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A cardboard cutout of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, dressed up as the QAnon Shaman, along with other cutouts of people involved in the Capitol insurrection, stand on the National Mall ahead of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology and the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce joint hearing on Disinformation Nation: Social Media's Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation in Washington on Thursday, March 25, 2021. The cutouts were placed by the group SumOfUs as an attempt to highlight the role Facebook and other social media organizations played in the Capitol insurrection. (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Right wing disinfo: Popular & profitable

Amanda Marcotte

Lies are profitable on social media because millions want to be radicalized

Pramila Jayapal and Joe Manchin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Jayapal: $1.5T Manchin bill "too small"

Igor Derysh

Democrats' battle lines harden — progressives vow they won't let "corporate lobbyists" kill Biden's spending bill

U.S. Rep Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Cawthorn ad calls for "spiritual battle"

Jon Skolnik

The conservative Christian representing N.C.'s 11th district once called the separation of church and state "silly"

US President Donald Trump (L) congratulates Senior Counselor to the President Stephen Bannon during the swearing-in of senior staff in the East Room of the White House on January 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Steve Bannon: General of GOP coup?

Heather Digby Parton

Former Trump strategist hopes to make election-reversal possible at "precinct level" — and the GOP is on board

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Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

America is amusing itself to death

Chauncey DeVega

Why is the media ignoring the "Eastman memo"? One reason is that its leaders miss Trump — he was great for business

People wait in line to get tested for Covid-19 at the Ann Street School Covid-19 Testing Center in Newark, New Jersey (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

A tale of two states — and one pandemic

Bob Hennelly - InsiderNJ

What unites a blue state with unionized labor and the deep-red cradle of the Confederacy? Racial inequality

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference about the opening of a COVID-19 vaccination site at the Hard Rock Stadium on January 06, 2021 in Miami Gardens, Florida. The governor announced that the stadium's parking lot which offers COVID-19 tests will begin to offer COVID-19 vaccinations for residents 65 and older to drive up and get vaccinated. The vaccination site opened today for a trial run but it was not known when it will be open to the general public. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Tom Boggioni

Major Eben Bratcher of the Yuma County Sheriff's Department (Yuma County Sheriff's Department)

Oath Keeper ran AZ sheriff department

Bob Brigham - Raw Story

Members of the right-wing militia group have been charged with conspiracy for their role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot

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Looking up a word in the dictionary (Getty Images/JGI/Jamie Grill)

7 fake words now in the dictionary

Angela Tung - Mental Floss

"Ghost words" are often the result of misreadings and typographical errors

Dolly Parton performing live onstage at the UK Country Music Festival (Andrew Putler/Redferns/Getty Images)

Dolly's queer anthem Coat of Many Colors

James Barker - The Conversation

The revolutionary song's universal message of pride has resonated with her international LGBTQ+ fan base

Senior man playing with puzzle (Getty Images/LightFieldStudios)

"Dementia brings up everything"

Mary Elizabeth Williams

We talked to Patti Davis and Andrew K. Budson about their respective new books on caregiving and dementia

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Where to go apple picking in New York

Melina Hammer - Food52

Listen up: Food52's Hudson Valley correspondent Melina Hammer knows all the good spots!

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Mayonaise (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The key to moister chocolate cake? Mayo

Ashlie D. Stevens

The Southern condiment has a cult following — and a surprising amount of uses

Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski (Getty Images)

Lewandowski bragged about killing people

Brett Bachman

The incident was so blatant that South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem allegedly texted Lewandowski to stop

Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac in "Scenes from a Marriage" (Jojo Whilden/HBO)

Defending Scenes from a Marriage's wife

Melanie McFarland

Salon speaks with the filmmaker about remaking Ingmar Bergman's classic for today and flipping its gender roles

Britney Spears onstage performing at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards held at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York City on September 6, 2001. (Scott Gries/ImageDirect/Getty Images)

Britney's saga can happen to anyone

Christopher Magoon - KFF Health News

Britney Spears can, fortunately, afford a large bill for psychiatric care. Not everyone can

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A hand holding several $100 bills. (Getty Images)

"This is the Panama papers on steroids"

Brett Wilkins - Common Dreams

It's the "biggest-ever leak of offshore data" — more than 12 million files

Rear view of large group of students attending a class (Getty Images)

Afraid to teach students to think

Christina Wyman

A climate of disinformation in students' home lives is making it harder to teach critical thinking

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Make bakery-worthy pie crust designs

Erin Jeanne McDowell - Food52

Beautiful pie, right this way!

Haitian immigrants prepare to cross the Rio Grande into Del Rio, Texas, on Sept. 23, 2021, from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico. (John Moore/Getty Images)

"Christians" vs. Haitian refugees

Nathaniel Manderson

American Christians have so much to learn from the Haitian people — but we remain indifferent, cold and lost

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SNL cast member Aidy Bryant plays an unhinged parent at a school board meeting. (NBC)

SNL takes on school board culture wars

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story

"Forget Covid, the real threat is critical race theory. My question is: What is it? And why am I mad about it?"

Donald Trump and Melania Trump step out of Marine One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on January 20, 2021. (ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

5 things we learned from new Trump book

Meaghan Ellis - Alternet

Yes, there is a story behind that infamous jacket

Billy Eichner as Matt Drudge in "Impeachment: American Crime Story" (Tina Thorpe/FX)

"Impeachment" needs more Matt Drudge

Kylie Cheung

Eichner is a delight, and Drudge all but pioneered digital media — what could be more interesting to watch?

"Good Anxiety: Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion" by Wendy Suzuki (Photo illustration by Salon/Matt Simpkins/Atria Books)

Can you teach your brain to worry well?

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Dr. Wendy Suzuki on the power of "Good Anxiety"

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