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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.

James Van Kuilenburg, 16, a transgender male from Frederick, Maryland, says he was asked by campaign staff to leave Sen. Ted Cruz's rally at the Weinberg Center for the Arts Thursday. (Sam Yu: Fredrick News-Post)

Transgender teen booted from Ted Cruz rally as campaign of transphobia ramps up

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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz is interviewed by host Bill O'Reilly during "The O'Reilly Factor" television program, on the Fox News Channel in New York, Monday, April 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) (AP)

Ted Cruz exploits transphobia to resuscitate his dying campaign: Cruz rushes to slam ESPN for firing Curt Schilling over anti-transgender meme

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Prince (AP/Liu Heung Shing)

Prince dead at 57

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John Kasich (AP/Richard Drew)

John Kasich: Democracy is no good if it results in more Democratic voters

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(AP/Alex Brandon/Reuters/Lucas Jackson/Photo montage by Salon)

GOP’s Planned Parenthood investigation outed as a total sham: Republicans on the committee now openly participating in anti-Planned Parenthood protests

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(Fox News)

“Awful.” “Dumb.” Stupid”: Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren rails against Obama for “dividing the country” by booting Andrew Jackson for Harriet Tubman on the $20

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(The Independent)

Harriet Tubman to replace Andrew Jackson on $20 bill; Hamilton to stay on $10 after appeal from Broadway star

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(Erich Schlegel/Getty Images; Alex Wong/Getty Images via NYMag)

Elizabeth Warren tears into Ted Cruz: “I’ve got two words for you, Ted: Boo hoo”

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(Fox News)

Sean Hannity flips out on Ted Cruz for bashing Donald Trump: “You gotta stop … I’m getting sick of it”

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(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

New York City Board of Elections to be audited: Widespread complaints of voting “irregularities” plagued the Big Apple’s primary day

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HIllary Clinton (AP/Seth Wenig)

Victory for Hillary: New York Democrats pick Clinton in primary, dealing huge blow to Bernie Sanders

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Donald Trump (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)

Donald Trump delivered a huge win in New York

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(CBS News)

Stephen Colbert teaches Hillary Clinton the proper way to eat a New York cheesecake

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Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. speaks at a campaign rally, Tuesday, April 12, 2016, in Rochester, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) (AP)

Bernie Sanders gains in national polls as millions of supporters in two of the biggest states remain ineligible to vote for him

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(Fox News)

“Bernie Sanders wants higher cable bills”: Fox News “reports” on Sanders joining striking Verizon union workers with nonsensical right-wing smears

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"Hamilton" music director Alex Lacamoire and creator/star Lin-Manuel Miranda accept the Grammy for best musical theater album with the cast. (CBS)

“Hamilton” wins a Pulitzer and Twitter finally explodes with joy rather than rage

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(Communication Workers of America)

Striking Verizon workers hit by company attorney driving a Porsche

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John Kasich (Reuters/Rebecca Cook)

John Kasich’s casual victim blaming “advice”: If you don’t want to be raped, “don’t go to parties where there’s a lot of alcohol”

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Donald Trump, Ann Coulter (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst/AP/Andy Kropa/Photo montage by Salon)

Ann Coulter takes a parting swipe at ex-Breitbart staffer after prosecutors decline to press charges against Trump campaign manager

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Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. speaks at a campaign rally, Tuesday, April 12, 2016, in Syracuse, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) (AP)

Bernie’s most nakedly political move yet: Sanders suspends Jewish director for outspoken criticism of Bibi Netanyahu

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(NBC News)

“Bill Nye is as much a scientist as I am”: Sarah Palin’s latest delusion is dangerous

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(AP/Timothy D. Easley)

Kim Davis’ legal team is behind discriminatory anti-LGBT bills in 20 states

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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz speaks during a campaign stop in Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pa., Wednesday, April 13, 2016. (Christopher Millette/Erie Times-News via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT (AP)

Ted Cruz praises North Carolina’s “perfectly reasonable” anti-LGBT bathroom ban

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People wait to vote in the presidential primary election outside a polling site in Glendale, Arizona on March 22, 2016, after 70 percent of polling locations were cut (Reuters/Nancy Wiechec)

Hillary Clinton to sue Arizona over voting rights violations

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