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Donald Trump | A statue of Confederate States President Jefferson Davis lies on the street after protesters pulled it down in Richmond, Virginia, on June 10, 2020 (Getty Images/Salon)

Why does Trump care about the statues?

Amanda Marcotte

Despite the tear gas and Tulsa, Trump still believes he can win by inciting cops to crack protesters' skulls

White House Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Conway defends Trump over racist term

Roger Sollenberger

In March, Conway called the racist term “hurtful” and “wrong,” pointing out she herself was “married to an Asian"

Carly Fiorina (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Carly Fiorina plans to vote for Biden

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story

"We need humility and empathy everywhere in public life right now, and I think character counts"

Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, Osama Bin Laden, and aliens (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

What's Trump up to on YouTube? (Aliens?)

Alice Wilder - ProPublica

Mostly stymied from holding his mass rallies, Trump is turning to a different part of the internet

U.S. President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr speak in the Oval Office before signing an executive order related to regulating social media (Doug MIlls-Pool/Getty Images)

Democrats mull impeaching William Barr

Igor Derysh

"I think the weight of the evidence and of what's happened leads to that conclusion," Jerry Nadler says

Donald Trump | Mail-in-Voting ballot (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

America is exceptional in the wrong ways

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed what has long been true

Donald Trump and Joe Biden (AP Photo/Salon)

No victory dance: Trump's not done yet

Chauncey DeVega

Yeah, Trump seems like a beaten man. But have we learned nothing? Declaring victory now means certain defeat

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Lynda M. Gonzalez-Pool/Getty Images)

Texas Republican gov. reverses course

Patrick Svitek - The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott recommends Texans stay home as coronavirus cases surge

Wesley Lowery in an appearance on CBS News' "Face the Nation." (Screenshot)

Media "neutrality": A fake white guy

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch

Mainstream media's quest for "neutrality" and "objectivity" has always been racially coded. Finally we can see that

MARCH 30: U.S. President Donald Trump takes a new COVID-19 test kit developed by Abbott Labs out of its box during the daily coronavirus briefing at the Rose Garden of the White House on March 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Another Trumper's dubious investments

Roger Sollenberger

Records show Andrew Saul invested in software, health care and medical device companies just ahead of pandemic

(Getty/Salon)

GOP cements takeover of courts

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

Cory Wilson is an anti-voting rights extremist

Protest outside Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi's house in San Fransisco (Getty Images/Salon/Nicole Karlis)

Drivers protest at Uber CEO's mansion

Nicole Karlis

Without benefits or unemployment, gig drivers are struggling to make it — so they took their grievances to the top

Kevin Hassett

A shock unlike anything we’ve ever seen

Cody Fenwick - Alternet

“I think everyone should be worried about how this is going to turn out in the end"

Jim Jordan and Louie Gohmert (SUSAN WALSH/POOL/AFP/Getty Images/Salon)

GOP theatrics mar bombshell testimony

Roger Sollenberger

"Mr. Chairman, I would ask that the sergeant-at-arms be called upon to stop the disruption of this meeting"

Donald Trump; John Cornyn (AP/Getty/Salon)

GOP senator begs Trump for test funding

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story

Texas senator urges Trump not to stop funding testing in his state — as cases explode following reopening

Demonstrators raise signs in the air during the Oakley Hyde Park Protest as demonstrators continue to march in protest for the 15th straight day over the murder of George Floyd and other victims of police brutality, Friday, June 12, 2020, in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. (Jason Whitman/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Protests haven't led to spike: research

Julia Conley - Common Dreams

A new study offers evidence that widespread wearing of masks at outdoor demonstrations may be limiting transmission

Former National Security Advisor John R. Bolton (Getty Images)

Bolton: Prez turned "blind eye" to virus

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story

"He didn’t want to hear about the potential impact of a pandemic . . . and its effect on his re-election"

Judith Light and Bette Midler in "The Politician" (Netflix)

"The Politician" insights into voters

Melanie McFarland

Ryan Murphy's Netflix drama about a boy who would be president has little substance, save for two episodes

Devin Nunes (R-CA) (Getty/Drew Angerer)

Nunes can’t sue Twitter over cow: judge

Sarah K Burris - Raw Story

The Republican has drawn so much attention to the fake cow account that it now has more followers than the he does

Attorney General William Barr (Getty Images)

Barr to testify before House Judiciary

Alex Henderson - Alternet

The attorney general is once again under fire after federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman was terminated from his post

Vice Media co-founder and conservative speaker Gavin McInnes reads a speech written by Ann Coulter to a crowd during a conservative rally in Berkeley, California (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Image)

YouTube suspends Gavin McInnes' account

Matthew Rozsa

YouTube tells Salon in a statement: "We have strict policies that prohibit hate speech on YouTube"

Bottles of Monsanto's Roundup are seen for sale June 19, 2018 at a retail store in Glendale, California. ((ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images))

Bayer pays $10B over Roundup lawsuit

Matthew Rozsa

The trial included the testimony of thousands of people who got cancer after using Roundup

Donald Trump, Michael Flynn and Bill Barr (Getty Images/Salon)

Judge ordered to drop case against Flynn

Roger Sollenberger

The split ruling could set up a protracted legal battle which could worm its way up to the Supreme Court

Male police officer using his laptop while out on patrol (Getty Images)

Mathematicians against racist algorithms

Matthew Rozsa

"It is simply too easy to create a 'scientific' veneer for racism," the open letter states

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