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Topic: Lockdown Protests

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

6 years for Whitmer plotter who flipped

Igor Derysh
Several people hung Gov. Andy Beshear in effigy. (Twitter/@ladd_sarah)

Beshear condemns GOP hypocrisy on effigy

Roger Sollenberger
People face off with police near the Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via Getty Images))

What makes these protests different?

Amanda Marcotte
Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/AP Photo)

America is a slow-motion failed state

Lucian K. Truscott IV
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Coronavirus COVID-19 and Swedish Flag (Getty Images)

Why conservatives love Sweden now

Matthew Rozsa
Armed protesters on the steps of the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, demanding the reopening of businesses (JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Soldiers of the boogaloo

Chauncey DeVega
Donald Trump | Demonstrators begin to gather at a protest opposing Washington state's stay-home order to slow the coronavirus outbreak (Photo illustration by Salon/AP Photo/Elaine Thompson/Evan Vucci)

"Individualism"? It's just selfishness

Amanda Marcotte
People hold signs and flags during a protest against measures aimed at slowing the spread of the new coronavirus Friday, May 1, 2020, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Trump's fake protest movement

Chauncey DeVega
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Demonstrators are seen near Capitol Square during a rally to demand that Gov. Ralph Northam (D) lift restrictions that have closed certain businesses in Virginia since the coronavirus outbreak (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Anti-lockdown protests: Fueled by racism

Amanda Marcotte
From the April 22, 2020, edition of Tucker Carlson Tonight (Fox News)

Tucker Carlson goes full Alex Jones

Amanda Marcotte
Dr. Bandy X. Lee | Michigan lockdown protestors (Getty Images/Yale/Salon)

Lockdown protesters: WTF?

Igor Derysh
President Donald Trump (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump's false choice: Lives vs. economy

Amanda Marcotte
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