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Trump sabotages McCarthy — and the GOP

Kevin McCarthy's post-insurrection journey reflects the larger anti-democratic shift among GOP voters

Salon · Apr 22, 2022

New York Times shirks away from Big Lie

The Times describes GOP voters as "impassioned about electoral issues" — quite a euphemism for the fascist Big Lie

Salon · Apr 21, 2022

The Twitter troll who took Trump's place

Trump’s off Twitter — but Republicans have a new troll to issue marching orders

Salon · Apr 20, 2022

The GOP, the Rothschilds and the weather

A GOP attempt to troll Biden reveals too much: From 200 years of antisemitic paranoia to MTG's space lasers

Salon · Apr 14, 2022

Media blows New York subway shooting

Cities aren't the problem. Guns are the problem

Salon · Apr 13, 2022

GOP goes full "groomer" to stir violence

Republicans don't really think liberals are "grooming" children — but they know saying so is permission to violence

Salon · Apr 11, 2022

Trump's covert Christian right agenda

Trump's ungodliness was the cover that allowed the Christian right to hide in plain sight — now they're growing

Salon · Apr 8, 2022

#BoycottDisney is proof MAGA is a cult

Cutting followers off from the rest of the world is a standard cult tactic — and a central tenet of Trumpism

Salon · Apr 7, 2022

Kids used for covert ban on gay marriage

Republicans signaled a way to gut Obergefell during KBJ's hearing — now red state legislators are heeding the call

Salon · Apr 6, 2022

Putin sets his apologists up for failure

The American right bet on Russia's swift victory in Ukraine to push authoritarianism at home — now they're spinning

Salon · Apr 5, 2022