Sophia Tesfaye
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Politics Writer at Salon.com
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Mike Hixenbaugh
8 days ago
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
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Angie Coiro
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Superb work by
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: scales fall from the eyes of San Francisco detractors when they see - surprise! - the beauty of the city, while the cognitive dissonance is too much for some.
www.salon.com/2026/02/10/s...
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Super Bowl bursts popular right-wing media myth
Conservative commentators and podcast bros backtrack on what they've said about San Francisco
https://www.salon.com/2026/02/10/super-bowl-bursts-popular-right-wing-media-myth/
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Salon.com
10 days ago
“This is a movement that thrives on provocation but panics when that very provocation carries consequences. The MAGA coalition wants the thrill of trolling without the cost of being held responsible,”
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MAGA blame game shows Trump in retreat
Trump and Vance back down and blame unnamed staffers for controversial posts
https://www.salon.com/2026/02/11/maga-blame-game-shows-trump-in-retreat/
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Super Bowl bursts popular right-wing media myth
Conservative commentators and podcast bros backtrack on what they've said about San Francisco
https://www.salon.com/2026/02/10/super-bowl-bursts-popular-right-wing-media-myth/
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Don Lemon’s arrest backfires, exposing MAGA’s desperation
www.salon.com/2026/02/02/d...
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Don Lemon’s arrest turned into a MAGA misfire
Pam Bondi’s track record of prosecuting Trump's revenge is abysmal
https://www.salon.com/2026/02/02/don-lemons-arrest-turned-into-a-maga-misfire/
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Why Trump won’t leave Minneapolis alone
www.salon.com/2026/01/28/p...
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Pam Bondi's shakedown exposes "Big Lie" in Minneapolis
The attorney general’s voter-roll demand shows how Trump’s 2020 election denial fuels federal coercion and violence
https://www.salon.com/2026/01/28/pam-bondis-shakedown-exposes-big-lie-in-minneapolis/
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Media Matters for America
26 days ago
The most revealing aspect of the right’s current meltdown over anti-ICE protests is their confusion. MAGA world is flailing and sputtering, trapped inside a media ecosystem that no longer reaches reality.
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Right-wing media silos leave MAGA flailing on ICE
MAGA’s whack-a-mole defense of immigration raids is backfiring
https://www.salon.com/2026/01/24/right-wing-media-silos-leave-maga-flailing-on-ice/
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MAGA’s lies about Minneapolis shooting reveal the truth about the NRA
www.salon.com/2026/01/26/m...
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MAGA angers the NRA over Minneapolis shooting
The Trump administration’s response to killing of Alex Pretti betrays the right’s Second Amendment rhetoric
https://www.salon.com/2026/01/26/maga-angers-the-nra-over-minneapolis-shooting/
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MAGA’s whack-a-mole defense of immigration raids is backfiring
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Right-wing media silos leave MAGA flailing on ICE
MAGA’s whack-a-mole defense of immigration raids is backfiring
https://www.salon.com/2026/01/24/right-wing-media-silos-leave-maga-flailing-on-ice/
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Amanda Marcotte
about 1 month ago
I've been working on this for months, after my colleague
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told me that Fox News pays bizarre attention to Barron's sex life. Digging it, it gets weirder than I thought. But it makes sense, given MAGA's jealousy of mainstream America.
www.salon.com/2026/01/12/m...
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MAGA is weirdly thirsty for Barron Trump
The right desperately wants the youngest Trump son to be a sex symbol
https://www.salon.com/2026/01/12/maga-is-weirdly-thirsty-for-barron-trump/
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She stayed on his ass. Great job by Kristen Welker here
add a skeleton here at some point
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Matt Ortega
about 1 month ago
Me, waiting for my son (3) to get home from preschool so I can play this video for him.
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America First: MAGA wants to be a colonial power
First Venezuela, now Greenland: Trump is promoting an international Manifest Destiny updated for the 21st century
https://www.salon.com/2026/01/07/america-first-maga-wants-to-be-a-colonial-power/
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Democrat-God
about 2 months ago
Yep, Media should Stop focusing on Maduro, and Focus on Trump's Imperialism and evil intent to conquer the world by force.
www.salon.com/2026/01/05/t...
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The mass media's blind spot on Trump's Venezuela escalation
Iraq-era mistakes of blind deference by the mainstream press are back
https://www.salon.com/2026/01/05/the-mass-medias-blind-spot-on-trumps-venezuela-escalation/
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The story the American media is missing about Venezuela right now
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The mass media's blind spot on Trump's Venezuela escalation
Iraq-era mistakes of blind deference by the mainstream press are back
https://www.salon.com/2026/01/05/the-mass-medias-blind-spot-on-trumps-venezuela-escalation/
about 2 months ago
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Malachy Discontent
3 months ago
MAGA HAVE TURNED ON THE BOTS: Monetization on X is largely driven by engagement, and nothing gets people engaged like riling them over culture wars. It’s been a near-perfect feedback loop in the second Trump administration — until MAGA started turning against Trump.Â
www.salon.com/2025/11/24/s...
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Social media's reckoning may have arrived — thanks to Elon Musk
Foreign bots have long plagued X. Musk has introduced a potential fix
https://www.salon.com/2025/11/24/social-medias-reckoning-may-have-arrived-thanks-to-elon-musk/
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Study of Religion as an Analytical Discipline Workshop
4 months ago
"One week after Trump claimed that climate change was a “con job” during an address at the UNGA, Leo said that he hoped the Vatican conference would get leaders to “listen to the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor.”
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Pope Leo takes aim at MAGA’s false gospel
The American Pope is confirming MAGA's worst fears
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pope-leo-takes-aim-maga-130030759.html
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Dionne Warwick
over 1 year ago
I am here. 🥰
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