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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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US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visit the Saint John Paul II National Shrine, to lay a ceremonial wreath and observe a moment of remembrance under the Statue of Saint John Paul II on June 2, 2020 in Washington,DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Poor sad #BunkerBoy: Now Trump wants to edit real life, like an episode of “The Apprentice”

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Donald Trump holding up a bible | Protestors gathering across the street from the White House during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump thought a violent crackdown would be a victory for him — but the protesters are winning

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Donald Trump | Protestors are tear gassed as the police disperse them near the White House on June 1, 2020 as demonstrations against George Floyd's death continue. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump voters wanted this all along — now the trolling has turned to real-world violence

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Donald Trump | Two NYPD cars drove into a crowd of protestors (Photo illustration by Salon/NBC/Getty Images)

Trump has reshaped law enforcement: Endless cover-up for him, brutal clampdown on dissent

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Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

For Trump and his man-baby fans, “free speech” means they get to act out with no consequences

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President Donald Trump talks to reporters before departing the White House for a trip to Michigan, Thursday, May 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Yes, Trump’s Twitter threats against Democrats are a “distraction” — but we can’t ignore them

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People face off with police near the Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via Getty Images))

I can’t get past the differences between the Minneapolis BLM protest and anti-lockdown protests

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Donald Trump, tweeting and golfing (Photo illustration by Salon/Twitter/@realDonaldTrump/AP Photo/Andy Buchanan)

With 100,000 dead and 39 million out of work, Trump trolls the libs — and his fanboys love it

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Young man distracted while on video call from his home during lockdown (Getty Images)

Too much Zoom: Who knew life under lockdown would be so damn busy?

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A sign is displayed at Planned Parenthood (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Pandemic abortion crisis: More women need services, but access is harder than ever

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U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House May 18, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Doug Mills/The New York Times-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump moves openly to steal the election: Democrats should impeach him again

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Anti-Abortion Protest | Norma McCorvey in "AKA Jane Roe" (FX/AP Photo/Salon)

Jane Roe’s “conversion” confession: More proof the religious right is run by grifters and liars

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President Donald Trump (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Is Trump taking hydroxychloroquine? Who cares? It’s another right-wing snake-oil scam

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Flanked by White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx (L) and Dr. Anthony Fauci (R), director of the NIH, U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks about coronavirus vaccine development in the Rose Garden of the White House (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Trump’s war on masks: It’s working — at least with his base

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President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus during a press briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, May 11, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

WTF is “Obamagate”? That’s easy: It’s Donald Trump’s reboot of “but her emails”

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Donald Trump | Demonstrators begin to gather at a protest opposing Washington state's stay-home order to slow the coronavirus outbreak (Photo illustration by Salon/AP Photo/Elaine Thompson/Evan Vucci)

The pandemic exposes the truth: Right-wing “individualism” is just selfish garbage

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President Donald Trump, Sen. Rand Paul, Tucker Carlson, and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci (Photo illustration by Salon/AP Photo/Getty Images)

Trump flunkies try to scapegoat Anthony Fauci — but we all know who’s really to blame

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Chrissy Teigan and Alison Roman (Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon)

Chrissy Teigen and Alison Roman’s fight reveals a deep well of women’s insecurity about cooking

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Donald Trump (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump doesn’t really care about the economy — he just wants to fake it until November

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US President Donald Trump tours a Honeywell International Inc. factory producing N95 masks during his first trip since widespread COVID-19 related lockdowns went into effect May 5, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Oops, they did it again: Trump’s refusal to wear a mask as a signal to fascism

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A demonstration outside the Supreme Court during a 2014 hearing on the contraceptive mandate. (Matt McClain/ The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump’s war on birth control: Always insulting and sexist; even worse during a pandemic

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President Donald Trump reacts to a reporter's question as he speaks about protecting seniors, and the coronavirus, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump is bored: He wants to move on from this pandemic — just as it hits swing states

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Queso & Chips (Getty Images)

This queso spiked with beer guarantees there won’t be leftovers

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President Donald Trump (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump gives us the worst of both worlds: A ruined economy and a soaring death rate

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