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Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Jan. 7, 2026. Behind her is Border Patrol official Greg Bovino. (Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Abolish ICE? Absolutely — and DHS too

Mike Lofgren
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President Donald Trump at the White House, Feb. 13, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images))

Trump’s risky public health charade

Troy Farah
A seven month-old male macaque monkey named Punch, who was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth (JIJI PRESS / AFP via Getty Images / Japan OUT)

Punch deserves better. And we do too

Andi Zeisler
Robert De Niro speaks outside of Manhattan Criminal Court during Donald Trump's criminal trial in May 2024 (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

De Niro skewers Trump at SOTU rival

Brian Karem
Sarah Chalke as Elliot Reid, Zach Braff as John “J.D.” Dorian and Donald Faison as Christopher Turk in "Scrubs" (Disney/Brian Bowen Smith)

The uplifting medicine of "Scrubs"

Melanie McFarland
President Donald Trump has talked of military intervention in Mexico (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Mexico could be Trump's forever war

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump | The U.S. Supreme Court Building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump says he is the law

Chauncey DeVega
Peter Claffey in "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" (Steffan Hill/HBO)

In Westeros, the soul outweighs the body

Nicholas Liu
Sunday reset cleaning (SeventyFour/Getty Images)

Why we’re watching strangers tidy up

Andi Zeisler
President Donald J. Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. (Pool photo by Kenny Holston/The New York Times.) (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump hides in plain sight at the SOTU

Amanda Marcotte
US President Donald Trump fields a question from a reporter during a roundtable about Antifa in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 8, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Trump’s Iran bravado echoes Bush

Heather Digby Parton
Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff in "Wuthering Heights" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

The "Wuthering Heights" double standard

Coleman Spilde
Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell in "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" (Steffan Hill/HBO)

An Undercover Boss of the Seven Kingdoms

Melanie McFarland
(Department of Homeland Security)

The new DHS spokeswoman is even worse

Amanda Marcotte
Jesse Jackson speaks to reporters in regard to his appearance on the late night NBC television show, "Saturday Night Live." (Jacques M. Chenet/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Jesse Jackson took his humor seriously

Melanie McFarland
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., at the Munich Security Conference, Feb. 13, 2026. (Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images)

AOC vs. Marco: First throwdown of 2028?

Andrew O'Hehir
President Donald Trump on Christmas Eve at Mar-a-Lago. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Voter fraud claims predate Trump

Heather Digby Parton
Law and the Olympics (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

New hope, maybe, for sports-abuse agency

Irvin Muchnick
A group of cabbage laid in a pattern on a colorful background. (Daniel Grizelj / Getty Images )

The real reason cabbage is everywhere

Joy Saha
Donald Trump | The Supreme Court of the United States building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

SCOTUS ruling reinforces political chasm

Austin Sarat
President Donald Trump at the White House on Sept. 29, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump is losing his forgotten Americans

Chauncey DeVega
Tyra Banks (Don Arnold/WireImage/Getty Images)

America's worst top role model

Melanie McFarland
USA border, surveillance camera, barbed wire and USA flag, concept picture (Getty Images/Alxey Pnferov)

Big Tech’s surveillance dream in trouble

Troy Farah
President Donald Trump gives a speech in Georgia, previewing his State of the Union message. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

What Trump won’t say in his SOTU speech

Brian Karem
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