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Tom Hiddleston as Charles "Chuck" Krantz in "The Life of Chuck" (Courtesy of Neon)

Please, anything but a twee revival!

Coleman Spilde
Green zucchini (Francesca Carta fotografro / Getty Images )

Zucchini deserves an apology

Joy Saha
Hospital emergency room entrance sign (Getty Images/Douglas Sacha)

A film on life after Roe became reality

Maria Prudente
Sabrina Carpenter performs live during The BRIT Awards 2025 (Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images)

Sabrina Carpenter's sexpot feminism

Amanda Marcotte
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Pete Rose is introduced to the crowd as the 1976 World Series Championship team was honored prior to the start of the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the San Diego Padres at Great American Ball Park on June 24, 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Kirk Irwin/Getty Images)

Ending manhood in the hall of shame

Robert Lipsyte - TomDispatch.com
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in the Oval Office on May 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Trump is worse than Orbán

Heather Digby Parton
California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference at Gemperle Orchard on April 16, 2025 in Ceres, California. ( Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Newsom learns "fighter" is a good look

Amanda Marcotte
Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson perform together at the 2nd Annual Adopt-A-Minefield Benefit "Open Hearts, Clear Mines." (KMazur/WireImage/Getty Images)

Brian Wilson made The Beatles aim higher

Kenneth Womack
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Protesters march and chant in downtown Los Angeles in response to a series of immigration raids, on June 11, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

In LA, Trump is arsonist and firefighter

Brian Karem
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump greets Elon Musk as he arrives to attend a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Media again distracted by MAGA spectacle

Chauncey DeVega
Asylum seekers and border patrol agents at an improvised camp near the U.S.-Mexico border in California, Feb. 2, 2024. (Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images)

Global apartheid: A secret history

Aviva Chomsky - TomDispatch.com
Donald Trump arrives on Marine One to speak at a rally with U.S. Army troops on June 10, 2025 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

Trump corrupts the military's loyalty

Heather Digby Parton
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Stephen Miller speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in 2021. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

LA bears the brunt of Miller's impotence

Amanda Marcotte
Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark speaks to the press near ICE agents at a demonstration outside an immigrant detention centre in Elizabeth, New Jersey May 7, 2025. (Getty Images/Timothy A. Clary)

When Trump's troops come to town

Bob Hennelly - Work-Bites
Parker Posey attends the "Party Girl" movie re-release party on April 27, 2023, in New York City. (Dominik Bindl/Getty Images)

Parker Posey is still fluent in cool

Coleman Spilde
President Joe Biden shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office, Nov. 13, 2024. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump takes advantage of Dem disillusion

Chauncey DeVega
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Art of robot, freedom and hope. (Getty Images / Jorm Sangsorn)

A culture war is brewing over AI

Conor Purcell - Undark
1950s smiling housewife at stove giving happy husband a taste of her cooking (Getty Images/Debrocke/ClassicStock)

Gen Z tradwife bros need to go

Katie Gatti Tassin
Cole Escola poses with their award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for "Oh, Mary!" during The 78th Annual Tony Awards on June 08, 2025. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Cole Escola was born for this

Coleman Spilde
Raw tomatoes (Ekaterina Fedulyeva / Getty Images)

No gatekeeping. Just perfect pasta sauce

Ashlie D. Stevens
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US President Donald Trump followed by First Lady Melania Trump, shakes hands with California Governor Gavin Newsom upon arrival at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, on January 24, 2025, to visit the region devastated by the Palisades and Eaton fires. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's assault on CA tests MAGA limits

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's big beautiful bill is revenge

Chauncey DeVega
U.S. President Donald Trump (C) reacts as he stands with his family members after delivering his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination on the South Lawn of the White House August 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump gave the speech in front of 1500 invited guests. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

How narcissism became the modern plague

Amanda Marcotte
Hassie Harrison in "Dangerous Animals" (IFC/Shudder)

Sharksploitation films are lacking bite

Coleman Spilde
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