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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers remarks on Dec. 8, 2025. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Hegseth's press purge is now complete

Sabrina Haake
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump is remaking America — as Russia

Andrea Mazzarino - TomDispatch.com
Republican presidential nominee former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Israeli American Council National Summit at the Washington Hilton on September 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

How Trump redefined antisemitism

Mattea Kramer - TomDispatch.com
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Taxing churches is a bad idea

Katherine Kelaidis
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U.S. flag hangs over a church in Plano, Texas. (Photo by Stewart F. House/Getty Images)

The Texas church training GOP candidates

Marissa Greene, Cecilia Lenzen - ProPublica
Jane Fonda channels her famous father in reviving his free speech committee of people in the entertainment industry from the McCarthy era. (JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP / Getty Images)

Hollywood fights back — again

CK Smith
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. and Donald Trump (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The FCC's phony right-wing critics

Charles R. Davis
No Kings demonstration in Chicago, June 14, 2025. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

America's slow-motion coup speeds up

Andrew O'Hehir
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President Trump attended the men's finals of the US Open in New York on Sunday. He presence was met with mixed reactions, much like other major sporting events he's attend in the last decade. Most people complained about the delay due to long security lines. (Matthew Stockman / Getty Images)

USTA faces heat after muting Trump boos

CK Smith
Protestors gather in Boston, Massachusetts during hearings for Harvard University's lawsuit against the Trump administration. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

Democracy at stake in Harvard vs. Trump

Sabrina Haake
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies during his Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump’s “new” war on leaks

Jesselyn Radack
A Secret Service member stands outside the perimeter prior to Super Bowl LIX on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. ( Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images)

When the Secret Service reads your blog

Russell Payne
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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio speaks to supporters at a campaign stop on the Keep Florida Free Tour at the Horsepower Ranch in Geneva. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Marco, “making a ruckus” is the point

Austin Sarat
Protesters hold signs reading "Free Rumeysa Ozturk" and "come for one face us all! solidarity forever" during a demonstration at Powder House Park in Somerville, Massachusetts. = (Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Student's arrest "designed to silence"

Griffin Eckstein
Demonstrators gather outside United States Federal Court House in New York City to show support for pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil and demand his immediate release from ICE detention. New York, U.S., March 12, 2025. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

It won't end with Mahmoud Khalil

Russell Payne
Julian Assange (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Now Trump gets to use the Espionage Act

Jesselyn Radack
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TikTok logo displayed on a phone screen is seen through broken glass. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Congress knew a TikTok ban wasn't legal

Brendan Gilligan
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry speaks with reporters outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC on Monday, March 18, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

SCOTUS may uphold "unconstitutional" law

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump thanks supporters after speaking at a Get Out The Vote rally at Winthrop University on February 23, 2024 in Rock Hill, South Carolina. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

We need a Trump gag order, for real

Kirk Swearingen
President Donald Trump delivers remarks in support of farmers and ranchers in the Roosevelt Room at the White House May 23, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

How Trump weaponizes the First Amendment

Sabrina Haake
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Clarence Thomas and Thurgood Marshall (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

SCOTUS returns to "separate but equal"

Sabrina Haake
Attorney Davida Brook (second from left) of the legal team representing Dominion Voting Systems hugs her colleagues as she leaves the Leonard Williams Justice Center in Wilmington, Delaware, on April 18, 2023. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Fox News caves — a win for democracy

Dennis Aftergut
A view of an american conservative cable television news channel Fox News logo. (Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

First Amendment history hurts Fox News

Matthew Rozsa
Rupert Murdoch and Tucker Carlson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Dominion v. Fox News: Murdoch's end?

Rae Hodge
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