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Amanda Marcotte is a senior politics writer at Salon and the author of “Troll Nation: How The Right Became Trump-Worshipping Monsters Set On Rat-F*cking Liberals, America, and Truth Itself.” She’s a first place winner in the 2024 National Arts and Entertainment Journalism awards. She has published in many outlets, including the Rolling Stone, the Guardian, USA Today, and the Los Angeles Times. She hosts, writes, and helps produce “Standing Room Only,” a weekly politics show on YouTube. Follow her on Bluesky @AmandaMarcotte and sign up for her biweekly politics newsletter, Standing Room Only.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on May 30, 2026 in Singapore. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)

Pete Hegseth’s Mormon diss explodes a MAGA myth

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From left, state Rep. Scott Bottoms, Victor Marx and state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer during a GOP gubernatorial debate at the Cable Center in Denver, June 2, 2026. (Aaron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Even in purple Colorado, Republicans can’t find a normal candidate

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Dancing to summer tunes (Getty)

What Salon’s DJs are spinning this summer

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Vice President JD Vance (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

JD Vance goes all in on immigrant fraud hoax

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Kid Rock and President Donald Trump in the Oval Office (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

MAGA fails to conquer arts and music

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Speculation continues to rise about the state of Donald Trump's physical and mental health (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)

Why MAGA buys Trump’s perfect health lie

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E. Jean Carroll and President Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

E. Jean Carroll still terrifies Trump

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated Sen. John Cornyn in the state's Republican Senate primary (Stewart F. House/Getty Images))

Trump will regret endorsing Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate primary

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Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has been sued by a group of agency employees for proselytizing in the federal workplace (Roberto Schmidt / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

The USDA secretary is a dangerous religious zealot like Pete Hegseth

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A group of people embrace near the Islamic Center of San Diego, where two teenagers allegedly shot and killed three men on May 18. The suspects were later found dead. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

We should prosecute parents when kids kill

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters next to the site of his proposed White House ballroom (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

White House ballroom is turning into a symbol of Trump’s failures

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

The real reason RFK Jr. is coming for your antidepressants

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TPUSA Faith's Make Heaven Crowded tour masks a right-wing political agenda

TPUSA’s “Make Heaven Crowded” revival tour is a disaster

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The Christian right and the GOP are seeking to reframe America as a Christian nation (Getty Images/Javier Art Photography)

The Christian right hijacks America’s 250th

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President Donald Trump (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Assassination conspiracy theories? Blame Trump

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Much of Evie Magazine's new "Sex" issue rests upon the assumption that sex is a service women perform for men out of duty — and to protect their status as wives (Kladyk/Getty Images)

I read the right-wing women’s magazine sex issue so you don’t have to

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The Supreme Court will consider whether to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone (Carl Lokko/Getty Images)

Abortion is still a problem for the GOP

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Reports of a Christian revival among young men have been great exaggerated — and misinterpreted (Thana Prasongsin/Getty Images)

Young men’s religious revival is a myth

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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 27: "The People vs the Poison" protesters gather at the US Supreme Court on April 27, 2026 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments this morning in a case that could lead to the dismissal of tens of thousands of lawsuits against Bayer, the pharmaceutical and biotech giant, that claim the weedkiller Roundup, made by Monsanto, caused non-Hodgkin lymphoma. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

MAHA moms learn hard lesson about Trump

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The Church of Latter-day Saints' lawsuit against a popular ex-Mormon podcaster looks certain to backfire (Getty Images)

Mormons will regret suing an ex-member

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ATHENS, GEORGIA - APRIL 14: U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during a Turning Point USA event at Akins Ford Arena at the Classic Center on April 14, 2026 in Athens, Georgia. Vice President Vance has continued to support TPUSA and its mission following the 2025 murder of the conservative student organization's founder and leader, far-right activist Charlie Kirk. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

JD Vance can’t escape the Iran war

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FBI Director Kash Patel (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Kash Patel’s futile quest for validation

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Chief Justice John Roberts (Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images)

John Roberts embodies MAGA cowardice

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"More people should get married young and have more kids than they can afford," the late Charlie Kirk tweeted, words that have become a mantra for many conservatives. (Michele Ursi/Getty Images)

MAGA wants more teen births. It won’t work

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