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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.

US President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (CHIP SOMODEVILLA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

“We made a mistake”: GOP Rep. Bacon suggests limiting Trump’s presidential tariff powers

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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) (Anna Rose Layden-Pool/Getty Images)

“I take these lunatics’ visas”: Rubio admits to revoking 300 student visas over campus activism

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Fox anchor Pete Hegseth interviews entrepreneur and venture capitalist Peter Thiel during "FOX & Friends" at Fox News Channel Studios on August 09, 2019 in New York City. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

“Incredibly sloppy”: GOP voters, lawmakers think Yemen leaks are a “serious problem”

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Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., speaks during a news conference in the U.S. Capitol, March 30, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

“Others can do a good job”: Trump pulls Stefanik’s UN ambassador nomination

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Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk attends the first plenary session on Day 1 of the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park on November 1, 2023 in Bletchley, England. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Musk, trying to sway a Wisconsin Supreme Court election, offers voters $100

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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)

“Pathetic man-child”: Musk’s estranged daughter doesn’t know how many siblings she has

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, joins Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on stage before speaking at Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here rally Thursday, March 20, 2025, in North Las Vegas. (Ronda Churchill for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

“Throw these bums out”: AOC and Bernie Sanders take their campaign against “oligarchy” out west

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Tesla boss Elon Musk speaks during the ground-breaking ceremony for a Tesla factory in Shanghai on January 7, 2019. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Musk to receive Pentagon briefing on top-secret China war plans: NYT

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President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

“Our country is in very serious trouble”: Trump asks SCOTUS to step in on court orders

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) appears for a news conference following the weekly Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on November 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“Democracy is at risk”: Schumer says “lawless” Trump has created constitutional crisis

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Samuel L. Jackson attends the 95th Oscars (VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

“Find a character”: Samuel L. Jackson shares lucrative tip he received from Bruce Willis

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Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X Holdings Corp., speaks at the Milken Institute's Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel,on May 6, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Apu Gomes/Getty Images)

“Incredible blunders”: Cybertruck recall shows same slapdash approach Musk brings to DOGE

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Hundreds turn out outside of a New York court to protest the arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder and recent Columbia graduate who played a role in pro-Palestinian protests at the university on March 12, 2025 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Mahmoud Khalil’s attorneys accuse the Trump administration of “targeted, retaliatory detention”

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Hundreds of people gathered in Brooklyn, New York, to protest Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on March 14, 2025. (Griffin Eckstein/Salon)

“He is not the leader for this moment”: Protesters rage at Schumer for backing GOP spending plan

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A stop sign is seen in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington DC, United States on June 01, 2024. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Will the Supreme Court kill birthright citizenship? It’s a question of history vs. loyalty

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House Natural Resources Chairman Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., conducts a news conference on the "Requirements, Expectations, and Standard Procedures for Effective Consultation with Tribes (RESPECT) Act, markup in Longworth Building on Monday, March 28, 2022. The bill aims to "codify into law that federal agencies must consult with tribal governments before taking federal actions that will impact tribal lands, rights, resources, or citizens." (Photo by Tom Williams/Getty Images)

“A fighter and a champion”: Democratic Rep. Grijalva dies after cancer battle

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President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

“It was a sham”: Judge orders Trump admin to reinstate thousands of fired federal workers

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Donald Trump | Trump Tower (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“We will not be silent”: Protesters occupy Trump Tower demanding Mahmoud Khalil’s release

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on February 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump wants to extend citizenship to “any farmer” from South Africa, but experts say he likely can’t

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Co-Chair of the newly announced Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), arrives on Capitol Hill with his son on December 05, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Judge rules Musk’s DOGE operatives can access sensitive Treasury data, at least for now

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Maine Social Security snafu a “mistake,” Trump administration says

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CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on February 20, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

SpaceX Starship explodes during test flight, causing ground stops at four Florida airports

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The CBS Broadcast Center stands in Manhattan on September 13, 2018 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

“An affront to the First Amendment”: CBS moves to dismiss Trump’s “60 Minutes” suit

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President Donald Trump appears at a news conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“An American president is not a king”: Judge reverses Trump’s firing of NLRB member

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