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Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, holds a town hall at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center on October 14, 2024 in Oaks, Pennsylvania. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Trump driven mad by abysmal poll numbers

Heather Digby Parton
Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth leaves a meeting with Republican Senators at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 21, 2024. (Allison Robbert for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Hegseth’s Orwellian purge strikes fear

Jeffrey Colvin
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) speaks with reporters as she departs a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on September 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Why MAGA loves a childish tantrum

Amanda Marcotte
John Oliver of "Last Week Tonight" (left) and Bill Owens (right) of "60 Minutes" (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images/broadcastertr / Courtesy HBO / Courtesy Paramount)

The worth of "60 Minutes"' legacy

Melanie McFarland
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Elon Musk arrives for US President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Elon's "tech-bro Maoism" is nothing new

Mark Lawrence Schrad
Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump attend the 79th Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner at the Hilton Midtown in New York, October 17, 2024. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

No time for "nerd prom." Ditch the WHCD

Brian Karem
Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg in "You" (Clifton Prescod/Netflix)

"You" and the illusion of change

Erin Qualey
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump is ruining it for Republicans

Heather Digby Parton
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Donald Trump | US Supreme Court building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump tariffs flunk rational-basis test

David Coale
Charlie Kirk, founder and executive director of Turning Point USA (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Desperate MAGA exploits a teen killing

Amanda Marcotte
Lisa Vanderpump in "Vanderpump Villa" (Disney/Andrea Miconi)

Reality TV has moved past "Housewives"

Coleman Spilde
Tinned fish spread (Getty Images / Sveta Zarzamora)

A skeptic’s guide to loving tinned fish

Joy Saha
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U.S. 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. They bought the old GM Lordstown plant in Ohio to build the Endurance all-electric pickup truck, inside those four wheels are electric motors similar to electric scooters. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Trump turns WH into a literal joke

Brian Karem
A dedicated female nurse supports a young autistic boy using sensory toys to enhance motor abilities. (Getty Images / Dusan Stankovic)

A misguided search for a cause of autism

Megan Roberts
Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's "free" money will cost MAGA

Chauncey DeVega
Britain's King Charles III and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (Getty Images / AFP / Oli Scarff / Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images for Children's Hospital Los Angeles / Daniel Hurst Photography / Ekaterina Goncharova)

What Meghan could learn from her in-laws

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) (Anna Rose Layden-Pool/Getty Images)

Rubio grants GOP wishes to kill US power

Heather Digby Parton
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth leaves the Russell Senate Office Building on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

“Leaky Petey” and the Pentagon flood

Jesselyn Radack
Supporters of parents advocating for religious rights demonstrate outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on April 22, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

SCOTUS is too late to "don't say gay"

Amanda Marcotte
J.K. Rowling (Mike Marsland/Mike Marsland/WireImage/Getty)

It's time to leave "Harry Potter" behind

Coleman Spilde
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Frozen peas (Getty Images / Adrienne Bresnahan)

Yes, frozen peas are better than fresh

Joy Saha
George W. Bush and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

It didn’t start with Donald Trump

Rebecca Gordon - TomDispatch.com
Pedro Pascal and Kaitlyn Dever in "The Last of Us" (Liane Hentscher/HBO)

"The Last of Us" joins a familiar club

Melanie McFarland
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters as he leaves the Russell Senate Office Building on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Hegseth's Pentagon signals MAGA distress

Heather Digby Parton
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