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Conservatives are making a big show of applauding police at the Republican National Convention
Amanda Marcotte
Conservatives think their hero worship of cops looks earnest, but it comes across as performative and political
RNC’s bizarre protest theater: Cops and journalists vastly outnumber actual protesters
Andrew O'Hehir
A few right-wing dudes with guns meet a few angry leftists -- and a massive press corps desperate for action
Resistance is futile: “We want Trump!” the RNC crowd yells, as the last whimpers of rebellion are snuffed out
Amanda Marcotte
Huge numbers of Republicans didn't vote Trump, but you wouldn't know it watching the delegates cheer for him
WATCH: Lizz Winstead talks to Salon about pro-choice “sidewalk counselors” trying to transform conservatives in Cleveland
Amanda Marcotte
Lizz Winstead and other pro-choicers subject RNC attendees to the same treatment that women going to clinics endure
Dispatch from the Cleveland lions’ den: What I learned at a Donald Trump rally
Sean Illing
If there's a thread to Trump's incoherent message, it's that America sucks and Democrats are to blame
The conspiracy convention: Alex Jones and the fringe right get their Cleveland spotlight
Amanda Marcotte
Alex Jones drew adoring crowds near the convention as the division between mainstream and radical blurs for the GOP
Dark Three Dog Night of the soul: Day Zero in Cleveland features fireworks, dancing Republicans and a big black fence
Andrew O'Hehir
The RNC's big welcome party features '70s soft rock, cheerful white folks and a Belfast-style security fence
Does the Trumpence nightmare coalition have a chance? Yeah, because it’s 2016 and chaos reigns
Andrew O'Hehir
Will Trump's alliance with the worst aspects of GOP orthodoxy finally undo him? Halloween comes early in Cleveland
Don’t fear the Poképocalypse: Pokémon Go is a fun phone game, not the end of life as we know it
Amanda Marcotte
Hands are wringing over the supposed dangers of Pokémon Go, but history suggests it's an overblown tech panic
Anatomy of a right-wing hoax: A year later, the Planned Parenthood videos are still backfiring on the scammers
Amanda Marcotte
The Center for Medical Progress embarrassed the right, not Planned Parenthood, with their false accusations
GOP war on porn: The same party that nominated a libertine for president is now calling your porn a “public health crisis”
Amanda Marcotte
The RNC platform committee describes internet porn as a "public menace" that is "destroying the life of millions"
Sure, celebrate Sanders, but let’s also honor Clinton for her historic accomplishment
Amanda Marcotte
Sanders deserves praise for his campaign and movement, but so does Clinton for doing what no woman has done before
Donald Trump running mate roundtable: Salon writers on whom Trump will — and should — choose as his VP
Salon Staff
Salon's political staff weigh in on Trump's biggest decision of his campaign
The GOP won’t fight Zika: Anti-woman agenda makes it hard for conservatives to combat the disease’s birth defects
Amanda Marcotte
Republicans demand cuts to contraception spending, even though it's a critical part of fighting the Zika virus
War on federal parks: Radicalized Republicans try prevent turning Bears Ears in Utah into a national monument
Amanda Marcotte
Tribal leaders want Bears Ears to be a national monument, but Tea Party Republicans resist federal land protections
Anti-choice activists attempt to hijack Black Lives Matter to shame women for abortion
Amanda Marcotte
With slogans like "unborn lives matter" anti-choice activists try to undermine the movement against police violence
Carnage in America: From Dallas to St. Paul — the infinite cycle of gun violence and tragedy
Heather Digby Parton
5 officers are dead in Dallas: We're a nation overcome by gun violence and bereft of answers
Ryan’s clown act: He is a right-wing raver, not the honorable statesman he pretends to be
Amanda Marcotte
Ryan's response to Clinton's email flap and the gun sit-in reminds us he is far from a sober-minded politician
NRA’s offensive hypocrisy: When will the organization demand justice for black gun owners shot by police?
Amanda Marcotte
Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were shot while carrying guns, but the NRA isn't stepping up to defend them
The Ailes lawsuit: The latest chapter in Fox News’ rich history of alleged sexual harassment
Amanda Marcotte
Before Gretchen Carlson sued, there was a heaping of evidence that Fox News has a sexual harassment problem
It’s not just Saddam Hussein: Trump has a long history of googly-eyed admiration for dictators
Amanda Marcotte
Trump has quite the track record of praising dictators for supposedly being strong and effective leaders
No indictment, no scandal: After a year of email chatter, we can finally close the book on another Hillary witchhunt
Amanda Marcotte
The FBI recommends no indictment for Hillary, putting the story to bed with other invented Clinton controversies
Trump’s profitable bigotry: The takeaway from his anti-Semitic tweet — his run is more a grift than a real campaign
Amanda Marcotte
Is Trump trying to win? Or is his racist dog-whistling about building an audience for his next endeavor?
It’s “political sleight-of-hand”: For their next trick, Republican magicians will make your federal land disappear
Amanda Marcotte
When federal land becomes state land, it can be bought and sold to the profit of small-government billionaires
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