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Charli xcx and Kate Berlant in "The Moment" (A24)

Charli xcx's disturbing sellout fantasy

Coleman Spilde
A better looks over their Super Bowl LVIII betting slip tickets (Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images)

The racial costs of sports betting

Jerel Ezell
Deputy White House chief of staff Stephen Miller speaks to the media, Sept. 5, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

MAGA's war on woke is centuries old

Andrew O'Hehir
Harrison Ford and Lukita Maxwell in "Shrinking" (Apple TV)

A therapeutic retreat from an ugly world

Melanie McFarland
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Firearms store in Orem, Utah, March 2020. (George Frey/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump abolishes the Second Amendment

Mike Lofgren
President Donald Trump speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 5, 2026. ( SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump is still weird

Alex Galbraith
Protesters decry American ICE tactics (Omer Messinger/Getty Images)

Let people knit their resistance hats

Andi Zeisler
Washington Post readers joined members of the newspaper's guild to protest Jeff Bezos' mass layoffs on Feb. 5, 2026. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Democracy dies in daylight

Brian Karem
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Texas librarians have been on the front lines in fighting back against book bans organized by Moms for Liberty (Aaron E. Martinez/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

Texas Democrat won because of book bans

Amanda Marcotte
Eugene Levy as Mitch Cohen and Catherine O'Hara as Mickey Crabbe in "A Mighty Wind" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Catherine O'Hara's emotional tightrope

Coleman Spilde
President Donald Trump speaks to journalists at the Kennedy Center on Jan. 29, 2026. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

They said Trumpism was fading

Chauncey DeVega
Catherine O'Hara as Moira Rose in "Schitt's Creek" (Ken Woroner/CBC)

Motherhood as a slapstick comedy

Melanie McFarland
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Members of Team United States participate in training on day minus three of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

The Olympics matter in this fascist time

Andi Zeisler
After winning three Grammys, Jelly Roll refused to take a position on Donald Trump's deployment of ICE to enforce his mass deportation policy. (Michael Buckner/Billboard via Getty Images)

In defense of the “dumb redneck” defense

Alex Galbraith
President Donald Trump said on February 1, 2026, that he plans to close the Kennedy Center for roughly two years for the facility to undergo construction. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Kennedy Center teaches MAGA a lesson

Amanda Marcotte
In his second term, President Donald Trump is openly profiteering from the presidency (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump is cashing in on the presidency

Heather Digby Parton
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have a choice to make on opposing President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign ( SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Democrats must take a moral stand on ICE

Chauncey DeVega
Johnny Knoxville in "Fear Factor: House of Fear" (Serguei Bachlakov/FOX)

The "Fear Factor" reboot is disgusting

Andi Zeisler
Toro Taquitos at Barra Vieja (Jodyann Morgan)

Miami Beach still knows how to celebrate

Chaya Milchtein
MAGA commentator and podcast host Tucker Carlson is particularly skilled at pandering to the basest instincts of the right. (Olivier Touron / AFP via Getty Images)

How Jon Stewart created Tucker Carlson

Amanda Marcotte
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"Melania" (Amazon MGM Studios/Muse Films)

The empty and foul Melania doc

Coleman Spilde
Donald Trump speaks as he receives the FIFA Peace Prize from FIFA president Gianni Infantino in Washington, Dec. 5, 2025. (Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

World Cup boycott is a fantasy

Andrew O'Hehir
An anti-ICE protest at a Target in Minneapolis. (Madison Thorn/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A wake-up call for white Americans

Chauncey DeVega
Amanda Seyfried as Nina Winchester in "The Housemaid" (Daniel McFadden/Lionsgate)

"The Housemaid" could save cinema

Coleman Spilde
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