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French Minister of the Armed Forces Catherine Vautrin and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at a ceremony marking the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day landings, Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France, June 6, 2026. (Lou Benoist/AFP via Getty Images)

Leave it to Pete Hegseth to ruin D-Day

Heather Digby Parton
From left, state Rep. Scott Bottoms, Victor Marx and state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer during a GOP gubernatorial debate at the Cable Center in Denver, June 2, 2026. (Aaron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Even purple Colorado's GOP has gone nuts

Amanda Marcotte
(Mark Ralston/Getty Images)

People really are leaving MAGA

Rich Logis
Earth, Wind & Fire. (Photograph by Jeffrey Mayer/HBO)

Earth, Wind & Fire's music is universal

Melanie McFarland
Donald Trump at Arlington National Cemetery, May 25, 2026. (Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Iran is “Trump’s Vietnam”

Heather Digby Parton
Customs and Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino in Minneapolis, Jan. 21, 2026. (Madison Thorn/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Greg Bovino goes full fash: What a shock

Andrew O'Hehir
"Cars on the Road" (Pixar/Disney)

How "Cars" ruined Pixar

Coleman Spilde
St. John's Lutheran Church by the Stonewall Monument in New York City celebrates Pride Month — and LGBTQ+ Christians (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Christianity is profoundly queer

Su Yon Pak, Kathleen T. Talvacchia
Vice President JD Vance (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

JD Vance goes all in on fraud hoax

Amanda Marcotte
Inde Navarrette as Nikki and Michael Johnston as Bear in "Obsession" (Focus Features)

The misplaced obsession over "Obsession"

Coleman Spilde
Boy mom (Iparraguirre Recio/Getty Images)

We need to talk about Boy Moms

Andi Zeisler
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump have both defended boat strikes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific that have killed at least 200 civilians (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

American military's Caribbean lies

Heather Digby Parton
Straights (Deagreez/Getty Images)

Will no one think of straight people?!

Andi Zeisler
Kid Rock and President Donald Trump in the Oval Office (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

MAGA fails to conquer arts and music

Amanda Marcotte
Clark Shotwell and John Travolta in "Propeller One-Way Night Coach" (Apple TV)

John Travolta's spellbinding autofiction

Coleman Spilde
Ken Paxton, the Texas GOP Senate nominee, has a long list of scandals (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via Getty Images)

Texas shows the rot is deeper than Trump

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump meets with his Cabinet at the White House (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Flattery is the job in Trump's Cabinet

Chauncey DeVega
Attendees pray during Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise and Thanksgiving, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., May 17, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)

Right-wing Christians don't want me here

Mohammad Ali Salih
The Wu-Tang Clan. ((Photo by Francesco Prandoni/Getty Images))

The Shaolin and Wu-Tang are unstoppable

Melanie McFarland
Billboard created by Grow Up Art in London, May 13, 2025. (Kristian Buus/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Do Americans know the world hates us?

Andrew O'Hehir
President Donald Trump (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump squandered a recovering economy

Heather Digby Parton
A display of banned books (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Tennessee tried to whitewash "Roots"

Chauncey DeVega
Renate Reinsve in "Backrooms" (A24)

We're trapped in "Backrooms" hell

Coleman Spilde
Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart in "Hacks" (Courtesy of HBO Max)

"Hacks" ends on a Seinfeldian high note

Melanie McFarland
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