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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.

A billboard truck seen outside Fox News HQ. Members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building in Manhattan, this time with a billboard truck exposing Fox lies. (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Fox News has lost control of its viewers

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In this photo illustration, a person looks at an Abortion Pill (RU-486) for unintended pregnancy from Mifepristone displayed on a smartphone. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

Don’t celebrate the latest abortion pill decision — it’s an assault on all reproductive rights

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Reading On A Stack Of Books (Getty Images)

Defunding public libraries: Republicans’ war on reading goes nuclear

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Donald Trump (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Blinded by hate: Republicans too busy to notice plummeting poll numbers for Trump and GOP

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Gavel with Pills, and the US Supreme Court (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Abortion pill decision: Medical abortions will just be more painful

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Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Anti-trans advocates keep contradicting each other

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Democratic state Rep. Justin Jones of Nashville gestures during a vote on his expulsion from the state legislature at the State Capitol Building on April 6, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Seth Herald/Getty Images)

Tennessee Three — minus one— expelled: Republicans remove all doubt that they oppose democracy

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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks during a court hearing on April 22, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (John Bazemore-Pool/Getty Images)

Not just Trump’s indictment: The MAGA movement is having its worst week ever

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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks during a press conference following the arraignment of former U.S. President Donald Trump April 4, 2023 in New York City. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Alvin Bragg proves skeptics wrong: Trump’s 34-count felony indictment is serious business

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Stormy Daniels and E. Jean Carroll (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Women started the anti-Trump resistance — and it’s women who are the first to hold him accountable

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Former US President Donald Trump speaks during a 2024 election campaign rally in Waco, Texas, March 25, 2023. (SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images)

Calm down, everybody! Trump is not going to be helped by his indictments

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Dolly Parton (L) and Miley Cyrus perform onstage during the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

“They banned Dolly”: Republicans want the dumbest parent at the school to control the curriculum

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Former President Donald speaks to a crowd during a rally in Texas on Jan. 29, 2022. (Sergio Flores/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Trump’s rally cry to MAGA hasn’t gone ignored — they’ve just redirected their rage

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Police work near the scene of a mass shooting at the Covenant School on March 27, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)

Trump wants Americans to think society is an apocalyptic wasteland: Mass shootings help him

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump dances while exiting after speaking during a rally at the Waco Regional Airport on March 25, 2023 in Waco, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Donald Trump wants to be the charismatic leader of an apocalyptic cult: Yeah, it’s an overreach

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A pro-LGBTQ rights protester holds anti-far-right placards during the demonstration. (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The GOP is becoming more unhinged about LGBTQ people — which will only make them more unpopular

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President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press before departing from the White House on the south lawn before he boards Marine One on August 09, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Donald Trump knows a perp walk is good TV

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Tucker Carlson and James Comer (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“The customer’s always right”: New Fox News lawsuit explains why the GOP is captured by conspiracies

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Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Mike Pence (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP two-step: Republicans’ call for “calmness” betrayed by their not-so-subtle nod to MAGA violence

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Ron DeSantis, Greg Abbott and Glenn Youngkin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Not just Florida: The entire GOP is waging a nationwide racism-fueled war on public education

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Former US President Donald Trump looks on as South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster addresses the crowd during a 2024 election campaign event in Columbia, South Carolina, on January 28, 2023. (LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images)

Hey MAGA world: Trump thinks you’re stupid — and he’s exploiting you, as usual

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American flag, Pride Flag, BLM Flag and a wooden map of the USA (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How a far-right think tank made everything “woke”

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a collegiate athletics roundtable about fall sports at the Albert J. Dunlap Athletic Training Facility on the campus of Florida State University on August 11, 2020 in Tallahassee, Florida. (Don Juan Moore/Getty Images)

Why the GOP is obsessed with “woke” — but can’t define it

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Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz (R-FL) delivers remarks in the House Chamber during the fourth day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

“I need a woman who looks like she got punched”: Republicans become more openly pro-abuse

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