Trump White House Won’t Respond to Some Journalists Who Display Their Pronouns: ‘refusing to answer a straightforward request to explain the administration’s policies because of the formatting of an email signature is both a concerning and baffling choice’.

Print Media to Mass Protests: “Please Turn to Page 18”: ‘When print outlets bury one of the largest nationwide protests in recent memory, they’re not being neutral arbiters.’

Musk’s Latest Fraud Finding Isn’t What It Seems: So-called genius finds the results of other people’s successful fraud investigations.

UK takes control of British Steel under emergency powers: Once again, the state needs to step in and save what the capitalists will not.

Trump administration lists thousands of living immigrants as dead to prompt them to leave

Apple said to be flying iPhones from India to US to avoid Trump tariffs: It’s estimated that iPhones would cost $3500 if they were made in the US.

In the face of fascism, climate activists tell a better story: ‘A new network named ‘The Surge’ called a series of joint rallies for climate justice, anti-fascist and peace activists in January 2025, and were pleasantly surprised by the level of response.’

Two Chinese nationals caught fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Zelenskyy says: Happenstance or Autocracy Inc.?

Trump tells UK to buy chlorinated chicken from US if it wants tariff relief

How the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg got added to the White House Signal group chat: Mike Waltz saved his number under the wrong contract on his phone.

Leaked Memo Reveals Insane Ban on Words Agriculture Department Can Say: The phrase ‘safe drinking water’ may never again be uttered.

Reciprocal Tariff Calculations: The official methodology behind those bizarre numbers, in my to-read pile.

Has the Trump administration used AI to calculate tariffs?: Well, probably , but either way their claims as to other countries' tariffs on the US are absolutely ridiculous.

Global markets in turmoil as Trump tariffs wipe $2.5tn off Wall Street: Self-proclaimed great businessman doing what self-proclaimed great businessmen do.

Vilified, arrested, held incommunicado: that’s the price of protest in Britain today: On the heavy-handed and biased policing of dissent in the UK.

Useful Renumeration: A work-focused positive potential vision of the future, in stark contrast to anything Curtis Yarvin might have to say.

What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced: It’s as bleak as you’d expect.

Washington Post opinion editor departs as Bezos pushes to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’: Bezos refuses to let any opinions other than his own be published in the paper he bought.

Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada: So as “to raise my kids in a country that is not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship”.

Trump Demands Social Media Accounts for Immigrants in U.S.

America Is Done Pretending About Meat: Gone is the dream of a cruelty-free world of vegans; apparently Real Men eat raw beef testicles

Is it safe to travel to the United States with your phone right now?: It’s worth taking precautions, as a minimum.