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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump Jr., Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Usha Vance, Interior Secretary nominee Doug Burgum and Vice President-elect JD Vance applaud during the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump's triumphant celebration of scams

Amanda Marcotte
Published 6 months ago

Forget "unity" — the real theme of the day was "rich people swindling the rest of America"

U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. First Lady Melania Trump inside Capital One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

The inauguration was an absurd spectacle

Coleman Spilde
Published 6 months ago

Big, ugly hats! An improvised a cappella! Entirely inappropriate ensembles! That's . . . entertainment?

Merrick Garland and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How Garland stymied Trump on his way out

Austin Sarat
Published 6 months ago

Trump wants to ramp up the federal death penalty. Before he left, the former attorney general made that harder

Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk attend the inauguration of Donald Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 20, 2025. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson - Pool/Getty Images) ((Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson - Pool/Getty Images))

Trump's Big Tech turnaround

Cara Michelle Smith
Published 6 months ago

The scene signaled that the industry Trump once called “dividing and divisive” is now in his good graces

U.S. Vice President-elect former Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrive to inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Listless, uninspired and robotic

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Published 6 months ago

Now Donald Trump has to meet the high expectations he’s set for MAGA

Washing carrots in the sink (Getty Images/PeopleImages)

Why some foods can even change skin tone

Michelle Spear - The Conversation
Published 6 months ago

"These colorful tales carry more than an aesthetic message"

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Grieving Donald Trump's return

Chauncey DeVega
Published 6 months ago

Dr. Gail Christopher on the "balance of positive thoughts to trigger positive emotions"

Martin Luther King Jr. | Capitol Riot on January 6th, 2021 (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A tale of two Americas

Audra Wilson, Esq., Lucy Di Rosa, PhD
Published 6 months ago

In a curious coincidence, the inauguration of Donald Trump falls on a day we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King

President Donald Trump being sworn in on January 20, 2025. (Morry Gash/Getty Images)

Trump fails to place hand on Bible

Nicholas Liu
Published 6 months ago

While it is customary to swear by some holy text, it is not constitutionally required

U.S. singer-songwriter Carrie Underwood performs "America the Beautiful" after President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. ( SAUL LOEB/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Carrie Underwood's awkward a cappella

Nardos Haile
Published 6 months ago

Underwood's performance of "America the Beautiful" at Trump's inauguration got off to a rough start

President Joe Biden in the Oval Office at the White House on July 25, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Biden grants clemency to Leonard Peltier

Nicholas Liu
Published 6 months ago

Activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of killing two FBI agents in a shootout, had his life sentence commuted

Cecile Richards (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Cecile Richards dies at 67

Cara Michelle Smith
Published 6 months ago

Richards, a former Planned Parenthood president for more than a decade, had been diagnosed with brain cancer

Red, rose and white wine glasses, top view (Getty Images/5PH)

Alcohol shouldn't be used as a sleep aid

Emma Sweeney, Fran Pilkington-Cheney - The Conversation
Published 6 months ago

"But alcohol affects the production of melatonin and alters our body temperature"

President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump threatens war with Panama

Charles R. Davis
Published 6 months ago

President Donald Trump used his inauguration speech to threaten the United States' Central American ally

President-elect Donald Trump points to his wife Melania Trump during an election night event in West Palm Beach, Florida, on November 6, 2024. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Melania Trump launches memecoin

Natalie Chandler
Published 6 months ago

The First Lady's announcement came two days after her husband promoted his own meme coin

Elon Musk speaks onstage during The New York Times Dealbook Summit 2023 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on November 29, 2023 in New York City. (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for The New York Times)

Lawsuit: DOGE violates federal rules

Nicholas Liu
Published 6 months ago

Musk is working on building an advisory office with broad powers over shredding government down to size

President-elect Donald J. Trump arrive at the inauguration of Donald J. Trump at the United States Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Doug Mills - Pool/Getty Images)

Trump's first inaugural donors did well

Cara Michelle Smith
Published 6 months ago

A report shows the benefits some received after funding Trump's first swearing-in

Donald Trump and a gold-plated US Capitol Building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The billionaires at Trump's inauguration

Cara Michelle Smith
Published 6 months ago

Beyond top execs from Meta, Apple and Amazon, a slew of ultra-wealthy donors are expected to attend

Donald Trump and Snoop Dogg attend the COMEDY CENTRAL Roast of Donald Trump at the Hammerstein Ballroom on March 9, 2011 in New York City. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

Snoop Dogg gets backlash for Crypto Ball

Nardos Haile
Published 6 months ago

The rapper has had a long-standing anti-Trump record that has shifted in the last couple years

Four male chimpanzees at the Kumamoto Sanctuary (Courtesy of the Kumamoto Sanctuary)

Urine good company, chimp study finds

Matthew Rozsa
Published 6 months ago

A new study reports that primates will synchronize urination with implications for the evolution of social cohesion

Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Atrium Health Amphitheater on November 03, 2024 in Macon, Georgia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump seeks to neutralize 14th Amendment

Charles R. Davis
Published 6 months ago

The Constitution guarantees citizenship to anyone "born or naturalized in the United States"

Paddington In Peru (StudioCanal)

"Paddington" at 10: What we can learn?

Coleman Spilde
Published 6 months ago

In the dark shadow of Inauguration Day, sometimes it's okay to let yourself "lib out"

President Joe Biden addresses the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Ill., on Monday, August 19, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and J6 staff

Charles R. Davis
Published 6 months ago

Biden said those he pardoned do not deserve to be targets of Donald Trump's Department of Justice

Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks on stage during the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 20, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Michelle Obama has no time to be phony

D. Watkins
Published 6 months ago

At times, pretending is necessary, but at some point, we must stop

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