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Brenley Goertzen is an editorial intern at Salon and a graduate student at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Follow her on Twitter @BrenleyGoertzen

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GOP intern quits in protest of Republican congressman’s comparison of vaccines to the Holocaust

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Donald Trump | A phial of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump rips Pfizer, accuses CEO of profiteering with vaccine boosters

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“Failure of the hospital system”: Rachel Maddow sounds the alarm about COVID’s impact on Mississippi

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Supporters cheer for Donald Trump at a rally, August 4, 2018. (Getty/Scott Olson)

“Enlightened by QAnon”: FBI says father blames conspiracy theories for death of two young children

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Dozens of enraged anti-mask parents followed an unruly man out in a mob at the Williamson County Schools meeting, Tennessee. (Twitter/@brinleyhineman)

Anti-mask mob swarms school board meeting

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Meghan McCain (Getty Images)

Meghan McCain responds to Mary Trump: “Leave me and my entire family the f*ck alone”

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Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., objects to the certification of votes from Nevada in the House Chamber during a reconvening of a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Republican Rep. Mo Brooks reveals he wore body armor to Trump’s Jan. 6 rally after receiving a tip

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Tucker Carlson, Michael Fanone and Laura Ingraham (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Capitol police officer claps back at Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham: “The facts are the facts”

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Simone Biles and Piers Morgan (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Charlie Kirk, Piers Morgan slam Simone Biles as a “selfish sociopath” and “shame to the country”

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Donald Trump | The US Capitol Riot on January 6, 2021 (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“There was a lot of love”: Trump gushes about Jan. 6 crowd in newly released audio

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Anthony Fauci and Madison Cawthorn (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Madison Cawthorn goes on the warpath against “punk” Dr. Fauci

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U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and Tucker Carlson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Tucker Carlson slammed after attacking Capitol Police officer: He “has not served a day in uniform”

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Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Historians rank Trump near bottom of U.S. presidents, Obama rises into top 10

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David Keene, gave a speech to empty chairs in a Las Vegas stadium for the James Madison Academy 2021 graduating class. (YouTube/Change the Ref)

Parkland parents trick former NRA president into speaking in anti-gun violence video

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Protesters gather outside the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Pro-Trump protesters entered the U.S. Capitol building after mass demonstrations in the nation's capital. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

First Capitol rioter to be convicted tells judge she learned from “Schindler’s List,” avoids jail

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GOP Rep. Andrew Clyde and Capitol police officer Michael Fanone (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Officer injured in Capitol riot blasts GOP lawmaker who refused to shake his hand as a “coward”

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