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While America was sleeping

Alfred McCoy - TomDispatch.com

Waking from a four-year fever dream to find global power gone

Larry King during Bette Midler on "Larry King Live" at CNN Studios in Hollywood, CA, United States. (SGranitz/WireImage)

Larry King, conversationalist influencer

Melanie McFarland

For better or worse King's 63 years in the entertainment business left its mark on how hosts speak to power

Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they storm the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

FBI ramps up arrests of Capitol rioters

Jon Skolnik

Hundreds have been arrested or under investigation for Capitol riot as the FBI is inundated with tips from all over

Pete Buttigieg, U.S. secretary of transportation nominee for U.S. President Joe Biden, puts on a protective mask during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing on January 21, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Buttigieg, is pledging to carry out the administration’s ambitious agenda to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure, calling it a “generational opportunity” to create new jobs, fight economic inequality and stem climate change. (Stefani Reynolds - Pool/Getty Images)

The case for wearing two masks

Nicole Karlis

Politicians have been spotted "double-masking" in public. Are two better than one?

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Virginia state Senator Amanda Chase(R-11) at work in the statehouse, on February, 20, 2019 in Richmond, VA. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Virginia Republican: Riot was justified

Roger Sollenberger

Amanda Chase says Capitol rioters were tired of being told "what we can and cannot do in the form of mandates"

This artist’s impression shows the view from the planet in the TOI-178 system found orbiting furthest from the star. (ESO/L. Calçada/spaceengine.org)

These dancing planets are in resonance

Matthew Rozsa

Like overlapping rhythms, five distant exoplanets orbit their parent star with uncanny synchronicity

Clinical support technician Douglas Condie extracts viruses from swab samples so that the genetic structure of a virus can be analysed and identified in the coronavirus testing laboratory at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, on February 19, 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Jane Barlow - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Are virus mutations ominous as we fear?

Matthew Rozsa

Will mutant strains of the coronavirus affect vaccine efficacy? Big Pharma, Fauci urge restraint

Advertisements featuring Fox News personalities, including Bret Baier, Martha MacCallum, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and Sean Hannity, adorn the front of the News Corporation building, (Getty Images/Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Fox News is now defending QAnon

Alex Henderson - Alternet

Fox News hosts, including Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carlson, equate criticism of QAnon with attacks on free speech

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Toxic substance or water supply?

Toxic substance or water supply?

Erin Douglas - The Texas Tribune

A recent EPA decision will allow Texas to regulate water discharges from oil drilling operations

Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event on November 30, 2019 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. | Mitch McConnell (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Hey Joe, GOP filibuster is pure malarkey

Amanda Marcotte

There is nothing unifying about telling the majority who backed Biden that they'll get nothing for all their effort

Kelli Ward (Ralph Freso/Getty Images)

State GOPs pushing Trump conspiracies

Igor Derysh

Republican state legislatures are also planning to use baseless fraud claims to impose new voter restrictions

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

Why Trump must face punishment

Alan D. Blotcky, Seth D. Norrholm

Trump is out of power, but his shadow lingers and his enablers are everywhere. To heal, we must have justice

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Joe Biden on "CBS This Morning" (CBS)

On Biden's first week in office

Jon Skolnik

President Biden sets off with a flurry of executive actions

Sen. Tom Cotton (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Tom Cotton's embellishments go deeper

Roger Sollenberger

In a 2014 ad, Cotton said he "made tough decisions as an Army Ranger in Iraq." But he never served with the Rangers

Robert Malley and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Biden's big test on Iran coming soon

Medea Benjamin, Ariel Gold

War hawks and the pro-Israel lobby are pushing hard against Malley as envoy to Iran. That's all you need to know

Immigrants and activists protest to demand that the Department of Homeland Security extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 195,000 Salvadorans, January 8, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Getty/Andrew Caballero Reynolds)

Biden pauses deportations for 100 days

Julián Aguilar - The Texas Tribune

Biden also signed executive orders rolling back additional Trump-era immigration policies

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A protester holds an anti-vaccination sign as supporters of President Donald Trump rally to reopen California as the coronavirus pandemic continues to worsen, on May 16, 2020 in Woodland Hills, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Anti-vaxxers exploit COVID deaths

Liz Szabo - KFF Health News

Anti-vaccine groups have been exploiting the deaths of those who happen to fall ill after receiving a COVID vaccine

President Donald Trump speaks at the "Stop The Steal" Rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Trump sees power as private property

Fernanda G Nicola, Günter Frankenberg - The Conversation

In classic authoritarian fashion, Trump called to "take back" the country when he incited the mob on Jan. 6

Former President Donald Trump. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

New probe into Trump's coup

Jon Skolnik

Inspector General of the Department of Justice is investigating whether DOJ officials acted on Trump’s behalf

A cute baby wearing a red hat (Getty Images)

TakingCaraMAGA: My baby guru's a Trumper

Sophia Tesfaye

The boycott of a popular baby sleep trainer raises questions about accountability for Trump's supporters

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The Salisbury Poisonings (James Pardon/Dancing Ledge/BBC ONE/AM)

The terror of "The Salisbury Poisonings"

Melanie McFarland

Based on the true story of how a former Russian intelligence officer was targeted in England and what came next

Distressed doctor wearing protective suit to fight coronavirus pandemic (Getty Images)

The SoCal COVID strain: what to know

Nicole Karlis

The homegrown variant could have a similar structural change to one that emerged in South Africa

Keira Knightley attends the "Misbehaviour" World Premiere at The Ham Yard Hotel on March 09, 2020 in London, England. (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Knightley nixes male-directed sex scenes

Ashlie D. Stevens

The actress says of the decision that "it's partly vanity and also it's the male gaze"

Coronavirus vaccine vials in hospital (Getty Images)

In L.A., Black, Latino COVID cases surge

Mark Kreidler - Capital & Main

While California struggles to distribute COVID-19 shots, Latino Los Angeles takes a hit.

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