Well! Lots going on. Most of it alarming.
Quite the bombshell from CNN: Exclusive: US extracted top spy from inside Russia in 2017 BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T TRUST THE PRESIDENT NOT TO BURN HIM.
And the Times added some more info: C.I.A. Informant Extracted From Russia Had Sent Secrets to U.S. for Decades
Evil and cruel for the fun of it: Trump speaks out after Bahamas hurricane survivors were kicked off ferry over U.S. visa demands
This is straight up fascist stuff: Commerce Chief Threatened Firings at NOAA After Trump’s Dorian Tweets, Sources Say
As is this: White House weighs controversial plan on mental illness and mass shootings
Meanwhile: For Boris Johnson, Another Bad Day and Another Big Defeat in Parliament
Today! The special election in a scandal-plagued North Carolina House district, explained
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Why It Matters That Amazon Shipped Margaret Atwood’s “The Testaments” a Week Early
EVERYTHING IS BAD but this article is amusingly snarky: Two Men Kiss in a Comic Book, and a Mayor Orders a Raid
And today’s longer features:
This book is out today and it is GREAT: The Exquisite Horror: The YA Authors of His Hideous Heart on Their Favorite Horror Novels
There’s a simple reason right-wing media won’t be honest about Mike Pence’s anti-LGBTQ views
Fascinating: The Complicated Decisions That Come With Digitizing Indigenous Languages
The Unbuilt Streets of California's Ghost Metropolis
xoxo, Kate