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Brian Karem is the former senior White House correspondent for Playboy. He has covered every presidential administration since Ronald Reagan, sued Donald Trump three times successfully to keep his press pass, spent time in jail to protect a confidential source, covered wars in the Middle East and is the author of seven books. His latest is "Free the Press."

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump’s speech was the pinnacle of MAGA. Now what?

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US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky listen to Vice President JD Vance (R)as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 28, 2025. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Only Putin is still smiling after Trump and Zelenskyy squabble

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Donald Trump, with Sean Duffy (L), speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House on January 24, 2019. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

The king of his Cabinet: Trump’s display of White House power is an ominous sign for democracy

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President-elect Donald J. Trump arrive at the inauguration of Donald J. Trump at the United States Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Doug Mills - Pool/Getty Images)

Trump’s vision for America is a throne

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US President Donald Trump walks by supporters outside the White House on January 12, 2021 in Washington,DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump, sensing a lack of solidarity, pushes the press down a slippery slope

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Trump advisor Steve Bannon (L) watches as US President Donald Trump greets Elon Musk, SpaceX and Tesla CEO, before a policy and strategy forum with executives in the State Dining Room of the White House February 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump dictates. Musk desiccates

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Donald Trump and an American flag on fire (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Our republic’s arsonist: Trump lays the groundwork to claim a Pyrrhic victory

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 28, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Team Trump meets the press — and eats the press

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Donald Trump, with Patriot Prayer founder and Republican Senate candidate Joey Gibson speaking during a campaign rally for Gibson on August 4, 2018 (L), and Federal officers operating amid tear gas while clearing the street in front of the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse on July 21, 2020 (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“I believe almost everything he says”: Why Trump just unleashed homegrown criminals on America

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

“A series of criminal efforts to retain power”: The stench of American politics overwhelms us all

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The Eaton Fire burns through a neighborhood on January 08, 2025 in Altadena, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The LA conflagration: It is now painfully clear what matters

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US President Joe Biden (L) with California Governor Gavin Newsom, speaks during a briefing from CalFire officials on the Palisades wildfire at Santa Monica Fire Station #5 in California on January 8, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

America in his image: A nation suffers whiplash between Biden and Trump

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Former President of The United States of America Jimmy Carter (zz/Dennis Van Tine/STAR MAX/IPx )

“It felt like we’re going to be all right again”: The truth of Jimmy Carter

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President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on Thanksgiving on November 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump had earlier made the traditional call to members of the military stationed abroad through video teleconference. (Erin Schaff - Pool/Getty Images)

Attack Panama, take over Greenland: Trump’s Christmas wish list

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump returns from a court recess and speaks to the media during his trial in New York State Supreme Court on December 7, 2023 in New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

The week American journalism died

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A military drone replica is displayed in front of the White House during a protest against drone strikes on January 12, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden’s shadow communications strategy is creating a drone conspiracy crisis

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

Donald Trump’s Christmas message: Stink, stank, stunk!

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President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden on stage at the conclusion of the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Aug. 19, 2024. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Yes, Joe should pardon them all — Trump included

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US President Joe Biden pardons Peach, the National Thanksgiving Turkey, alongside Chair of the National Turkey Federation John Zimmerman and his son Grant during an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 25, 2024. (DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)

American gratitude has no room for accountability

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Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump holds a press conference from inside trash hauler at Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport on October 30, 2024 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. With less than a week until Election Day, Trump is campaigning for re-election in the battleground states of North Carolina and Wisconsin. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The press obeys in advance

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President Joe Biden shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office, Nov. 13, 2024. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump savors victory — but the storm is coming. Will the media stand up?

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A supporter of US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris reacts to election results during an election night event at Howard University in Washington, DC, on November 5, 2024. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

It’s time to prepare for the Trump sequel

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US President Donald Trump gives a speech on tax reform at the Heritage Foundation's President's Club Meeting at a hotel in Washington, DC, on October 17, 2017. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Jeff Bezos just threw Donald Trump’s campaign a life jacket

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally on October 28, 2020 in Bullhead City, Arizona. With less than a week until Election Day, Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are campaigning across the country. (Isaac Brekken/Getty Images)

Donald Trump drowns out his own closing argument

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