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Thousands marched and rallied in support of legal abortion access after the U.S. Supreme court overturned the federal constitutional right to an abortion. They were there to show the leaders and country what Minnesotans really stand for. (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

How to win post-Roe legal battles for abortion: “People should feel like they have a voice”

Amanda Marcotte
"We didn't know that Roe was going to be overturned," says Amanda Allen, before helping save an abortion sanctuary
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Kevin McCarthy and Jim Jordan (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The press tries to grade Republicans on a curve — but the GOP still hates marriage equality

Amanda Marcotte
Sorry, media, support for same-sex marriage is not "bipartisan"
Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life speaks during a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on July 14, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Republicans are playing word games with “abortion”

Amanda Marcotte
Politically inconvenient abortions get called "not abortions" by the same people who call birth control "abortion"
Law enforcement officers stand looking at a memorial following a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 26, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

The truth about Uvalde: Will this mass shooting wake Americans up to the need for police reform?

Amanda Marcotte
Police abuses are justified with claims that cops "protect" us — but, as Uvalde shows, they don't even do that
Jesse Watters | Members of the Proud Boys march towards Freedom Plaza during a protest on December 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trumpism before Trump: Misogyny remains the thread tying the right-wing coalition together

Amanda Marcotte
From the secular Proud Boys to the Bible-hugging preachers, the desire for male supremacy holds the right together
Fox anchor Jesse Watters speaks during "Jesse Watters Primetime" at Fox News Channel Studios (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Post-Roe gaslighting: The party of QAnon denies the very real rape of a 10-year-old

Amanda Marcotte
A shameful episode in right-wing media is a reminder: Republicans only care about kids when they're imaginary
Stephen Ayres (L), who has pleaded guilty to entering the Capitol illegally on January 6, talks to US Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn (R) at the conclusion of a full committee hearing on "the January 6th Investigation," on Capitol Hill on July 12, 2022, in Washington, DC. (OLIVER CONTRERAS/AFP via Getty Images)

MAGA is complicit — not conned: Trump supporters were the most pivotal part of his coup

Amanda Marcotte
Trump is a "man, not an impressionable child" — but his followers aren't naive children, either
Stephen Ayres (C), who entered the U.S. Capitol illegally on January 6, 2021, greets former Washington Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone at the conclusion of the seventh hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on July 12, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

January 6 hearing makes it clear: MAGA is a cult

Amanda Marcotte
The January 6 committee portrays Trump as a sinister cult leader and his followers as his dupes
U.S. President Joe Biden bows his head in prayer (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Biden’s bewildering reaction to Roe: Limp response to overturn explains his drastic drop in approval

Amanda Marcotte
Abortion could be the issue to split Republicans — but Biden is dividing Democrats instead
Laura Ingraham (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Fox News’ Laura Ingraham escalates the GOP’s war on learning: “Time to defund government education”

Amanda Marcotte
Along with Florida's new law, the GOP end game comes in to view: To turn Americans into a bunch of ignoramuses
Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows arrives to testify during the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol hearing | NYPD officers arrest abortion rights activist after they blocked traffic while protesting the overturning of Roe Vs. Wade by the US Supreme Court, in New York | Actor Amber Heard attends her ex-husband Johnny Depp's defamation trial against her (Photo illustration by Salon)

Our summer of misogynist rage: Toxic men unleash a wave of violent threats aimed at outspoken women

Amanda Marcotte
"Backlash" isn't enough to describe the abuse faced by Cassidy Hutchinson, Amber Heard, and pro-choice protesters
US Representative Liz Cheney speaks during a House Select Committee hearing to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol, in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on June 9, 2022. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

“This is clear witness intimidation”: Jan. 6 committee teases evidence of cover-up effort

Jessica Corbett
"You don't tamper with witnesses like this if you have nothing to hide"
Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, arrives to testify during the sixth hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol, in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC, on June 28, 2022. (STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Keep your hands on the wheel: What’s real — or a distraction — about Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony

Heather Digby Parton
The House Select Committee on January 6 has marshaled facts in fastidious detail showing Trump's intent for a coup
Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to then White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, is sworn in during a House Select Committee hearing to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol, in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on June 28, 2022. (STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Cassidy Hutchinson’s surprise Jan. 6 testimony exposes the violence that fuels Trumpism

Amanda Marcotte
Trump imagined himself as the head of a barbaric mob — and lashed out physically when he didn't get his way
Virginia and Clarence Thomas | Supporters of the "Peoples Convoy" wave US flags as the truck convoy heads east on Interstate Highway 70, on March 1, 2022, near St. Jacob, Illinois (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Clarence Thomas’ gun decision ensures that the next January 6 will be much deadlier

Amanda Marcotte
Ginni Thomas worked the coup's inside game — then her husband made it easier for insurrectionists to use firearms
Abortion rights activists Carrie McDonald (L) and Soraya Bata react to the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling which overturns the landmark abortion Roe v. Wade case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The end of Roe v. Wade: American democracy is collapsing

Amanda Marcotte
Judges appointed by popular vote-losing presidents used a stolen Supreme Court seat to overturn the people's will
Former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel Steven Engel (L) Former Acting Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen (C) and former Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue (R) are sworn in during the fifth hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC, on June 23, 2022. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Ringing the alarm for Merrick Garland: Department of Justice stands in real peril because of Trump

Amanda Marcotte
Are you listening, Merrick Garland? Protecting the DOJ means keeping Trump's stubby fingers off it
Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss, former Georgia election worker, is sworn in prior to testifying during the fourth hearing on the January 6th investigation in the Cannon House Office Building on June 21, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Shaye Moss’ ordeal and the Texas GOP platform: Trump’s Big Lie was always about white supremacy

Amanda Marcotte
The Big Lie, like Trump's birtherism, reflects his refusal to accept that people of color are legitimate Americans
Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss (L), former Georgia election worker, testifies during the fourth hearing on the January 6th investigation as her mother Ruby Freeman (R) listens in the Cannon House Office Building on June 21, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

The moral case against the Big Lie: Trump’s targeting of Americans laid out in Jan. 6 hearing

Amanda Marcotte
Tuesday's January 6 hearing wasn't just about Trump's failed coup, but how he may succeed next time
People attend the "Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks" protest against racism and police brutality, on August 28, 2020, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. | Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather near the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Jan. 6, 2020. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s insurrection stole the strategies of Black Lives Matter

Amanda Marcotte
Trump stole ideas from leaderless activists — and is now using them to evade consequences for inciting January 6
Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife and conservative activist Virginia Thomas arrive at the Heritage Foundation on October 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Jan. 6 committee finally zeroes in on Ginni Thomas — but will the Supreme Court?

Amanda Marcotte
New Ginni Thomas revelations prove that the Supreme Court is a corrupt, failed institution
Sen. John Cornyn (Al Drago/Getty Images)

Congress may actually get somewhere on gun safety — but Republicans’ misogyny is getting in the way

Amanda Marcotte
The Senate gun bill could ban abusers from buying guns, but Republicans are unwilling to penalize girlfriend-beaters
Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally on May 28, 2022 in Casper, Wyoming. (Chet Strange/Getty Images)

Yes, Trump supporters are victims of the Big Lie scam. No, you don’t have to feel sorry for them

Amanda Marcotte
Trump shook down his supporters for $250 million with lies, proving the old adage: "You can't cheat an honest man"
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland | Protesters gather outside the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Jan. 6 committee makes the case clear for Merrick Garland: Failure to prosecute Trump is political

Amanda Marcotte
The Big Lie was a fraud perpetuated on Trump supporters, but will they admit their leader is exploiting them?
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