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Demonstrator with a baby Trump balloon in front of City Hall in Los Angeles during “No Kings” protest, July 4, 2025. (Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images)

Humor: Antidote for MAGA male rage

Andrea Mazzarino - TomDispatch.com
An attendee prays at the memorial service for political activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium on Sept. 21, 2025 in Glendale, Ariz. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Christian music shows MAGA's limitations

Amanda Marcotte
Protesters wrapped in pride and trans pride flags sit on a wall during a trans rights demonstration. (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Trans identity is not linked to violence

Tatyana Tandanpolie
A color guard during the memorial service for Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, Sept. 21, 2025. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The creation of a political martyr

Mike Lofgren
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Items are displayed in the makeshift memorial for Charlie Kirk outside the headquarters of Turning Point USA on September 18, 2025, in Phoenix, Arizona. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The making of an AI-generated martyr

Art Jipson - The Conversation
Demonstrators march through downtown Chicago to protest President Donald Trump's threats against the city. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trump looks ready to invade Chicago

Chauncey DeVega
Erika Kirk speaks during the memorial service for her husband, right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, on Sept. 21, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Erika Kirk can’t keep Charlie’s audience

Amanda Marcotte
President Trump hugs Erika Kirk to close out the lengthy memorial service for her husband, controversial conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Sunday. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / Getty Images)

"Finish Charlie’s fight!": Kirk honored

CK Smith
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In an online livestream this week, Erika Kirk express grief and hope after the death of her husband Charlie, founder of conservative activist group Turning Point USA. (Samuel Corum / Getty Images)

Erika Kirk won't push for death penalty

Alex Galbraith
CNN commentator and Cardinal Timothy Dolan each found their own potential spark of hope in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination. (Bryan Bedder / ALBERTO PIZZOLI / Getty Images / Salon)

Jones and Dolan offer civility and hope

CK Smith
No Kings demonstration in Chicago, June 14, 2025. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

America's slow-motion coup speeds up

Andrew O'Hehir
Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens speak at the University of Colorado, Boulder on Oct. 3, 2018. (Paul Aiken/Digital First Media/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images)

Inside MAGA's fight over Kirk's legacy

Sophia Tesfaye
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The FCC is taking a victory lap after ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel "indefinitely," but Ted Cruz warns fellow conservatives this might have lasting effects on all political speech, even their own. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

FCC threatens, Cruz sounds alarm

CK Smith
Demonstrators protest the suspension of the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show on Sept. 18, 2025, outside the El Capitan Entertainment Centre in Hollywood where the show is performed. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Media censorship is a structural problem

Jeff Cohen
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC/Randy Holmes)

The strongman's fear of comedians

Melanie McFarland
President Donald Trump walks to Air Force One at Morristown Airport on Sept. 14, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images))

All Trump requires is total fealty

Brian Karem
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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on May 21, 2025. (John McDonnell/Getty Images))

Brendan Carr betrays free speech

Austin Sarat
Conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point Action, speaks during a meeting on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson on October 17, 2024. (Photo by Olivier Touron/Getty Images)

Trump seeks Kirk motive in nonprofits

Beth Gazley - The Conversation
Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr speaks during the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on February 24, 2024. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Jeffries: FCC chair "disgraced" himself

Garrett Owen
Jimmy Kimmel attends the 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sept. 7, 2025 in Los Angeles, Calif. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Kimmel falls victim to Trump's media war

Heather Digby Parton
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Jimmy Kimmel attends the 28th Annual UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation's "Taste For A Cure" event at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on May 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)

Kimmel pulled over Kirk commentary

Alex Galbraith
Jimmy Kimmel at Jeff Ross' "Take A Banana For The Ride" Broadway Opening Night. (Photo by John Nacion/Variety via Getty Images)

FCC's Carr threatens Kimmel over Kirk

Garrett Owen
Charlie Kirk debates with students at the Cambridge Union at the University of Cambridge on May 19, 2025. (Nordin Catic/Getty Images for The Cambridge Union)

"Debate Me" Bros ruined civil discourse

Katherine Kelaidis
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

How Pam Bondi became MAGA’s patsy

Sophia Tesfaye
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