Morning Coffee (7/1/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

Protesters are trying to storm the Hong Kong government headquarters as I write this - here's the Guardian liveblog.

The Treatment of Migrants Likely ‘Meets the Definition of a Mass Atrocity’

There will be Close the Camps protests tomorrow (Tuesday) at noon. Find one near you.

Bolton Keeps Trying to Goad Iran Into War

The Census Case Is Shaping Up to Be the Biggest Travesty Since Bush v. Gore

Elizabeth Warren & Julián Castro Refused To Battle Each Other In The Debate. It Paid Off.

Gross: 2,495 Reports of Police Bias. Not One Was Deemed Valid by the N.Y.P.D.

This is extremely worrisome: New Study Shows Decline in LGBTQ Acceptance Among Young Americans

Good: Melvil Dewey's name stripped from top librarian award

Groundbreaking astronomer Kepler 'may have practised alchemy'

Morning Coffee (6/23/19)

Trump postpones ICE’s planned deportation raids in 10 big cities

What I Saw at the Dilley, Texas, Immigrant Detention Center

Bolton Warns Iran Not to ‘Mistake U.S. Prudence and Discretion for Weakness’

READ: Hannity, Manafort messages released by judge

Wow, good for Ravelry: New Policy: Do Not Post In Support of Trump or his Administration

How A Baby Caused A Revolutionary Change In Pakistan

Three Democrats Have A Big Built-In Advantage in New Hampshire

Vaccine Injury Claims Are Few and Far Between

Soaring Temperatures Speed Up Spring Thaw on Greenland’s Ice Sheet

Uh: Thousands petition Netflix to cancel Amazon Prime's Good Omens

Morning Coffee (6/22/19)

Do not ignore what is going on at the border or with ICE all over the country. Call your reps.

ICE raids targeting migrant families slated to start Sunday in major U.S. cities

Immigration Agency Says It Plans Deportation Operation Aimed at Undocumented Families

‘There Is a Stench’: No Soap and Overcrowding in Detention Centers for Migrant Children

4 Severely Ill Migrant Toddlers Hospitalized After Lawyers Visit Border Patrol Facility

Attorneys: Texas border facility is neglecting migrant kids

Children at the Homestead Migrant Shelter Share Stories of Grief, Trauma, and Fear

I’m a Jewish historian. Yes, we should call border detention centers “concentration camps.”

In other news another woman has come forward about the President raping her.

And: Trump Says He Called Off Strike On Iran Because He Didn't See It As 'Proportionate'

Okay, we'll end on something better: Supreme Court Strikes Down Conviction Of Mississippi Man On Death Row For 22 Years

Morning Coffee (6/18/19)

Please read this: The Youngest Child Separated From His Family at the Border Was 4 Months Old

Trump Adds Troops After Iran Says It Will Breach Nuclear Deal

Mohamed Morsi, ousted president of Egypt, dies in court

‘There’s no accountability’: Trump, White House aides signal a willingness to act with impunity in drive for reelection

THIS monster: Lawyers for Sandy Hook families say Alex Jones sent them child porn

Chilling Video Shows Cop Aiming Gun At Black Family After Girl, 4, Takes Doll From Store

Disgusting: Alabama court forces rape survivor to allow rapist to have visitation with children

Gloria Vanderbilt Dies at 95; Built a Fashion Empire

Veronica Mars trailer!!

Out of Their Eggs, Into the Sky: How Baby Pterosaurs May Have Taken Flight

Morning Coffee (6/17/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week!

Iran Threatens to Violate Nuclear Deal’s Limits on Uranium Enrichment

‘Guats,’ ‘Tonks’ and ‘Subhuman Shit’: The Shocking Texts of a Border Patrol Agent

Trump, election interference, and hollow nationalism

Press Secretary Sarah Sanders Is Leaving The White House

Heads up: King Arthur Flour recall!

Who Made The Cut: DNC Announces Primary Debate Contenders

New York City Allocates $250,000 for Abortions, Challenging Conservative States

See a Design of the Harriet Tubman $20 Bill That Mnuchin Delayed

Not good! Hungary eyes science research as latest target for state control

‘Frightening’ number of plant extinctions found in global survey

Morning Coffee (5/30/19)

Robert Mueller’s first-ever public statement on the Trump-Russia investigation, explained

Israel to hold new elections after Netanyahu coalition talks fail

Even Democrats Keep Thinking Iran Is Worse Than Saudi Arabia

Boycotts of Georgia Will Only Make It Redder

OH COME ON: US energy department rebrands fossil fuels as 'molecules of freedom'

Oklahoma Faces Off Against J & J in First Trial of an Opioid Maker

Elizabeth Warren Gains Ground in 2020 Field, One Plan at a Time

What a loss: Tony Horwitz Dies at 60; Prize-Winning Journalist and Best-Selling Author

Seeing Red in the Fossil Record

This is awful: Princess Diana's Death Is Being Turned Into a Theme Park Attraction and People Are Pissed

Afternoon Tea (5/20/19)

Long and worth your time: John Bolton on the Warpath

This history is fascinating and I have a LOT OF SYMPATHY for his annoyed constituents: Mayor and ‘Foreign Minister’: How Bernie Sanders Brought the Cold War to Burlington

Lessons From the Kosher Meat Boycott

Oh gosh, remember this nonsense? Stuff Your ‘Rules’

Great book recommendations here: Warrior Girls

Morning Coffee (2/18/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

Munich Security Conference Reveals A Growing Rift Between U.S. And Its Allies

Oh good! LET'S THINK ABOUT SECURITY: Howard Dean to lead new Democratic voter data exchange

UGH: Florida sixth-grader charged with misdemeanor after refusing to recite Pledge of Allegiance

How Democrats plan to shrink the gender pay gap

Nearly half of Republicans think God wanted Trump to be president

Howard Schultz’s campaign is based on 3 ideas, and they’re all wrong

Same-Sex Couples Sue For The Right To Marry In Japan

Manfred Eigen, 91, Nobel Winner Who Put a Clock to Chemicals, Dies

The Daniel Mallory saga continues: Similarities in Two Novels Raise Questions About the Limits of Literary Influence

Skype Can Now Blur Your Background So You Don't Have to Frantically Tidy Your Room

Morning Coffee (2/16/19)

“This is a constitutional crisis”: a legal expert on Trump’s emergency declaration

The real national emergency is Trump’s incompetence

Brief diversion to a crisis elsewhere: Alarm raised over bill allowing Sisi to rule Egypt until 2034

Hmm: Former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld announces plan to challenge President Trump for Republican nomination

Andrew McCabe's book might be worth reading: Every Day Is a New Low in Trump's White House

The fight between Ilhan Omar and Elliott Abrams, Trump’s Venezuela envoy, explained

Paid line-standing: the bizarre congressional practice that shocked Ocasio-Cortez, explained

Amazon’s Retreat on New York City Headquarters Followed Unexpected Backlash

Paperback pioneer Betty Ballantine dead at 99

NASA’s ice-measuring mission may be extended after shutdown delay

Morning Coffee (9/9/18)

Trump Administration Discussed Coup Plans With Rebel Venezuelan Officers

In liberal Sweden, a party with neo-Nazi origins could become one of the country’s biggest after Sunday’s elections

The 7 most important moments in Obama’s blistering critique of Trump and the GOP

Donald Trump makes the case for his own impeachment

Julia Salazar, the socialist politician accused of lying about her past, explained

Election Season in a Dangerous Democracy

Moroccan authors say teenage rape case hits 'new level of unspeakable'

Sigh: Frozen actor grabs Trump banner from audience member during play

Perfect: Cool! The Dude Who Asked You To Absolve Him of Past Misconduct Is Succeeding While You Recover

Oscars organizers postpone controversial 'popular film' award

Morning Coffee (8/14/18)

This is evil: Aurora parents fighting to stop legally adopted 4-year-old daughter from being deported

FBI agent Peter Strzok fired over anti-Trump texts

GOP lawmaker's son blasts father's role in Strzok saga, wants to flip his seat

Of course: White House Takes Aim At Financial Protections For Military

Trump Foreign Policy Held Back by Struggle to Grasp Time Zones, Maps

The Connecticut governor’s race, a rare 2018 opening for Republicans, explained

Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.

...yep: Anti-immigration Norwegian minister resigns over Iran holiday security fears

Behind Hollywood’s A-List Bidding War for a McDonald’s Monopoly Article

More young footballers dying of heart problems than thought, FA study finds

Morning Coffee (8/12/18)

(Still away! I'm sure 5000 terrible things have happened since I wrote this!)

Yeah, this sounds like a problem: Kavanaugh’s Opponents Protest Ex-Aide’s Role in Screening of Documents

New Details About Wilbur Ross’ Business Point To Pattern Of Grifting

Here’s what a new trove of Russian Twitter accounts tell us about Moscow’s support for Jill Stein

Trump's D.C. hotel, a clubhouse for his fans, may also be a 5-star conflict of interest Spoiler: IT IS.

Tulsi Gabbard’s Primary Opponents Want to Challenge Her Foreign Policy Positions. Why Won’t She Debate Them?

Don Lemon: Trump told me I couldn’t be a fair reporter because I’m black

City Council Votes To Remove Trump’s Walk Of Fame Star Due To “Disturbing Treatment Of Women”

Regulating Bots on Social Media Is Easier Said Than Done

Huh: Army veteran claims he cracked code of infamous D.B. Cooper mystery

Women more likely to survive heart attack if treated by female doctor – study

Morning Coffee (7/21/18)

Michael Cohen Secretly Taped Trump Discussing Payment to Playboy Model

Trump to Invite Putin to Washington, Blindsiding His Intelligence Chief

From the Start, Trump Has Muddied a Clear Message: Putin Interfered

The Midwest eases its Trump swoon and flirts again with Democratic candidates

Of course: Law That Saved the Bald Eagle Could Be Vastly Reworked

Once partners, ‘Game Change’ authors feuding over their shattered franchise

Alexander the Great hopes dashed as massive black coffin in Alexandria turns out to contain mummified family

Two men charged with stealing more than $8 million in rare books from Carnegie Library

WHAT: Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Corden, Ian McKellen to Star in 'Cats' Movie Adaptation

Interesting: Germany Ends Pre-Orders for Games Without Set Release Date

Morning Coffee (7/18/18)

Detaining Migrant Kids Is Now a Billion-Dollar Industry

Obama Warns In Mandela Speech That ‘Strongman Politics Are Ascendant’

It’s time to take Trump both seriously and literally on Russia

Rebecca Solnit: They Think They Can Bully the Truth

New Hampshire: Ground Zero in the War on Voting Rights

Yay! Puerto Rico Begins Allowing Transgender People to Change Their Birth Certificates

Record Number Of Native Americans Running For Office In Midterms

UGH: Police are protesting two novels on a school's summer reading list that grapple with police brutality

Perfect: 17 Real-Life Would-You-Rathers I, a Woman, Have Had to Ask Myself

Ooh: Les Misérables Photos: Dominic West, David Oyelowo and Lily Collins Star in PBS Adaptation — First Look

Morning Coffee (7/17/18)

Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and America’s “geopolitical suicide”

Trump and Putin vs. America

Feds Charge Russian Student, Linked To NRA, With Conspiracy

Inside Mueller's New Army

Made to Suffer for Her Sins: The Trump administration’s policies on family separation and abortion are driven by one view: A woman’s pain is fitting punishment.

4,500 Tech Workers, 1 Mission: Get Democrats Elected

UGH: Increasingly Agitated Elon Musk Labels Diver Who Mocked His 'Submarine' a 'Pedo Guy'

GOOD: Yankees Suspend Relationship with Papa John's After Founder's Racist Comments

Yay! J.K. Rowling's next Cormoran Strike novel Lethal White coming in September

Good for her: Seeking Pay Equity, Female Flutist Sues Boston Symphony Orchestra

Morning Coffee (7/14/18)

12 Russian Agents Indicted in Mueller Investigation

US Fails to Reunite Detained, Deported Parents With Their Young Children

Trump administration to turn away far more asylum seekers at the border under new guidance

F.B.I. Agent Defends Actions in Russia Inquiry in Contentious House Testimony

This is awful: Adoption agencies could refuse same-sex couples under measure OK'd by House panel

Ugh: Split Supreme Court Says N.H. Residency Voting Bill Constitutional

FACT CHECK: Trump's Claims On NATO Spending

Why banning plastic straws upsets people with disabilities

Libraries are Bridging the Summer Gap for Hungry Kids

A Massive, Black Sarcophagus Has Been Unearthed in Egypt, And Nobody Knows Who's Inside

Afternoon Tea (7/13/18)

Attention, Please: Anne Tyler Has Something to Say

Why Do We Photograph Wedding Dresses on Hangers?

Delightful as always: Hottest Heads of State Explains: NATO

How the Humble Pork Pie Charmed the English

Keep on moving: the bizarre dance epidemic of summer 1518

Afternoon Tea (7/12/18)

Taylor Swift in conversation with Pattie Boyd is everything I've always wanted.

Fascinating: The Obsessive Search for the Tasmanian Tiger

Madeleine Albright: ‘The things that are happening are genuinely, seriously bad’

Borderlands Noir

Struggle for a Lighthouse: The Raids to Destroy the Boston Light

Morning Coffee (7/8/18)

WHAT A SHOCK: Shifting Strategy, Trump’s Lawyers Set New Conditions for Mueller Interview

We need to talk about the fact that Trump seriously considered invading Venezuela

Thank you, President Obama: "And do not wait for the perfect message, and don’t wait to feel a tingle in your spine because you’re expecting politicians to be so inspiring and poetic and moving. Politics, like life, is imperfect. But there is better, and there is worse."

Doug Jones Thinks He’s Supposed To Be Here

Sigh: Women in Tech Score Symbolic Wins, but Cash Is Still Hard to Come By

...sure? Saudi Arabia is about to spend millions to troll Qatar by turning it into an island

This sounds like EXCITING NEWS but I guess it, uh, actually isn't: America’s cheese stockpile just hit an all-time high

Huh: Wait, Leonard Bernstein Wrote a ‘Peter Pan’ Musical?

Ooh: Emily Mortimer fights for her business in the The Bookshop trailer (I... have I read the book? I THINK so.)


Prehistoric stone hunt under way in Devon salt marsh

Morning Coffee (6/17/18)

How Trump Came to Enforce a Practice of Separating Migrant Families

ICE Detention Center Is Creating Obstacles to Ramadan Observance for Muslim Detainees, Lawyers Say

Jeff Flake’s criticism of Trump’s G7 antics is a sham

There’s actually lots of evidence of Trump-Russia collusion

Election Reformers Cheer As Maine Again Approves Ranked-Choice Voting

Also hopeful: Data Analysis: Influx of Democratic Women Could Spell the Hyde Amendment’s Demise

#MeToo goes to church: Southern Baptists face a reckoning over treatment of women

E-Commerce Might Help Solve the Mystery of Low Inflation

Some good advice in here: Just Write 500 Words

Brie Larson Promises ‘I Do Not Hate White Dudes,’ But Laments Lack of Inclusion Among Film Critics