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Syrian Kurdish women carry banners as they demonstrate against Turkish threats to launch a military operation on their region, in the town of Al-Qahtaniyah, in northeastern Syrian Al-Hasakah Governorate on October 7, 2019. (Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images)

Attack on Kurds endangers democracy

James L. Gelvin - The Conversation
U.S. President Donald Trump and novelist Ayn Rand (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon)

Here's your Ayn Rand hero: Donald Trump

Amanda Marcotte
Committee chairman Sen. Richard Burr talks to vice chairman Sen. Mark Warner (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Senate verdict: Rudy's full of crap

Heather Digby Parton
John Shimkus, Corey Gardner and Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

More GOP retirements: Sign of change?

Sophia Tesfaye
FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2010 file photo, a massive fire roars through a neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. says it is prepared to pay the maximum fine of $3 million after a jury convicted the company of deliberately violating pipeline safety regulations before a deadly natural gas pipeline explosion in the San Francisco Bay Area and then misleading investigators looking into the blast. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) (AP)

A glimpse into the future?

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
(Getty/Salon)

Judge rules Trump is not above the law

David Cay Johnston - DCReport
Donald Trump and Joe Biden (AP Photo/Salon)

Biden calls out NYT for spreading lies

Amanda Marcotte
Luke Perry, "Riverdale" (The CW)

Luke Perry’s pop culture last stand

Hanh Nguyen

Trump and the surveillance state

Sophia Tesfaye
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) (Getty/Alex Wong)

Now the media comes for Liz Warren

Julie Hollar - FAIR
This image provided by the Illustris Collaboration in May 2014 shows light distribution of a massive cluster in a simulation of the evolution of the universe since the Big Bang. (AP Photo/Illustris Collaboration) (AP)

Nobel Prize for Big Bang breakthroughs

Robert T. Fisher - The Conversation
Vladimir Putin; Donald Trump (AP/Photo Montage by Salon)

For Russia, Trump impeachment is a gift

Cynthia Hooper - The Conversation
Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson (AP/Charlie Neibergall)

Williamson & religion of "spirituality"

Galen Watts - The Conversation
The Impossible Whopper at Burger King (Getty/Michael Thomas)

Animal protein only

Trey Malone, Brandon McFadden - The Conversation
(Getty/crankyT)

Over-the-counter or prescription?

Sarah Lynch - The Conversation
Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in "Joker" (Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. Entertainment)

"Joker": An indictment of neoliberalism

Chauncey DeVega
President Donald Trump speaks to the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, before boarding Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Florida. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Constitutional crisis? Yep, it's here

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump winks during a meeting with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in the Oval Office of the White House on October 02, 2019 in Washington, DC. The two leaders will reportedly discuss 5G wireless technology and European and Arctic security during bilateral meetings and later hold a joint news conference in the East Room. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Will impeachment inquiry affect Trump?

Douglas L. Kriner, Eric Schickler - The Conversation
Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. actress Melissa McCarthy while taping Finding Your Roots. (Courtesy of McGee Media)

The politics of "Finding Your Roots"

Melanie McFarland
Ava Duvernay attends the "When They See Us" FYC screening at Paramount studios on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019 in Los Angeles. (Mark Von Holden/Invision/AP)

DuVernay delivers what government won't

D. Watkins
Trevor Noah, Michael Che, Samantha Bee and Seth Meyers (Comedy Central/TBS/NBC)

Why we need serious Trump jokes

Sophia A. McClennen
U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the opening ceremony at the 2018 NATO Summit at NATO headquarters on July 11, 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. Leaders from NATO member and partner states are meeting for a two-day summit, which is being overshadowed by strong demands by U.S. President Trump for most NATO member countries to spend more on defense. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

What deal did Trump make with Erdogan?

Bob Cesca
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and US President Donald Trump (Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon)

Mitch's new role: Impeachment-killer

Sophia Tesfaye
Saturday Night Live skits (Will Heath/NBC)

How can "SNL" parody political farce?

Melanie McFarland
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