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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 gestures to the crowd after speaking at a campaign event in Rome, Georgia, on March 9, 2024. (ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s love letters to MAGA: Campaign emails forge a cult bond

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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a Buckeye Values PAC Rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on March 16, 2024. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Lost in the malignant normality of the Trumpocene

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An attendee shows a young boy how to hold and load a gun during the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana on Saturday, April 15, 2023. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Expert: “There’s something about being a gun owner that makes many people turn into Republicans”

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Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump takes the stage to introduce 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)

Trump sneakers and the MAGA uniform: Merchandising fascism to the mainstream

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Former US President Donald Trump makes a speech as he attends the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on February 24, 2024. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

“Experts are desperate to warn the public”: Hundreds sign Dr. John Gartner’s Trump dementia petition

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US President Joe Biden delivers his annual State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the Capital building on March 7, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Shawn Thew - Pool/Getty Images)

Biden brought his A-game: But did the State of the Union turn the tide?

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Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump waits to take the stage during a campaign rally at the Forum River Center March 09, 2024 in Rome, Georgia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“Obviously low IQ”: Former DHS official says “Donald Trump has apparent repeated memory lapses”

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Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump greets supporters after speaking at an election-night watch party at Mar-a-Lago on March 5, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The GOP can’t leave MAGA — “Americans must electorally mercy-kill the Republican Party”

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Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump arrives for an election-night watch party at Mar-a-Lago on March 5, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Expect Trump to pop off as trials pick up: “No governor between his addled brain and big mouth”

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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)

Dr. John Gartner: The world is watching “a fundamental breakdown in Trump’s ability to use language”

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Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“They’ve told me he’s Jesus”: Unpacking Trump’s empty pseudo-religion

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A President Donald Trump supporter waves a MAGA hat at a MAGA Rally in the Toyota Center, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, in Houston. (Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

“Online Trump worship has offline consequences”: MAGA makes plans for “apocalyptic battle”

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Donald Trump | Supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump praying outside the U.S. Capitol on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Better than Jesus”: How far will the cult of Trump go?

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Donald Trump hugs an American flag as he arrives at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC on February 24, 2024 in National Harbor, Maryland. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“Like someone pulled the metaphorical plug”: Dr. John Gartner on Trump’s “accelerating dementia”

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Former U.S. President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump gestures at the end of a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, on December 19, 2023. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

“I’m a very proud Christian”: Will religion be enough to save Donald Trump?

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Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a Fox News town hall at the Greenville Convention Center on February 20, 2024 in Greenville, South Carolina. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

“A doomsday scenario”: Former DOJ prosecutor warns Trump could profit from classified docs trial

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Donald J. Trump delivering his speech at CPAC on March 4, 2023 (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Trump’s CPAC speech showed clear signs of major cognitive decline — yet MAGA cheered

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Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump mocks U.S. President Joe Biden while speaking during a Get Out The Vote rally at Coastal Carolina University on February 10, 2024 in Conway, South Carolina. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Dr. John Gartner on a tale of two brains: “Biden’s brain is aging. Trump’s brain is dementing”

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Donald Trump holding a bible (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Apocalypse now: Donald Trump dons the “armor of God” — and pushes for theocracy

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Trump supporters pray as they await the arrival of President Donald Trump at Latrobe Airport on September 3, 2020 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Trump expands Republicans’ big tent of Christian nationalism

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Donald Trump and Melania Trump on July 20, 2022 in New York City. (JNI/Star Max/GC Images/Getty)

Hitting Trump’s pockets is only the first step

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Former President Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene during the 3rd round of the LIV Golf Invitational Series Bedminster on July 31, 2022 at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

MAGA fatigue and the “exhaustion of outrage addiction”

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Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump mocks U.S. President Joe Biden while speaking during a Get Out The Vote rally at Coastal Carolina University on February 10, 2024 in Conway, South Carolina. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Republicans amass a record of loss under Trump: “Democrats have been winning at an impressive clip”

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally on October 31, 2020 in Montoursville, Pennsylvania. Donald Trump is crossing the crucial state of Pennsylvania in the last few days of campaigning before Americans go to the polls on November 3rd to vote. Trump is currently trailing his opponent Joe Biden in most national polls. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

“Trump is not an option—they are done with him”: Are “persuadable” Republicans the new #NeverTrump?

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