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Blaise Malley

Blaise Malley is a national affairs fellow at Salon.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference to kick off the Yes on 50 campaign at the California Democratic Party Headquarters on Aug. 21, 2025 in Sacramento, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Trump swipes anti-terrorism funds from Democratic states

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Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., speaks during a news conference in Washington on Thursday, May 20, 2021. (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

“Absolutely appalled”: Young Republicans face fallout after racist messages leak

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President Donald Trump attends the men's singles final during the U.S. Open on Sept. 7, 2025. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

“Can I meet Eric?”: Trump convo on hot mic raises ethical concerns

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth helps curb his lie detector program just as he faces scrutiny for his own leaking scandal. (Celal Gunes / Anadolu / Getty Images)

“Without precedent”: News outlets reject Pentagon’s new press rules

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A United Airlines airplane and United Express jet sit parked at gates at Newark Liberty International Airport on June 1, 2025, in Newark, New Jersey. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

Professor targeted by MAGA says “someone” canceled his flight

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The US Supreme Court is seen in Washington DC on May 25, 2023. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Supreme Court ruling could let GOP add 19 House seats and “clear the path for a one-party system”

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Katie Porter speaks at the "Just Majority" Irvine Press Conference on May 28, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Demand Justice)

California candidate threatens to cut off testy interview over “follow-up questions”

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Masked US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol agents stand behind a police line in Chicago. (Photo by Octavio Jones/Getty Images)

“Do something”: CBP’s Chicago shooting story contradicted by bodycam footage, attorney claims

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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

“Not going to discuss anything about that”: Bondi dodges Epstein questions in Senate hearing

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, Department of Homeland Security personnel, and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino stand together amidst a tense protest outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois, on Sept. 27, 2025. (Photo by Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Federal agents storm Chicago apartment building, detain kids

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U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks after signing an executive order at his Mar-a-Lago resort on February 18, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump threatens to use government shutdown to enact “irreversible” cuts and mass layoffs

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on September 30, 2025 in Quantico, Virginia. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump and Hegseth spark alarm about domestic use of military

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Large group of school kids raising their hands to answer the teacher's question on a class at elementary school. (Getty Images/skynesher)

Oklahoma education chief abruptly quits to join group planning to “destroy” teachers’ unions

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U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, Republican from Texas speaks during a press conference following a shooting at an ICE detention facility in Dallas, Texas, on September 24, 2025. (ARIC BECKER/AFP via Getty Images)

Without evidence, MAGA blames Dems after Dallas ICE shooting

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters on September 23, 2025 in New York City. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump’s “embarrassing” UN speech shocks critics

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Mahmoud Khalil speaks to the press (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

“The courts are being weaponized”: Democrats react to Khalil deportation order

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Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel prepares to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“You are part of the cover-up”: FBI Director Patel grilled in second day of House hearings

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Attorney General Letitia James sits in the courtroom for the civil fraud trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump in New York State Supreme Court on January 11, 2024 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Trump DOJ demands bogus “fraud” case against Letitia James

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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis looks on during a hearing in the case of the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump at the Fulton County Courthouse on March 1, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Alex Slitz-Pool/Getty Images)

“She should be put in jail”: Trump celebrates Willis’ removal from Georgia case

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Robert Redford attends Sundance Institute's 'An Artist at the Table Presented by IMDbPro' at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2020 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Rich Polk/Getty Images)

“One of the lions has passed”: Robert Redford dead at 89

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Charlamagne Tha God during an interview on "My View With Lara Trump" at Fox News. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

“We are not free from consequences”: Charlamagne says Kirk knew “cost” of free speech

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Law enforcement officials, including members of an FBI forensics team, investigate near the crime scene where political activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on September 11, 2025. (MELISSA MAJCHRZAK/AFP via Getty Images)

FBI seeks information on “person of interest” in Charlie Kirk killing

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Palestinians carry the aid bags following the Israeli army attack on Palestinians who had gathered to receive aid in the Zakim area in Gaza City, Gaza on June 22, 2025. (Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Members of US biker gang were hired at Gaza aid site: BBC

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National Guard members patrol carrying weapons with the U.S. Capitol Building in the distance on August 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

National Guard morale plummets over DC deployment

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