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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.

Alving Bragg and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Pecker was a partner in crime”: DA “couldn’t have asked for a better narrative” to open Trump trial

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Former US President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on April 26, 2024. (DAVE SANDERS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

The gag “trap” of Manhattan’s hush-money trial: “Trump will take the bait”

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Former US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he arrives at the New York State Supreme Court during the civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization, in New York City on December 7, 2023. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

The self-preservation of the media

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Former US President Donald Trump sits in a Manhattan Criminal Court for his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments on April 19, 2024 in New York City. (Curtis Means - Pool/Getty Images)

Trump’s criminal trials are accelerating the countdown clock on America’s news media

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Former US President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower for Manhattan federal court for the second defamation trial against him, in New York City on January 17, 2024. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

“Now’s the time to cut your losses”: Former Trump prosecutor outlines potential “win-win situation”

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Donald Trump behind bars (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“The alternate reality Trump lives in is crumbling” with first criminal trial: ex-federal prosecutor

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Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally outside Schnecksville Fire Hall on April 13, 2024 in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump’s first criminal trial is a test run

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Former President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he leaves court on the second day of his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 16, 2024 in New York City. (Mark Peterson-Pool/Getty Images)

He’s dropping little clues: The troubling message we are missing from Trump’s MAGA rallies

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Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“That was a missed opportunity”: Elliot Ackerman on how failures in Ukraine could help with Iran

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Armed supporters of President Trump chant during a protest on January 6, 2021 in Salem, Oregon. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Former GOP insider: Trump has “reprogrammed a generation” to fight against democracy

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Donald Trump watching democracy burn (Getty Images/Salon)

“I wish I had been wrong”: Miles Taylor on the dire threat of Trump 2.0

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Donald Trump (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Trump’s so-called “Virtues”: More threats of violence against his enemies

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the Dayton International Airport on March 16, 2024 in Vandalia, Ohio. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trump’s MAGA rallies have morphed

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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Are you finally with her? The Hillary Clinton paradox

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

Obama’s pollster on the Republican voters Trump should fear: “Wild enough to threaten his chances”

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South Carolina, Charleston, College of Charleston, Greek life, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Chi, fraternity houses. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

“There’s social status in breaking social norms”: When the corrosive effects of Greek life spill out

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Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A dangerous return to denial: Trump’s threats against Biden met by familiar media shrug

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Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump pray outside the U.S. Capitol January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

“Perfectly predictable”: Dr. John Gartner on why “a malignant narcissist like Trump” sells Bibles

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US President Donald Trump holds up a Bible outside of St John's Episcopal church across Lafayette Park in Washington, DC on June 1, 2020. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Clinical social worker: “With the Trump Bible, one must consider dementia”

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Donald Trump speaks while holding his bible at the Values Voters Summit at the Omni Shoreham hotel in Washington D.C., Friday, September 25, 2015. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images)

The “martyrdom” of Donald J. Trump

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Former president Donald Trump speaks to the media during a break in a pre-trial hearing at Criminal Court on March 25, 2024 in New York City. (Justin Lane-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump’s megalomania is a trap for the GOP

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Former President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at 40 Wall Street after a pre-trial hearing on March 25, 2024 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

“A blueprint for a Trump autocracy”: Authoritarianism expert on which global dictators Trump models

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Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Hastening his deterioration”: Dr. John Gartner on impact of court trials on “Trump’s fragile brain”

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Former U.S. President and 2024 hopeful Donald Trump disembarks his plane "Trump Force One" on arrival at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on August 3, 2023. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

Forensic psychiatrist on physical signs of Trump’s mental decline: “Changes in movement and gait”

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