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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.

Reproductive Rights Protest Outside The Supreme Court Hearing On Texas Abortion Law Arguments In Washington D.C., Nov. 1, 2021 (Jeff Malet Photography)

Republicans simplify their defense of Texas abortion ban: Women are too stupid to have rights

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

Surge in GOP’s war on free speech should sound alarms

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Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Meta and the Facebook Papers: Why Mark Zuckerberg has nothing to fear

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Tucker Carlson, Donald Trump and Mike Lindell (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Do GOP voters actually believe Trump’s Big Lie about “rigged” elections? They don’t act like they do

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Counter protesters with a placard saying "Homos Go To Hell" during the New York City Pride March on Fifth Avenue in New York City. | L.G.B.T. activists and their supporters rally in support of transgender people on the steps of New York City Hall, October 24, 2018 in New York City. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Conservatives conjure up a 21st-century Satanic panic. Will it work?

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Patrick Stewart and Jennifer Hetrick in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) (Paramount Pictures)

In the world of Star Trek, would people still cook even though they have access to a replicator?

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Greg Abbott (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The right’s latest anti-trans hysteria just blew up

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John Eastman, Steve Bannon, Donald Trump and Mike Lindell (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

More than a litmus test: How the Big Lie threatens to crack up Trump’s coalition

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Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz and the US Electoral Map by County (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP gerrymandering will backfire on Republicans

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

The evolution of Trump’s Big Lie: Republicans retool their conspiracy theory for the mainstream

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Joe Manchin, Joe Biden and Kyrsten Sinema (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

What do “centrists” want? Cutting back Biden’s agenda isn’t moderate — it’s reckless

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Colin Powell, Donald Trump and QAnon Trump Supporters (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Colin Powell’s legacy: How his WMDs lie led to Donald Trump’s Big Lie

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

Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan and the Proud Boys: How the fragility of the male ego fuels the far-right

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Chuck Schumer, Adam Schiff and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Democrats hit the panic button. Is it too little too late for Joe Biden?

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An attendee sits next to anti-vaccine mandate signs at a special Board of Education Meeting on mask mandates for students and staff in Kalamazoo County Schools at the Schoolcraft High School Gymnasium on August 23, 2021 in Schoolcraft, Michigan. The Schoolcraft Local School District opened the floor for public discussion. (Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images)

The QAnon playbook: Republicans make school board meetings the new battleground

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People hold up signs during a rally against "critical race theory" (CRT) being taught in schools at the Loudoun County Government center in Leesburg, Virginia on June 12, 2021. | Head Coach Jon Gruden of the Oakland Raiders (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Jon Gruden’s censorship: Why conservatives decry the consequences of free speech

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Joe Biden and Greg Abbott (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Republicans’ war on vaccines: GOP pushes strategy to prolong the pandemic

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Donald Trump and Mark Zuckerberg (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Facebook and Trump: America is sleepwalking towards fascism

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Greg Abbott, Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Republicans thought the Supreme Court could stealthily ban abortion. They were wrong

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Joe Biden | Demonstrators opposed to masking and mandatory vaccination for students gather outside the Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters as board members voted that all children 12 and older in Los Angeles public schools must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by January to enter campus on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Why Joe Biden remains hostage to the GOP’s death cult

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Elizabeth Warren and Mark Zuckerberg (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Facebook’s outage proves Elizabeth Warren right: It’s time to break up Big Tech

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A cardboard cutout of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, dressed up as the QAnon Shaman, along with other cutouts of people involved in the Capitol insurrection, stand on the National Mall ahead of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology and the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce joint hearing on Disinformation Nation: Social Media's Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation in Washington on Thursday, March 25, 2021. The cutouts were placed by the group SumOfUs as an attempt to highlight the role Facebook and other social media organizations played in the Capitol insurrection. (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Facebook whistleblower exposes a dark reality: Right wing disinformation is popular — and profitable

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Pramila Jayapal (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Progressives play hardball — with Biden’s support — and confuse the media

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Elizabeth Warren, Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Infrastructure bill debacle proves Elizabeth Warren right: To get things done, first fix corruption

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