Salon.com: Trump’s presidency is illegitimate

[Trump’s presidency is illegitimate]( Trump’s presidency is illegitimate Lucian K. Truscott IV [Scott Pruitt: Still a hero to the right]( How did Scott Pruitt become a conservative hero? Because the right abandoned its principles Jerry Taylor --------------------------------------------------------------- [“We have come to take your daughter”]( “We have come to take your daughter”: An immigrant parent’s traumatic separation from her child Mona Mohan --------------------------------------------------------------- [Fox does not back GOP attacks on Strzok]( Even Fox News and Meghan McCain did not back the “terrible” attacks the GOP hurled at Peter Strzok Shira Tarlo --------------------------------------------------------------- [Keanu on the making of “Siberia”]( Keanu Reeves on making “Siberia,” a movie set in Russia that’s not about politics Mary Elizabeth Williams --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [Clapper on how US became “ripe target”]( Former director of national intelligence James Clapper gives his take on what motivated Russia to get involved in the 2016 presidential election. On “Salon Talks,” Clapper tied Russia’s support for candidate Donald Trump in the 2016 race to Putin’s deep disdain for Hillary Clinton. “Their first objective was simply to sow doubt, discord, discontent in this country, and I think they succeeded fairly well because we're a ripe target for that,” Clapper told Salon’s Andrew O’Hehir. “And secondly, because starting with a strong personal animus that Putin has for the Clintons, and specifically for Secretary Clinton, was to do everything they could to denigrate and marginalize her.” Clapper, whose new book [“Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence”]( is out now, explained Russia’s long history of undermining American democracy. “This is classic. It goes back to the Soviet era, and it's almost in their genes to do this. There's a fundamental resentment of the United States, starting with Vladimir Putin. He held Hillary Clinton responsible for prompting what he thought was another call to revolution to overturn him. With the Panama Papers, the doping scandal, and all these revelations, he deeply resented those.” Watch the video above for Clapper’s assessment of the Steele dossier and check out the [full interview]( for his reflections on the current state of the intelligence community. Tune in for SalonTV's live shows, ["Salon Talks"]( and ["Salon Stage"]( , daily at noon ET / 9 a.m. PT and 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT, streaming live on [Salon]( , [Facebook]( and [Periscope]( . [How could Trump be impeached?]( “If you have a bad president, you gotta wait a number of years and then unelect him,” Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said on “Salon Talks.” Given the parameters of the constitution, impeaching a sitting president is incredibly difficult, and when considering how the impeachment process applies to President Donald Trump, Dershowitz is reminding Trump’s political opponents to read the constitution carefully. “You have to impeach a president only if you can demonstrate that he or she has committed a specified crime, treason, bribery or other high crimes or misdemeanors,” Dershowitz told SalonTV. “Unless you can prove that, then impeachment becomes an unconstitutional process.” Watch the interview above to find out where Dershowitz sees a small opening for the impeachment of President Trump. And click to [Watch the full conversation]( to hear the civil libertarian make the case against impeaching Trump, the topic of his new [book]( . Tune in for SalonTV's live shows, ["Salon Talks"]( and ["Salon Stage"]( , daily at noon ET / 9 a.m. PT and 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT, streaming live on [YouTube]( , [Facebook]( and [Periscope]( . --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [Johansson withdraws from trans role]( Scarlett Johansson withdraws from “Rub and Tug” amid backlash over her “insensitive” casting Rachel Leah --------------------------------------------------------------- [$4.7 billion award in baby powder suit]( Women awarded $4.7 billion in Johnson & Johnson baby-powder lawsuit Nicole Karlis --------------------------------------------------------------- [It can charge your iPhone over 8 times]( Save 60% on this massive 4-port battery pack Salon Marketplace --------------------------------------------------------------- [Fox poll: Bad news for the GOP in 2018]( Fox News poll brings bad news for Republicans Matthew Rozsa --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [Roger Stone comments on Russian ties]( In a 2017 interview with Salon's Matthew Rozsa, political adviser Roger Stone ducks, dodges and deflects questions about Trump's Russian ties. [Antonio Banderas' passion for Picasso]( Acting superstar Antonio Banderas joined Salon’s D. Watkins to discuss one of the most important roles of his career, the prolific artist Pablo Picasso. Banderas proudly portrayed the title role of one of the 20th century’s most influential and celebrated artists on the second installment of NatGeo’s “Genius” series— “Genius: Picasso,” which premiered April 24 on the National Geographic channel. Banderas, who was born in the same Spanish town as Picasso, reflect on his time living in America. “For me, America was, and it still is, you know, in a way, an adventure, a personal, vital adventure, that I had to live for 20 something years,” Banderas told Salon. “And I learned very much, for me, to heed the many different type of genres, for example, here, probably, it couldn't have been possible to do that in Spain because Spain is restricted in the budget that they have for movies and all the arts and movies are coming out of Spain, you know?” Check out the clip above to learn more about Banderas’ immigration story and how Picasso’s aura has stayed with him even after filming stopped. Watch SalonTV’s [full interview]( to hear how Banderas and co-star Alex Rich, who plays a young Picasso, worked together to create different versions of the artist for the Genius series. 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