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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.

A woman walking in the sun on a windy beach. (Getty Images / Murat Deniz)

TikTok’s “Jesus glow” trend exposes the emptiness of social media religion

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Donald Trump and Cryptocurrency (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s crypto racket reaches into Americans’ wallets

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Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein (left) and real estate developer Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, 1997. (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)

“Still no Epstein files”: MAGA conspiracy theory in crisis after victim’s death

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Charlie Kirk, founder and executive director of Turning Point USA (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Why MAGA media is fixated on a Texas teen murder case

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Supporters of parents advocating for religious rights demonstrate outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on April 22, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Too late to opt-out: Supreme Court ultimately can’t save the religious right’s futile book bans

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Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, walks through the Capitol Hill, with his child, in regards to Department of Government Efficiency meetings on December 5, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Maansi Srivastava for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Elon Musk’s baby mama drama matters

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Mark Wahlberg, Chris Pratt and Gwen Stefani (Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / TheStewartofNY / Viorika / Carlos Alvarez / Charley Gallay / Getty Images for Netflix )

An atheist’s unnerving descent into Hallow, the prayer app beloved by MAGA celebrities

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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) and US Senator from Ohio and Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance attend a remembrance ceremony on the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 terror attack on the World Trade Center at Ground Zero, in New York City on September 11, 2024. (ADAM GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)

JD Vance exposed the truth about Trump’s war on foreign students (hint: it’s not about antisemitism)

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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Bryce Jordan Center on October 26, 2024 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Harvard fights back against Trump: Institutional resistance finally rises up — and sets a new model

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz (R) and US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff attend an interview after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 18, 2025. (EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Marco Rubio’s hunt for “anti-Christian bias” is creeping theocracy

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Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

RFK’s pledge to discover the “cause” of autism isn’t just a ploy — it’s a war on children’s health

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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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