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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..

Former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump arrives to speak during a Super Tuesday election night watch party at Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on March 5, 2024. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump is now trying to downplay Project 2025

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Former President Donald Trump, hands out MAGA hats and greets patrons during an off the record stop at a McDonald's restaurant during a visit to East Palestine, Ohio, following the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern freight train derailment on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, in East Palestine, Ohio. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump is conditioning MAGA for the next stage

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Former US President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on April 25, 2024. (SPENCER PLATT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

David Cay Johnston: “Trump’s bad behavior is going to cost him big in the hush-money trial”

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

“The American Dream is dying”: Democrats’ main selling point “is not a winning message”

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Donald Trump | Townspeople give the Nazi salute as German police march through Imst, Austria after the Anschluss of March 1938. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How Trump’s hidden Nazi messages help conceal his open antisemitism

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the NRA ILA Leadership Forum at the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meeting & Exhibits at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on May 18, 2024 in Dallas, Texas. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

“Trump is all dominance, all the time”: New research reveals “his most formidable political asset”

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

When Trump gets dark, Biden goes light

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Donald Trump and Jared Kushner (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s testing out a new campaign strategy: horror politics

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Former US President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 14, 2024. (JUSTIN LANE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

“Not an open-and-shut case”: Former U.S. attorney lays out remaining landmines for Trump prosecution

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Police arrest protesters during pro-Palestinian demonstrations at The City College Of New York (CUNY) as the NYPD cracks down on protest camps at both Columbia University and CCNY on April 30, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

“It exposes a contradiction”: Can colleges rocked by campus protests recapture a spirit of activism?

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New York Police Department officers detain dozens of pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University after they barricaded themselves at the Hamilton Hall building near Gaza Solidarity Encampment earlier in New York, United States on April 30, 2024. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

What gets lost in the campus protests

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Donald Trump | The Supreme Court of the United States building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump trial delays bring focus to crucial Supreme Court case

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Former US President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower for Manhattan federal court for the second defamation trial against him, in New York City on January 22, 2024. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s trial paints him as a clown — but MAGA sees a boss

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Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before departing for the day at his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 6, 2024. (JULIA NIKHINSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

“It’s always DOOMSDAY in my world”: Trump’s desperation is both comical and dangerous

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Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures to supporters after speaking at a Get Out The Vote rally at the North Charleston Convention Center on February 14, 2024 in North Charleston, South Carolina. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump’s hush-money trial: The personal is truly political

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump (C) prepares to testify during his trial in New York State Supreme Court on November 06, 2023 in New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

Trump’s campaign emails more panicked during his Manhattan trial

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President Donald Trump stands with Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who announced that she is stepping down as the White House press secretary, during his rally where he announced his candidacy for a second presidential term at the Amway Center on June 18, 2019 in Orlando, Florida. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

“A true conspiracy”: Hush-money trial lays out how the “coverup extended into the Trump White House”

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Alving Bragg and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Pecker was a partner in crime”: DA “couldn’t have asked for a better narrative” to open Trump trial

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Former US President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on April 26, 2024. (DAVE SANDERS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

The gag “trap” of Manhattan’s hush-money trial: “Trump will take the bait”

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Former US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he arrives at the New York State Supreme Court during the civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization, in New York City on December 7, 2023. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

The self-preservation of the media

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Former US President Donald Trump sits in a Manhattan Criminal Court for his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments on April 19, 2024 in New York City. (Curtis Means - Pool/Getty Images)

Trump’s criminal trials are accelerating the countdown clock on America’s news media

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Former US President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower for Manhattan federal court for the second defamation trial against him, in New York City on January 17, 2024. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

“Now’s the time to cut your losses”: Former Trump prosecutor outlines potential “win-win situation”

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Donald Trump behind bars (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“The alternate reality Trump lives in is crumbling” with first criminal trial: ex-federal prosecutor

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Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally outside Schnecksville Fire Hall on April 13, 2024 in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump’s first criminal trial is a test run

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