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Troy Farah

Troy Farah (John Haas)
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Troy Farah is Salon’s news editor, specializing in coverage of the planet and public health, and author of our morning newsletter, Crash Course. Previously, he served as the national affairs editor and earlier, science and health editor. His reporting has appeared in Scientific American, STAT News, Undark, VICE and others. He co-hosts the drug policy and science podcast Narcotica. He has a strong interest in reality, consciousness, existence, nature, science and not being a jerk about it. He is the secretary of the Illinois Native Plant Society — QC chapter. His website is troyfarah.com and can be found on Blue Sky.

Terrance Cole, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration holds a folder reading "Fentanyl free America" during a news conference with law enforcement officials outside the federal courthouse in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on July 20, 2026. (Photo by Leonardo MUNOZ / AFP via Getty Images)

The DEA is a bigger joke than ever

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The USS George Washington aircraft carrier arrives at the port in Danang on July 30, 2026. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s Asia pullback is a gift to China and North Korea

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Fruit and vegetable cart on a street in Havana on August 18, 2026. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump admin amps up pressure on Cuba

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MyPillow Guy CEO Mike Lindell arrives at a gathering of supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump near Trump's residence at the Mar-a-Lago Club on April 4, 2023 in West Palm Florida. (Octavio Jones/Getty Images)

Mike Lindell refuses to accept he’s an election loser

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Protesters rally against Wells Fargo in solidarity with the people of Standing Rock in Hollywood, California, on December 21, 2016. (TOMMASO BODDI/AFP via Getty Images)

Bring back the corporate death penalty

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An excavator plows through land during construction for a section of border wall near Santa Elena Canyon on August 14, 2026 in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Contractors have begun construction of the Trump administration’s 30-foot southern border wall through Big Bend National Park. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump’s destruction of national parks is just getting started

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The White House wants to encourage cyberattacks

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Demonstration in support of the Iranian government on March 22, 2026, in central Tehran. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Iran’s strategy to simply outlast Trump’s presidency

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Luigi Mangione appears for his arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court on December 23, 2024 in New York City. (Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images)

Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to killing health insurance CEO Brian Thompson

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Karoline Leavitt speaks to Fox News on November 24, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Karoline Leavitt is leaving her post as White House press secretary

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The entire U.S. economy is basically a giant betting app

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David Ellison, Chairman and CEO of Paramount Skydance speaks on stage during New York Upfront Partnership Event 2026 at Storied NYC on April 22, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Paramount)

Paramount CEO threatens to relocate company from California

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President Donald Trump returns to Joint Base Andrews on July 09, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump, switched from the old Air Force One to the new Air Force One while stopping in the U.K. at RAF Mildenhall Air Force Base was returning from his visit to Ankara, Turkey where he attended the NATO summit. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump performs disappearing act to avoid Iranian threat

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Former National Institutes of Health Director Anthony Fauci (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Fauci is an easy scapegoat for pandemic revisionists 

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Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. (Image Credit: NASA)

SpaceX’s rocket trashes the moon

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In an aerial view, Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch is shown on March 8, 2026 outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Photo by Roberto E. Rosales/Getty Images)

New Mexico sues DOJ over Epstein files and releases “truth commission” report

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A Virgin Mary statue remains untouched in front of a burned out residential home in the Balboa neighborhood of Spokane, Washington, on August 2, 2026. Fast-moving fires left a trail of destruction in the northwestern US city of Spokane on Sunday, with officials reporting hundreds of structures reduced to cinders. (Photo by Erick Doxey / AFP via Getty Images)

Spokane wildfires are a warning to the rest of the world

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Breathable air is a luxury. Paying out of pocket could be next

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GTA VI logo from the trailer displayed on a laptop screen and PlayStation DualSense controller. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Gaming is in serious trouble. GTA VI may be the nail in the coffin

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Lettuce, a common source of Cyclospora cayetanensis infection. (ullstein bild / Getty Images)

Diarrhea-causing parasite outbreak is a symptom of MAHA cuts

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An 1801 illustration of the USS Enterprise capturing Tripolitan Corsair, layered behind ships anchored in the Gulf of Oman on June 21, 2026, as U.S.-Iran tensions eased and the Strait of Hormuz prepared to reopen. (Illustration by Salon / Shady Alassar / Anadolu via Getty Images / National Archives)

The war that defined America

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The rising price of Trump’s anti-science agenda

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AI doomerism is misplaced. Here’s what it will take to pop the bubble

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Risk of nuclear catastrophe is worse than ever. We can change that

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