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Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, Barack Obama and Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

Presidents and disorder: He's the worst

Heather Digby Parton
Police officers clash with protesters during a demonstration over the Minneapolis death of George Floyd while in police custody on May 29, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

"Bad apples" or a blue code of silence?

Gregory Antollino
Police officers clash with protestors near the White House on June 1, 2020 as demonstrations against George Floyd's death continue. - Police fired tear gas outside the White House late Sunday as anti-racism protestors again took to the streets to voice fury at police brutality. (Getty Images)

Trump's photo-op: Not a hit with media

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch
Donald Trump | Protestors are tear gassed as the police disperse them near the White House on June 1, 2020 as demonstrations against George Floyd's death continue. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

This is what Trumpers voted for

Amanda Marcotte
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Police officers pepper spray a woman next to the Colorado State Capitol as protests against the death of George Floyd continue (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Trump's chaos and cruelty got us here

Bob Cesca
A journalist is seen bleeding after police started firing tear gas and rubber bullets near the fifth police precinct following a demonstration to call for justice for George Floyd on Saturday in Minneapolis. (Chandan Khanna/Getty Images)

Media under attack — and shifts focus

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos | Riot police confront demonstrators gathered over the death of George Floyd an unarmed black man who died after being pinned down by a white police (Salon/Elif Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Amazon is not an ally

Matthew Rozsa
Donald Trump | Two NYPD cars drove into a crowd of protestors (Photo illustration by Salon/NBC/Getty Images)

Donald Trump's police state

Amanda Marcotte
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George Floyd | A quote from the coroner's report on George Floyd's death (Offices of Ben Crump Law/Salon)

Will there be justice for George Floyd?

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump | Protestors stand and chant on top of a broken fence while the Minneapolis Police 3rd precinct burns behind them (Alex Wong/Steel Brooks/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Agony and fire: Trump's America

Chauncey DeVega
Demonstrators, gathered at Lafayette Park across from the White House, attempt to breach a police barricade during a protest over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after being pinned down by a white police officer in Washington, United States on May 30, 2020. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

A nationwide police riot

Andrew O'Hehir
People walk past a sign advising about social distancing on the boardwalk during the Memorial Day holiday weekend amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 23, 2020 in Ocean City, Maryland. (ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

The idea of "freedom" has degenerated

Michael J. Thompson, Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker
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Minneapolis police pepper spray a protestor on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, during the second day of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. (Steel Brooks/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

White silence is deafening — and deadly

Sirry Alang
Donald Trump and Anthony Fauci (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Anti-intellectualism is killing people

David Masciotra
Sheltering in Place with Classic Albums (Getty Images/Salon)

Shelter in place with "Elvis Presley"

Kenneth Womack
Patients and staff test positive for coronavirus at nursing homes (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Trump rollback paved way for pandemic

Bob Hennelly
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Protesters gather in a call for justice for George Floyd, a black man who died after a white policeman kneeled on his neck for several minutes, at Hennepin County Government Plaza, on May 28, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)

A lynching without a rope, in 2020

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Tom Cotton, Marsha Blackburn and the Chinese flag (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP senators push xenophobic bill

Sophia Tesfaye
Protesters chant slogans during a protest on June 12, 2019 in Hong Kong China. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)

Trump massively blows it on Hong Kong

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch
Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's warped vision of "free speech"

Amanda Marcotte
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A Flooring business put out signs that included messages like “No Masks Allowed,” “Handshakes OK,” and “Hugs Very OK.” (Twitter/@davidlparsons)

Donald Trump's culture-war nihilism

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump | Medical workers take in patients outside a special coronavirus area at Maimonides Medical Center as the U.S. surpasses 100,000 fatalities from COVID-19 (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/AP Photo)

Trump's big failure isn't over

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch
Audra McDonald and Christine Baranski in "The Good Fight" (CBS All Access)

Good Fight finds Epstein's bad taste bud

Melanie McFarland
President Donald Trump talks to reporters before departing the White House for a trip to Michigan, Thursday, May 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Don't shrug off Trump's violent threats

Amanda Marcotte
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