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Griffin Eckstein is a News Fellow at Salon. He is a student journalist at New York University, having previously written for the independent student paper Washington Square News, the New York Post, and Morning Brew. Follow him on Bluesky at gec.bsky.social.

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“Becoming a distraction”: Gaetz withdraws from consideration for AG amid sexual misconduct claims

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Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., stops to speak to a TV crew as she arrives for the House Republican Conference caucus meeting in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

“Just a ploy for media attention”: Ex-aide says Mace’s anti-trans tirade a stunt to get on Fox News

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Fox News contributor Pete Hegseth arrives at Trump Tower on November 29, 2016 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Police report details sexual assault allegations against Trump nominee Pete Hegseth

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

“Makes us look like Nazis”: Trump allies asked to stop talking about mass deportation “camps”

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A view of the death chamber from the witness room at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility shows an electric chair and gurney August 29, 2001 in Lucasville, Ohio. The state of Ohio is one of the few states that still uses the electric chair, and it gives death row inmates a choice between death by the electric chair or by lethal injection. John W. Byrd, who will be executed on September 12, 2001, has stated that he will choose the electric chair. (Photo by Mike Simons/Getty Images)

Texas Supreme Court clears way for execution of Roberson, a man many believe is innocent

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Former U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY) attends U.S. President Joe Biden's State of the Union address during a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol on March 07, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

“Watch the swamp struggle”: Santos thinks backlash to Trump Cabinet picks is “f**king hilarious”

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Elon Musk attends 'Exploring the New Frontiers of Innovation: Mark Read in Conversation with Elon Musk' session during the Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity 2024 - Day Three on June 19, 2024 in Cannes, France. (Marc Piasecki/Getty Images)

Iran denies reports that Musk met with its ambassador to the United Nations

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Mike Johnson (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

“Not the way we do things”: Johnson will ask Ethics Committee to bury Gaetz report

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People attend a protest criticizing the government for its policies toward the Indigenous Maori population which they say are racist policies and undermine a treaty that protects their Indigenous rights, outside the New Zealand parliament in Wellington on May 30, 2024. (DAVE LINTOTT/AFP via Getty Images)

“Do not negate 184 years of debate”: Bill rolling back Māori rights in New Zealand faces backlash

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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a town hall campaign event with former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (I-HI) on August 29, 2024 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trump’s transition team is skipping FBI background checks for Cabinet picks: report

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Pete Hegseth attends the new All-American Christmas Tree lighting outside News Corporation at Fox Square on December 9, 2021 in New York City. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Trump Defense Department pick Pete Hegseth was accused of sexual assault in 2017

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Politician Matt Gaetz, who was recently picked by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as attorney general, speaks at a rally in Coachella, California on October 12, 2024. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

House ethics committee skips meeting as Democrats push to make Gaetz report public

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X/Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk during a visit at the Tesla electric car plant in Gruenheide near Berlin, eastern Germany, on March 13, 2024. (ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Musk met with Iranian ambassador to United Nations, per report

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a Cesar Chavez Day event at Union Station on March 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

“Totally unqualified”: Congress reacts to RFK Jr. nomination

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Lara Trump on stage as Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks during an election night watch party at the State Fairgrounds on February 24, 2024 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

“I would love to serve”: Lara Trump beams over possible appointment to Senate seat

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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)

Judge delays alleged January 6 rioter trial, citing “real possibility” of Trump pardons

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Independent Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gives a keynote speech during the Bitcoin 2024 conference at Music City Center July 26, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

“Make America Healthy Again”: Trump taps RFK Jr. to lead Department of Health and Human Services

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Former House Rep. Matt Gaetz (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Senators want to see House Ethics Committee report on Gaetz following attorney general nom

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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump during the National Guard Association of the United States' 146th General Conference & Exhibition at Huntington Place Convention Center on August 26, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. (Emily Elconin/Getty Images)

“Consequences are severe”: Trump’s lack of ethics pledge delays transition process

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Shermichael Singleton at Day 2 of Politicon in Los Angeles, California on July 29, 2017 (Rob Latour/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images)

“I’m not going to listen to that”: CNN panel explodes over transphobic explanation of Trump win

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Infowars founder Alex Jones interacts with supporters at the Texas State Capital building on April 18, 2020 in Austin, Texas. (Sergio Flores/Getty Images)

Jones calls for “Nuremberg Two” against Democrats following Trump win

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Bill Maher on "Real Time with Bill Maher" (Courtesy of HBO)

“Look in the mirror”: Maher sends message to Democrat “losers”

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Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz makes a speech during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, United States, on August 21, 2024. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)

“It’s hard to lose”: Walz talks moving on after loss in Minnesota

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US Senator and Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance speaks during Turning Point Action's Chase the Vote campaign event at Generation Church in Mesa, Arizona, on September 4, 2024. (REBECCA NOBLE/AFP via Getty Images)

“What use was the rule?”: Vance quotes fictional serial killer to explain Trump’s victory

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