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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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Ryan Zinke (Getty/Mark Wilson)

Trump’s Interior secretary goes to war — against his own department

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Milo Yiannopoulos (Getty/Josh Edelson)

Milo’s “Free Speech Week” was a flop: Here’s how to beat the alt-right

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NFL free speech is not the same as a bigoted baker’s: Here’s why

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Scott Pruitt (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Matt Rourke/Salon)

Trump’s EPA: Who cares about environmental racism?

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Drug sentences and Donald Trump: Is reform even possible?

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Bill O'Reilly (Getty/Ilya S. Savenok)

Bill O’Reilly plans a big comeback — and he may get one

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Milo Yiannopoulos (Getty/Drew Angerer)

Milo Yiannopoulos’ “censored” Berkeley event smells like a massive troll

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Trump’s interior secretary on national monuments: Sell ’em and strip ’em

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Trump’s FEC pick: Defender of dark money

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Law enforcement officers and investigators outside the scene of a shooting in Plano, Texas, Sept. 10, 2017. (AP/LM Otero)

Male entitlement in action: Why the Texas shooting is a gender issue

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions (AP/Andrew Harnik/Getty/Yarygin/Salon)

Legal weed doesn’t hurt youth outcomes; Jeff Sessions doesn’t care

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Next up, the animals: GOP moves to strip protections from endangered species

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Silent and deadly: Gun industry eyes a sneaky and dangerous new revenue stream

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White Christians are now a minority — but they’re getting more isolated and less tolerant

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Gary Numan, New Wave legend, brings science fantasy to music in his latest album

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Yes, it’s really this simple: Donald Trump is a cranky, obsessive racist

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Bigger, stronger storms will mean more post-hurricane pollution — does Trump even care?

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There’s one big reason for Trump and Sessions to target DACA: Racism

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If you could edit your child’s genes, would you?

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Trump’s “trans ban” is an attack on health care — and an especially cruel one

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Ivanka Trump (AP/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s decision on equal pay is about more than Ivanka’s hypocrisy

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Programs meant to encourage women in STEM may be backfiring — because it’s not women who need to change

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Surprise! “Crisis pregnancy centers” totally fail at replacing Planned Parenthood

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Trump nominated a climate denier as USDA chief scientist — here’s why that matters

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