Reading archive 2019-01-14

Tulsi Gabbard’s 2020 Campaign May Be Over Before It Starts: The congresswoman from Hawaii’s past is filled with anti-LGBTQ activism, calls for bombing Syria and endorsing torture

President Trump can't stop U.S. coal plants from retiring

Reading archive 2019-01-13

The new space race pits the U.S. against China. The U.S. is losing badly.

The world’s oldest person record stood for decades. Then came a Russian conspiracy theory.

Searching for news on RBG? YouTube offered conspiracy theories about the Supreme Court justice instead.

Two years after #Pizzagate showed the dangers of hateful conspiracies, they’re still rampant on YouTube

‘A travesty to this nation’: People are destroying Joshua trees in Joshua Tree National Park

Reading archive 2019-01-08

The Fetishization of Mr. Rogers’s ‘Look for the Helpers’: Turning the reassuring line for children into a meme for adults should make everyone uncomfortable.

Genetically modified 'shortcut' boosts plant growth by 40%

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s very bad defense of her falsehoods

The Networks Blew the Call Once again, broadcasters prove hapless in the face of Trump’s three familiar tools.

Paul Manafort shared 2016 polling data with Russian associate, according to court filing

‘It’s Just Too Much’: A Florida Town Grapples With a Shutdown After a Hurricane

Reading archive 2019-01-04

House Democrats vote to reopen government and deny Trump wall money, defying veto threat

Trump’s sons are running the business — and their big hotel expansion is at a standstill

Irish PM says he has escalated no-deal Brexit preparations

Britain clings to imperial nostalgia as Brexit looms

The UK must abandon the imperial fantasy of “global military reach”: Rather than masquerading as a world power, Britain should focus on defending Europe from Russia and itself from terrorism.

Reading archive 2019-01-03

Trump’s bizarre history lesson on the Soviet Union, Russia and Afghanistan

A defensive Trump calls a Cabinet meeting and uses it to boast, deflect and distract

Romney asserts his independence from Trump — and Trump’s defenders return his searing criticism of the president

Reading archive 2019-01-02

He’s designed hats for Dior. Now, he’s created one inspired by the African American Museum.

Reading archive 2019-01-01

‘America First’ is only making the world worse. Here’s a better approach.

Hasan Minhaj criticized the Saudi crown prince on ‘Patriot Act.’ Netflix pulled the episode in Saudi Arabia.