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Washington state governor Jay Inslee (Erika Schultz-Pool/Getty Images)

Inslee to Trump: Resign, you failed us

Matthew Rozsa

Washington's governor describes how Trump's mishandling of the pandemic sparked Trump's tirades against him

Roy Cohn and Donald Trump (Sonia Moskowitz/HBO)

Humanizing Roy Cohn in new HBO doc

Andrew O'Hehir

Director of a startling new doc on Donald Trump’s infamous mentor explains why it was crucial to humanize him

US President Donald Trump uses his cellphone as he holds a roundtable discussion with Governors about the economic reopening of closures due to COVID-19, known as coronavirus, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, June 18, 2020. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

"Get off your phone and pay attention!"

Eoin Higgins - Common Dreams

"He's not even trying to pretend at this point"

Prisoners at the concentration camp at Sachsenhausen, Germany, wearing triangles on their uniforms, are marched outdoors by Nazi guards on December 19, 1938 | A Trump 2020 advert the ran on Facebook (Photo Illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Facebook)

Facebook pulls Trump ad with Nazi symbol

Roger Sollenberger

The campaign ran 88 versions of the ads beginning with the same 14-word phrase — a popular neo-Nazi numerology

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US President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives to a "Make America Great Again" campaign rally (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Will protesters be met with violence?

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

"The president expresses his intention to violate the Constitution by denying Americans' First Amendment right"

(Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

McConnell protégé scores lifetime post

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams

"Another shameful step in the McConnell-Trump takeover of our judiciary"

US President Donald Trump (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/Salon)

Even Trump now thinks "Fox is terrible!"

Igor Derysh

Trump's campaign threatened legal action against CNN over a similarly unfavorable poll. Will it do the same to Fox?

Two women hold signs with Breonna Taylor's photo at a vigil held in Boston's Nubian Square on June 5, 2020 in honor of Breonna Taylor, a black woman shot to death by Loisville, KY police on March 13. (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Cop involved in Taylor case being fired

Igor Derysh

Interim Police Chief Robert Schroeder calls actions of Brett Hankison a "shock to the conscience"

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the American Airlines Center on September 14, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

Trump thinks his own people are idiots

Amanda Marcotte

Trump believes his followers are a bunch of racist morons. Sadly, a lot of them are eager to prove him right

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (Getty/Tom Brenner)

Dawn protest outside McConnell's home

Eoin Higgins - Common Dreams

"Every single problem in our country, Mitch McConnell stands in the way of solving"

Black Lives Matter protesters | Phoenix, Oregon Mayor Chris Luz (Getty Images/Office of the City of Phoenix/Salon)

Mayor drove into BLM protest: witnesses

Igor Derysh

“The city of Phoenix cannot ignore that the mayor is, in fact, a criminal,” the protesters who was hit claims

Donald Trump | Mail-in-Voting ballot (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump: Voting by mail "my biggest risk"

Igor Derysh

“When you think the biggest risk to you is people voting, you might have bigger problems," a former Obama aide says

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Former National Security Advisor John R. Bolton (Getty Images)

Why the last-minute push to stop Bolton?

Roger Sollenberger

Bolton's team calls the last-minute push to quash his book futile — 200,000 copies are already bound and shipped

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

John Bolton and the Trump disaster

Heather Digby Parton

John Bolton is no hero. But his revelations about the chaotic Trump presidency pose a conundrum for Joe Biden

US President Donald Trump | Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (Getty Images/Salon)

Rev. William Barber: America's awakening

Chauncey DeVega

Leader of the Poor People's Campaign on Trump, the George Floyd protests and America's "political Pentecost"

US President Donald Trump smiles during a phone conversation with Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto on trade in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on August 27, 2018. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

Don’t count out Trump yet

David Cay Johnston - DCReport

Despite the virus, the depression and the protests, he could still win the November election

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Demonstrators hold placards saying 'Defund The Police' during the protest. (John Lamparski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Defunding police: How it would work

Igor Derysh

“Defunding” police isn't as scary as Republicans make it sound — and it's not about suddenly firing all the cops

US President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives to a "Make America Great Again" campaign rally (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

You may be asked to sign a COVID waiver

Elizabeth C. Tippett - The Conversation

You may want to think twice before giving up your right to sue if you get sick

President Donald J. Trump bows his head during a prayer at a meeting with inner city pastors in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Wednesday, Aug 01, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Donald Trump)

Top State Department official resigns

Cody Fenwick - Alternet

A top State Department official just resigned in protest over Trump’s conduct toward black people

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

DeVos sued for ongoing injury to student

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story

Advocates warn that if DeVos’ rule change goes through, it will make it harder for victims of harassment

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Rare giant squid specimen is washed up on Golden Mile Beach in Brittania Bay on Sunday, 7 June 2020. (Adéle Grosse © Iziko Museums of South Africa.)

A rare squid sighting

Matthew Rozsa

Sightings of giant squid are very rare; the massive cephalopod is believed to be the inspiration for the Kraken

Police cars Seattle, Washington (Getty Images)

Labor council expels Seattle PD union

Nicole Karlis

Police unions often protect corrupt and racist cops; now, many union members and leaders are fed up

Zuri Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle, "Sherman's Showcase" (IFC)

Gallows humor well-timed for Juneteenth

Melanie McFarland

Salon talks to Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle about why airing a show meant for February on Juneteenth works

HydroxyChloroquine pills spilling out of a bottle (Getty Images)

US stockpiled a useless COVID-19 drug

Matthew Rozsa

Revealed to be useless for treating COVID-19, the hydroxychloroquine stockpile epitomizes presidential incompetence

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