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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the State Dining Room of the White House January 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden delivered remarks on his administration’s COVID-19 response, and signed executive orders and other presidential actions. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Why Biden is "managing a dying regime"

Chauncey DeVega

Author of "Nixonland" to Joe Biden: "There is no sweet spot" that will "turn off the spigot of reactionary rage"

Thousands of flags creating a "field of flags" are seen on the National Mall ahead of Joe Biden's swearing-in inauguration ceremony as the 46th US president in Washington,DC on January 18, 2021. (ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. exceptionalism is dead

Brian K. Muzás - The Globalist

After the shameful events of Jan. 6, can we reconcile U.S. exceptionalism with the invasion of the Capitol?

Sidney Powell, attorney for President Donald Trump, at a news conference at the Republican National Committee on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election on Thursday, November 19, 2020. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Sidney Powell forms Kraken super PAC

Roger Sollenberger

Trump attack dog's new PAC can raise unlimited amounts of money; Powell faces a $1.3 billion defamation suit

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (Getty/Win McNamee)

Left pushes Schumer on filibuster

Common Dreams staff - Common Dreams

A "tool of segregationists" that has "outlived its usefulness": Activists mount a push against Mitch's roadblock

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he prepares to give the National Thanksgiving Turkey a presidential pardon during the traditional event in the Rose Garden of the White House November 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump pardoned Medicare fraudsters

Fred Schulte - KFF Health News

Prior to leaving office, Trump granted pardons to individuals convicted in huge Medicare swindles

Trump supporters near the U.S Capitol, on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. The protesters stormed the historic building, breaking windows and clashing with police. (Shay Horse/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Capitol riot shatter public land myth

Eve Andrews - Grist

The biggest threat to America’s public lands is a sense of entitlement

U.S. President Donald Trump pauses during a news conference at the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House February 29, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The First Amendment won’t save Trump

Bill Blum - Independent Media Institute

History has its eyes on the Senate

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) asks questions during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to discuss election security and the 2020 election process on December 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump continues to push baseless claims of voter fraud during the presidential election, which Chris Krebs called the most secure in American history. (Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images)

Hawley's history of picking extremists

David Edwards - Raw Story

The insurrectionist Republican senator also defended Mark Furhman after the OJ trial

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Donald Trump | Facebook and Twitter logos (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Facebook/Twitter)

Scholar: Big Tech should be left alone

Paul Levinson - The Conversation

Twitter’s ban of Trump has concerned free speech advocates across the political spectrum

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Add classical to your exercise playlist

Costas Karageorghis, Dawn Rose, Elias Mouchlianitis - The Conversation

Variety in exercise keeps us fresh and invigorated, so consider switching up your playlist to keep yourself moving

(America's Test Kitchen)

Make beer brats with onion and mustard

America's Test Kitchen

After searing the brats, we make a flavorful braising liquid from onion, mustard and beer

Katalin Kariko and Pardi-Norbert, 2012 (Photo provided by Katalin Kariko)

The biochemist who saved the world

Matthew Rozsa

Dr Karikó was demoted and fired for believing in mRNA vaccine technology. Her work may yet save the world

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How Szechuan Sauce became a cult dip

Ashlie D. Stevens

Parallel to Szechuan Sauce's rise to fame is a complex narrative about the Americanization of "global" flavors

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The impact of oyster reef restoration

Lela Nargi - FoodPrint

One oyster can filter out sediment and chemicals like nitrogen from 50 gallons of water a day

Donald Trump (Photo illustration byt Salon/Getty Images/Twitter)

Does deplatforming curb hate speech?

Jeremy Blackburn, Robert W. Gehl, Ugochukwu Etudo - The Conversation

Banning extremists from social media platforms can reduce hate speech, but the process has to be handled with care

Paul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen in "WandaVision" (Marvel Studios/Disney+)

"WandaVision" is the Smart(est) TV

Melanie McFarland

The Marvel TV show makes us question the reality of what's happening by presenting an unreality we know

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Josh Hawley, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Hawley is a co-conspirator

Common Dreams staff - Common Dreams

AOC: "Sen. Hawley is trying to wiggle out of inciting a riot that killed 5"

President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a campaign rally at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport on September 3, 2020 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Trump won Pennsylvania in the 2016 election by a narrow margin. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Trump's dream rejected by Florida

Meaghan Ellis - Alternet

Trump reportedly wants an airport named after him — but it won't be in Palm Beach County, Florida

Waterdrop on a green blade of grass reflecting our earth. (Getty Images)

Why a Green New Deal is still unlikely

Zoya Teirstein, Shannon Osaka - Grist

Can Biden accomplish his climate goals with a razor-thin majority?

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The science of connecting deeply

Nicole Karlis

We've lost a sense of feeling understood by each other. Two researchers think they can change that

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A storage hack for flakier pastries

Emma Laperruque - Food52

For better baked goods with no extra work just store your flour in a different place

Israeli flag (Getty Images)

Anti-Semitism and Israel: A tangled knot

Doug Neiss

An expanded definition of "anti-Semitism" is primarily meant to silence Jewish critics of Israel. It won't work

A glass of Diet coke on the Resolute Desk as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018 (Getty Images)

Behind Trump's childish Diet Coke button

Ashlie D. Stevens

"Trump seemed to believe that rules, of any sort, don't apply to him. That guided his food and beverage choices"

Microbe structures on ALH84001 meteorite (Nasa)

When space stories fall victim to hype

Dan Falk - Undark

"Breakthroughs" come along regularly but often don’t hold up under scrutiny — and could undermine trust in science

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