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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..

U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) listens as he waits for his turn to speak during a news briefing at the U.S. Capitol on November 2, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Mike Johnson is not a “culture warrior” — he’s an enemy of democracy

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Donald Trump and Mitt Romney (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A constant threat of MAGA-on-Republican violence: The GOP’s devotion to Trump has sabotaged Congress

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Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks as (L-R) Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), and Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) listen during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol May 11, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Republicans manufactured a “crisis” — now they are ready to exploit it

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Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump, speechifying (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s channeling Hitler for protection

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Former president Donald Trump | Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they push barricades to storm the US Capitol in Washington D.C on January 6, 2021. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Forensic psychological expert: MAGA “victimhood” is a major recruitment tool for violence

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Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Plutocrats and populists”: The GOP’s “contradictory principles” make a perfect recipe for fascism

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Letitia James and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

More than the law: Why Trump’s trials trigger him so much

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

A crisis of moral clarity: There’s no contest between Trump and Biden — why are Americans confused?

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US President Joe Biden (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meet in Tel Aviv, Israel on October 18, 2023. (GPO/ Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

“Biden has preserved the leverage”: Aaron David Miller on how to wield “influence with the Israelis”

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A Palestinian youth reacts as he sits on the rubble of a destroyed home following an Israeli military strike on the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern of Gaza Strip on Octobers 15, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

David Rothkopf on war in Gaza: “Revenge is not a strategy. It doesn’t make people safe”

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A man wails after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Gaza on October 09, 2023. Search and rescue works continue. (Belal Khaled/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Military expert on Gaza war: “When politicians act like children, children wind up dying”

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Donald Trump (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

“A world of chaos, corruption and hypocrisy”: Welcome to Donald Trump’s fundraising emails

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Donald Trump | An aerial view of destroyed buildings following the Israeli airstrikes in Al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on October 12, 2023. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

From MAGA to Gaza: Trump’s disorder engine has global consequences

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Hillary Clinton | Trump Rally (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty images)

“Deprogramming” the Trump cult: Is it too late to “humanize those who worship at the altar of MAGA”?

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Donald Trump | Migrants attempting to cross in to the U.S. from Mexico detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A “blood purity program”: Holocaust expert on why Trump is stoking fears of national blood poisoning

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Former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump behind a flag before he speaks at Drake Enterprises, an automotive parts manufacturer and supplier, in Clinton, Michigan, on September 27, 2023. (MATTHEW HATCHER/AFP via Getty Images)

“Project 2025 shows us that the old Right has left the building”: GOP’s surrender to Trump complete

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

One nation on two divergent paths

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Donald Trump and Mark Milley (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The Age of Trump is a horror movie — we’ve reached the point where the monster is vanquished

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Trump supporters celebrate before former President Donald Trump speaks at the CAGOP convention in Anaheim Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

“A clarion call to arms”: Experts on why MAGA remains impervious to anti-Trump Republicans’ message

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the start of his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on October 02, 2023 in New York City. (Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images)

“The Trump empire … will fold like a stack of cards,” says former prosecutor

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Supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump gather outside the courthouse where Trump will have his arraignment on April 4, 2023 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

“Highly connected”: How the right’s political violence relates to a rise in criminal violence

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President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally as members of law enforcement watch the crowd on September 25, 2023 in Summerville, South Carolina. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Trump’s retribution plan: Becoming America’s first dictator

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Former President Donald Trump | Gen. Mark Milley (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The real reason why Donald Trump wants Gen. Milley to be killed

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd at a campaign rally at Legacy Sports USA on October 09, 2022 in Mesa, Arizona. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

“How you lose your democracy”: Shocking new research shows Americans lack basic civic knowledge

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