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Sophia Tesfaye is a senior writer (and former senior politics editor) for Salon. She resides in Washington, D.C.
You can find her on Twitter at @SophiaTesfaye.

Megyn Kelly speaks onstage at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit 2018 at Ritz Carlton Hotel on October 2, 2018 in Laguna Niguel, California (Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Fortune)

Trump lashes out at Megyn Kelly following interview blowback: “She was pretty nasty”

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Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., talks reporters after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, September 19, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

GOP Rep. Nancy Mace is “very unhappy” with Kevin McCarthy: “I don’t like feeling like I was misled”

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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Lauren Boebert says she’s learned her lesson from “Beetlejuice” scandal: Never date a Democrat 

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Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon leaves the United States District Court House on the first day of jury selection in his trial for contempt of Congress, on July 18, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

“I made it very clear at the outset”: Judge stops Eastman trial to slam Steve Bannon for live stream

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Hunter Biden attends a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, July 7, 2022. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Hunter Biden indicted, charged with illegally owning a gun

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk (LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Reporter corners Elon Musk on Starlink: “Has your ignorance and ego cost Ukrainian lives, sir?”

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Interior of car parked in front of patrolling police car (Getty Images/Westend61)

Seattle cop caught on bodycam mocking woman killed by fellow officer: “She had limited value”

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US Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) (L) listens alongside members of the House Freedom Caucus during a news conference on the debt limit at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 22, 2023. (STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Lauren Boebert is bragging about being escorted out of “Beetlejuice”

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Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks with Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images)

Impeachment threatens to split apart Kevin McCarthy’s fragile GOP House majority

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., takes questions after taking a break from a news conference because of lightheadedness, after the senate luncheons on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Knives out for Mitch: Republicans target a weakened McConnell after he freezes up for a second time

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E. Jean Carroll (C) leaves following her trial at Manhattan Federal Court on May 8, 2023 in New York City. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

“Trump’s walls continue to crumble”: E. Jean Carroll wins second defamation case

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Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Blocked: Court stops Jack Smith’s effort to access phone records of GOP Rep. Scott Perry

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Alabama State Capitol (Getty Images/Raymond Gehman)

“Disturbed”: For a second time, federal court strikes down Alabama’s congressional map

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Attendees look at a rainbow over flooding on a desert plain on September 1, 2023, after heavy rains turned the annual Burning Man festival site in Nevada's Black Rock desert into a mud pit. (Photo by JULIE JAMMOT/AFP via Getty Images)

“The desert will try to kill you”: Thousands trapped at Burning Man after historic flooding

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A photo illustration depicting a preview of Tucker Carlson's interview with former U.S. President Donald Trump airing on X (formerly Twitter) on the same night of the first Republican Presidential primary debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s attempt to upstage GOP debate with Tucker Carlson interview falls flat

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump enters Erie Insurance Arena for a political rally while campaigning for the GOP nomination in the 2024 election on July 29, 2023 in Erie, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

“The elephant not in the room”: Fox News moderators booed with mention of Trump at first GOP debate

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Donald Trump | Mar A Lago (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Sounds very much like organized crime”: Witness in Trump’s documents case recants false testimony

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Tanya Chutkan, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (United States District Court for the District of Columbia)

“You are in our sights”: Texas woman charged with threatening to kill judge in Trump case

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Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Republicans — including Trump’s rivals — cry out after third indictment drops against ex-president

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U.S. President Joe Biden is joined by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona (L) as he announces new actions to protect borrowers after the Supreme Court struck down his student loan forgiveness plan in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on June 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“Automatically discharged”: Biden administration announces $39 billion in student loan forgiveness

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Survivors Lessie Benningfield Randle, Viola Fletcher, and Hughes Van Ellis sing together at the conclusion of a rally during commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre on June 01, 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

“With prejudice”: Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking justice for last survivors of Tulsa massacre

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U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

“That’s your opinion”: Republican senator insists white nationalists are not racist

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US President Donald Trump (L) congratulates Senior Counselor to the President Stephen Bannon during the swearing-in of senior staff in the East Room of the White House on January 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Despite Trump pardon, Steve Bannon finds himself in deeper trouble

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Rep. Fabian Basabe, R-Miami, offers comments during the Children, Families & Seniors Committee. January 4, 2023 (Courtesy of the Florida House of Representatives)

Florida Republican lawmaker accused of sexual harassment by former male staffers

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