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Alex Galbraith

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Alex Galbraith is a senior writer at Salon, covering the intersection of culture and politics. He has spent the last decade on that beat for Complex, Uproxx, various alt-weeklies and Salon’s morning newsletter, Crash Course. His work has appeared in SPIN, Bandcamp and other publications. He is based in New Orleans.

Democratic Senate candidate and Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon waits to be introduced during a visit to the Ball and Chain Cuban restaurant and nightclub as she campaigns in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood on Aug. 29, 2026. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Angie Nixon could have won Florida. National Democrats failed her

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Dr. Annie Andrews answers questions from members of the media after greeting poll workers at Royal Missionary Baptist Church on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, in North Charleston, South Carolina. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

Andrews defeats Graham in South Carolina Senate shocker

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Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks to supporters and members of the media during a campaign event at the DeKalb History Center Museum in Decatur, Georgia, on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. (Megan Varner / Getty Images))

Jon Ossoff projected to handily win reelection in Georgia

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Elon Musk looks on as President Donald Trump speaks to the press after a meeting with technology executives about artificial intelligence at the White House on Sept. 29, 2026. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

Elon Musk is using Anakin Skywalker to cope with the midterm forecast

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Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro arrives at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport with his family, Oct. 28, 2026. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Flávio Bolsonaro follows a well-worn right-wing path: Exile in Florida

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Elvis borrowed from Black artists. Now his songs’ owners are suing AI

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Bill Maher attends the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Mark Guiducci on March 15, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. ( Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)

Trump’s right. Bill Maher is a man without a party — or a point

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Fox News host Jesse Watters listens as Vice President JD Vance discusses his new book on “The Five” on June 16, 2026, in New York City. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

Even Jesse Watters seems tired of pushing Fox News’ culture war

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Jay-Z attends the FIFA World Cup 2026 (Al Bello/Getty Images)

Of course Jay-Z picked himself for the Super Bowl

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Eminem performs during halftime of a Thanksgiving NFL football game between the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers on Nov. 27, 2025, in Detroit, Michigan. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

Eminem’s Kid Rock collab shows the risk of cozying up to MAGA

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Right-wing political commentator Ben Shapiro walks the red carpet at the Turning Point USA Inaugural-Eve Ball at Washington, D.C.'s Salamander Hotel on Jan. 19, 2025. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Ben Shapiro is building a comeback machine for canceled stars

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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a ceremony at the Pentagon commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

MAGA just wants to watch people die

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Broadway star Michael Crawford receives the Kennedy Center Honors medal from President Donald Trump at the White House on Dec. 6, 2025. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s 40-year love affair with “The Phantom of the Opera”

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Ben Shapiro speaks during the Conference European Jewish Association at DoubleTree by Hilton in Krakow. (Grzegorz Wajda/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The Daily Wire is too mad to make a movie

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(L-R) Steve Zahn, Tom Everett Scott, Johnathon Schaech, Liv Tyler and Ethan Embry in "That Thing You Do!" (20th Century Fox / Everett Collection)

At 30, “That Thing You Do!” is the perfect fake one-hit wonder

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The late wrestler Pac, who died Sept. 27 at 40, enters the ring during SummerSlam at Barclays Center on Aug. 20, 2017. (John Giamundo/WWE via Getty Images)

AEW wrestler Pac’s death exposes pro wrestling’s labor problem

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President Donald Trump looks to Louisiana's Republican Gov. Jeff Landry as he delivers remarks on the Ratepayer Protection Pledge during a roundtable at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters on July 23, 2026. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

We’ll never know the art of Jeff Landry’s Meta, SpaceX deals

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Trump TV’s intentional brainrot

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A Wendy's burger is seen in Ohio on Aug. 4, 2026. (Marcin Golba/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The private equity backlash could start at the drive-thru

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There is often a gap between educational idealism and the hyper-competitive reality of schooling. (Getty Images)

Wanting the best school for your kid doesn’t make you a hypocrite

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Vice President JD Vance speaks during an event at the FBI Field Office in Kansas City, Missouri, on Sept. 14, 2026. (Mark Schiefelbein-Pool/Getty Images)

Vance’s “Frankenstein” AI defense is a blueprint for 2028

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks to reporters outside of his Capitol office on Sept. 16, 2026. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Mike Johnson’s is the GOP’s top scaredy-cat

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Ed Sheeran performs at TD Garden in Boston, Dec. 14, 2025. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)

Ed Sheeran’s being a coward on Gaza. Can you blame him?

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There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of Silicon Valley's warnings of A.I.-induced doom (Getty Images)

If AI kills us, don’t blame the machine

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