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• De Niro is out of his depth on anti-vaxxer film: “Let’s find out the truth” suggests the vaccine-autism link hasn’t already been debunked

  13-04-2016 23:28 via salon.com
  
  It must be hard to run a film festival and have to decide which films to screen. It’s probably a lot of fun as well, but imagine the carping and second-guessing when a certain film is let in, another one isn’t, and people disagree with your judgements. If you’re a celebrity, you become even more of a target.So it looked for a while like Robert De Niro just made an honest mistake by allowing the anti-vaccination film “Vaxxed: From Cover-up to Catastrophe” into the Tr
  
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• Hillary Clinton rakes in Verizon cash while Bernie Sanders supports company’s striking workers

  13-04-2016 22:45 via salon.com
  
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• Obama, first president to launch White House science fairs, hosts his last

  13-04-2016 22:09 via salon.com
  
  President Obama first began the tradition of White House science fairs with the mission of promoting STEM education.He's spent the last six years celebrating young scientists and innovators at what he's called "the most fun day of the year", and today was his last time doing as president.Take a look at our video to see highlights from past fairs. President Obama first began the tradition of White House science fairs with the mission of promoting STEM education.He's spent the last six years celeb
  
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• Trump supporters plan open carry demonstration outside Fox News town hall

  13-04-2016 21:50 via salon.com
  
  Armed Donald Trump supporters in Pennsylvania are threatening to confront anti-Trump protesters they encounter during an open carry demonstration they plan to hold outside of Trump's Fox News town hall in Pittsburgh Thursday.While Democratic candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton prepare to battle it out on a debate stage in Brooklyn tomorrow, some supporters of the other side's frontrunner say they will be battling any and all anti-Trump protesters who may demonstrate a televised town ha
  
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• The GOP’s ludicrous Bernie smears aren’t just wrong — they’re intellectually bankrupt

  13-04-2016 21:50 via salon.com
  
  In a recent editorial published by The Hill, former New Hampshire Governor and Senator Judd Gregg provides an example of exactly the type of McCarthyist screed one should expect to become more frequent if Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) — a self-proclaimed “democratic socialist” — manages to get the Democratic nomination for president. Gregg, who endorsed Governor John Kasich (R-OH) for president and currently works as a W
  
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• “These people are just like me”: Activist group went to a Trump rally wearing “Muslims for Trump” t-shirts and were met with something totally unexpected

  13-04-2016 20:38 via salon.com
  
  Activist group Peace House went to a Trump rally dressed as Muslims for Trump. They thought they would be met with hatred. Instead, they experienced something quite different. Watch our video and and check out the original video for more.Continue Reading...
  
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• “She’s killing us! Blood on her hands!”: Black Lives Matter protester interrupts Chelsea Clinton event in Pittsburgh

  13-04-2016 20:13 via salon.com
  
  Black Lives Matters activists in Pennsylvania are giving the Clinton campaign no passes, popping up at Clinton campaign stops across the state to vocally protest Bill Clinton's problematic legacy in the African-American community, even targeting daughter and surrogate to her mother, Chelsea Clinton.Speaking at Clinton's campaign office in East Liberty, Wednesday, Chelsea Clinton was interrupted by Pittsburgh based Black Lives Matter activist Julia Johnson who shouted through the c
  
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• Republican creeps: The year the GOP war on women reached the subway flasher level

  13-04-2016 19:56 via salon.com
  
  In this week's "because of course" news: A sponsor for an anti-trans bill in Tennessee, state representative Jeremy Durham, has been deemed "a continuing risk to unsuspecting women" by the state attorney general and has been put under strict rules regarding his movements in state offices, out of fear that he will compulsively sexually harass women he comes into contact with. Durham denies the allegations, but has already resigned his position as House majority whip because of the constant d
  
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• Bernie’s big day with NYC unions: Sanders joins Verizon strike picket line; gets endorsed by transit union

  13-04-2016 19:22 via salon.com
  
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• “Affluenza” teen Ethan Couch sentenced to 720 days in jail for 2013 drunk-driving killings

  13-04-2016 19:14 via salon.com
  
  The infamous "affluenza" teen, Ethan Couch, was sentenced to a 720-day jail term for killing four other teens in a 2013 drunk-driving accident."You're not getting out of jail today," State District Judge Wayne Salvant told Couch, who turned 19 on Monday. He was sentenced to four consecutive 180-day terms -- one for each of the lives the then-sixteen-year-old was responsible for ending.During his trial, his defense team offered "expert" testimony from a psychologist who claimed that Couch's paren
  
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• Harvard still has a boys’ club problem: Exclusive all-male club claims the very presence of women would put them in danger

  13-04-2016 19:09 via salon.com
  
  In a letter to the Harvard Crimson about famed 225-year-old all-male final club The Porcellian Club, graduate club president Charles M. Storey protested what he sees as the university’s unfair linking of the club and the problem of sexual assault on campus. His letter read, in part, that the club’s policy of barring guests “greatly reduce[s] the potential for sexual assault” and that “Given our policies, we are mystified as to why the current administration feels th
  
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• The Donald Trump of newspapers just endorsed Donald Trump for president: Behold the most embarrassing editorial of 2016

  13-04-2016 19:05 via salon.com
  
  Donald Trump hasn't found it easy to win the endorsements of America's newspapers, but, just ahead of the New York primary, he received the full-throated backing of the New York Observer, which hailed him as the only candidate who could "attract new voters to the tent and shine fresh perspective on issues that badly need attention."Wow! Lucky break, right? Well, not really, because the New York Observer just happens to be owned by Jared Kushner, a youthful real estate magnate who, by sheer coinc
  
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• $500 billion: That’s what the gender wage gap costs women every year

  13-04-2016 19:05 via salon.com
  
  Just in time for Equal Pay Day, the National Partnership for Women & Families released a new statistic: women lose out on billions each year by being so severely underpaid.Over 50 years after John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Gap in 1963, that pay gap still very much exists.
  And today's fight by Democrats of Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act has already been blocked three times.Watch for more information. Just in time for Equal Pay Day, the National Partnership for Women & Fa
  
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• These two won’t be friending each other anytime soon: Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson pokes Mark Zuckerberg over Mexican wall

  13-04-2016 18:47 via salon.com
  
  Donald Trump's spokeswoman Katrina Pierson slammed Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday after the Facebook CEO made spoke against building physical and digital walls.Trump has spoken repeatedly about building a wall on the border with Mexico to help control the flow of immigrants into the country."Self-righteousness isn't very proactive: We can talk about taxes, we can talk about jobs and even immigration, but that doesn't really put food on the table and save liv
  
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• OK, so now we’re forced to ponder Ted Cruz’s sexual habits: College roommate on Cruz’s opposition to “genital stimulation” — “This would be a new belief of his”

  13-04-2016 18:35 via salon.com
  
  There's been far too much speculation with respect to the love life of creep-in-the-streets-freak-in-the-sheets Ted Cruz.Adding new fuel to the fire is accomplished B-movie screenwriter and Cruz's freshman year roommate at Princeton, Craig Mazin, who has been an ardent critic of Cruz, especially via his Twitter account, posting fun snippets (e.g. below) for years:https://twitter.com/clmazin/status/382587422959104000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfwhttps://twitter.com/clmazin/status/3887115074138316
  
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• Say no to this YES to SEX app: Avoiding “awkward” consent conversations shouldn’t be a goal

  13-04-2016 18:16 via salon.com
  
  On Friday, the YES to SEX app launched, a seemingly timely technological advance during both Sexual Assault Awareness Month and STD Awareness Month. “This app aims to make all sexual partners stop and think for a few seconds together to evade sexual assault issues due to miscommunication and to avoid getting or spreading the more than 1 million sexually transmitted infections (STIs) that are acquired worldwide each day,” touted a press release.Once you download the app, intended for
  
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• Rock and Roll Hall of Lame: This year’s litany of petty spats prove Steve Miller right — “this whole industry f**king sucks”

  13-04-2016 18:09 via salon.com
  
  For years now, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has drawn criticism for a number of things -- snubbing important musicians, overlooking black artists, and not honoring enough women among them. Others have complained about a structural bias toward Baby Boomers: The most powerful figure in the selection of nominees may be Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stone.There’s something odd about the hall’s very premise. Rock is a genre built on rebellion and short songs – many of them intim
  
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• Kasich or bust? The Ohio governor is the GOP’s only hope to beat Hillary, but he isn’t “conservative” enough for the stubborn Republicans

  13-04-2016 18:01 via salon.com
  
  It’s a bit early to be thinking about such things, but there’s a general election coming in about seven months that, if some of the more pointed campaign rhetoric is to be believed, will seal the fate of the United States of America once and for all. The tumultuous primary season has churned out two potential Republican nominees – Donald Trump and Ted Cruz – whose general election prospects are, to put it mildly, uncertain. Cruz is an ideologue with the personal appeal of
  
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• “Cover up right now”: North Carolina judge kicks breastfeeding mother from courtroom

  13-04-2016 17:40 via salon.com
  
  A North Carolina judge ejected Stephanie Rhodus from Henderson County Superior Court Monday for breastfeeding her 8-month-old son, Archer, on the stand, according to local ABC affiliate WLOS.Rhodus was present as a defendant against her mother, who has custody of her oldest son, who is 8.While waiting to take the stand, Rhodus began breastfeeding her son and continued to do so when her hearing started. Judge Peter Knight then told her she needed to "cover up" and that, "For you not to realize th
  
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• Obama to decide on declassifying 9/11 documents within 60 days, former Senator Bob Graham says

  13-04-2016 17:34 via salon.com
  
  President Obama will come to a resolution on whether he will declassify 28 pages of 9/11 documents within 60 days, according to former Florida Sen. Bob Graham.The former senator who co-chaired the 2002 joint congressional inquiry into the attacks said that the White House is weighing a decision on whether to declassify the documents that will be made public in the next two months, according to Fox News.On CBS’ “60 Minutes” last Sunday Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
  
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• “Goddamn F*cking Awful”: Black Twitter’s response to BuzzFeed’s “27 Questions Black People Have For Black People” video is unanimous

  13-04-2016 17:30 via salon.com
  
  When BuzzFeed published a short video entitled "27 Questions Black People Have For Black People," they probably didn't anticipate quite the response they've received to date.As The Root's Yesha Callahan noted, it's unclear who the audience for the video even is. "Who was the target audience for this hot mess of a video?" she asked."It seems as though black people, especially those under the gaze of white media, don’t have a problem making a fool out of themselves—at the expense of so
  
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• “Definitely not Ted Cruz”: New Yorkers weigh in on New York values and which candidate knows them best

  13-04-2016 17:30 via salon.com
  
  With the New York primary quickly approaching, Ted Cruz's comment about New York values is once again a topic of discussion.
  But what exactly are 'New York values?' Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders- who all claim New York roots- believe they know the answer.
  But what do real New Yorkers think? We took to the streets to find out.With the New York primary quickly approaching, Ted Cruz's comment about New York values is once again a topic of discussion.
  But what exactly are 'New Yor
  
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• California school district votes to allow teachers to carry guns in the classroom

  13-04-2016 17:14 via salon.com
  
  Armed teachers in classrooms are no longer a reality reserved for states like Texas and Indiana, but now the norm in at least one California school district.California's Kingsburg school board unanimously voted Monday night to allow school staff members to carry guns on school grounds, reported the Sacramento Bee. The new policy, which is effective immediately, will allow up to five staff members to carry guns on campus and even inside classrooms. Recently passed California state
  
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• Fox & Friends try to undermine Bono’s theory on the power of mockery — by mocking him

  13-04-2016 16:51 via salon.com
  
  It goes without saying that the folks over at Fox & Friends aren't too bright -- but you'd think they were bright enough to understand that you shouldn't prove the theory you believe to be absurd is actually quite sound by demonstrating its effectiveness.U2's Bono appeared before a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday to discuss the refugee crisis and terrorism generally. After urging the need for structural reform, he offered a novel alternative to fighting Islamic extremism with violence: comedy
  
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• It’s not “choices,” it’s pure sexism: Women get paid less for one reason — they’re discriminated against

  13-04-2016 16:40 via salon.com
  
  Tuesday, April 12 was Equal Pay Day, an annual day set aside to symbolize "how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year", according to the National Committee on Pay Equity. The American Association of University Women (AAUW) used the day to release a report on the reasons women continue only to make 79 cents to a man's dollar and dispelling common myths that it's about women's "choices" and not sexism."Critics charge that pay differences between me
  
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• Trump proxy Roger Stone to publish book alleging the Clintons murdered John F. Kennedy Jr. to jump-start Hillary’s rise to the White House

  13-04-2016 15:36 via salon.com
  
  Donald Trump supporter Roger Stone -- who also happens to be a close friend and former business partner of Trump's newly elevated campaign adviser, Paul Manafort -- is preparing to publish a book alleging that the Clintons murdered John F. Kennedy, Jr. after learning that he was considering a run at the same New York senate seat Hillary sought.
  Stone's fascination with who really murdered a Kennedy is of long standing, as he previously wrote "The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ." Hi
  
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• Bernie Sanders nabs his first Senate endorsement

  13-04-2016 15:06 via salon.com
  
  In the midst of an intensifying debate over the role of so-called superdelegates in the Democratic presidential primary and their outsized support for Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator has picked up another superdelegate and, most remarkably, his first endorsement from a sitting U.S. senator.Oregon's Jeff Merkley announced his endorsement of Sanders in a New York Times op-ed published Tuesday evening. The liberal Democrat, who is not up for reelection this year, is th
  
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• “Bill O’Reilly is afraid of this black man”: Roland Martin challenges Fox host to debate “anytime, any day, anywhere”

  13-04-2016 15:04 via salon.com
  
  On Tuesday, NewsOne Now host Roland Martin weighed in on Bill O'Reilly's claim that African- and Latino-Americans are unemployable because "they have tattoos on their foreheads," saying that he would be willing to challenge O'Reilly to a debate "anytime, any day, anywhere."One of the NewsOne Now panelists, Angela Rye, complained that "Donald Trump did not push back -- he allowed that foolishness to continue. If you want to be president of America, as [Obama] said president 'of all Americans,' yo
  
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• Facebook’s digital dystopia: Live-streaming drones, a chatbot army and world domination through baby videos

  13-04-2016 14:57 via salon.com
  
  What does the future look like? Businesses that talk to each other without human being involved. A satellite owned by a huge corporation that already knows a huge amount about us. A plane that stays up in the air for two months, beaming down a service that allows people to buy things all day and all night.If we encountered these ideas in a science-fiction novel, we’d be chilled to the bone. But the digital revolution has brought us so many good things, and the people in charge of the major
  
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• “Nothing he’s said is racist!”: Fox News’ Sean Hannity insists, repeatedly, that Donald Trump has never said anything racist

  13-04-2016 14:36 via salon.com
  
  On Hannity Tuesday evening, host Sean Hannity claimed his anti-racism runs so deep he didn't even understand Bill de Blasio's joke about "CP time," then complained that the real problem with the joke was that a Republican would never be allowed to make it.
  "I can't stand the double-standard," he said. "If this was [Donald] Trump or [Ted] Cruz, this would be the end of their campaign." The fact that it hasn't ended Hillary Clinton's campaign is proof that any "outrage and indignation" felt by the
  
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• Tavis Smiley: Bill O’Reilly’s “white supremacist language” proves the Fox News host is a “race-baiter”

  13-04-2016 14:30 via salon.com
  
  On The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell Tuesday, PBS personality Tavis Smiley criticized Bill O'Reilly for attempting to defend Donald Trump's record on race relations."You almost feel sorry for them, when you see that kind of white-supremacist language on display," he said of O'Reilly's comments about African- and Latino-Americans being unemployable because they "have tattoos on their foreheads.""I just pushed them both higher up on my prayer list," he continued, "because it’s just sicke
  
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• Trevor Noah got this one right: Watch his takedown of Hillary Clinton and Bill de Blasio’s cringeworthy and offensive “CP time” joke

  13-04-2016 14:24 via salon.com
  
  "Daily Show" host Trevor Noah last night weighed in on Hillary Clinton and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's misguided "CP time" joke at the Inner Circle Group's annual sketch show last week."I get it," Noah responded to video of the joke with faux-laughter. "The joke is Bill de Blasio  saying he's late like black people always are, and Hillary's saying she doesn't want to be president.""You know you're not a good joke-teller," he continued in his authentic voice. "And you're in the mids
  
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• This is how Latinos elect Donald Trump: Why Democrats can’t coast on demographics and Trump’s wall in 2016

  13-04-2016 14:00 via salon.com
  
  It is easy to assume that Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant and anti-Latino speeches will drive Latino voters to the Democratic Party and boost turnout among Latinos on election day. This common sense view anticipates that just like in 2008 and 2012, the Democratic candidate will overwhelmingly win the Latino vote and this will combine with consistent support from African Americans, young voters, unmarried women and other growing progressive constituencies to ensure the Democratic nominee&rsqu
  
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• Of course Paul Ryan isn’t running for president: 2016 will be a disaster for Republicans no matter who’s the nominee

  13-04-2016 14:00 via salon.com
  
  We've been noting for some time the fact that America's sweetheart, Paul Ryan, was unlikely to be the establishment savior everyone wanted him to be. It's understandable that people attached to the various institutions associated with the Republican Party would be desperate for white knight to ride in and rescue the party from what is shaping up to be a nuclear meltdown in Cleveland this summer, but it's not going to happen.Yesterday, Ryan crushed their forlorn hopes in no uncertain terms:"
  
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• “I’m a famous plus-size model”: Amy Schumer jokes about her Glamour photo flap with Jimmy Fallon

  13-04-2016 13:39 via salon.com
  
  "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday welcomed guest Amy Schumer.Schumer — actor, comedian; star of "Inside Amy Schumer," "Trainwreck" — was recently featured, without consent, in Glamour magazine's list of inspiring plus-size women. So she took to social media to sort of crowd-source her reaction, and in so doing, sparked debate over size labels and the like."For those of you who don't known who I am, I'm a famous plus-size model," Schumer said during her "Tonight Sh
  
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• We confronted Bill Clinton about race: “In that moment he revealed himself and his true thoughts on black people”

  13-04-2016 12:00 via salon.com
  
  During a Hillary Clinton rally in Philadelphia last week, Bill Clinton engaged in an 11-minute exchange with two protesters, Rufus Farmer and Erica Mines, who are critical of his controversial 1994 crime bill, the War on Drugs, and the impact of those policies on the black community.In the midst of making repeated references to the “Black Lives Matter” movement, Bill Clinton made the following statement: "You are defending the people who killed the lives you say matter. ... Tell
  
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• The Cruz-Drudge rift: How Donald Trump has sparked battle between the right and the conservative media giant

  13-04-2016 11:59 via salon.com
  
  The rifts Donald Trump has torn open within the Republican Party have naturally been echoed in one of the GOP’s chief support systems: the conservative media. You can see a clear divide in the types of media outlets and personalities who support and abhor Trump – older, more established presences like National Review and the Wall Street Journal are strongly anti-Trump, while talk radio and other “new media” conservatives tend to be either pro-Trump or at least Trump-curio
  
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• David Brooks is totally, painfully, irredeemably clueless: Why his latest paean to the good ol’ days is so hard to read

  13-04-2016 11:58 via salon.com
  
  David Brooks, in his Tuesday column for The New York Times, planted himself once again squarely in the warm, glowing embrace of misguided throw-back nostalgia. The upshot of Brooks' latest effort, in which he laments the sorry state of contemporary American politics, is that political shovel fights weren't nearly as divisive during the glory days because Americans engaged healthily with what Brooks calls the "middle-ring" of American life.Before we steamroll this nonsense, let's review:Borr
  
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• The GOP’s pathetic SCOTUS games: Why its Merrick Garland obstruction just got even more embarrassing

  13-04-2016 11:57 via salon.com
  
  A few weeks ago, Sen. Chuck Grassley was travelling around his home state of Iowa with his fingers jammed deep in his ears while yelling “LA LA LA LA LA I CAN’T HEAR YOU” to any constituents who wanted to voice a negative opinion about his role in refusing to hold confirmation hearings for Merrick Garland, President Obama’s nominee to replace the recently deceased Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. That’s some constituent service he’s running from his Iowa o
  
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• Why being offensive works for Trump: It’s not about entertainment — he’s tapped into a latent hunger for aggression and rare political candor

  13-04-2016 11:56 via salon.com
  
  One of the great mysteries of this election cycle is how Donald Trump’s outrageous insult — against the disabled, Hispanics, Muslims, women, John McCain, Megan Kelly, etc. — buttress rather than derail his campaign.  Though it’s surely part of the story, the conclusion is not simply that Trump and his supporters are bigots and misogynists. Trump’s campaign, in essence, represents a protest against American politeness and political correctness.  His willing
  
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• What has happened to Paul Krugman? The New York Times columnist isn’t making much sense right now

  13-04-2016 10:45 via salon.com
  
  Paul Krugman has been a voice in the wilderness for liberals for decades.  But his piece in the Times about Bernie Sanders’ lack of policy credentials and Sanders’ “petulant self-righteous” followers misses the boat completely.Krugman needs a reality check: Wonkish policy details about economic reform are irrelevant. Sanders isn’t an economist. Neither is Clinton. As president, his economic initiatives will have more to do with whom he surrounds
  
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• Donald Trump is a domestic terrorist: Why the demagogue’s violent provocations demand judicial action

  13-04-2016 10:30 via salon.com
  
  Donald Trump is a domestic terrorist. That assertion rests on two pillars: a definition and a pattern of facts.In the definitions of terrorism, the common elements are the use of violence or the threat of violence to coerce or intimidate other people for political purposes.It is widely recognized that Trump’s repeated incitements during campaign speeches are out of bounds.He laments that his followers cannot follow the practice of older days when protesters were carried out of political m
  
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• A Trojan horse of hate: North Carolina’s new bill is a “hostile takeover of human rights”

  13-04-2016 10:15 via salon.com
  
  When North Carolina lawmakers passed what is widely viewed as the most sweeping anti-LGBT law in the country, supporters said it was needed to fend off a potential wave of local laws like the transgender-friendly bathroom ordinance adopted by the city of Charlotte. Opponents have called the new law a “hostile takeover of human rights.”But all the attention on who can use toilets and locker rooms has overshadowed what employment rights advocates say is an even more expansive change ma
  
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• 15 wingnut celebrities who are all in for Donald Trump

  13-04-2016 10:00 via salon.com
  
  Very often, in op-eds and think pieces published in response to some new Trumpian ridiculousness, the bigoted policies and attitudes of Trump and his followers are described as un-American. The use of that word in this context always strikes me as great for dramatic effect, but not so great in terms of facing reality. Trump’s America is bigger than a lot of people would like to admit, and while it is bigoted and paranoid and entitled and angry, it is no less American for any of those reas
  
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• Which American dream will win?: Donald Trump as existential hero and the ugliness lurking in the “dream life of our nation”

  13-04-2016 00:30 via salon.com
  
  The President of the United States plays a wide range of roles on the single stage of national leadership. More than a policymaker, commander, and executive, the President, for better and worse, is an emotional director for the country’s culture. The impact a President makes on the nation’s laws and politics is significant, but it is often a small dent in comparison to the crater of cultural influence.In addition to the empowerment of specific constituencies, Presidents also –
  
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• Patrick Stewart goes Oregon white supremacist in the devious thriller “Green Room”

  13-04-2016 00:29 via salon.com
  
  You can, if you want to, draw connections between writer-director Jeremy Saulnier’s terrific indie horror-thriller “Green Room” and recent news headlines out of rural Oregon, where the film is set. But honestly, it’s kind of a stretch. This world of Pacific Northwest white supremacists — a neo-Nazi skinhead encampment, home to a punk club where a D.C. hardcore band called the Ain’t Rights plays what is likely to be their last show — is only distantly rel
  
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• Bugs that taste “like foie gras”: Eating insects might not save the world, but it could be a healthy start

  13-04-2016 00:28 via salon.com
  
  Can eating bugs save the world? Or can it at least help with sustainability, the slow food movement, and creating bio-diverse systems? Andreas Johnsen’s fascinating (although for some, disgusting) documentary, “Bugs,” which will receive its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, investigates the work of the Nordic Food Lab in Denmark where Ben Reade and Josh Evans try to make bugs tastier. The pair do fieldwork with indigenous cultures in Australia, Africa, and Latin Amer
  
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• Not all greenery is good: 10 hazardous houseplants to watch out for

  13-04-2016 00:26 via salon.com
  
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