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Puppy Bowl (Elias Weiss Friedman / Animal Planet)

A Puppy Bowl rival for furry supremacy

Melanie McFarland
A photo of Tyre Nichols next to a candle display during a vigil at Regency Skatepark on January 30, 2023 in Sacramento, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Tyre Nichols and Black masculinity

Robyn Autry
Melanie Lynskey as Kathleen Coghlan in 'The Last of Us' (Liane Hentscher/HBO)

"The Last of Us" and Lynskey's strength

Kelly McClure
Demonstrators march through downtown protesting the death of Tyre Nichols on January 28, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. Tyre Nichols died on January 10th, three days after being severely beaten by five Memphis police officers. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Diversity, "wokeness" and oppression

Chris Hedges
"American Dirt" by Jeanine Cummins | The New York Times (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

NYT gets "American Dirt" debacle wrong

David J. Vázquez, Magdalena L. Barrera, Elena Machado Sáez
Pennsylvania State House (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Democrats win in Pa. — and it matters

Dennis Aftergut
Pedro Pascal in "The Last of Us" (Liane Hentscher/HBO)

Tainted love for Pedro Pascal's dad era

Alison Stine
Danielle Pinnock as Alberta, Richie Moriarty as Pete, Rose McIver as Samantha, Roman Zaragoza as Sasappis and Sheila Carrasco as Flower in "Ghosts" (Bertrand Calmeau/CBS)

Why we see ghosts in our TV machines

Melanie McFarland
Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump just neutralized Ron DeSantis

Heather Digby Parton
Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Will Biden let the heckler's veto stand?

Chauncey DeVega
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) holds up a poster of a Twitter announcement of suspending her account during a hearing before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee at Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on February 8, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

GOP crybabies take over Twitter hearing

Amanda Marcotte
Mitt Romney and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Joe and Mitt: Seeking order amid chaos

Brian Karem
U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) listens as President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address during a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on February 07, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Kevin McCarthy's Medicare face-plant

Amanda Marcotte
Juggling the Far-Right (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Republican identity politics

Chauncey DeVega
Kids creating valentines crafts and cards (Getty images/Cavan Images)

Kids valentines are too damn competitive

Alison Stine
U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to deliver the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) applaud on February 7, 2023 in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. (Jacquelyn Martin-Pool/Getty Images)

Biden's SOTU rope-a-dope: GOP hissy fit

Heather Digby Parton
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Ted Cruz, in front of Sam Smith's performance for the 65th GRAMMY Awards. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Christian right mounts a doomed revival

Amanda Marcotte
Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A nightmare rematch could spell the end

Chauncey DeVega
Ron DeSantis | Protesters marching to denounce the U.S. Supreme Court decision to end federal abortion rights protections (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty images)

DeSantis' war on speech targets abortion

Jonathan Miller
A reproductive rights activist, gagged by a scarf in the colors of the US flag, marches during a protest against a recent Supreme Court ruling on abortion rights, in New York, July 4, 2022. (ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)

"Originalism" will likely kill women

Erwin Chemerinsky, Dennis Aftergut
Donald Trump | A Chinese spy balloon flies above in Charlotte NC, United States on February 04, 2023 (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP clowns itself over a Chinese balloon

Amanda Marcotte
Ron DeSantis | Book Burning (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Florida is now a laboratory for fascism

Chauncey DeVega
Harry Styles accepts Album Of The Year for “Harry's House” onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Styles' speech made Beyoncé's loss worse

Alison Stine
Rep Jim Jordan, R-OH, speaks during the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on Online Platforms and Market Power in the Rayburn House office Building, July 29, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Mandel Ngan-Pool/Getty Images)

Jim Jordan is back with a vengeance

Heather Digby Parton
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