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Troy Farah

Troy Farah (John Haas)
Email: tfarah@salon.com
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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.

A volunteer grabs a gallon of water at a water and food distribution drive held by College Hill Baptist Church and the World Central kitchen on March 07, 2021 in Jackson, Mississippi. Residents in parts of Jackson, Mississippi, where 80% of the residents are Black, have been without running water since mid-February after the city was hit by back-to-back winter storms. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

A federal court says the government can lie to you. That will backfire

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The price of diesel fuel is displayed at a gas station on September 11, 2026 in Miami, Florida. Diesel fuel prices in the U.S. topped $6 a gallon for the first time ever. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

August was brutal for consumers. September could be worse

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The Claude by Anthropic AI assistant app logo. (Photo by Matteo Della Torre/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Anthropic says it blocked use of bad actors developing bioweapons

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 06 2026: A man checks the "Equal Earth" map projection on a screen in Shanghai, China, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. The United Nations General Assembly recently endorsed the non-binding resolution to promote the projection, which aims to correct geographical distortions caused by the traditional Mercator map.

Our world map is wrong. MAGA likes it that way

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Lonnie G. Bunch III, 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, speaks onstage during the John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation 2025 Good Trouble Gala at Flourish Atlanta on May 29, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

Lonnie Bunch, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, announces retirement

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ockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto 6. (Photo by Chris DELMAS / AFP via Getty Images)

“GTA VI” leaks draw more scrutiny than Epstein files

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Associate Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. attends inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Samuel Alito is complicit in climate disaster

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Lindsay Clancy looks on as jurors enter the courtroom during her murder trial at Plymouth County Superior Court in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Sept. 4, 2026. A judge later declared a mistrial after the jury deadlocked. (Greg Derr / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Judge declares Lindsay Clancy case a mistrial

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Vice President JD Vance conducts the White House briefing on Thursday, September 3, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

JD Vance denies Iran war is even a war at all

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A doctor in medical protective gloves takes a vaccine from a glass ampoule into a syringe. (Aleksandr Zubkov / Getty Images)

COVID vaccines are back. Just don’t expect the CDC to tell you that

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents patrol Terminal C at LaGuardia Airport on March 24, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

ICE is arresting more people than ever

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Former U.S. Rep. George Santos gives a statement after a court hearing on August 19, 2024 in West Islip, New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Kalshi kicks out George Santos forever

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Brad Reinhart, Senior Hurricane Specialist, tracks Tropical Storm Arthur at the National Hurricane Center on June 17, 2026, in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Will Hurricane Dolly hit Mar-a-Lago?

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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during a hearing with the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Senator calls for criminal investigation into RFK Jr.’s lies to Congress over vaccines

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CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Donald Trump monitor U.S. military operations in Venezuela, from Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday, January 3, 2026. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley via Getty Images)

CIA’s visit to Moscow is no big deal, according to Trump

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A Trump executive order to limit mail-in ballots just hit a roadblock as a federal court ruled against the administration to enforce the order. But there's still four months until the midterms. (Ronaldo Bolaños / Getty Images)

Supreme Court gives Trump green light to restrict mail-in voting

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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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(Photo Illustration by Salon / Aerial Footage / Getty Images)

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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