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The best takedowns of 2025

Andi Zeisler
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We can't bomb our way to fewer overdoses

Kassandra Frederique, James Saenz
President Donald Trump speaks at the NATO summit in The Hague on June 25, 2025. (Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump the "destroyer" endangers Europe

Brian Karem
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, takes the stage during a rally featuring California Gov. Gavin Newsom in Houston on Nov. 8, 2025. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

GOP will regret hyping Jasmine Crockett

Amanda Marcotte
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Melania Trump walks with a person dressed as Santa Claus as she arrives at Marine Corps Base Quantico for a holiday charity drive on December 8, 2025 (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Melania is peacing out on Christmas

Andi Zeisler
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in the Oval Office on Aug. 25, 2025. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump still can't say "you're fired"

Heather Digby Parton
Luigi Mangione appears with his lawyers for a suppression-of-evidence hearing in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan Criminal Court on Dec. 8, 2025, in New York City. (Sarah Yenesel - Pool/Getty Images)

Care even worse since Mangione arrest

Troy Farah
President Donald Trump holds a rally at Mount Airy Casino Resort on Dec. 9, 2025 in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump's return to MAGA rallies is a flop

Sophia Tesfaye
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Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump walks on stage to speak on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump's affordability con job backfires

Amanda Marcotte
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2025's best box sets and reissues

Caryn Rose
Shadows of "Little Men" against a world map (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's security doc endangers democracy

Austin Sarat
Donald Trump at a Cabinet meeting, Dec. 2, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump is sleepy. Americans are exhausted

Chauncey DeVega
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The Democrats are not serious people

Alex Galbraith
Donald Trump places the FIFA Peace Prize around his neck after receiving it from FIFA President Gianni Infantino. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Phony peace prize for a fake president

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump, Viktor Orbán, JD Vance (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

MAGA's dream: Make Europe white again

Andrew O'Hehir
Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett (right) speaks as President Trump makes an announcement on changes to the country's fuel economy standards in the Oval Office, Dec. 3, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Even Fox News hates Trump's economy

Sophia Tesfaye
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A new generation of nukes? No thanks

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President Donald Trump attends a Cabinet Meeting at the White. House on Aug. 26, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Desperate Trump puts his racism on show

Heather Digby Parton
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"Rage bait" is an ideal Word of the Year

Amanda Marcotte
Donald Trump, taking questions from reporters in the Oval Office. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Image)

Trump is dragging the media even lower

Brian Karem
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The Elf on the Shelf, Christmas narc

Andi Zeisler
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Gift guide: Splurges for every table

Chaya Milchtein
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (R) speaks alongside, US President Donald Trump during a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on December 2, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Boat strikes: War crime or "hoax"?

Sophia Tesfaye
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a meeting of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House on December 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump is collapsing — what about MAGA?

Chauncey DeVega
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