Almost a year after Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla Motors (TSLA) and SpaceX, first floated the idea of a superfast mode of transportation, he has finally revealed the details: a solar-powered, city-to-city elevated transit system that could take passengers and cars from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 30 …

A federal judge ruled on Monday that the stop-and-frisk tactics of the New York Police Department violated the constitutional rights of minorities in the city, repudiating a major element in the Bloomberg administration’s crime-fighting legacy. The use of police stops has been widely cited by city officials as a linchpin …

Freshmen in the US House Of Representatives learn very quickly that they need a lot of money to stay in power, as explained in a New York Times piece highlighting how Congressman in both parties are bought. The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down. Read more here from …

“With the U.S. facing massive overcrowding in its prisons, Attorney General Eric Holder called Monday for major changes to the nation’s criminal justice system that would scale back the use of harsh sentences for certain drug-related crimes. In remarks to the American Bar Association in San Francisco, Holder said he …

President Obama’s press conference to discuss the NSA transparency would never have happened if not for leaks about the spying from whistleblower Edward Snowden, as pointed out by some journalists. The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down. Read more about this story here from Jack Mirkinson / The …

Well, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency has done it again! They’ve mistaken execution fetish porn as an actual execution and used it in a slideshow to ridicule the cruelty of the West. The slideshow was called, “Actual Record of Female Inmate’s Execution-Exposing the World’s Darkest Side.” So Xinhua used porn …

Tesla’s Elon Musk reveals plans for Hyperloop… rumors point towards an iPhone event in September… the Sony ‘Lens G’ could turn any phone into an (almost) real point-and-shoot. http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/12/4614940/elon-musk-reveals-plans-for-high-speed-hyperloop http://live.theverge.com/live-hyperloop-announcement-elon-musk/ http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/10/4609954/apple-to-show-new-iphone-at-september-10th-event-reports-all-things-d http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/12/4614442/sonys-lens-camera-rx100-ii-lens-sensor-photo-leak Written by Nathan Cykiert and Ross Miller. Video and production by Regina Dellea, John Lagomarsino, and Regina Dellea. …

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“Citizen Koch,” a highly regarded documentary about the billionaire Koch brothers and the growing influence of money in politics after the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, suffered a major setback earlier this year when PBS pulled the film and the $150,000 in funding that had been promised. Scrambling to find …

“As Congress braces for another debt-ceiling fight, Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) told constituents the nation’s credit rating would actually be better if the United States defaulted on its debt.” Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz, John Iadarola and Wes Clark Jr. discuss Yoho’s comments on default and other insane things the politician …