Salon.com: Why are Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin holding this summit? A bizarre overseas trip ends in mystery

[Trump and Putin: Why are they meeting?]( Why are Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin holding this summit? A bizarre overseas trip ends in mystery Heather Digby Parton [Donald Trump, dark magician of chaos]( Donald Trump’s “chaos magic”: Author Gary Lachman on the far right’s links to occult philosophy Chauncey DeVega --------------------------------------------------------------- [My grandfather was a Nazi collaborator]( My grandfather wasn’t a Nazi-fighting war hero — he was a brutal collaborator Silvia Foti --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump’s presidency is illegitimate]( Trump’s presidency is illegitimate Lucian K. Truscott IV --------------------------------------------------------------- [Survive in an ever-expanding universe?]( How will our species survive in an ever-expanding universe? Dan Hooper --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [Who will stop corporate influence in politics?]( Dark money is influencing elections all over the country, and it’s not just through special interests and lobbyists, it starts before candidates are elected. Director Kimberly Reed joined “Salon Talks” to discuss her new documentary and Sundance Film Festival official selection “Dirty Money,” which digs into the impact untraceable corporate money has on campaign races in Montana. These shadowy groups create smear campaigns and distribute fake news on challengers without a trace. “You as a candidate, could go home, and not do anything else for the rest of the election cycle,” Reed told Salon’s Mary Elizabeth Williams. Watch the video above to hear how Reed’s finding show that dark money is threatening democracy, from local elections all the way to Washington. And watch the [full interview]( to learn more about Montana’s fight for campaign finance reform. 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]( . [Teen protagonists everyone can relate to]( Over the past decade, the number of young-adult titles published annually has more than doubled. Each year, over 10,000 new YA books are published. Author Nicola Yoon’s #1 New York Times best-seller "Everything, Everything" and “The Sun Is Also A Star,” a National Book Award Finalist, have both been turned into major motion pictures. What gives her stories, crafted around the young adult experience, mass appeal? Yoon opens up to Salon about why spotlighting diverse stories and weaving tough topics like immigration help readers of all ages connect with her work. 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]( . --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [FBI angry over GOP attacks]( Ex-FBI agent says colleagues are fed up with GOP attacks on their work Brad Reed --------------------------------------------------------------- [What happens if I eat moldy cheese?]( What will really happen if I eat that moldy cheese? Katie Macdonald --------------------------------------------------------------- [Get complete online anonymity with a VPN]( Save 95% on this VPN with a zero logging policy Salon Marketplace --------------------------------------------------------------- [Royal family snubs Trump during UK visit]( Royal snub: Prince Charles and Prince William refused to meet Donald Trump Charlie May --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [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]( . 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