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Amanda Marcotte is a senior politics writer at Salon and the author of “Troll Nation: How The Right Became Trump-Worshipping Monsters Set On Rat-F*cking Liberals, America, and Truth Itself.” She’s a first place winner in the 2024 National Arts and Entertainment Journalism awards. She has published in many outlets, including the Rolling Stone, the Guardian, USA Today, and the Los Angeles Times. She hosts, writes, and helps produce “Standing Room Only,” a weekly politics show on YouTube. Follow her on Bluesky @AmandaMarcotte and sign up for her biweekly politics newsletter, Standing Room Only.

Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) speaks as President Trump looks on during an election rally in Youngstown, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2026. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Ohio’s Jon Husted, object of Trump’s leering, is just an empty pair of pants

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President Donald Trump has lashed out at former President Barack Obama for comparing the White House redecoration to a Cheesecake Factory (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Saul Loeb / Chip Somodevilla / LPETTET)

The Cheesecake Factory aesthetic won’t save MAGA

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(Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / AFP / KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / ROBYN BECK / JIM WATSON / David Shvartsman)

MAGA attacks on women voters are no joke

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Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at a rally with President Donald Trump on Oct. 12 in Youngstown, Ohio. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Ramaswamy’s ad exposes MAGA’s obsession with parental estrangement

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Vice President JD Vance speaks during a campaign rally on Oct. 13, 2026 in Tyler, Texas. (Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images)

JD Vance is America’s worst insult comedian

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Democratic Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks from the stage during a campaign event at the State Theater on Oct. 10, 2026 in Traverse City, Michigan. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Abdul El-Sayed’s fighting style terrifies MAGA

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., waits for the arrival of Britain's King Charles III during a Joint Meeting of Congress on April 28, 2026. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

The real reason MAGA fears Ilhan Omar

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White House press secretary Katie Zacharia speaks during a news briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on Oct. 13, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump’s new QAnon press secretary exposes his desperation

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott takes the stage on the second day of the 2026 Republican National Midterm Convention on Sept. 10, 2026 in Dallas, Texas. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Who really controls Greg Abbott?

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Hundreds of Cornell University students participate in a rally on Oct. 5, 2026, against the university’s actions after a student was allegedly sexually assaulted at a campus fraternity in 2024. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

What Cornell says about universities’ MAGA complicity

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announces a new Office of Religious Affairs as he gives a State of the Force address at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, 2026. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Pete Hegseth’s holy war on “weirdos” targets most Americans

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Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks during a campaign event at the Georgia Theater on Sept. 13, 2026 in Athens, Georgia. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

Jon Ossoff’s not-so-secret weapon against JD Vance and Marco Rubio

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The fraternity house at the center of a rape allegation stands on the campus of Cornell University on Sept. 30, 2026. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Cornell assault case shows #MeToo didn’t go far enough

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President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 26, 2026. (Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images)

Trump can’t trick Americans into loving him

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(Getty Images / Rubberball Productions)

Wife school can’t fix MAGA husbands

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'Looksmaxxing' influencer Clavicular (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Christian Vierig)

Clavicular’s charges show the real danger of MAGA manhood

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Natalie Harp, executive assistant to President Donald Trump, smiles as she arrives for an official welcoming ceremony inside the grounds of Aras an Uachtarain on Sept. 12, 2026, in Dublin, Ireland. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Natalie Harp isn’t a joke — she is Trump’s dangerous enabler

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Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico speaks at the Epstein files exhibit in Dallas on Sept. 10, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

James Talarico’s campaign could do lasting damage to the GOP

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FBI Director Kash Patel testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Sept. 15, 2026. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Kash Patel’s attack dog act does more than please Trump

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Donald Trump walks on stage during the first day of the 2026 Republican "midterm convention" in Dallas, Sept. 9, 2026. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

White House doesn’t want voters to see the real Trump

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A supporter of President Donald Trump wears a glitter jacket ahead of the 2026 Republican National Committee (RNC) Midterm Convention at the American Airlines Center on Sept. 8, 2026, in Dallas. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s emotional support convention

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Erika Kirk speaks during the memorial service for her husband, right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, on Sept. 21, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Why Erika Kirk failed as Turning Point USA’s leader

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Second lady Usha Vance and Vice President JD Vance arrive for a military mothers celebration in the East Room of the White House on May 6, 2026. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

JD Vance’s chivalry to his wife Usha fools no one

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An Amazon Web Services data center in Stone Ridge, Virginia, seen on Aug. 26, 2026. Data centers' economic benefits versus their energy and water demands have become a debate ahead of the midterms. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Data center backlash is panicking tech oligarchs ahead of midterms

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