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Jelinda Montes

Jelinda Montes is a National Affairs Fellow at Salon. She recently graduated NYU’s Magazine and Digital Storytelling masters program. Her work has appeared in The Nation, The American Prospect, Gay Times and more.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a visit to Sierra Space in Louisville, Colorado on Monday, February 23, 2026. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Hegseth allegedly tried to invest in defense fund ahead of Iran war

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Kash Patel testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Iran-linked hackers breach FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents are seen working as passengers wait in long lines outside of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, United States on March 23, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

“No blank check for a lawless ICE”: House rejects Senate plan to fund TSA without ICE

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SCOTUS set to deal major blow to mail voting ahead of midterms

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In this photo illustration, the Polymarket online betting app logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Davide Bonaldo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

“Baseless”: Trump admin denies involvement in suspicious Iran prediction market bets

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Environmental groups and states sue EPA over Trump’s emissions rollback

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A mural of Cesar Chavez is displayed at San Francisco State University on March 18, 2026 in San Francisco, California. Labor activist Cesar Chavez has been accused in an investigation of sexual abuse of women and minors. (Photo by Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images)

“Deeply troubling”: Farm labor activist Cesar Chavez accused of sexual abuse

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Attendees listen to Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) speaking at a "Only Citizens Vote" Bus Tour rally at Upper Senate Park outside the U.S. Capitol on September 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Trump is going all in on the SAVE America Act. It could make voting harder for millions

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USAF KC-135R trailing its aerial refuelling boom. (Loop Images / Getty Images)

US military refueling plane crashes in Iraq, killing 6

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, and COVID-19 vaccine adviser Retsef Levi (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Lane Turner / Boston Globe / Taylor Hill / WireImage)

RFK Jr.’s vaccine adviser under scrutiny ahead of key vaccine meeting

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Brian McGinnis, a protester dressed in a military uniform, gets stuck in a door, injuring his arm, as Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) (R) and U.S. Capitol Police officers attempt to remove him from a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on March 4, 2026 in Washington, DC. The protester has been identified as Brian McGinnis from North Carolina. The Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support is holding a hearing to examine the current readiness of the Joint Force. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“Unhinged”: Sen. Sheehy accused of breaking Iran war protestor’s arm

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is under fire for her chaotic management of the agency (Al Drago/Getty Images)

Noem under fire for Coast Guard quarters, FEMA funding holdup

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An undated photograph of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein (Democrats on the House Oversight Committee)

DOJ admits to removing nearly 48,000 Epstein files from database, including Trump allegations

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Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies as Jeffrey Epstein survivors stand in the background, during the House Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice,” in Rayburn building on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)

Democrats accuse Bondi of Epstein files coverup, demand special investigation

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Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Oct. 7, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

“Points to possible cover-up”: DOJ withheld Trump-related documents in Epstein files

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Peter Attia at the Featured Session "Peter Attia: The Science and Art of Longevity" during SXSW Conference & Festivals in the Hilton Austin Downtown on March 8, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Renee Dominguez/Getty Images)

“Does not erase the emails I wrote”: Attia steps down from CBS over Epstein ties

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President Trump holds a press briefing on the Supreme Court's decision to strike down his global tariffs on Feb. 20, 2026. (Photo by Chen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

“Cut the check”: Lawmakers and companies demand refunds from Trump’s illegal tariffs

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Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks to a Democratic gathering at the Cheyenne Civic Center on April 20, 1989 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. An African American Baptist minister and political activist, Jackson was a candidate for the U.S. presidency in 1984 and 1988. In 2000 President Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest honor bestowed on civilians. ( Mark Junge / Getty Images)

Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dead at 84

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks at a press conference on February 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Heather Diehl / Getty Images)

DHS to shut down, but ICE won’t stop

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REAL ID sign at a Miami airport. (Jeff Greenberg / Getty Images)

DHS’s REAL ID hypocrisy

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Social media age verification is full of risks and unclear rewards

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New Jersey Lt. Gov. Tahesha L. Way. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

AIPAC’s $4 million campaign badly backfires in NJ Democratic primary

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US President Donald Trump participates in calls to US service members, on Christmas Eve, from the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, December 24, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP / Getty Images)

Trump posts and deletes racist Obama video, sparking outrage across the political spectrum

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

GOP resists call to “nationalize voting” — but Trump’s trying it anyway

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