New poll: 70% of millennials say they would vote for a socialist

Millennials overwhelmingly support socialism (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images/Salon)

New poll finds 70% of millennials say they’re “likely” to vote for a socialist

Igor Derysh

Younger voters, saddled with record-high debt, are far more likely to have a negative opinion of capitalism

10/29/2019 05:00 EDT

People hold signs as they protest the election in the rotunda of the state capitol building Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, in Atlanta (AP/John Bazemore)

The market for voting machines is broken. This company has thrived in it.

Jessica Huseman

In the glare of the hotly contested 2018 elections, things did not go ideally for ES&S

10/29/2019 04:00 EDT

FILE - This Saturday, July 5, 2014 file image made from video posted on a militant website which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq. In an audio speech released in July, the groups leader, al-Baghdadi, listed instances of alleged oppression of Muslims around the world, describing the Islamic State as one that will return your dignity, might, rights and leadership. With its transnational agenda, the group has become a magnet for disenfranchised young Muslims from all over the world. (AP Photo/Militant video, File) (AP)

After Baghdadi: “The terrorists we’re killing today are the terrorists we created yesterday”

Jon Queally

The death of the infamous leader should be a cautionary tale against U.S. meddling in Middle East affairs

10/29/2019 03:00 EDT

Bannon reveals anti-impeachment strategy to “Fox & Friends”: We’re going to probe the witnesses

Matthew Rozsa

Elsewhere on the president's favorite morning show, a student complains about losing friends over anti-LGBTQ views

10/28/2019 17:30 EDT

Donald Trump attends Game Five of the 2019 World Series between the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on October 27, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Trump’s own rules of civility taught World Series fans to boo and chant, “Lock him up!”

Ashlie D. Stevens

Many presidents have been booed before, but Trump’s reception turned his usual rally behavior against him

10/28/2019 17:00 EDT

FOX NEWS LIVESTREAM: President Trump travels to Chicago for his first visit to the city since taking office. The president delivers remarks at the International Association of Chiefs of Police annual conference. (Fox News)

Trump goes after Obama as he takes victory lap over ISIS leader’s death: “Should have gotten him”

Shira Tarlo

"They'd been looking for him for a long time," Trump said while speaking to a law enforcement conference in Chicago

10/28/2019 15:46 EDT

Meghan McCain of The View (ABC/The View)

Meghan McCain blasts President Trump for thanking Russia before US troops in aftermath of ISIS raid

Igor Derysh

“I wear the American flag bandannas and toast to freedom," McCain said as she rebuked Trump. "I am that person"

10/28/2019 15:01 EDT

President Donald Trump at the White House, Oct. 24, 2019. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Press Watch: It would be insane for America to re-elect Trump. Why can’t journalists say that?

Dan Froomkin

Welcome to Press Watch, where we ask the really big question: Can political journalism in 2020 be less terrible?

10/28/2019 15:00 EDT

Chick-fil-A VS Popeyes (Getty Images/Salon)

Popeyes trolls Chick-fil-A by bringing back its chicken sandwich on a Sunday

Matthew Rozsa

Popeyes announced on Monday that it will re-release its chicken sandwich on Sunday, when Chick-fil-A is closed

10/28/2019 14:29 EDT

Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA) (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Katie Hill and the massive double standard: A Democrat quits over sexual misconduct

Amanda Marcotte

Republicans helped out an abusive husband, while Democrats hold their own accountable for even minor misconduct

10/28/2019 13:00 EDT

Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski on the October 28, 2019 airing of 'Morning Joe' (MSNBC)

Nationals fans were “un-American” for chanting “lock him up” at Trump, Joe Scarborough says

Igor Derysh

Democratic Sen. Chris Coons agrees that the "office of the president deserves respect even when the actions" don't

10/28/2019 12:50 EDT

U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland arrives at a closed session before the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees October 17, 2019 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Sondland testified on Capitol Hill to testify to the committees for the ongoing impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. (Photo by (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Sondland told lawmakers that efforts by Trump to pressure Ukraine amounted to a quid pro quo: lawyer

Shira Tarlo

Trump has repeatedly denied the existence of a quid pro quo related to his administration's dealings with Ukraine

10/28/2019 12:36 EDT

Trey Gowdy on Face The Nation (CBS/Face The Nation)

Gowdy backs closed-door hearings in impeachment inquiry against Trump: “You can’t pick and choose”

Matthew Rozsa

"You can't pick and choose which aspects of due process you're going to use,” Gowdy said as he recalled Benghazi

10/28/2019 11:30 EDT

Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (AP Photo/Paul Sancya/Getty Images/Scott Eisen)

Rep. Rashida Tlaib becomes third member of the “squad” to endorse Bernie Sanders for president

Shira Tarlo

"We deserve someone who writes the damn bills," Tlaib said, referencing Sanders' "Medicare for All" legislation

10/28/2019 10:16 EDT

Sen. John Kennedy, Sen. John Cornyn, Rep. Matt Gaetz, and Rep. Devin Nunes (Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon)

Republicans aren’t flailing or desperate: Their attack on impeachment is strategic — and might work

Heather Digby Parton

Republican attacks on impeachment "process" have a clear goal in mind: Senate acquittal, followed by re-election

10/28/2019 09:12 EDT

Republicans’ fantasy Constitution: Trump and the “phony emoluments clause”

Paul Rosenberg

Trump's attack on the Constitution is nothing new for the right, which has long tried to write its own version

10/28/2019 08:19 EDT

United States - Mexico border wall (Getty/Omar Martinez)

How to displace the great replacement

John Feffer

It really does boil down to us versus them

10/28/2019 06:30 EDT

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo listens as US President Donald Trump speaks about Syria in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, DC, October 23, 2019. - President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday the United States would be lifting sanctions on Turkey, hailing the success of a ceasefire along its border with Syria."Earlier this morning, the government of Turkey informed my administration that they would be stopping combat and their offensive in Syria and making the ceasefire permanent," he said in a televised address from the White House. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Where’s Mike Pompeo?

Terry H. Schwadron

The Secretary of State is at the center of the Ukraine affair, but he's nowhere to be seen or heard

10/28/2019 04:00 EDT

Aldous Huxley (AP Photo/Getty Images/Salon)

How Aldous Huxley prophesied the Big Data nightmare

Ramesh Srinivasan

Those in power use mind-melting entertainment to distract us, Huxley said. Have we realized his dystopia?

10/27/2019 19:30 EDT

FILE - In this file photo taken July 16, 2014, Christian Oggenfuss stands near solar panels on top of the living roof at the Odette Estate winery in Napa, Calif. A new estimate from the U.S. government shows that California met about half of the state's electricity demand for three hours on March 11, 2017--the state's goal is for 50 percent of all electricity to come from renewable sources by 2030. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) (AP)

U.S. green economy growth dwarfs Trump’s highest hopes for the fossil fuel industry

Lucien Georgeson, Mark Maslin

The sun may be setting on the USA’s green economy leadership

10/27/2019 14:00 EDT

National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks during a White House news briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House October 3, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images/Alex Wong)

Is John Bolton a hero? Hell no — except in the gritty mob-thriller version of the Trump era

Andrew O'Hehir

Bolton has turned on his former boss, and it's delicious. But I guarantee he wants no part of the decaf #resistance

10/27/2019 12:05 EDT

US President Donald Trump speaks as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during a meeting in New York on September 25, 2019, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump has upended the long history of U.S. investment in Ukraine’s democracy

Matthew Pauly

Multiple American presidents have viewed US support of Ukraine's democracy as critical to the national interest

10/27/2019 04:00 EDT

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a "Keep America Great" Campaign Rally at American Airlines Center on October 17, 2019 in Dallas, Texas. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

Trump will win again, easily: Liberals simply don’t understand what he represents

Anis Shivani

Trump is accelerating American empire toward its doom. Democrats can't stop the historical wheel from turning

10/26/2019 13:58 EDT

MANCHESTER, NH - OCTOBER 25: Democratic presidential candidate South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks during the Manchester City Democrats' Countdown To Victory Dinner on October 25, 2019 in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images) (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

Pete Buttigieg panned for praising Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy

Jessica Corbett

Critics of Kennedy swiftly called attention to his record of judicial rulings

10/26/2019 08:29 EDT