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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..

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a political rally while campaigning for the GOP nomination in the 2024 election at Erie Insurance Arena on July 29, 2023 in Erie, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Attack on Trump exploited: “An opportunity to shame dissenters from the MAGA movement into silence”

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Republican presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for his campaign rally in Wildwood Beach on May 11, 2024 in Wildwood, New Jersey. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Trumpism’s powerful weapon against Western democracies is antisemitism

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Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The death of the American Dream birthed Trumpism

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the NRA ILA Leadership Forum at the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meeting & Exhibits at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on May 18, 2024 in Dallas, Texas. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s debate rout feeds his dictatorial desires

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump (L) gestures, flanked by former First Lady Melania Trump and son Barron Trump, as they prepare to leave after he delivered his acceptance speech for the Republican Party nomination for reelection during the final day of the Republican National Convention at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on August 27, 2020. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Day two of Donald Trump’s dictatorship

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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on February 7, 2023 in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. (Jacquelyn Martin-Pool/Getty Images)

Joe Biden desperately needs to rebrand

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Former President Donald Trump departs after speaking at the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority conference at the Washington Hilton on June 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Who is afraid of Donald Trump’s 34 felony convictions? Joe Biden

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Donald Trump | Migrants walk on the US side of the border wall in Jacumba Hot Springs, California on June 5, 2024, after walking crossing from Mexico. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A UFC takeover: Donald Trump’s dreams of a migrant fighting league are no joke

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Members shop at the Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn. Formed in 1973, the Coop is one of the oldest and largest food cooperatives in America. PSFC has more than 15,500 members, most of whom work once every four weeks in exchange for a 20 – 40% savings on groceries. Only members may shop at the PSFC. (James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images)

“Middle class” is an outdated misnomer: It’s now “a minimum standard of living”

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Dr. Phil McGraw, Donald Trump and Melania Trump attend the David Foster Dinner at Bon Appetit Supper Club and Cafe on October 29, 2008 in New York City. (Jemal Countess/WireImage for Bon Appetit Magazine/Getty Images)

Dr. Phil’s staged interview with Donald Trump is a sign of the grim political theater to come

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Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump arrives for an election-night watch party at Mar-a-Lago on March 5, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

“Trump’s emails transform him into a persecuted martyr”: Daily messages prime MAGA for post-election

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Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

But his emails: Trump’s increasingly unhinged calls for violence

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Trump unleashed: This is the calm before the storm

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner at Mar-a-Lago on June 5, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images)

Making sense of the post-Trump conviction polls

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Turning Point PAC town hall at Dream City Church on June 06, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The “real crisis” for Trump comes at sentencing: “He can’t apologize”

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Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“An expectation of redemption”: Trump is fueling MAGA’s revenge fantasy

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

Biden baits Trump into a debate trap

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to court during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 20, 2024 in New York City. (Sarah Yenesel-Pool/Getty Images)

“Trump will be under house arrest in the White House”: Former DOJ prosecutor on what could come next

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference from the lobby of Trump Tower the day after being found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree at Manhattan Criminal Court, in New York, NY on Friday, May 31, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump’s conviction and a course correction for the GOP

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

“A giant step toward autocracy”: Trump makes his criminal conviction bad for democracy

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

Trump’s criminal connection

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media after being found guilty on all 34 counts in his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. (Justin Lane-Pool/Getty Images)

The fallout from Trump’s conviction: Who pays for his guilt?

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump walks away after making remarks to the media during his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 29, 2024 in New York City. (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

Here comes the spiral: A criminally guilty Donald Trump is a dangerous Donald Trump

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Former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump arrives to speak during a Super Tuesday election night watch party at Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on March 5, 2024. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump is now trying to downplay Project 2025

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