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The truth about GOP hypocrisy: Jessa Duggar’s abortion and Bill Lee’s drag are more than “gotchas”
Amanda Marcotte
Laws banning drag and abortion were always meant to be selectively enforced against those the Christian right hates
Rupert Murdoch usually settles his many lawsuits — so why is he toughing out the Dominion case?
Amanda Marcotte
Maintaining the image of a news outlet is starting to become almost impossible for Fox News
How an anti-abortion law firm teamed up with a disgraced Kansas attorney to dispute 2020 election
Megan O’Matz
Catholic-led law firm sowing doubts about election integrity as part of its long-term strategy to battle abortion
Dominion lawsuit shows Fox News has learned nothing from January 6
Amanda Marcotte
Despite a violent insurrection and massive lawsuits, the network has only intensified its fascistic propaganda
The runaway train lobby: Rail giants spent millions to fight stricter rules before Ohio disaster
Bob Hennelly
Railroads have spent $285 million on lobbying and close to $50 million on Congressional donations over last decade
“Patients would come 9 or 10 times”: What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned
Amanda Marcotte
Author Jennifer Wright on how abortionist Madame Restell got rich in the 1800s — before she was driven to suicide
Welcome to the predator state: How elite police units like Memphis’ “Scorpion” hunt humans
Michael Gould-Wartofsky
You have to wonder about the very urge to name an “elite” police unit after a deadly creature
“Women are regarded as a fragile vessel”: Dress code fight a back door to spread Christian theocracy
Amanda Marcotte
A mandatory skirt rule could give the Supreme Court a chance to further gut secular public education
AI companionship, toxic masculinity and the case of Bing’s “sentient” chatbot
Amanda Marcotte
Bing chatbot conspiracy theories offer a dark window into the dangers of toxic masculinity
The Southern Baptist Convention ousting female pastors shows the Christian right’s radicalization
Amanda Marcotte
Showily booting the famous Saddleback Church is the latest example of why the church can't keep young people around
Mike Pence wags the dog: His attempt to avoid testifying is constitutional nonsense
Laurence H. Tribe, Dennis Aftergut
Pence is misusing the Constitution's "speech or debate" clause to avoid Jan. 6 testimony — he ought to know better
GOP attacks on Biden’s Ukraine visit are worse than partisanship — they really want Russia to win
Amanda Marcotte
Far-right Republicans won't come right out in support of Putin, yet they agree with his anti-democratic agenda
Fox News texts reveal the truth: The Big Lie was a con — that the viewers were in on
Amanda Marcotte
Texts prove Fox hosts knowingly lied about the 2020 election — here's why they won't lose viewers
Our last visit, on death row
Suzanne Craig Robertson
While Cecil waited to hear about a possible stay of execution, he also must have been privately preparing to die
Documents show how a pipeline company paid Minnesota millions to police protests
Alleen Brown, John McCracken
From riot gear to PR to Dairy Queen, records detail every expense Enbridge reimbursed after the Line 3 protests.
Tucker Carlson vs. Chelsea Handler: Why the right-wing is steaming mad about childfree women
Amanda Marcotte
The Fox News tantrum over a childfree comedian says a lot more about Republicans than it does about modern women
Republicans would rather kids be shot than let them read books
Amanda Marcotte
It's about control, not protection: Despite Michigan State shooting, Republicans will treat books as more dangerous
Why do we love “Abbott Elementary” star Janelle James for being bad? It’s simple: “I’m hilarious”
Melanie McFarland
On "Salon Talks," the actor discusses her stand-up comedy, playing principal Ava Coleman and toxic positivity
Elon Musk’s latest Twitter tantrum is an attempt to amplify propaganda
Amanda Marcotte
The "shadowbanning" myth is a pretext to boost far-right voices on social media — even if people don't follow them
Why do so many Republicans now dress like cartoon supervillains? It’s what the MAGA base craves
Amanda Marcotte
Blame Roger Stone: On the right, playing up how they're the bad guys only makes them more popular
Donald Trump just neutralized Ron DeSantis
Heather Digby Parton
Trump is smartly running against DeSantis from the right on cultural issues and from the left on the economy
House GOP hearing exposes Trump’s complete takeover: Republicans are now a collection of crybabies
Amanda Marcotte
Trump remade the GOP in his image. As Biden campaigns to protect Medicare, Republicans are raging about Twitter
GOP boos fool no one: Everyone knows Republicans want to slash Social Security and Medicare
Amanda Marcotte
The new Republicans House speaker may not be the negotiation ninja that he thinks he is
Bless their hearts! The Christian right attempts to mount a revival
Amanda Marcotte
The Satanic panic over the Grammys is part of a larger fundamentalist bid to make themselves relevant again
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