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Chauncey DeVega

Chauncey DeVega is a senior politics writer for Salon. His essays can also be found at Chaunceydevega.com. He also hosts two weekly podcasts, The Chauncey DeVega Show and The Truth Report. Chauncey can be followed on Twitter and Facebook.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott listens to President Donald Trump's address during a tour to an unfinished section of the border wall on June 30, 2021 in Pharr, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump, Abbott and the GOP bring Orbán-style autocracy to Texas

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President Donald Trump announced his decision to place Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department under federal control on August 11, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump’s DC takeover is an ominous move

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New poll says 3 of 4 Americans believe democracy is at risk and trust their political leaders even less. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP / Getty Images)

Trump escalates his racist attacks on Black Americans

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President Donald Trump returns to the White House from Scotland on July 29, 2025. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump’s cruel policies have a human cost

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Donald Trump speak to reporters before touring a migrant detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz." (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Florida is the laboratory for MAGA — and American autocracy

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at an even in the early primary state of South Carolina on July 8, 2025. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Forget the 2024 autopsies. Democrats need to be bold — and ruthless

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Hulk Hogan takes the stage during a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden on October 27, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

We’re living in the world Hulk Hogan — and Donald Trump — made

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Former President Barack Obama speaks with President-elect Donald Trump before the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at the Washington National Cathedral on January 9, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s threats against Obama are very real — and dangerous

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President Donald Trump at the 2025 FIFA World Cup on July 13, 2025 (Image Photo Agency/Getty Images)

Trump’s poll numbers are cratering. Why won’t he change course?

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Donald Trump | Trump Tower (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Greed vs. integrity in Trump’s Gilded Age

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President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on July 13, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

With Trump as pilot, America is experiencing emotional turbulence

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Federal immigration agents near MacArthur Park in Los Angeles on July 7, 2025. (Carlin Steihl/Los Angeles Times)

Trump continues to tighten his authoritarian grip

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Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu at dinner in the Blue Room of the White House, July 7, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Israeli insiders on Iran war and building a “different Middle East”

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President Donald Trump speaks to the press before departing the White House for Alligator Alcatraz, Florida on July 1, 2025. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

In his vengeful second term, Donald Trump becomes “the hunter”

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President Donald Trump arrives at the "One, Big, Beautiful Event" in the East Room of the White House on June 26, 2025. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Public health expert: Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” will cause misery and death

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A protester stands outside of the White House the day after President Donald Trump ordered U.S. military strikes on nuclear sites in Iran. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Despite “No Kings,” the Trump resistance is still “muscle-building”

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U.S. Marines stand guard outside the Federal Building during a protest against the Trump administration in Los Angeles, June 14, 2025. (Ringo Chiu/AFP via Getty Images)

Be prepared for “further escalation” from Trump

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Members of the U.S. Army and armored vehicles move across the Memorial Bridge during the Army 250th Anniversary Parade in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 2025. President Donald Trump reveled in a long dreamt-of military parade on his 79th birthday Saturday, as demonstrators across the country branded him a dictator in the biggest protests since his return to power. (ANNABELLE GORDON/AFP via Getty Images)

As his support drops, Trump will “lash out in dangerous, unimaginable ways”

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Mavis Staples performs during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024 (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

What Mavis Staples can teach us about resisting Trumpism

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump greets Elon Musk as he arrives to attend a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

The Trump-Musk feud that wasn’t: Media distracted by another MAGA spectacle

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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)

Democrats, disillusioned, clear the path for Trump’s rampage

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

Trump is using every weapon at his disposal for revenge

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Former US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media during the third day of his civil fraud trial in New York on October 4, 2023. (KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

Historian Federico Finchelstein: Trump’s “abuse of the law fits an old autocratic pattern”

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Donald Trump watching democracy burn (Getty Images/Salon)

PRRI’s Robert P. Jones: “Donald Trump sees himself as the king of kings”

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