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• “It keeps my immune system strong”: Here’s video proof that Hillary Clinton has been talking about hot peppers for a long time

  18-04-2016 23:55 via salon.com
  
  Hillary Clinton did an interview on Power 105.1’s “The Breakfast Club" where she claimed to carry hot sauce in her handbag. The internet, and the host of the show, immediately jumped on the presidential candidate for pandering to black voters.
  Host Charlamagne Tha God said to her, “Now listen, I want you to know that people are going to see this and say, ‘She’s pandering to black people,’”Clinton’s response was shameless: “Okay, is it working
  
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• “Bernie Sanders wants higher cable bills”: Fox News “reports” on Sanders joining striking Verizon union workers with nonsensical right-wing smears

  18-04-2016 23:51 via salon.com
  
  40,000 striking Verizon employees marched in the streets of New York on Monday wearing red shirts to mimic the corporation's famous cellular coverage map. And for a second time in the six day strike, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders joined union workers in a show of solidarity ahead of New York's primary election on Tuesday."We will not tolerate large profitable corporations sending jobs to low-wage countries....throwing American workers out of the streets," the Vermont senator t
  
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• As students sit-in demanding Columbia University divest from fossil fuels, Bernie Sanders shows support

  18-04-2016 22:17 via salon.com
  
  Several Columbia University students face threats of suspension after holding an ongoing, five-day sit-in protest outside of the president's office.At least 35 students began occupying the school's Low Library on Thursday, April 14. The activists refuse to move until their university agrees to divest from the top 200 publicly traded fossil fuel corporations.“I am sitting-in because I see climate justice as a human rights issue. It is immoral that Columbia actively profits from an industry
  
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• “Hamilton” wins a Pulitzer and Twitter finally explodes with joy rather than rage

  18-04-2016 22:09 via salon.com
  
  America's most heralded new Broadway sensation is now a Pulitzer Prize winner and its biggest fans on social media are predictably freaking out with joy."Hamilton,"a thrilling hip-hop musical that retells the story of one of the nation's founding fathers, was announced as the 2016 Pulitzer winner for drama on Monday. Its seemingly ubiquitous composer and star Lin-Manuel Miranda quickly reacted to the news on Twitter:https://twitter.com/Lin_Manuel/status/722144645212413952“It is a trem
  
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• Chris Brown’s pity party: Self-described “America’s sweetheart” wants his redemption now

  18-04-2016 21:09 via salon.com
  
  It has been more seven years now since the night Chris Brown assaulted his then-girlfriend Rihanna. Seven years since the then 19 year-old pleaded guilty to felony assault. Since then he's sold millions of albums, has won a Grammy, Billboard Music Award, and MTV Video Music Awards. He's become a father. And his steadfast fans will tell you he shouldn't be punished forever for the rash and admittedly violent actions of his past. But with the release of a trailer for his new documentary, it still
  
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• Bernie Sanders gains in national polls as millions of supporters in two of the biggest states remain ineligible to vote for him

  18-04-2016 21:04 via salon.com
  
  The last time NBC News and the Wall Street Journal polled the Democratic voters nationwide on their preferred presidential candidate Hillary Clinton held a nine point lead over rival Bernie Sanders.Since that last NBC/WSJ poll conducted March 3-6, Sanders suffered a Super Tuesday rout only to see his campaign take eight of the next nine contests. Now the latest national poll, released Monday and conducted April 10-14, finds Sanders with his highest standing yet and within two poin
  
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• These Texans have lost their minds: Secessionist group claims 22 counties voted in favor of Texas leaving the union

  18-04-2016 20:56 via salon.com
  
  The Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM), a group dedicated to advocating for the state's secession, announced last month that "the Texas Independence Resolution passed overwhelmingly in more than 20 conventions (and counting) and is now headed to the Republican Party State Convention," to be held next month.On its website, TNM cites among its arguments for Texas's secession the need for "a government that begins and ends in Texas."Responding to the claims, Texas GOP ch
  
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• Hillary Clinton “goysplains” to Bernie Sanders in Passover article, accusing him of betraying his people by criticizing Israel

  18-04-2016 20:41 via salon.com
  
  Hillary Clinton's supporters have frequently, and often dishonestly, accused Bernie Sanders and his supporters of "mansplaining."Meanwhile, the presidential candidate herself published a blog post on the right-wing pro-Israel website The Times of Israel on Sunday night doing what can only be described as "goysplaining" — or, as a non-Jew, condescendingly accusing a Jew of betraying his own people for criticizing Israel.In the article, titled "Fighting oppression, inequality and injustice o
  
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• Trump’s sleazy nomination path: He’s making his scheme more obvious — when all else fails, bribe and threaten your to way victory

  18-04-2016 20:14 via salon.com
  
  Things should be going well for Donald Trump in the race for the Republican nomination. Despite a handful of losses to Ted Cruz in states like Utah and Colorado, Trump is expected to win big states like New York and Pennsylvania, giving him a boost that, in any normal race, would be big enough to force the other candidates out of the race.Instead, there seems to be a surge of confidence that Republican party leaders will find some way to shut Trump out, even if doing so means holding their nose
  
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• A former sitcom actor, a weed advocate and a computer programmer: Here are 9 other 2016 presidential candidates you can vote for

  18-04-2016 20:13 via salon.com
  
  Recent polls have showed that 2016 election frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump ironically also have the lowest favorability ratings.
  But it's not just Clinton and Trump who are apparently "unlikeable." Americans don't seem to like anyone running for president.But Clinton, Trump, Sanders, Cruz and Kasich aren't the only 2016 presidential candidates.
  Like most Americans, you probably don't know that there are several others running. Watch our video to learn a little more about a few of
  
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• “It’s anyone’s game”: New Yorkers still don’t know who they’re voting for in tomorrow’s primary

  18-04-2016 19:46 via salon.com
  
  The choice between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders is heavy on many New Yorkers' minds. The polls open tomorrow morning but 11th hour voters are still weighing their options, re-watching debates and waiting for a candidate to slip up — or say something undeniably convincing — in the final hour.
  Others are 99 percent sure they know who gets their vote but think that might change when they get in the booth.
  "For me it's a choice between my head and my heart," one New Yorke
  
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• GOP’s health care waiting game: Republicans (once again) say their Obamacare replacement is on the way

  18-04-2016 18:48 via salon.com
  
  Let’s travel back in time to January 2014, to a news conference John Boehner held where the then-speaker of the house discussed the House GOP’s agenda for the coming year.“I think you’ll see Republicans come forward with a plan to replace Obamacare,” Boehner said. “A plan that will actually reduce costs for the American people and make health insurance more accessible.” That same month, Eric Cantor, then the House majority leader, pledged that “we
  
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• “There’s a lot of brain damage that comes with this job”: Megyn Kelly again hints that she’s sick of Fox News, opening door for exit

  18-04-2016 18:10 via salon.com
  
  A New York magazine article about her recent meeting with Donald Trump may have revealed the depth of Megyn Kelly's dissatisfaction with her position at Fox News—  or the kind of raise she's requesting to remain this dissatisfied.According to Gabriel Sherman, Kelly could be asking Roger Ailes for $20 million to stay with the network — $5 million more than perpetual ratings winner Bill O'Reilly. As she told Variety earlier this month, "I’ve had a great 12 years here, and I
  
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• Ted Cruz’s dildo dishonesty: With an eye to N.Y., Cruz denies being out for your sex toys — but he’s aligned with the movement to police private sexuality

  18-04-2016 17:50 via salon.com
  
  Even though Ted Cruz has had a string of good fortune in the primaries lately — winning Utah, Wisconsin and Colorado — he is facing a serious obstacle when it comes to closing the delegate count gap with frontrunner Donald Trump. The billionaire is the favorite to win New York on Tuesday, as well as Pennsylvania and Maryland next week.Winning New York is likely out of the question for Cruz, but since the state isn't winner-take-all, he could mitigate the damage by minimizing the
  
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• Hillary’s hot sauce long con: If Clinton is pandering with this latest food revelation, it’s the most impressive suck-up ever

  18-04-2016 17:47 via salon.com
  
  The difficult thing about interpreting Hillary Clinton is that she’s often so uncomfortable when she’s not talking policy, or so calculated when she is, that people tend to take every answer as an example of pandering. That’s the case with her latest revelation: That she carries hot sauce in her handbag. Coming just two months after the release of Beyoncé’s “Formation” single, with its much-quoted line about hot sauce, it seemed to some like an att
  
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• Michelle Fields slams prosecutor who dropped charges: He should have recused himself over wife’s Trump ties

  18-04-2016 17:03 via salon.com
  
  On Sunday, former Brietbart reporter Michelle Fields spoke to CNN's Brian Stelter about charges against Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski being dropped.She focuses less on the assault itself, noting that the problem wasn't necessarily what Lewandowski actually did so much as how the Trump campaign responded — as if assault charges were "a joke.""You look at the prosecutors and his wife’s social media," she said. "They are at Donald Trump’s resort all of the time.
  
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• Southwest claims it doesn’t discriminate — but no apology yet for Arabic-speaking student kicked off flight

  18-04-2016 16:59 via salon.com
  
  This weekend, Southwest Airlines issued the statement that it regrets whenever any passenger has a "less than positive experience… onboard our aircraft." Yeah, I guess you could say that getting kicked off the plane and being humiliated and detained — apparently because you conducted a phone call to your uncle in Arabic and freaked out a fellow passenger — would constitute a less than positive experience.Khairuldeen Makhzoomi is a 26 year-old political science student at the U
  
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• “The key is to stop Donald Trump”: George Pataki knows the Republicans are screwed

  18-04-2016 16:55 via salon.com
  
  On Morning Joe Monday, former New York governor George Pataki decided to opine about what needs to happen in the Republican presidential race, and he minced no words -- "the key is stop Donald Trump."Co-host Joe Scarborough noted that Pataki supports Ohio Gov. John Kasich, and asked him why Kasich "wasn't getting the traction that he needs."Instead of talking about Kasich, though, Pataki lit into Trump, saying that "the key is to stop Donald Trump, to not let him become the nominee before the co
  
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• The chaos has already begun: GOP leaders are feuding as Donald Trump’s convention mayhem looms

  18-04-2016 16:53 via salon.com
  
  In July the Republicans will hold their nominating convention in Cleveland. And every week, to the delight of Democrats, the prospect of a bitter, party-destroying fight becomes a little more inevitable.Donald Trump has received more votes and won more elections than any other candidate. But his delegate count has not scaled with his vote totals, and that's because he's being out-maneuvered by Ted Cruz. In Colorado, Wyoming and elsewhere, the Cruz campaign has won the behind-the-scenes delegate
  
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• “Girls” isn’t the new “Friends” anymore: Finally, the fantasy of enduring closeness unravels

  18-04-2016 16:17 via salon.com
  
  This February, when I covered the return of “Girls,” I did some complaining about Desi (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) and Marnie (Allison Williams)’s wedding party:Hannah, Shoshanna, and Jessa [are] Marnie’s three bridesmaids, while Ray and Adam are part of Desi’s entourage. As far as the show requires, it makes perfect sense. But based on what we know of the characters, and their fraught connections to each other, it makes no sense whatsoever. Marnie and Hannah quarrel as mu
  
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• Watch Johnny Depp and Amber Heard apologize for dog smuggling in bizarre Australian propaganda video

  18-04-2016 15:48 via salon.com
  
  Last year, Johnny Depp's two Yorkshire terriers, Pistol and Boo, found themselves at the center of a controversy when Depp and his wife Amber Heard failed to declare them upon entry to Australia. Heard pleaded guilty to "knowingly producing a false or misleading document" — her Incoming Passenger Card — but the two charges of dog-smuggling (one for Pistol, one for Boo) were dropped in an Australian court on Monday.But Depp and Heard didn't get off so lightly. Cross Oz offic
  
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• Donald Trump: If they steal the nomination from me, “I hope it doesn’t involve violence”

  18-04-2016 15:37 via salon.com
  
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• Donald Trump screwed himself: An actual “master negotiator” would know the rules and stop whining

  18-04-2016 14:07 via salon.com
  
  Over the weekend, Donald Trump finally got to do his favorite thing again: quote his rising poll numbers on the stump. There's nothing he loves more than bragging about how great he is and nothing makes him happier than waving polls around and hearing his fanboys cheer his dominance. Everyone expected him to be doing well in New York, but according to a new CBS poll he is also doing very well in California. If he can get his act together out west (a big if) he might just limp into Clev
  
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• It’s so much worse than Flint: John Oliver expose blows the doors off another horrific lead scandal

  18-04-2016 14:04 via salon.com
  
  "Last Week Tonight" host John Oliver last night centered his main segment on lead — as in the element that's effectively poisoned the drinking water in Flint, Michigan."Unfortunately, the problem is not just in Flint," Oliver explained, citing a USA Today Network report that "found lead contamination in almost 2,000 additional water systems spanning all 50 states."However, "The biggest threat of lead poisoning to children does not come from water," he continued. "It comes from ingesti
  
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• U.S. acknowledges Israel’s unlawful killings, excessive force, torture, discrimination against Palestinians

  18-04-2016 13:59 via salon.com
  
  A new report by the U.S. State Department thoroughly details how the Israeli government discriminates against Palestinians in almost every aspect of society.In its 2015 Country Report on Human Rights Practices for Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, the U.S. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor acknowledges the "institutional and societal discrimination against Arab citizens of Israel."The U.S. also confirms that Israeli government forces are responsible for unlawful killings
  
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• Behind the music on “Vinyl”: The live show triumph we’ve been waiting all season to see

  18-04-2016 13:58 via salon.com
  
  When “Vinyl” was first announced, there was a definite wave of excitement and enthusiasm from people who identify as big music fans, the kind of people who know their history and know the music on which the show is based. People thought, “Wow, Scorsese is doing a music series along with Mick Jagger! Finally, someone is going to get it right.”This is why it’s been exponentially more disappointing when “Vinyl” not only did not rise to that expectation, but
  
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• 5 worst right-wing moments of the week — Sarah Palin hasn’t the foggiest idea what she’s talking about

  18-04-2016 13:41 via salon.com
  
  While Hillary and Bernie engaged in their most contentious debate, Donald Trump had a quiet week apart from a tantrum about how unfair the whole electoral process is. Ted Cruz said crazy things, but was largely ignored, even by people who paid a lot to come see him talk. The good people of New York will go to the polls on Tuesday, an event with the added benefit of finally ridding the city of the truly annoying presence of Ohio governor John Kasich.Here are some awful right-wing moments this we
  
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• Ted Cruz’s 5-percent flim-flam: His latest economic promise is a real laugher

  18-04-2016 12:00 via salon.com
  
  There are moments, infrequent but poignant, in which I find myself yearning for the good old days of the Jeb Bush presidential campaign. What a time that was – the uncomfortable-in-his-own-skin awkwardness; the sad, pleading earnestness; the inescapable aura of crushing sadness and defeat; the Apple Watch. It was magical. And to counteract all that soul-withering desperation, there was the Jeb Bush promise, the much-mocked and self-evidently overoptimistic guarantee that under President Je
  
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• The land of abandoned Americans: Inside the issue that everyone is ignoring — including Bernie & Hillary

  18-04-2016 11:59 via salon.com
  
  In the run up to the New York primary, the cable news cycle has been fairly predictable, in that it’s all about the horserace and not the substance of the national moment. Sadly, what we often get is right- and left-channel programmed news, which only confirms our underlying political orientation and sensibilities.Yet, every once and a while, somebody has the guts to take TV for an Edward R. Murrow-like spin that challenges the audience and the hierarchy in their comfort zone. While these&
  
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• The Democrats need to stop being the “lesser of two evils” party — starting now

  18-04-2016 11:59 via salon.com
  
  Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been very busy over the past several months trying to convince people that the Democratic primary process is in no way tilted in favor of frontrunner Hillary Clinton. She has appeared on talk shows to debate about super-delegates and why they are necessary (to ensure that “party leaders and elected officials don't have to be in a position where they are running against grass-roots activists”), and ha
  
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• Lie big, lie often, never back down: Donald Trump, Fox News and the real reason why right-wing lies stick

  18-04-2016 11:58 via salon.com
  
  Nearly seven years ago, in July 2009, conservative researcher Betsy McCaughey appeared on Fred Thompson’s radio show and suggested that President Obama’s healthcare bill would encourage seniors “to do what’s in society’s best interest or your family’s best interest, and cut your life short.”A few weeks later in early August, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin wrote on Facebook, “The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with
  
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• Don’t look now, but another state is trying to punish women for having abortions

  18-04-2016 11:58 via salon.com
  
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  18-04-2016 04:17 via twitter.com
  
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• It’s a felony for me to drive: This is the evil way the state of Georgia tries to get rid of immigrants

  18-04-2016 01:29 via salon.com
  
  I was on my way to a construction job last month when I saw the flashing lights. I was being pulled over.The officer stopped me not because of a dangerous crime, but because I was supposedly driving with my high beams on. “Failure to dim headlights,” read the ticket.I felt around in my pocket for my daughter Yesenia’s crumpled picture, one of few possessions I brought when I crossed the border 17 years ago.Missing from my pocket was a driver’s license. After nearly two de
  
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• Imagine there’s no outrage: “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” dreams of a post-identity comedy utopia

  18-04-2016 00:30 via salon.com
  
  In the third episode of this season of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” the Internet gets outraged. This is mostly expressed by other people expressing in-real-life outrage at the digital outrage—Titus Andromedon (Tituss Burgess) goes through a “face journey” at the public library to process what they’re saying about him—but later in the episode, the Internet appears, in the guise of a self-appointed Asian-American anti-defamation league. (Their name is &ldq
  
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