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Vice President Mike Pence speaks on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Charlotte Convention Center on August 24, 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The four-day event is themed "Honoring the Great American Story." (Chris Carlson-Pool/Getty Images)

Mike Pence wages his tiny war on reality

The lawyer of Ecuadorean people affected by Texaco-Chevron --who have long sought compensation for pollution between the 1970s and early 1990s-- Steven Donziger (RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP via Getty Images)

He fought Chevron — and Chevron won

In this screenshot from the RNC’s livestream of the 2020 Republican National Convention, anti-abortion activist Abby Johnson addresses the virtual convention on August 25, 2020. (Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via Getty Images)

RNC speaker against votes for women

Amanda Marcotte

Donald Trump Jr. pre-records his address to the Republican National Convention at the Mellon Auditorium on August 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. The novel coronavirus pandemic has forced the Republican Party to move away from an in-person convention to a televised format, similar to the Democratic Party's convention a week earlier. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

2020 RNC: Celebration of the Trump cult

Heather Digby Parton

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U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Vice President Mike Pence, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, and the crown of Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Last call for the 25th Amendment

Kirk Swearingen

Danny McBride and Cassidy Freeman in "The Righteous Gemstones" | Photo of Jerry Falwell Jr. from his Instagram (Photo illustration by Salon/HBO/Instagram)

What's lost amid holy-rolling hypocrisy

Ashlie D. Stevens

Michaela Coel in "I May Destroy You" (HBO)

A revolutionary "I May Destroy You" end

Melanie McFarland

Kimberly Guilfoyle and Donald Trump JR. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

"Coked up" is the fascist aesthetic

Amanda Marcotte

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Counselor to the President, Kellyanne Conway, talks to reporters outside the White House, on August 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

Shed no tears for Kellyanne Conway

Kate Bush performs on stage on "The Tour of Life" in Amsterdam (Rob Verhorst/Redferns)

Still "Running Up That Hill" 35 years on

U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy arrives at the Rayburn House Office Building for a hearing before House Oversight and Reform Committee on August 24, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee is holding a hearing on "Protecting the Timely Delivery of Mail, Medicine, and Mail-in Ballots." (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Pool)

DeJoy can't be trusted with USPS

Amanda Marcotte

U.S. President Donald Trump makes remarks as he meets with U.S. Tech Workers and signs an Executive Order on Hiring Americans, in the Cabinet Room of the White House on August 3, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

Get ready for TrumpFest, America

Heather Digby Parton

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Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why the right hates Kamala Harris

Chauncey DeVega

Donald Trump, with police tear-gassing protesters and a scientist working in a vaccine lab (Getty Images/Salon)

The rebirth of a nation

Tom Engelhardt - TomDispatch.com

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Chase Center July 14, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden delivered remarks on his campaign's 'Build Back Better' clean energy economic plan. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Biden means business during DNC speech

Alex Henderson - Alternet

Students sitting on a bench with markers for social distancing to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus (ROMEO GACAD/AFP via Getty Images)

The “great” reopening

Belle Chesler - TomDispatch.com

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Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and the USPS (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump, Biden and the 2020 horror show

Inuit Eskimo Village in Alaska (Getty Images/Jim Simmen)

Alaska's basic income test case

Supporters of President Donald Trump hold up their phones with messages referring to the QAnon conspiracy theory at a campaign rally at Las Vegas Convention Center on February 21, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

QAnon: It goes deeper than you think

Fox News praises Biden, Trump fans flip

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing at the White House August 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump spoke on a range of topics including his announcement earlier in the day of a new peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Trump and America's failed masculinity

David Masciotra

Roy Moore, Mike Lindell and Steve Bannon (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The three amigos of scam artistry

Lucian K. Truscott IV

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks on the fourth night of the Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center on August 20, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

DNC makes a point: Normal exists

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch

Election workers sort vote-by-mail ballots for the presidential primary (JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

Undermining democracy by mail-in attack

Tom Conway - Independent Media Institute

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