Morning Coffee (7/25/19)

Phew: Federal judge in California halts Trump’s latest asylum ban

Mueller’s testimony, and what it means for President Trump, explained

Boris Johnson: new PM takes his revenge and sacks over half the cabinet

Sudan army chief among senior officers arrested in coup plot

Good: Ricardo Rosselló, Puerto Rico’s Governor, Resigns After Protests

Trump vetoes Congress’s attempt to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Transgender people in North Carolina just won a victory against HB2 in court

Ha: Less ado: Boris Johnson's Shakespeare book delayed for 'foreseeable future'

Edith Irby Jones, Barrier-Breaking Doctor in the South, Dies at 91

More Than 50 Lakes Found Under Greenland Ice Sheet

Morning Coffee (7/23/19)

Hard-Line Brexiteer Boris Johnson To Become Britain's New Prime Minister

Trump Administration Moves To Speed Up Deportations With Expedited Removal Expansion

The GOP’s Dangerous Cowardice

What The 2020 Candidates Need To Know About Sex Work Decriminalization

This is disgusting: Pennsylvania School District Warns Parents They Could Lose Kids Over Unpaid School Lunches

Chris Kraft, One Of The Architects Of The U.S. Space Program, Dies At 95

Climate crisis: extremely hot days could double in US, study shows

Aah, Star Trek: Picard trailer!

Excavation of Waterloo field hospital unearths limbs and musket balls

PERFECT: ‘The Hating Game’: ‘Pearson’ & ‘Suits’ Star Gina Torres Joins Lucy Hale & Robbie Amell In Rom-Com

Morning Coffee (6/8/19)

Pure evil: Border Patrol is confiscating migrant kids' medicine, U.S. doctors say

Theresa May officially steps down as Tory leader

The corruption is just so OUT IN THE OPEN: A wealthy Iraqi sheikh who urges a hard-line U.S. approach to Iran spent 26 nights at Trump’s D.C. hotel

Good news for NH: Court finds school funding formula unconstitutional

IS HE, really? ‘Kill the problem’: Alabama mayor sorry for Facebook post accused of ‘inciting violence’ against gays

Oh, whoa! Central Park 5 Prosecutor Dropped by Publisher After Netflix Series Outcry

Biden’s First Run for President Was a Calamity. Some Missteps Still Resonate.

Ohio Doctor Charged With Killing 25 Patients in Fentanyl Overdoses

Undistorting the Civil War

Rock Art and Footprints Reveal How Ancient Humans Responded to Volcanic Eruption

Morning Coffee (5/25/19)

Yay! After years of fierce debate, Taiwan celebrates the first same-sex weddings in Asia

A good step for New Hampshire: House votes to override governor's veto of death penalty repeal

Also good but it doesn't look like these majorities are veto-proof: N.H. Senate Passes Three Gun-Related Bills

And another good step! Bill to Create Commission to Redraw Legislative Maps Clears N.H. Senate

Distorted Videos of Nancy Pelosi Spread on Facebook and Twitter, Helped by Trump

Banker Accused of Arranging $16 Million in Loans to Manafort to Gain High-Level Trump Post

Very bad: New Trump administration rule would weaken protections for transgender people in health care

And: Proposed HUD rule would strip transgender protections at homeless shelters

ACLU and Planned Parenthood file lawsuit against Alabama's near-total abortion ban

If you're wondering what Theresa May's resignation means, read June Thomas: The Last Days of May

Morning Coffee (5/22/19)

Thousands of immigrants suffer in solitary confinement in U.S. detention centers (SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THEIR SEXUALITY OR A DISABILITY.)

Anti-Abortion and Pro-Trump Are Two Sides of the Same Coin

Lock Him Up?

Prime Minister Theresa May offers a “new” Brexit plan, but nobody’s buying it

E.P.A. Plans to Get Thousands of Pollution Deaths Off the Books by Changing Its Math

New HIV Map Offers Most Detailed Look Yet At The Epidemic

A Great White Shark Was in the Long Island Sound! (Or Maybe Not)

Hilary Mantel's The Mirror and the Light announced for 2020 (I need to catch up because Twitter is going to be INTO THIS.)

The details here are fascinating: Aztec allies ritually disfigured captured Spaniards’ remains

I originally read this headline as ALL ONE MOVIE but the separate movies sound good too! Fred & Adele Astaire Story & WWII Thriller ‘The Zero Hour’ In The Works For Altitude — Cannes

Morning Coffee (4/11/19)

Julian Assange was just expelled from the Ecuadorian Embassy and arrested by British police

Brexit: UK and EU agree delay to 31 October

The U.S. Is Tracking Migrant Girls' Periods to Stop Them From Getting Abortions

Ex-Obama Counsel Expects to Be Charged Soon in Mueller-Related Case

In case you still thought they cared about life at all: Texas lawmakers consider the death penalty for abortion

Why I Am Stockpiling Insulin in My Fridge

GOOD: Washington corrections officials reverse ban, will allow prisoners to get used books in the mail

Yes, Democrats need to beat Trump. But that shouldn’t give Joe Biden a pass.

!!! Darkness Visible, Finally: Astronomers Capture First Ever Image of a Black Hole

Charles Van Doren, a Quiz Show Whiz Who Wasn’t, Dies at 93

Morning Coffee (4/8/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

Kirstjen Nielsen Resigns as Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary

Mulvaney says Democrats will ‘never’ see Trump’s tax returns

Trump attacks Rep. Ilhan Omar hours after a supporter was charged with threatening to kill her

A power struggle over Tripoli threatens to push Libya further into chaos

In Israel Election, the Future of the West Bank Is Now on the Ballot

May faces intense cabinet pressure over prospect of lengthy Brexit delay

This story! State Prosecutor has opened investigation into Baltimore Mayor Pugh's 'Healthy Holly' book sales, her lawyer says

That Kiss, and Other Daily Indignities

So Cambridge beat Oxford in the annual Boat Race, and James Cracknell - TWO-TIME OLYMPIC CHAMPION - was the oldest-ever competitor because he's a Cambridge student now. Imagine being a regular undergrad and having him show up to be on your team.

Huh! Pulaski, Polish Hero of the Revolutionary War, Was Most Likely Intersex, Researchers Say

Afternoon Tea (4/4/19)

The Man Trying to Make Sense of Brexit Is Tired and Would Like to Stop Now

At 71, She’s Never Felt Pain or Anxiety. Now Scientists Know Why.

What More Could I Have Done For My Student, 'Vulnerable To The Slightest Of Breezes'?

I love a good bad book review and this is a GREAT one: Psycho Analysis

I didn't realize this was a New England thing! The Anatomy of a Three-Decker

Morning Coffee (4/3/19)

Prime Minister Theresa May changes course on Brexit

Woman From China Carrying Malware Arrested After Entering Mar-a-Lago

Algeria’s longtime dictator just resigned amid massive protests

Testing Novel Power, Trump Administration Detains Palestinian After Sentence Ends

This is not good! University of Arizona will charge 2 students over protest of Border Patrol event on campus

University of North Carolina Memorial to Slaves Is Defaced With Urine and Racial Slurs

Elizabeth Warren’s plan to make farming great again, explained

What a great list! 2019 Hugo Award & 1944 Retro Hugo Award Finalists

Disney Shutters Production Studio Beloved By Women

NASA announces top three designs for homes on Mars

Morning Coffee (4/2/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

Parliament Votes Down Brexit Alternatives, Worsening Deadlock

Wow: White House whistleblower says 25 security clearance denials were reversed during Trump administration

The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Just Legalized Torture

Meanwhile, I'd sort of lost track of what was going on in Turkey, but whoa: A Political Quake in Turkey as Erdogan’s Party Loses in His Home Base of Support

McConnell moves to change Senate rules to speed up confirmation of Trump nominees

Mick Mulvaney’s latest effort to whitewash Trump’s failures is a joke

EPA Science Panel Considering Guidelines That Upend Basic Air Pollution Science

Jamelle Bouie on Trump and health care: An Opening for the Democrats

An interesting series from NHPR: Adequate: How a State Decides the Value of Public Education

'I can get any novel I want in 30 seconds': can book piracy be stopped?

Morning Coffee (4/1/19)

I mean, good, but... IT IS 2019, we're just doing this now? Francis mandates Vatican officials, diplomats to report suspicions of child abuse

This is a good, clear summary: The Trump Scandals That Have Slipped by Congress

Disgusting: GOP legislator prays to Jesus for forgiveness before state’s first Muslim woman swears in

Wait... what? Jerry Falwell Jr’s university has sold more than $1 million in jet fuel to the Pentagon since Trump’s inauguration

I agree with all of this: Beto’s Just Not Doing It for Me

Women Who Worked with Billionaire Philanthropist Michael Steinhardt Say He Asked for Sex

K-Pop Crime Cartel Revealed as Korea’s Burning Sun Scandal Expands

Confronting racism is not about the needs and feelings of white people

The White House wants NASA to put boots on the Moon by 2024. That seems... unlikely.

Brexit leaves Tate scrambling to assure EU museums over Van Gogh loans

Morning Coffee (3/31/19)

Mueller Report Exceeds 300 Pages, Raising Questions About Four-Page Summary

Heh: Attorney General William Barr Summarizes Famous Broadway Musicals

Counties that hosted a 2016 Trump rally saw a 226 percent increase in hate crimes

The real reason the Trump administration is constantly losing in court

The demobilization of the resistance is a dangerous mistake

Businessman detained at Gatwick over anti-Brexit badge

The warped history that fuels right-wing terrorism

Airlines damage or lose an average of 26 wheelchairs a day, report finds

Some of the science here seems far from conclusive, but... huh: Girls who share a womb with boys tend to make less money than those with twin sisters

How New York’s new monument whitewashes the women’s rights movement

Morning Coffee (3/30/19)

British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit agreement fails for a third time

Brunei to Punish Adultery and Gay Sex With Death by Stoning

The Mueller report will be released to the public by mid-April

In Blow to Trump, Judge Blocks Health Care Law ‘End Run’

An Awkward Kiss Changed How I Saw Joe Biden

Go, New Hampshire: Senate Passes Voting Registration Measure, Adopts Independent Redistricting Panel

How Donald Trump inflated his net worth to lenders and investors

He's so disgusting: Alex Jones blames ‘psychosis’ for Sandy Hook hoax claim

Jussie Smollett Is Free. That’s Good, Whether He’s Guilty or Not.

This is so sad: French New Wave filmmaking icon Agnès Varda dies at 90

Morning Coffee (3/28/19)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Theresa May Promises to Step Down if U.K. Parliament Backs Brexit Plan

I love her: ‘You don’t run for second place’: Stacey Abrams shoots down Joe Biden VP rumors

In Divided White House, Trump Sided With Mulvaney in Push to Nullify Health Law

Good: Cummings demands docs on Kushner's alleged use of encrypted app for official business

Cindy Yang helped Chinese tech stars get $50K photos with Trump. Who paid?

Who anointed Beto O'Rourke to be our political saviour? He did

A STEP: Facebook Bans White Nationalism and White Separatism

This is not true, and not good that people think it! Fewer Americans Think LGBT People Face Discrimination

A good explanation of the tweets going around: It’s unfortunate NASA canceled the all-female EVA, but it’s the right decision

Elite Colleges Constantly Tell Low-Income Students That They Do Not Belong

Morning Coffee (3/23/19)

Last ISIS Village in Syria Falls, and a Caliphate Crumbles

This does a good job of clarifying what's going on right now: The brewing fight over making the Mueller report public, explained

New Zealand to Ban Military-Style Semiautomatic Guns, Jacinda Ardern Says

E.U. Approves Brexit Extension, but Chaotic Departure Still Looms

Trump Overrules Own Experts on Sanctions, in Favor to North Korea

Good: Judge Restores Wisconsin Governor's Powers, Strikes Down GOP Laws

Teen arrested over racist threat that closed Charlottesville schools

All the numbers here are awful: Only 7 Black Students Got Into Stuyvesant, N.Y.’s Most Selective High School, Out of 895 Spots

Beto O’Rourke’s border cred is genuine. It’s not the same as an immigration platform.

Good for them: GoFundMe Bans Anti-Vaxxers Who Raise Money to Spread Misinformation

Morning Coffee (3/19/19)

It still has to go through the Senate, but yay! N.H. House OKs Birth Certificate Changes in Transgender Cases

This is an important, moving read on the Christchurch attacks and Islamophobia in general: Our Brother, Our Executioner

Exclusive: 7 U.S. Military Members Identified As Part Of White Nationalist Group

Federal Authorities Raided Trump Fundraiser’s Office in Money Laundering Probe

The Summer Zervos sexual assault allegations and lawsuit against Donald Trump, explained

The headline sort of obscures that the prosecutor picked an older victim among DOZENS OF OPTIONS to lessen the punishment: Age of victim in prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, long a source of confusion, eased his obligations to register as a sex offender

Facebook, Axios And NBC Paid This Guy To Whitewash Wikipedia Pages

lol: France’s EU minister names her cat ‘Brexit’ because ‘he meows loudly to be let out but won’t go through the door’

Ohh: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, 90, ‘Nate the Great’ Author, Dies

DNA on ancient tobacco pipe links Maryland slave site to West Africa

Morning Coffee (3/18/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

The New Zealand shooter’s manifesto shows how white nationalist rhetoric spreads

Photos: kids in 123 countries went on strike to protect the climate

Welp: Dutch PM compares Theresa May to Monty Python limbless knight

The most reprehensible part of the admissions scandal: faking disability accommodations

UGH: Howard Schultz and His Team Think the Backlash Means They’re ‘Onto Something’

This may be the first case to test genetic genealogy in court: Trial of Seattle man in 1987 killings of Saanich couple set to begin in June

Hal Blaine, Wrecking Crew Drummer and Rock Hall of Fame Member, Dies at 90

Here are updated numbers on children's books by and about BIPOC. They're not good!

I will try this: First Look at ‘Harry Potter: Wizards Unite,’ the Next Game From the Makers of ‘Pokemon Go’

Wow: Watch the Vice musical number cut from Adam McKay's Dick Cheney biopic

Morning Coffee (3/16/19)

The New Zealand Massacre Was Made to Go Viral

This is disgusting: Far-right Australian senator blames New Zealand attack on Muslim immigrants

The UK Parliament has voted to delay Brexit BUT CAN THEY??

Uh, this seems not good!! US bars entry to International Criminal Court investigators

Israel responded forcefully to rockets launched from Gaza

Senate Republicans see the national emergency vote as a one-time break with Trump

OKAY, some good news: Sandy Hook Massacre: Remington and Other Gun Companies Lose Major Ruling Over Liability

Facebook’s Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation

Birch Bayh, Indiana senator who championed Title IX, dies at 91

‘One Day at a Time’ and Why Netflix Is Not Your Friend

Morning Coffee (3/13/19)

Senators Introduce Legislation to Finally Repeal the Hyde Amendment and End Wide-Ranging Federal Abortion-Funding Ban

Theresa May’s Brexit deal fails — again

DeVos Illegally Delayed Special Education Rule, Judge Says

This is awful: On Disability and on Facebook? Uncle Sam Wants to Watch What You Post

Elizabeth Warren wants to ban the US from using nuclear weapons first

THIS IS WILD: The FBI’s college admissions fraud case against Felicity Huffman and many more, explained

What Does North Macedonia’s Name Change Have to Do with NATO?

WHOA: Levine Leaving Scholastic to Launch Publishing Venture

X-Ray Analysis Reveals Self-Portrait Hidden Under Artemisia Gentileschi Painting

Ooh, interesting: Watch Molly Shannon as Emily Dickinson in New ‘Wild Nights With Emily’ Trailer

Morning Coffee (2/26/19)

Me elsewhere: I wrote about why local elections are important in a guest column in the local paper!

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Jeremy Corbyn: we’ll back a second referendum to stop Tory no-deal Brexit

Uh... Mohammad Javad Zarif: Iran's foreign minister announces resignation

A Lawsuit by a Campaign Worker Is the Latest Challenge to Trump’s Nondisclosure Agreements

Green Book’s frustrating Best Picture win, explained

AGREED: Green Book’s Best Picture Win Wasn’t the Most Embarrassing Oscar Victory. This Was.

The fashion was good, though, and I loved the pink dress trend.

This is about an event I attended! What does Pete Buttigieg bring to the table? Experience — really.

SO INFURIATING: Viagra Might Relieve Period Cramps, but Male Pharmaceutical Execs Don't Care

Hilde Lysiak, The 12-Year-Old Journo Inspiration Of Apple TV Series, Strikes Again

Oh how sad: Stanley Donen, Director of Iconic Movie Musicals, Dies at 94