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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.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico speaks during a campaign rally as part of his "New American Dream Tour" in Beeville, Texas, on Aug. 22, 2026. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP via Getty Images)

Texas and Georgia races show voters are finally sick of MAGA corruption

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(Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Beata Zawrzel / NurPhoto / Thomas Jackson)

The high cost of MAGA manhood

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indsay Clancy listens to testimony during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court on August 11, 2026. (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

The Lindsay Clancy murder trial exposes MAGA lies

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth appears at the Iowa State Fair during a campaign event for Zach Nunn, the Republican candidate for Iowa's third Congressional District Zach Nunn (R) on Aug. 17, 2026. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Pete Hegseth’s path to the 2028 GOP nomination isn’t a joke

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(Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / John Moore / Nikos Frazier / Omaha World-Herald / Compliant Technologies Manual)

ICE gloves reveal how Trump’s revenge agenda is failing

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President Donald Trump steps off Marine One with his aide Natalie Harp on Aug. 16, 2026 (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Trump aide Natalie Harp nurses his decline

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President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Pete Hegseth is Trump’s favorite kind of failure

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Flock Safety cameras have many Americans seeing red. (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / The Washington Post / SOPA Images)

The Flock uprising is just the beginning

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has attracted criticism for freezing her eggs from MAGA influencers who have promoted raising America's birthrate (Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

AOC exposes MAGA’s motherhood hypocrisy

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Republicans have renewed their harassment campaign against former NIH director Dr. Anthony Fauci (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

MAGA has pandemic nostalgia

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Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, has been accused of physical violence and child abuse by his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, daughter of GOP Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Max Miller tests GOP tolerance of terrible men

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Ariana Grande at the 83rd Annual Golden Globes (Christopher Polk/2026GG/Penske Media via Getty Images)

How Ariana Grande’s body became political

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Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Mitch McConnell is never coming back to the Senate

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche (Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images)

The real reason Todd Blanche won’t drop Trump’s slush fund

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Vice President JD Vance (Mark Schiefelbein-Pool/Getty Images)

JD Vance will never be the GOP Obama

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The merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will accelerate the decline of entertainment (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The MAGA-fication of Hollywood is going to be so boring

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Pete Hegseth wants to measure your manhood

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Graham Platner withdrew from the Maine Senate race following an allegation of sexual assault from a former partner (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Why MAGA influencers are wooing Graham Platner’s male fans

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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

New ICE boss, same old lies

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Life-size replica of Noah's Ark at the Ark Encounter historically themed attraction near Williamstown, Kentucky. (Ron Buskirk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Dinosaurs on Noah’s ark? A MAGA theme park clings to creationism

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Taylor Swift amongst some of her large purchases (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Gareth Cattermole / Sara Konradi for The Washington Post / Erica Denhoff / Icon Sportswire / Joan Valls)

Taylor Swift’s wedding proves AOC right: There are no good billionaires

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President Donald Trump speaks during the kick-off celebration for the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (emal COUNTESS / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump wrecked America’s 250th in DC, but other blue cities will save it

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The Texas State School Board has included the Bible on a mandatory reading list for students. ((Jay Janner/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

Texas Republicans may regret mandating Bible in classes

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Republicans are attacking Pride Month — and marriage equality (Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images)

“Nuclear Family Month” shows that MAGA is still coming for same-sex marriage

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