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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.

Joe Manganiello and the cast of Critical Role help unveil the new Dungeons & Dragons storyline, 'Tomb of Annihilation' during a live streaming event at The House Studios on June 2, 2017 in Seattle, Washington. (Mat Hayward/Getty Images for Dungeons & Dragons)

How to feed your D&D party (or any game night group)

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President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the White House on the ballistic missile strike that Iran launched against Iraqi air bases housing U.S. troops, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and others looks on. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump thought picking a fight with Iran would boost him. It backfired

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George W. Bush and Donald Trump (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak/Dennis Van Tine/Burhan Ozbilici)

Having antiwar déjà vu? That’s understandable, but it’s not 2003 anymore

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Michelle Williams accepts the award for BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION for "Fosse/Verdon" onstage during the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 5, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. (Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal Media, LLC via Getty Images)

Michelle Williams speaks a crucial truth: Abortion isn’t the enemy of motherhood

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US President Donald Trump and Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)

Here’s the big question: How does Trump personally benefit from war with Iran?

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Donald Trump and Eddie Gallagher (AP Photo/Salty Frog Gear/Nine Line Apparel/Salon)

Eddie Gallagher isn’t a “lifestyle brand” story: It’s a story about the rise of American fascism

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Greta Thunberg, the climate strike, and Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

A new generational conflict: Will the 2020s be the “OK boomer” decade?

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Former acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney answers questions during a briefing at the White House October 17, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Mick Mulvaney can run, but he can’t hide: White House chief tries to duck Ukraine responsibility

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Joel McHale, Dino Stamatopoulos, Gillian Jacobs, Marcy McCusker, and Erik Charles Nielsen in Community (Lewis Jacobs/NBCUniversal)

Forget “The Rise of Skywalker” — the only “Star Wars” sequel you need is this episode of “Community”

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Various couples from Hallmark Christmas movies (Hallmark Channel)

Hallmark movies are fascist propaganda

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Photographs of the Berlin Wall coming down, Al Gore and George Bush's presidential debate, Barack Obama's Innauguration, and Donald Trump as US President (Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon)

Things may look bleak at decade’s end — but the world can shift rapidly

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Donald Trump with thumbs up in front of elderly white congregation in church (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/Salon)

In Trump’s America “Christian” is no longer a religious faith — it’s white identity politics

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Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, and Amy Klobuchar at the December 19th, 2019, Democratic Debate (Getty Images/Robyn Beck/Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Justin Sullivan/Salon)

Mayor Pete wins mansplaining contest in otherwise substantive Democratic debate

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Presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Former vice president Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) during the Washington Post and MSNBC fifth Democratic presidential primary debate at the from Tyler Perry Studios on November 20, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Another debate: Can Democrats wrest attention away from Trump with a positive vision?

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A joint session of Congress from the floor of the House of Representatives in Washington, DC (JIM LO SCALZO/AFP via Getty Images)

It’s zero hour: Why every House Democrat must vote to impeach Donald Trump

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Donald Trump getting the "O-K" from Joseph McCarthy and Mitch McConnell (Getty Images/NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Bettman/Chip Somodevilla)

Are Republicans afraid of Trump? Hell, no — he’s destroying democracy and they love it

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U.S. President Donald Trump vs The Women's March (Getty Images/Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket/Chip Somodevilla)

The 2010s in feminism: Two steps forward and a big shove back

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during his weekly press conference at the U.S. Capitol on November 19, 2019 in Washington, DC. Republicans spoke about their desire to work on their legislative agenda despite the impeachment hearings in the House. (Alex Edelman/Getty Images)

Republicans admit it: Senate impeachment trial of Trump will be a total sham

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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) (L), speak during a news conference on the USMCA trade agreement, on Capitol Hill December 10, 2019 in Washington, DC. Pelosi said an agreement has been reached on a deal over the U.S.-Mexico-Canada, but final details for the trade pact were still being ironed out. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Don’t panic! Yeah, Pelosi struck a trade deal with Trump. That’s just smart politics

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U.S. Attorney General William Barr (Drew Angerer/Getty Images))

Impeach Bill Barr too: AG backs Trump over his own Department of Justice

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Ranking member Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) speaks as Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) listens during testimony by constitutional scholars before the House Judiciary Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill December 4, 2019 in Washington, DC. This is the first hearing held by the Judiciary Committee in the impeachment inquiry against U.S. President Donald Trump, whom House Democrats say held back military aid for Ukraine while demanding it investigate his political rivals. The Judiciary Committee will decide whether to draft official articles of impeachment against President Trump to be voted on by the full House of Representatives. (Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images)

Impeachment: Republicans have no defense for Trump — just tribal hatred of Democrats

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Stanford University Law Professor Pamela Karlan waits to testify before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., the United States, on Dec. 4, 2019. The Democrat-led House Judiciary Committee took over a months-long impeachment proceeding into U.S. President Donald Trump by holding its first hearing on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Jie via Getty Images)

Right-wingers go full misogynist at impeachment witness Pamela Karlan

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Man playing video game on smartphone while his girlfriend cooking (Getty Images)

Women still belong in the kitchen, according to the advice-seeking men of Reddit

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Constitutional scholars Noah Feldman of Harvard University, Pamela Karlan of Stanford University, Michael Gerhardt of the University of North Carolina, and Jonathan Turley of George Washington University are sworn in to testify before the House Judiciary Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill December 4, 2019 in Washington, DC. This is the first hearing held by the Judiciary Committee in the impeachment inquiry against U.S. President Donald Trump, whom House Democrats say held back military aid for Ukraine while demanding it investigate his political rivals. The Judiciary Committee will decide whether to draft official articles of impeachment against President Trump to be voted on by the full House of Representatives. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Law professors to Congress: So impeach the MFer already

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