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Ranking member Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) questions witnesses during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on February 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on the 2020 cyberattack that resulted in a series of data breaches within several agencies and departments in the U.S. federal government. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Marco Rubio gets brutally fact-checked

Bob Brigham - Raw Story

Rubio tweeted a report on the White House freezing military aid to Ukraine. It was labeled "nonsense" by Jen Psaki

Former US Attorney General Bill Barr (Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images)

Bill Barr, the Columbia strike, and me

Joshua Raff

Barr and I entered Columbia in the same year, and found ourselves on opposing sides of campus politics

Tom Hiddleston in "Loki" (Marvel Studios/Disney+)

Loki opens door for trans representation

Kylie Cheung

The second episode seems to hint that the show could offer something promising ... or sorely disappoint us

Pixel character, half male half female (iStock/Getty Images)

Trans youth found space on '80s internet

Avery Dame-Griff - The Conversation

In the late 1980s, trans youth started going online to connect with others experiencing gender dysphoria

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Diver swims with a whale (Getty Images/Orla)

Can a human really be eaten by a whale?

Nicole Karlis

A fisherman reports being engulfed, then spat out, by a whale. A whale expert describes what that would be like

Donald Trump, a painting of the Confederate army losing and the January 6, 2021 US Capitol Riot (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Donald Trump and the new Lost Cause

Lucian K. Truscott IV

If you want to know how the Big Lie will go down in revisionist history, look to the South and the Civil War

Texas Capitol building (Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

Texas funds $10M anti-abortion effort

Shannon Najmabadi, Carla Astudillo - The Texas Tribune

Republican-controlled Legislature say Alternatives to Abortion helps those who decide to “choose life"

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 14: Television host Rachel Maddow arrives for a lunch hosted in honor of Prime Minister David Cameron at the State Department on March 14, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

Maddow: Why won't Dems use this trick?

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story

This maneuver would make it easier for Democrats to do things like confirm more judges

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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort leaves federal court, October 30, 2017 in Washington, DC. Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in the investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. election. (Keith Lane/Getty Images)

When a grifter gets swindled

Zachary Petrizzo

Former GOP state chair allegedly "knowingly misappropriated" thousands intended for pro-Trump PAC

Bill Maher on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," Sept. 21, 2001. (Getty/Kevin Winter)

Comedian talks cancel culture with Maher

Bob Brigham - Raw Story

"I love apologizing," Glaser tells Maher. "It feels so good when you mean it"

Fox News host Tucker Carlson (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Tucker doubles down on conspiracy theory

Bob Brigham - Raw Story

Meanwhile, Carlson's conspiracy theory receives a brutal fact-check from journalists

US Attorney General Merrick Garland (Mandel Ngan-Pool/Getty Images)

DOJ reversal of Trump policy is cheered

Brett Wilkins - Common Dreams

U.S. Attorney Merrick Garland makes a significant reversal of a Trump-era immigration ruling

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How Congress subsidizes the super-rich

David Cay Johnston - DCReport

A leak of IRS data blows apart any notion that the super-wealthy pay their fair share of taxes

Nick Kroll, Thandie Newton, Maya Rudolph and Nick Kroll as Hormone Monsters Maury, Mona, Connie and Ricky in "Big Mouth" (Netflix)

"Big Mouth" spinoff adds monstrous cast

Julia Pedrozo Santiago

"Human Resources" is a workplace comedy that will follow the Hormone Monsters and more who manage our emotions

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in "Candyman" (2021) (Universal Pictures)

Creepy modern "Candyman" sneak peek

Kylie Cheung

Director Nia DaCosta says her Jordan Peele-produced horror flick will reflect the "duality of the Black experience”

Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff in "Black Widow" (Disney+/Marvel Studios)

ScarJo on sexualization of Black Widow

Kylie Cheung

With "Black Widow" hitting theaters in July, the actress looks back at playing Natasha Romanoff 10 years ago

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Rick Holmes as Craig Allen, Donald Glover as Earnest Marks in "Atlanta" (Guy D'Alema/FX)

"Atlanta" shows how to co-opt Juneteenth

Melanie McFarland

Wonder how a nation that refuses to honestly grapple with slavery will look as it "celebrates" its end? Just watch

Strut (Revry)

Normalizing sex workers on TV's "Strut"

Kylie Cheung

“It's essential to include input from sex workers when writing a narrative about them”

Magnetic Vaccine concept (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Andrey Popov/Robin Olimb)

The "magnetic vaccine" conspiracy theory

Nicole Karlis

The bizarre conspiracy is yet another strategy for anti-vax influencers to monetize misinformation

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

General: Russian will leak info on Trump

Alex Henderson - Alternet

Unlike Trump, Barry McCaffrey says the Biden Administration is dealing with Putin from a position of strength

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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Disney+/Marvel Studios)

Making a case for queer "shipping" on TV

Kylie Cheung

How does allowing fans to interpret and celebrate queer love detract from storytelling about male friendship?

Track star Andraya Yearwood, wrestler Mack Beggs, and Nordic skier Sarah Rose Huckman in "Changing the Game" (Hulu)

Young trans athletes "Changing the Game"

Alli Joseph

Filmmaker Michael Barnett appeared on "Salon Talks" to discuss the remarkable youths creating their space in sports

12 Mighty Orphans (Sony Pictures Classics)

A Depression-era "Friday Night Lights"

Gary M. Kramer

Martin Sheen shines, while Luke Wilson is perfectly adequate in this period football film set in Fort Worth, Texas

Donald Trump | mail in ballot (Getty Images/Salon)

AZ election audit involves "secret" lab

Zachary Petrizzo

Arizona voter data hits the road, and the location it's being sent to is apparently a secret

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