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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference held in the Hyatt Regency on February 27, 2021 in Orlando, Florida. Begun in 1974, CPAC brings together conservative organizations, activists, and world leaders to discuss issues important to them. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Noem's daughter quits amidst probe

Meaghan Ellis - Alternet
Jacob Chansley, the "Qanon Shaman" (Getty Images)

"QAnon Shaman" sentenced to prison

Trish Rooney
Joe Biden and Joe Manchin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How to stop inflation: Build Back Better

Amanda Marcotte
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

FBI raids home of Boebert's ex-manager

Igor Derysh
Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor-Greene and Paul Gosar (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP ignores death threats, seeks revenge

Heather Digby Parton
The National Rifle Association(NRA) headquarters is seen March 14, 2013, in Fairfax, Virginia. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

How NRA got hacked by Twitter bots

Kenneth Tran
Voters wait in a queue to cast their ballots in the presidential election at a polling station in Christmas, Florida (GREGG NEWTON/AFP via Getty Images)

Mich. GOP aims to cut 20% of poll sites

Igor Derysh
Roger Stone, Steve Bannon and Mark Meadows | The January 6th 2021 Capitol Riot (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Richard Painter on 1/6: It was "treason"

Chauncey DeVega
Hundreds of people gathered this Monday in the central and well-known Puerta del Sol in Madrid to protest against the "dictatorship" in Cuba, in favor of "freedom" and supporting the November 15 marches called in the Caribbean country to demand political change. (Alberto Sibaja/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Cubans want change: But what kind?

Medea Benjamin
Donald Trump | Taxes (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The documents Trump is trying to hide

Travis Gettys - Raw Story
Steve Bannon (Getty/Sean Gallup)

Bannon lawyer stumped by CNN host

Alex Henderson - Alternet
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and U.S. President Donald Trump (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump loyalist memo "cause for alarm"

Alex Henderson - Alternet
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Oliver hilariously mocks Jan. 6 rioter

Kenneth Tran
Joe Manchin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty images)

"Welfare" is not a dirty word

Thom Hartmann - Independent Media Institute
Nancy Pelosi, Paul Gosar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Gosar plays the victim card

Sarah Burris - Raw Story
Nancy Pelosi and Kevin McCarthy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A GOP majority — now virtually locked in

Igor Derysh
Pro-life demonstrators protest outside of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on November 1, 2021. | Kyle Rittenhouse enters the courtroom after a break at the Kenosha County Courthouse on November 11, 2021 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. | People display signs during the Kentucky Freedom Rally at the capitol building on August 28, 2021 in Frankfort, Kentucky. Demonstrators gathered on the grounds of the capitol to speak out against a litany of issues, including Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's management of the coronavirus pandemic, abortion laws, and the teaching of critical race theory. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Republicans yearn for their own Stasi

Amanda Marcotte
Marjorie Taylor Greene VS the Vaccine (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

MTG: "I am not vaccinated"

Bob Brigham - Raw Story
A US armoured vehicle drives past members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), during a patrol of the Syrian northeastern town of Qahtaniyah at the border with Turkey, on October 31, 2019. - US forces accompanied by Kurdish fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) patrolled part of Syria's border with Turkey, in the first such move since Washington withdrew troops from the area earlier this month, an AFP correspondent reported. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP) (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images) (Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images)

"Breathtaking cover-up" of US airstrike

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
People talk before the start of a rally against "critical race theory" (CRT) being taught in schools at the Loudoun County Government center in Leesburg, Virginia on June 12, 2021. | Mrs. Lee Hooks and other white housewives demonstrate against planned desegregation at William Franz Elementary School in New Orleans. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Right's CRT panic is nothing new

Chauncey DeVega
Conspiracy theorist QAnon demonstrators protest during a rally to re-open California and against Stay-At-Home directives on May 1, 2020 in San Diego, California. (SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP via Getty Images)

Is QAnon more tragic or more dangerous?

Thom Hartmann - Independent Media Institute
Noam Chomsky (Getty/William B. Plowman)

GOP wins through "undemocratic features"

Meaghan Ellis - Alternet
Ron DeSantis (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

DeSantis to convene special session

Jon Skolnik
Alex Jones, the founder of right-wing media group Infowars, addresses a crowd of pro-Trump protesters after they storm the grounds of the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Alex Jones guilty in Sandy Hook suits

Jon Skolnik
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