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Flanked by about two dozen House Republicans, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol October 23, 2019 in Washington, DC. Rep. Gaetz held the press conference to call for transparency in the impeachment inquiry. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

GOP votes against rules it demanded

Sarah K. Burris - Raw Story

"The same people who have been yelling that closed hearing were illegitimate now . . . oppose open hearings"

Matt Gaetz and Nancy Pelosi (Alex Wong/ /Zach Gibson/Getty Images)

GOP gets its wish, and will regret it

Amanda Marcotte

Republicans demanded a more public impeachment process. Well, here it comes — and they're not gonna like it

(Getty/Sean Gallup)

Obama wants to cancel "cancel culture"

Matthew Rozsa

"This idea of purity . . . and you're politically woke and all that stuff — you should get over that quickly"

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House sets rules for impeachment inquiry

Shira Tarlo

The vote, 232-196, marked the first time the entire House of Representatives went on the record about the inquiry

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Federal appeals court nominee Lawrence VanDyke grew emotional, reacting to a letter against his confirmation by the American Bar Association on Oct. 30. (Senate Judiciary Committee)

Trump pick cries over scathing criticism

Igor Derysh

Warning of the pick's LGBTQ views, the ABA cited colleagues who called him "arrogant" and "lacking in knowledge"

Rep. Ilhan Omar, (D-MN) (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Omar scruitined over genoicde resolution

Shira Tarlo

The "squad" member said she took issue with the measure's "timing and context" — not its substance

(Getty/Molly Riley)

Trump: Melania wouldn't cry if I'm shot

Brad Reed - Raw Story

“I mean, not many wives would react that way to tragedy," Trump said when speaking about Rep. Steve Scalise

(Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Halloween spending is out of control

Jay L. Zagorsky - The Conversation

Halloween is yet another holiday that has become a mere ritual of America's very conspicuous consumption

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Donald Trump and Ken Cuccinelli (AP Photo/Salon)

Trump's DHS loophole plot illegal: GOP

Igor Derysh

Even Republicans reject Trump's illegal plan to install immigration hardliner Ken Cuccinelli as acting DHS head

(AP/Getty/Salon)

Energy commission shields big donor

Sarah Okeson - DCReport

FERC says it won’t force huge utility to disclose politicians who received campaign money

Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

Trump and democracy: Is it too late?

Chauncey DeVega

Democrats are finally fighting back. But Trump's assault on reality and the rule of law can't be easily undone

People demonstrate at Plaza Italia on the fifth straight day of street violence which erupted over a now suspended hike in metro ticket prices, in Santiago on October 22, 2019. - President Sebastian Pinera convened a meeting with leaders of Chile's political parties on Tuesday in the hope of finding a way to end street violence that has claimed 15 lives, as anti-government campaigners threatened new protests. (PEDRO UGARTE/AFP via Getty Images)

Revolution isn't being televised

Alan MacLeod - FAIR

Mainstream media has covered Hong Kong's protests extensively, but ignored Haiti, Ecuador, Chile and elsewhere

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Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks about her work and gender equality at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

A millionaire prize for RBG

Steven Lubet - The Conversation

Does a foundation's award of a $1 million prize to Ginsburg raise ethical questions?

US Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents take part in a safety drill in the Anapra area in Sunland Park, New Mexico, United States on January 31, 2019. (Getty/Herika Martinez)

"Call It the surge"

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

"They didn't want to make you look so tough," the president told an audience of police chiefs

President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi poses for photographers prior to a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, March 9, 2017, following a meeting of the ECB governing council. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) (AP)

The not-so-"super" Mario Draghi

Marshall Auerback - Independent Media Institute

Looking back at the legacy of the man who created “the most deformed bond market in history.”

Elizabeth Warren and Ronna McDaniel (AP Photo/Getty Images/Salon)

Payday lenders brag they bought clout

Igor Derysh

Payday lending bigwig bundles big money for Trump, brags of access to RNC head: "Ronna, I need help on something"

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Jack Dorsey (AP/Mary Altaffer/Richard Drew)

Twitter will ban political ads

Nicole Karlis

The announcement appears counterposed to Facebook's piecemeal policy to let politicians spread misinformation

Justin Trudeau, Julianne Hough, Jimmy Fallon, and Luann de Lesseps in blackface costumes. (West Point Grey Academy/Pacific Coast News/Devone Byrd/NBC/Saturday Night Live/Instagram/@COUNTESSLUANN/Salon)

Just say no to blackface this Halloween

D. Watkins

Yes, you can still dress up as your favorite black hero or character, but there's a way to do it – without racism

Aerial view of the Bangkok city skyline and the Chao Phraya River, Thailand. (Getty Images/Deejpilot)

These cities will drown as the seas rise

Nicole Karlis

2% of Earth's human population lives on land that may be submerged within 31 years

From the October 29, 2019, edition of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight, with guest Dave Rubin. (Fox News)

Carlson blames fires on “woke” culture

Matthew Rozsa

“Everything that goes that road eventually breaks down,” YouTube personality Dave Rubin told Carlson

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Debbie Reynolds, Kimberly J. Brown, Emily Roeske, and Joey Zimmerman in Halloweentown (1998) (ABC/Disney)

Hocus Pocus has nothing on Halloweentown

Ashlie D. Stevens

Enduring and with less problematic messaging, this Debbie Reynolds movie should become traditional holiday viewing

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg poses for a photograph during an inteview with AFP onboard the Malizia II sailing yacht at the Mayflower Marina in Plymouth, southwest England, on August 13, 2019 ahead of her journey across the Atlantic to New York where she will attend the UN Climate Action Summit next month. (BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images/Salon)

Thunberg declines award for activism

Matthew Rozsa

“What we need is for our rulers and politicians to listen to the research,” Thunberg added in a statement

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili/Alex Wong/Getty Images/Salon)

NSC official appears to contradict Perry

Igor Derysh

Vindman claimed that Perry was at a meeting where the Biden probe was discussed, which Perry has repeatedly denied

Still from the Netflix documentary "Little Miss Sumo" (Netflix)

New doc defies sexism in sumo wrestling

Ashlie D. Stevens

The tradition of sumo wrestling is over a thousand years old and is long overdue for change when it comes to women

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