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Alex Galbraith is Salon’s nights and weekends editor, and author of our free daily newsletter, Crash Course. He has spent the last decade covering the intersection of politics and pop culture for Complex, Uproxx and various alt-weeklies. His work has appeared in SPIN, Bandcamp and other publications. He is based in New Orleans.

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Bill Maher visits The Megyn Kelly Show at the SiriusXM Studios on May 20, 2024 in New York City. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)

“Remember that day he had his ear pierced?”: Maher mocks Trump assassination attempt in new special

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Mel Gibson attends a special screening of "Monster Summer" at the DGA Theater Complex in Los Angeles on September 24, 2024. (VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

“Is it on purpose?”: Gibson peddles wildfire conspiracies on Fox News after home burns

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President Joe Biden speaks at a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House commemorating World AIDS Day on December 1, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

“I didn’t do anything wrong”: Biden says he has “no contemplation” of pardoning himself

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President Joe Biden makes his way to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House en route to Texas on Monday, July 29, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Biden extends deportation protections before Trump hand-off

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Rudy Giuliani, the former personal lawyer for former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks to the press as he leaves the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Courthouse on December 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

“This takes real chutzpah”: Giuliani found in contempt of court for second time this week

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump appears remotely for a sentencing hearing in front of New York State Judge Juan Merchan with his attorney Todd Blanche (L) at Manhattan Criminal Court on January 10, 2025 in New York City. (Curtis Means - Pool/Getty Images)

“Political witch hunt”: Trump maintains innocence in defiant statement at sentencing hearing

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

“We did not discuss that”: Trump spoke to Alito before asking SCOTUS to intervene in hush money case

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum poses during the daily morning briefing at the National Palace on December 27, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Xavier Martinez/ObturadorMX/Getty Images)

“It sounds pretty, no?”: Sheinbaum pokes at Trump Gulf of Mexico plans with map of “Mexican America”

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Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a Fox News town hall at the Greenville Convention Center on February 20, 2024 in Greenville, South Carolina. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

“A peek at the test”: New book claims Trump was fed questions from Fox News town hall

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US President Joe Biden speaks on replacing lead pipes and job creation at the Department of Public Works Field Headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 8, 2024. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

“I think yes”: Biden believes he would have won election over Trump had he stayed in the race

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Two police officers standing in front of patrol cars, behind police tape. (Getty Images/kali9)

FBI: Bourbon Street attacker recorded visits to French Quarter using Meta smart glasses

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference following the weekly Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on June 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“Look, we didn’t”: Schumer denies Democrats hid Biden’s mental state from voters

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Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a Capitol Hill news conference in Washington, DC on June 4, 2024. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

“That’s really sad”: Pelosi clowns Trump for screening 2020 election denial doc at Mar-a-Lago

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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Bryce Jordan Center on October 26, 2024 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“Fake, made up charge”: Trump calls for judge to be “disbarred” after hush money sentencing date set

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Elon Musk speaks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump as they watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

“It’s clear who’s in charge”: House GOP scraps funding bill after Trump, Musk tirades

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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, brings boxing legend Thomas Hearns to the stage during a campaign rally on October 18, 2024, in Detroit, Michigan. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

“Call their bluff”: Trump, Vance urge GOP lawmakers to vote down emergency government funding bill

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk (C) listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the chamber of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol on July 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“This bill is a crime”: Musk throws social media fit over stopgap government funding effort

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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks before pardoning the National Thanksgiving Turkey Peach, along with an alternate Blossom, during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on November 25, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“Nothing nefarious”: Biden gives first statement on New Jersey drone panic

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

“Remember Kavanaugh?”: Graham says Hegseth is victim of “anonymous allegations”

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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) answers questions in his office after announcing he will not seek re-election on September 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

“MAGA is the Republican Party”: Romney admits to Tapper that he’s a dinosaur

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Chris Rock (Rosalind O’Connor/NBC)

“How many rapists are in my wallet?”: Rock questions “worst president ever” Trump talk on “SNL”

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George Stephanopoulos attends the 2024 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the University of Southern California on April 20, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (David Livingston/Getty Images)

ABC agrees to settle Trump defamation lawsuit for $15 million

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A 12-year-old boy looks at a smartphone screen displaying the TikTok logo on March 10, 2024 in Bath, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

TikTok ban allowed to go forward as case heads to Supreme Court

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Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) speaks to reporters before going to a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the U.S. Capitol on May 7, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“The less we do, the better”: Outgoing GOP Rep. Good celebrates do-nothing session of Congress

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