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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-02-04 at 14:11

Today's song chosen because of the rats infiltrating our government at Musk's command.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOK4MTosZoA

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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-02-04 at 14:10

New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt is about why Elon Musk hates do-gooders and wants to destroy them.

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Music by Zebra Katz.

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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-02-04 at 11:21

Musk has rejected Congress's powers and appointed himself illegally as the sole arbiter of federal spending.

What makes it even scarier: He's crowdsourcing his ideas of what to cut to the Hitler fanboys and QAnoners that make up his Twitter following.

https://www.salon.com/2025/02/04/hitler-actually-had-some-good-ideas-musks-covert-coup-is-guided-by-internet/

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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-02-03 at 11:27

In all the bleakness, one promising sign: Trump's education EOs show he and his Project 2025 goons don't know who they're dealing with.

The orders are legally weak. But in trying to take away real education, they risk backlash from ordinary parents.

https://www.salon.com/2025/02/03/maga-takeover-of-education-may-backfire-with-parents/

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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-01-31 at 11:21

MAGA is revenge of the mediocre on the meritorious.

The war on federal workers — who makes MAGA types feel shame by being decent, smart people — is just the latest example.

https://www.salon.com/2025/01/31/magas-revenge-of-the-mediocre-on-workers-targets-the-meritorious/

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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-01-30 at 11:18

Can't blame you if you shut off the RFK hearing yesterday. His storm of lies was exhausting.

I watched it and the one throughline shows why Republicans love him so: He wants to take your health care away. Not just vaccines — all of it.

An analysis.

https://www.salon.com/2025/01/30/ai-nurses-as-good-as-any-doctor-rfk-jr-confirms-he-wants-to-take-away-peoples-health-care/

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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-01-29 at 14:21

Thanks to Greg Sargent for having me on his podcast to talk about Karoline Leavitt's gaslighting and Trump's efforts to wreck the economy by shutting down federal spending.

https://newrepublic.com/article/190833/trump-aide-karoline-leavitts-sleazy-new-attack-biden-bad-omen

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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-01-29 at 11:22

The federal spending halt reveals something important about the MAGA goons who run Trump's White House.

They hate most Americans. They believe the country must be destroyed to be rebuilt in their image — which even most GOP voters won't like.

https://www.salon.com/2025/01/29/is-trying-to-collapse-our-economy/

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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-01-28 at 14:50

Today's song chosen as a protest against the MAGA nostalgia for an imaginary "great" past, which now appears to include 1930s Germany.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY1FU3EDU-c

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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-01-28 at 14:47

New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt: Why Elon's word games about "German pride" aren't as clever as he thinks.

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Music by Agender.

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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-01-28 at 11:18

Trump ran on false claims he could bring down crime rates, which had already plummeted under Biden.

But it's worse than that. His first week couldn't be better designed to unleash more crime, especially his pardons and immigration actions.

https://www.salon.com/2025/01/28/what-law-and-order-first-week-will-only-unleash-more/

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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-01-24 at 14:14

This album comes out in March, but the first single off it is dope.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6x0zmgDEew

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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-01-24 at 14:12

New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt is about how MAGA benefits from focusing on ritual over substance.

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Music by Pale Blue Eyes.

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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-01-24 at 11:23

RFK hasn't even had his hearing yet, but his plan to wage war on public health is already underway.

Pulling out of WHO is just the beginning.

https://www.salon.com/2025/01/24/donald-is-not-waiting-for-rfk-jr--he-has-already-started-his-on-public-health/

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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-01-23 at 11:20

The notion that a single person who voted for a half-literate moron like Trump cares about "merit" is a joke.

The MAGA movement is built on the idea that merit doesn't matter. The main qualification is white maleness, but if you're a dumbass, bonus!

https://www.salon.com/2025/01/23/donald-on-dei-is-not-about-merit/

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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-01-22 at 11:25

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/

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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-01-21 at 14:05

Brushing off this stone-cold classic from 2016, which we will need to play a lot, and loudly, for the next four years.

There may be better diss tracks. But there has never been one more necessary.

RIP Nipsey Hussle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlIREcAu0PI

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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-01-21 at 14:01

New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt is about how all the hate and violence of MAGA comes back to a childish fear of difference.

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Music by YG and Nipsey Hussle.

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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-01-21 at 11:06

Why read past headlines: For one, I'm quite proud of my ending paragraph.

More importantly, I draw out how Trump is a perfect president for tech billionaires, as Silicon Valley stops making good products and moves into its scamming phase.

https://www.salon.com/2025/01/21/a-brazen-grift-turns-his-inauguration-over-to-maga-scams/

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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-01-21 at 11:03

You can get your recaps elsewhere! I include some bizarre details from the inauguration, but focus on deeper analysis.

The whole event shows Trump and his tech bros coming together to make America even more unfair and scammy.

https://www.salon.com/2025/01/21/a-brazen-grift-turns-his-inauguration-over-to-maga-scams/

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