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Rage wins elections but harms democracy

Steven Webster - The Conversation

Inciting voter outrage helps candidates win elections, but it also has a corrosive effect on democracy.

President Donald Trump announces that the Food and Drug Administration is issuing an emergency authorization for blood plasma as a coronavirus treatment during a press conference in James S. Brady Briefing Room at the White House on on August 23, 2020 in Washington, DC. The move by the FDA comes after President Trump accused the FDA of slow-walking the therapy to harm his reelection chances. (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

Trump's order on drug prices denounced

Jon Queally - Common Dreams

"No one should be fooled by President Trump's latest charade on drug prices."

The wildfire spreads on August 19, 2020 in San Mateo, California. (Liu Guanguan/China News Service via Getty Images)

We need to fight fire with fire

Sonali Kolhatkar - Independent Media Institute

Western capitalist approaches have created dangerous conditions in California

The News Corp. building on 6th Avenue, home to Fox News, the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal (Kevin Hagen/Getty Images)

Fox announces layoffs amid restructuring

Roger Sollenberger

A source familiar with the plan said it had nothing to do with the pandemic — except for trimming hair and make-up

Louis DeJoy and wife, Aldona Wos (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

DeJoy donations: Really about his wife?

Roger Sollenberger

After DeJoy donated big to Trump and the Republican Party, his wife was nominated to be the US ambassador to Canada

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a press briefing at the White House on Monday, July 06, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Why is the Trump health plan a secret?

Sarah K Burris - Raw Story

"If you want to know, come work here at the White House,” McEnany tells CNN’s Kaitlan Collins

Mark Marston slides a MERV 13 air filtration filter back into the HVAC system outside of this gym Basics Fitness Center on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. (Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

DIY culture comes for air purifiers

Nicole Karlis

A pandemic-related shortage has intensified the demand for air purifiers. But do these DIY projects actually work?

President Donald Trump greets supporters following a Fox News Town Hall event with moderators Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum on March 05, 2020 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Among other topics, President Trump discussed his administration's response to the Coronavirus and the economy. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Cody Fenwick

Medical staff take care of a patient suffering from Covid-19 at the emergency unit of La Timone hospital in Marseille, southeastern France, on September 11, 2020. (CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP via Getty Images)

Study: Coronavirus immunity may not last

Matthew Rozsa

A group of scientists studied protective immunity to similar coronaviruses and reached troubling conclusions

Idris Elba and Caleb McLaughlin in "Concrete Cowboy" (Lee Daniels Entertainment)

Take the ride with "Concrete Cowboy"

Gary M. Kramer

Netflix's appealing new drama that premiered at TIFF offers a glimpse into a little-known subculture

Scientific American magazine from December 29, 1906 (GHI/Universal History Archive via Getty Images)

Scientific American's political foray

Matthew Rozsa

Breaking with precedent, the endorsement reflects a growing rift between scientists and the Trump administration

Rudy Giuliani (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Exclusive: Rudy Giuliani's odd PPP loan

Roger Sollenberger

Giuliani's payroll company got a PPP loan from a Trump-friendly bank — but lists no employees. Was it fraud?

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

"Senate majority is at risk": GOP memo

Sky Palma - Raw Story

The memo lists four states states which generally trend red but are now in the Democratic Party's sights

Joe Biden and Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

Pennsylvania may be election key: report

Alex Henderson - Alternet

"Pennsylvania is by far the likeliest state to provide either President Trump or Joe Biden with the decisive vote"

Advertisements featuring Fox News personalities, including Bret Baier, Martha MacCallum, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and Sean Hannity, adorn the front of the News Corporation building, (Getty Images/Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

CNN host calls Fox News "state TV"

Alex Henderson - Alternet

Though Trump answered questions directly from voters in a recent town hall, Ingraham claimed he had been ambushed

Lauren Witzke (Lauren Witzke Official Campaign)

QAnon promoter wins Delaware GOP primary

Igor Derysh

Lauren Witzke also says she used to be a drug runner for “Mexican cartels”

Ohio Sec. of State Frank LaRose (Justin Merriman/Getty Images)

Ohio GOP blocks funds for ballot postage

Igor Derysh

One Republican legislator tested positive for COVID-19 hours before voting to reject the measure

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a news conference in the briefing room at the White House on August 31, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump spoke on several topics including unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin and Portland, Oregon. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump campaign hiding payments: report

Alex Henderson - Alternet

Far-right GOP activist Jason Miller “has not once appeared in the 2020 campaign’s filings on its expenses" with FEC

Donald Trump (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Dr. Trump and his "herd mentality" cult

Amanda Marcotte

Don't expect Trump's latest idiocy to lose him followers — they'd rather get COVID-19 than admit they were wrong

Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney to President Donald Trump, prepares to speak to the media before departing his Manhattan apartment for prison on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (Getty/Spencer Platt)

Cohen reveals Trump’s "biggest fear"

Brad Reed - Raw Story

“He doesn’t report the income he claims,” the former Trump attorney tells CNN. “His wealth is not as significant"

Donald Trump watching Fox News (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Fox News)

Trump ventures outside of Fox bubble

Sky Palma - Raw Story

The ABC News town hall "blew more big holes in the protective shield his propagandists have tried to construct"

Laura Ingraham on The Ingraham Angle (Fox News)

Ingraham: Trump town hall an "ambush"

Igor Derysh

Ingraham, who is essentially an informal Trump adviser, alleged that the “DNC may have put the whole thing on”

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press prior to his departure from the White House on September 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump was traveling to Philadelphia to participate in an ABC News town hall event. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

No end in sight: Trump's lies don't help

Heather Digby Parton

Trump has risked his followers' lives and damaged the credibility of science — and for what? It's not nearly over

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Robert Reich

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