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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.

Former Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Thomas Homan speaks at the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17, 2024. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump “border czar” vows to bring back family detention

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SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk participates in a town hall-style meeting to promote early and absentee voting at Ridley High School on October 17, 2024 in Folsom, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“Dire shortage”: Elon Musk sparks MAGA backlash after calling for more immigrant workers

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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York, October 27, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

“Please take care of us”: Low-income Trump voters worry he’ll cut benefits they rely on

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends the America First Policy Institute Gala held at Mar-a-Lago on November 14, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Big companies that denounced Jan. 6 are now showering millions on Trump inauguration

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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump targets Panama, Greenland and Canada in 40-post Christmas Truth Social tear

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk at a campaign event with former President Donald Trump, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

“You wanna be speaker?”: Johnson jokes he offered Musk House leadership role

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) holds the gavel onstage ahead of the start of the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Democrats bail out Johnson, pass bill that could avert government shutdown

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Two police officers standing in front of patrol cars, behind police tape. (Getty Images/kali9)

2 dead, dozens injured as car drives through German Christmas market in suspected attack

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U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson welcomes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump onstage at a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“One tweet and they run for the hills”: Republicans don’t know who’s in charge

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Dr. Gaurav Shinde gives a patient her vaccinations for COVID and her flu shot at the Walgreens pharmacy in Torrance, California on September 5, 2024. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Louisiana Department of Health ordered to stop promotion of vaccines

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U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) departs from a news conference with House Republican Caucus leadership at the U.S. Capitol on September 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump-supported bill to avert government shutdown fails in House amid GOP revolt

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US President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, November 7, 2024, after Donald Trump won the presidential election. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden aides’ “hand holding” shielded the president from critiques: report

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In this handout photo released by the Altoona Police Department, Luigi Mangione is seen in a holding cell after being taken into custody on December 9, 2024 in Altoona, Pennsylvania. (Altoona Police Department via Getty Images)

“Wack the CEO”: Feds allege Mangione kept a notebook outlining crime

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U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) talks to reporters following vote on a stopgap government funding bill at the Capitol on September 25, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

“I’m gonna just sit back and sip my tea”: Democrats won’t save Johnson’s speakership

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Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during election campaign rally organized by New York State Democratic Committee at BKLYN Studios in New York on November 5, 2022. (Lev Radin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

“This has gone too far”: Hochul says drone debacle demands federal action

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Rapper Jay-Z (C) looks on before a game between the Washington Commanders and the Dallas Cowboys at Northwest Stadium on November 24, 2024 in Landover, Maryland. (Timothy Nwachukwu/Getty Images)

“You should always fight”: Jay-Z accuser speaks out in new interview

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U.S. Postal Service (USPS) worker (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Trump considering United States Postal Service privatization: report

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OpenAI logo is seen displayed on a mobile phone screen, smoke in the background. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco

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Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, holds a town hall at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center on October 14, 2024 in Oaks, Pennsylvania. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

“No reason for delay”: Trump must sit for deposition in defamation suit against ABC, judge rules

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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks during a town hall campaign event at the Lancaster County Convention Center on October 20, 2024 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

“Shoot them down!!!”: Trump demands action on New Jersey drone sightings

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during a press conference following the Republicans weekly policy luncheon on January 23, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

McConnell warns RFK Jr.: Hands off the polio vaccine

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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a campaign rally at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 5, 2024. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

“Very costly to our nation”: Trump puts Daylight Saving Time in his crosshairs

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Epileptic Patient in the Hospital (Getty Images/SolStock)

“No one would design a system like this”: UHG CEO Witty says U.S. health care is “flawed”

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Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 19, 2024, after a Hong Kong court jailed 45 pro-democracy campaigners. (BASTIEN INZAURRALDE/AFP via Getty Images)

Pelosi hospitalized in Luxembourg after reported fall down palace staircase

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