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Pat Robertson demonstrated the difference between a Glock handgun and a Taser on air (700 Club)

Less-than-lethal is the wrong standard

Heather Digby Parton

Less-than-lethal is the wrong standard

A view of high voltage transmission towers on February 21, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Millions of Texans lost their power when winter storm Uri hit the state and knocked out coal, natural gas and nuclear plants that were unprepared for the freezing temperatures brought on by the storm. Wind turbines that provide an estimated 24 percent of energy to the state became inoperable when they froze. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Another power crisis in Texas?

Erin Douglas, Mitchell Ferman - The Texas Tribune

Experts warn this summer could be hot and dry, enhanced by climate change

A passenger wearing a mask prepares to board a flight departing the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Getty Images)

Airports step up mental health services

Katja Ridderbusch - KFF Health News

"No doubt, the pandemic has accelerated the need for our services to a new level"

Fox News host Tucker Carlson (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Carlson called out for "propaganda"

Bob Brigham - Raw Story

"There is one place where this dangerous propaganda has come from more than any other"

Pro-Trump protestors clash with police outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. | Police in riot gear toss a projectile at protesters after they refused to leave the area after the police killing of Duante Wright during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center near where Derek Chauvin is on trial in the death of George Floyd, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, United States on April 11, 2021. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Crackdown in Minn.; restraint at Capitol

Chauncey DeVega

The contrast is stark, but not really a contradiction — it's American law enforcement functioning as designed

A US soldier holds the national flag ahead of a handover ceremony at Leatherneck Camp in Lashkar Gah in the Afghan province of Helmand on April 29, 2017. US Marines returned to Afghanistan's volatile Helmand April 29, where American troops faced heated fighting until NATO's combat mission ended in 2014, as embattled Afghan security forces struggle to beat back the resurgent Taliban. The deployment of some 300 Marines to the poppy-growing southern province came one day after the militants announced the launch of their "spring offensive", and as the Trump administration seeks to craft a new strategy in Afghanistan. (WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Out of Afghanistan? Nope, not exactly

Norman Solomon

Removing ground troops from Afghanistan at last won't end the air war, or the "Homeland"-style special ops

Woman with face mask getting vaccinated (Getty Images)

Odd periods: A new vaccine side effect

Nicole Karlis

Experts say irregular period side effects are a result of under-representing women in clinical vaccine trials

US President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Pittsburgh International Airport in Moon Township, Pennsylvania on September 22, 2020. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump hit with $1 trillion lawsuit

Sky Palma - Raw Story

"The former president literally became the very domestic enemy to the Constitution he swore to defend"

US President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Pittsburgh International Airport in Moon Township, Pennsylvania on September 22, 2020. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump hit with $1 trillion lawsuit

"The former president literally became the very domestic enemy to the Constitution he swore to defend"

Rep Jim Jordan, R-OH, speaks during the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on Online Platforms and Market Power in the Rayburn House office Building, July 29, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Mandel Ngan-Pool/Getty Images)

Waters tells Jordan to "shut" his mouth

Sarah K Burris - Raw Story

Jordan claims Americans are being censored because social media sites are removing conspiracy theories about COVID

Sacha Baron Cohen in "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" (Amazon Studios)

Watch Borat flee a "violent" rally

Zachary Petrizzo

Never-before-seen footage from the Oscar-nominated "Borat" sequel will be released as "Supplemental Reportings"

"Diane" and Ray Romano in "Made for Love" (HBO Max)

"Made For Love" bugs out in the best way

Melanie McFarland

What began as star-driven comedy ends with a stunning inquiry of what we're willing to cede for privacy & freedom

"Leaving Isn't The Hardest Thing" by Lauren Hough (Photo illustration by Salon/Random House Publishing/Karl Poss IV)

Every American can relate to cults

Erin Keane

Lauren Hough's sharp, witty "Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing" tackles everything from military to our working class

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort leaves his arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court, on June 27, 2019 in New York City. (Yana Paskova/Getty Images)

Feds: Manafort pal worked for Russia

Igor Derysh

New Russia sanctions reveal a direct line between Trump’s campaign chief and Russian intelligence agencies

Geraldo Rivera and Dan Bongino (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Geraldo slaps down Dan Bongino

Zachary Petrizzo

"I want to see the country burn?! You son of a b*tch!" Rivera shouted to Bongino

Kim Reynolds, Gov. Henry McMaster, and Gov. Pete Ricketts (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP governors ban foster care for kids

Jon Skolnik

GOP governors from Nebraska to South Carolina rushed to announce plans to ban residents from providing foster care

Kong roars in "Godzilla vs. Kong" (Warner Bros.)

HBO Max's "bumpy" streaming plan start

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming

Releasing tentpole films same-day in theaters & streaming was great for consumers, but filmmakers weren't thrilled

Selena Gomez and Joey King in "Ramona and Beezus" (Alan Markfield/ Twentieth Century Fox)

Kristin Girten

Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley (Getty/Michael B. Thomas)

Hawley makes millions off of Big Lie

Molly Wilcox

Hawley is $3 million richer since supporting Trump's Stop the Steal efforts

The Vaccine as Horror Genre (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP's anti-vaxx cult meant to hurt Biden

Amanda Marcotte

The right-wing death cult is getting better at convincing conservatives to reject vaccines

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump (Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images)

Ivanka, Jared to "advise" think tank

Zachary Petrizzo

Larry Kudlow and Rick Perry to be key players in pro-Trump nonprofit; Stephen Miller, Mike Pence launching others

Teenage girl looking through window (Getty Images)

COVID's heavy toll on teens

Melinda Wenner Moyer - Undark

For adolescents, friends and social connection — both rare during the pandemic — are key for healthy development

(Julia Gartland / Food52)

Honeycomb pasta TikTok is buzzing over

Valerio Farris - Food52

Is this trending 'honeycomb pasta recipe' really the bee's knees?

People in face masks waiting in line for vaccination (Getty Images)

The J&J vaccine pause, explained

Phil Galewitz - KFF Health News

What happened, what the risk is, and what happens next

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