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A painting for the US Army "Stars and Stripes" newspaper shows a downed US Army Air Force pilot fighting off sharks with a knife in 1944 somewhere in the Pacific Ocean (Illustration by Ed Vebell/Getty Images)

How WWII spawned our shark obsession

Janet M. Davis - The Conversation
Anti-vaccine rally protesters hold signs outside of Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, on June 26, 2021. (MARK FELIX/AFP /AFP via Getty Images)

Republicans: The Death Wish Party

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh in "Black Widow" (Marvel Studios)

Black Widow's reproductive rebuttal

Kylie Cheung
Kevin Can F**k Himself (Zach Dilgard/AMC)

The mythos of the "meat and potato man"

Ashlie D. Stevens
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference held in the Hyatt Regency on February 27, 2021 in Orlando, Florida. Begun in 1974, CPAC brings together conservative organizations, activists, and world leaders to discuss issues important to them. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Recasting anti-vax govs as murderers

Terry H. Schwadron - DCReport
Tucker Carlson | Twitter and Facebook (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Conservatives are addicted to COVID lies

Amanda Marcotte
Vice President Mike Pence presides over a joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 Electoral College results after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol earlier in the day on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. - Members of Congress returned to the House Chamber after being evacuated when protesters stormed the Capitol and disrupted a joint session to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. (ERIN SCHAFF/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's generals feared coup. Did Pence?

Heather Digby Parton
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)

Trump's military coup almost happened

Chauncey DeVega
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Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The Bernie-Joe bromance: Good or bad?

Norman Solomon
Lauren Boebert, Rand Paul and Tucker Carlson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP's pro-virus campaign is a success

Amanda Marcotte
U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to speak about voting rights at the National Constitution Center on July 13, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Biden and Congressional Democrats are set to make another push for sweeping voting rights legislation as Republican state legislatures across the country continue to pass controversial voting access laws. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Biden's great speech isn't enough

Chauncey DeVega
Alternative milks (Getty Images/Natalia Klenova)

Alt-milks and the Italian kitchen

Michael La Corte
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Donad Trump and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Democrats' spending surge won't save us

Amanda Marcotte
A protester with a flare poses holding a sign calling for people to "wake up" during a "World Wide Rally For Freedom" protest, a QAnon adjacent conspiracy-theory movement. (Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

The enduring power of Trump's Big Lie

Chauncey DeVega
Brett Kavanaugh and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump realizes Kavanaugh played him

Heather Digby Parton
In this photograph taken on January 3, 2018, Afghan commandos forces patrol during ongoing US-Afghan military operation against Islamic State militants in Achin district of Nangarhar province. Afghan security forces are conducting most of the fighting against the Taliban and other insurgent groups as US troops operate alongside them in a training capacity and are frequently on the front lines. (NOORULLAH SHIRZADA/AFP via Getty Images)

Out of Afghanistan at last — now Iraq?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
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Beyonce in "Black Is King" (Travis Matthews/Disney+)

What the Emmys don't get about Beyoncé

Melanie McFarland
Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

End the filibuster — save bipartisanship

Amanda Marcotte
Former US President Donald Trump walks on stage before speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas on July 11, 2021. (ANDY JACOBSOHN/AFP via Getty Images)

After the monster's ball: What next?

Chauncey DeVega
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Drone Attack (Getty Images/koto_feja)

"Traitor" to the American death machine

Chris Hedges
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Zaila Avant-garde competes in the first round of the the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals in Orlando, Florida on July 8, 2021. (JIM WATSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

What Zaila Avant-garde's win means

Shalini Shankar - The Conversation
Donald Trump at CPAC | Anti-vaccine rally protesters hold signs outside of Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, on June 26, 2021 (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trumpers: In on the con but still duped

Amanda Marcotte
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC held at the Hilton Anatole on July 11, 2021 in Dallas, Texas. CPAC began in 1974, and is a conference that brings together and hosts conservative organizations, activists, and world leaders in discussing current events and future political agendas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump tiptoes to the line at CPAC

Heather Digby Parton
Kate Winslet in "Mare of Easttown" (HBO)

Vaping is in, smoking is out onscreen

Becky Freeman, Christina Watts - The Conversation
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