Weekend! Yay! Most of the news is not so yay. OH BY THE WAY Substack changed something and I think everyone should be able to leave comments now.
This is basically the Gestapo: Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities (NYT)
With impeachment over, critics see Trump ‘retribution tour’ (AP)
This is… something, symbolically, but he’ll just veto it: In Bipartisan Bid to Restrain Trump, Senate Passes Iran War Powers Resolution (NYT)
Uh… Trump Plans to Use National Guard Budget for Border Fencing (The Daily Beast)
DOJ drops probe into former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe (Politico)
Pipeline Protests Cause Widespread Travel Delays Across Canada (NYT)
I love her: Elizabeth Warren was asked who’d be her Mike Pence: “I already have a dog” (LGBTQ Nation)
Scientists find evidence of 'ghost population' of ancient humans (The Guardian)
Ooh, good list: The Ripped Bodice Awards for Excellence in Romantic Fiction (The Ripped Bodice)
And today’s longer reads:
The sidelining of Elizabeth Warren (The Week)
What Happened to Playboy’s First Black Cover Girl? (Zora)
Chasing Her/Me Through the Looking Glass (Medium)
Why Did The New York Times Bestsellers List Become THE List? (BookRiot)
Ciphers and sympathetic ink: secret love letters in the Granville papers (BL Untold Lives blog)
xoxo, Katie