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Heather Digby Parton, also known as "Digby," is a contributing writer to Salon.

Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 22, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

The DNC did not unify Democrats. Donald Trump did that long before

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Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton salutes the attendees as she steps off stage after speaking on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 19, 2024. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

The DNC’s one clear goal: Run up the gender gap

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Republican presidential candidate former US President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign event at the Atkinson Resort and Country Club in Atkinson, New Hampshire, on January 16, 2024. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump is crashing out ahead of schedule

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on August 08, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Donald Trump isn’t fun anymore: How Kamala Harris stole the show — and extinguished his flame

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Former President and Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at Trump Tower on May 31, 2024 in New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

Trump’s attempted rebrand of Project 2025 is failing

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Former President Donald Trump, with Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, greets supporters while touring Little Beaver Creek and water pumps during a visit to East Palestine, Ohio, following the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern freight train derailment on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, in East Palestine, Ohio. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump squanders his own momentum

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Viktor Orban, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

An emerging “autocratic international order”: Trump has plans for domestic authoritarianism

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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Joe Biden’s brilliant exit: Democrats get a boost, Republicans left bewildered

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

“We’re never gonna let that happen again”: Trump’s RNC speech confirms plans for a Big Lie 2.0

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US Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) listens as former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before departing Manhattan criminal court on May 13, 2024, in New York where he is on trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs. (MARK PETERSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s selection of JD Vance as running mate is a sign of weakness

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Former US President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump raises his fist as he walks off stage after participating in a town hall event at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona, on June 6, 2024. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

An instinct to incite: The challenge to tamp down political rhetoric in the wake of Trump’s shooting

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U.S. President Joe Biden holds a news conference at the 2024 NATO Summit on July 11, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Biden’s performance has been exceptional where it matters: It’s the economy

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US President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at Winfield House, London on December 3, 2019. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

A death knell for NATO: Project 2025 calls for Trump to “restructure” US foreign policy

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Donald Trump | The NATO flag | American troops walking in the water leaving a landing barge during the Normandy D-Day landings, France, 6th June 1944. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A global popular front against fascism emerges — but Trumpism threatens to buck the trend

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President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican National Committee winter meeting at the Trump International Hotel on February 1, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)

A Republican revolt over Trump’s abortion flip-flop threatens to blow up the GOP convention

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Ronald Reagan, Mike Johnson and Richard Nixon (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The imperial presidency: Republicans just pulled off their longest con

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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the media before he and first lady Jill Biden depart the White House on May 29, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images/Tasos Katopodis)

The drop out debate: Biden has already lost a big part of the battle

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U.S. President Joe Biden (R) and Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump participate in the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

CNN’s debate was no fair fight

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(Getty/Chip Somodevilla/clu/Salon)

Donald Trump is stuck in a reality TV loop

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Donald Trump gestures during the Republican Presidential Debate, hosted by CNN, at The Venetian Las Vegas on December 15, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s pre-debate bluster is a bluff

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Zombie Laws (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

With the Supreme Court’s help, Republicans’ plan to resurrect “zombie laws”

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Donald Trump listens as Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks during a press conference at Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on April 12, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Donald Trump is counting on Mike Johnson to save him: The speaker will definitely try

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Former president Donald Trump speaks to the media after speaking outside a polling location on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at Londonderry High School in Londonderry, NH. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Republicans’ Capitol Hill pep rally for Trump’s return was a flop

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

Why Republicans are left disappointed by Hunter Biden’s conviction

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