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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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The Washington Post Building at One Franklin Square Building on June 5, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“Highly unusual and aggressive”: FBI raids Washington Post journalist’s home

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American Civil rights activist Claudette Colvin, 7th April 1998. On March 2, 1955, at the age of fifteen, Colvin was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white person in Montgomery, Alabama. This predated the arrest of Rosa Parks and the the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott by nine months. (Photo by Dudley M. Brooks/The The Washington Post via Getty Images) (Photo by Dudley M. Brooks/Getty Images)

Claudette Colvin, pioneering civil rights activist, dies at 86

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Bill O'Reilly (Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)

“ICE needs to de-escalate”: O’Reilly calls on DHS to tone down tactics

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Scott Adams, cartoonist and author and creator of "Dilbert", poses for a portrait in his home office on Monday, January 6, 2014 in Pleasanton, Calif. (Photo By Lea Suzuki/Getty Images)

Scott Adams dead: “Dilbert” creator turned conservative commentator dies at 68

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House on December 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The US used a disguised plane in the first drug boat strike — some experts say it’s a war crime

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Protesters hold photos of Renee Nicole Good, the day after her shooting death Wednesday by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, in front of the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles on January 8, 2026. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

“I’m not mad at you”: ICE officer’s video shows Renee Nicole Good’s last words

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One on Nov. 16, 2025.

Trump rejects new Venezuela election until US can “rebuild the oil”

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 8: U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks alongside Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) (R) and Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) during a news conference after a vote on healthcare subsidies at the U.S. Capitol on January 8, 2026 in Washington, D.C. The House of Representatives passed legislation for a three year extension of expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act. The legislation will now go to the Senate. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

House passes bill to renew health care subsidies with rogue Republican support

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The Wyoming state Supreme Court building is in downtown Cheyenne Wyoming not far from the state capitol. The building also houses the state library. (Photo by Don and Melinda Crawford/Getty Images)

GOP’s anti-Obamacare push helps overturn Wyoming abortion ban

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Ilulissat, Greenland (Getty/Sean Gallup)

“We want to take action”: France gears up for Greenland showdown with Trump

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Finance Committee. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“Meant to confuse”: Public health advocates slam RFK Jr.’s vaccine schedule changes

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Nicolas Maduro is seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad, escorted by heavily armed Federal agents as they make their way into an armored car en route to a Federal courthouse in Manhattan on January 5, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by XNY/Star Max/Getty Images)

Department of Justice quietly admits “terrorist” cartel isn’t real

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