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June 3rd, 2017 [I'M DYING UP HERE] [“I’m Dying Up Here”: Showtime’s uneven drama flatlines]( Melanie McFarland Showtime's new series forgets that every once in a while a show about comedians should be, you know, funny [WONDER WOMAN] [Who wears the Wonderpants? Feminists, Amazons and the fate of the world]( Emily Jordan DC’s latest “Wonder Woman” movie forms a constellation from Scythia to Trump [Ivanka Trump] [The myth of Ivanka’s influence: Liberals built her up as much as “Ivanka voters” did]( Erin Keane Are we finally coming to terms with the reality that Ivanka is window dressing for the White House, nothing more? [Anti-Trump protesters] [Forget the “blue wave” — the sequel: Can the Trump resistance survive the Democratic Party?]( Andrew O'Hehir There's no pathway to power outside party politics — but hoping for a big win in 2018 could be a death trap [Erik Prince] [Erik Prince’s dark plan for Afghanistan: Military occupation for profit, not security]( Matthew Pulver Blackwater founder Erik Prince has a vision for profiting off Afghanistan that President Trump might just love [Kabul Bombing] [We mourn Manchester, but not Kabul: How biased coverage of terrorist attacks drives us apart]( Sophia A. McClennen In biased media coverage of non-Western terror attack victims, the sense of personal tragedy is mostly absent [TOPSHOT-IRAQ-CONFLICT-MOSUL] [John McCain thinks Vladimir Putin is a greater threat than ISIS: Hello, senator — the world is calling]( Danielle Ryan Even if every allegation about Russian election meddling is true, McCain's comparison is grotesque hypocrisy [Trump behind a podium] [Our disgruntled dictator]( Lucian K. Truscott IV A diminished nation is being led by a shrinking man [Grass and Dirt] [Climate change as culture war: Trump’s Paris pullout is a giant middle finger to the left]( Amanda Marcotte As Paris makes clear, right-wing attitudes on climate change are largely driven by hatred of tree-hugging liberals [Hillary Clinton] [Hillary Clinton’s big problem wasn’t bad data — it was bad politics]( Conor Lynch Clinton points fingers at Comey, the Russians and the media. But her inability to look in the mirror says it all [Screen Shot 2017-06-03 at 2.27.12 PM] [Bill Maher apologizes for using a racial slur in an attempted joke on HBO’s “Real Time”]( Taylor Link The HBO show host said he had a restless night after dropping the n-word on live TV [City of No Reply Cover] [“City of No Reply”: Can Amber Coffman escape the Dirty Projectors?]( Max Cea When you seek to declare your independence through music, what happens when your producer is your ex? [New York Times Truth Ad] [Times two: New York Times writes two pro-Trump stories citing the same small business owner as evidence of support]( Taylor Link New York Times reporter Landon Thomas Jr. used the same guy to conclude small business owners were happy with Trump [Alex Jones] [Infowars launches $200,000 contest to pay fans wearing “CNN is ISIS” t-shirts on TV]( Taylor Link Infowars has resorted to paying protestors in order to spread its message that "CNN is ISIS" [Google Street View] [10 years ago on Salon: Does Google Street View signal the end of anonymity in public life?]( Farhad Manjoo From the Salon Archives: Google Street View's debut prompts warnings about privacy and the future of surveillance [Screen Shot 2017-06-03 at 8.17.45 AM] [Bill Maher notes all the things that make President Trump sound like “a third-world dictator”]( Taylor Link "Put your name on buildings . . . Appoint family to positions of power" VIDEO [COVER_PHOTO-BeatlesAnniversery] [WATCH: Rob Sheffield salutes Beatles on “Sgt. Pepper” 50th anniversary: “Some stuff is just built right”]( Mary Elizabeth Williams Rob Sheffield on how the Beatles invented the modern album and their revolutionary contributions to pop history [Donald Trump] [This week in Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest: More drama about China]( Matthew Rozsa The president's conflicts of interest are especially notable when it comes to another world superpower [Screen Shot 2017-06-03 at 12.05.44 AM] [Bill Maher calls himself the n-word in interview with Ben Sasse]( Taylor Link The "Real Time" host and Ben Sasse talk about Millennials [computer_dna] [CRISPR controversy raises questions about gene-editing technique]( Ian Haydon, The Conversation A new controversial research study is causing a stir with scientists follow salon Most Read - [[Hillary Clinton] Hillary Clinton's big problem wasn't bad data — it was bad politics]( - [[Donald Trump] While you were working, the Trump-Russia situation got a bit dicier]( - [[Kathy Griffin] Kathy Griffin claims "conspiracy" at mad, looping press conference]( - [[Donald Trump; Barack Obama] From Paris to Bears Ears, Donald Trump's "Obama derangement syndrome" is going critical]( - [[Lawrence O'Donnell] After all that, Lawrence O'Donnell is staying at MSNBC]( - [[Donald Trump] Why does Donald Trump want to return a Russian compound seized as punishment for hacking?]( - [[Donald Trump Tweet] The dark genius of "covfefe": With one stupid tweet, Donald Trump is winning again]( - [[Trump Taxes Maddow] Conservative groups are pressuring advertisers to drop Rachel Maddow's program]( - [[Kathy Griffin] Read Donald Trump's Twitter response to Kathy Griffin's bloody photo]( - [[Donald Trump; Timothy Snyder] Historian Timothy Snyder: "It's pretty much inevitable" that Trump will try to stage a coup and overthrow democracy]( [Help]( | [Advertising Information]( Copyright ©2017 Salon Media Group, Inc. 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