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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.

Tom Cotton, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Chuck Grassley (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Hey Republicans (and RFK Jr.): Nobody wants to see you do push-ups

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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R) (R-CO) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol June 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. Also pictured is Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert were doomed to feud — there can only be one MAGA queen

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Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, Elon Musk attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre on June 16, 2023 in Paris, France. (Chesnot/Getty Images)

Billionaires aren’t okay — for their mental health, time to drastically raise their taxes

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FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on "oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation" and alleged politicization of law enforcement on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on July 12, 2023. (Shuran Huang for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

GOP war on the FBI: Republican attacks on Chris Wray echo ideology of OKC bomber Timothy McVeigh

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Tucker Carlson and Andrew Tate (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Tucker Carlson’s Twitter interview with Andrew Tate: Elon Musk is really getting desperate

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Republican members of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee used a complex chart to present their preliminary findings into an investigation into financial dealings by President Joe Biden's family during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on May 10, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Hunter Biden “whistleblower” exposed as a fugitive and accused spy — but MAGA won’t budge

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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) (R) greets an attendee during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on March 3, 2023 in National Harbor, Maryland. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Republican women learn the hard way: Complicity will not protect you

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor David Hogg speaks in front of reporters at an installation of body bags assembled on the National Mall by Gun Control activist group March For Our Lives on March 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“Gun violence has created a lot of anxiety”: The forgotten survivors of shootings speak

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Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks to supporters as he formally announces his intention to seek the Republican nomination for president on June 07, 2023 in Ankeny, Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Mike Pence’s Big Lie campaign trail torture: He’s reaping the disinformation he sowed

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In this photo illustration the Twitter logo is seen on a computer screen and mobile cellphone. (Photo illustration by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Fake “liberal” Twitter account exposed: We should worry less about AI and more about human stupidity

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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at a town-hall-style event at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College on June 06, 2023 in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Memo to Chris Christie: You can’t troll Donald Trump in a GOP primary

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U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil M. Gorsuch (Jabin Botsford - Pool/Getty Images)

Fraud “justice”: Anti-LGBTQ decision based on a fake case showcases the Supreme Court’s illegitimacy

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Social Media Radicalization (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Shutting down the right-wing rabbit hole is possible: First, follow the money

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Donald Trump (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

GOP’s lackluster frontrunner: Trump seems awfully low energy lately

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

More than Trump ego maintenance: GOP move to “expunge” impeachments is part of their war on history

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Supporters listen as US President Donald Trump speaks at a "Make America Great Again" rally on October 15, 2020, held at Pitt-Greenville Airport in Greenville, North Carolina. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by (Photo illustration by Salon/Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

“Trump thinks he has this big army out there still”: A MAGA movement betrayed has now morphed

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U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Samuel Alito scandal shows why conservative justices on the Supreme Court are so whiny

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Controversial influencer Andrew Tate (C) arrives at the Municipal Court of Bucharest, Romania, on June 21, 2023. (DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP via Getty Images)

Andrew Tate was never “just trolling”

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Bret Baier and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Too stupid to know better”: MAGA eats up Trump’s idiot president defense

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Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman and Sidney Powell (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s addiction to “yes men” may be his ultimate downfall

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Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster following his appearance in a Miami court on June 13, 2023 in Bedminster, New Jersey. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Trump’s only defense is celebrity: When you’re a star, they have to let you do it

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he makes a visit to the Cuban restaurant Versailles after he appeared for his arraignment on June 13, 2023 in Miami, Florida. (Alon Skuy/Getty Images)

Why MAGA didn’t riot at Trump’s arrest: Republicans in Congress vow to wage a civil war from within

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Republican presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks June 10, 2023 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Win McNamee/Getty Imagesv)

Why Trump hoarded classified documents: More than “trophies,” they are weapons

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Walt Nauta, left, and Chris LaCivita, center, listen as former President Donald Trump speaks with reporters and staff on board "Trump Force One," March 13, 2023. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Republicans, take note: Walt Nauta’s tragic tale shows how loyalty to Trump ends in sorrow

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