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Curious white laboratory rat looking out of a cage in a laboratory (Getty Images)

The rodent genocide in research labs

Matthew Rozsa

Around 110 million laboratory research animals may be mice or rats, if the numbers are correct

US President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives for the Independence Day events at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, South Dakota, July 3, 2020. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's unhinged "American heroes" list

Ashlie D. Stevens

From Muhammad Ali and Dr. Seuss to Columbus and Edward R. Murrow, the list of names is baffling & poorly researched

Pair of giant sauropods walking through water and a swarm of flying pterosaurs (Getty Images)

The largest dinosaur ever?

Matthew Rozsa

Scientists discovered remains of a sauropod that could be the largest animal to have ever lived on land

Members of the National Guard in the plaza in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021 in Washington, DC. After last week's riots and security breach at the U.S. Capitol Building, the FBI has warned of additional threats in the nation's capital and across all 50 states. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

2 Guardsmen linked to militias: report

Igor Derysh

It's unclear what connections these National Guard members had, but officials say there was no plot against Biden

Trump supporters near the US Capitol following a "Stop the Steal" rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. The protesters stormed the historic building, breaking windows and clashing with police. Trump supporters had gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Selcuk Acar/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Trump's legacy is right-wing entitlement

Amanda Marcotte

Republicans were bad before, but with Trump, they're more empowered to cheat, lie and deny reality to get their way

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) speaks during a House debate session to ratify the 2020 presidential election at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump (congress.gov via Getty Images)

Dem says Boebert gave tour before riot

Igor Derysh

Gun-toting Colorado congresswoman denies she led rioters on "reconnaissance" tours before the Capitol attack

(Getty/Joe Raedle/Chris Hondros)

Trump: Biggest war president

Heather Digby Parton

Donald Trump is a war president, one of the most notorious in our history

Richard Nixon, Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Gerald Ford (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A precedence for Trump's post-presidency

Matthew Rozsa

Ford had to follow a disgraced president and a disillusioned nation — and so does Biden. Can he learn from Ford?

A black Lives Matter protester scuffles with attendees of a pro-Trump rally during an event held to show support for the president on August 29, 2020 in Clackamas, Oregon. Far left counter-protesters and pro-Trump supporters clashed Saturday afternoon as a parade of cars carrying right wing supporters made their way from nearby Clackamas to Portland. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Capitals on guard against "shock troops"

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams

"The Capitol siege has provided far-right extremists with significant momentum," warned one expert

A Stop The Steal is posted inside of the Capitol Building after a pro-Trump mob broke into the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. A pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, breaking windows and clashing with police officers. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

How two losers created Stop the Steal

Roger Sollenberger

Ali Alexander's seven-year friendship with aspiring actor Daniel Bostic failed upward, all the way to the Capitol

Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Clean air and a climate fix are possible

Carl Pope

Clean air, cheaper energy and responding to climate change all have the same solution — and Americans are ready

Former US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland testifies during a hearing on Policy Response to Russian Interference in the 2016 US Elections before the Senate Intelligence Committee at Capitol Hill in Washington, USA on June 20, 2018. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Victoria Nuland and Ukraine

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies, Marcy Winograd

A Cold War true believer who sabotaged Obama's foreign policy, Nuland is a huge risk at the State Department

President Donald Trump walks on the south lawn of the White House on October 20, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump is headed to a rally in Pennsylvania, first lady Melania Trump was to join him, but does not feel well and is recovering from Covid-19, he last event was August's Republican National Convention speech at the White House. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Trump's language shift, explained

Roger J. Kreuz, Leah Cathryn Windsor - The Conversation

Two linguists explain how Trump’s language escalated in intensity in the weeks and days leading up to the riots

US President-elect Joe Biden receives a Covid-19 vaccination from Tabe Mase, Nurse Practitioner and Head of Employee Health Services, at the Christiana Care campus in Newark, Delaware on December 21, 2020. (Alex Edelman / AFP / Getty Images)

Biden unveils pandemic response plan

Victoria Knight - KFF Health News

Biden's plan is ambitious and will likely face some pushback in Congress

A pro-Trump mob floods into the Capitol Building after breaking into it on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. A pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, breaking windows and clashing with police officers. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Video details tense moments from riot

Jack Gillum - ProPublica

The uncovered footage allows the public to see and hear new details from the riot at the U.S. Capitol

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a campaign rally at University of Nevada February 18, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

GOP's Bernie nightmare coming true

Jon Queally - Common Dreams

Incoming Budget chair vows to use reconciliation process "to protect working families, the sick and the poor"

A child remains at an area affected by a drought on Earth Day in the southern outskirts of Tegucigalpa on April 22, 2016. (ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP via Getty Images)

Firsthand observations of climate change

Matthew Rozsa

Climate change is no longer abstract: everyday people say they have seen ecosystems decay in their communities

United States debate (Getty Images)

Study: Conservatives reject empiricism

Matthew Rozsa

A recent study found conservatives were more inclined to think scientific and anti-science views are equally valid

(Rocky Luten / Food52)

Emma Laperruque

Variety of italian homemade raw uncooked pasta spaghetti and tagliatelle with semolina flour on wooden tray. (Getty Images)

Upgrade your weeknight pasta routine

Joseph Neese

If your at-home pasta dishes need an upgrade, look no further for the culinary inspiration you need

A supporter of President Trump carries a Confederate flag in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 6, 2021. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Confederate flag and white insurrection

Jordan Brasher - The Conversation

For generations, the flag has been a symbol of white resistance to giving Black Americans political power

Members of the National Guard stand across the street near the Senate office buildings with the U.S. Captiol in the background as heightened security measures are put in place around the U.S. Capitol Building a day after a pro-Trump mob broke into the nations capitol while Congress voted to certify the 2020 Election Results on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Feds fear "inside attack" from Guard

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

"The very people assigned to protect the city ... could present a threat to the incoming president"

U.S. President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office while arriving back at the White House on December 31, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Trump plans 100 pardons on last day

Sarah K. Burris - Raw Story

Amid reports his allies are taking bribes for pardons, Trump plans a busy last day setting criminals free

Author's grandfather, Johann Bischoff | The extended Bischoff family circa 1932, before Hitler won the election. The author's mother is the little girl in the middle on the bottom. (Photo illustration by Salon/Photos courtesy of author)

My grandfather's Nazi complicity

Mary Louise Wells

Those who downplay a combination of hatred and authoritarianism don't understand its full destructive powers

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