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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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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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Connie Yates and Chris Gard, parents of Charlie Gard, pose with a petition of signatures supporting their case. (Getty/Tolga Akmen)

The sad story of Charlie Gard shows there’s no limit to right-wing political vampirism

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Democrats are still chasing rural white voters, and it’s a strategy doomed to fail

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University of Wisconsin logo (Getty/Mike McGinnis)

Wisconsin’s war on women: Republicans threaten gynecology program at UW-Madison

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People rally in favor of single-payer healthcare for all Californians (Getty/Robyn Beck)

How to sell single payer health care: It’s a great policy, but has a huge political drawback

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Joe Straus; Dan Patrick (AP/Eric Gay/LM Otero)

Texas Republican factions battle each other in latest “bathroom bill” fracas

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Donald Trump; Karen Budd-Falen (AP/YouTube/Salon)

Karen Budd-Falen, the Bundy family’s lawyer, may be Trump’s pick to manage federal lands

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A man dressed in American flag clothes holds "Make America Great Again" hats before President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Ladd–Peebles Stadium, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, in Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) (AP/Brynn Anderson)

Trump’s supporters don’t care about Russia — but they don’t want to lose their health care

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WATCH: The worldwide war against abortion rights: “If you keep pushing a fetus-first mentality, women are going to be punished”

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Betsy DeVos (AP/Alex Brandon)

Republicans and campus rape: The Department of Education’s bizarre Christian-right tilt is no accident

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Tucker Carlson (AP/Richard Drew)

Why I declined to be Tucker Carlson’s liberal feminist punching bag

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Hotspots for gun violence track closely with racist redlining policies of the past

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WATCH: The feminist movement needs to focus on a new goal: women’s happiness

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Trump’s alt-right Poland speech: Time to call his white nationalist rhetoric what it is

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Mitch McConnell (Getty/Drew Angerer)

Latest Republican health care tactic: A sneak attack on people with pre-existing conditions

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It wasn’t just for the lulz: Bigoted trolls can’t get away with claiming they were just kidding

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WATCH: Lila Downs celebrates the power of dangerous women

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Mitch McConnell (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

The face of Republican evil: It’s not Donald Trump

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No regrets for Trump voters: The media needs to stop looking for buyer’s remorse

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WATCH: Why Trump fans won’t dump him now

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LISTEN: Trump voters will stand by their man

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Police stand guard at a cordon on a road near Finsbury Park station after a vehicle struck pedestrians in north London, Monday, June 19, 2017. (AP/Tim Ireland)

Not all terrorists are Muslims: As the past week should remind us, political violence is not restricted by race, religion or ideology

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Bill Cosby (Getty/Eduardo Munoz)

No justice in Cosby mistrial: Another stark reminder that rape culture hasn’t been conquered yet

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