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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.

How cops target transgender people: “They will often read gender nonconformity . . . to embody disorder”

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White nationalists walk into Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va. (AP/Steve Helber)

Donald Trump and the Lost Cause: President finally disavows racist violence — but he applauded the movement behind Unite the Right

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Salon Stage: The Revivalists perform an exclusive acoustic set

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Right-wing protestors taunt anti-Trump and 'Antifa' protesters (Getty/Jason Connolly)

It’s time to fight the alt-right — but not by actually fighting in the street

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Scott Pruitt; Donald Trump; James O'Keefe (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Alex Brandon/Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Anti-environment right shifts tactics: From climate-change denial to censorship and intimidation

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WATCH: Laurie Penny on why “all politics are identity politics”

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Students demonstrate in support of affirmative action (AP/Al Behrman)

Affirmative-action hypocrisy: Foes hope to use Asian-Americans to attack racial diversity on campus

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WATCH: Rethinking police violence through the “invisible” experience of women of color

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(AP/Susan Walsh)

Fake news isn’t going anywhere: It’s hugely profitable — and right-wingers love it

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Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Huntington, W.Va. (AP/Darron Cummings)

White supremacy week at the White House: Even by Trump standards, the racism was dialed to 11

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WATCH: “Just saying that facts matter . . . seems radical today”

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Scott Pruitt (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

EPA head Scott Pruitt wants to quit enforcing environmental laws — but there’s a way to make him do his job

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WATCH: “It may be mission impossible” — John Kelly faces struggle as new chief of staff

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(AP/Evan Vucci)

Despite pious rhetoric, anti-choice politicians don’t actually care about women’s and children’s health

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Alex Jones; Sean Hannity (Getty/Oli Scarff/Andy Kropa)

Team Trump’s pileup of fake conspiracies: Best possible way to conceal the real one

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(AP/Dylan Lovan)

Anti-choice activists ramp up the aggression — and Louisville is at the center of the storm

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Nancy Pelosi; Chuck Schumer; Bernie Sanders (AP/Getty)

Democrats must strike now on health care: Medicaid buy-in is the answer

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WATCH: Former Ferguson police chief accuses Eric Holder of using race to misrepresent police

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WATCH: Attacks on trans people are being used to cover for failed Republican politics

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WATCH: Indie-rock band Algiers on the comeback of protest music in the Trump era

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School segregation is back, big time — but the solution is close to home

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An abortion rights activist holds placards outside of the US Supreme Court before the Court struck down a Texas law placing restrictions on abortion clinics on June 27, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Getty/Mandel Ngan)

Texas war on women just keeps going: GOP abortion foes embrace Energizer-bunny model

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WATCH: What role should cops play in the abortion battle?

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San Antonio police investigate the scene where eight people were found dead in a tractor-trailer loaded with at least 30 others outside a Walmart (AP/Eric Gay)

Texas Republicans respond to San Antonio tragedy — by attacking human rights of immigrants

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