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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.

Trump supporters stand on the U.S. Capitol Police armored vehicle as others take over the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, as the Congress works to certify the electoral college votes. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Is American democracy already lost? Half of us think so — but the future remains unwritten

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An image from ‘Brink,’ a book chronicling politics in the United States from the 2016 presidential election through the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection (David Butow)

Photojournalist David Butow covered Trump and Jan. 6: “I don’t think there’s an America anymore”

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on April 02, 2022 near Washington, Michigan. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Yes, Donald Trump is an “American monster”: But he wasn’t built by a mad scientist

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Protesters fueled by President Donald Trump's continued claims of election fraud march in an attempt to overturn the results before Congress finalizes them in a joint session of the 117th Congress on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Jan. 6 hearings: Collective therapy with no catharsis — and probably no convictions

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People attend a vigil across the street from Tops Friendly Market at Jefferson Avenue and Riley Street on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 in Buffalo, NY. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

A month after Buffalo: Is white America ashamed — or has it already forgotten?

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Supporters of President Donald J. Trump before the start of the rally. At the Reading Regional Airport in Bern Township, PA Saturday afternoon October 31, 2020 where United States President Donald J. Trump spoke during a campaign rally for his bid for reelection. (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)

Cult expert Steven Hassan sees 95% chance of worsening pro-Trump violence

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Former President Donald Trump (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Trump dances for the NRA: America’s emotional health is critical and getting worse

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Former President Donald Trump speaks on May 28, 2022 in Casper, Wyoming. (Chet Strange/Getty Images)

Donald Trump, criminal mastermind: Scholar Gregg Barak on the supreme con artist of our time

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Merrick Garland and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Merrick Garland “fears no person,” says legal scholar Norm Eisen — and he’s coming for Trump

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MAY 24: People mourn outside of the SSGT Willie de Leon Civic Center following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

After Buffalo and Uvalde, America feels broken: Where do we go from here?

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Donald Trump gives two thumbs up to the crowd during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

After Buffalo, Trump threatens “civil war”: Mainstream media refuses to connect the dots

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82nd Attorney General of the U.S. Eric Holder speaks onstage during City Of Hope Spirit Of Life Gala 2019 on October 10, 2019 in Santa Monica, California. (Lester Cohen/Getty Images for City of Hope)

Eric Holder: Democracy is worth saving — and justice is coming for Donald Trump

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Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump considered a military coup: Would he have gotten away with it?

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US President Joe Biden and US First Lady Jill Biden arrive to a memorial near a Tops grocery store in Buffalo, New York, on May 17, 2022. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden’s missed opportunity in Buffalo: He needs to tell white people the truth

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Flowers are left at a makeshift memorial outside of Tops market on May 15, 2022 in Buffalo, New York. Yesterday a gunman opened fire at the store, killing ten people and wounding another three. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Expert panel on the Buffalo shooter and what he stands for: “He was not a lone gunman”

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on April 9, 2022, in Selma, North Carolina. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

Buffalo: This is where Donald Trump’s race-war fantasies lead

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Protesters hold signs as they rally in support of Planned Parenthood and pro-choice (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

The fall of Roe v. Wade will only embolden the fascists: How will America respond?

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An unusable Russian tank and a man are seen on the Kyiv - Zhytomyr highway after the withdrawal of Russian forces and the recapture of the region by Ukrainian soldiers in Kyiv, Ukraine on April 05, 2022. (Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Has Russia been beaten? This military expert says that moment is coming soon

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Former President Donald Trump (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Dear Donald Trump: No, America is definitely not OK. It’s your fault — and ours too

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump tosses hats to the crowd as he arrives during a rally hosted by the former president at the Delaware County Fairgrounds on April 23, 2022 in Delaware, Ohio. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

You laughed at Trump for screwing up J.D. Vance’s name. Did that save Roe v. Wade?

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Hundreds of people attended the 'World Wide Rally for Freedom' outside the Alberta Legislature on Saturday afternoon, in one of several scheduled demonstrations across the world. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Behind the mask: How racism shaped attitudes on the pandemic

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Donald Trump | People wave large flags from the top of a tow truck at the kickoff rally for the northeast convoy to DC at an I95 service area in Kennebunkport, Maine, March 2, 2022. - Rally attendees and speakers protest against vaccine mandates, covid treatments and government emergency orders. They claimed their convoy would enter DC. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Global forecaster on “another bad year for democracy”: Is the world near a dire tipping point?

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Martin Henderson, Ti West and Mia Goth in "X" (Photo by Christopher Moss/A24)

Ti West on anyone walking out of his slasher film “X”: “What did you think you were signing up for?”

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump exits the stage after speaking during a rally hosted by the former president at the Delaware County Fairgrounds on April 23, 2022 in Delaware, Ohio. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Trump’s latest hate rally: A master class in cult mind control

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