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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz (R) and US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff attend an interview after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 18, 2025. (EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Rubio pushes Trump's theocratic purge

Amanda Marcotte
Tesla CEO Elon Musk (C) listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the chamber of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol on July 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Musk's DOGE mission goes off target

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The problem of RFK's phony autism pledge

Amanda Marcotte
The Ten Commandments monument that was removed from the Alabama Judicial Building is on display during the "America for Jesus" rally October 22, 2004 at the National Mall in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

And then Jesus said, "America First"

Serene Jones
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Taylor John Smith, Charles Melton and Alex Brockdorff in "Warfare" (Murray Close/A24)

An apolitical war film is impossible

Coleman Spilde
A performance of the "Oedipus" plays by Sophocles, 1996. (Robbie Jack/Corbis via Getty Images)

How theater can save democracy

Bernd Reiter
Meghann Fahy as Violet in "Drop" (Bernard Walsh/Universal Pictures)

Keeping cool on the worst date ever

Coleman Spilde
People protest against the administration of US President Donald Trump's decision to virtually shut down the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 5, 2025. (DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)

A progressive DOGE? Yes, it's possible

Paul Rosenberg
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Jon Hamm in "Your Friends and Neighbors" (Apple TV+)

What a rich time for dramas about the 1%

Melanie McFarland
Michael Cera and Michael Angarano in "Sacramento" (Courtesy of Vertical)

“Sacramento” captures the city's majesty

Coleman Spilde
A rooster is held in a cage on a farm on January 23, 2023 in Austin, Texas. The poultry industry as well as private flocks are suffering a health crisis as the bird flu continues to spread across the United States. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Factory farming's ticking time bomb

Michael Windsor
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump's shot across the bow aimed at GOP

Heather Digby Parton
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Former President Donald Trump attends the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 287 mixed martial arts event at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, on April 8, 2023. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

The folly of Trump's tariff "game show"

Chauncey DeVega
Elon Musk stands in the gallery during President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, March 4, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Misogyny fuels MAGA's war on empathy

Amanda Marcotte
Billy Magnussen, Osy Ikhile, Paul G. Raymond, Cristin Milioti and Milanka Brooks in "Black Mirror" (Nick Wall/Netflix)

"Black Mirror" reflects on itself

Andy Crump
Donald Trump and Capitol Hill (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

MAGA feels true cost of Trump tariffs

Brian Karem
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Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Ron Johnson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump blinks as GOP resentment grows

Amanda Marcotte
Business people working at desks (Getty Images/Morsa Images)

Stuck in your job? Take these steps

Keith R. Spencer
Elon Musk, Department of Government Efficiency leader, speaks at the first cabinet meeting of President Donald J Trump's second term at the White House on Wednesday, Feb 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump's tariff message gets muddled

Heather Digby Parton
Coronavirus crisis volunteer Rhiannon Navin greets local residents arriving to a food distribution center at the WestCop community center on March 18, 2020 in New Rochelle, New York. New Rochelle has been a hot spot for the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Now is the time for a COVID-19 synthesis

C. Brandon Ogbunu - Undark
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Former president Donald Trump, speaks at a Club 47 USA event in West Palm Beach, Florida on October 11, 2023. (Saul Martinez for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

President Bankrupt

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Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters and Sean Hannity (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Tariffs won't make MAGA more "manly"

Amanda Marcotte
Elisabeth Moss in "The Handmaid's Tale" (Disney/Steve Wilkie)

"The Handmaid's Tale": America's finale

Melanie McFarland
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) dances as he leaves the stage after speaking alongside former US Representative Tulsi Gabbard during a town hall meeting in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on August 29, 2024. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

"Trump Derangement Syndrome" is no joke

Chauncey DeVega
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