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2025-12-17 12:32:06 UTC

The simplest explanation for why Susie Wiles was so honest about Trump to Vanity Fair: like most Republicans, she's focused on post-Trump plans.
Like the rest of us, Republicans are just waiting for him to die, so we can all move on.
https://www.salon.com/2025/12/17/republicans-are-quiet-quitting-on-trump/

2025-08-04 12:47:10 UTC

Charlie Kirk used to be proudly secular, but now he's among the loudest Bible-thumpers.
There's many reasons for this. But I'm going to focus on one: to justify his racism.
He admires a pastor who said God cursed Black people to "perpetual slavery."
https://www.salon.com/2025/08/04/how-charlie-kirk-turned-to-religion-to-level-up-his-racism/

2025-07-14 12:53:12 UTC

Trump and Noem still plan to destroy FEMA, despite the temporary pause in overt threats to the agency.
The hatred of FEMA is hard for outsiders to parse. So I wrote this short, readable explainer of why MAGA loathes the emergency relief agency so much.
https://www.salon.com/2025/07/14/why-kristi-noem-hates-fema/

2025-04-16 10:18:40 UTC

Harvard figured out what everyone else in power needs to understand: Complicity with Trump will not save you.
Standing up isn't just the right thing to do. It's the smart thing to do. He will renege on any "deal" you make and come after you anyway.
https://www.salon.com/2025/04/16/harvard-back-against-trump-institutional-resistance-finally-rises-up--and-sets-a-new-model/

2025-03-24 10:16:27 UTC

I joined the discourse on "Mar-a-Lago face" and the MAGA love of weird AI art. The hideousness of Cybertrucks also matter.
Yes, it's all gross and ugly. That's the point. The visual assault is yet another fascist display of power.
https://www.salon.com/2025/03/24/from-mar-a-lago-face-to-uncanny-ai-art-magas-love-of-ugliness-is-submission-to/

2025-02-25 11:15:28 UTC

Hegseth joined a church whose leader preaches that slavery produced "a multi-racial society which has existed with such mutual intimacy and harmony."
This context helps explain his laser-focus on pushing Black leaders out of office.
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/25/slavery-produced-a-genuine-affection-between-the-races-hegseths-church-foretold-dei-firings/

2025-02-07 15:13:33 UTC

New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt: Why Elon Musk thinks you're stupid.
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2025-02-06 11:09:37 UTC

Despite Trump claiming Head Start funds were unfrozen, it looks like the real president — Elon Musk — was illegally blocking them anyway.
Musk claims to be a pro-natalist. This move exposes the lie. LIke all "natalists," he's just a misogynist.
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/06/elon-musks-on-head-start-childhood-education-exposes-how-pro-natalists-are-really-anti-woman/

2025-01-22 11:25:21 UTC

Elon Musk's salute is a standard-issue far-right trolling tactic. I call it fascist peekaboo, and explain how it works here.
But it's not working so well this time. I explain how progressives and the press are getting smarter on how to respond.
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/22/elon-musks-salute-falls-flat-why-far-right-trolling-isnt-working-this-time/

2025-01-10 14:21:09 UTC

New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt: Trump acts nuts to seem harmless.
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2025-01-02 11:25:44 UTC

Due to the Texas abortion ban, newborns are being abandoned to die in dumpsters.
Republicans could take measures to prevent this, even without legalizing abortion. They refuse to do so.
They would rather arrest women than save babies.
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/02/newborns-are-being-left-in-dumpsters-in-texas-but-dont-seem-to-care/

2024-12-02 11:16:46 UTC

Both Texas and Georgia are destroying evidence of all maternal mortality, blocking proof that women are dying from abortion bans.
This story has a lot more going on than you think. Especially since Republicans are lying about the public cases.
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/02/dont-care-if-women-from-abortion-bans--but-they-dont-want-you-to-know-about-it/

2024-11-20 11:13:13 UTC

Mike Johnson is being called a hypocrite for covering for Matt Gaetz.
But I argue that, at this point, covering for bad men should be considered a religious tradition for the Christian right.
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/20/how-mike-johnsons-christian-morality-provides-cover-for-matt-gaetz/

2024-11-15 14:12:34 UTC

New Standing Room Only! Some final thoughts on women "boycotting" men, which has very little to do with sex.
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2024-11-04 11:21:37 UTC

Far too many voters think that because Trump is terrible for women, it means he's good for men.
But Trump offers men *nothing*.
He can tank the economy, dudes, but he can't make your wife come back.
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/04/is-terrible-for-women-but-that-doesnt-mean-hes-good-for-men/

2024-10-02 10:18:16 UTC

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"Vance has said he thinks women are obliged to stay with men who beat them, condemning women who leave violent marriages for shifting 'spouses like they change their underwear.'
"Men who hit women are also more likely to hit children."
https://www.salon.com/2024/10/02/jd-vances-weird-science-hypocrisy-his-climate-change-cleanup-job-shows-a-contempt-for-children/

2024-10-02 10:13:03 UTC

Setting aside the theater criticism to address what JD Vance revealed about himself last night.
This self-proclaimed "pro-baby" politician will sell both the present and future of American children for a nickel.
https://www.salon.com/2024/10/02/jd-vances-weird-science-hypocrisy-his-climate-change-cleanup-job-shows-a-contempt-for-children/

2024-09-30 10:18:18 UTC

Interview with "Exvangelical" host Blake Chastain about his new book exploring why people leave evangelical churches.
It's more about identity and politics than theology. But that's because evangelicalism itself is more about politics than theology.
https://www.salon.com/2024/09/30/its-a-desire-to-affiliate-with-donald-trump-an-exvangelical-on-the-explosion-of-his-former-faith/

2024-09-13 10:19:53 UTC

MAGA has a weird obsession with cats and dogs. This election cycle has been nothing but gross stories in which MAGA rubs its filth all over sweet, innocent pets.
I've been developing a theory and with the cat-eating thing, I have some answers.
https://www.salon.com/2024/09/13/cat-ladies-and-dog-eating-maga-cant-quit-the-weird-talk-about-pets/

2024-09-12 10:32:45 UTC

Taylor Swift's "Childless Cat Lady" signature isn't just a funny joke.
It exposes what MAGA men fear most: That women no longer have to care about their opinion.
https://www.salon.com/2024/09/12/taylor-swifts-childless-cat-lady-endorsement-of-kamala-harris-exposes-what-maga-men-fear-most/

2024-09-11 10:16:39 UTC

There's a fantasy of "prosecutor Kamala," in which she litigated the case against Trump so thoroughly he can't speak.
But the reality was so much better. She expertly baited her hostile "witness," exposing the "jury" to who he really is.
https://www.salon.com/2024/09/11/the-same-old-tired-playbook-harris-baits-an-aging-into-being-his-grumpiest-weirdest-self/

2024-08-06 10:18:05 UTC

I interviewed Tia Levings about her new book, "A Well-Trained Wife."
We talked about how far-right Christians are infecting our politics. How fundamentalism breeds abuse. And how she lost her "fundie baby voice."
Check it out! Great interview.
https://www.salon.com/2024/08/06/fleeing-christian-patriarchy-they-raise-women-dont-even-know-the-sound-of-their-voices/

2024-06-03 10:13:10 UTC

Two male Texas professors are suing to flunk students who get abortions.
Their reason? The students had "consensual sexual intercourse."
Which the professors appear to believe is their right to punish.
https://www.salon.com/2024/06/03/texas-professors-to-fail-students-seek-abortions/