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"Lurker" (MUBI)

To be a fan is to be a parasite

Coleman Spilde
President Donald Trump talks to journalists after signing executive orders in the Oval Office on Aug. 25, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Is Trump now beyond all restraint?

Heather Digby Parton
Demonstrators protest the Trump administration's executive actions aimed at the Smithsonian Institution march to the National Museum of African American History and Culture on May 3, 2025. (Craig Hudson For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump's crime against American history

Chauncey DeVega
Ken Martin, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, speaks to the reporters on Aug. 5, 2025. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

DNC can take a stand on Gaza

Norman Solomon
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A Labubu on display inside The Labu'Tique Shop in Anaheim, California, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

You don't have to care about Labubu

Andi Zeisler
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Democrats can't win the gerrymander war

David Daley
Chris Hemsworth in "Limitless" (National Geographic/Evan Paterakis)

Screaming our way to a fitter world

Melanie McFarland
Ice cream scoops and bright red cherries (Adela Belovodjanin / Getty Images)

Yes, I tried breast milk ice cream

Joy Saha
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Dr. James Dobson (R), founder of the Family Research Council and Focus on the Family, participates in the National Day of Prayer ceremony at the White House on May 3, 2007. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

James Dobson left behind a cruel legacy

Heather Digby Parton
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Democracy has failed: Can it be saved?

Mike Lofgren
Margaret Qualley as Honey O’Donahue in "Honey Don't!" (Karen Kuehn/Focus Features)

Margaret Qualley is in total control

Coleman Spilde
Gwyneth Paltrow, at A Dreamy Evening with Goopglow on July 18, 2022 in East Hampton City. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Goop)

Why Gen Z eats like Gwyneth Paltrow

Francesca Giangiulio
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Hands of girl holding lunch box with healthy food on sofa at home (Getty Images/Westend61)

Try Trader Joe's for easy school lunches

Joy Saha
Timothée Chalamet on the set of "Marty Supreme" (James Devaney/GC Images/Getty Images)

11 fall movies you won't want to miss

Coleman Spilde
President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, for a summit meeting on Russia's war on Ukraine. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Anything to stop talking about Epstein

Brian Karem
(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty / Stephen Reeves / Al Drago / CQ Roll Call)

MAGA can't decide if girls get to dance

Amanda Marcotte
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An exhibition on the Black Power movement at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

Trump's Smithsonian war echoes the past

Austin Sarat
John Cena in "Peacemaker" (Jessica Miglio/HBO Max)

Peacemaker's multiverse of regret

Melanie McFarland
Sharon Stone at Universal Pictures' "Nobody 2" Los Angeles Premiere on August 11, 2025 (Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images)

There's no aging gracefully for women

Andi Zeisler
FBI and Border Patrol officers arrest Sean Dunn along Washington, D.C.'s U Street corridor (Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)

DC's Hoagie Hero served with distinction

Jesselyn Radack
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Zohran Mamdani speaks to supporters during a Democratic primary election night gathering after running on a platform of affordability. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Dems should speak the language of pain

Chauncey DeVega
Taylor Swift is joined on stage by Travis Kelce (R), during "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at Wembley Stadium on June 23, 2024 in London, England. (Photo illustration by Salon / Gareth Cattermole / TAS24 / Getty Images for TAS Rights Management / surachetkhamsuk)

Taylor Swift played us again

Coleman Spilde
Grace Van Patten as Amanda Knox in "The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox." (Disney/Andrea Miconi)

Why Amanda Knox's story still captivates

Melanie McFarland
People shop at a retail store in New York. Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, the biggest monthly increase since June 2022. (Michael Nagle/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Wake up, Dems: Hammer Trump on inflation

Austin Sarat
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