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Sunday reset cleaning (SeventyFour/Getty Images)

Why we’re watching strangers tidy up

Andi Zeisler
President Donald J. Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. (Pool photo by Kenny Holston/The New York Times.) (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump hides in plain sight at the SOTU

Amanda Marcotte
US President Donald Trump fields a question from a reporter during a roundtable about Antifa in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 8, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Trump’s Iran bravado echoes Bush

Heather Digby Parton
Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff in "Wuthering Heights" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

The "Wuthering Heights" double standard

Coleman Spilde
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Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell in "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" (Steffan Hill/HBO)

An Undercover Boss of the Seven Kingdoms

Melanie McFarland
(Department of Homeland Security)

The new DHS spokeswoman is even worse

Amanda Marcotte
Jesse Jackson speaks to reporters in regard to his appearance on the late night NBC television show, "Saturday Night Live." (Jacques M. Chenet/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Jesse Jackson took his humor seriously

Melanie McFarland
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., at the Munich Security Conference, Feb. 13, 2026. (Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images)

AOC vs. Marco: First throwdown of 2028?

Andrew O'Hehir
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President Donald Trump on Christmas Eve at Mar-a-Lago. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Voter fraud claims predate Trump

Heather Digby Parton
Law and the Olympics (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

New hope, maybe, for sports-abuse agency

Irvin Muchnick
A group of cabbage laid in a pattern on a colorful background. (Daniel Grizelj / Getty Images )

The real reason cabbage is everywhere

Joy Saha
Donald Trump | The Supreme Court of the United States building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

SCOTUS ruling reinforces political chasm

Austin Sarat
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President Donald Trump at the White House on Sept. 29, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump is losing his forgotten Americans

Chauncey DeVega
Tyra Banks (Don Arnold/WireImage/Getty Images)

America's worst top role model

Melanie McFarland
USA border, surveillance camera, barbed wire and USA flag, concept picture (Getty Images/Alxey Pnferov)

Big Tech’s surveillance dream in trouble

Troy Farah
President Donald Trump gives a speech in Georgia, previewing his State of the Union message. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

What Trump won’t say in his SOTU speech

Brian Karem
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(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Dan Kitwood / Tom Williams / Tim Graham)

King Charles exposes Pam Bondi's shame

Amanda Marcotte
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters near Air Force One on August 03, 2025 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump's policies backfire on MAGA voters

Chauncey DeVega
Women studying in a college library (Maskot/Getty Images)

Epstein’s role in campus culture wars

Andi Zeisler
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., joined by President Donald Trump, delivers at the White House on Sept. 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

RFK Jr. is winning MAHA’s vaccine war

Heather Digby Parton
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USA's Elana Meyers Taylor and USA's Kaillie Armbruster Humphries pose for pictures after winning gold and bronze respectively in the bobsleigh women's monobob heat 4 at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Taylor and Humphries have both spoken openly about balancing motherhood and Olympic competition. (Marco BERTORELLO / AFP via Getty Images)

This Winter Olympics is for moms

Nicole Karlis
Samantha Mathis, Juliette Lewis and Robin Tunney in "By Design" (Music Box Films)

"By Design" lusts after sweet apathy

Coleman Spilde
Kristi Noem's leadership of the Department of Homeland Security has been marked by chaos (Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images)

Noem’s law-and-order pitch is collapsing

Amanda Marcotte
Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump's "Mission Accomplished" moment

Heather Digby Parton
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