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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.

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Demonstrators gather in Lafayette Square during a demonstration organized by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) protesting President Donald Trump's declaration of emergency powers on February 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Zach Gibson/Getty Images)

Biden can’t save us from Trump’s Big Lie: Why the fight for democracy has to be a grassroots effort

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Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan and the Proud Boys (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Stop feeding Joe Rogan’s trolls: Progressives must reclaim the politics of pleasure

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Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Donald Trump is done pretending. He is now openly celebrating the Capitol riot

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Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump and Bill Barr (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s lackeys failed him — and saved democracy

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Former President Donald Trump speaks during the 'Save America' rally at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds on January 29, 2022 in Conroe, Texas. Trump's visit was his first Texas MAGA rally since 2019. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump takes control of the Jan. 6 story — while the media and Congress sleep on it

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Glenn Youngkin, Ron DeSantis, Martin Luther King Jr. and Maus by Art Spiegelman (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The critics were right: “Critical race theory” panic is just a cover for silencing educators

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Tucker Carlson, Greg Gutfeld, Sean Hannity and the US Supreme Court Building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why the right sees Biden’s promise of a Black woman on the Supreme Court as an attack

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Man wearing animal mask and blue business suit getting in car (Getty Images/Westend61)

The crypto crash isn’t just tulip-trading — it’s a result of the toxic entitlement that led to Trump

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

Extremist politicians aren’t a “both sides” issue — it’s strictly a GOP phenomenon

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Demonstrators participate in a Defeat the Mandates march in Washington, DC, on January 23, 2022. - Demonstrators are protesting mask and Covid-19 vaccination mandates. (STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Insurrection by other means: The far right is using anti-vax sentiment to radicalize Republicans

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Pro-life demonstrators march during the "Right To Life" rally on January 15, 2022 in Dallas, Texas. The Catholic Pro-Life Community, Texans for Life Coalition, the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, and the Diocese of Fort Worth North hosted the Texas March for Life rally where people gathered to instigate the overturning of Roe v. Wade, a Supreme Court decision that permitted states throughout the country in legalizing abortion under certain regulations. The 49th anniversary of the decision to legalize abortion falls on January 22. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

“March for Life” is a misnomer — GOP’s pro-COVID stance makes clear

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U.S. President Joe Biden answers questions during a news conference in the East Room of the White House on January 19, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Media messes up coverage of voting rights, blames Biden for GOP’s racism

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U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) speaks during a United States Senate Committee on Finance hearing to consider Chris Magnus's nomination to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on October 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Rod Lamkey-Pool/Getty Images)

Kyrsten Sinema, a traitor to the cause of women’s rights, loses support of feminists

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US President Donald Trump speaks at "Save America March" rally in Washington D.C., United States on January 06, 2021. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Why voters don’t blame Republicans for the Capitol riot — no GOP leaders have been arrested yet

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Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Saul Loeb/Erin Schaff)

The Supreme Court’s golden rule: Only Republican leaders hold true power

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Mark Meadows, Jim Jordan, Kevin McCarthy and Michael Cohen (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Republicans ignore Michael Cohen’s warning at a cost: Blind loyalty to Trump is dangerous business

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Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and Roger Marshall (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Republicans have hijacked the process: Congressional hearings are now rife with conspiracy theories

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Tucker Carlson, Joe Biden and Stephen Miller (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Biden must make clear what Republicans know: The fight for democracy is a struggle over racism

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Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The 2022 midterms will be all about Jan. 6: Democrats can win if they fight Trump’s Big Lie

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Thousands of Donald Trump supporters gather outside the U.S. Capitol building following a "Stop the Steal" rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s coup failed — but January 6 was a success

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Pro-Trump protesters trying to enter Capitol building. Rioters broke windows and breached the Capitol building in an attempt to overthrow the results of the 2020 election. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

A second civil war: One year after Trump’s violent insurrection, how worried should we be?

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Supporters of US President Donald Trump hold a rally outside the US Capitol as they protest the upcoming electoral college certification of Joe Biden as US President in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

Republican voters don’t actually “believe” the Big Lie about January 6 — they’re in on the con

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Nancy Pelosi, Gretchen Whitmer and Stacey Abrams (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Democrats need not despair: 6 reasons to be hopeful about the 2022 midterms

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Kyrsten Sinema, Ron DeSantis, Amy Coney Barret, Donald Trump and Chris Christie (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Salon’s 2021 spicy take awards

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