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Voters fill in their ballots at a polling station at Town Hall in Sydney, Saturday, July 2, 2016. After years of political turmoil, Australians head to the polls with leaders of the nation's major parties each promising to bring stability to a government that has long been mired in chaos. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) (AP)

What Australian elections do right

Steven Mulroy - The Conversation

Not every country is plagued by rules that limit voters’ participation in elections, as is common in the U.S.

Donald Trump (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/Salon)

Is Donald Trump on drugs? Wrong question

Andrew O'Hehir

After the Iran speech, another cascade of Adderall rumors — but amphetamines can’t explain Trump, or America

(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Paul vows vote on Biden at Trump's trial

Igor Derysh

Paul delivers Hunter Biden threat as White House expects four Republicans to vote with Democrats to call witnesses

Voting booths in polling place (Getty Images/Hill Street Studios)

Alarms raised over "zombie" FEC

Eoin Higgins

The FEC has no quorum as the nation heads into an election year

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Demonstrators join national impeachment demonstrations to demand an end to Donald Trump's presidency named "Nobody Is Above The Law" Rally - NYC at Times Square on December 17, 2019 in New York City. (John Lamparski/Getty Images for MoveOn.org)

Delivering impeachment, de facto

Stephan Richter - The Globalist

Trump obviously hasn’t read the preamble to the U.S. Constitution.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses a ceremony held to mark the 5th anniversary of the proclamation of the new constitution in the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, April 25, 2016. (Tamas Kovacs/MTI via AP) (AP)

Hungary: A preview of another Trump term

Thom Hartmann - Independent Media Institute

Steve Bannon has said that Hungary’s strongman prime minister Viktor Orbán was “Trump before Trump.”

(AP/Getty/Photo montage by Salon)

Russia hacks company linked to Biden son

Igor Derysh

"We can only assume [this] is a repeat of Russian interference in the last election," one security expert says

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren (Photo illustration by Salon/Sean Rayford/Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Warren: Bernie said a woman couldn't win

Igor Derysh

"Do I believe a woman can win in 2020? Of course," Sanders said in a statement calling the claim "ludicrous"

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Neanderthal skull (shutterstock)

Studying the past to change our present

Elizabeth Sawchuk, Mary Prendergast - The Conversation

Few people back then would’ve been able to predict what scientists know about evolution today

As minimum wage increases, so too does mental health (Salon/Ilana Lidagoster)

Higher minimum wage means fewer suicides

Keith A. Spencer

That means the business lobby, which has consistently fought against higher minimum wages, has blood on their hand

Nancy Pelosi on ABC This Week (ABC)

Pelosi: McConnell engaged in "cover up"

Matthew Rozsa

"Very unusually, the leader of the Senate, Mitch McConnell, has signed onto a resolution to dismiss the case"

Cisco Brewery on Nantucket Island. (John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Do craft breweries cause gentrification?

Neil Reid

Craft breweries may not deserve their bourgey stereotypes, research finds

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., waits to be introduced during a campaign stop in Nashua, N.H., Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Cory Booker ends bid for Democratic nod

Igor Derysh

"I will carry this fight forward," Booker says. "I just won’t be doing it as a candidate for president this year"

Freshly painted Oscar Statues in preparation for the Governors Awards and the Academy Awards in Northern Los Angeles County, California. (Kristian Dowling/Getty Images)

Oscars still so white? The notable snubs

Ashlie D. Stevens

Notable snubs included Awkwafina and Jennifer Lopez, who were just recognized for their work by the Golden Globes

Democratic presidential hopefuls, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders participate of the sixth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season co-hosted by PBS NewsHour & Politico at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California on December 19, 2019. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Dems: Don't fall for fear and outrage

Amanda Marcotte

Before you get mad online, ask yourself: Who benefits most from rancor between Democratic campaign supporters?

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren (Getty Images/Joshua Lott/Salon)

Warren "disappointed" with Sanders camp

Igor Derysh

“I think this is a little bit of a media blow up," Sanders said after Politico revealed the negative talking points

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Trump lies he "saved" ACA protections

Igor Derysh

Americans with pre-existing conditions have protections because of former President Barack Obama's healthcare law

Midsommar, Hustlers, Joker, and Glass (Getty Images/Universal Pictures/Annapurna Pictures/Proton Cinema/Warner Brothers Pictures/Salon)

"Joker" isn't remotely Oscar-worthy

Matthew Rozsa

From "Midsommar" to "Hustlers," these deserving but overlooked 2019 films handled storytelling and issues better

FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump, accompanied by Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. House Republican leaders want to shift more than $2 billion in Medicaid costs from upstate counties to the New York State government. The provision would help mostly Republican-controlled counties that have struggled to subsidize Medicaid payments for the poor. New York City wouldn’t get the same relief.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) (AP)

DOJ wants max sentence for Chris Collins

Igor Derysh

They recommended the maximum sentence, saying Collins continued to serve in Congress while hiding his crimes

Jude Law and John Malkovich in "The New Pope" (Gianni Fiorito/HBO)

"The New Pope": Sexy and it knows it

Melanie McFarland

Everything you loved about "The Young Pope," only now with John Malkovich in mascara

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"Joker" leads the 2020 Oscar nominations

Joseph Neese

Not far behind were a trio of films with ten nods each: 1917," "The Irishman" and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"

US President Donald Trump (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images/Twitter/Salon)

Trump shares fake pic of Pelosi in hijab

Igor Derysh

"Republicans: How long can you cover up for and defend the president's actions?" Sen. Chuck Schumer asked

Presidents Donald Trump, George W. Bush, Richard Nixon, and Lyndon B. Johnson (Getty Images/Salon)

Trump lied to us: It's nothing new

Heather Digby Parton

Donald Trump is a pathological liar — but spinning manufactured evidence to justify war is an American tradition

Bill Barr, Mitch McConnell, and Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

Trump's assault on democracy: What next?

Chauncey DeVega

Fascism scholar Ruth Ben-Ghiat: If Trump wins again, America will be "ready for full-on authoritarian rule"

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