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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.” She’s a first place winner in the 2024 National Arts and Entertainment Journalism awards. She has published in many outlets, including the Rolling Stone, the Guardian, USA Today, and the Los Angeles Times. She hosts, writes, and helps produce “Standing Room Only,” a weekly politics show on YouTube. Follow her on Bluesky @AmandaMarcotte and sign up for her biweekly politics newsletter, Standing Room Only.

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Elon Musk stands in the gallery during President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, March 4, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

MAGA’s war on empathy exposes misogynist fears

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Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Ron Johnson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump blinks on tariffs in face of GOP resistance — but hasn’t given up his cult-leader dreams

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Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters and Sean Hannity (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Fox News, desperate to defend Trump’s tariffs, exploits MAGA’s masculinity delusions

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at the Libertarian National Convention on May 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Don’t believe the hype: MAGA knows that RFK’s “endorsement” of vaccines is phony

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Russell Brand leaves the Troubabour Wembley Park theatre in north-west London after performing a comedy set, Saturday September 16, 2023. He faces claims about his sexual behaviour at the height of his fame. (James Manning/PA Images via Getty Images)

Russell Brand’s rape charges expose the devil’s bargain between MAGA and “Christian” celebrities

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Angela Halili (L) and Arielle Reitsma (R) are hosts of the podcast “Girls Gone Bible.” (Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Adél Békefi / iStock / Jamie McCarthy / WireImage)

“Girls Gone Bible”: Spicy Christian podcast sells young women on MAGA. Will scandal hurt or help?

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson addresses the media after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on December 12, 2023 in Washington, District of Columbia. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Mike Johnson melts down after House proxy vote failure exposes MAGA’s “pro-family” lie

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US Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. departs the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on December 12, 2024 in New York City. (DAVID DEE DELGADO/AFP via Getty Images)

The misogynist agenda of “MAHA moms”

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Abortion rights activists react to the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Why overturning Roe v. Wade only made America’s abortion rate rise

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South Dakota's Governor Kristi Noem arrives to speak during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting on February 23, 2024, in National Harbor, Maryland. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

From “Mar-a-Lago face” to uncanny AI art: MAGA loves ugly in submission to Trump

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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a campaign rally at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 5, 2024. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

“I don’t regret the vote”: Why most Trump voters stand by him, even as he ruins their lives

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Elon Musk listens to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu address a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

“They basically want to kill me”: GOP efforts to turn Musk into a MAGA martyr are backfiring

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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a town hall meeting at La Crosse Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on August 29, 2024. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump snookers MAGA with “Epstein files” promise: “I would say weeks”

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Elon Musk, Tesla CEO (Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Elon Musk’s war on Social Security unmasks the GOP’s true disdain for retirees

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SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk participates in a town hall-style meeting to promote early and absentee voting at Ridley High School on October 17, 2024 in Folsom, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The dystopian “freedom cities” dream fueling Elon Musk’s destruction

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US President Donald Trump is seen with Pastor Paula White at an event honoring Evangelical leadership in the State Dining Room of the White House on August 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

“You must sacrifice”: MAGA excuses for Trump’s trade war echo “prosperity” preachers

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Mel Gibson speaks at MegaCon Orlando 2025 on February 07, 2025 in Orlando. (Gerardo Mora/Getty Images)

The “dangerous” reason why Trump wants Mel Gibson to get his gun rights back

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U.S. President Donald Trump and White House Senior Advisor, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sit in a Tesla Model S on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“I am the alpha in this relationship”: What Musk’s romantic history reveals about his hold on Trump

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Elon Musk and Robert Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

RFK Jr. gives Elon Musk’s DOGE free rein to raid the federal health agency

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth meets with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) at the U.S. Capitol on December 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Banning “Enola Gay”: Pete Hegseth’s DEI paranoia knows no limits

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Donald Trump. Pro-choice protesters. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump quietly props up the strictest abortion ban in the country

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Donald Trump and the US Department of Veterans Affairs (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Not fit to have a job”: Trump victim-blames veterans, workers for his war on the economy

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Melania Trump and Pam Bondi (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The “Epstein files” and Melania’s “deepfake” testimony are attempts to hide Trump’s violent misogyny

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People listen as former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally on July 3, 2021 in Sarasota, Florida. Co-sponsored by the Republican Party of Florida, the rally marks Trump's further support of the MAGA agenda and accomplishments of his administration. (Photo illustration by Salon/Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images)

“A woman is like a child”: MAGA quickly turns its sights on stripping Republican women of power

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