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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."

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference held at Mar-a-Lago on February 08, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

A return to facts over “fake” news

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A general view of the redesigned paddock ahead of the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 03, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

The Kentucky Derby is tamed, and it’s a shame

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Former president Donald Trump speaks to the media during a break in a pre-trial hearing at Criminal Court on March 25, 2024 in New York City. (Justin Lane-Pool/Getty Images)

The Trump effect is now spreading in all directions

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President Joe Biden is departing the White House and stopping to talk to the press on his way to an event in Miami, Florida, on January 30th, 2024. (Andrew Thomas/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

It’s all the media’s fault

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he leaves court during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 22, 2024 in New York City. (Yuki Iwamura-Pool/Getty Images)

MAGA begins to panic: Trump may not make it to the ballot

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Palm Trees in Havana, Cuba | The CIA seal | Ear ache (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The government is hiding something about the “Havana syndrome”

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom during his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on November 06, 2023 in New York City. (Jabin Botsford-Pool/Getty Images)

The ripple effects of Drowsy Don beyond the courtroom: The Trump trial is making everything weirder

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Donald Trump | The 2024 Total Solar Eclipse (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A total eclipse of Donald Trump: First felony trial could finally humble him

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US President Joe Biden arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 22, 2024, as he returns from Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Say it bluntly: The president just moved heaven and earth

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

“They decided to get even with him”: Trump’s revenge against Julian Assange broke the media

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Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump delivers remarks while introducing a new line of signature shoes at Sneaker Con at the Philadelphia Convention Center on February 17, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

It could boil down to a Snickers bar — or golden sneakers

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

Biden just can’t stop stepping on his own good intentions

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press at Manhattan Criminal Court after a hearing in his case of paying hush money to cover up extramarital affairs in New York City on February 15, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

I got my own Trump document dump — and it makes clear why his election interference case is delayed

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Former President Donald Trump tosses hats to supporters during a rally on August 05, 2022 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

We have met the enemy and he is us

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at a press conference at 40 Wall Street on January 17, 2024 in New York City. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

There is only one thing that matters about Donald Trump — and it’s not his crimes or mental decline

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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on February 7, 2023 in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. (Jacquelyn Martin-Pool/Getty Images)

Biden’s State of the Union speech is a historic challenge

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

The media is missing the real battle — and Trump’s secret weapon

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US Senate Minority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks at the US Capitol on February 28, 2024 in Washington, DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Good riddance to Mitch McConnell

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US President Joe Biden speaks to reporters on his way to Marine One on the South Lawn as he departs the White House on February 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. Biden is traveling to multiple cities in California for a three-day fundraising swing. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Joe Biden gives the media a desperately needed lesson about Donald Trump

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Republican presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Trendsetter Engineering Inc. on November 02, 2023 in Houston, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Will Alexei Navalny’s death finally break Trump’s hold on evangelicals?

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Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump gestures at a campaign event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on January 17, 2024. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump trials give MAGA a false sense of confidence

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

Biden and Trump are both too old – but only one is a traitor

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U.S. President Joe Biden departs the White House November 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Hiding Joe Biden won’t help him

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

Republicans are sticking to Trump — they’re about to reap the whirlwind

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