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• Your new Replacements bible: “Trouble Boys” tells the truth about the Replacements — if you can handle it

  14-03-2016 23:58 via salon.com
  
  The Replacements, the alternative rock heroes that emerged out of Minneapolis in the 1980s, remain one of rock 'n' roll’s legendary bands. The mythos was created by a combination of classic elements: the stories of amazing gigs, where you believed they were one of the best bands in the world; the tales of drunken outings, filled with medleys of hits from the ‘70s; the discography of albums that influenced bands and musicians from Kurt Cobain to Titus Andronicus, Billie Joe Armst
  
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• Why we ignore the litany of potentially deadly side effects in TV ads for drugs

  14-03-2016 23:57 via salon.com
  
  Who doesn’t laugh at drug commercials with their before-and-after scenes of life-changing improvements accompanied by numerous terrifying side effects? But these drug ads continue because they work. Beyond the overt manipulations, there are more covert ones—including techniques that diminish the impact of the required warning section.Former advertising executive Jerry Mander observed that his ex-colleagues in advertising don’t care if you think their commercial is ridiculous or
  
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• Hiding the truth about Flint water crisis: Many emails from officials staying sealed

  14-03-2016 22:19 via salon.com
  
  The 11th annual Sunshine Week, devoted to reminding Americans of the importance of a transparent government,  has been slightly eclipsed at the revelation that the contents of some emails between officials of Flint, Michigan will remain a secret.The news comes as government officials are investigated for their roles in the toxic water scandal, which began in 2014 when state officials detached Flint from Detroit’s water supply and began using Flint River water instead to save mone
  
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• Did Donald Trump incite a riot? Officials could bring charges against the Republican billionaire, reports say

  14-03-2016 22:00 via salon.com
  
  Donald Trump has adamantly denied responsibility for recent violence at his campaign events, but he may soon be held to account. Officials are weighing the possibility of charging Trump with inciting a riot after a protester was assaulted at a campaign rally in North Carolina last week, reports WRAL.com.Trump was repeatedly interrupted by protesters during a March 9 event in Fayetteville, North Carolina.Police removed demonstrators from the audience at least 18 times during h
  
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• “Forget about Todd, especially now”: With her husband hospitalized, Donald Trump jokes even Sarah Palin could have stopped San Bernardino attackers with a gun

  14-03-2016 21:47 via salon.com
  
  Sarah Palin's husband, Todd, was involved in a serious snow mobile accident on Sunday and is in the intensive care unit of an Alaskan hospital. The failed presidential candidate had been scheduled to stump for Donald Trump in Florida all day Monday, but the campaign announced early Monday afternoon that she'd fly back to be by her injured husband's side instead. Still, before Palin could leave the Sunshine State, she made one stop on behalf of the Republican frontrunner where the two former real
  
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• In one particular way, Barack Obama really did create Donald Trump — and it reflects horribly on Republicans

  14-03-2016 20:53 via salon.com
  
  There has been no shortage of think pieces in the past few months that promise to “explain” why Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has been so wildly successful. And that’s fine; I’ve written a few such pieces myself.The problem with most of these pieces, however, is that for all the valuable insights they may offer — about economic inequality, the institutional Republican Party’s disintegration, the preponderance of “authoritarian”-minded
  
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• Trump protesters are heroes: They’re reminding voters how much of a monster Trump is

  14-03-2016 20:34 via salon.com
  
  The shutdown of Donald Trump's Chicago rally and the ensuing violence that broke out has created a response that is no less disappointing for how predictable it is: Conservatives blaming protesters for being provocative instead of blaming Trump for incitement, cowardly mainstream pundits tutting about "both sides" sharing blame for the violence, and liberal worrywarts begging the protesters to cut it out for fear they're making the rest of us look bad. But while this liberal worry migh
  
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• “Look, a right-winger hugging Bush”: Internet blasts photo of Clinton embracing the Iraq War president

  14-03-2016 20:25 via salon.com
  
  Hillary Clinton applauded the Reagans on Friday for "starting a conversation" about AIDS — while, in reality, their administration ignored the epidemic for years and even laughed at what it derisively called the "gay plague," while tens of thousands of Americans died.Two days later, after Clinton apologized, CNN Political Director David Chalian shared a quaint photo of the Democratic presidential candidate gleefully embracing a laughing George W. Bush at Nancy Reagan's funeral.https:/
  
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• “It’s unacceptable”: Paul Ryan condemns increasing violence at Trump rallies

  14-03-2016 20:21 via salon.com
  
  House Speaker Paul Ryan on Monday said the violence at rallies is becoming "very concerning" and that candidates need to take "responsibility for the environment" at their political events.Although Ryan didn't mention Donald Trump by name, according to POLITICO, the comments were the strongest the Wisconsin Republican has made about the presidential election so far.In a transcript of the interview with WRJN, a Wisconsin radio station, Ryan said candidates "have an obligation to do everythin
  
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• Julie Klausner fails to body shame Zendaya

  14-03-2016 19:46 via salon.com
  
  Here's an easy guide to concern trolling over teenage girls' bodies: Don't do it. It's not funny; it's not helpful and it's definitely not necessary.It started with a tweet. On Saturday, "Difficult People" star and comic Julie Klausner retweeted a Hollywood Reporter feature and photo, featuring actress and singer Zendaya sporting a sleek bob and form fitting, vintage inspired lilac and black dress. The story noted that in receiving her recent Kids' Choice Award Favorite Female TV Star, Zend
  
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• The payback candidate: Trump’s campaign is for conservatives seeking revenge on everyone they think disrespects them

  14-03-2016 19:39 via salon.com
  
  Over the weekend, Maggie Haberman and Alexander Burns published a fascinating story in the New York Times about how much of Donald Trump's presidential bid is rooted in his desire to be taken seriously and his resentment against political elites, both on the left and right, who see him as a joke."Mr. Trump’s campaign is driven by a deep yearning sometimes obscured by his bluster and bragging: A desire to be taken seriously," they write. Events in recent days suggest that since that will ne
  
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• “Bimbo. Dog. Fat pig”: Women recite Donald Trump’s sexist comments aloud in devastating new attack ad

  14-03-2016 19:28 via salon.com
  
  A new anti-Trump ad released on Monday illustrates the foul-mouthed billionaire's history of misogynist comments.“Real quotes from Donald Trump about women,” begins a new 60-second spot released by Our Principles PAC, a group trying to prevent Trump from winning the GOP nomination.The ad, “Quotes," features women reading real quotes from Trump."Bimbo. Dog. Fat pig," three women say aloud in succession.“A person who is very flat-chested is very hard to be a &rsqu
  
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• The Breitbart implosion: Donald Trump is tearing apart right-wing media

  14-03-2016 19:08 via salon.com
  
  The late Andrew Breitbart’s media empire finds itself embroiled in an ugly internal conflict, and it’s all because of Donald Trump. For those who haven’t been following the bizarre details, Breitbart.com and Trump have enjoyed a mutually sycophantic relationship that was recently strained when Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields attempted to ask Trump a question, only to have Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski allegedly put his hands on her and roughly yank her away f
  
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• Ben Carson admits that Donald Trump is running a con — and that makes Trump’s campaign all the more unforgivable

  14-03-2016 18:48 via salon.com
  
  If you’re like me, you’ve suspected all along that Donald Trump’s presidential campaign was a calculated con job. I’ll grant, reluctantly, that he may actually want to be president, but it was always clear that Trump's rhetoric was disingenuous. This is what makes him uniquely odious. An earnest bigot or fear-monger is bad enough, but one who feigns and incites bigotry for purely self-interested reasons is a special kind of nuisance. And that’s exactly who and
  
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• 5 most disturbing right-wing moments in the last 7 days

  14-03-2016 18:43 via salon.com
  
  Watch this round up of the worst right-wing moments from last week.Continue Reading...
  
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• Pepper spray, stage storming, secret service and shoving: Here’s a recap of what happened at Trump rallies over the weekend

  14-03-2016 18:22 via salon.com
  
  Trump made headlines for the violence demonstrated at his rallies in the midwest this weekend. A rally in Chicago was cancelled for security concerns, a man tried to storm the stage in Dayton and police sprayed protesters with pepper spray in Kansas City. Watch our video for every violent moment.Continue Reading...
  
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• Sarah Palin forced to cancel Trump appearance after husband hospitalized in snow mobile crash

  14-03-2016 18:05 via salon.com
  
  Sarah Palin was forced to cancel a series of campaign events on behalf of Donald Trump on Monday after her husband, Todd, was hospitalized in a snow mobile crash in Alaska.The Trump campaign issued a statement Monday announcing that Palin was hospitalized Sunday after sustaining injuries and that the former Alaska governor cancelled her scheduled event at The Villages on Monday."Todd Palin was in a bad snow machine accident last night and is currently hospitalized. Governor Palin is returni
  
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• “There’s no violence whatsoever, these are love fests”: Trump’s denial about brutality at his rallies is out of control

  14-03-2016 17:59 via salon.com
  
  Donald Trump called his rallies "Love fests" in an interview with Chris Christie Monday at Lenoir-Rhyne University in North Carolina. Trump also said the media has wrongly reported on violence at rallies and "No one has been hurt."The Republican front-runner went on to call his rallies "tremendous" and a "movement" adding "We are not angry people, we're all good people."Watch Trump continue to deny the violent nature of his protests here.
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• U.S.-backed Saudi coalition responsible for two-thirds of civilian casualties in Yemen — U.N. again confirms

  14-03-2016 17:56 via salon.com
  
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• Ted Cruz vows to honor his pledge to support GOP nominee despite violence at Donald Trump rallies — on one condition

  14-03-2016 17:47 via salon.com
  
  GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz reiterated on the eve of two significant primaries he's likely to lose -- Ohio and Florida, in which 10 percent of the available delegates are in play -- that he'll support whichever candidate the Republican base rallies behind, even if that's Donald Trump. He does, however, have one condition."If," Cruz said by way of example, "he were to go out on Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, I would not be willing to support Donald Trump." The Texas senator was
  
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• The revolution vs. Rahm Emanuel: Why tomorrow’s Illinois primary could remake Chicago politics

  14-03-2016 17:37 via salon.com
  
  Bernie Sanders’s political revolution blew into Chicago last week and smacked its embattled mayor upside the head. “I want to thank Rahm Emanuel for not endorsing me,” Sanders deadpanned at a rally outside the city on Friday, the same day that a huge crowd of activists shut down a Donald Trump event.“I don't want his endorsement!" Sanders told the crowd of supporters. "I don't want the endorsement of a mayor who is shutting down school after school and firing te
  
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• Where Marco Rubio’s football dreams went to die: More of a joke than a jock, Rubio was only recruited out of desperation

  14-03-2016 17:30 via salon.com
  
  “Tarkio Prison,” students called it, a 65-acre, 750-student campus in the northwestern most corner of Missouri surrounded by seemingly miles and miles of nothing. Omaha was an hour-and-a-half away. Kansas City was two. Fun was a single Pizza Hut in the single stop light town of 2,000, road trips to Lincoln, Nebraska or the nearest Wal-Mart.Marco Rubio arrived in 1989 without ever having visited, traveling by plane to Kansas City with other football players from the Miami area, then d
  
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• Donald Trump is now weaponizing the conservative id: Why the escalating violence of his campaign is so frightening

  14-03-2016 13:00 via salon.com
  
  These past few days, we saw an escalation in the building of Donald Trump's authoritarian campaign for president. After winning big at the polls despite having refused to disavow the KKK, Trump appeared on the debate stage noticeably subdued, and everyone assumed that he had turned over a new leaf. But it was not to be. Last week, his rallies took yet another dark turn with the typical ugly rhetoric beginning to be matched by some very ugly violence. Even his own campaign man
  
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• While America is distracted by the Trump, Indiana just passed one of the most restrictive abortion bills in the nation

  14-03-2016 12:59 via salon.com
  
  While most of America observed in shocked horror as Donald Trump's ignorant mobs obediantly carried out the fascistic orders of their orange cult leader to pummel and hurl racial epithets at protesters over the past several days, a terrible new bill slipped quietly into law, completely under the radar.Frankly, it's not surprising given our national fascination with narcissistic reality show divas like Trump that one of the most restrictive anti-choice, anti-abortion laws is due to be signed any
  
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• The end of real choice in Texas: This is what would happen if SCOTUS doesn’t intervene

  14-03-2016 12:58 via salon.com
  
  Since 2001, when George W. Bush took office, 471 new abortion restrictions have passed in states around the country. With 189 occurring between 2001 and 2010, and 282 passed from 2010 till July 1, 2015.Four hundred and seventy-one restrictions. Consider that number. Think about what it might mean for the right to an abortion in the United States.In the 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a woman, in consultation with her physician, has a constitutionally prot
  
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• Trump’s frightening Internet trolls: Online harassment has become a disturbing tool for many of his supporters

  14-03-2016 12:57 via salon.com
  
  As Donald Trump cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses on Feb. 24, Huffington Post politics reporter Julia Craven sent out a string of tweets expressing the fear she felt at the extremist support Trump has attracted. The responses she received were shocking:https://twitter.com/franz_soapbar/status/702383756380925953https://twitter.com/Alasdair202/status/702382335916961792https://twitter.com/darkknightva101/status/702375114051096576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfwhttps://twitter.com/Populat
  
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• Behind the music on “Vinyl”: The New York Dolls & Lou Reed take the stage, and Pink Floyd abandons the cardinal rule of album cover art

  14-03-2016 12:56 via salon.com
  
  Episode 5 of "Vinyl," Martin Scorsese’s new HBO drama, opens with Clark Morelle (Jack Quaid) still fighting for his A&R job, bringing the American Century team to see a band called Wizard Fist sing about dragons. “They headlined a renaissance festival up in Canistona. The place went apeshit. They’re sort of like BTO meets Paul Revere and the Raiders, costumes, power chords, cartoon characters come to life!” Clark insists, while playing overly enthusiastic air flute. U
  
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• “Financial information, health records, dick pics”: John Oliver puts the Apple/FBI dispute in perfect context

  14-03-2016 12:55 via salon.com
  
  "Last Week Tonight" host John Oliver last night took aim at encryption."You may not think about encryption much, but it is pretty fundamental to all our lives," Oliver explained. "Encryption can protect the things most important to us -- our financial information, health records, dick pics, trade secrets, classified government records, dick pics, our physical location, the physical location of our dicks, credit card information, dick pics, and pictures of our dicks.""While it can keep
  
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• 6 worse right-wing moments of the week — Conservatives embrace proto-fascism

  14-03-2016 12:33 via salon.com
  
  Various Trump loyalists, sycophants and nutjobs have surfaced this week to echo their master’s sentiment that people who oppose his message and protest at his rallies are very bad people who deserve what’s coming to them. In the good old days, Trump has said, “they would have been taken out in a stretcher.”1. Omarosa Manigault: What do the protesters expect, a hug?Omarosa Manigault, the contestant on the first season of Trump's reality show who has joined his team of craz
  
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• Hillary will never survive the Trump onslaught: It’s not fair, but it makes her a weak nominee

  14-03-2016 11:00 via salon.com
  
  There are many nauseating aspects of the new reality TV series, "America Picks a Prez," which airs around the clock on every single channel on earth: the cynical, open-air conspiracy between our Fourth Estate and Donald “Ratings Viagra” Trump. Ted Cruz uttering the word "prayerfully" while not exploding into a cloud of synthetic piety. Caucasian patriots heroically exercising their right to punch people of color.Among these, let me nominate one more: listening to Hillary partisa
  
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• Joe Scarborough surrenders: MSNBC host admits party has “shattered its brand,” but won’t confront what’s driving the GOP’s crisis

  14-03-2016 10:59 via salon.com
  
  After much grumbling, it appears Joe Scarborough has finally noticed what the country already knew: The Republican Party is filled with infantilizing politicians and dupable voters. On Thursday, a day after the last Democratic debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, Scarborough engaged in what can only be described as on-air catharsis.The GOP has “shattered its brand,” Scarborough told his audience. Referring to the policy-driven debate on the Democratic side, Scarbor
  
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• The Trump violence surge: Don’t treat this like it’s anything close to normal

  14-03-2016 10:58 via salon.com
  
  After last week’s Republican presidential debate, Bloomberg Politics managing editor Mark Halperin slapped together one his proprietary debate “report cards,” condensing the candidates’ two-hour performances down to a single letter for the benefit of people who want their political analysis as shallow and gimmicky as possible. The clear winner of the evening, in schoolmarm Halperin’s view, was Donald Trump, who received a solid A for his efforts. Trump showed &ldquo
  
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• We all enabled Donald Trump: Our deeply unserious media and reality-TV culture made this horror inevitable

  14-03-2016 10:57 via salon.com
  
  It is more than a little ironic that the Republican Establishment and the mainstream media are both now in full panic mode over the possibility of Donald Trump winning the GOP nomination. You would think that the Republican Party, which has been, let’s face it, hate-spewing, poor-bashing, government-stopping and corporation-loving for decades, ought to be the leading culprit for having paved the way for Trump’s success. As for the media, Marco Rubio, who claims to be exactly where he
  
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• Once upon a time, I was reading Lexie a pretty story... And then I got BUSTED! 😂 https://t.co/aqxkcnepRf

  14-03-2016 06:11 via twitter.com
  
  Once upon a time, I was reading Lexie a pretty story... And then I got BUSTED! 😂 https://t.co/aqxkcnepRf
  
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• He told me he’d “cut out my kids’ tongues”: The experience with online harassment I can’t forget

  14-03-2016 00:30 via salon.com
  
  “TURN ON FOX NEWS RIGHT NOW. YOU’RE THE NATIONAL LEAD.”It was Thanksgiving weekend, 2014. The smell of the candied yams permeated the house while my mother rolled out pie crusts and I argued aloud with the turkey recipe. Amid the bustle of dinner preparations, my computer sounded the notification bloop for Facebook messaging and I saw the message from my friend. Sure enough, I turned on the television just in time to hear one of the hosts say, “If nothing else, I think we
  
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• My feminist Sanders fixation: I’m a woman of color, my candidate is a white man

  14-03-2016 00:29 via salon.com
  
  In a classic "Seinfeld" episode, George Costanza relates how his father, Frank, created his own winter holiday, "Festivus," an alternative to the consumerism and the cultural hegemony of Christmas. In this parodic (and screamingly funny) approach, there are no presents but a communal  "airing of the grievances," the tree is replaced by a utilitarian aluminum pole. Frank responds to rotely uttered "Merry Christmas"es by screaming "Festivus for the rest of us!"
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