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The real reason Nicki Minaj went MAGA

Melanie McFarland
President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally on Oct. 19, 2026 in Park City, Kansas. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Is anyone watching Iran?

Heather Digby Parton
Alexander Skarsgård and Olivia Colman in "Wicker" (Black Bear Pictures)

"Wicker" is much more than its weird sex

Coleman Spilde
A protester reacts to tear gas fired by police at Place de la République in Paris, Oct. 18, 2026. (Jerome Gilles/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Why are young people so angry?

Andrew O'Hehir
(Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / AFP / KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / ROBYN BECK / JIM WATSON / David Shvartsman)

MAGA attacks on women voters are no joke

Amanda Marcotte
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Merriam-Webster adding DARVO matters

Sarah Harsey, Ashley Judd, Jennifer Freyd
Amanda Seyfried (Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The "You Can See Everything" wild card

Coleman Spilde
Male Instacart shopper at the supermarket (Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP / Getty Images)

Why women dread male Instacart shoppers

Ashlie D. Stevens
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The global rise of listening bars

Melanie McFarland
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a press conference on August 5, 2026 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Michael Swensen/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.’s measles reckoning

Troy Farah
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, left, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Kevin Dietsch / Bettmann)

How Hegseth smashed the world Ike made

Heather Digby Parton
(hoto by Dennys Ilic. © 2026 Marvel. All Rights Reserved.)

Vision is the AI boyfriend we all want

Melanie McFarland
Jay-Z attends the FIFA World Cup 2026 (Al Bello/Getty Images)

Jay-Z picked himself for the Super Bowl

Alex Galbraith
President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 26, 2026. (Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images)

MAGA’s "Lord of the Flies" moment

Brian Karem
Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at a rally with President Donald Trump on Oct. 12 in Youngstown, Ohio. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Why MAGA stands by Ramaswamy's ad

Amanda Marcotte
The Los Angeles Aqueduct winds through the hills alongside a freeway in Sylmar, California, on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

LA’s Native people know this story

Petala Ironcloud
( Nick Wall/Netflix © 2026)

Remember smart political marriages?

Melanie McFarland
Ken Russell's "The Devils" (Warner Bros. )

"The Devils" reignites NC-17 passion

Coleman Spilde
President Donald Trump listens as Alina Habba delivers remarks before being sworn in as the interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey in the Oval Office on March 28, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Habba’s $50M pardon problem

Heather Digby Parton
Congressional candidate Chris Gallant at the NAACP Huntington Meet the Candidates Night held in Huntington Station, New York, on Oct. 15, 2026. (Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

The Democrat who won’t be kink-shamed

Dimitrios Aletras Jr.
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The joy of going to a concert alone

Caryn Rose
Eminem performs during halftime of a Thanksgiving NFL football game between the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers on Nov. 27, 2025, in Detroit, Michigan. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

Eminem’s MAGA misstep

Alex Galbraith
Vice President JD Vance speaks during a campaign rally on Oct. 13, 2026 in Tyler, Texas. (Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images)

Vance is America’s worst insult comedian

Amanda Marcotte
First lady Melania Trump and President Donald Trump arrive for an executive order signing ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House on Oct. 19, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Melania Trump turns her back on women

Emma Cieslik
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