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CPAC’s bloodthirsty: U.S. conservatives are still warmongering — this time for domestic battle
Heather Digby Parton
CPAC attendees are as hostile and aggressive as ever — even if they don't care about Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Former GOP strategist Rick Wilson on Putin’s deep appeal to “dictator-friendly” Republicans
Dean Obeidallah
On Salon Talks, Rick Wilson breaks down the stakes of the "MAGA crazy" midterms and 2024, and what Dems need to win
GOP candidate says “back the blue” — but campaigns with felon who plotted to kill an FBI informant
Igor Derysh
Kari Lake, Trump's pick for Arizona's next governor, is using campaign funds to pay a convicted felon
Republicans pick Putin over democracy — and Rick Scott’s creepy blueprint for America shows why
Amanda Marcotte
It's not just about Trump: Like Putin, Republicans know their far-right dystopian vision can't survive a ballot box
Rick Scott shows why McConnell didn’t want to release platform as GOP calls to hike taxes on poor
Igor Derysh
Backlash to Scott's plan demonstrates why McConnell was smart not to say GOP positions out loud before election
We’re waging the wrong battle against opioids
Maia Szalavitz
Despite new research, popular culture and the news media continue to cling to an outmoded anti-drug narrative
Less than social media: How hashtags have hindered progressive movements — and fueled the right
Kathryn Joyce
Gal Beckerman explains how social movements like the Arab Spring were undermined by the very tool that enabled them
Sherri Shepherd lands her own talk show, taking over Wendy Williams’ time slot
Joy Saha
The ex-"View" cohost was already going to sub in as a "permanent guest host" on "The Wendy Williams Show" this fall
New evidence revives old questions about E.O. Wilson and race
Michael Schulson
Wilson’s papers at the Library of Congress include correspondence with a psychologist known for his racist work
“Arthur” creator on iconic cartoon’s 25-year legacy and those “legendary” memes
Lauren Piester
Marc Brown spoke to Salon about John Legend & millennial love for an aardvark who grew up alongside the internet
Why France really helped America’s Founding Fathers fight the Revolutionary War
Willard Sterne Randall
Benjamin Franklin knew how to exploit France's snuff craze to get the funds and weapons the Continental Army needed
Parents were stuck inside with their kids. A rise in ADHD diagnoses soon followed
Eric Schank
Did online learning lead to misdiagnoses of ADHD? Or is it revealing cases that have gone undiagnosed for too long?
Christian nationalism is rooted in stupid tough-guy misogyny: What would Jesus say?
Nathaniel Manderson
I'm an evangelical minister: Christian nationalism is a bizarre, misogynist fantasy — and totally un-Christian
Humilitainment: Why the internet thrives on other people’s humiliation
Matthew Rozsa
A meting out of justice, or pure sadism? Experts weigh in on the meaning of the popularity of "humilitainment"
Adlai Stevenson and the H-bomb: When a losing candidate mattered
Matthew Rozsa
When most Americans were overdosed on Cold War propaganda, a two-time presidential loser made a difference
Democrats aren’t toxic — the media is just downplaying Republicans’ rot
Heather Digby Parton
The centrists' scapegoating has already begun
Trump threatens Hillary Clinton with death all over again — and nobody seems to care
Chauncey DeVega
Media shrugs off Trump's latest calls for violence because his claims are preposterous — but his fans are listening
In the end, “Peacemaker” is the villain-turned-hero worth crossing the TV galaxy for
Melanie McFarland
A certain bounty hunter may have legacy on this side, but John Cena's buffoon made a killing by trying to be good
Director on the appeal of “The Automat,” which was “the coolest cafeteria of them all”
Gary M. Kramer
Filmmaker Lisa Hurwitz spoke to Salon about the long-gone eatery that sold an egalitarian dining dream for a nickel
Is America really disintegrating? If so, it’s been coming for a long time
Brian Karem
We've been a divided country for most of my lifetime. But the intense misinformation has made things much worse
Meet James Lindsay, the far right’s “world-level expert” on CRT and “Race Marxism”
Kathryn Joyce
Once a "New Atheist" and Obama Democrat, Lindsay rebooted himself as the brains behind the far right's moral panic
Pentagon general suspended for allegedly creating racist work environment
Alex Henderson
The three-star Pentagon general is said to have made disparaging comments about Black general officers.
Prince Charles’ charity investigated for allegedly extending honors for cash
Kelly McClure
A spokesperson for Prince Charles states that the Prince had no knowledge of any such mis-steps
NFTs aren’t art — they’re just the Cult of Crypto’s latest scam
Amanda Marcotte
Dan Olson of Foldable Human explains how NFTs are a scam to trick you into buying cryptocurrency
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