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Kirk Swearingen (page 2)

Email: swearingenk@gmail.com

Kirk Swearingen is a poet and independent journalist. He is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism, and his work has appeared in Delmar, MARGIE, Bloom, the American Journal of Poetry, Riverfront Times, Medium and Salon.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a pre-trial hearing in a hush-money case at Manhattan Criminal Court on February 15, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

After decades of embarrassment, New York finally dumps Trump

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Former U.S. President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, on December 19, 2023. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Republicans pick up where Trump’s “perfect call” left off

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Donald Trump on a deserted island (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Can we send Trump into exile? It worked (sort of) with Napoleon

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President Biden gives a campaign speech at Montgomery County Community College. (Caroline Gutman for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Biden’s economic troubles aren’t bad vibes – they’re “micro-insults”

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Donald Trump, a painting of the Confederate army losing and the January 6, 2021 US Capitol Riot (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump the Confederate

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The photo of Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., raising his fist on January 6th is shown during the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol hearing in Washington on Thursday, July 21, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Don’t panic, men: We’re not helpless — and we don’t need the right’s phony masculinity

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Mad Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Trump derangement syndrome” is real — but it’s not what they say it is

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U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to pardon the National Thanksgiving turkeys, Liberty and Bell during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on November 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Sure, Joe Biden is pretty old: Listen, could you do what he’s doing?

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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media as he departs the White House on November 09, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Joe Biden’s economy is, honestly, pretty amazing: How come he doesn’t get credit?

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Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks as Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) listen during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol May 11, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo illustration by Salon/Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The gang that couldn’t shoot straight: Will the GOP’s baffling “ignarrogance” be its undoing?

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Protesters rally outside the state Capitol in support of Rep. Justin Jones of Nashville on April 10, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Seth Herald/Getty Images)

Calm down, everybody: An ugly election is coming — but younger voters will save us

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Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Can’t we all get along? Actually, no — not when the other side behaves like that

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Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Guns, Republicans and “manliness”: We all suffer from the right’s mental health crisis

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Steer 27 Steinbar at the Iowa State Fair on August 12, 2023 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s real conspiracy: It’s much larger than even Fani Willis imagines

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Lone Blue Donkey Among Red Elephants (Salon/Getty Images/Carol Yepes)

Running blue in a red state: Why it’s important

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Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis addresses attendees on day one of the 2022 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Why the right is so terrified of “woke”: There are truths it just can’t face

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Supporters of former US President Donald Trump holds a US flag near Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on April 2, 2023. (GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images)

Make the American flag great again

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Cool Founding Fathers (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Were the founding fathers “woke”? Well, compared to the modern-day GOP — definitely

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Former President Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene during the 3rd round of the LIV Golf Invitational Series Bedminster on July 31, 2022 at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Why are Republicans so bad at lying?

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A sign that read "Guns" is on display as House Democrats gather for an event on gun violence at the East Front of the U.S. Capitol on March 29, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The Second Amendment is a ludicrous historical antique: Time for it to go

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Businessman Donald Trump and his wife Ivana appear on the Oprah Winfrey Show in Chicago, Illinois, April 25, 1988. (Paul Natkin/Getty Images)

The man who saw Trump coming: Wayne Barrett warned us decades ago

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Joe Biden and The New York Times (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Will the New York Times ever give Joe Biden credit for his accomplishments? Chances dim!

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Michael Moore (VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty Images)

Michael Moore was right about the midterms — now he offers hope for progressives in red zones

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Red card, with the word "gaslighting" written in black, and burnt matches around it (Getty Images/Daniele Mezzadri)

Words of the year 2022: We were gaslit in goblin mode

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