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The entrance of Angola Prison, Louisiana. The Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola, and nicknamed the "Alcatraz of the South" and "The Farm" is a maximum-security prison farm in Louisiana operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. (Giles Clarke/Getty Images)

Judge moves juveniles to Angola prison

Julia Conley - Common Dreams
Demonstrators participate in a prayer during a “January 6th Solidarity Truth Rally” near the U.S. Capitol on September 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

J6 "Truth Rally" failed to draw a crowd

Bob Brigham - Raw Story
The audiovisual aesthetics of 2022’s political advertisements (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How to read the midterm campaign ads

Carol Vernallis
Liz Cheney and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Cheney wants Trump off the 2024 ballot

Kelly McClure
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Mitch McConnell, with the shadow of a grim reaper (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Is this Mitch McConnell's darkest hour?

Ira Shapiro
Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

DeSantis slavery comments "ignorance"

Meaghan Ellis - Alternet
The White House (Getty Images)

Intel on White House call to rioter

Bob Brigham - Raw Story
Paint spreads at a protest on the steps of City Hall to denounce the U.S. Supreme Court decision that ended federal abortion rights protections on July 6, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Arizona judge approves abortion ban

Julia Conley - Common Dreams
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Man shouting into megaphone (Getty Images/Anton Vierietin)

"White Psychodrama" and the culture wars

Émile P. Torres
Reverend William Barber II delivers the sermon at Tabernacle Baptist Church on March 6, 2022 in Selma, Alabama. (Getty Images)

Rev. Barber: Big change is coming

Bob Hennelly - InsiderNJ
The Official Olympic Flag (Getty Images/Getty Images North America)

Olympic abuse scandal: A strange twist

Irvin Muchnick
Rudy Giuliani (JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Giuliani skimps on divorce settlement

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story
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MAGA candidates scrub "big lie" claims

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Gaetz may dodge sex-trafficking charges

Kelly McClure
Former President Donald Trump stands at a ‘Save America’ rally on July 22, 2022 in Prescott Valley, Arizona. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Trump judge backtracks after rebuke

Samaa Khullar
Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano is greeted by former president Donald Trump at a rally at the Mohegan Sun Arena on September 03, 2022 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

White nationalism mainstreams racism

Sara Kamali - The Conversation
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Paxton OKs scheme to funnel COVID funds

Trent Brown - The Texas Tribune
Conservative political commentator, writer, and lawyer Ben Shapiro during a break of the filming of his show The Ben Shapiro Show on September 26, 2018 in Los Angles, CA (Jessica Pons/ For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Why is conservative culture so lousy?

Amanda Marcotte
Representative Trey Hollingsworth, a Republican from Indiana, speaks at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on September 30, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images)

GOPer brags aide leaving for Wall Street

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Donald Trump and Lindsey Graham (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP allies reject Trump's Fox claims

Samaa Khullar
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during a news conference after a closed-door lunch meeting with Senate Republicans at the U.S. Capitol on June 7, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

GOP blocks bill to disclose megadonors

Kenny Stancil - Common Dreams
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Hawley: Teach kids there is "one gender"

Meaghan Ellis - Alternet
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Ron DeSantis' genius plan goes sideways

Heather Digby Parton
Former President Donald Trump. (Erin Schaff - Pool/Getty Images)

Special master corners Trump's lawyers

Igor Derysh
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