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U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination on the South Lawn of the White House August 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump gave the speech in front of 1500 invited guests. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A dictator, slowed way down

Lucian K. Truscott IV

Donald Trump's speech was depressing and soulless, even for him. He can taste doom coming, and he doesn't like it

US President Donald Trump gestures at the conclusion of the the final day of the Republican National Convention from the South Lawn of the White House on August 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

A nation in crisis

Jennifer Mercieca - The Conversation

The RNC wrapped up with Trump sounding familiar themes but speaking from an unusual location

45th President Donald Trump (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Dr. Lee: Trump lies may provoke violence

Igor Derysh

"Donald Trump has infected followers with his symptoms," Dr. Bandy X. Lee told Salon

(MSNBC)

Maddow: Trump's speech was wrong

Bob Brigham - Raw Story

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow gave a fast fact-check of some of the untruths Trump claimed in his speech.

President Donald Trump speaks on the fourth and final night of the Republican National Convention with a speech delivered in front a live audience on the South Lawn of the White House on Thursday, August 27, 2020. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The RNC was a ratings flop

Alex Henderson - Alternet

Joe Biden's acceptance speech at the DNC drew in higher ratings than Trump

Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa / Black Panther in "Black Panther" (Marvel Studios)

Chadwick Boseman of "Black Panther" dies

Adam B. Vary, Pat Saperstein - Variety

The actor passed after a four year battle with colon cancer

GOP "Hallelujah" requests were declined

Chris Willman - Variety

The late musician's fans were livid after "Hallelujah" played twice following the conclusion of Trump's speech

(Reuters/Lucas Jackson/Shutterstock/Salon)

Trump’s missing megadonor

Sky Palma - Raw Story

Report: Billionaire Ronald Lauder has been a friend of Trump’s for almost 50 years — but he's nowhere to be found

Oakland Police officer (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Police unions differ from labor movement

Paul F. Clark - The Conversation

George Floyd's death has thrust police unions into the spotlight

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) (Getty/Sean Rayford)

Trump officials change CDC guidelines

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

Trump has publicly expressed support for rolling back COVID-19 testing

William D. Zollars: Chairman, President & CEO of RC Worldwide (Rick Diamond/WireImage)

USPS governor deposed in DOJ fraud case

Roger Sollenberger

Steve Mnuchin gave Bill Zollars' former company a $700 million loan to continue Pentagon work despite fraud probe

"#Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump" proposes that his public comments, such as on Twitter, offer a basis for psychological diagnosis outside of the clinical setting because they are observable behavior (Courtesy of #Unfit)

Trump is "#Unfit" new documentary argues

Melanie McFarland

Is Trump mentally unstable? Mental health professionals, historians, George Conway & the Mooch say yes in a new doc

Halo App and Halo Band (Amazon)

Amazon's smartwatch is always listening

Matthew Rozsa

"A surveillance capitalist wet dream": Amazon's wearable scans your body and analyzes your speech

Jim Gaffigan (Salon Talks)

Jim Gaffigan calls Trump a "fascist"

Ellise Shafer - Variety

In a long rant, the usually inoffensive comedian and Hot Pockets enthusiast confronted his fans who support Trump

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in "Bill & Ted Face the Music" (Orion Picutres)

"Bill & Ted 3" more bogus than excellent

Gary M. Kramer

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are back to rekindle that Wyld Stallyns magic, and time travel shenanigans ensue

Members of the public walk past a COVID-19 social distancing display on 21st August 2020 in Slough, United Kingdom. Slough has been listed by Public Health England (PHE) and the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) as an area of concern for COVID-19 following a rise in positive coronavirus cases over the last two weeks. (Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Is 6 feet enough social distance?

Matthew Rozsa

Sneezes can spread pathogens well beyond a six-foot radius — leading experts to rethink distancing rules

John James, Michigan GOP Senate candidate (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

John James companies hit with tax liens

Igor Derysh

The Michigan Senate candidate touted his family business at the Republican National Convention

One America News Network | Food & Drug Administration (Graphics collage by Salon/WiikiCommons/One America News Network)

FDA fires spokesperson for misinfo

Roger Sollenberger

Former right-wing journalist out at FDA after tweeting comments on convalescent plasma from Trump's RNC speech

Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, Kimberly Guilfoyle and Donald Trump speaking at the 2020 RNC (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP doesn't care about "free speech"

Amanda Marcotte

Trump and his supporters play the victims of "cancel culture," while urging violent crackdown on peaceful protest

President Donald Trump speaks on the fourth and final night of the Republican National Convention with a speech delivered in front a live audience on the South Lawn of the White House. (Jonathan Newton /The Washington Post via Getty Images)

CNN: Trump "serially lied" in RNC speech

Igor Derysh

Ethics experts say the White House event, featuring misleading remarks by Ivanka Trump too, violated the Hatch Act

Donald Trump (Getty Images)

Trump's dark rerun: We've had enough

Heather Digby Parton

Trump keeps rolling out the same threatening vision of American chaos. Does he even understand he's in charge?

Kenosha gunman, Kyle Rittenhouse (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The Kenosha shooter and Donald Trump

Chauncey DeVega

Kyle Rittenhouse allegedly killed two people in Kenosha this week. He was acting out Donald Trump's violent script

Greg Abbott (Reuters/Brendan McDermid/Shutterstock/Photo montage by Salon)

TX cities punished for defunding police

Juan Pablo Garnham, Jolie McCullough - The Texas Tribune

The death of George Floyd has spurred calls to reduce police funding across the state and country

(YouTube/CNN)

Reich the Post Office crisis to come

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org

Congress must step in to protect the Postal Service and the integrity of mail-in voting before it's too late

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