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Diablo dam on Skagit river (Getty Images/Crady von Pawlak)

Animals, plants have their day in court: “Rights of Nature” makes a legal case for climate change

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Greg Abbott’s border stunt keeps harming Texas: Mexico reroutes trade to New Mexico

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The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Climate activist dies after setting himself on fire in front of Supreme Court

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QAnon Shaman, Jacob Chansley at a Trump rally in Dalton, Georgia on the 4th of January. He attended the Capitol riots on the 6th of January in Washington, DC. (Brent Stirton/Getty Images)

Majority of Republicans celebrate Capitol riots as “patriotism”: poll

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Sunny Hostin on 'The View" (ABC/Gabby Jones)

“The View” host calls out co-host: “You were part of the administration that politicized the virus”

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Photo courtesy of HBO)

John Oliver vows to unleash his “creepy” blackmail on Congress

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President Donald Trump delivers remarks in support of farmers and ranchers in the Roosevelt Room at the White House May 23, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump inadvertently admits defeat while trying to spin historians: “When I didn’t win the election”

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Elon Musk (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Elon Musk blows up Twitter with board of directors announcement

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U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson arrives for the third day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill March 23, 2022 in Washington, DC. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's pick to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court, would become the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court if confirmed. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Republicans unite to deadlock crucial first vote on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination

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Jon Stewart in “The Problem With Jon Stewart” (Apple TV+)

Jon Stewart’s all-white panel goes off the rails — and gets interesting

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Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) heads to a vote in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol on June 8, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

“A stunning portrait of political corruption”: Exactly how Joe Manchin made millions from coal

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Donald Trump and Ted Cruz (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

New report reveals just how far Ted Cruz went to keep Donald Trump in office

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Protesters with the Sunrise Movement protest in front of the White House against what they say is slow action on infrastructure legislation, job creation and addressing climate change, as well as against attempts to work with Senate Republicans in Washington, DC, June 4, 2021. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Democrats beg Biden to not give up on his Build Back Better agenda

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Tesla head Elon Musk (Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Elon Musk ignites Twitter with controversial meme mocking Ukraine

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LGBTI activists demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court of Justice in San Jose (Getty/Ezequiel Becerra)

Florida students are staging walkouts and getting suspended for handing out pride flags in protest

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Woman holding tarot cards (Getty Images/Khrystynabohush)

Tarot helped me take advice from my mother

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Whoopi Goldberg, Kyle Rittenhouse and Tucker Carlson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Kyle Rittenhouse tells Fox News’ Tucker Carlson that he plans to sue Whoopi Goldberg

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Seven thousand pairs of shoes, representing the children killed by gun violence since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, are spread out on the lawn on the east side of the U.S. Capitol, March 13, 2018 (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

A first for Sandy Hook families: Remington gunmaker must pay $75 million

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Candace Owens is seen on set of "Candace" on August 16, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jason Davis/Getty Images)

Candace Owens tweeted that she enjoyed the Super Bowl halftime show — and her fans revolted

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