Trolling the Millers is good politics, even if it degrades our discourse www.salon.com/2026/05/30/d...

I'll write about such things—reluctantly, these days—but "debating" some crackpot only elevates them into someone worth debating. That erodes trust in science and leads to where we are now, with the government attacking reality with a decent fraction of the public cheering them on.

I like Spencer Spratt better

ICE is targeting journalists at Delaney Hall. They’re hitting photographers, breaking fingers and smashing off lenses.

Fox News is going all in on Spencer Pratt. That’s no surprise. But what’s interesting is the relative silence on former contributor Steve Hilton’s campaign for governor. The election is Tuesday and Hilton has been polling in the top 3 all along. I wonder what gives

Ben Shapiro is extremely defensive about the Daily Wire's decline. Here's a short video of me reacting to that. youtube.com/shorts/DUYD7...

In the interview, Owens apologized to Biden for years of mockery—but that wasn’t the real purpose of the interview.

On the end of an era for @salon.com: @mctelevision.bsky.social reminds us just how much wholesomeness undergirds Stephen Colbert’s brand of political comedy www.salon.com/2026/05/21/w...

The subway sandwich hurler should file a claim with Trump’s weaponization fund

Tonight we congratulate our friend Stephen Colbert and his writers, staff and crew for eleven years of excellence. Watch Colbert’s finale tonight, and then never watch CBS again.

Ben Shapiro does not realize that his niche in the media ecosystem has been filled by guys who will actually say the n word

“Weaponizing the baseline historical illiteracy of (its) audience,” the Daily Wire’s latest documentary seeks to discredit Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott.

Can probably make the case that he deserves payment from Trump’s federal weaponization fund. He started all the targeting of speech after Kirk’s killing

Having gutted the Voting Rights Act, the next target is the Civil Rights Act.

What’s the point of trying to rewrite the history of Rosa Parks? Matt Walsh is hoping Samuel Alito is watching salon.com/2026/05/20/b...

"The irony of the Daily Wire’s historical excursion is that Walsh has stumbled into an approximation of the very historical critique that critical race theorists have advanced for decades," writes @sophiatesfaye.bsky.social for @salon.com

and the telling detail. thanks to @sophiatesfaye.bsky.social ! www.salon.com/2026/05/16/p...

Hi new followers! A brief intro: I'm the Senior Ideas Editor at @salon.com where I manage an excellent team of writers, including @amandamarcotte.bsky.social and @sophiatesfaye.bsky.social, writing insightful commentary and analysis on what's happening in politics, media and our national life. 1/3

No sympathy for Neil Gorsuch here! www.salon.com/2026/05/11/n...

Gorsuch toured conservative media pushing a children's book about America as a "creedal nation," and MAGA promptly called him a traitor. Heritage's Kevin Roberts, Curtis Yarvin, and Steve Cortes all piled on. Believing in civic nationalism is now disqualifying on the right. 1/2

id get fired if something i wrote or edited had an error in it that i willfully ignored because my entire point relied on the error

This week, Donald Trump asked a child, "You think you could take me in a fight?" So we at @today.yougov.com obviously polled Americans on the topic. Our results:

Alito also notes that Black turnout reached near parity with White turnout in 2 of the past 5 presidential elections. But which two, Justice Alito?? Oh, the LAST TWO before Shelby County? You don't say!

"The message being sent is not subtle: Threatening language is an outrage when it comes from Trump’s critics, and a protected expression of presidential authority when it comes from Trump himself, or from his aides." writes @sophiatesfaye.bsky.social in @salon.com www.salon.com/2026/04/29/t...

The bar has been set so low for Trump by the media that the president not blaming the people who were nearly shot was somehow praiseworthy. www.salon.com/2026/04/29/t...

Trump getting rid of every woman in his Cabinet is too predictable. Of course they all deserve it. Linda McMahon too www.notus.org/lori%20chave...

In the conservative media ecosystem, the distinction between talking points and reality is beside the point. The goal is to “flood the zone” and create so much noise that the truth struggles to break through.

The right is successfully running its Biden playbook on Virginia’s first woman governor and sinking her favorability rating www.salon.com/2026/04/15/w...

still laugh every time

They're selling, we ain't buying. @sophiatesfaye.bsky.social . www.salon.com/2026/03/08/t...

Muslims, like my mother-in-law's family, are welcome here. Anti-American bigot Andy Ogles, on the other hand, can crawl back under his rock.

Owens understood that the QAnon people needed something new to think about

"There is a ritual in American war-making that predates the particular pathology of Trumpism. The targets shift and the platforms move from broadcast television to social media, but the punditry lusting for regime change fantasies feels eerily familiar."

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.

Superb work by @sophiatesfaye.bsky.social at @salon.com: 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...

“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,” @sophiatesfaye.bsky.social writes.

Don Lemon’s arrest backfires, exposing MAGA’s desperation www.salon.com/2026/02/02/d...

Why Trump won’t leave Minneapolis alone www.salon.com/2026/01/28/p...

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.

MAGA’s lies about Minneapolis shooting reveal the truth about the NRA www.salon.com/2026/01/26/m...

MAGA’s whack-a-mole defense of immigration raids is backfiring

I've been working on this for months, after my colleague @sophiatesfaye.bsky.social 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...

She stayed on his ass. Great job by Kristen Welker here

Me, waiting for my son (3) to get home from preschool so I can play this video for him.

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...

The story the American media is missing about Venezuela right now www.salon.com/2026/01/05/t...

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.  www.salon.com/2025/11/24/s...