Salon.com: Here’s why James Comey’s book is the talk of the country

April 13th, 2018 [James Comey] [Here’s why James Comey’s book is the talk of the country]( Matthew Rozsa There's a scathing portrait of the president — and it's coming from a man who wanted loyalty [Donald Trump] [Pain is the reward: Here’s what pundits keep getting wrong about Trump and his supporters]( Chauncey DeVega Trump's voters are suffering. They still love him. Mainstream journalists lack any understanding of this pathology [Gayle King interviews Paul Ryan on "CBS This Morning"] [Gayle King grills Paul Ryan on GOP’s incredible whiteness]( Nicole Karlis The GOP leadership looks awfully male, frail and pale, as King chided Ryan [Meghan McCain] [Meghan McCain shouts at audience for applauding Paul Ryan’s retirement]( Travis Gettys, Raw Story The conservative co-host believes Paul Ryan was almost too good for today’s Washington, D.C. [Stephen Colbert; Donald Trump] [Stephen Colbert makes a golden joke after James Comey admits the “pee tape” could exist]( Shira Tarlo Not everyone's lucky enough to be in a marriage with a "100 percent no hooker-pee-pee guarantee," Colbert deadpans [Joe Scarborough] [Joe Scarborough blasts Fox News for broadcasting “Nazi” attacks on Robert Mueller]( Travis Gettys, Raw Story “When you start comparing Robert Mueller to Stalin or Hitler . . . you are attacking the United States of America" [James Comey] [James Comey is no resistance hero — but he’s stubborn enough to stand up to a bully like Trump]( Heather Digby Parton Comey's exaggerated sanctimony got the whole country in this mess. But now he's hitting Trump where it hurts Sponsored Post [maxresdefault (2)] [Meet the watch that skyrocketed on Kickstarter]( Salon Marketplace [Rick Scott] [Florida Gov. Rick Scott, now a Senate candidate, accused of flouting campaign finance law]( Amanda Marcotte The law says super PACs can't coordinate with candidates. Rick Scott is one of many Republicans who ignore that [Hillbilly Elegy] [Neither prayer nor “Hillbilly Elegy” can bridge America’s cultural divide]( Lovey Cooper, 100 Days in Appalachia Scholars suggest that bitterly divisive political discourse in America is symptomatic of periods of social change [Lecy Goranson and Sara Gilbert in "Roseanne"] [“Roseanne” and “Good Times”: A ballad for Becky and Darlene]( Melanie McFarland An episode looking at mothers and sisters hints at what could have been if politics hadn't gotten in the way [Donald Trump] [This is not a story about Donald Trump’s love child: It’s a lot more damaging than that]( Jeremy Binckes There's no evidence Trump had an illegitimate kid, but plenty of evidence that his henchmen buried the story [Scooter Libby] [While Trump blasts “leaker” James Comey, he wants to pardon leaker Scooter Libby]( Matthew Rozsa One "leaker" Trump doesn't like. The other one, who may be getting a pardon, outed an undercover CIA agent [Calculator] [How to stay honest this tax season]( Christian B. Miller, The Conversation Each year many people cheat on their taxes [James Comey] [James Comey says it’s possible the “pee tape” story is true]( Cody Fenwick, [Alternet]( The president was afraid the first lady might think the recording was real [Ainsley Earhardt, Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade] [Slipped through the cracks: April 13, 2018]( Compiled by Salon staff The notes and quotes you may have missed Sponsored Post [ahB5HUV] [Prep for milestone exams with this training program]( Salon Marketplace [Jerry Brown] [California Gov. Jerry Brown accepts Trump’s border guards — with one caveat]( Nicole Karlis "California National Guard will not be enforcing federal immigration laws," Brown wrote in a letter [ICE Agent] [In Pennsylvania, it’s open season on undocumented immigrants]( Deborah Sontag and Dale Russakoff, ProPublica ICE’s Philadelphia office is making more “at-large” arrests of immigrants without criminal convictions [Donald Trump; Richard Nixon] [Donald Trump and Paul Manafort revived Nixon’s race-based hate strategy for the 21st century]( Thom Hartmann and Lamar Waldron, [Alternet]( Conservative politicians often use racist dog-whistles to get votes, power, and money [Twitter] [To serve a free society, social media must evolve beyond data mining]( Aram Sinnreich and Barbara Romzek, The Conversation We're only now realizing the risks data collection poses to civic institutions, public discourse and privacy [The Pentagon; Drones; Google] [A peace movement blooms at Google]( Jefferson Morley, [Alternet]( 3,000 employees balk at a Pentagon contract that could power robotic warfare Most Read - [[Donald Trump] Pain is the reward: Here's what pundits keep getting wrong about Trump and his supporters]( - [[Donald Trump] This is not a story about Donald Trump's love child: It's a lot more damaging than that]( - [[Meghan McCain] Meghan McCain shouts at audience for applauding Paul Ryan's retirement]( - [[Paul Ryan] Pundits agree: Paul Ryan is retiring because he sold his soul to Donald Trump]( - [[Kevin Williamson; Donald Trump] Extreme anti-abortion rhetoric and "grab 'em by the p***y": The right's ugly fantasies about women]( - [[Screen Shot 2018-04-11 at 10.05.41 AM] Former Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher has some pretty serious beef with Maroon 5]( - [[Donald Trump] Carl Bernstein: Mueller's investigation "is closing in" on Trump]( - [[Michael Cohen; Donald Trump] Trump rages while Michael Cohen crumples: If the president's lawyer flips, it could be game over]( - [[Donald Trump] Trump thinks any attack on him is an attack on America: Isn't that the definition of a fascist?]( - [[March for Education] Betsy DeVos tries to pit kids against striking teachers: It's just another right-wing scam]( [Help]( | [Advertising Information]( Copyright ©2018 Salon Media Group, Inc. 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