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From left, American real estate developer Donald Trump and his girlfriend (and future wife), former model Melania Knauss, financier (and future convicted sex offender) Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000. (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)

Will Maxwell come through for Trump?

Heather Digby Parton
"The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" (left) and "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" (right) (Photo illustration by Salon / Bettmann / Getty Images / Scott Kowalchyk / CBS )

Colbert wasn’t CBS’s first sacrifice

Sophia A. McClennen
Logan Lerman and Molly Gordon in "Oh, Hi!" (Sony Pictures Classics)

"Oh, Hi!" destroys cinema's worst trope

Coleman Spilde
Kelly Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne and Jack Osbourne (KMazur/WireImage/Getty Images)

How "The Osbournes" derailed reality

Melanie McFarland
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A fan holds up a sign during a kiss cam segment in the game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Los Angeles Angels at Citizens Bank Park on July 18, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images)

Yes, you can enjoy the kiss-cam scandal

Andi Zeisler
U.S. President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on February 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump’s superpower is no longer working

Brian Karem
President Donald Trump at the 2025 FIFA World Cup on July 13, 2025 (Image Photo Agency/Getty Images)

With low polls, why won't Trump pivot?

Chauncey DeVega
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a tour of the Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT) on March 26, 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. (Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump admin frees "worst of the worst"

Charles R. Davis
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Tempestt Bledsoe in "The Cosby Show" (Carsey-Werner Television)

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Gen X's TV brother

Melanie McFarland
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS)

Colbert's firing tests free expression

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump at the White House (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Epstein gives MAGA a post-Trump future

Amanda Marcotte
Ana da Silva and Gina Birch of The Raincoats (Martyn Goodacre/Getty Images)

Your favorite band's favorite band

Caryn Rose
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A mushroom cloud after an atomic blast, 1950s. (Lambert/Getty Images)

We're still living an atomic nightmare

Eric Ross - TomDispatch.com
Donald Trump | Trump Tower (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Greed vs. integrity in the Age of Trump

Chauncey DeVega
Indian takeout (adamkaz / Getty Images )

Store-bought is fine. This is better

Ashlie D. Stevens
American Flag And Bible (Getty Images/ehrlif)

The battle for the Bible — and America

Liz Theoharis, Noam Sandweiss-Back - TomDispatch.com
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David Corenswet stars as Superman (Warner Bros.)

Why MAGA's Superman tantrum matters

Amanda Marcotte
(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Tasos Katopodis / Iuliia Pilipeichenko)

Sugar-coating resistance the right way

Andi Zeisler
A Scooby Doo Balloon passes the National Archives. (Photo by Tracy A. Woodward/Getty Images)

Trump's US is a "Scooby-Doo" episode

Alex Galbraith
Stephen Colbert (CBS)

The cruel joke of ousting Colbert

Melanie McFarland
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott listens to President Donald Trump's address during a tour to an unfinished section of the border wall on June 30, 2021 in Pharr, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Can Texas GOP steal the midterms now?

David Daley
Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal in "Eddington" (Courtesy of A24)

We don't need any more COVID movies

Coleman Spilde
Displaced Palestinian children push into a queue to get a portion of cooked food from a charity kitchen in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, ahead of the iftar fast-breaking meal during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on March 9, 2025. (OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images)

War is also an assault on public health

Andrea Mazzarino - TomDispatch.com
Sour candy for sale (Oliver Strewe / Getty Images )

I devoured Japan’s sourest sweets

Joy Saha
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