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Salon is an online platform established by David Talbot in 1995, and it is a member of the Salon Media Group (OTCQB: SLNM). The site offers insights into U.S. politics and current events with a liberal viewpoint, as well as features reviews and articles covering music, literature, and films.

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Joan Rivers would have hated this

12 hours ago | salon.com | Melanie McFarland

It is impossible to know what Joan Rivers would think about “Joan Rivers: A Dead Funny All-Star Tribute,” despite her leaving instructions for her daughter Melissa Rivers to pass along to “whatever random producer is producing the show.”Rivers’ favorite scene partner and “Fashion Police” successor closes out the special by sharing that note, which opens with, “If you are reading this, I am dead. And given that I am dead, I assume someone will finally decide to honor me.
Ben Shapiro is cracking under the pressure to shill for Trump

20 hours ago | salon.com | Amanda Marcotte

No one was more relieved than Daily Wire commentator Ben Shapiro when Donald Trump announced a 90-day “pause” on Chinese tariffs.
"Almost a Gestapo nation": When ICE seized the mayor, his city showed up

1 day ago | salon.com | Bob Hennelly

Masked, armed federal agents arrested the mayor of Newark for doing his job — and citizens said no Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark confronts ICE agents at a demonstration outside an immigrant detention centre in Elizabeth, New Jersey, May 7, 2025.
Stephen Miller came prepared for war — and he'll defy the courts if he has to

2 days ago | salon.com | Heather Digby Parton

There was a speculation boomlet a couple of weeks ago, after Donald Trump "promoted" national security adviser Mike Waltz to U.N. ambassador and temporarily tasked Secretary of State Marco Rubio with the job, that the name being floated as a permanent replacement was none other than Stephen Miller, Trump's trusted adviser and current deputy chief of staff.
Texas GOP wants to ban kids from playing dress-up: Yes, really

2 days ago | salon.com | Amanda Marcotte

"This whole thing is just weird and, honestly, a little creepy." That comes from a debate in the Texas state legislature that was supposedly about "furries," a subculture of people who dress up as anthropomorphic animal characters. But it wasn't the furries that state Rep. James Talarico, a Democrat, was calling creepy. That would be Republican state Rep.
We're pausing before purchasing in Trump's tariff era

2 days ago | salon.com | Daria Solovieva

Diane Boden, a Columbus, Ohio-based mother of three, can’t remember the last time she lingered in the aisles of a department store. “I barely ever go to brick-and-mortar stores anymore, it's a very rare occasion that I do that,” she said, echoing a sentiment that’s become increasingly common. Boden, who hosts the "Minimalist Moms" podcast, is part of a growing number of Americans quietly adopting new rules of consumption.
"I’m concerned about the whole airspace": Transportation sec. says flight disruptions could spread

3 days ago | salon.com | Natalie Chandler

Don't be surprised if the delays, cancellations and safety concerns that have affected Newark Liberty International Airport in recent weeks spread to the rest of the U.S.That's according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who on Sunday said "antiquated systems" at major airports across the country need a multibillion-dollar overhaul.
Trump's new plane is "a flying palace" from Qatar royal family

3 days ago | salon.com | Natalie Chandler

President Trump, frustrated with the slow pace of upgrading the Air Force One fleet, wants a new plane this year —and the royal family in Qatar is set to deliver, per ABC News. His administration is poised to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet known as "a flying palace" that was previously used by the Qatar government, the network reports. The aircraft is worth around $400 million, per ABC — not including the communication and defensive upgrades that will be needed for presidential travel.
Yes, the Trader Joe’s mini totes craze has officially gone too far

3 days ago | salon.com | Joy Saha

In an April video posted by TikTok user @erica_grace1, a frenzy has ensued at a Trader Joe’s store. A group of customers, mainly grown adults, is seen crowding around a cardboard box filled with the brand’s newly-released pastel mini tote bags. One could call it greed, based on how people are wrestling one another to grab not one, not two, but multiple bags in various colors. It’s like watching hands frantically reach out for candy after a piñata has been broken into — gluttony at its finest.
Ireland's hip-hop rebels: How three Belfast bros became Fox News villains

3 days ago | salon.com | Andrew O'Hehir

It’s almost surprising that a hip-hop band from the perennially troubled, still-British province of Northern Ireland hasn’t emerged until now: It’s the right kind of place. Admittedly, “race,” in the 21st-century meaning of the word, is not a major consideration on the island of Ireland, despite some discomfort with recent immigration from Eastern Europe, Syria, North Africa and elsewhere.