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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to the press after her deposition with the House Oversight Committee as they investigate links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

GOP’s Hillary crusade collapses under friendly fire

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Donald Trump's State of the Union dazzled right-wing media, but it also exposed the limits of his MAGA vision (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump dazzles right-wing media with bigoted State of the Union

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FBI Director Kash Patel sparked backlash by hijacking Team USA's men's hockey victory at the Winter Olympics in Milan (Elsa/Getty Images)

Kash Patel hijacks Team USA’s Olympic hockey win

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Donald Trump | US Supreme Court building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Right-wing media splits over Trump tariff loss

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Bari Weiss' tenure at CBS News has been tumultuous (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images)

CBS is unraveling — and it goes beyond Bari Weiss

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FBI Director Kash Patel is coming under fire for his handling of high-profile investigations ( Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Right-wing media turns on Kash Patel over Nancy Guthrie case

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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 17: President Donald J. Trump returns to the White House before his address tonight on December 17, 2025 in Washington, D.C.. (Photo by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

MAGA blame game shows Trump in retreat

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A Super Bowl LX sign at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Super Bowl bursts popular right-wing media myth

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris has launched Headquarters, a media initiative aimed at mobilizing Gen Z voters (James Manning/PA Images via Getty Images)

Kamala Harris’ return fits a degraded media moment

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Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a news conference at the DEA headquarters on July 15, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Pam Bondi has a Fox News problem

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Don Lemon makes a statement outside of federal court in Los Angeles following his arrest on charges related to covering an ICE protest in Minneapolis. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Don Lemon’s arrest turned into a MAGA misfire

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Melania Trump attends the premiere of her documentary "Melania" at the Kennedy Center (Craig Hudson/Variety via Getty Images)

Why MAGA won’t rally for “Melania” documentary

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Attorney General Pam Bondi has demanded sensitive voting information from Minnesota and nearly two dozen other states. (Alex Wong / Getty Images)

Pam Bondi’s shakedown exposes “Big Lie” in Minneapolis

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Federal agents at an anti-ICE protest in Minneapolis after Alex Pretti's fatal shooting by Border Patrol agents on Jan. 24, 2026. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

MAGA angers the NRA over Minneapolis shooting

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An ICE patch and badge are seen on a DHS agent during Vice President JD Vance's visit to Minneapolis on Jan. 22, 2026. (Jim Watson - Pool/Getty Images)

Right-wing media silos leave MAGA flailing on ICE

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. waits to enter a meeting with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Capitol Hill on January 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

The resistance to RFK Jr. quietly racks up wins

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Fox News saw this week's ruling as a win. Rival right-leaning news outlet Newsmax is appealing. (anouchka / Getty Images)

Fox News shrugs at FBI seizure of Washington Post reporter’s property

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A protester in Manhattan's Grand Army Plaza following the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ( Jason Alpert-Wisnia / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images)

White women get in the way of Trump’s war on civil rights

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell talks to President Donald Trump as they tour the Federal Reserve’s renovation project on July 24, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Fed Chair Jerome Powell turns whistleblower against Trump

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Tony Dokoupil at the 2024 New York Comic Con (Jason Mendez/Getty Images for ReedPop)

Tony Dokoupil’s viral first week should worry Bari Weiss

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Activists protest President Donald Trump's military action in Venezuela on Jan. 6, 2026 in Pasadena, California. (Frederic J. BROWN / AFP via Getty Images)

MAGA wants to be a colonial power

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President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaks to the press following U.S. military actions in Venezuela on Jan. 3, 2026. (Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

The mass media’s blind spot on Trump’s Venezuela escalation

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Donald Trump takes questions at Mar-a-Lago on Dec. 22, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s revenge tour leaves MAGA collateral damage

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Project 2025 has been a success — with the help of the press

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