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US President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, November 7, 2024, after Donald Trump won the presidential election. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Dealing with disease “down there”

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Luann de Lesseps, Jill Zarin, Bethenny Frankel, Ramona Singer and Alex McCord attend "The Real Housewives of New York City" season 2 premiere party (Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)

There will never be another Scary Island

Coleman Spilde
US President Donald Trump speaks about the mid-air crash between American Airlines flight 5342 and a military helicopter in Washington, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Our democracy crisis reaches a new stage

Chauncey DeVega
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson welcomes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump onstage at a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump on a fruitless quest for vengeance

Austin Sarat
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Man walking on Penrose triangle. (Getty Images / francescoch)

Don’t fight uncertainty — embrace it

Clayton Dalton
Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal in "The Last of Us" (Liane Hentscher/HBO)

"The Last of Us" leaves nothing unsaid

Melanie McFarland
Barry Keoghan as Lee and Abel Tesfaye as a fictionalized version of himself in "Hurry Up Tomorrow" (Andrew Cooper )

The Weeknd's egomaniacal disaster

Coleman Spilde
Fried chicken salad (Getty Images/ Chris Schneider / 500px)

In praise of the maximalist salad

Ashlie D. Stevens
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US President Donald Trump signed an executive at the Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit on December 08, 2020 in Washington, DC. The president signed an executive order stating the US would provide vaccines to Americans before aiding other nations. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Trump is treating the economy like COVID

Heather Digby Parton
Justice John Roberts and a protest in front of the Supreme Court building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

SCOTUS allowed Trump’s mile high bribe

Leah Litman
Independent Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gives a keynote speech during the Bitcoin 2024 conference at Music City Center July 26, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

The Christian right rebrands as "MAHA"

Amanda Marcotte
Buster and Arthur from the PBS children’s television program “Arthur” (Photo Illustration by Salon / Courtesy PBS/WGBH / Getty Images / mikroman6 / Marina Kislitsyna)

The MAGA war on PBS is not about money

Melanie McFarland
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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump dances onstage after his speech during a campaign rally at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on October 29, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Is Trump's movement a "cult"? Maybe not

Jonathan Hirsch
Diego Luna in "Andor" (Lucasfilm/Disney+)

On "Andor," good is a four-letter word

Melanie McFarland
"Overcompensating" (Jackie Brown/Prime)

Millennial memory, made meaningful

Coleman Spilde
Human hand touching robotic hand. (Getty Images / Andriy Onufriyenko)

AI liberation could be our best hope

Topher McDougal
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Kaitlin Olson and Jean Smart in "Hacks" (Jake Giles Netter/Max)

DJ Vance is the heart of "Hacks"

Erin Qualey
Morgan Wallen (John Shearer/Getty Images for for Morgan Wallen's One Night At A Time 2024)

Bro-country has curdled

Alex Galbraith
President Donald J. Trump is greeted by young girls as he arrives for an official arrival ceremony at Qasr al Watan (Palace of the Nation) May 15, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

MAGA gets the Middle East treatment

Heather Digby Parton
US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor (L) walks with retired justice David Souter out of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception after the funeral service for Justice Antonin Scalia on February 20, 2016 (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

“No more Souters”

David Daley
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Seth Rogen and Zoë Kravitz (Apple TV+)

"The Studio" commits to the bit

Erin Qualey
Donald Trump, President of the United States of America (USA), and Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdelasis al-Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, stand side by side in the group picture at the start of the G20 summit, June 2019. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Trump holds a USA yard sale

Brian Karem
Melissa Rivers stands near a photo of her and her mom, Joan Rivers, during "Joan Rivers: A Dead Funny All-Star Tribute." (Peter Kramer/NBC)

Joan Rivers would have hated this

Melanie McFarland
Brett Kavanaugh (L) takes the podium after US President Trump to speak during his swearing-in ceremony as Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court at the White House in Washington, DC October 8, 2018. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

A major part of Project 2025 is failing

Heather Digby Parton
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