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Pete Hegseth (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Hegseth's church predicted "DEI" firings

Amanda Marcotte
Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick (R) speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump after Trump signed an executive order on reciprocal tariffs in the Oval Office at the White House on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Confusion over DEI ban may be the point

Cara Michelle Smith
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY (L) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks at a press conference to introduce the Stop The Steal Act at the U.S. Capitol on February 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Dems won't help the GOP clean its mess

Heather Digby Parton
CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on February 20, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Musk treats DOGE like a video game

Amanda Marcotte
Police officer with a gun holstered at a public event (Getty Images/Roman Studio)

Guns for hire in the gig economy

Cara Michelle Smith
A Ukrainian military member puts Ukrainian flag at the memorial of Heavenly Hundred Heroes, who were killed in 2014 during the mass Euromaidan protest, during commemoration action on February 18, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Trump's Ukraine plan: Massive betrayal

Dzmitry Halko
The Weeknd performs at Marvel Stadium on October 05, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. (Naomi Rahim/Getty Images for Live Nation)

The power of owning your name

Nardos Haile
From left, Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, deputy Senate Democratic Conference secretary, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., chair of outreach, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., vice chair of the conference, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., chair of steering and policy committee, Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., conference secretary, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., vice chair of the conference, are seen after being voted into their new positions, after the leadership elections in the U.S. Capitol, on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Dems' path forward leads to the economy

Adrienne Elrod
Elon Musk speaks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump as they watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

The DOGE backlash hits Trump districts

Heather Digby Parton
Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Republicans should have seen this coming

Amanda Marcotte
President-elect Donald J. Trump arrive at the inauguration of Donald J. Trump at the United States Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Doug Mills - Pool/Getty Images)

A throne never to be relinquished

Brian Karem
The examination room in A Woman's Choice of Jacksonville clinic, which provides abortion care on April 30, 2024, in Jacksonville, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

True impact of abortion bans on society

Allison Carmen
Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

One month of Trump: Defiance matters

Amanda Marcotte
U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and faith leaders say a prayer during the signing of a proclamation in the Oval Office of the White House September 1, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

A return to the racial caste system

Dr. Alvin B. Tillery
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud (4th L), Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (R) , Russian President Vladimir Putin's Foreign Policy Advisor Yuri Ushakov (2nd R), US Secretary of State Marco Antonio Rubio (2nd L), US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz (3rd L) and US Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff (L) attend a meeting between Russia and the US, aimed at mending relations between the two nations and addressing the conflict in Ukraine, on February 18, 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Russian Foreign Ministry / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Selling out Ukraine is no path to peace

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump | The U.S. Supreme Court Building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's constitutional crisis strategy

Chauncey DeVega
Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Decades of civil rights advancement gone

Peter Phillips
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

RFK's mental health plan: Labor camps

Amanda Marcotte
YouTube logo is displayed on a mobile phone (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

In 20 years, YouTube took over TV

Melanie McFarland
Chief Justice John Roberts (Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images)

SCOTUS teed up Trump’s criminality

Sabrina Haake
Bowen Yang (as Moo Dang the hippo), Kate McKinnon (as Lisa Broderick) and John Mulaney from SNL. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Will Heath/NBC)

"SNL": A straight haven with queer roots

Cara Michelle Smith
Augustus Caesar in a MAGA red hat (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump: More like Hitler or Augustus?

Jim Sleeper
Nuclear explosion with mushroom cloud on scorched earth (Getty Images/Anton Petrus)

The ultra-rich want to escape. Good idea

Troy Farah
Mike Johnson, Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

America’s Enabling Act moment

Bruce Bueno De Mesquita
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