Amanda Marcotte
@amandamarcotte.bsky.social
Senior politics writer at Salon.com. I block for MAGA trolling, violent rhetoric, and humorless sanctimony.
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Again, they use language that sounds initially empowering. But the actual ideology here is that women don't belong to a larger community, but are basically just the property of a husband with no right to help or connection outside of the home.
November 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Again, they use language that sounds initially empowering. But the actual ideology here is that women don't belong to a larger community, but are basically just the property of a husband with no right to help or connection outside of the home.
This isn't "freedom." This is about the view that women don't deserve even basic health care. It's dehumanizing women, too, by ignoring why human birth is uniquely difficult, which is why humans don't just give birth in a closet like a cat. (Also, cat birth is not always complication-free!)
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This isn't "freedom." This is about the view that women don't deserve even basic health care. It's dehumanizing women, too, by ignoring why human birth is uniquely difficult, which is why humans don't just give birth in a closet like a cat. (Also, cat birth is not always complication-free!)
One deeply underappreciated aspect of MAHA is how much it's often a fig leaf for domestic abuse. I'm not surprised doctors on the ground belive men are withholding kids' vaccines as a way to control and terrorize their wives. They obviously are!
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November 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
One deeply underappreciated aspect of MAHA is how much it's often a fig leaf for domestic abuse. I'm not surprised doctors on the ground belive men are withholding kids' vaccines as a way to control and terrorize their wives. They obviously are!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
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Hilariously, my big boy Orson was named Olive in foster because they thought he was a she. We kept Olive as his middle name.
November 27, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Hilariously, my big boy Orson was named Olive in foster because they thought he was a she. We kept Olive as his middle name.
Prepping for what I hope is a fruitful future fostering kittens. And so I joined a Reddit for advice and commisseration, and already I'm laughing.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Prepping for what I hope is a fruitful future fostering kittens. And so I joined a Reddit for advice and commisseration, and already I'm laughing.
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"It says quite a bit about the image JD Vance wants to project to the MAGA base.
"Especially the young right-wing men he is obsessed with appealing to, who spend their days online consuming propaganda that demands a return to 19th-century gender roles."
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"Especially the young right-wing men he is obsessed with appealing to, who spend their days online consuming propaganda that demands a return to 19th-century gender roles."
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November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"It says quite a bit about the image JD Vance wants to project to the MAGA base.
"Especially the young right-wing men he is obsessed with appealing to, who spend their days online consuming propaganda that demands a return to 19th-century gender roles."
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"Especially the young right-wing men he is obsessed with appealing to, who spend their days online consuming propaganda that demands a return to 19th-century gender roles."
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New Standing Room Only is about how 2028 very well could be AOC vs. MTG. Excerpt is a gentle "told you so."
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November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
New Standing Room Only is about how 2028 very well could be AOC vs. MTG. Excerpt is a gentle "told you so."
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November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
"The Fuentes vision is being taken up in bits and pieces by the Trump administration.
"The Coast Guard will stop classifying swastikas and nooses as hate symbols."
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"The Coast Guard will stop classifying swastikas and nooses as hate symbols."
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November 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"The Fuentes vision is being taken up in bits and pieces by the Trump administration.
"The Coast Guard will stop classifying swastikas and nooses as hate symbols."
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"The Coast Guard will stop classifying swastikas and nooses as hate symbols."
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"On Whatever, men have all the power and women struggle to preserve their dignity.
"But no one seems happy. The only moods on display are dread, humiliation, anger, frustration and sadness."
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"But no one seems happy. The only moods on display are dread, humiliation, anger, frustration and sadness."
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November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"On Whatever, men have all the power and women struggle to preserve their dignity.
"But no one seems happy. The only moods on display are dread, humiliation, anger, frustration and sadness."
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"But no one seems happy. The only moods on display are dread, humiliation, anger, frustration and sadness."
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Whatever is an overtly misogynist show. But what I learned in research is that it's boys and young men who are being harmed even more by this show and others like it.
The "lessons" of redpill, experts told me, drive young men to despair and make them lonelier.
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The "lessons" of redpill, experts told me, drive young men to despair and make them lonelier.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Whatever is an overtly misogynist show. But what I learned in research is that it's boys and young men who are being harmed even more by this show and others like it.
The "lessons" of redpill, experts told me, drive young men to despair and make them lonelier.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
The "lessons" of redpill, experts told me, drive young men to despair and make them lonelier.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
Whatever pretends it's a dating show, even calling itself "Dating Talk."
In reality, it's a "debate" show where Brian Atlas demands women argue about all sorts of misogynist fixations, from "body count" to "man or bear."
Charlie Kirk was on and learned some tricks.
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In reality, it's a "debate" show where Brian Atlas demands women argue about all sorts of misogynist fixations, from "body count" to "man or bear."
Charlie Kirk was on and learned some tricks.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Whatever pretends it's a dating show, even calling itself "Dating Talk."
In reality, it's a "debate" show where Brian Atlas demands women argue about all sorts of misogynist fixations, from "body count" to "man or bear."
Charlie Kirk was on and learned some tricks.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
In reality, it's a "debate" show where Brian Atlas demands women argue about all sorts of misogynist fixations, from "body count" to "man or bear."
Charlie Kirk was on and learned some tricks.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
To get a seemingly endless number of one-minutes clips of women "CRYING" or "TRIGGERED," host Brian Atlas puts his guests through a hellish experience.
As one woman told me, it's "just taking verbal abuse for seven hours."
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As one woman told me, it's "just taking verbal abuse for seven hours."
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
To get a seemingly endless number of one-minutes clips of women "CRYING" or "TRIGGERED," host Brian Atlas puts his guests through a hellish experience.
As one woman told me, it's "just taking verbal abuse for seven hours."
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
As one woman told me, it's "just taking verbal abuse for seven hours."
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
If you want to understand why so many young men are adopting far-right beliefs, especially about gender, read this article.
Whatever clips are being pumped into their feeds at a shocking rate, spreading "redpill" ideas far and wide.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
Whatever clips are being pumped into their feeds at a shocking rate, spreading "redpill" ideas far and wide.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
If you want to understand why so many young men are adopting far-right beliefs, especially about gender, read this article.
Whatever clips are being pumped into their feeds at a shocking rate, spreading "redpill" ideas far and wide.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
Whatever clips are being pumped into their feeds at a shocking rate, spreading "redpill" ideas far and wide.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
November 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt is about why I do not think Trump's "reversal" on the Epstein files is real. He's done this before!
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November 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt is about why I do not think Trump's "reversal" on the Epstein files is real. He's done this before!
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"Even if one doesn’t care about men’s loneliness in itself, there can be little doubt that it’s driving them into destructive behaviors — such as embracing fascism — that have negative impacts on everyone."
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November 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"Even if one doesn’t care about men’s loneliness in itself, there can be little doubt that it’s driving them into destructive behaviors — such as embracing fascism — that have negative impacts on everyone."
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Oh, and the reason Bill Donohue is going there is to blame pedophile priests on the left because, uh, liberal tolerance leads to a bunch of closeted gay priests and.....
I'm so tired.
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I'm so tired.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Oh, and the reason Bill Donohue is going there is to blame pedophile priests on the left because, uh, liberal tolerance leads to a bunch of closeted gay priests and.....
I'm so tired.
www.catholicleague.org/megyn-kelly-...
I'm so tired.
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"Mace is no doubt reflecting the approach taken by most female voters and politicians who are trying to remain loyal to Trump: Self-delusion and/or outright lying."
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November 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"Mace is no doubt reflecting the approach taken by most female voters and politicians who are trying to remain loyal to Trump: Self-delusion and/or outright lying."
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New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt is about how to find hope after Democrats caved so massively on health care.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt is about how to find hope after Democrats caved so massively on health care.
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"The rumors reflect a much deeper reality that people are exactly right to perceive:
"Vance is a soulless striver who will sell off anything if he thought it would give him more power."
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"Vance is a soulless striver who will sell off anything if he thought it would give him more power."
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November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"The rumors reflect a much deeper reality that people are exactly right to perceive:
"Vance is a soulless striver who will sell off anything if he thought it would give him more power."
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"Vance is a soulless striver who will sell off anything if he thought it would give him more power."
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This is the photo Talarico and/or his campaign staff liked, the one that the oppo dumper believes is a scandal.
I'm not opposed to Democrats dumping oppo during a primary, but this is...desperate.
Unsurprisingly, this is right after Talarico took the poll lead.
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I'm not opposed to Democrats dumping oppo during a primary, but this is...desperate.
Unsurprisingly, this is right after Talarico took the poll lead.
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This is the photo Talarico and/or his campaign staff liked, the one that the oppo dumper believes is a scandal.
I'm not opposed to Democrats dumping oppo during a primary, but this is...desperate.
Unsurprisingly, this is right after Talarico took the poll lead.
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
I'm not opposed to Democrats dumping oppo during a primary, but this is...desperate.
Unsurprisingly, this is right after Talarico took the poll lead.
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
New Standing Room Only today! Today's elections are a referendum on whether the consultant class is right that the goal of campaigns should be to fundraise to pay consultants.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
New Standing Room Only today! Today's elections are a referendum on whether the consultant class is right that the goal of campaigns should be to fundraise to pay consultants.
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"The panic levels among the well-heeled are such that one would think Tavern on the Green is being turned into a free needle exchange.
"If money was the primary factor in winning elections, Mamdani would have been toast long ago."
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"If money was the primary factor in winning elections, Mamdani would have been toast long ago."
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November 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"The panic levels among the well-heeled are such that one would think Tavern on the Green is being turned into a free needle exchange.
"If money was the primary factor in winning elections, Mamdani would have been toast long ago."
www.salon.com/2025/11/03/z...
"If money was the primary factor in winning elections, Mamdani would have been toast long ago."
www.salon.com/2025/11/03/z...