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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.

Ken Paxton | University of Texas at Austin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Texas professors sue to fail students who seek abortions

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Former US President Donald Trump looks on during Round 3 at the LIV Golf-Bedminster 2023 at the Trump National in Bedminster, New Jersey on August 13, 2023. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump is no outlaw, just a grubby, sad criminal

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Joe Biden and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s “Biden the assassin” fantasy is pure projection

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Donald Trump | Birth Control Blister Packs (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump vows to “NEVER” take away birth control — except he spent four years doing just that

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to press during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on April 30, 2024. (CURTIS MEANS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s courthouse clown show can’t hide it: There’s barely any MAGA support in the streets

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Samuel Alito | Supreme Court Building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Supreme Court’s Samuel Alito problem compounded by Donald Trump’s immunity case

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Samuel Alito | An upside down American flag (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Samuel Alito’s snide denial of his Jan. 6 flag is just as ugly as flying it in the first place

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Republican presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for his campaign rally in Wildwood Beach on May 11, 2024 in Wildwood, New Jersey. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

No wonder Republicans are afraid of a debate — Donald Trump is barely holding it together at trial

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Donald Trump, Michael Cohen and Todd Blanche (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Trump derangement syndrome”: Hush-money trial suggests it was MAGA projection all along

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Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump said men would see his mistreatment of Stormy Daniels as “cool.” His trial suggests otherwise

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Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill performs during Riot Fest at Douglas Park on September 15, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Daniel Boczarski/Redferns/Getty Images)

“The songs for people after the protest”: Kathleen Hanna makes clear she’s a “musician not activist”

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Former US President Donald Trump, with attorney Todd Blanche (R), speaks to the press before leaving for the day at his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 10, 2024. (VICTOR J. BLUE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s obsession with control is backfiring on his lawyers in court

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks to members of the press on the steps of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol on May 8, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

“Reaching her expiration date”: How Marjorie Taylor Greene fell so fast from MAGA stardom

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Sarah Gibson and Stormy Daniels at the "Stormy" Premiere as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Stateside Theatre on March 8, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Amy E. Price/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty Images)

Stormy Daniels testimony reveals the triumph of #MeToo

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

“He was bigger and blocking the way”: Stormy Daniels takes the stand and reminds people who Trump is

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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shakes hands with North Dakota Governor Kristi Noem during a Buckeye Values PAC Rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on March 16, 2024. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Kristi Noem doubles down on Puppygate — can MAGA’s endless trolling go any lower?

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 3, 2024 in New York City. (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump’s lawyers are trying to use his trial to generate conspiracy theories — but it’s not working

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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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