Salon.com: Fascism for liberals: “RoboCop” at 30 and the problem with prescience

June 24th, 2017 [Peter Weller as RoboCop in "RoboCop"] [Fascism for liberals: “RoboCop” at 30 and the problem with prescience]( John Semley Lauded for its clear vision of the future, "RoboCop" just gave the plutocratic philanthrocapitalists of today cover [Melania Trump] [Will Melania Trump actually speak up about online bullying? Or was the whole thing just more first-family PR?]( Erin Keane If Melania is serious about helping kids as part of her first lady agenda, she needs to take action on online abuse [Michael Cohen] [Who in the hell is Michael Cohen?! Everything you were afraid to ask about this suddenly important person]( Bill Scheft Can't keep up with who's lawyered up in the White House? Here's the deep dirt on Trump's personal counsel [Bernie Sanders; Jon Ossoff; Hillary Clinton] [The agony, the ecstasy and the Ossoff: Democrats are full of excuses, but the truth hurts]( Andrew O'Hehir Democrats are full of excuses after their latest and most agonizing defeat. They're starting to ring hollow [Modern apartment interior] [Silicon Valley’s advertisements aren’t just selling products — they’re selling an ideology]( Angelo Young The utopian futures we see in tech ads have a trickle-down effect on how we perceive the role of tech in our lives [Donald Trump] [Manufactured illiteracy and miseducation: A long process of decline led to President Donald Trump]( Henry A. Giroux A deep-rooted crisis in education, and a long cultural and political decline, is what got us here. There's hope! [Castile Shooting] [Philando Castile verdict and video serve as grim reminders: Black lives really don’t matter — and too many white people are silent or complicit]( Chauncey DeVega Nothing about the Castile verdict is surprising — but it points to enduring, uncomfortable truths about America [Jill Stein] [Jill Stein denies being a puppet of Russia, blames Democrats for scapegoating election loss]( Taylor Link In an interview on CNN, Stein pushed back against the idea that her candidacy helped secure Trump's electoral win [The Museum of Capitalism] [Opening day at Oakland’s Museum of Capitalism]( Keith A. Spencer Oakland's new Museum of Capitalism is charming, enriching, and sure to infuriate conservatives [White House Fence] [First family appoints new White House chief usher after firing Obama-era usher Angella Reid]( Taylor Link The president turned to a Trump Organization employee to run the residence staff at the White House [Ainsley Earhardt, Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade] [“Fox & Friends” is Donald Trump’s safe space]( Pam Vogel, Media Matters When the president of the United States feels bad, he goes to his televised cheering section [Donald Trump during Cabinet Meeting] [Trump’s Cabinet of sycophants won’t admit his job performance is terrible]( Jim Hightower The public's ratings, captured by pollsters, show the president's popularity has plummeted. Here's why [Donald Trump] [The right wing war on facts: The new partisan divide that’s destroying our nation]( Sophia A. McClennen Forget red state vs. blue state. Now the line of separation runs between those who prefer facts to fantasy [Screen Shot 2017-06-24 at 8.00.06 AM] [“Terrifying brush with success”: Bill Maher mocks Democrats for losing another close election]( Taylor Link The left-wing comedian says Democrats have to start winning elections because "the wrong people are in power" VIDEO [Vladimir Putin; Donald Trump] [The case for not courting conflict with Russia]( Dan Kovalik Democrats using Russia-baiting as a way to get rid of Trump need to see how shortsighted this strategy is [COVER_PHOTO-SharonHorgan] [WATCH: A drunken hookup can lead to marriage. Just don’t expect a fairy-tale ending]( Alli Joseph The push and pull of marriage can be beautiful, says Sharon Horgan, co-creator of Amazon's "Catastrophe" [Mitch McConnell; Donald Trump; Paul Ryan] [Tell ya what let’s do: Let’s come up with another way to insure Americans]( Lucian K. Truscott IV Freedom of choice and expression is way more important than viability, when building any insurance system — right? [Stephen Colbert Trump paranoia] [Stephen Colbert announces potential 2020 presidential run on a Russian TV show]( Taylor Link "The Late Show" host trolled President Trump in an interview with a Russian late-night host [Donald Trump] [This week in Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest: A this-for-that in India?]( Matthew Rozsa Trump prepares to host the Indian prime minister, just as his government prepares to sell off Mumbai properties [fossil] [Reverse engineering mysterious 500-million-year-old fossils that confound our tree of life]( Simon Darroch and Imran Rahman, The Conversation Paleontologists are working with fossils to piece together our evolutionary history follow salon Most Read - [[Donald Trump] Manufactured illiteracy and miseducation: A long process of decline led to President Donald Trump]( - [[Michael Bloomberg] Michael Bloomberg says Democrats should "get behind" President Trump]( - [[supporters of the Confederate flag] Trump's Department of Homeland Security is defunding an anti-Nazi program]( - [[Late Night With Seth Myers/YouTube] Seth Meyers catches Donald Trump in one of his most brazen and egregious lies to date]( - [[Hugh Hewitt] New MSNBC host Hugh Hewitt is Sean Hannity in glasses]( - [[Philando Castile] The Philando Castile jury was stacked with pro-gun, pro-cop, middle-aged white people]( - [[Congress Health Overhaul] Police drag away protesters in wheelchairs from Mitch McConnell's office]( - [[Dan Coats] Trump ordered his top intelligence officials to refute Russia story: report]( - [[Mitch McConnell] The face of Republican evil: It's not Donald Trump]( - [[Ford Sign] After Trump pressured Ford out of moving factory to Mexico, company decides to build the new Focus in China]( [Help]( | [Advertising Information]( Copyright ©2017 Salon Media Group, Inc. 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