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Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on February 10, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Alien Twitter going wild over "objects"

Kelly McClure
Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) leaves from a meeting in the office of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy at the U.S. Capitol Building on November 14, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Meet Scott Perry: MAGA's quiet leader

Rae Hodge
Demonstrators march through downtown protesting the death of Tyre Nichols on January 28, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. Tyre Nichols died on January 10th, three days after being severely beaten by five Memphis police officers. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Diversity, "wokeness" and oppression

Chris Hedges
Pennsylvania State House (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Democrats win in Pa. — and it matters

Dennis Aftergut
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Members of far-right group Proud Boys gather to protest against Drag Story Hour outside the Queens Public Library on December 29, 2022 in New York. (YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images)

LGBTQ attacks linked to far-right groups

Areeba Shah
Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council John Kirby speaks during a daily news briefing at the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on February 10, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

"Object" shot down over Alaska

Julia Conley - Common Dreams
An earthquake survivor reacts as rescuers look for victims and other survivors in Hatay, the day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on February 7, 2023. (BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images)

Women, girls bear brunt of earthquake

Samaa Khullar
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Paxton to pay $3M settlement, apologize

James Barragán - The Texas Tribune
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U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY) leaves the Capitol Hill Club on January 31, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Sinema spox: Santos lying about exchange

Samaa Khullar
Elon Musk | Twitter Checkmarks (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Musk fired engineer over declining views

Samaa Khullar
Doctor and nurses. (shapecharge/Getty Images)

Facility forced patients to dig in feces

Beth Hundsdorfer, Molly Parker - ProPublica
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during a news conference following a closed-door lunch meeting with Senate Republicans at the U.S. Capitol January 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

McConnell rips Scott plan: "Bad idea"

Samaa Khullar
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People pay tribute and mourn at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, May 31, 2022. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

School shootings are killing more people

David Riedman, James Densley, Jillian Peterson - The Conversation
U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) waits for President Joe Biden's State of the Union address during a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on February 07, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Anna Paulina Luna is "new George Santos"

Areeba Shah
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) talks to reporters as she leaves the U.S. Capitol after the final series of votes for the week on February 02, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

MTG "screaming and yelling" at briefing

Samaa Khullar
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Friday, July 29, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Pelosi backs "corporate hack" for Labor

Brett Wilkins - Common Dreams
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A Goldman Sachs logo is displayed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City. (Ramin Talaie/Corbis via Getty Images)

How the rich skirt century-old tax law

Paul Kiel, Jeff Ernsthausen - ProPublica
Former President Donald Trump speaks during the New Hampshire Republican State Committee fundraiser Saturday, January 28, 2023. (Cheryl Senter for the Washington Post via Getty Images)

Pence subpoena may be the "last step"

Igor Derysh
Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump just neutralized Ron DeSantis

Heather Digby Parton
Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Will Biden let the heckler's veto stand?

Chauncey DeVega
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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) holds up a poster of a Twitter announcement of suspending her account during a hearing before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee at Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on February 8, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

GOP crybabies take over Twitter hearing

Amanda Marcotte
Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Sarah Huckabee Sanders: MAGA's new star

Rae Hodge
Vice President Mike Pence presides over a joint session of Congress on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. A group of Republican senators said they would reject the Electoral College votes of several states unless Congress appointed a commission to audit the election results. (Jim Lo Scalzo - Pool/Getty Images)

Pence subpoenaed in Trump probe

Kelly McClure
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., applauds during President Joe Biden's State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Santos linked to bad checks to breeders

Kelly McClure
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