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Hannah Einbinder on the red carpet at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, CA, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Hannah Einbinder said what she said

Andi Zeisler
"Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle" (Koyoharu Gotoge/Shueisha Aniplex/ufotable)

The anime antidote to American fatigue

Coleman Spilde
Charlie Kirk debates with students at the Cambridge Union at the University of Cambridge on May 19, 2025. (Nordin Catic/Getty Images for The Cambridge Union)

"Debate Me" Bros ruined civil discourse

Katherine Kelaidis
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

How Pam Bondi became MAGA’s patsy

Sophia Tesfaye
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FBI Director Kash Patel testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 16, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Kash Patel's true job is content creator

Amanda Marcotte
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the House Republican Members Conference Dinner at Trump National Doral Miami, in Miami, Florida on January 27, 2025. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's takeover is almost complete

Charles R. Davis
Democratic Texas State Rep. James Talarico launches his campaign for the U.S. Senate on Sept. 9, 2025, in Round Rock, Texas. ( Brandon Bell/Getty Images))

We need what James Talarico is selling

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump speaks in the newly decorated Oval Office on April 7, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

How poverty is fueling Trumpism

Chauncey DeVega
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A return to writing by hand (Strelciuc Dumitru/Getty Images)

Old-school writing takes on classroom AI

Andi Zeisler
Nate Bargatze speaks onstage at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 14, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty Images)

The charity case that was the 2025 Emmys

Melanie McFarland
Right-wing activist Charlie Kirk speaks at America Fest 2024 in Phoenix, Ariz. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

GOP divided after Charlie Kirk's killing

Sophia Tesfaye
Secretary of Defense of Pete Hegseth and his wife Jennifer in Warsaw, Poland on Feb. 14, 2025. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto) (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Pete Hegseth's wife plays his babysitter

Amanda Marcotte
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Laura Carmichael as Lady Edith and Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary in "Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale" (Rory Mulvey/Focus Features)

Divorce, "Downton Abbey" style

Melanie McFarland
Gregory Bovino, Chief Patrol Agent of the El Centro Sector and Commander-Operation At Large CA (center), marches with federal agents to the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building on Aug. 14, 2025. (Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

America is becoming numb to violence

Heather Digby Parton
Christopher Bradford (right) and his daughter pray at a memorial for Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, Sept. 12, 2025. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Death of a culture warrior

Andrew O'Hehir
Charlie Kirk in the Oval Office on May 28, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

"They" killed Charlie Kirk

Sophia Tesfaye
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Supporters attend a primary election night event for J.D. Vance, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, at Duke Energy Convention Center on May 3, 2022 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

MAGA wants a white Christian America

Heather Digby Parton
Charlie Sheen in "aka Charlie Sheen" (Netflix)

Charlie Sheen's consequence-free life

Melanie McFarland
(Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Trump's stain may be permanent

Brian Karem
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt answers questions during the daily press briefing on Sept. 9, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Leavitt can't spin the Epstein "check"

Amanda Marcotte
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Charlie Kirk appears at Utah Valley University Sept. 10, 2025, minutes before a gunman opened fire. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

After Kirk's murder, dark days lie ahead

Jason Kyle Howard
Edith Bouvier Beale at her home "Grey Gardens" on January 8, 1972. (Tom Wargacki/WireImage/Getty Images)

The immortal influence of Little Edie

Andi Zeisler
President Donald Trump speaks to the media after signing an executive order renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine (R) look on in the Oval Office on Sept. 5, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump attacks wokeness — and his voters

Chauncey DeVega
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School lunch debt: A fairy tale

Ashlie D. Stevens
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