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Donald Trump (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Imagine the unimaginable: A second term

Bob Cesca

After the shock of November 2016, we have to face this possibility: How bad will Trump 2.0 get? Pretty damn bad

Donald Trump; Mitt Romney (Getty/Chip Somodevilla/Drew Angerer)

Romney condemns Trump for QAnon comment

Brad Reed - Raw Story

Romney also blamed both political parties for failing to "expel the rabid fringes and the extremes"

Joe Biden and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Can Trump still win? Wrong question

Chauncey DeVega

The commentariat keeps insisting there's no way Trump can win this time. Seriously, have we learned nothing?

Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on October 14, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images)

Krugman on Barrett's confirmation

Alex Henderson - Alternet

The economist stresses that having a far-right Supreme Court majority will be terrible in a variety of ways.

Donald Trump (Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon photo illustration)

Trump and the right's "herd mentality"

Carl Pope

Republicans' mania for herd immunity reflects a longstanding preference for sacrificing the weak to capitalism

Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Sen to Black voter: Like Perdue chicken?

Roger Sollenberger

Republican Sen. David Perdue is not part of the family who owns Perdue Farms

Mitch McConnell, Ron Johnson, Rand Paul, and Richard Burr (Getty Images/Salon)

Robert Reich on the hypocrisy of the GOP

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org

What’s public, what’s private, and where should government intervene?

US President Donald Trump visits the US-Mexico border fence in Otay Mesa, California on September 18, 2019. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

Court will hear cases on border wall

Julián Aguilar - The Texas Tribune

The Migrant Protection Protocols program has been criticized by immigration attorneys and advocates

Donald Trump | Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks remotely during a virtual Senate Committee for Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington (Win McNamee/Pool/AP/Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Salon)

Trump lashes out at Fauci

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

"People are tired of Covid. People are saying, 'Whatever, just leave us alone,'" the president said during a call

President Donald Trump participates in the first presidential debate against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University on September 29, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio. This is the first of three planned debates between the two candidates in the lead up to the election on November 3. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Muted microphones for final debate

Gene Maddaus - Variety

The Commission on Presidential Debates announced new rules intended to allow the candidates to speak uninterrupted

Jeff Bridges attends a conversation, Q&A and book signing for his new book "Jeff Bridges: Pictures Vol. 2" at NeueHouse Los Angeles on October 15, 2019 in Hollywood, California (Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images)

Jeff Bridges reveals cancer diagnosis

Ryan Lattanzio - Indiewire

The Oscar-winning actor revealed his lymphoma diagnosis on Twitter Monday evening

Hunter Biden (Teresa Kroeger/Getty Images for World Food Program USA)

Fox News rejected dubious Biden exposé

Roger Sollenberger

The FBI is investigating whether the story is tied to a Russian influence operation, according to multiple reports

Jada Harris, Aunjanue Ellis and Jurnee Smollett in "Lovecraft Country" (HBO/Warner Media Group)

Lovecraft Country redefines Black magic

Melanie McFarland

Despite an uneven season, the series finale uplifts Black women to show magic isn't just the province of whiteness

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Trump lashes out at Fauci

Matthew Rozsa

Fauci previously told "60 Minutes" that he was not surprised by Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis

Linda Ronstadt in "Linda and the Mockingbirds" (HBO Max / Shout! Studios)

Linda Ronstadt: Change immigration laws

Gary M. Kramer

The famed singer's new doc "Linda and the Mockingbirds" crosses the border to celebrate Mexican culture

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue looks on during a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic in the press briefing room of the White House. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Judge rejects Trump plan to cut food aid

Igor Derysh

The administration "radically and abruptly" upended rule process and risked worsening food insecurity, a judge says

Donald Trump and Gretchen Whitmer (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's pitch to women: "Lock her up!"

Amanda Marcotte

Misogyny helped Trump in 2016, and he wants to repeat by attacking Gretchen Whitmer — but so far it's not working

Donald Trump and Anthony Fauci (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Fauci not "surprised" Trump got COVID-19

Igor Derysh

"Sure enough," the White House Supreme Court announcement "turned out to be a superspreader event," Fauci says

US President Donald Trump waves as he departs the White House in Washington, DC, on October 15, 2020. - Trumps travels to North Carolina, Florida and Georgia for campaign stops on October 15 and 16. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Don't let Trump and his minions skate

Heather Digby Parton

Historian Jill Lepore thinks a post-Trump "truth commission" isn't needed because America's doing A-OK. Hello?

Amy Coney Barrett and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

ACB's originalism is nonsensical

Kevin Tobia

Originalists like Barrett claim to rely on the objective "public meaning" of legal terms. Is there such a thing?

U.S. President Donald Trump participates in the first presidential debate against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University on September 29, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Lawsuit argues Trump a "public nuisance"

Bob Brigham - Raw Story

A group of Miami-Dade residents have filed the suit to prevent Trump from visiting the state

Betsy DeVos and John James (Getty Images/Salon)

James fundraised at DeVos family home

Igor Derysh

John James bought ads to distance himself from Betsy DeVos as super PAC funded by family poured millions into race

Robert Reich in “Saving Capitalism” (Netflix)

Robert Reich: Vote NO on CA Prop 22

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org

Make no mistake: California's Prop 22 is a lousy deal for Uber and Lyft drivers, and for millions of other workers

Tabulators work on recounting presidential ballots in Madison, Wisconsin. (Getty/Andy Manis)

PA rejects 372K mail in ballot requests

Ryan McCarthy, Derek Willis, Jonathan Lai - ProPublica

The administrative nightmare highlights the difficulty of ramping up mail-in voting on the fly

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