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The Dropout | The Thing About Pam | Super Pumped (Photo illustration by Salon/Beth Dubber/Hulu/Skip Bolen/NBC/Elizabeth Morris/SHOWTIME)

It's a--hole season on TV

Melanie McFarland
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence in "Don't Look Up" (Niko Tavernise/Netflix)

We need fictional "green" role models

Denise Baden - The Conversation
Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys (L) and Joe Biggs (R) gather outside of Harry's bar during a protest on December 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

How DOJ is nuking the GOP's Jan. 6 lies

Amanda Marcotte
Former US Attorney General Bill Barr (Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images)

Bill Barr's redemption tour goes bust

Heather Digby Parton
Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

SCOTUS could let the GOP rule forever

Gaby Goldstein, David Daley
Sen. Rick Scott (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

GOP violent rhetoric keeps getting worse

Chauncey DeVega
Jodie Comer as Villanelle in "Killing Eve" (Parisa Taghizadeh/BBCA)

“Killing Eve” and the adorable assassin

Alison Stine
Sylvia Plath seated in front of a bookshelf (Getty Images/Bettmann)

Sylvia Plath’s secret miscarriage

Jason Miller - The Conversation
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis | A huge multi-colored flag flies over Ocean Drive as people participate in the Pride Parade, during the Miami Beach Pride Festival, in Lummus Park, South Beach, Florida on September 19, 2021. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP revives deadly "gays recruit" myth

Amanda Marcotte
A Palestinian woman pauses amid destroyed buildings in the northern district of Beit Hanun in the Gaza Strip during an humanitarian truce on July 26, 2014. | A Ukrainian police officer stands in front of a damaged residential block hit by an early morning missile strike on February 25, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

In war, there are no "worthy" victims

Chris Hedges
Donald Trump | A group of truck convoy headed to Washington D.C. to from Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States on February 23, 2022 to protest vaccination mandates and in solidarity for Canada. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

It's a grift: Truckers too scared for DC

Amanda Marcotte
U.S. President Donald Trump at the NATO HQ on December 3, 2019 in Watford, England. (NATO handout via Getty Images)

Trump's NATO rant was a sneak peek

Heather Digby Parton
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Courtesy of Amazon Prime Video)

"Mrs. Maisel" and her anti-apology

Alison Stine
Joe Biden and John F Kennedy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

JFK to Joe Biden: Avoid my mistakes!

Andrew Bacevich - TomDispatch.com
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Kyiv on March 3, 2022. - Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the West on March 3, 2022, to increase military aid to Ukraine, saying Russia would advance on the rest of Europe otherwise. "If you do not have the power to close the skies, then give me planes!" Zelenskyy said at a press conference. "If we are no more then, God forbid, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia will be next," he said, adding: "Believe me." (SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Zelenskyy's nailing the role of his life

Melanie McFarland
Brooke Elliot as Dana Sue in "Sweet Magnolias" (Photo illustration by Salon/Eliza Morse/NETFLIX/Getty Images)

Hailing the dino nugget, a cultural icon

Alison Stine
A girl looks out the train window as an evacuation train departs carrying women and children that fled fighting in Bucha and Irpin from Irpin City to Kyiv that was scheduled after heavy fighting overnight forced many to leave their homes on March 04, 2022 in Irpin, Ukraine. Russia continues assault on Ukraine's major cities, including the capital Kyiv, a week after launching a large-scale invasion of the country. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

The psychological toll on Ukraine's kids

Alan D. Blotcky
A Ukrainian soldier walks past a building that was destroyed in the midst of battle with the Russians, on the outskirts of Irpin, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. (Getty Images / MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES)

War 101: What it means to "take" a city

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump never believed he'd be punished

Amanda Marcotte
Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP has long worked against Ukraine

Heather Digby Parton
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol’s House Chamber on March 01, 2022 in Washington, DC. During his first State of the Union address, Biden spoke on his administration’s efforts to lead a global response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, efforts to curb inflation and bringing the country out of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images)

"Unity" with fascists? No thanks, Joe

Chauncey DeVega
Donald Trump, Chris Christie and Vladimir Putin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump, Putin — and Chris Christie

Bob Hennelly - InsiderNJ
President of Russia Vladimir Putin touches the World Cup trophy after the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Final between France and Croatia at Luzhniki Stadium on July 15, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. (Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images)

Russia's soccer ban: Sports as politics

Stefan Szymanski - The Conversation
US Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Amy Coney Barrett | Truck Convoy heading to Washington, D.C. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The GOP's anti-vaxx campaign backfired

Amanda Marcotte
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