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Kellyanne Conway (AP/Alex Brandon)

Kellyanne Conway voted by mail: report

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story

Conway says Americans should be willing wait in line to vote in a pandemic if they spend hours waiting for cupcakes

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, May 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

"I’m entitled": Fox calls out McEnany

David Edwards - Raw Story

“I’m entitled to that," McEnany tells Fox News host Ed Henry. "The average viewer watching is entitled to that"

President Donald Trump talks to reporters before departing the White House for a trip to Michigan, Thursday, May 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Don't shrug off Trump's violent threats

Amanda Marcotte

Trump is desperate, and encouraging violence from his superfans. That's dangerous, and we can't look the other way

(Getty/Wikimedia/Salon)

Trump boosts call to execute Democrats

Andrea Germanos - Common Dreams

The president boosted a comment from the founder of the group that said "the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat"

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Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Facing suits, DeVos quietly updates rule

Roger Sollenberger

DeVos will no longer legally pursue schools for allocating relief funds to Dreamers. For many, it might be too late

Pro-choice and pro-life activists demonstrate in front of the the US Supreme Court during the 47th annual March for Life on January 24, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

ACLU sues FDA over abortion restrictions

Andrea Germanos - Common Dreams

"This administration apparently would rather subject patients and clinicians to life-threatening medical risks"

Donald Trump golfing (Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Fact: Trump could have voted in person

Igor Derysh

Trump claims he had to vote by mail, because he was busy at the White House. He was actually golfing in Florida

Mark Zuckerberg (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Zuck: Facebook won't fact-check Trump!

Igor Derysh

"Facebook shouldn't be the arbiter of truth of everything that people say online," Zuckerberg tells Fox News

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

Suit about "deceptive" Fox content nixed

Brian Steinberg - Variety

Seattle judge dismisses lawsuit that hoped to bar Fox from "publishing further and false and deceptive content"

Donald Trump | Bars, restaurants and everything else is reopening in Wisconsin after the state Supreme Court struck down the state's stay-at-home order Thursday May 14, 2020 in Hudson, Wisconsin (Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via Getty Images/AP Photo/Evan Vucci/Salon)

Tensions flare as states reopen

Michele Gelfand - The Conversation

The divide transcends partisan bickering

Dr. Deborah Birx, President Donald Trump and AIDS activist Gregg Gonsalves (AP Photo/Salon)

How we survive Trump's "genocide"

Chauncey DeVega

Longtime AIDS activist, now an epidemiologist, on Trump's "monumental error" and Deborah Birx's deadly compromise

FILE - In this March 7, 2017 file photo, the House Intelligence Committee's ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. As congressional investigations into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election are ramping up, so is the political division, raising questions about whether lawmakers' work will be viewed as credible.  (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) (AP)

Schiff: "biggest hypocrite in Congress"

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

To push through the reauthorization of FISA, California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff kills progressive reforms

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Representative Ilhan Omar (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

Ilhan Omar on Trump and "Baywatch"

Dean Obeidallah

As a Somali immigrant, Ilhan Omar learned English from the dialogue on "Baywatch." Now she's schooling Donald Trump

Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton (AP Photo/Salon)

How to cover Biden, without a 2016 rerun

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch

Biden is infinitely more qualified and less corrupt than Trump — but that doesn't mean media should whitewash him

Chuck Grassley; Donald Trump (AP/Jacquelyn Martin/Getty/Olivier Douliery/Salon)

GOP senator calls out Trump's conflicts

Alex Henderson - Alternet

GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley is demanding an explanation for Trump’s firing of Inspector Generals

FILE - In this Wednesday May 6, 2015 file photo, legislators wait for a bill to be brought to the floor in the state house on the closing day of the 2015 Colorado legislative session at the Capitol in Denver. Colorado has the highest number of women serving in a state legislature, with 42 percent, but it has never had a woman governor or U.S. senator. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) (AP)

"Reckless and irresponsible"

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story

The Republican lawmaker reportedly got his positive test result the same day he attended his state’s Reopen Rally

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In this April 7, 2020 photo, voters observe social distancing guidelines as they wait in line to cast ballots in the presidential primary election in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

All-GOP Texas Supreme Court rules

Alexa Ura - The Texas Tribune

Texas Supreme Court: Lack of immunity to coronavirus isn’t enough for mail-in ballot

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, May 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

McEnany votes by mail, stirs fraud hype

Roger Sollenberger

McEnany has been trying to undermine the process she has chosen in every Florida election she has voted in.

People wearing face masks as a preventive measure walk along the Venice Beach. Los Angeles County reopened its beaches for active use while requiring people to wear face masks and maintain social distancing as the county tries to reduce COVID-19 infections. (Ronen Tivony / Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

Cali's COVID-19 spike doesn't bode well

Nicole Karlis

The most populous state was a leader in pandemic management; now, cases are way up. What happened?

Medicine bottle with syringe and needle for immunization (Getty Images)

Half of America may not get vaccinated

Matthew Rozsa

Scientists believe roughly 70 percent of the population would need vaccination to achieve herd immunity

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Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (Netflix)

Netflix's frustrating Epstein series

Ashlie D. Stevens

The four-part docuseries lets the survivors speak, but frustratingly doesn't know what to do with these narratives

Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's serious First Amendment threat

Matthew Rozsa

Twitter is well within their right to call out Trump's fabrication. Does he misunderstand the First Amendment?

Larry Kramer (Brad Barket/Getty Images)

Author and activist Larry Kramer dies

Joseph Neese

The gay author's forceful activism during the AIDS epidemic saved many lives and forever changed health care

"Looney Tunes," "Love Life," "The Not-Too-Late Show With Elmo," "Legendary" (HBO max)

HBO Max is here – but not for everyone!

Melanie McFarland, Ashlie D. Stevens, Mary Elizabeth Williams, Hanh Nguyen

The WarnerMedia streaming service has library content from "Joker" and "Friends" to new shows like "Legendary"

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