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Amanda Marcotte is a senior politics writer at Salon and the author of "Troll Nation: How The Right Became Trump-Worshipping Monsters Set On Rat-F*cking Liberals, America, and Truth Itself." Follow her on Bluesky @AmandaMarcotte and sign up for her biweekly politics newsletter, Standing Room Only.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Pete Hegseth’s “warrior ethos” is plain old cowardice

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Allie Beth Stuckey on the set of Candace Owens' show on Dec. 6, 2021. (Jason Davis/Getty Images)

MAGA’s war on empathy was started by a woman

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Second Lady Usha Vance delivers remarks to military personnel and their families in Jacksonville, North Carolina, on Nov. 19, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Usha Vance doesn’t do dishes — so why the wedding ring excuse?

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Donald Trump and Charlie Kirk at America Fest 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Charlie Kirk’s death is tearing MAGA apart

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The online clip factory that’s radicalizing teen boys

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President Donald Trump rests his eyes during an event in the Oval Office on Nov. 6, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

How Trump’s MRI spurred the Epstein vote

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Don’t blame women for men’s loneliness. Blame capitalism

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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., after addressing a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Sorry, Nancy Mace. Donald Trump hasn’t “protected women”

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Erika Kirk and Vice President JD Vance share an embrace at a Turning Point USA event in Oxford, Mississippi, on Oct. 29, 2025. (Brad Vest/Getty Images)

Why JD Vance and Erika Kirk’s hug made tongues wag

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New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani visits a cultural center for the elderly on Oct. 31, 2025. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Zohran Mamdani knows how to win

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Texas sues Tylenol for the dumbest reason

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Riley Gaines speaks during the 10X Ladies Conference on Aug. 15, 2025 in Aventura, Florida. (Ivan Apfel/Getty Images)

How Riley Gaines and the trans panic steal from horror films

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Proud Boys members Stewart Rhodes, Enrique Tarrio, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl at the Capitol on Feb. 21, 2025. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

How the Proud Boys invented antifa

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Mike Johnson exploits the shutdown to hide the Epstein files

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A Turning Point USA event at Virginia Tech University on Sept. 24, 2025 (ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

MAGA’s fake Super Bowl halftime show reveals their real failures

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Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Oct. 7, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Pam Bondi is Trump’s mean girl

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Demonstrators protest against conversion therapy outside Supreme Court on Oct. 7, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

How SCOTUS erased the abuse of LGBTQ kids

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., leaves the Capitol Hill Club on Sept. 9, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s presidential aspirations are delusional

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Vice President JD Vance takes questions from reporters about the government shutdown at the White House on Oct. 1, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

JD Vance’s shutdown bet: MAGA loves racism more than health care

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An attendee prays at the memorial service for political activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium on Sept. 21, 2025 in Glendale, Ariz. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

MAGA can’t expand its base — and Christian music tells us why

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Sept. 4, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.’s Tylenol attack insults women’s intelligence

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Vice President Kamala Harris concedes the 2024 presidential election to Donald Trump at Howard University on Nov. 6, 2024. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Kamala Harris is right: Biden set her up to fail

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Erika Kirk speaks during the memorial service for her husband, right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, on Sept. 21, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Don’t worry — Erika Kirk will never replace her husband

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is interviewed on Fox News outside of the West Wing on Sept. 9, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.’s war on vaccines is about shaming women, not helping kids

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