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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..

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Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The heckler’s veto: Biden masterfully stood up to the GOP. Now what?

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Juggling the Far-Right (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Republican identity politics: Authoritarianism — not individualism — is central to GOP

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

State of the Union: Americans are exhausted — and more vulnerable to a fascist takeover than ever

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Ron DeSantis | Book Burning (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Florida is officially a laboratory for fascism in the U.S.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

DeSantis’ alternative African-American history is doomed: Black conservatives can’t replace CRT

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Kevin McCarthy and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Sorry, Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy is not a “decent man”: Today’s GOP are fascists, not your friends

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Activists march to protest the death of Daunte Wright on April 13, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. People have taken to the streets to protest after Daunte Wright, a 20-year old black man, was shot and killed by police in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)

The complex simplicity of Black cops and white supremacy

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Donald Trump | Alex Jones | QAnon Supporter (Getty Images/Salon)

Conspiracy nation: The rise of Trump, QAnon and mass shootings

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A photo of Tyre Nichols is positioned prior to a press conference on January 27, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Let Tyre Nichols be the last: Police killings and the public consumption of Black pain

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US President Donald Trump speaks as social media personalities Lynnette Hardaway (L) and Rochelle Richardson (2-L), otherwise known as Diamond and Silk listen (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

The limited usefulness of Black conservatives

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Donald Trump gestures to Kellyanne Conway after addressing his supporters and celebrating his Presidential win at his election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York City on Nov. 9, 2016. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Fascists expertly exploit the free press: Media rush to rehabilitate reputations of Trump’s regime

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Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump dupes the media with DeSantis’ help: Republican race for White House is no real competition

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United States debate (Getty Images)

The vicious cycle of killer news: American democracy is dying — and taking Americans with it

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Dominique Anderson, sister of Keenan Anderson, who died after he was tased and restrained by LAPD, and his cousin and Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors hold a press conference demanding LAPD reforms at LA City Hall on Tuesday, January 17, 2023. (Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)

The promise of the George Floyd uprisings and the persistence of police thuggery

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A mix of proponents and opponents to teaching Critical Race Theory are in attendance as the Placentia Yorba Linda School Board discusses a proposed resolution to ban it from being taught in schools | Tucker Carlson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The power of a conspiracy theory — and a 3-step plan to deprogram American idiocracy

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U.S. President Joe Biden (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Biden’s documents: Democrats, media fall into GOP trap one more time

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US President Donald Trump (2L) walks next to US House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) after a meeting at the US Capitol with the House Republican Conference in Washington, DC on June 19, 2018. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Crime and un-punishment: Now Republicans have a roadmap for a better coup

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Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) takes a photo with U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) after being elected Speaker of the House in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 07, 2023 in Washington, DC. ( Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Heroes and villains: Fascists now control Congress — we can’t afford to pretend otherwise

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Frank Rockstroh/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty)

We need Martin Luther King Jr.’s lessons in resistance — that’s why the right wants to erase them

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Partial view of one of the entrances of Planalto Presidential Palace destroyed by supporters of Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro during an invasion, in Brasilia on January 9, 2023. (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

Brazil delivers an urgent message: Global democracy crisis isn’t going away

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) transfers the gavel to Speaker-elect Kevin McCarthy after Republicans won the vote for speaker in Washington, DC on January 6th, 2022. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Put the popcorn away, folks: Kevin McCarthy is speaker of the House, and that’s no joke

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A young man who just voted shows his voting sticker in Plano, Texas, the United States, on Nov. 8, 2022. (Xin Jin/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Will young people save American democracy from Republican authoritarians? It’s not that simple

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Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Twitter)

New research shows that Donald Trump’s fascist attacks on democracy may have backfired

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Migrants from Venezuela, who boarded a bus in Texas, wait to be transported to a local church by volunteers after being dropped off outside the residence of US Vice President Kamala Harris, at the Naval Observatory in Washington, DC, on September 15, 2022. (STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

New Year’s message from Republicans: Yes, the cruelty is still the point

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