Amanda Marcotte (page 159)

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 Twitter @AmandaMarcotte and sign up for her biweekly politics newsletter, Standing Room Only.

13 Hours

Audiences reject "13 Hours": Big blow for the right's desperate quest for Clinton's Benghazi smoking gun — it's just not there Amanda Marcotte

Jon Krakauer

Campus rape in Montana: What a small town tells us about sexual assault, rape culture and the prevalence of false accusations Amanda Marcotte

Donald Trump, Ted Cruz

Cruz's big attack: He's is coming hard after Trump, but the Donald is still the champ at slimy pandering to the right Amanda Marcotte

Chris Matthews, Carly Fiorina

Carly's sexist strategy: Fiorina mistakes election for a Best Wife Ever contest and attacks Hillary Clinton's marriage Amanda Marcotte

Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio, conspiracy theorist: Now he's targeting the wacko vote by pandering to the Jade Helm crowd Amanda Marcotte

Big moment for desperate Rubio: He crushes Cruz for his immigration flip-flops, but are GOP voters paying attention? Amanda Marcotte

Trump and Cruz's laughable patriotism clash: Who's less American – Canadians or New Yorkers? Amanda Marcotte

They love to scare you: Republicans start debate by implying terrorists might kill us all by November Amanda Marcotte

Oregon Standoff

Thank you, Oregon militiamen: The longer you stay, the more ridiculous you and the conservative movement look Amanda Marcotte

The base turns On Nikki Haley: They don't want code words, they want to hear blunt racism Amanda Marcotte

Mad Max Fury Road

"Mad Max: Fury Road" is the best picture of 2015: Here's why this miraculous Oscar nominee deserves to win Amanda Marcotte

Barack Obama, Paul Ryan

Denial, paranoia and bigotry: Obama warns against Republican ugliness and they immediately prove him right Amanda Marcotte

Kim Davis

GOP's special guests: The "sex police" were in full force at the State of the Union to shame us all Amanda Marcotte

Ted Cruz, David Brooks

Sorry, David Brooks: In all his sadism, Ted Cruz is the true face of the Christian right Amanda Marcotte

Republican U.S. presidential candidates pose before the start of the 2016 U.S. Republican presidential candidates debate held by CNBC in Boulder

Too many GOP egos: Overcrowded debate stage illustrates out-of-control Republican narcissism Amanda Marcotte

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