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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..

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President Donald Trump is facing criticism from Republicans over his administration's handling of two shooting deaths by federal agents in Minneapolis. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s politics of death extend far beyond Iran

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President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Laugh at Trump’s shoe gifts all you want — it’s a loyalty test

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A protester joins the "No Kings" rally in Moscow, Idaho, in June 2025. (Don and Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Even MAGA country is protesting Trump

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The Trump administration has refused to rule out ground troops in Iran (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

A new draft? Unlikely. But Trump still wants the emergency powers

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President Donald Trump addresses the nation on Dec. 17, 2025. (Doug Mills / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s moral crusade is dangerous for America — and the world

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Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Why many Americans would trade democracy for more money

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ICE officers depart the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building on February 4, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

America’s enduring appetite for Trump’s deportation cruelty

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The Trump administration's attacks on accurate history at Smithsonian museums have led some historians to practice "guerrilla teaching." (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Historians resist Trump’s effort to police the past

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Donald Trump | The U.S. Supreme Court Building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump sends Supreme Court clear message: I am the law

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Donald Trump's recent fundraising emails have taken a creepy turn (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Why Trump’s creepy emails work for MAGA faithful

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President Donald Trump at the White House on Sept. 29, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Even Trump’s forgotten Americans are turning against him

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters near Air Force One on August 03, 2025 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump continues to make his own voters suffer

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President Donald Trump (Win McNamee/Getty Images))

Trump gets help ignoring public opinion — voters should worry

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to the White House on Nov. 2, 2025 after taking off from Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Trump doesn’t want to nationalize elections. He wants control

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PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 23: Derrick Johnson onstage during the NAACP Panel: “From TV to Policy” hosted by Acura at the Acura House of Energy on January 23, 2026 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Acura)

NAACP’s Derrick Johnson on how Trump is hollowing out democracy

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President Donald Trump speaks to journalists at the Kennedy Center on Jan. 29, 2026. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

They said Trumpism was fading

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have a choice to make on opposing President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign ( SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Democrats need to wage a moral crusade against ICE

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An anti-ICE protest at a Target in Minneapolis. (Madison Thorn/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A wake-up call for white Americans

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A life-and-death morality play is unfolding on the streets of Minneapolis and across the country as the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign intensifies. (Getty Images)

Vice signaling explains Trump’s enduring appeal

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A protester sits on the street with his arms up in front of a gaggle of federal agents and Minneapolis Police on W. 27th St and Nicollet Avenue in south Minneapolis after Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents in the area.

Why GOP voters still love ICE

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Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump is right about one thing: Many Americans want a dictator

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President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Dec. 15, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

How Trump intends to hijack the midterms

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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 08: A portrait of Renee Nicole Good is pasted to a light pole near the site of her shooting on January 08, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to federal officials, an ICE agent shot and killed Good during a confrontation yesterday in south Minneapolis. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

When protesters become the Other

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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s hall of mirrors presidency

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