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SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk participates in a town hall-style meeting to promote early and absentee voting at Ridley High School on October 17, 2024 in Folsom, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The dystopian dream fueling Elon Musk

Amanda Marcotte
Former US president Donald Trump speaks during a press conference following his court appearance over an alleged 'hush-money' payment, at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on April 4, 2023. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump, master of the impossible?

Chauncey DeVega
Andrew Schulz in the Netflix comedy special, "Life." (Courtesy of Netflix)

Everything's permissible now

Melanie McFarland
Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin presents President Trump with a bowl of clover during a St. Patrick’s Day event in the East Room of the White House, March 12, 2025. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Trump loves the Irish: Um, great news!

Andrew O'Hehir
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(l-r) Angie Katsanevas, Andy Cohen, Lisa Barlow and Heather Gay during "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" reunion episode (Clifton Prescod/Bravo)

Trump stole the "Housewives" playbook

Coleman Spilde
A 17th-century view of "New Amsterdam," before the British takeover that turned it into New York. (Courtesy of W.W. Norton)

America's fatal division: Not new

Russell Shorto
People gather outside of a New York court to protest the arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil at Foley Square on March 12, 2025 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

How the right hijacked Jewish resistance

Katherine P. Blumstein
Donald Trump and Elon Musk (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How much corruption can MAGA stomach?

Heather Digby Parton
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US President Donald Trump is seen with Pastor Paula White at an event honoring Evangelical leadership in the State Dining Room of the White House on August 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Evangelical excuses for Trump tariffs

Amanda Marcotte
Recruiters for the City of Pompano Beach speak to job seekers during the JobNewsUSA.com South Florida Job Fair held at the Amerant Bank Arena on June 26, 2024, in Sunrise, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

How to recession-proof your resume

Keith R. Spencer
Tayler Byrd and Ashley Moore in "Temptation Island" (Courtesy of Netflix)

America, "Temptation Island" is us

Melanie McFarland
President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to the press as they stand next to a Tesla vehicle on the South Portico of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington. (Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump in his truest form

Brian Karem
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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters on January 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Manuel Balce Ceneta-Pool/Getty Images)

MAGA paranoia’s new frontier

Jesselyn Radack
Mel Gibson speaks at MegaCon Orlando 2025 on February 07, 2025 in Orlando. (Gerardo Mora/Getty Images)

The danger of MAGA's male insecurity

Amanda Marcotte
Amanda Seyfried in "Seven Veils" (Courtesy of XYZ Films and Variance)

"Seven Veils" appraises an artist's pain

Coleman Spilde
President Donald J. Trump speaks with members of the coronavirus task force during a briefing in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Thursday, April 23, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

COVID amnesia puts US at risk

Heather Digby Parton
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U.S. President Donald Trump and White House Senior Advisor, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sit in a Tesla Model S on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

How Musk love-bombed Trump's MAGA cult

Amanda Marcotte
Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump worsening our mental health crisis

Anthony Estreet
L-R: Sophie Nélisse as Teen Shauna, Liv Hewson as Teen Van and Alexa Barajas as Teen Mari in "Yellowjackets." (Kailey Schwerman/Paramount+ with SHOWTIME)

"Yellowjackets" values fighting to exist

Racquel Marie
(Getty/Mark Wilson)

TSA hit with “PATCO on steroids”

Robert Hennelly
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Elon Musk and Robert Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why RFK is letting Musk run wild in HHS

Amanda Marcotte
Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb and Michelle Monaghan in "The White Lotus" (Fabio Lovino/HBO)

These "White Lotus" friends are a trip

Melanie McFarland
Donald Trump; Justin Trudeau (AFP/Getty Images/Mandel Ngan)

Trudeau's last laugh at Trump's expense

Heather Digby Parton
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)

"Spectocracy": The New MAGA Order

Chauncey DeVega
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