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Forget Biden, focus on Trump

Brian Karem

Trump's problems today are more important than Biden's problems yesterday

Donald Trump on a Twenty Dollar Bill (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Beware the new "Trump bucks" distraction

Chauncey DeVega

MAGA savings accounts are no substitute for hundreds of billions of dollars the GOP wants to take away from kids

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) signs the Laken Riley Act during an enrollment ceremony with members of the Georgia delegation in the Speaker's ceremonial office at the U.S. Capitol on January 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The bipartisan, "merely wealthy" tax cut

Russell Payne

The latest GOP proposal raises the cap on deducting state and local taxes, a policy change backed by some Democrats

SAN YSIDRO, CA - MARCH 21, 2025 - - Members of the U.S. military stand in front of the border wall along the U.S. and Mexico border near San Ysidro on March 21, 2025. The U.S. Border Patrol and members of the U.S. military held a press conference to address the strengthening of the U.S./Mexico border with new barriers and concertina wire to stop the flow of migrants from entering the U.S. (Photo by Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Trump’s border war won’t stop overdoses

Melody Glenn

If we want to stop deaths from fentanyl, we must stop the attacks on public health

Neil Young performs on stage at Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time Hyde Park at Hyde Park on July 12, 2019 in London, England. (Gus Stewart/Redferns/Getty Images)

Young backs Boss in anti-Trump rant

Alex Galbraith

The rocker asked the president to worry about "the mess [he] made" and not petty squabbles

US President Donald Trump shows pictures and articles as he meets with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa meets Donald Trump on Wednesday amid tensions over Washington's resettlement of white Afrikaners that the US president claims are the victims of "genocide." (Photo by Jim Watson/Getty Images)

Trump pushes "genocide" in Oval Office

Alex Galbraith

Trump screened a video for the South African president, claiming that white farmers in the country were imperiled

Michael Cooper Jr. as Justin Edwards and Lovie Simone as Keisha Clark in "Forever" (Elizabeth Morris/Netflix)

The secret to Judy Blume’s staying power

Melanie McFarland

The classic coming-of-age novel that inspired a new series remains timeless and necessary, on the page and screen

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, speak at the U.S. Capitol on April 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Cynical Dems dismiss Trump impeachment

Charles R. Davis

The opposition says Trump is a threat to the very foundation of the republic. But it's not acting like that

U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) speaks at a press conference outside of USAID headquarters on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Democrat Gerry Connolly dies of cancer

Charles R. Davis

The Virginia Democrat was diagnosed last year with esophageal cancer

Damon Thueson shows a holster at a gun concealed carry permit class put on by "USA Firearms Training" on December 19, 2015 in Provo, Utah.
Uptick In Interest In Concealed Carry Classes (George Frey/Getty Images)

GOP could make it easier to carry a gun

Russell Payne

Under a GOP proposal, residents of Texas and other red states could carry a gun without a permit across the U.S.

CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk wields a chainsaw as he leaves the stage alongside Newsmax anchor Rob Schmitt at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on February 20, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

The Elon Musk bubble has deflated

Heather Digby Parton

Yeah, Elon is still sickeningly rich — but the DOGE hype has faded and he's heading out the door in DC

US President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, November 7, 2024, after Donald Trump won the presidential election. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Dealing with disease “down there”

Lucian K. Truscott IV

Joe Biden did more for cancer research than any president in recent memory

MLM network marketing chart structure (Getty Images/Love Employee)

The marketing scam we keep falling for

Daria Solovieva

In “Little Bosses Everywhere,” Bridget Read explores why people are drawn to pyramid schemes

Deep-sea octopus Moosoctopus profundorum in his own garden with stalk lilies Ptilocrinus pinnatus (Russia, Bering Sea, Piip volcano, depth 2700 meters) (Getty Images / undefined undefined)

Deep sea mining threatens the unknown

Elizabeth Hlavinka

Defying international law, the Trump admin wants to move ahead with deep sea mining that threatens ocean wildlife

Cutting tofu on the chopping board (Getty Images /	by [D.Jiang])

Let your tofu stop pretending 

Michael La Corte

Tofu shouldn’t have to act as a stand-in for any other protein. It’s terrific on its own

Jake Tapper (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Tapper admits Trump was right

Alex Galbraith

The CNN host previously feuded with Trump over accusations that Joe Biden was in decline

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, speaks during her confirmation hearing before the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on January 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images)

Noem can't define habeas corpus

Alex Galbraith

The head of DHS argued that the legal principle gives carte blanche to deport migrants

Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Luann de Lesseps, Jill Zarin, Bethenny Frankel, Ramona Singer and Alex McCord attend "The Real Housewives of New York City" season 2 premiere party (Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)

There will never be another Scary Island

Coleman Spilde

"Real Housewives of New York City" experts weigh in on the beginning (and end) of RHONY’s Golden Age

US President Donald Trump speaks about the mid-air crash between American Airlines flight 5342 and a military helicopter in Washington, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Our democracy crisis reaches a new stage

Chauncey DeVega

America’s democracy is rapidly collapsing. Examining its present state offers clues to prevent catastrophe

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson welcomes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump onstage at a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump on a fruitless quest for vengeance

Austin Sarat

Trump and his subordinates are using every lever at their disposal to make the university pay for disobedience

Man walking on Penrose triangle. (Getty Images / francescoch)

Don’t fight uncertainty — embrace it

Clayton Dalton

In a world of chaos, the only constant is unknowing. We can work with that, not against it

Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal in "The Last of Us" (Liane Hentscher/HBO)

"The Last of Us" leaves nothing unsaid

Melanie McFarland

Pedro Pascal’s Joel returns one last time in an episode that mourns those conversations death leaves unfinished

Barry Keoghan as Lee and Abel Tesfaye as a fictionalized version of himself in "Hurry Up Tomorrow" (Andrew Cooper )

The Weeknd's egomaniacal disaster

Coleman Spilde

The pop star's new film is a feature-length study in his stardom that will leave you counting ceiling tiles instead

Fried chicken salad (Getty Images/ Chris Schneider / 500px)

In praise of the maximalist salad

Ashlie D. Stevens

Because, in the words of Roy Choi, sometimes you want a salad that eats like a cheeseburger

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