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A protester in a Guy Fawkes mask stands in front of the Oregon State Capitol building during a Stop the Steal rally in Salem, Oregon. Angry supporters of President Trump took to the streets across the country following reporting that President-elect Joe Biden had won the election. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Birth of a Republican nation

Chauncey DeVega
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Why does Josh Hawley hate America?

Thom Hartmann - Independent Media Institute
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) looks on as U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his inaugural address on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. During today's inauguration ceremony Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Is infrastructure a pyrrhic victory?

Amanda Marcotte
Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, right, looks on as U.S. Capitol Police Officer Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, left, testifies before the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on July 27, 2021 at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC. (Oliver Contreras-Pool/Getty Images)

Jan. 6 testimony: Fascists can't hear it

Chauncey DeVega
Engraving of Cinderella by Charles Perrault (PHAS/Universal Images Group via Getty Image)

How Cinderella lost its feminist edge

Alexander Sergeant - The Conversation
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., listen during a press conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

GOP answers Jan 6 hearing with gaslight

Amanda Marcotte
Afghan Taliban militants and villagers attend a gathering as they celebrate the peace deal and their victory in the Afghan conflict on US in Afghanistan, in Alingar district of Laghman Province on March 2, 2020. - The Taliban said on March 2 they were resuming offensive operations against Afghan security forces, ending the partial truce that preceded the signing of a deal between the insurgents and Washington. (NOORULLAH SHIRZADA/AFP via Getty Images)

Afghan exit: End of the American empire?

Chris Hedges
LeVar Burton on "Jeopardy!" (Jeopardy Productions, Inc.)

LeVar Burton's rival for Jeopardy host?

Melanie McFarland
Pakistani tribesmen hold up a placard of alleged drone strike victims during a protest in Islamabad on February 25, 2012, against the US drone attacks in the Pakistani tribal region. The protesters demanded an immediate end to drone attacks and compensation for those who lost relatives or property, as well as condemning this week's burning of Korans at a US-run base in neighbouring Afghanistan. (AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images)

Drone whistleblower, in his own words

Chris Hedges
Comedian and actor Jackie Mason poses at the Carnegie Deli in New York, 1987 (Robert R McElroy/Getty Images)

Jackie Mason's motley history of bigotry

Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel
U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, Washington Metropolitan Police Department officer Michael Fanone, Washington Metropolitan Police Department officer Daniel Hodges and U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Harry Dunn arrive to testify before the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on July 27, 2021 at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC. Members of law enforcement testified about the attack by supporters of former President Donald Trump on the U.S. Capitol. According to authorities, about 140 police officers were injured when they were trampled, had objects thrown at them, and sprayed with chemical irritants during the insurrection. (Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images)

Pelosi outmaneuvers McCarthy on Jan. 6

Amanda Marcotte
Ronan Farrow in HBO's "Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes" (HBO)

Media use of "sexual assault" vs "rape"

Kylie Cheung
Maga Hat & Vaccine (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Masks are the wrong mandate for MAGAland

Amanda Marcotte
Robot sitting on stairs using laptop (Getty Images)

Avoiding the robot apocalypse

John Feffer - TomDispatch.com
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. - Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. (Brent Stirton/Getty Images)

Can Democrats seize the moment?

Lucian K. Truscott IV
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House on July 26, 2021 in Washington, DC. The event marked the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Biden's relapse into bipartisan fantasy

Norman Solomon
A butcher wears a mask and gloves as he works to deconstruct a lamb while at Marin Sun Farms Butcher Shop in Oakland, Calif. Wednesday, April 29, 2020. (Jessica Christian/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Why the meat myth is harmful

Jennifer Barckley - Independent Media Institute
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying 60 Starlink satellites on November 11, 2019 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Starlink constellation will eventually consist of thousands of satellites designed to provide world wide high-speed internet service. (Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

A new space treaty for the 21st century

Ramin Skibba - Undark
Former U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to speak at the Rally To Protect Our Elections conference on July 24, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump rallies his forces — but for what?

Chauncey DeVega
Ted Cruz, JD Vance and Marjorie Taylor-Greene (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Troll olympics: GOP's race to the bottom

Amanda Marcotte
(Getty/Salon)

Biden takes the fight to Trump

Heather Digby Parton
Jeff Cohen debates Pat Buchanan on CNN. (FAIR)

Looking back at the founding of FAIR

Jeff Cohen - FAIR
Clint Eastwood on the set of "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" (United Artists/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

The political history of film dubbing

Damien Pollard - The Conversation
Michael Emerson in "Evil" (Elizabeth Fisher/CBS/Paramount+ )

The power of "Evil" compels us

Melanie McFarland
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