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Mitch McConnell and Vladimir Putin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Putin uses — then confuses — the GOP

Heather Digby Parton
Thousands of Donald Trump supporters gather outside the U.S. Capitol building following a "Stop the Steal" rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump feeds on Americans' loss of agency

Thom Hartmann - Independent Media Institute
Joe Biden and Xavier Becerra (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Time for Dems to push "vaxx & relax"

Kristian Ramos
Carrie Coon in "The Gilded Age" (Alison Cohen Rosa/HBO)

The star of "Gilded Age" is the bustle

Alison Stine
Justin Trudeau, Letitia James, Donald Trump and the Canada Trucker Protest (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trumpers fold like cards when tested

Amanda Marcotte
Donald Trump (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

White men as victims: Dangerous fantasy

Chauncey DeVega
Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot in "Death on the Nile" (Rob Youngson/20th Century Studios)

How do you solve a problem like Poirot?

Stuart Richards - The Conversation
In this photograph taken on January 3, 2018, Afghan commandos forces patrol during ongoing US-Afghan military operation against Islamic State militants in Achin district of Nangarhar province. Afghan security forces are conducting most of the fighting against the Taliban and other insurgent groups as US troops operate alongside them in a training capacity and are frequently on the front lines. (NOORULLAH SHIRZADA/AFP via Getty Images)

What we haven't learned from endless war

Nan Levinson - TomDispatch.com
Faith leaders pray over President Donald Trump during a 'Evangelicals for Trump' campaign event held at the King Jesus International Ministry on January 03, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Christian nationalism and misogyny

Nathaniel Manderson
Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics mascot Shuey Rhon Rhon and Olympics mascot Bing Dwen Dwen pose in the snow outside the Main Media Center on February 13, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Cui Nan/China News Service via Getty Images)

Insidious Olympics mascot Bing Dwen Dwen

Rhoda Feng
Alex Borstein as Susie Myerson in "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (Christopher Saunders/Amazon Prime Video)

Susie’s struggle in "Mrs. Maisel"

Alison Stine
Nathalie Emmanuel, Emilia Clarke and Conleth Hill in "Game Of Thrones" (Helen Sloan/HBO)

Fantasy's stunted political imagination

Kyle Galindez
Lil Nas X poses in the press room with the awards for Best Music Video and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Rachel Luna/FilmMagic)

A brief LGBT+ history of camp

Rona Cran - The Conversation
Encanto (Disney)

Forget "Bruno" & give us "Dos Oruguitas"

Dr. Jodi Eichler-Levine
Russia's President Vladimir Putin looks on during talks with US President Joe Biden at the Villa La Grange. (Mikhail MetzelTASS via Getty Images)

Putin will invade: It doesn't make sense

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Olwen Fouéré as Sally Hardesty in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (Jana Blajeva/Legendary/Netflix)

Texas Chainsaw's final girl all grown up

Alison Stine
Anti-vaccine activists protest and hold signs in front of the Massachusetts State House against Governor Charlie Baker's mandate that all Massachusetts school students enrolled in child care, pre-school, K-12, and post-secondary institutions must receive the flu vaccine this year on August 30, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

Vaccine refusal is child abuse

Amanda Marcotte
Lindsey Graham, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Media ignores GOP rot to call Dems toxic

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump | Trump rally on July 3, 2021 in Sarasota, Florida. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump threatens violence — do we care?

Chauncey DeVega
Armored personnel carrier (APC) of the 92nd separate mechanized brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces move to park in their base near Klugino-Bashkirivka village, in the Kharkiv region on January 31, 2022. - The tanks have to restore their combat capability after completing a combat mission in war-torn eastern Ukraine. (SERGEY BOBOK/AFP via Getty Images)

What's going to happen in Ukraine?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
John Cena in "Peacemaker" (HBO Max)

"Peacemaker" is the anti-hero we needed

Melanie McFarland
Sean Hannity, Donald Trump and demonstrators during a protest by truck drivers over pandemic health rules and the Trudeau government, outside the parliament of Canada in Ottawa on February 15, 2022. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP's anti-vaxx goal: Jan. 6, round 2

Amanda Marcotte
Sarah Palin, Joe Biden and Joe Rogan (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Is America cracking up? That's not new

Brian Karem
Director and producer Ivan Reitman on the exterior set of "Animal House" in Studio City, California, 1978 (Paul Harris/Getty Images)

Ivan Reitman, boomer for Gen X nihilism

Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel
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