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Samuel Alito and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Alito could give MAGA another court pick

David Daley
Kristi Noem's leadership of the Department of Homeland Security has been marked by chaos (Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images)

Noem’s law-and-order pitch is collapsing

Amanda Marcotte
At the 2025 Munich Security Conference, Vice President JD Vance chided Europeans on limiting free speech. (Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

JD Vance doesn't believe in free speech

Austin Sarat, Thomas Dumm
Elon Musk envisioned a future with optional work and irrelevant money thanks to the domination of artificial intelligence. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

MAGA loves bad dads

Amanda Marcotte
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FBI Director Kash Patel is coming under fire for his handling of high-profile investigations ( Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Right-wing media turns on Kash Patel

Sophia Tesfaye
Donald Trump is creating a Washington that's becoming unrecognizable (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's Washington is unrecognizable

Brian Karem
Bad Bunny performed mostly in Spanish at the Super Bowl LX halftime show, which angered many on the right (Kindell Buchanan/PA Images via Getty Images)

Bad Bunny and America's bilingual roots

Katherine Kelaidis
Thousands attended the "No Kings" protest in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 18, 2025. (Li Rui/Xinhua via Getty Images)

This isn’t Trump’s "Golden Age"

Heather Digby Parton
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to the White House on Nov. 2, 2025 after taking off from Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

The con behind nationalizing elections

Chauncey DeVega
Faith leaders pray over President Donald Trump during a 'Evangelicals for Trump' campaign event held at the King Jesus International Ministry on Jan. 3, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Evangelicals won't dump Trump over race

Amanda Marcotte
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 17: President Donald J. Trump returns to the White House before his address tonight on December 17, 2025 in Washington, D.C.. (Photo by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

MAGA blame game shows Trump in retreat

Sophia Tesfaye
A Super Bowl LX sign at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Right-wing media lost the Super Bowl

Sophia Tesfaye
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Kid Rock in Wichita, Kansas, on April 18, 2025. (Gary Miller/Getty Images)

Kid Rock's alt halftime was just boring

Amanda Marcotte
PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 23: Derrick Johnson onstage during the NAACP Panel: “From TV to Policy” hosted by Acura at the Acura House of Energy on January 23, 2026 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Acura)

NAACP's leader on democracy

Chauncey DeVega
Deputy White House chief of staff Stephen Miller speaks to the media, Sept. 5, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

MAGA's war on woke is centuries old

Andrew O'Hehir
Washington Post readers joined members of the newspaper's guild to protest Jeff Bezos' mass layoffs on Feb. 5, 2026. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Democracy dies in daylight

Brian Karem
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After winning three Grammys, Jelly Roll refused to take a position on Donald Trump's deployment of ICE to enforce his mass deportation policy. (Michael Buckner/Billboard via Getty Images)

In defense of the “dumb redneck” defense

Alex Galbraith
President Donald Trump said on February 1, 2026, that he plans to close the Kennedy Center for roughly two years for the facility to undergo construction. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Kennedy Center teaches MAGA a lesson

Amanda Marcotte
The Texas State Capitol is seen during a Texas Senate flooding committee hearing at the State Capitol. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

How a MAGA district flipped in Texas

Alejandro Serrano - The Texas Tribune
Idaho governor candidate Ammon Bundy takes questions from the public on January 26, 2022 in Shelly, Idaho. Analysts are speculating that the governor bid by Bundy, a far-right activist, is part of a larger anti-establishment trend. (Photo by Natalie Behring/Getty Images)

Bundy: ICE raids are "sickening"

Alex Galbraith
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MAGA commentator and podcast host Tucker Carlson is particularly skilled at pandering to the basest instincts of the right. (Olivier Touron / AFP via Getty Images)

How Jon Stewart created Tucker Carlson

Amanda Marcotte
Melania Trump attends the premiere of her documentary "Melania" at the Kennedy Center (Craig Hudson/Variety via Getty Images)

Why MAGA isn't rallying for “Melania”

Sophia Tesfaye
Members of the Proud Boys near the U.S. Supreme Court, Jan. 5, 2021. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Trump's second term: Jan. 6, only bigger

Kirk Swearingen
President Donald Trump is facing criticism from Republicans over his administration's handling of two shooting deaths by federal agents in Minneapolis. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

The GOP wonders what's wrong with Trump

Brian Karem
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