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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) talks with reporters following the weekly Republican Senate conference meeting in the Mansfield Room at the U.S. Capitol December 01, 2020 in Washington, DC. The Senate GOP leaders were asked about the chances of Congress passing another coronavirus relief bill along with must-pass government funding legislation. (Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images)

Mitch brags about rigging Supreme Court

Travis Gettys - Raw Story

"[It's] the single most consequential thing I've done in my time as majority leader of the Senate"

Julian Assange (Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

The reality of the war against Wikileaks

Chris Hedges

Who is the winner if there is no restoration of the rule of law?

Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The cost of Democrats' new cold war

Norman Solomon

Throughout the Trump years, the anti-Russia frenzy was often a distraction from the GOP's anti-democractic plot

Fractals of Romanesco broccoli and fern leaves (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

This is your brain on nature

Thomas Nail

Humans have a built-in "fractal fluency," probably because of our prehistoric ancestors' upbringing

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) speaks during a House hearing. (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

Gohmert in hot water for $5,500 donation

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story

Gohmert recently demanded to know if the U.S. Forest Service can change the Earth's orbit to fight climate change

Mitch McConnell and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty images)

Are Republicans setting a trap?

Bob Brigham - Raw Story

Biden's focus on bipartisanship over public policy outcomes could be leading him into a trap . . .

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Oliver: We're cooking prisoners to death

Julia Pedrozo Santiago

Lack of air conditiong creates inhumane conditions for incarcerated populations, especially in Texas

Anthony Ramos and Melissa Barrera in "In the Heights" (Warner Bros.)

The broken dream of "In the Heights"

Kylie Cheung

Jon M. Chu's new film is a cultural victory, even as it receives legitimate criticism of colorism in its casting

A man uses heroin under a bridge where he lives with other addicts in the Kensington section of Philadelphia which has become a hub for heroin use on January 24, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Getty/Spencer Platt)

83% Americans think war on drugs failed

Andrea Germanos - Common Dreams

The findings come just ahead of the 50th's anniversary of President Richard Nixon's drug war declaration

Mare of Easttown (Michele K. Short/HBO)

Rosy TV "copaganda" fails survivors

Kylie Cheung

The killing of Sarah Everard makes us look at "Mare of Easttown" and other cops shows with more scrutiny

A reporter with One America News Network microphone (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

AZ audit chaos: OAN vs. local reporter

Zachary Petrizzo

Conservative network host Christina Bobb is both covering the Arizona audit and raising money for it

Kali Reis in "Catch the Fair One" (Tribeca Film Festival)

The boxer versus the human traffickers

Gary M. Kramer

Salon spoke with director Josef Kubota Wladyka about making his stunningly brutal, unexpected yet "inevitable" film

Mike Lindell (Patrick McMullan/Getty Images)

Empty skies over MyPillow Guy's rally

Zachary Petrizzo

Lindell's surreal pro-MAGA event kicked off with him waiting for a sign that everything would go according to plan

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Boebert pushes Clinton murder conspiracy

Igor Derysh

"Why is it that so many who cross the Clinton Crime Syndicate end up dead?" Boebert tweeted

Giada De Laurentiis (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Giada's meatball pizza is "kid-approved"

Julia Pedrozo Santiago

When you're short on time, turn to this simple recipe where refrigerator leftovers do the bulk of the work

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

McConnell plots to block SCOTUS — again

Jon Skolnik

"I think it's highly unlikely," McConnell said of a GOP-led Senate confirming a Biden nominee before 2024 election

An empty classroom (Getty/ martinedoucet)

Controversy surrounds air purifiers

Christina Jewett, Lauren Weber - KFF Health News

The controversy is getting the attention of school officials from coast to coast

Medical Billing (Getty Images)

Hospitals kept suing patients over debt

Jenny Deam - ProPublica

A new study says some of the nation’s largest hospital systems — mostly non-profits — kept filing lawsuits

Chuck Schumer, Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi and Bill Barr (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Fallout for Trump's political targeting

Jon Skolnik

The slow trickle of truth surrounding the probe has sparked outrage amongst Democratic lawmakers

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Executive Committee in the Oval Office at the White House on April 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. Biden, Harris and members of the caucus discussed the recent spike in anti-Asian violence, including the shooting deaths of six women of Asian descent in Atlanta last month. (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

Low-key office: Senate parliamentarian

Charles Tiefer - The Conversation

The Senate has a lot of rules, and its parliamentarian interprets what those rules allow — and what they don't

Broadcaster Greg Kelly (Newsmax TV)

Newsmax reviewing Kelly tweets on race

Zachary Petrizzo

The comments on race and the military may have crossed a line at the conservative network where he's employed

Lara Trump, daughter-in-law of Donald Trump (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Lara Trump's call: Get guns and be ready

Jon Skolnik

The former president’s daughter-in-law urges border residents to start taking matters into their own hands

Balsamic vinegar over swordfish carpaccio (Getty Images)

Why this Italian condiment is so special

Michael La Corte

Syrupy, sweet, and acidic — balsamic vinegar has a long history of kitchen versatility

Donald Trump and George W. Bush (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Republicans turn to rank intimidation

Heather Digby Parton

Republicans have put in place criminal sanctions and huge fines for decisions undertaken by election officials

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