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Sophia Tesfaye is a senior writer (and former senior politics editor) for Salon. She resides in Washington, D.C.
You can find her on Twitter at @SophiaTesfaye.

Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel ( Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)

“That backfired bigly”: Kimmel’s return is a defeat for Project 2025

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Brian Glenn interviews Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on camera during a campaign rally for Donald Trump on March 9, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Meet the White House reporter egging on Trump’s crackdown

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Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens speak at the University of Colorado, Boulder on Oct. 3, 2018. (Paul Aiken/Digital First Media/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images)

Inside MAGA’s fight over Charlie Kirk’s legacy

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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

How Pam Bondi became MAGA’s patsy

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Right-wing activist Charlie Kirk speaks at America Fest 2024 in Phoenix, Ariz. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

War or peace? GOP divided on the path forward after Kirk’s killing

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Charlie Kirk in the Oval Office on May 28, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“They” killed Charlie: The right’s rush to assign blame for Kirk’s killing

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Donald Trump; Jeffrey Epstein (Getty/Nicholas Kamm/New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP)

White House spin on Epstein spirals out of control

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Donald Trump chats with Fox News host Sean Hannity following a town hall on Sept. 4, 2024. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Newsmax lawsuit shows Fox News is bigger than Donald Trump

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Fox News reporter Peter Doocy shows President Donald Trump his phone during an Oval Office press availability on Sept. 2, 2025. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump, who weaponized age-based mockery, is now its target

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Love Island USA cast members (l-r) Bryan Arenales, Amaya Espinal, Iris Kendall, Huda Mustafa, Nicolas "Nic" Vansteenberghe, Ace Green (Kim Nunneley/Peacock)

America’s “Love Island” fantasy couldn’t survive Trump

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.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro delivers remarks with President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the White House on Aug. 11, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Fox News star’s jump to the Trump administration is backfiring

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President Donald Trump answers questions while departing the White House on July 11, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Fox host offers bizarre response to network’s video debunking Trump

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Donald Trump and John Bolton (AP Photo/Salon)

With Bolton raid, MAGA media confronts Trump’s war of retribution

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a bill signing event after the state legislature passed a constitutional amendment referendum to redraw the state’s congressional maps. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Fox News sees the power of Gavin Newsom’s trolling

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Megyn Kelly endorses Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Megyn Kelly’s Beyoncé meltdown has nothing to do with Sydney Sweeney

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An illustration of podcasters Candice Owens, Laura Loomer, Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson around a microphone. (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / MirageC / Jason Davis / Joe Raedle / Ian Maule / WILLIAM EDWARDS / AFP via Getty Images)

The right-wing podcast wars just got really ugly

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Nate Silver, Donald Trump (MSNBC/Reuters/Brian Snyder/Photo montage by Salon)

No, Nate Silver: Epstein is not the new Russiagate

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Police respond to a shooting in Midtown Manhattan that left five dead, including the gunman, and one seriously injured. (JOHN LAMPARSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Right-wing media makes NYC shooting all about Mamdani

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard talks to reporters at the White House on July 23, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Tulsi Gabbard’s failure to distract from Epstein saga is no flop

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem attends an event on June 20, 2025 in Detroit, Mich. (Emily Elconin/Getty Images)

FEMA’s acting director is MIA — and the media hasn’t even noticed

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt during the daily briefing, July 7, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

MAGA melts down, Dems exult as “Epstein files” evaporate

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The CBS logo is seen at the CBS Building, headquarters of the CBS Corporation, in New York City. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Too corporate to fight for a free press

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom talks with President Donald Trump as First Lady Melania Trump looks on after the First Couple's arrival at Los Angeles International Airport on January 24, 2025. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Gavin Newsom can’t stop at simply trolling Fox

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Zohran Mamdani, presumptive Democratic New York City mayoral nominee, celebrates his onstage with Rama Duwaji, Mahmood Mamdani and Mira Nair (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Zohran Mamdani’s win was a surprise. The attacks that have followed are not

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