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The dome of the U.S. Capitol Building's reflection in a rain puddle on the ground.

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MAGA cancel culture rears its hypocritical head after attack at correspondents’ dinner

Anthony L. Fisher

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  1. People duck under tables in the foreground. In the background, agents hold guns.

    What stands out after diving under a table at the correspondents’ dinner

    Jonathan Capehart

  2. Jaafar Jackson dressed as Michael Jackson.

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  6. The exterior of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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  7. Photoillustration of Black voters in voting booths. Several of the spaces where there should be voting booths are noticeably empty.

    This wrongly convicted Black man won public office. His state’s response is shocking.

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    Tennessee’s ‘Charlie Kirk Act’ should terrify us all

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