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The Department of Labor building in Washington, D.C. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images))

I went to jail to celebrate the Fourth

Brian Karem
President Donald Trump speaks during the kick-off celebration for the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (emal COUNTESS / AFP via Getty Images)

Blue cities save the 250th from Trump

Amanda Marcotte
Kylie Jenner (Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

Kylie Jenner can't redeem AI glasses

Andi Zeisler
Scott MacArthur and Bobby Lee in "It's Florida, Man" (Photograph by James Clark/HBO)

A people's view of America as seen on TV

Melanie McFarland
The Texas State School Board has included the Bible on a mandatory reading list for students. ((Jay Janner/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

Texas Bible mandate could backfire

Amanda Marcotte
Samuel Alito | Supreme Court Building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

SCOTUS papers over the Second Amendment

Kirk Swearingen
Summerween (AntonioSolano/Getty Images)

Is Summerween really a thing?

Andi Zeisler
Elements from FX's "Baskets" (Ashlie Stevens )

The beauty of TV's saddest picnic

Ashlie D. Stevens
(Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Chip Somodevilla / iStock)

The price of Trump's anti-science agenda

Troy Farah
The Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., has become a celebration of Donald Trump (Al Drago/Getty Images)

How Trump hijacked America's birthday

Heather Digby Parton
According to a new Gallup poll, most Americans believe the signers of the Declaration of Independence would be disappointed in America today. (Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Grieving America's 250th birthday

Chauncey DeVega
Angelina Jolie as Maxine Walker in "Couture" (Vertical Entertainment )

Angelina Jolie rethinks aging onscreen

Coleman Spilde
Republicans are attacking Pride Month — and marriage equality (Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images)

Nuclear Family Month shows MAGA paranoia

Amanda Marcotte
Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu, Jeremy Allen White as Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto. Credit: FX (Copyright, 2026, FX. All Rights Reserved)

"The Bear" shows what's humanly possible

Melanie McFarland
Haley Joel Osment in "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Spielberg’s "A.I." foretold our solitude

Coleman Spilde
According to a new poll, 53% of Americans are in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump (JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP via Getty Images)

Impeachment is the way to stop Trump

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump | US Supreme Court (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

SCOTUS is done with immigrant rights

Chauncey DeVega
Milly Alcock and Matthias Schoenaerts in "Supergirl" (Parisa Taghizadeh/Warner Bros. Pictures)

Why the DCU won't let "Supergirl" win

Coleman Spilde
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Hegseth escalates his military purge

Chauncey DeVega
Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld in "Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness" (Photograph by John Johnson/HBO)

Larry David's all-American reality check

Melanie McFarland
President Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The "Weekend at Bernie's" presidency

Brian Karem
MAGA influencer Tucker Carlson (Al Drago/Getty Images)

Tucker Carlson is not leaving the GOP

Amanda Marcotte
Donald Trump and Barack Obama (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Obama trolls Trump back

Sophia Tesfaye
Amy Griffin (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Amy Griffin)

"The Tell" never told the whole story

Andi Zeisler
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