Morning Coffee (7/17/19)

A divided House votes for resolution condemning Trump’s racist remarks

I'm not surprised, but I'm sad: Eric Garner’s Death Will Not Lead to Federal Charges for N.Y.P.D. Officer

This is scary: Kellyanne Conway asked a Jewish reporter 'What's your ethnicity?' while defending Trump's racist tweets

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, Who Led Liberal Wing, Dies at 99

Six officials at nonprofit Southwest Key, which runs migrant child shelters, earned more than $1 million in 2017

Trump Admin Says Abortion ‘Gag Rule’ Effective Immediately

If the information in this story is correct, I'm glad she's out: Planned Parenthood Has Ousted Its President, Leana Wen, Amid A Dispute Over The Organization's Direction

Oh for the love of God: A second candidate for Mississippi governor says he won’t meet alone with women

Polio Cases Surge in Pakistan and Afghanistan

A Burning Lava Lake Concealed by a Volcano’s Glacial Ice

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 (6/24/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

Inside a Texas Building Where the Government Is Holding Immigrant Children

Illinois bans private immigration detention centers

Lesbian Couple Barred From Fostering Migrant Kids

Well, this is alarming! Trump tweets video showing him running for president indefinitely

No. Why. Joe Sestak Becomes Latest Democrat To Announce 2020 Presidential Run

One of the last: Tuskegee Airman who flew 142 WWII combat missions dies at 99

Boston tapes: Ex-IRA man to take case to Supreme Court

Good: 72 Philadelphia Police Officers Placed On Desk Duty Over Offensive Social Media Posts

Oh, nice move: U.S. Olympic Committee Changes Name To U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee

A legend: Judith Krantz, Whose Tales of Sex and Shopping Sold Millions, Dies at 91

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 (3/20/19)

US government uses several clandestine shelters to detain immigrant children

I've seen Sirota's now-deleted tweets and THIS IS SO GROSS: Bernie Sanders Just Hired His Twitter Attack Dog

It is wildly unclear whether Beto O’Rourke supports Medicare-for-all

PBS Chief Paula Kerger Responds To Third Donald Trump Push To De-Fund

Whoa: Nowata County Sheriff, Deputies Resign Over Jail Concerns (EVEN THE K-9. What a good boy.)

lol: Devin Nunes Suing Twitter, Twitter Accounts 'Devin Nunes' Mom' & 'Devin Nunes' Cow'

Baltimore mayor resigns from board of U.-Md. Medical System FOR HAVING THEM SPEND $500k ON HER SELF-PUBLISHED KIDS' BOOKS.

After Years Of Abuse By Priests, #NunsToo Are Speaking Out

Good for them: WNBA stars respond to homophobic SNL skit

US detects huge meteor explosion

Morning Coffee (2/3/19)

Mitch McConnell, Enemy of the Vote

Why Democrats Picked Stacey Abrams to Deliver Their Trump Counterpunch

Wisconsin’s Foxconn Debacle Keeps Getting Worse

Not good! Lie-Detector Loyalty Tests Proposed For Ukrainians In Separatist-Controlled East

Poland opens probe into anti-Semitic incident at Auschwitz

This is awful: 'What Black Girl Magic Looks Like': Detroit Cop Seizes Woman's Car, Mocks Her on Snapchat as She Walks Home in Below-Freezing Weather

Heh: I Am So Progressive That I Am Already Preparing My 2020 Protest Vote For Donald Trump (That site is parody, to be clear.)

One Of The Biggest At-Home DNA Testing Companies Is Working With The FBI

The Times is doing a special edition of its Overlooked series (of people who never got obituaries there) for Black History Month, and among them is SCOTT JOPLIN. Scott Joplin!

You don't say: Experts Say Those Who Don't Vaccinate Their Kids Tend to Be Wealthy and White

Morning Coffee (1/24/19)

Why thousands of protesters — and Trump — are demanding Venezuela’s president step down

Exclusive: Iraqi scientist says he helped ISIS make chemical weapons

4 Arrested and 23 Guns Seized in Plot Against Muslim Enclave in Upstate N.Y.

What the hell is going on with the State of the Union, explained

The Wheels of Justice Are Grinding to a Halt

This piece about the sexual abuse accusations against Bryan Singer is important (and timely given Bohemian Rhapsody's nominations): ‘Nobody Is Going to Believe You’

The Voices of Indigenous People Continue to Be Silenced

I'm very impressed with what L.A.'s teachers got in their negotiations to end the strike.

This is awful: Trump Administration Grants South Carolina Foster Care Agencies Authority to Discriminate Against Jewish, Muslim Families (and Catholic and agnostic and...)

Gawker 2.0 Implodes as Its Only Reporters Quit

Morning Coffee (12/9/18)

The details here are even more dystopian than the headline makes it sound! Denmark Plans to Isolate Unwanted Migrants on a Small Island

Anti-fascists were stabbed at a neo-Nazi rally. Then police tried to charge them

Trump Drilling Plan Threatens 9 Million Acres of Sage Grouse Habitat

Milo Yiannopoulos’s collapse shows that no-platforming can work

‘No Labels’ Needs A Warning Label

This included PRESSURING STRANGERS FROM THE AUDIENCE TO KISS EACH OTHER so... good: Princeton Singers Abandon a ‘Little Mermaid’ Song Over Kissing Concerns

Ugh: Straight Actors in Queer Roles Could Dominate the 2019 Oscars

Ooh, yay: The Joy of Cooking, vindicated: Journal retracts two more Brian Wansink papers

Good for her: Meghan Markle will focus on helping women in developing countries when she announces her first royal charity patronages next year

500-year-old skeleton still wearing thigh-high boots found in London river

Afternoon Tea (12/5/18)

This is an important story about a police shooting that does NOT go the way you expect: "I Don't Want to Shoot You, Brother"

This Artist Reenvisioned Marvel Superheroes in a Traditional Native American Style

2019 YA Books Starring Queer Girls

The Cranky Bookseller's Guide to Holiday Shopping

A [Medieval] calendar page for December 2018

Morning Coffee (11/17/18)

Big New Hampshire news; I'm curious to see how it shakes out: House Democrats Throw Support Behind Van Ostern to Replace Gardner as Secretary of State

Judge orders White House to return Jim Acosta's press pass

U.S. Law Enforcement Failed to See the Threat of White Nationalism. Now They Don’t Know How to Stop It.

Not good!! Ohio lawmakers approve 6-week ‘heartbeat’ abortion ban, poised to challenge Roe v. Wade

Neo-Nazis Have No First Amendment Right to Harassment, Judge Rules

Trump’s incompetence and authoritarianism are both scary

Study suggests Trump is scaring immigrant families off food stamps

The latest Brexit drama, explained

What Did ‘Pod Save America’ Expect?

This city just approved a new election system never tried before in America

Morning Coffee (11/12/18)

(As you're reading this, I'm getting home and starting to catch up on news. WISH ME LUCK. Back to normal posting tomorrow.)

America's Problem Isn't Tribalism—It's Racism

There’s Nothing Virtuous About Finding Common Ground

Children of the Caravan

Thank goodness: Science Returns to the House

How professional! 'Will you murder anybody?': Texas judge releases juveniles after election loss

Macron stirs anger with WW1 tribute to Nazi collaborator Petain

THIS IS RACISM, BERNIE: Bernie Sanders on Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams: Many Whites Made ‘Uncomfortable’ Voting for Black Candidates

Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan Was Overlooked. Not Any Longer.

The ‘good guy with a gun’ is Hollywood’s most dangerous lie

Scientists reveal 10,000-year-old mummy is Native American ancestor

Morning Coffee (11/10/18)

(I'm away for a few days so this was written in advance. GOD ONLY KNOWS what has happened since.)

This is bad!! Trump is about to sign an asylum ban

But at least there's this: Appeals court says Trump administration can't end DACA

PLEASE BE OKAY: Ruth Bader Ginsburg is in the hospital with 3 broken ribs

One of these writers is Kellyanne Conway's husband! Trump’s Appointment of the Acting Attorney General Is Unconstitutional

America’s easy access to guns is enabling all these mass shootings

Some more good news from Election Night: All 19 Black Women Running for Judge in a Texas Race Won Tuesday Night

Ugh, OF COURSE: Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford Continues Receiving Threats, Lawyers Say

The Democrats’ Deep-South Strategy Was a Winner After All

Elsewhere: Poland Elections Reveal a Deeply Divided Nation

‘Oumuamua is not the alien probe you’re looking for

Morning Coffee (11/8/18)

Welp: Jeff Sessions forced out as attorney general

He sure seems terrible! Meet Trump’s New Acting Attorney General, Matthew Whitaker

The Rainbow Wave Has Arrived: Tuesday's midterms saw more than 100 LGBTQ candidates elected.

Early numbers suggest voter turnout soared in the 2018 midterms

This is how you write a press release: AFL-CIO Statement on Scott Walker Defeat

Oh good: Idaho, Nebraska and Utah Vote to Expand Medicaid

YAY: N.H. Libertarians Fail to Meet Threshold to Maintain Major Party Status

Ugh: West Virginia Voters Approve Anti-Abortion Constitutional Amendment

Brian Kemp’s Lead in Georgia Needs an Asterisk

2018! Pimp Dennis Hof wins Nevada legislative race after death

Morning Coffee (1/30/18)

ICYMI, here's my Ferdinand post, and I made you a running index of my Oscar posts by title and category. Remember, if you want to read my diary of this project, come join me on Patreon for as little as a dollar per month!

Important, from Ezra Klein: Trump Is Winning

Masha Gessen, my must-read: At Davos—and Always—Donald Trump Can Only Think in the Present Tense

Secret Memo Hints at a New Republican Target: Rod Rosenstein

Jeff Sessions Is Betraying His Own DOJ

Good for them: Curators at Museum of Natural History Object to a Trustee

This failed, but it's important to understand the junk science behind it: The Senate is voting on a 20-week abortion ban. Opponents say it's “basically relying on junk science.”

Egypt election: sole challenger to Sisi registers at last minute

Huh! Keurig to Take Control of Dr Pepper in $18.7 Billion Deal

Whoa: In Cave in Israel, Scientists Find Jawbone Fossil From Oldest Modern Human Out of Africa

Aw, can you imagine getting THAT HAIR: The Duchess of Cambridge donates her hair to wigs for children under cancer treatment

Morning Coffee (12/26/17)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

SHOCKER: Russian presidential election: Alexei Navalny barred from competing

ALSO A SHOCK: At Vice, Cutting-Edge Media and Allegations of Old-School Sexual Harassment

Trump Administration: We Bar Abortions for Raped Minors Because It’s in Their “Best Interest”

This is how the EPA is training people: "Who’s your customer? If you think it’s the general public because they benefit from clean air or water you’d be wrong."

The Ghoulish Pursuit of Executing a Terminally Ill Inmate

The British Royals Celebrate Christmas!

Oh no! The actress who played Louisa in The Sound of Music has died.

Oh interesting: Wonder Woman director helped secret recasting for All the Money in the World

Ooh! ‘An American in Paris’ Stage Hit Set for Theatrical Release in 2018

See how Christopher Nolan filmed those incredible Dunkirk aerial sequences

Morning Coffee (11/30/17)

223 Women Working in National Security Sign Open Letter on Sexual Harassment

Congratulations to Afghanistan's All-Girls Robotics Team, Which Trump Wouldn't Let Into the US

Uh... Autopsy Doctor Quits, Alleges Sheriff Interfered in Death Probes

The Trump Administration and Hoover-Era Paranoia

Ha: The Theme for the White House Christmas Decorations Is Fear!

More Than 180 Women Have Reported Sexual Assaults at Massage Envy

As Walmart Buys Online Retailers, Their Health Benefits Suffer

Meanwhile in Canada: Justin Trudeau apologizes for Canada's program targeting LGBTQ civil servants

This is hilarious: Trader Joe’s Wants You to Know Its Jingle Jangle Is, in Fact, Not the Drug From Riverdale

!! “Lost” 17th-Century Portrait by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Found in a Welsh Castle

Morning Coffee (9/28/17)

Me elsewhere: Me, Myself & I was bad.

Good thing we didn't put her in charge of anything: Clinton pressed Trump to deploy hospital ship Comfort to Puerto Rico. Now it’s preparing to go.

"The acting head of the Drug Enforcement Administration will resign at the end of the week, according to law enforcement officials, who said he had become convinced that President Trump had little respect for the law."

These women are amazing: A Sisterhood of Domestic Workers is Fighting Against SB 4

Angela Merkel won in a landslide — now comes the hard part

Labour's route to Downing Street

Jemele Hill on doing the right thing

THE TANA FRENCH SHOW IS FINALLY HAPPENING!!!

Ooh: Delta Is Offering Free Messaging on Flights Starting in October

Whoa: Lady Lucan, key figure in 1974 murder mystery, found dead at London home

California Officially Has a State Dinosaur

Morning Coffee (8/30/17)

The Lament Of The Boko Haram 'Brides'

The Deadly Cost of Pregnancy for Migrant Women in Jordan

Why Joe Arpaio Deserves to Burn in Hell (A Laundry List)

Trump Associate Boasted That Moscow Business Deal ‘Will Get Donald Elected’

The Antifa Protests Are Helping Donald Trump

Who among us... Trump confuses two blonde Finnish journalists during press conference

Jeannie Rousseau de Clarens, Valiant World War II Spy, Dies at 98

What a headline: From Evelyn Waugh to Elizabeth I: Vivien Leigh's eclectic library up for auction

Ooh! Burt's Bees Will Be Expanding Their Makeup Offerings Soon

With a Simple DNA Test, Family Histories Are Rewritten

Morning Coffee (8/26/17)

My chapter of the League of Women Voters is part of this lawsuit about voting rights: Pair of Lawsuits, One Backed by Priorities USA, Challenge Constitutionality of SB3

UGH: Trump just pardoned the infamous anti-immigrant ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio

I don't even know what counts as "good" at this point but... I guess? Sebastian Gorka, Trump’s most controversial national security aide, is out

I was hoping he'd lose interest before this actually happened: Trump Gives Mattis Wide Discretion Over Transgender Ban

Prosecutors to Seek Murder Charges Against Submarine Owner for Journalist Kim Wall's Death

This is a great investigative piece about a terrible incident: Hellfire from above

Ad Industry Watchdog Group Calls Goop's Health Claims 'Unsubstantiated' and 'Misleading'

!! Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000 year-old cemetery in Egypt

Aw: Google and Oreo Are Co-Branding Android’s New Operating System

Someone get Muse on the phone: Jellyfish Galaxies Are Feeding Supermassive Black Holes

Morning Coffee (6/8/17)

Theresa May Stumbles Awkwardly to Election Day

James Comey’s dramatic prepared testimony about President Trump, explained

Trump’s loyalty demand to Comey is part of his ongoing corrosion of constitutional government

Why Donald Trump's travel ban tweets are legally idiotic, explained for Donald Trump

The Trump White House is really hanging Jeff Sessions out to dry

This was a very good gesture, especially right now: Prince Harry Shares a Meal with Muslim Community in Singapore

Why Police Chiefs Oppose Texas’s New Anti-Immigrant Law

Whoa: The story of human evolution in Africa is undergoing a major rewrite

Why are reindeer flying to a remote Alaskan village? (I will admit that this made me think "Wait, reindeer can't REALLY fly, can they??")

Aw: A kitten nursery saves tiny lives in a city aiming to become ‘no kill’