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A protester holds a Trump flag inside the US Capitol Building near the Senate Chamber on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. A group of Republican senators said they would reject the Electoral College votes of several states unless Congress appointed a commission to audit the election results. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump rally a dud — but Big Lie lives on

Heather Digby Parton
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Rogue general vs. rogue president

Chauncey DeVega
Andy Samberg, Joe Lo Truglio and Joel McKinnon Miller on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (John P. Fleenor/NBC)

Farewell to the "Brooklyn 99" hero cops

Melanie McFarland
U.S. President Joe Biden prepares to sign a series of executive orders at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office just hours after his inauguration on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. Biden became the 46th president of the United States earlier today during the ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Ban the unvaccinated from planes already

Amanda Marcotte
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President Joe Biden, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Jennifer Lynn Siebel Newsom wave to the crowd as they campaign to keep the governor in office at Long Beach City College on Sept. 13, 2021. ( David McNew/Getty Images)

Biden road show: Big win in California

Brian Karem
People gather around the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, on June 4, 2020, amid continued protests over the death of George Floyd in police custody. (Ryan M. Kelly/AFP via Getty Images)

Robert E. Lee and the Trumpers

Chauncey DeVega
Gavin Newsom and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How Newsom won recall by embracing Trump

Amanda Marcotte
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army General Mark A. Milley (R) listens while US President Donald Trump speaks before a meeting with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on October 7, 2019. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Did Trump's generals stop nuclear war?

Heather Digby Parton
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Homes destroyed in the wake of Hurricane Ida are shown September 2, 2021 in Grand Isle, Louisiana. Ida made landfall August 29 as a Category 4 storm near Grand Isle, southwest of New Orleans, causing widespread power outages, flooding and massive damage. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Hurricane recovery and racial justice

Cashauna Hill, Chrishelle Palay
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Carolyn B. Maloney and Cara Delevingne at the 2021 Met Gala (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Angela Weiss/Gotham/Jamie McCarthy)

Is AOC's Met Gala dress performative?

Kylie Cheung
Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp on "Impeachment: American Crime Story" (Kurt Iswarienko/FX)

About that "Impeachment" fat suit

Kylie Cheung
Marinara Rustica pizza at Inferno Pizzeria Napoletana photographed for Weekend in Darnestown, MDon January 12, 2020. (Laura Chase de Formigny for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

An ode to humble, healthy (?) pizza

Dawn Starin
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Larry Elder and Gavin Newsom (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

CA recall: Win or lose, GOP gains

Amanda Marcotte
Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Abortion, theocracy and the high court

Phil Zuckerman, Andrew L. Seidel
Relatives and neighbors of the Ahmadi family gathered around the incinerated husk of a vehicle targeted and hit earlier Sunday afternoon by an American drone strike, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. (Getty Images/MARCUS YAM/LOS ANGELES TIMES)

Do we honor the dead with more killing?

Sam Carliner
Ray Romano and Patricia Heaton filming a scene on "Everybody Loves Raymond" in 2005 (Getty Images/Bob Riha, Jr.)

The agony of "Everybody Loves Raymond"

Yvonne Liu
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Greg Abbott, Joe Biden and Kristi Noem (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Biden makes GOP pick: death over dollars

Amanda Marcotte
Gavin Newsom and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Will fear of Trump motivate CA voters?

Heather Digby Parton
Swedish pop group ABBA after winning the Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo" in 1974 (OLLE LINDEBORG/AFP via Getty Images)

ABBA: who actually likes them?

Shanika Ranasinghe - The Conversation
Tired, working woman sleeping on laptop late at night. (Getty Images)

The lie of the "flexible" workplace

Kyle Lewis, Will Stronge
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9/11 Rewind (Illustration courtesy of Mr Fish)

Remembering 9/11: Evil begets evil

Chris Hedges
Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones in "Impeachment: American Crime Story" (Tina Thorpe/FX)

The grift of "conservative feminism"

Kylie Cheung
Young Nick Gorki of "Generation 9/11" at the memorial pools (Courtesy of the Gorki family)

How patriotic are the children of 9/11?

Kylie Cheung
Pro-choice protesters march outside the Texas State Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 in Austin, TX. (Sergio Flores For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Pregnancy more dangerous than abortion

Amanda Stevenson
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