Morning Coffee (6/27/19)

Investigators Found Immigrant Kids And Families Locked In Disgusting Conditions In Border Camps

Elizabeth Warren proved she’s ready for the big show

Our next election is dangerously vulnerable, a top Democrat warns. Does Trump care?

This is horrifying and a very very very worrisome sign of things to come: Woman indicted in shooting death of her unborn child; charges against shooter dismissed

Elizabeth Warren says she would ban private prisons and detention facilities as president

I love her: Out soccer star Megan Rapinoe says she’s ‘not going to the f–king White House’ after World Cup

By pushing for revote in Istanbul, Erdogan gambled — and lost

Wow: A trans Starbucks employee was misgendered on the job. Starbucks says it isn’t harassment.

A Former Republican Operative With Ties To White Nationalists Has Been Publishing Opinion Pieces In The Wall Street Journal

NASA Rover on Mars Detects Puff of Gas That Hints at Possibility of Life

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?

Afternoon Tea (1/14/19)

When a Lynching Memorial Becomes a Photo Opportunity

The Plot to Kill George Washington

The Israel of Amos Oz

6 YA Anthologies to Look for in 2019

Can Netflix Take Turkey’s TV Dramas to the World?

Morning Coffee (1/6/19)

Tension mounts as Congo’s election commission delays results announcement

They just . . . didn't know what the government does: "The Trump administration, which had not anticipated a long-term shutdown, recognized only this week the breadth of the potential impact, several senior administration officials said."

While federal workers go without pay, senior Trump administration officials are poised to get $10,000 raises

House Democrats Introduce Anti-Corruption Bill As Symbolic 1st Act

Talking about Pelosi’s pink dress isn’t sexist. It means you’re paying attention.

Justice Dept. admits error but won’t correct report linking terrorism to immigration

Heh: You may already be running

Huh (though this doesn't rule out an attack): The Sounds That Haunted U.S. Diplomats in Cuba? Lovelorn Crickets, Scientists Say

‘I Have Seen Many Crises’: Steel Magnate Stands Firm as Turmoil Hits Turkey

GOOD, because that Ellen thing was . . . not enough: Kevin Hart Won’t Host Academy Awards; Doesn’t Want To Be Oscar Night Distraction

Morning Coffee (12/23/18)

It’s official: the government is partially shut down

Supreme Court denies Trump administration request to immediately enforce new asylum rules

Trump call with Turkish leader led to US pullout from Syria

Does Trump think there are actual coyotes coming over the border?

The Battle to Stop Family Separation

The comically large 2020 Democratic field, explained

When Report Cards Go Out on Fridays, Child Abuse Increases on Saturdays, Study Finds

An Island Nation’s Health Experiment: Vaccines Delivered by Drone

Huge Martian Crater 'Korolev' Appears Topped With Miles Of Pristine Snow

Forgotten statue kept in a margarine tub is 2,000-year-old treasure

Morning Coffee (11/18/18)

Uh... To ease Turkish pressure on Saudis over killing, White House weighs expelling Erdogan foe

Khmer Rouge’s Slaughter in Cambodia Is Ruled a Genocide

If these allegations are true, this is horrifying and tragic: Decorated Navy SEAL Is Accused of War Crimes in Iraq

Trump’s latest interview shows a president who’s in way over his head

Is Mike Pence Loyal? Trump Is Asking, Despite His Recent Endorsement

Unsurprising, but horrifying: Education Dept. Proposes Enhanced Protection For Students Accused Of Sexual Assault

And: WSF Responds to Department of Education's Newly Proposed Rules on Title IX and Sexual Harassment

Heh: I’m fine with women in power, just not this one specific woman currently in power

This story took... well, multiple turns: GoFundMe benefit scheme: Couple charged, homeless man in custody

Hmm: Junot Díaz will stay on Pulitzer Board after review of misconduct allegations

Morning Coffee (10/23/18)

Let's start with some VERY GOOD AND IMPORTANT local news: Judge blocks SB 3 voting law, saying it imposes 'unreasonable, discriminatory' burdens

Erdogan Says Saudis Planned Khashoggi’s Killing, and Demands Answers

This isn't funny but the phrasing made me laugh: Gorbachev Calls Trump’s Nuclear Treaty Withdrawal ‘Not the Work of a Great Mind’

Trump runs with absurd right-wing media lie about terrorists infiltrating the migrant caravan

Wow: Nation's Only Independent Gov. Drops Re-Election Bid In Alaska And Backs Democrat

GO VOTE: Republicans outpacing Democrats in early voting in key states, NBC News finds

Meanwhile: Uruguay passes law granting rights to trans people

This story is amazing: Joachim Roenneberg, Who Sabotaged Nazis' Nuclear Hopes, Dies At 99

I didn't know much about this groundbreaking female writer in the genre, and now I definitely want to read her: Evelyn Anthony, Writer of Spy Thrillers, Dies at 92

Well, this is a relief: Apple fixes its new bagel emoji with cream cheese and a doughier consistency

Morning Coffee (6/25/18)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

I know everything is terrifying, but this is terrifying: Trump Calls for Depriving Immigrants Who Illegally Cross Border of Due Process Rights

I'm sure Trump will be praising him at any moment: Erdogan’s Victory in Turkey Election Expands His Powers

Buyers tied to Russia, former Soviet republics paid $109 million cash for Trump properties

Sinclair Forces Stations To Air Commentary Arguing ‘Liberal’ Reports of Child Detention Were Exaggerated

Why Rank-And-File Evangelicals Aren’t Likely To Turn On Trump Over Family Separation

The Limits Of Trump’s Cruelty Are Only Just Being Tested

Whoa, go watch the trailer for The Hate U Give.

Encouraging: Hate group tried to argue in court that trans students threaten privacy. It didn’t go well.

Wow: Chinese figure skating judges banned for bias at Pyeongchang Olympics

I didn't know this was a debate, but it's fascinating: New human gene tally reignites debate

Afternoon Tea (6/19/18)

I recommend reading this even if you don't care about the World Cup: I've Got Some Things to Say

Erdogan’s Plan to Raise a ‘Pious Generation’ Divides Parents in Turkey

In Conversation With Mary Beard: The Cambridge classicist on misogyny, power, and the future of women in the public sphere.

Feminize Your Canon: Olivia Manning

The Cheese Photographer We’re Obsessed With

Afternoon Tea (3/1/18)

Aw, this is great: Mal Ortberg’s Creepy New Book is Coming Out and Mal Is Too

How a secretive, unknown smartphone app became the center of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown

Women in Cryptocurrencies Push Back Against ‘Blockchain Bros’

Ooh, import digitization project here: See Rare Images Depicting Life, Work at the White House

Ancient Cave Drawings and Early Human Language Linked in New Study

Morning Coffee (7/16/17)

This is fascinating and the photographs are beautiful: Arks of the Apocalypse

Mysteries, and a Crackdown, Persist a Year After a Failed Coup in Turkey

Neat: The Queen appoints a former astronaut as Canada’s new Governor General

Donald Trump – not his son – is the real protagonist of the Russia drama

The Farm Belt führer: the making of a neo-Nazi

Your immigrant ancestors came here legally? Are you sure?

Japanese Blogger Discredits New Amelia Earhart Documentary After 30 Minutes of Research

No, You Can’t Use My Photos On Your Brand’s Instagram For Free

Ladies Who Book Club Have Always Been The Glue Of Resistance

Game of Thrones vs. the penultimate season curse

Morning Coffee (6/28/17)

This is amazing: A Time magazine with Trump on the cover hangs in his golf clubs. It’s fake.

Poll: Other Countries Hate Trump Even More Than We Do

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Trump lawyer's firm steered millions in donations to family members, files show

Turkey's Writers Face Yet More Trials

This is terrible: The Anti-Vaccination Movement Is Working with the Nation of Islam to Scare Black Families

The inside story of how TMZ quietly became America’s most potent pro-Trump media outlet

Okay, some good news! Canadian army officer is first female infantry officer to command Queen's Guard

Whoa: “Thing” now has a new definition in the Oxford English Dictionary, thanks to “The West Wing”

!! Dinosaurs’ sensitive snouts enabled courtship ‘face stroking’, study suggests

Interesting: Amazon mines sales data for Harry Potter trends

What??? Oreo Is Making Candy Canes

Morning Coffee (5/18/17)

Me elsewhere: Here's the CBS fall schedule.

Robert Mueller, Former F.B.I. Director, Is Named Special Counsel for Russia Investigation

Why It’s Hard to Have an Independent Russia Investigation

See also: GOP blocks House vote on independent Russia-Trump investigation

Trump Team Knew Flynn Was Under Investigation Before He Came to White House

House majority leader to colleagues in 2016: ‘I think Putin pays’ Trump

I'm not getting my hopes up or anything, but it's still good to see that a few of them maybe have some vague sort of integrity or at least self-preservation: First Republicans In Congress Use the I-Word: Impeachment

GOOD: New Hampshire Lawmaker Behind Misogynistic Reddit Forum Resigns

Oh: Turkish Dictator's Suited Thugs Beat Up Protesters on Embassy Row

New Star Trek: Discovery trailer!!

Morning Coffee (5/1/17)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

How Modern Tyrants Use Terror Management to Consolidate Power

Foes on the Run as Erdogan Makes Power Personal

The Lessons of the Chibok Kidnappings, Three Years Later

Brexit and Britain’s delusions of empire

The ‘Goddess’ Yi Wan Ka: Ivanka Trump Is a Hit in China

This whole saga is amazing. (The last sentence is the best.) I Worked at Fyre Festival. It Was Always Going to Be a Disaster.

Ahahahahaha: Fyre Festival Head Billy McFarland: 'We Were a Little Naive'

Of... course he is: James Patterson is writing a true crime book about Aaron Hernandez

This sounds cool: Game of Thrones language class coming to UC Berkeley this summer

Morning Coffee (4/30/17)

Turkey’s Wars: Quelling Kurdish Uprisings, and Suffering From Terror Attacks

It’s now illegal in Russia to share an image of Putin as a gay clown

The Far Left Is Still Out Of Touch With Black Voters

Quite a story: First, She Survived a ‘Cult.’ Now She’s Running for Office.

Trump is vowing to fix a problem that hasn’t existed for a decade

The Alt-Right of the Ozarks

A Mysterious Case Involving Turkey, Iran, and Rudy Giuliani

Cellphones in Hand, Saudi Women Challenge Notions of Male Control

No Bones About It: Scientists Recover Ancient DNA From Cave Dirt

Found: World War I Training Tunnels Full of Live Grenades

Morning Coffee (4/27/17)

He's super-serious about tax reform, you guys: Trump’s Treasury Department hasn’t filled any tax policy jobs

I just... White House incorrectly calls Mnuchin 'Secretary of Commerce' in press release

Germany Refuses Turkey’s Request to Spy on Opponents of Erdogan

A Life Sentence in Cambodia, but Kem Ley’s Murder Is Far From Solved

Muslim Women In India Ask Top Court To Ban Instant Divorce

The ‘hotbed of anti-Semitism’ isn’t a foreign country. It’s U.S. college campuses, a new report says.

Trump’s budget blueprint is a war on the future of the American economy

Trump Can't Stop Himself

The Fears That Fueled an Ancient Border Wall

Found: Medieval Manuscripts Stolen From Italy, Hiding in the Boston Public Library

Morning Coffee (4/26/17)

Welp: Joint NHDP/NHYD Statement: Daily Beast unmasks GOP Rep. Fisher as creator of woman-hating ‘Red Pill’

What a shock: Flynn May Have Broken Law by Not Disclosing Russia Dealings, Lawmakers Say (Also in there: The White House is refusing to turn over documents for this investigation! Of course they are!)

Oh: Republicans exempt their own insurance from their latest health care proposal

!! Abortion in Ireland: committee votes for constitutional change

Trump Is Writing Fake Executive Orders Because He Doesn’t Know How to Be President

Will We Abandon Women’s Rights in the Name of Progressive Politics? (Why won't Bernie just go awaaaaaaaay?)

Sexual Harassment In Statehouses Is Easily Swept Under The Rug

‘Turkish Trump,’ a Hotel Plan and a Tangle of Foreign Ties

The end of an era: Robert Siegel Stepping Down As 'All Things Considered' Host In 2018

Dahlia Lithwick is worth reading on the cultural significance of Alex Jones' trial.

In China, Unregistered Churches Are Driving a Religious Revolution

As always, I'm amazed and delighted that people are STILL making major finds in Egypt: Eight Mummies and Other Treasures Found in Luxor Tomb Bonanza

Morning Coffee (4/22/17)

'We've never seen this drought, this disease': Somali families bury their dead

As Erdogan gains power in Turkey, a weakened opposition tries to stand in his way

Macron Wants to Change France. But Will Voters Elect an Unknown?

Finally: Justice Dept. debating charges against WikiLeaks members in revelations of diplomatic, CIA materials

Does... does Jeff Sessions know Hawaii is a state?

But seriously: Jeff Sessions’s attack on a Hawaii judge is an attack on judicial review itself

The C Student in Chief

Theresa May and the Crisis of British Progressivism

Vanessa Redgrave makes directorial debut with film about refugee crisis (This is particularly interesting - to me - because she talks about The Tempest and I saw her as Prospero at the Globe.)

The Intelligence Costs of Underestimating Russia: A Warning from History

The other victim in Facebook killer's crime

I have lots of jokes about the forthcoming Shondaland lifestyle site ('10 Wine Cardigans for Overthrowing the Government'?), but I'll totally read it.

!! You Can Now 3D Print Glass

Morning Coffee (4/20/17)

The Trump administration just quietly admitted that the Iran deal is working

The Times's State of Emergency series is a great look at what's going on in Turkey.

I... what? The newest GOP health idea? Auto-enroll the uninsured.

Newtown Board Asks Trump To Reject Conspiracy Theorists, Including Alex Jones

Donald Trump’s big problem is he doesn’t know what he’s talking about

Andrew Sullivan's Pathology

How to Build an Autocracy

Heh: Exclusive! Jared Kushner’s Secret Chat Transcripts

This is terrible! Don't do this! Do not threaten a girl with arrest if she doesn't want to go out with you! Teen stages drug bust to get prom date

This story is AMAZING: Silicon Valley’s $400 Juicer May Be Feeling the Squeeze

‘Here Lies’: A Clue in Hebrew Points to Rome’s Medieval Jewish Cemetery

Watch The MTV Soap Opera That Is Secretly Teaching Sex Ed

Morning Coffee (4/19/17)

Turkey’s Vote Makes Erdoğan Effectively a Dictator

As Atrocities Mount in Syria, Justice Seems Out of Reach

What You Need To Know About France’s Far Right

Neil Gorsuch’s First Big Test

Trump and The Problem of Militant Ignorance

Heh: Ivanka’s Notes for the Babysitter

The best theory for why Trump tells such obvious lies

How South Korea’s Fake News Hijacked a Democratic Crisis

With a Hollywood Writers’ Strike Looming, Here’s What to Know

New art series illustrates what climate change will do to our national parks

Aah, the American Assassin trailer!

This is FASCINATING: A Republic of Wool: Founding Era Americans’ Grand Plans for Sheep