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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - AUGUST 28: U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) (C) speaks during a press conference at City Hall following a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School on August 28, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to Minneapolis Police, a gunman fired through the windows of the Annunciation Church at worshippers sitting in pews during a Catholic school Mass, killing two children and injuring at least 17 others. The gunman reportedly died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Trump ripped for Somali tirade

Garrett Owen

Trump's comments reflect his ongoing hate for Somalian immigrants

Michelle Pfeiffer as Claire Clauster in "Oh. What. Fun." (Alisha Wetherill/Prime)

What happens when the holidays break mom

Coleman Spilde

Michelle Pfeiffer’s familiarly overworked, taken for granted mom stands out from the typical holiday fare

(Getty Images / Paper Trident)

The antidote to the Trump doomscroll

Alex Galbraith

There’s a relatively simple way to pull out of the dread spiral of Trump 2.0

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Hegseth's "warrior ethos" is cowardice

Amanda Marcotte

He calls himself the "Secretary of War" and plays a tough guy on TV, but in real life he's a major weenie

(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / fotoguy22)

Live free, but not too far right

Garrett Owen

MAGA is testing how moderate New Hampshire truly is

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump is remaking America — as Russia

Andrea Mazzarino - TomDispatch.com

I've seen first-hand how autocracy can corrupt democracy — and how women suffer the consequences

Sabrina Carpenter during the BBC Radio1 Big Weekend at Stockwood Park, Luton. Picture date: Sunday May 26, 2024. (Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images)

WH responds to Carpenter slam

Alex Galbraith

The pop star pushed back against the White House using her song to soundtrack an ICE video

Former President Barack Obama speaks during day two of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Obama to old Dems: "Get out of the way"

Alex Galbraith

The former president said that it's time to "turn the reins over" to a new generation of politicians

U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) speaks at a news conference in the U.S. Capitol on December 1, 2025, in Washington, DC. Kelly held the event to address what he described as intimidating actions by U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, following a video in which Kelly and several lawmakers urged U.S. troops to refuse “illegal orders.” (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Kelly: Hegseth is "playing Army"

Alex Galbraith

The senator and Navy veteran told reporters Pete Hegseth was play-acting as a tough guy

Lisa Vanderpump and Venus Binkley in "Vanderpump Rules" (Casey Durkin/Bravo)

"Vanderpump Rules" is Bravo's losing bet

Coleman Spilde

The network opted for a total overhaul of the reality franchise at its peak. The result is a boozy head-scratcher

Chips, olives and salted peanuts (Elena Noviello/Getty Images)

Punch and nibbles, like "Sherlock"

Ashlie D. Stevens

Lessons in hosting from 221B Baker Street

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to the White House on Nov. 2, 2025 after taking off from Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Trump's war on drugs has exceptions

Heather Digby Parton

The president's pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández contradicts his strategy. Or does it?

President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One on Nov. 30, 2025. (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

Sorry, Trump isn’t a lame duck (yet)

Chauncey DeVega

The comforting story that Trump's power is fading obscures the risks facing us

The US and Canadian flags are pictured at Peace Arch Historical State Park in Blaine, Washington, on March 5, 2025.) (Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's ambassador flip-flops on tariffs

Anna Clark - ProPublica

Pete Hoekstra railed against tariffs in Congress. He's reversed course in the Trump administration

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on September 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

WH on drug boat strike: "Self-defense"

Alex Galbraith

The second attack on survivors of an airstrike in the Caribbean has been called a war crime by critics

Trump lawyer Alina Habba speaks at a campaign rally for US President Donald Trump at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on October 29, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Habba out as top NJ attorney

Garrett Owen

An appeals court upheld a lower court's decision that the Trump loyalist was serving illegally

President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro delivers a speech while holding the Venezuelan independence hero Simon Bolivar's 'Sword of Peru' during a military ceremony on November 25, 2025, in Caracas, Venezuela. The United States recently designated the "Cartel De Los Soles" (Cartel of The Suns) as a foreign terrorist organization, a group allegedly led by the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and which, it is presumed, includes high-ranking members of the Venezuelan government. ((Photo by Jesus Vargas/Getty Images))

Trump's message to Maduro: Get out now

Garrett Owen

Recent calls between Trump and Maduro have been tense, per reports

Former Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of Defense Kash Patel speaks during a Turning Point Action 'United for Change' campaign rally for former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 24, 2024. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Kash Patel "in over his head" at FBI

Garrett Owen

A report from sources inside the FBI claims that the bureau is floundering under the Trump Cabinet pick

A Salvation Army Christmas Tree at Target in Santa Ana, where the public is encouraged to select an angel with a child's name and gift preference (Al Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The Bedevilment of Angel Trees

Andi Zeisler

In a span of two years, Angel Trees have gone from spreading online joy to fomenting offline suspicion

NOVEMBER 30: ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One en-route to Washington, DC on November 30, 2025. The first family is returning to Washington, DC after spending the Thanksgiving holiday weekend at his Mar-A-Lago Resort In Florida.  (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

Trump isn't sure why he got an MRI

Garrett Owen

Trump's health has been under intense scrutiny since taking office

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., ahead of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 21, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump is elevating Mark Kelly for 2028

Jason Kyle Howard

The president's threats are setting up the Arizona senator for a presidential bid

Allie Beth Stuckey on the set of Candace Owens' show on Dec. 6, 2021. (Jason Davis/Getty Images)

MAGA's war on empathy began with a woman

Amanda Marcotte

Allie Beth Stuckey weaponizes her gender to sell the idea of a cold-hearted Jesus

Tennessee special election heats up

Russell Payne

Tennessee’s 7th District race is challenging assumptions about how Democrats win red states

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem participates in a roundtable event with President Donald Trump in Texas. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Lawmakers want probe of Noem-linked firm

Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliot, Alex Mierjeski - ProPublica

A ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign

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