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President Donald Trump (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

“America First” becomes America alone

Heather Digby Parton
Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Iran exposes Vance and Rubio's rivalry

Heather Digby Parton
The Trump administration has refused to rule out ground troops in Iran (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

Draft talk returns to Washington

Chauncey DeVega
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s hall of mirrors presidency

Chauncey DeVega
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A demonstrator protesting against ICE in Houston, Texas on Jan. 8, 2026. (Mark Felix / AFP via Getty Image)

America reaches its breaking point

Brian Karem
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

War is fashionable again for the GOP

Heather Digby Parton
Activists protest President Donald Trump's military action in Venezuela on Jan. 6, 2026 in Pasadena, California. (Frederic J. BROWN / AFP via Getty Images)

MAGA wants to be a colonial power

Sophia Tesfaye
Overnight, U.S. forces struck multiple targets in Venezuela and captured its president and his wife to face charges in the U.S, leaving a fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela's largest military complex as the sun rose. (STR / Getty Images)

After Venezuela, who's next?

Heather Digby Parton
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Nick Fuentes, the leader of a Christian based extremist white nationalist group speaks to his followers, 'the Groypers.' in Washington D.C. on November 14, 2020 (Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Black conservatives drawn to Fuentes

George Michael - The Conversation
A statue titled "Dictator Approved" is displayed on the National Mall on June 17, 2025. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

How much worse will it get by 2029?

Alfred McCoy - TomDispatch.com
President Donald Trump meets with New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office on Nov. 21, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump can't resist handsome men in suits

Jason Kyle Howard
Marjorie Taylor Greene chose her beliefs over party politics in a bold move against President Trump, resigning and calling out the GOP for not sticking to its own values of "America First" politics. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

MTG quits Trump, MAGA and Congress

CK Smith
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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks on stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

What is up with Marjorie Taylor Greene?

Heather Digby Parton
Is there a MAGA divorce in progress? Trump has now publicly called out Rep. Greene for her views on Epstein and endorsed her opponent in the primary. She's standing firm. (ELIJAH NOUVELAGE / Contributor / Getty Images))

Trump vs MTG: MAGA divorce?

CK Smith
President Donald Trump plans to quadruple imports of Argentinian beef. (Fevziie Ryman/Getty Images)

Beef is no longer on MAGA's menu

Garrett Owen
Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

MAGA sends Reagan to history's ash heap

Heather Digby Parton
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President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2025. (pencer Platt/Getty Images)

An Ugly American berates the UN

Chauncey DeVega
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rehaul the "skilled worker" visa program into a sort of loyalty program with Gold and Platinum status levels. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

US residency just got a luxury makeover

CK Smith
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks at a campaign rally at First Horizon Coliseum on November 02, 2024 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The hidden agenda of America first

Heather Digby Parton
Republican presidential candidates, Vivek Ramaswamy (L) and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley participate in the first debate of the GOP primary season hosted by FOX News at the Fiserv Forum on August 23, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

What it takes to win over MAGA

Owen Racer
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Nick Fuentes, the leader of a Christian based extremist white nationalist group speaks to his followers, 'the Groypers.' in Washington D.C. on November 14, 2020 (Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

How fascists target teenage virgins

Amanda Marcotte
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) speaks during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on September 29, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Rod Lamkey-Pool/Getty Images)

Gaetz accuses Pentagon head of "wokeism"

Jon Skolnik
An Ukrainian military tank is seen near Potemkin Stairs in the centre of Odessa after Russia's military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022. (Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

CPAC day 1: GOP fighting over Ukraine

Kathryn Joyce
U.S. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)

3rd venue pulls plug on MTG, Gaetz event

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story
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