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North Korea's complaint.

A longtime North Korean diplomat calls Mike Pence “stupid,” and says any comparisons to Libya are “ignorant.” 1/27 At the same time, North Korea dismantles its main nuclear-weapons test site. 2/27 Another American consular employee falls ill after a mysterious sonic attack, this

Hu hu hu hu.

After winning Georgia's Democratic nomination yesterday, Stacey Abrams could now become America's first black woman governor in November. 1/25 See also: More key election takeaways from Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, and Texas. 2/25 Multiple McDonald's and Walmart employees take up sexual harassment lawsuits

Anyone got 30 mil?

The Justice Department expands its internal investigation into the FBI's Russia probe after FBI and Justice officials met yesterday with President Trump. The question is, who blinked? 1/23 A thoughtful Twitter thread to help you understand Trump’s latest tweeting about the Justice Department. 2/23 Trump

Again / not again.

Three months after Parkland, America grieves yet another massacre of children by a young man with guns. 1/20 This year has seen an average of slightly more than one school shooting per week in the United States—a country where over 33,000 people die from guns each year.

Naming names.

A new White House proposal would prevent Planned Parenthood and other organizations from receiving federal money while providing abortions, even if those services use private funding. 1/18 After one death and more than 170 known incidents of illness, the CDC says romaine lettuce is now safe to eat. 2/

The climate is changing faster than gender inequality.

“Gaza buries its dead as death toll from protests at fence with Israel rises to at least 60.” Are we to assume that the protests—and not the Israeli military—killed these people? American media avoids saying who it was that killed more than 60 Palestinians on Monday.

We're not gonna talk about Yanny.

Yesterday, North Korea seemed to take an abrupt about-face, canceling a meeting with South Korea and threatening to call off the Trump-Kim summit—possibly over US-South Korea military drills or diplomatic disrespect around its nuclear program. 1/23 The Senate votes today to repeal the net neutrality

Clueless in Gaza.

Funerals begin in Gaza after 58 Palestinians were killed and 2,700 were injured in conflict with Israeli forces during the controversial inauguration of the US embassy in Jerusalem. 1/17 Israel and the White House pin the violence on Hamas, and refuse to bear responsibility for an outcome that

Another line crossed.

By maligning McCain, the Trump White House reached a new low for political debasement this week. 1/23 Worth remembering with all this talk of torture: Christopher Hitchens got waterboarded so you’d know what it’s like. 2/23 Liuba Grechen Shirley is the first female candidate to get