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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..

US President Donald Trump talks to the media after landing on the south lawn of the White House on May 17, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Either “malpractice” or “criminal”: Dr. Justin Frank on power, drugs and Trump’s White House

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Supporters of Donald Trump rally at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on November 14, 2020. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s enduring success is fueled by disdain for Democrats

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Audience members cheer as Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally on January 05, 2024 in Mason City, Iowa. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump’s mobilizing his “prayer warriors”: Religion scholar on what MAGA means by “spiritual warfare”

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Former president Donald Trump speaks after he was projected to be the New Hampshire primary winner during a watch party on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at Sheraton Nashua in Nashua, NH. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump’s MAGA message doesn’t translate

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Republican presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at the Cara Irish Pub & Restaurant on January 19, 2024 in Dover, New Hampshire. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Ron DeSantis, humiliated in defeat, returns to Florida a bigger threat

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Former President Donald Trump speaks as the court takes a lunch break during his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on October 17, 2023 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Why Trump’s followers still love the boss: Crime is a feature, not a bug

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Former US President and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump arrives to speak at a watch party during the 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses in Des Moines, Iowa, on January 15, 2024. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump ramps up the threats of violence — and as usual, the media looks away

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Flanked by his sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his caucus night event at the Iowa Events Center on January 15, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“What if the Jan. 6 insurrection had been successful?”: The key to making the Trump threat real

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Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he walks off the stage after a campaign rally at the Rochester Opera House on January 21, 2024 in Rochester, New Hampshire. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump’s criminal rebrand of the Republican Party is complete

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Republican presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority conference at the Washington Hilton on June 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

A compact with Christian America: What Donald Trump owes the religious right after Iowa

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Climate protesters interrupt former US president and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump as he speaks at a "commit to caucus rally" in Indianola, Iowa, on January 14, 2024. (CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA/AFP via Getty Images)

The suppressed history of the civil rights movement that could help defeat Donald Trump

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Dr. Martin Luther King being shoved back by Mississippi patrolmen during the 220 mile 'March Against Fear' from Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi, Mississippi, June 8, 1966. (Underwood Archives/Getty Images)

MLK biographer Jonathan Eig: Americans are “missing the point of the King holiday”

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Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The “Chosen One”: Why experts say a new campaign ad from Trump signals impending violence

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Donald Trump, "light worker" extraordinaire (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Experts on why so many Republicans accept that “God gave us Trump”

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Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Religion scholar on how Donald Trump has activated “the Christian enemies of democracy”

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Donald Trump | A supporter of President Donald Trump prays outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Religion scholar on the “civil war” within Christianity — and the urgency of stopping Trump

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Former US President and 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump leaves after speaking during a campaign rally at the University of New Hampshire's Whittemore Center Arena in Durham, New Hampshire, on December 16, 2023. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump is possessed by a fascist mania

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Donald Trump, Mike Johnson and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How Christofascists became the heart of the MAGA movement

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Former US President Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a 2024 election campaign event in Columbia, South Carolina, on January 28, 2023 ( LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images)

“If Trump wins the 2024 election …”: Leaving the “carnival of madness” that was 2023 behind

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

Congress’ “Christian fascist” caucus: Mike Johnson brings MAGA fully into the House

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

Mike Johnson owes “the secretive networks that form the backbone of the American Right” big time

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Donald Trump | Children in a classroom (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The Trump generation problem: MAGA family values are corrupting children

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Supporters of Republican Presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump hold a sign as he delivers remarks during a campaign rally at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center on December 17, 2023 in Reno, Nevada. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

“He’s laughing at them”: Trump turns the joke on MAGA with tacky new scam

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US Capitol Police officer Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, DC Metropolitan Police Department officer Michael Fanone, DC Metropolitan Police Department officer Daniel Hodges and US Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn are sworn-in before testifying during the Select Committee investigation of the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, during their first hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2021. (OLIVER CONTRERAS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Jan. 6 officer: Republicans would “keep us from protecting the Capitol” if Trump tries another coup

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