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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.

Images of Donald Trump appear on stage screens in the Fiserv Forum on the day before the Republican National Convention (RNC) on July 14, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Trump’s cult of personality threatens to hasten the demise of the GOP

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Republican vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance speaks during a fundraising event at Discovery World on July 17, 2024, on the third day of the Republican National Convention in downtown Milwaukee, Wis. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

“It’s blanket opportunism”: “Rural America” author on “switch between” the “two different JD Vances”

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Dayton International Airport on November 7, 2022 in Vandalia, Ohio. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Donald Trump is holding back rural America

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Republican vice presidential nominee U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) introduces U.S. Republican Presidential nominee former President Donald Trump during a rally at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center on July 27, 2024 in St Cloud, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

“The Vance effect among independents is negative”: How Trump’s running mate is a drag on the ticket

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Republican Senate candidate JD Vance and former President Donald Trump speak at a Save America Rally to support Republican candidates running for state and federal offices in the state at the Covelli Centre during on September 17, 2022 in Youngstown, Ohio. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

JD Vance is trying to love-bomb MAGA

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Rick Wilson | Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Brad Barket/Mario Tama)

“I do not see any light on the horizon for Trump”: Lincoln Project’s Rick Wilson on MAGA’s retreat

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Donald Trump | U.S. Department of Justice (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s sinister plot to avoid another Jan. 6

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Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump participates in the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Donald Trump is suffering from a severe case of political whiplash

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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A competition for domination: Harris is beating Trump at his own game

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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Kamala Harris has clearly gotten under Donald Trump’s skin

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

Historian Timothy Ryback on Kamala Harris’ rise: “If only Germans had had such an alternative”

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US Vice President Kamala Harris looks on during a political event at the Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Museum in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on July 17, 2024. (JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

The familiar traits that trigger Trump’s toxic rage against Kamala Harris

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

What unites Trump and Hitler: “Fierce determination and self-imposed blindness”

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Former US President and 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump stands up to depart after answering questions as moderator and journalist Rachel Scott (R) looks on during the National Association of Black Journalists annual convention in Chicago, Illinois, on July 31, 2024. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Unpacking Trump’s “birther” attack on Kamala Harris: It’s even worse than it looks

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Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump walks on stage to speak on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Cult expert Steve Hassan: “The silencing of critics” is crucial to Trump’s “authoritarian control”

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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a community roundtable at the 180 Church in Detroit, Michigan, on June 15, 2024. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

“The savior of Israel”: Antisemitism expert on what Trump’s “good Jew and bad Jew sorting” signals

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U.S. Republican Presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at his campaign rally at the Bojangles Coliseum on July 24, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Historian Timothy Ryback: “Hitler could only have dreamed” of Trump’s fanatical support

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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)

The MAGA principle tested: Trump grows “more and more radical with each passing day”

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

Trump is scrambling to find his religion again

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US President Joe Biden participates in a CNN Town Hall hosted by Don Lemon at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 21, 2021. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

The clarity of Joe Biden’s legacy-defining choice

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US pro-wrestler Hulk Hogan rips his shirt off to reveal a Trump-Vance campaign shirt during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

“Trump-a-mania run wild”: The messy union of Donald Trump and Hulk Hogan

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

Joe Biden’s leadership test: An American legacy in jeopardy

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Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as (L-R) U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Republican Vice Presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and his wife KellyJohnson watch during the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“The Fourth Estate is failing America”: RNC showcases how Trump exploits an “incompetent” media

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Republican candidate Donald Trump is seen with blood on his face surrounded by secret service agents as he is taken off the stage at a campaign event at Butler Farm Show Inc. in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. (REBECCA DROKE/AFP via Getty Images)

“Trump is able to turn bullets into gold”: Experts on MAGA’s “mythology of Trump the superman”

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