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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." Follow her on Bluesky @AmandaMarcotte and sign up for her biweekly politics newsletter, Standing Room Only.

Donald Trump | Pro-Israeli and Pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Donald Trump is using campus protests to stoke right-wing violence for the election

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Former President Donald Trump's attorney Todd Blanche appears in court during Trump's trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 26, 2024 in New York City. (Mark Peterson-Pool/Getty Images)

“Losing all credibility”: Trump’s hush money lawyer the latest to torch his reputation for nothing

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Tired stressed new mother at home (Getty Images/kieferpix)

“College was called ‘Babylon'”: A former “stay-at-home daughter” exposes Christian patriarchy

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Donald Trump and Kristi Noem | People walk along Main Street during the 80th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota on August 8, 2020. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Kristi Noem doubled down on dog-killing to win over MAGA — now her story is backfiring in her face

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. | Supporters of Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

RFK is now openly gunning for Trump voters — and Republicans are starting to worry

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Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s isolation deepens after his coup crew is hit with Arizona criminal indictments

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Republican presidential candidate, former US President Donald Trump, arrives at the home of billionaire investor John Paulson, with former first lady Melania Trump, on April 6, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Alon Skuy/Getty Images)

“Where’s Melania?”: Missing wife is why Trump’s lawyers can’t pull off the “family man” defense

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Former President of the United States Donald J. Trump appears in the hallway of the courthouse to speak to the press on day three of the civil fraud trial in Manhattan, New York, United States on October 4, 2023. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Trump keeps begging for a “rally behind MAGA” — but his supporters aren’t showing up to court

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Former US president Donald Trump leaves the court room of the State Supreme court on the first day of his civil fraud trial on October 2, 2023 in New York City. (KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s humiliation deepens: In court, he can’t hide from his tabloid roots

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) puts on her Make America Great Again hat (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s “space lasers” show how the GOP gets away with escalating violence

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Donald Trump | RNC logo (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Donald Trump turns the GOP into a protection racket — and demands Republican candidates pay up

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Arizona Republican Senate Candidate Kari Lake speaks with reporters after leaving the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Capitol Hill on March, 6 2024 in Washington, DC. Sen. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

“You can go three hours that way”: Kari Lake and Arizona GOP can’t decide if abortion is bad or not

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Former US President Donald Trump attends the second day of his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on April 16, 2024. (MARK PETERSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Sleepy Don’s dilemma: Napping in court could help Trump win the case, but it hurts him with his base

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears ahead of the start of jury selection at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 15, 2024 in New York City. (Jabin Botsford-Pool/Getty Images)

Donald Trump was already a mess — now he’s falling asleep during his own trial

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Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s right to fear Stormy Daniels — she could be a devastating witness

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MAGA Alpha Male (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Latest “masculinity influencer”: Another dudebro guiding followers into deeper loneliness

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Kari Lake, Republican Senate candidate from Arizona, leaves the U.S. Capitol after a meeting with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Kari Lake and her fellow Republicans can’t run from Arizona’s draconian abortion ban

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at the New York Young Republican Club Gala at Cipriani Wall Street on December 09, 2023 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Trump busts the myth behind the MAGA rich

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Trump supporters pray as they await the arrival of President Donald Trump at Latrobe Airport on September 3, 2020 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Evangelicals won’t be bothered by Trump’s abortion gambit — they know he’s lying

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People eat in a restaurant sidewalk shed on Mott Street in Little Italy in New York City. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

Men punching random women in NYC: A desperate last gasp of the male rage fueling MAGA

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Charlie Kirk (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Screws up female brains”: MAGA leaders are conditioning Republicans to back birth control bans

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Mike Lindell, Kari Lake and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Evicted, arrested and being sued by the boss: When will MAGA learn loyalty to Trump ends in sorrow?

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Donald Trump | Empty jury booth (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Donald Trump acts terrified to face a jury. He should be scared

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Marjorie Taylor Greene, Donald Trump and Mike Johnson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Fake right-wing panic about “trans” Easter is part of Trump’s push for Christian nationalism

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