YOU

JARGON WATCH: THE RISING DANGER OF STOCHASTIC TERRORISM

Reading archive 2019-08-03

McConnell’s new posture toward Moscow

Reading archive 2019-08-02

Chicago remade its 127-year-old rapid transit system. Are there lessons for Metro?