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Pete Hegseth (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

What’s behind a pocket square matters

Eugene R. Fidell
"Lazarus" (Courtesy of Adult Swim )

"Lazarus" is a whole vibe

Melanie McFarland
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump is reflected off a window as he speaks at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden on October 27, 2024 in New York City. Trump closed out his weekend of campaigning in New York City with a guest list of speakers that includes his running mate Republican Vice Presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Tesla CEO Elon Musk, UFC CEO Dana White, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, among others, nine days before Election Day. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

The MAGA cargo cult: Freedom is slavery

Mike Lofgren
Russell Brand leaves the Troubabour Wembley Park theatre in north-west London after performing a comedy set, Saturday September 16, 2023. He faces claims about his sexual behaviour at the height of his fame. (James Manning/PA Images via Getty Images)

Russell Brand's Christian "redemption"

Amanda Marcotte
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(L-R) Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega in "Death of a Unicorn" (Balazs Goldi)

Eat the rich films have run their course

Coleman Spilde
Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) attend a remembrance ceremony on the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 terror attack on the World Trade Center at Ground Zero, in New York City on September 11, 2024. (ADAM GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)

Tariffs trigger worse than a trade war

Heather Digby Parton
Félix Kysyl in "Misericordia" (Courtesy of CG Films/Losange Production)

Queer films don't have to end in tears

Coleman Spilde
Former President Donald Trump walks to his car after meeting with Senate Republicans at the National Republican Senatorial Committee offices in Washington, DC, June 13, 2024. (ALLISON BAILEY/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump gets outmatched on his big day

Brian Karem
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson addresses the media after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on December 12, 2023 in Washington, District of Columbia. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Mike Johnson tantrums over working moms

Amanda Marcotte
Donald Trump, with Sean Duffy (L), speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House on January 24, 2019. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump-MAGA experience machine ramps up

Chauncey DeVega
Val Kilmer poses for publicity photos taken in 1994 at his residence in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Michael Tighe/Donaldson Collection/Getty Images)

Val Kilmer was never afraid to be seen

Coleman Spilde
(l-r) Amber Ruffin and Seth Meyers during the sketch "Both Sides" on Monday, March 31, 2025 (Lloyd Bishop/NBC)

The WHCA sure did teach Amber Ruffin

Melanie McFarland
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SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk awards Judey Kamora with $1,000,000 during an America PAC town hall on October 26, 2024 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Musk now a reason for hope and optimism

Heather Digby Parton
Former Attorney General of Florida Pam Bondi, flanked by Donald Trump Jr (4th L) and Lieutenant Governor of Texas Dan Patrick (R), speaks to the press outside of the courthouse during former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, in New York City, on May 21, 2024. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Bondi's case against Luigi isn't justice

Austin Sarat
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before his speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on March 4, 2023 in National Harbor, Maryland. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump's Social Security magic trick

Samarth Gupta
Jay Manuel and Pamela Chavez in "Jay and Pamela" (Courtesy of TLC/Warner Bros. Discovery )

The “good” disabled trope on reality TV

Kristen Lopez
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US President Donald Trump departs aboard Marine One after visiting Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland on July 11, 2020. (ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's low regard for lives of soldiers

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Woman stressing over a computer with Donald Trump in the background. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

DEI was never for us anyway

Oneya Fennell Okuwobi
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after being booked at the Fulton County jail on August 24, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Signal breach resets scrutiny standard

Sabrina Haake
The Woman (Okwui Okpokwasili) and Ramona (Danielle Deadwyler) in "The Woman in the Yard" (Daniel Delgado Jr. / Universal Pictures)

The horror of getting what you asked for

Andy Crump
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Donald Trump hugs an American flag as he arrives at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC on February 24, 2024 in National Harbor, Maryland. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Bracing for "Liberation Day"

Heather Digby Parton
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio speaks to supporters at a campaign stop on the Keep Florida Free Tour at the Horsepower Ranch in Geneva. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Marco, “making a ruckus” is the point

Austin Sarat
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)

DEI hysteria is a national security risk

Rann Miller
In Ohio, the Cleveland script sign is placed in front of the cityscape with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame building. (Getty Image/ Boogich)

Eat, stay, explore: Cleveland edition

Chaya Milchtein
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