A woman, blogging: this is a political act: Blogging can be empowering, especially for people who otherwise might not have a voice - but it’s not without risk.

Needles in Project 2025’s Haystack: Some of the more disturbing phrases concealed within the ‘most soporific bureaucratic gobbledygook imaginable’ main body of the report.

Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin for two years, says report: Beginning to worry that one of the worst effects of a Trump victory might be Musk getting ‘official’ political power.

You’ve Already Been Living The Project 2025 Test Drive: Public school closures, library book bans and ending of child labor laws have already worked their way into the US.

Project 2025: The Wikipedia summary of a set of legislative ideas from The Heritage Foundation, most of which would ideally never see the light of day.

It turns out we should have taken Trump literally as well as seriously: Back in 2016 Vox claimed that had been a mistake to take Trump “seriously but not literally”.

Believe Him: The New York Times tells us to believe Trump when he says what he is going to do if he became president again.

The United States of Abortion Mazes: Access to abortion in each US state visualised as an interactive maze.

10 Things to Know About Abortion Access Since the Dobbs Decision: Some of the impacts of the overturning of Roe vs Wade in the US.

MrBeast Goes to Washington: Elon Musk failed to recruit MrBeast, so now he’s trying to be him.

Twelve Million Deportations: Timothy Snyder asks us to think seriously about what would happen if Trump became president and even tried to enact his ‘deport 12 million US residents’ plan.

Why Trump’s staged McDonald’s theatrics don’t count as work: Obviously, Trump’s mini-shift at McDonalds was extremely staged.

Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss: Andrew Conru previously gave >$1 million to the ‘Human Diversity Foundation’.

Undercover police officer admits spying on Keir Starmer when he was a barrister: I’d maybe have been more actively excited about Starmer in his ‘radical barrister’ phase of life.

Armed man arrested near Trump’s California rally was plotting to kill him, police say: Are there usually quite so many assassination attempts on a US presidential candidate?

Starmer’s Brexit “Reset” is Not What the Public Wants: Starmer’s transition from committed defender of our previous European freedoms to someone content to make the most minor tweaks to the relationship.

Five Reasons People Who Claim PR Will Help the Far-Right are Wrong: Rebuttal to a common claim that well-meaning opponents of proportional representation in the British electoral system make.

Trump’s rampant lies about FEMA’s Hurricane Helene response, briefly explained: Once again, disinformation can have deadly consequences.

New enforcement agency will protect workers’ rights as part of ‘watershed’ bill: Big fan of anything that shifts the balance of employer:employee power away from the total dominance of the former.

I’ve missed Sam for a long time (or: Pick Your Battles): A wonderful written tale of what happens when your best friend starts to part ways from you in important ideological ways.

Democrats launch new campaign attack on ‘weird’ Republicans: Seems legit.