Freedom of impeach!
Democrats unveil two articles of impeachment against Trump this morning, one charging him with abuse of power, the other with obstruction of Congress. 1/19
Through three presidents, US officials knew they were lying about a war they couldn't win. These are the "Afghanistan Papers." 2/19
The big Justice report finds that FBI officials had reason to open an investigation into links between Russia and Trump campaign aides in 2016 and acted without political bias. 3/19
Barr, Justice boss, Trump flunky, basically disagrees. 4/19
A Trump nominee to a US District Court opposes the right to infertility treatments that could help nearly one in six US couples. 5/19
A helpful explainer on Trump's influence on the judiciary, and how it will endure much longer than Obama's. 6/19
The correct answers on the exam required to practice psychology are those that match whites' views on society and mental health. 7/19
“There was little premium on facts—readers wanted the news, but they wanted it slanted.” A history of fact checking. 8/19
See also: A history of more than 200 years of the Aurora Borealis in art. 9/19
Western science wants participants' "informed consent," but that's not always possible in societies that prize groups over individuals. 10/19
By the end of the decade, over half a million Americans will have died from drug overdoses—more than in WWI and WWII combined. 11/19
"We were kind of shocked that Chris was no longer present at all." A bone-marrow transplant recipient becomes a chimera. 12/19
A mountain on the Moon may offer clues about when Earth stopped getting pummeled by celestial bodies and life took hold. 13/19
Related: A side-by-side comparison of the relative rotations of the planet in our solar system. 14/19
Over the past decade, 467 species have been declared extinct. 15/19
Online advertising has been largely bullshit for a while, and will soon come crashing down. 16/19
A roundtable on why Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian is considered “unfilmable.” 17/19
An animated short by Andrey Kasay about a vacation that's just out of reach. 18/19
Related/unrelated: H.P. Lovecraft-themed Christmas music.
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