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Fox host grills Trump spox on Proud Boys

Brad Reed - Raw Story

Trump’s request that the far-right Proud Boys group “stand back and stand by” has drawn heavy criticism

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

Secretive group backs Barrett: report

Travis Gettys - Raw Story

The Judicial Crisis Network will spend at least $10 million to promote Barrett’s nomination to replace Ginsburg

Donald Trump and Joe Biden, pointing fingers at the Presidential Debate (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why did Trump act like that? He's scared

Amanda Marcotte

Trump's no strongman: He's a coward who listens to no one and hides behind the fascists he urges to "stand by"

President Donald Trump greets supporters following a Fox News Town Hall event with moderators Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum on March 05, 2020 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Among other topics, President Trump discussed his administration's response to the Coronavirus and the economy. (Photo by (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Chomsky: Trump is a "sociopathic maniac"

Alex Henderson - Alternet

"We have a sociopathic maniac in the White House," Chomsky says

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Joe Biden and Donald Trump at the first Presidential Debate on September 29, 2020 (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Undecided voter labels Trump "crackhead"

Igor Derysh

Biden debating Trump was “like trying to win an argument with a crackhead," Ruthie from Pennsylvania says

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. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The debate in one word: "Sh*tshow"

Igor Derysh

"Trump blew the biggest layup in the history of debate," Fox News host Brian Kilmeade says. "Are you against evil?"

U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate 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)

A debate that will live in infamy

Heather Digby Parton

We already knew Trump was a national embarrassment. Did he think his sneering-bully act would win back voters?

U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate 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. (Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)

The traumatizing terror of that "debate"

Melanie McFarland

In the first confrontation between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, democracy lost and the audience took a beating

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Black Lives Matter protest outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin. | Far right protesters march in Tom McCall Waterfront Park as part of the Patriot Prayer Rally. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The coming civil war over Trump’s ego

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org

Regardless of what happens, Trump’s megalomaniacal ego will prevail

Al Sharpton (Getty Images)

Rev. Al Sharpton on fighting Trump

Chauncey DeVega

Veteran civil rights leader has known Donald Trump for 30 years: He "truly does see himself as a dictator"

The NYT pulls back covers on a tax cheat

David Cay Johnston - DCReport

A damning expose lays bare decades of deception, fraud and scheming — by Trump and Congress

US President Donald Trump tours a Honeywell International Inc. factory producing N95 masks during his first trip since widespread COVID-19 related lockdowns went into effect May 5, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump's big con to "save" manufacturing

Tom Conway - Independent Media Institute

Over the past four years, Trump repeatedly showed that his vow to save manufacturing was just a con

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Democratic presidential hopeful Former Vice President Joe Biden looks on during the third Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by ABC News in partnership with Univision at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas on September 12, 2019. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

"Would you shut up, man"

Jon Queally - Common Dreams

This is a sad state of affairs when thousands are dying from a pandemic"

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

Will tax scandal land Ivanka in jail?

Roger Sollenberger

"Any decent prosecutor" could make a "pretty viable" case, Nick Akerman, who investigated Nixon's tax returns, says

Jake Tapper (YouTube/CNN)

"A hot mess"

Elizabeth Preza - Alternet

The CNN host offered a succinct analysis of the first 2020 presidential debate

Don Jr. on Fox & Friends (Fox News)

Jr.’s pre-debate showing draws questions

David Edwards - Raw Story

An excited performance by Donald Trump Jr. led to questions about drug use on Tuesday

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Air pollution trickles into the placenta

Matthew Rozsa

Particles from brake pads, diesel engines and exhaust made their way deep into the bodies of pregnant women

A protected wildlife habitat sign on Bowman's Beach. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Pesticides in wildlife refuges?

Matthew Rozsa

Salon spoke with experts who discussed the ecological consequences of the federal court's decision

Hillary Clinton recording "You and Me Both" podcast (iHeartMedia)

Clinton's smart podcast ignores Trump

Ashlie D. Stevens

"You and Me Both" shows the competent leader that Americans could have had if 2016 had gone differently

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

Trump, Biden insiders on the debate

Roger Sollenberger

Michael Cohen, Omarosa Manigault-Newman, Philippe Reines and others on the "f**king mess" of debating Trump

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Fans wearing masks enter the game between the Lafayette Jefferson Broncos and West Lafayette Red Devils at Lafayette Jefferson High School on August 21, 2020 in Lafayette, Indiana. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images)

What's driving the Midwest COVID surge?

Nicole Karlis

We know how to stop the coronavirus' spread. But culture and politics are getting in the way in the heartland

The stage of the first US Presidential debate is seen at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio on September 28, 2020. - Tuesday's clash in Cleveland, Ohio, the first of three 90-minute debates, represents the first time voters will have the chance to see the candidates facing off against one another directly. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Beware of bad debate coverage

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch

Anyone who chooses to focus on gaffes, zingers and optics is doing a disservice to this campaign — and the country

Friends discussing books together (Getty Images)

Reading list to survive the plague year

Jeannine Hall Gailey

How Emily Dickinson, Octavia Butler, Joan Didion, Jericho Brown, and other authors helped me survive

Amy Coney Barrett (University of Notre Dame)

Barrett tied to far-right religious cult

Alex Henderson - Alternet

Barrett's connection to the extremist quasi-Catholic cult People of Praise is once again coming under scrutiny

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