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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.

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President Donald Trump with Paula White, an evangelical leader who has compared him to Jesus Christ (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

The Christian right’s victim complex fuels Trump’s Iran war

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According to a new study, young men who favor the trad lifestyle don't honor and cherish tradwives — they hold them in contempt. (Getty Images)

Why MAGA men actually loathe tradwives

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U.S. President Donald Trump reacts as Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on during a Cabinet meeting, the first since U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran began. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Iran is breaking Trump’s spirit

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Former Attorney General Pam Bondi (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Sorry, Pam Bondi. Trump has no loyalty

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Vice President JD Vance (Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images)

The real reason behind JD Vance’s demon talk

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First Lady Melania Trump is accompanied at the White House by Figure 03, a humanoid robot during the Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Why MAGA fears human teachers

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An ICE agent at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

ICE at airports: Trump’s troll move backfires

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Vice President JD Vance (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

How Iran emasculated JD Vance

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In the chauvinist world of the online right, OnlyFans and solitary sex in front of a phone or computer are major obsessions (Getty Images)

For Gen Z Republican men, sex is solitary

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GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

ICE “course correction”? Markwayne Mullin isn’t it

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is known for his chest-thumping (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Pete Hegseth’s manly act is backfiring

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(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images)

Republicans don’t care about parents’ rights

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After a chaotic tenure as Homeland Security secretary, Kristi Noem was fired by Donald Trump on March 5, 2026 (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Mar-a-Lago face couldn’t save Kristi Noem

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Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will advance to a May 26 run-off to determine the Lone Star State's GOP Senate nominee (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Danielle Villasana / Richard Rodriguez)

Texas primary shows that MAGA loves a villain

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President Donald J. Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. (Pool photo by Kenny Holston/The New York Times.) (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump hides in plain sight at the State of the Union

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(Department of Homeland Security)

DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin’s replacement is even worse

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(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Dan Kitwood / Tom Williams / Tim Graham)

King Charles exposes Pam Bondi’s shame

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Kristi Noem's leadership of the Department of Homeland Security has been marked by chaos (Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images)

Kristi Noem’s law-and-order pitch is collapsing

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Elon Musk envisioned a future with optional work and irrelevant money thanks to the domination of artificial intelligence. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

MAGA loves bad dads

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is under fire for her chaotic management of the agency (Al Drago/Getty Images)

The real reason Kristi Noem wants ICE body cams

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Faith leaders pray over President Donald Trump during a 'Evangelicals for Trump' campaign event held at the King Jesus International Ministry on Jan. 3, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Evangelicals won’t dump Trump over his racist Obama video

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Kid Rock in Wichita, Kansas, on April 18, 2025. (Gary Miller/Getty Images)

Kid Rock’s alternative Super Bowl halftime show was just boring

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Texas librarians have been on the front lines in fighting back against book bans organized by Moms for Liberty (Aaron E. Martinez/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

Shock Democratic upset in Texas shows voters still hate book bans

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President Donald Trump said on February 1, 2026, that he plans to close the Kennedy Center for roughly two years for the facility to undergo construction. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Kennedy Center teaches MAGA a tough lesson

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