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Rihanna performs during Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show at State Farm Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation)

Super Bowl's standout deaf performers

Alison Stine
Rihanna performs onstage during the Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show at State Farm Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

The pressure on Rihanna to be political

Mark Laver
Donald Trump and Jared Kushner in the East Room of the White House, December 7, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

GOP use Hunter to distract from Kushner

Heather Digby Parton
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) walks through the Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol prior to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address at a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on February 07, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Why Republicans dress as Batman villains

Amanda Marcotte
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Kate Phillips as Eliza Scarlet and Stuart Martin as William "The Duke" Wellington in "Miss Scarlet and the Duke" (Courtesy of Element 8 Entertainment and MASTERPIECE Photographer / Sergej Radovic)

How to fix "Miss Scarlet and the Duke"

Kaitlin Thomas
Puppy Bowl (Elias Weiss Friedman / Animal Planet)

A Puppy Bowl rival for furry supremacy

Melanie McFarland
A photo of Tyre Nichols next to a candle display during a vigil at Regency Skatepark on January 30, 2023 in Sacramento, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Tyre Nichols and Black masculinity

Robyn Autry
Melanie Lynskey as Kathleen Coghlan in 'The Last of Us' (Liane Hentscher/HBO)

"The Last of Us" and Lynskey's strength

Kelly McClure
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Demonstrators march through downtown protesting the death of Tyre Nichols on January 28, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. Tyre Nichols died on January 10th, three days after being severely beaten by five Memphis police officers. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Diversity, "wokeness" and oppression

Chris Hedges
"American Dirt" by Jeanine Cummins | The New York Times (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

NYT gets "American Dirt" debacle wrong

David J. Vázquez, Magdalena L. Barrera, Elena Machado Sáez
Pennsylvania State House (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Democrats win in Pa. — and it matters

Dennis Aftergut
Pedro Pascal in "The Last of Us" (Liane Hentscher/HBO)

Tainted love for Pedro Pascal's dad era

Alison Stine
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Danielle Pinnock as Alberta, Richie Moriarty as Pete, Rose McIver as Samantha, Roman Zaragoza as Sasappis and Sheila Carrasco as Flower in "Ghosts" (Bertrand Calmeau/CBS)

Why we see ghosts in our TV machines

Melanie McFarland
Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump just neutralized Ron DeSantis

Heather Digby Parton
Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Will Biden let the heckler's veto stand?

Chauncey DeVega
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) holds up a poster of a Twitter announcement of suspending her account during a hearing before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee at Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on February 8, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

GOP crybabies take over Twitter hearing

Amanda Marcotte
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Mitt Romney and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Joe and Mitt: Seeking order amid chaos

Brian Karem
U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) listens as President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address during a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on February 07, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Kevin McCarthy's Medicare face-plant

Amanda Marcotte
Juggling the Far-Right (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Republican identity politics

Chauncey DeVega
Kids creating valentines crafts and cards (Getty images/Cavan Images)

Kids valentines are too damn competitive

Alison Stine
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U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to deliver the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) applaud on February 7, 2023 in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. (Jacquelyn Martin-Pool/Getty Images)

Biden's SOTU rope-a-dope: GOP hissy fit

Heather Digby Parton
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Ted Cruz, in front of Sam Smith's performance for the 65th GRAMMY Awards. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Christian right mounts a doomed revival

Amanda Marcotte
Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A nightmare rematch could spell the end

Chauncey DeVega
Ron DeSantis | Protesters marching to denounce the U.S. Supreme Court decision to end federal abortion rights protections (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty images)

DeSantis' war on speech targets abortion

Jonathan Miller
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