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Poker Face — “One Last Job” Season 2 Episode 7 — Pictured: (l-r) Corey Hawkins as Bill Jackson, Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale (Sarah Shatz/ Peacock)

On "Poker Face," takeout gets intimate

Ashlie D. Stevens
Donald Trump greets German Chancellor Friedrich Merz upon arrival at the White House, June 5, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Is "centrism" having a moment? Yeah, no

Andrew O'Hehir
Young business woman with fake eyes painted on adhesive note sleeping at workplace in office (Getty Images/thianchai sitthikongsak)

Ghostworking isn't as scary as it seems

Keith R. Spencer
McDonald's is bringing back the Snack Wrap, a fan favorite, after a 9 year hiatus and countless online campaigns for its return. (James Leynse / Getty Images)

When snack nostalgia wins

CK Smith
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Sarah Jessica Parker and Sarita Choudhury in "And Just Like That" (Craig Blankenhorn/Max)

"And Just Like That," a crime of fashion

Melanie McFarland
Callie Hernandez as Carrie in "Invention" (Courtesy of Courtney Stephens/Mubi)

The conspiracy-laden film you can't miss

Coleman Spilde
Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen, Josh Brolin, Ke Huy Quan and Sean Astin in a scene from "The Goonies," 1985. (Warner Brothers/Getty Images)

"The Goonies" is a guide for hard times

Megan Volpert
Man Holding Empty Pockets (Getty Images/RUNSTUDIO)

Wake me up when we're not in a recession

Mark G. Sheppard
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Al Pacino in "The Ritual" (XYZ Films)

Christianity still haunts cinema

Andy Crump
Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump, is flanked by Senate Republicans as he gives remarks to the press at the National Republican Senatorial Committee building on June 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Republicans' house of cards collapses

Heather Digby Parton
Elon Musk speaks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump as they watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Elon's freakout reveals deep MAGA rifts

Amanda Marcotte
Young girl holds the hand of her ill grandmother. (Getty Images / Justin Paget)

Trump budget bill is assault on hospice

Judy Karofsky
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Kevin Bacon as Peter Kell in "Sirens" (Macall Polay/Netflix)

How we learned to love the evil rich

Melanie McFarland
Former President Donald Trump and White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro check out the new Endurance all-electric pickup truck on the south lawn of the White House on September 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

The incredible shrinking president

Brian Karem
Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is sworn in to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing for U.S. Attorney General in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on January 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Bondi's “shocking” strategy will cost

Sabrina Haake
Fentanyl test strip with bottle of life saving Naloxone. (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Trump will make overdoses soar again

Charles LeBaron
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Emma Grede at the 2024 Fifteen Percent Pledge Benefit Gala held at Paramount Studios on Feb. 3, 2024 in Los Angeles. (Getty Images/Variety)

Work-life balance isn't a perk

Haley Woznyj
Marc Maron poses in the Getty Images Portrait Studio Presented by IMDb and IMDbPro at SXSW 2025 on March 10, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (Robby Klein/Getty Images for IMDb)

Marc Maron's heart made "WTF" a hit

Melanie McFarland
Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk (R) arrives to the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (SHAWN THEW/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

The GOP's tipping point: Musk vs. MAGA

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Justice under siege with Trump nominees

Maggie Jo Buchanan
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U.S. Republican Senator from Iowa Joni Ernst speaks to the press after the Republican weekly policy lunch at the Capitol in Washington, DC on May 14, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)

Ernst's toxic Christian "compassion"

Amanda Marcotte
Various characters from HBO shows (Photo Illustration by Salon / Courtesy HBO)

Lesbians get more crumbs for Pride Month

Kelly McClure
Cash raining down on the masses (Getty Images/Salon)

Prosperity sharing: Not just for the 10%

Paul Bucheit
(L to R) Mia Threapleton as Liesl, Benicio Del Toro as Zsa-Zsa Korda and Michael Cera as Bjorn in director Wes Anderson's "The Phoenician Scheme" (Courtesy of TPS Productions/Focus Features)

Wes Anderson's perfection leaves us cold

Coleman Spilde
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