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Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Imperial presidency comes home to roost

Tom Engelhardt - TomDispatch.com

Been there, done that (not!)

A sign warns of icy conditions on Interstate Highway 35 on February 18, 2021 in Killeen, Texas. Winter storm Uri has brought historic cold weather and power outages to Texas as storms have swept across 26 states with a mix of freezing temperatures and precipitation. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Texas failed to protect the power grid

Jeremy Schwartz, Kiah Collier, Vianna Davila - ProPublica

Time and again Texas regulators and lawmakers furthered the interests of large electricity providers

Supreme Court (Getty Images/ Salon)

SCOTUS lets the light shine on Trump

Bill Blum - Independent Media Institute

It’s time to bring Donald Trump to justice

Rep. Debra Haaland (D-NM), President Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of the Interior, testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resource, at the U.S. Capitol on February 24, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Leigh Vogel-Pool/Getty Images)

Why Deb Haaland isn't too "radical"

Zoya Teirstein - Grist

For some, the opposition to Haaland’s nomination smacks of racism and a resistance to progress.

Doctors and nurses taking care of patients in ICU at hospital during COVID-19 (Getty Images)

Mutant COVID is here to ruin your day

Matthew Rozsa

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky warned that highly transmissible mutant strains may soon take off in the U.S.

A general manager of Alarab TV, Jamal Khashoggi, looks on during a press conference in the Bahraini capital Manama, on December 15, 2014. The pan-Arab satellite news broadcaster owned by billionaire Saudi businessman Alwaleed bin Talal will go on air February 1, promising to "break the mould" in a crowded field. (MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP via Getty Images)

US: Saudi prince murdered Khashoggi

Jon Skolnik

The long-awaited U.S. intelligence report puts suspicion of many studying the case to rest

The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu)

Andra Day brilliantly channels Lady Day

Melanie McFarland

The star's passion carries Lee Daniels' latest film, which never allows the audience to fully connect with her song

People line up for COVID-19 vaccinations at Nassau Community College on January 10, 2021 in Garden City, New York. Nassau County now has two vaccine centers as another 3.2 million New Yorkers become eligible for the vaccine (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Meet the "vaccine scavengers"

Nicole Karlis

People are lining up at vaccination sites hoping to get a leftover dose that would otherwise go in the trash

Meghan McCain on The View (ABC)

A "Twitter troll come to life"

Kaity Assaf

"We are sitting in a place where people like Marjorie Taylor Greene are just doing it for the clicks"

McDonald's (Art by George Butler/Twenty Thousand Hertz)

McDonald's shrewd, wildly catchy jingle

Ashlie D. Stevens

"Twenty Thousand Hertz" host Dallas Taylor discusses how "I'm Lovin' It" came to be & the future of sonic logos

Macon Blair and Rosamund Pike in "I care a Lot" (Seacia Pavao/Netflix)

"I Care a Lot" indicts girlboss feminism

Keith A. Spencer

Rosamund Pike’s character Marla Grayson justifies her exploitative con as a crusade against men

Sean Hannity on the Potato Head rebranding (FOX News)

Hasbro rebrand sparks conservative rage

Jon Skolnik

Hasbro received a flurry of right-wing outrage for nixing the “Mr.” from their beloved product line

Britney Spears in the audience at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards at Paramount Pictures Studios on September 7, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

GOP's war on women started with Britney

Amanda Marcotte

The obsession with Britney Spears' virginity was the first shot in a 20-year war on millennial women

Kamala Harris and Joe Manchin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Omar: Parliamentarian should be fired

Jon Skolnik

Kamala Harris won't overrule Senate parliamentarian, so a minimum wage increase can't be part of the stimulus bill

Jen Psaki and Kamala Harris (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Is Joe Biden's Syria airstrike legal?

Igor Derysh

Biden's strikes reportedly killed 22 in Syria. “What is the legal authority for strikes?” Psaki questioned in 2017

Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi | Stimulus Checks (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why the GOP is ditching GOP voters

Heather Digby Parton

The Biden administration's Covid relief plan is backed by wide majorities of Americans — including Trump voters

(Mark Weinberg / Food52)

Food writers lean into self-publishing

Cathy Erway - Food52

Food writers and recipe developers go rogue with newsletters, videos and more — but have we seen this story before?

(James Ransom / Food52)

Clear container trend — does it work?

Caroline Mullen - Food52

Storage methods are only as good as their ease of use for you

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) questions President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of Defense Retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin answers questions during his confirmation before the Senate Armed Services Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images)

The most revealing thing Manchin said?

Cody Fenwick - Alternet

"We're going to make Joe Biden successful"

Laura Ingraham; Tucker Carlson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How to fight immigration hysteria

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch

Mainstream media keeps getting suckered by Trump-style rhetoric on immigration. But there's a better way

Neera Tanden, nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), testifies at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Budget Committee on February 10, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Tanden helped found the Center for American Progress, a policy research and advocacy organization and has held senior advisory positions in Democratic politics since the Clinton administration. (Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images)

GOP hypocrisy and Neera Tanden

Norman Solomon

For the left, Tanden's "mean tweets" are not the problem. Her long-term crusade to torpedo progressive causes is

Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses supporters during a political rally at the Phoenix Convention Center on July 11, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Charlie Leight/Getty Images)

Conservatives: The new "good Germans"

Chauncey DeVega

Whatever "conservative" once meant in American politics, it's now just a flimsy rhetorical shield for fascism

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures to supporters following a campaign rally on October 28, 2020 in Bullhead City, Arizona. (Isaac Brekken/Getty Images)

Attention addict seeks limelight again

Alan D. Blotcky

America has indulged one man's attention addiction for far too long. Let's drive him out of politics forever

Donald Trump Jr. speaks during a rally of supporters of US President Donald Trump on The Ellipse outside of the White House on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. - Demonstrators across Washington are protesting the 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification by the US Congress. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Don Jr takes election gripes to Fox News

Bob Brigham - Raw Story

"They'd just rather lose gracefully, I guess," Trump says. "Not really a plan that I would go with"

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