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Alex Galbraith is Salon’s nights and weekends editor, and author of our free daily newsletter, Crash Course. He is based in New Orleans.

President Donald Trump talks to journalists after signing executive orders in the Oval Office on Aug. 25, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“Wasn’t a fan of his at all”: Trump doubles down on Reiner criticism

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President Donald Trump at the White House on Sept. 29, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

“Tortured and struggling”: Trump bashes Rob Reiner in memorial post

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TOKYO, JAPAN - OCTOBER 29: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to journalists aboard Air Force One en route to South Korea on October 29, 2025 in Japan. Trump is traveling to South Korea for the APEC meetings, following an appearance at the ASEAN summit in Malaysia, and a trip to Japan, where he called on Japanese Emperor Naruhito and new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“Professionals at cheating”: Trump claims “truckloads” of evidence that Dems rigged elections

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John Cena looks on during Saturday Night’s Main Event at Capital One Arena on December 13, 2025 in Washington DC. (Photo by Rich Freeda/WWE)

Gunther wins LOL: John Cena ends one-of-a-kind WWE career in bog-standard fashion

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James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump during the “Air Force One” cold open of "SNL" on Saturday, December 13, 2025 (Will Heath/NBC)

“You nasty, horrible witch”: Trump attacks Kaitlan Collins, strikes Santa’s sleigh on “SNL”

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Indiana State Senators meet in the Senate chamber in the Indiana State Capitol building. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Indiana Republicans reject Trump-backed redistricting push

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U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security in the Cannon House Office Building on December 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee convened to hear testimony from top national security officials on potential worldwide threats. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“Do a real service to the country”: Hectic Noem hearing begins with call to resign

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 30: Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Musk, who served as an adviser to Trump and led the Department of Government Efficiency, announced he would leave his role the Trump administration to refocus on his businesses. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

“Would have worked on my companies”: Musk wouldn’t do DOGE again

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President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in the Oval Office, Feb. 28, 2025. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

“I call him PT Barnum”: Trump compares Zelenskyy to famous huckster

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Martha Stewart attends the 2025 Library Lions gala at New York Public Library on November 03, 2025 in New York City. (Valerie Terranova/Getty Images)

Martha Stewart has already planned her last meal

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(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Alex Wong / Valerii Evlakhov)

The Democrats are not serious people 

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Quentin Tarantino speaks onstage at the "Jackie Brown" screening during the 2024 Tribeca Festival at SVA Theater on June 14, 2024 in New York City. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival)

“It f**king sucks”: Lillard responds to Tarantino criticism

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Colin Jost as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth during the "Pentagon Press Conference" Cold Open on "Saturday Night Live" (Will Heath/NBC)

“Pretend I’m a fishing boat and fire away”: Jost plays Hegseth in “SNL” cold open

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Rep. Marc LaHood, R-San Antonio, looks at a congressional redistricting map during debate of a congressional redistricting plan in the House Chamber at the Capitol in Austin. (Photo by Jay Janner/Getty Images)

“We are a higher court, but not a better one”: Kagan rages at SCOTUS decision to allow Texas maps

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A worker paints the White House May 2, 2019, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

Pantone’s color of the year is…white?

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U.S. Vice President-elect Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) arrives for the Senate Republican leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

“Anything going on?”: Vance returned to Hegseth’s Signal group chat to joke about scandal

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Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro speaks during a rally with Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman, former U.S. President Barack Obama, and President Joe Biden at the Liacouras Center on November 5, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)

“Trying to cover her a**”: Shapiro fumes over Harris memoir

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The antidote to the Trump doomscroll

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Sabrina Carpenter during the BBC Radio1 Big Weekend at Stockwood Park, Luton. Picture date: Sunday May 26, 2024. (Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images)

“Stupid or slow?”: White House attacks Carpenter after she objects to ICE video using her music

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Former President Barack Obama speaks during day two of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

“Get out of the way”: Obama calls on “old folks” in power to trust young activists, lawmakers

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U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) speaks at a news conference in the U.S. Capitol on December 1, 2025, in Washington, DC. Kelly held the event to address what he described as intimidating actions by U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, following a video in which Kelly and several lawmakers urged U.S. troops to refuse “illegal orders.” (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“Ridiculous”: Kelly compares Hegseth to a 12-year-old “playing Army”

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on September 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

White House claims double-tap strike on suspected drug boat was “self-defense”

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George Clooney attends the "Wolfs" photocall during the 81st Venice International Film Festival at Palazzo del Casino on September 01, 2024 in Venice, Italy. (Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

Clooney: Pressuring Biden to drop out was a “mistake”

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt answers questions during the daily press briefing on Sept. 9, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

“These people know what they’re doing”: White House launches “media offender” list

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