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Russell Payne is a staff reporter for Salon. His reporting has previously appeared in The New York Sun and the Finger Lakes Times.

Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination to be US Attorney General, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 15, 2025. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

“I saw many things”: Pam Bondi says she can now “accept” the 2020 results but won’t say Trump lost

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Attorney General Pam Bondi meets with incoming Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) in his office at the Hart Senate Office Building on December 02, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“Rigging the system”: Pam Bondi consistently sided with corporations that gave money to Republicans

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Special Counsel Jack Smith and Former U.S. President Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“He had no defense”: Legal experts say Jack Smith’s report shows Trump would have been convicted

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Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speak to reporters after being arrested alongside activists from Center for Popular Democracy Action (CPDA) in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on July 19, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Progressives plan wave of Democratic primary challenges ahead of 2026 midterm elections

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Special Counsel Jack Smith arrives to remarks on a recently unsealed indictment including four felony counts against former U.S. President Donald Trump on August 1, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Trump’s team is “trying to run out the clock” on Jack Smith, but will the Supreme Court bite?

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US President-elect Donald Trump appears remotely for a sentencing hearing in front of New York State Judge Juan Merchan in the criminal case in which he was convicted in 2024 on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, at New York Criminal Court in Manhattan in New York City, on January 10, 2025. (ANGELA WEISS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump receives sentence of “unconditional discharge” in New York hush money case

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Donald Trump and Jack Smith (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Trump’s protector-in-chief”: Experts say Aileen Cannon has no right to block Jack Smith’s reports

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U.S. Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) (C) speaks alongside Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) (L) and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) (R) during a news conference following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on December 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

The Senate parliamentarian could block some of Trump’s agenda — and be a scapegoat for Republicans

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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks during a service for retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in the Great Hall at the Supreme Court December 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Jacquelyn Martin-Pool/Getty Images)

“Grave injustice”: Trump’s legal team wants the Supreme Court to postpone his felony sentencing

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks to members of the media during a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club on January 07, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

“Would really be something”: Trump muses about annexing Canada and going to war for Greenland

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Ben Wikler of MoveOn.org speaks in the March for Truth Sends a Message, Investigate Trump rally near the Washington Monument on June 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for MoveOn.org)

“An honest broker”: Wisconsin Democrat “generates excitement” in race for DNC chair

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Luigi Mangione appears for his arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court on December 23, 2024 in New York City. (Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images)

“Real risk of jury nullification”: Experts say handling of Luigi Mangione’s case could backfire

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Activists at a protest near an encampment demonstration at the University Yard at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., April 26, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump’s “McCarthy era” throwback: A promise to deport protesters

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Ai learning in vehicles (Getty Images/lupengyu)

Trump’s infrastructure “fantasy”: Ditch mass transit for self-driving cars, private highways

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Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is seen outside a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Rayburn building on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Gaetz admits to “embarrassing” acts after Republicans join vote to release House ethics report

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Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“The Lina Khan approach will quickly die”: Trump FTC pick signals big antitrust changes

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Donald Trump at a presidential campaign rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“We’ll send the whole family”: Trump’s deportation plans echo depression-era “repatriation” schemes

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Donald Trump on television yelling (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty images)

Expert: Project 2025 plot to turn U.S. state media into RT-style propaganda would backfire

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An Altoona Police officer updates members of the media outside the Altoona Police Department on December 9, 2024, in Altoona, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Alleged UnitedHealthcare assassin praised Elon Musk for battle against “woke mind virus”

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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Creating a parallel state”: Elon and Vivek hope to test presidential and private powers

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Tulsi Gabbard, John Ratcliffe and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Outrageously powerful and incredibly secret”: Yes, Trump can wield CIA, FBI for his own ends

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Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, holds a town hall at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center on October 14, 2024 in Oaks, Pennsylvania. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Experts expect “heads on spikes to make an example” as soon as Trump takes office

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US President Donald Trump speaks at "Save America March" rally in Washington D.C., United States on January 06, 2021 | Special counsel Jack Smith (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Despite dismissal, legal scholar says “scathing” Trump evidence could still come out

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Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a phone bank at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, DC, on November 5, 2024. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

“Everyone is taking their skim”: How Democratic consultants cashed in on Harris’ losing campaign

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