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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.

President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress, with Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on the dais behind him on April 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. On the eve of his 100th day in office, Biden spoke about his plan to revive America’s economy and health as it continues to recover from a devastating pandemic. He delivered his speech before 200 invited lawmakers and other government officials instead of the normal 1600 guests because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (Melina Mara-Pool/Getty Images)

Joe Biden turns the tables on Republicans

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Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Right-wing lies like Biden’s beef ban and Kamala’s book spread too fast for corrections to counter

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Cow in a clearing in a medical mask (Getty Images)

Fake burger bans and other people’s masks: Republicans crawl deeper into their imaginary victimhood

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Greg Abbott, Ron DeSantis and Tucker Carlson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The Charlottesville model: Trump’s “fine people” praise of white nationalists is now GOP mainstream

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Clorox bleach bottle with "NEVER FORGET" instead of logo (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Don’t bleach it away: Remembering the day Trump turned the GOP into a death cult

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Fox News host Tucker Carlson (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Tucker Carlson’s immigration bait-and-switch betrays his desperation

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Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Tucker Carlson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The making of a right-wing martyr: Conservatives treat Derek Chauvin’s conviction as an act of war

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Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Maxine Waters and Kevin McCarthy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Republican attacks on Maxine Waters prove the GOP is committed to a politics of white whining

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Young pregnant woman being examined during pregnancy while coronavirus pandemic (Getty Images)

The link between America’s rising maternal mortality rates and abortion

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A crime lab technician (L) works in the parking lot of the site of a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 16, 2021. - A gunman has killed at least eight people at the facility before turning the gun on himself in the latest in a string of mass shootings in the country, authorities said. The incident came a week after President Joe Biden branded US gun violence an "epidemic" and an "international embarrassment" as he waded into the tense debate over gun control, a powerful political issue in the US. (JEFF DEAN/AFP via Getty Images)

America’s minority rule problem is deadly

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The Vaccine as Horror Genre (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why Republicans are rejecting the COVID vaccine: GOP wants to drag out lockdowns to hurt Biden

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Ted Cruz, Tucker Carlson and Josh Hawley (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Republicans take trolling to “trigger the libs” to the next level

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Donald Trump, Andrew Cuomo and Matt Gaetz (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s lasting legacy: Scandals don’t hurt politicians like Matt Gaetz and Andrew Cuomo

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Protesters, demanding justice for George Floyd, gather in front of the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota United States on April 9, 2021. (Christopher Mark Juhn/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Derek Chauvin’s trial is a test of whether facts matter

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Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Republicans got the Supreme Court they wanted: That will change America forever

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John Boehner, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

John Boehner doesn’t deserve a rehabilitation tour: Mayor of GOP’s “Crazytown” sparked rise of Trump

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Students walking in corridor (Getty Images)

Republicans are waging war against US children: Anti-trans bills part of longstanding GOP campaign

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Matt Gaetz and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s defense of Matt Gaetz is a major problem for the GOP

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Protesters gather outside the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Pro-Trump protesters entered the U.S. Capitol building after mass demonstrations in the nation's capital during a joint session Congress to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Republican delusion — not disinformation — is the bigger danger to American democracy

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Brian Kemp (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP cancel culture targets Georgia: Republicans want to silence critics of their war on voting

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Service at Lakewood Church in Houston, where Pastor Joel Osteen preaches to some 25,000 people each week. There are currently 842 mega churches that host an excess of three million people on any given Sunday. Mega churches are loosely defined as non-Catholic churches with at least 2,000 weekly attendants. (Timothy Fadek/Corbis via Getty Images)

Church membership is in a freefall, and the Christian right has only themselves to blame

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Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Biden’s infrastructure bill is popular — so Republicans are trying to make it a culture war fight

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Matt Gaetz and Tucker Carlson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Fox News made Matt Gaetz a GOP star. Now he’s trying to take Fox News’ Tucker Carlson down with him

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

Republicans have become more fascist since Jan. 6 — and they blame liberals for it

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