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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.

Republican Presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a campaign rally at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center on December 17, 2023 in Reno, Nevada. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Fear of MAGA “backlash” is no reason to let Donald Trump make an illegal run for president

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A digital advertisement board displaying a Barbie movie poster | Taylor Swift (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Men who feel threatened by Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Barbie deserve to feel bad

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Donald Trump | Members of the Proud Boys march towards Freedom Plaza during a protest in Washington, DC. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP’s Biggest Losers of 2023: Donald “Smells Like A Butt” Trump and his fellow insurrectionists

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Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) arrives to speak about the House Ethics Committee report and potential expulsion from Congress this week during a press conference outside on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

GOP’s Biggest Losers of 2023: George “It’s A Witch Hunt” Santos

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U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) arrives to a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on October 12, 2023 in Washington D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

GOP’s Biggest Losers of 2023: Lauren “Short of My Values” Boebert

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Glenn Youngkin, Ron DeSantis and Bridget Ziegler (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP’s Biggest Loser of 2023 Moms for Liberty has us asking: How many sex tapes are there?

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Former Speaker of the House U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as he greets U.S. veterans in the Capitol Rotunda on October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

GOP’s Biggest Losers of 2023: Kevin “I Never Quit” McCarthy

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Donald Trump | Close-up of mail-in-ballots (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Booting Trump off the ballot isn’t just legally correct — it’s the smart move for the Supreme Court

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New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (L) jokes with Donald Trump (R) as they take a walk down the runway during the NYC2000 fashion show in Times Square 13 September, 1999, in New York City. (MATT CAMPBELL/AFP via Getty Images)

Rudy Giuliani’s 90s-era war on art and dancing shows he didn’t change — he was MAGA before MAGA

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Christian Ziegler, Bridget Ziegler and Ron DeSantis (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Florida was supposed to be the future of the GOP — now the state party is in shambles

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First lady Jill Biden speaks about the holiday season and unveils the White House holiday decor while thanking volunteers who helped set it up, at the White House on November 27, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Right-wing tantrum over Jill Biden Christmas video accidentally reveals how much MAGA hates America

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A supporter cheers during a rally for President Donald Trump on October 23, 2020 in Pensacola, Florida. (Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)

Republican voters know Trump isn’t joking with his “dictator” remarks — it’s why they love him

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Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss and Rudy Giuliani (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“I don’t regret it”: Rudy Giuliani’s defense is Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman should accept his abuse

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A President Donald Trump supporter waves a MAGA hat at a MAGA Rally in the Toyota Center, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, in Houston. (Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

How Republicans convinced themselves America was meant to be a “Christian nation”

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U.S. House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) | The Baphomet statue is seen in the conversion room at the Satanic Temple in Salem, Massachusett (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

An Iowa fight over a Satanic display reminds us: Republicans believe “free speech” is only for them

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Supporters wait in line outside of the the Kellogg Arena to see U.S. President Donald Trump speak at his "Merry Christmas" rally being held at the Kellogg Arena on December 18, 2019 in Battle Creek, Michigan. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

MAGA women want a Hallmark “home for the holidays” fantasy — but their votes run their kids off

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Taylor Swift And Cats (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Taylor Swift gets it: Cats are better than (some) men

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(From L) Former Governor from South Carolina and UN ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy participate in the fourth Republican presidential primary debate at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on December 6, 2023. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Why voters aren’t more worried about Trump’s return: It sure doesn’t look like he’s running

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Former President Donald Trump pauses for cheers from the crowd before speaking as the keynote speaker at the 56th Annual Silver Elephant Dinner hosted by the South Carolina Republican Party on August 5, 2023 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

Trump is hiding his fascist plans in plain sight

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Nick Fuentes, Alex Jones and Ali Alexander during a 'Stop the Steal,' Far-Right Rallies leaders, broadcaster rally at the Governor's Mansion in Georgia November 19th, 2020. (Zach Roberts/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

“Can’t even bring themselves to denounce neo-Nazis”: Texas GOP’s internal war over Hitler apologists

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A speaker at the Moms for Liberty Summit in Philadelphia, 2023. (Hannah Beier for the Washington Post/Getty Images)

Curtains for Moms for Liberty: The fallout of a rape charge shows the far-right group is floundering

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Rep. George Santos (R-NY) talks to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol on November 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

George Santos gets one thing right about Republicans: Their expulsion vote is “theater”

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Ryan Fournier speaks to the crowd during the SAVE AMERICA TOUR at The Bowl at Sugar Hill on January 3rd, 2021 in Sugar Hill, Georgia. Fournier co-founder STUDENTS FOR TRUMP in 2015. (David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire/Getty Images)

Students for Trump founder said guns made “women equal” — before allegedly pistol-whipping a woman

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

The bad news is Trump is polling well — but the good news is he’s ready to blow it

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