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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.

Kevin McCarthy and Matt Gaetz (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Kevin McCarthy’s embarrassing lesson: MAGA torches everything it touches — and will destroy itself

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The unsung hero behind Donald Trump’s crushing fraud case: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Taylor Swift performs onstage during the "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at Foro Sol on August 24, 2023 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Hector Vivas/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

GOP dudes are big mad at Taylor Swift for reminding them that the ladies don’t like them

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CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN - SEPTEMBER 27: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Drake Enterprises, an automotive parts manufacturer, on September 27, 2023 in Clinton Township, Michigan. President Joe Biden met with striking UAW workers the day before at a General Motors parts facility. ( (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images))

A study in contrasts: Biden stands with auto workers, while Trump looks down upon them

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President Donald J. Trump speaks with members of the coronavirus task force during a briefing in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Thursday, April 23, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

President Drink Bleach says what? Trump now claims he beat George W. Bush and Barack Obama

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Rupert Murdoch (Jason Reed - Pool/Getty Images)

With Rupert Murdoch leaving Fox News, an even more deranged MAGA media is making its move

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Rudy Giuliani and Russel Brand (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Allegations against Rudy Giuliani and Russell Brand show sexual abuse is a selling point for MAGA

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Lauren Boebert and John Fetterman (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Fetterman’s hoodie vs. Boebert’s handsy night: Why Republicans can’t see their own hypocrisy

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Pray Vote Stand Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel on September 15, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump is lying about his “moderate” abortion stance — he will ban it nationwide

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U.S. Rep.-elect Lauren Boebert (R-CO) (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Lauren Boebert’s sexy adventure: Blame conservatives’ push for “traditional marriage”

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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) answers questions in his office after announcing he will not seek re-election on September 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Enough with the Mitt Romney adulation! The GOP hasn’t been a serious “policy” party in decades

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Lauren Boebert and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Even Lauren Boebert knows a phony Biden impeachment will backfire — why the GOP will do it anyway

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American Flag Hanging in Classroom (Getty Images/Glasshouse Images)

PragerU’s Confederate classroom propaganda: Co-opting history to prop up modern insurrectionists

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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) delivers remarks at the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority conference at the Washington Hilton on June 23, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Republicans try an abortion rebrand — but it will just backfire

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Family on broken tablet screen (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Another Christian influencer arrested for child abuse: Why conservatives keep falling for these cons

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Not just Trump: The trial of Texas attorney general Ken Paxton shows MAGA loves crooks as leaders

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The Proud Boys outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Why the Proud Boys’ sentences matter: They’re scaring the rest of MAGA straight

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

DeSantis earned his Jacksonville boos: New documents show team pushed “opposing” views on slavery

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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump (Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump conspirators beware: Rudy Giuliani’s loss is a reminder that the courtroom is MAGA kryptonite

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Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, state Rep. Gloria Johnson, and state Rep. Justin Pearson speak with members of the press after meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office April 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

GOP voters can’t cope with Trump charges — so Republicans double down on anti-democratic attacks

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District Attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, Fani Willis poses for photos in her chambers at the Fulton County Court House in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday, August 8, 2023. (Megan Varner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Fani Willis proves the skeptics wrong: 18 co-defendants is a big problem for Donald Trump

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump poses for his booking photo at the Fulton County Jail on August 24, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Trump was booked on 13 charges related to an alleged plan to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. (Photo by Fulton County Sheriff's Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Rating the MAGA mug shots: Donald Trump and his posse pose as supervillains

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Entrepreneur and author Vivek Ramaswamy gestures as he arrives to take part in the first Republican Presidential primary debate at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 23, 2023. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Vivek Ramaswamy’s 15 minutes are here: His surge of support shows all the GOP base wants is trolling

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The stage is set for the first debate of the GOP primary season hosted by FOX News at the Fiserv Forum on August 23, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Why do Republicans even bother with this whole farce?

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