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2024-10-01 21:38:16

Death-Penalty Opponents Have Been Doing It Wrong for 50 Years
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The time has come for a change.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/10/death-penalty-opponents-failure-execution-spree-2024.html

2024-10-01 09:45:32

Tim Walz Has a Chance to Make Democrats Sexy Again. Hear Me Out.
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The debate is an opportunity to tap into Americans’ deepest subconscious desires.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/10/walz-vance-debate-cbs-trump-democrats-republicans.html

2024-10-01 09:05:32

How To Debate JD Vance, From His Last Opponent
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Tim Ryan has advice for Tim Walz—and no love for JD Vance.
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2024/10/how-jd-vance-debates-according-to-tim-ryan

2024-09-30 21:04:29

The Biggest Questions After Israel’s Killing of Hezbollah’s Leader
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Iran faces a dilemma.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/hassan-nasrallah-death-biggest-questions-israel-killing-hezbollah-leader.html

2024-09-30 09:56:54

The Name of Which Lightweight Fabric Is Derived From the French for “Cloth or Rag”?
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Sept. 30, 2024.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/trivia-quiz-daily-slate-vocabulary-french-fashion-latin-british.html

2024-09-30 09:50:27

Is Harris—Dare We Say It?—Actually Doing a Good Job Talking to Voters About the Economy?
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This strategy might actually be working.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/us-presidential-election-kamala-harris-economy-strategy-inflation-cost-of-living.html

2024-09-28 09:46:15

The One Unlikely Ally Eric Adams May Have Left
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Donald Trump has some thoughts on the mayor’s indictment.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/donald-trump-eric-adams-indictment-new-york-turkey-nebraska-robinson-manchin.html

2024-09-27 09:02:12

Why Tech Talked Big and Did Little on D.E.I.
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What can Mark Zuckerberg’s example teach women and African Americans in tech about building success and holding on to it?
https://slate.com/podcasts/a-word/2024/09/dragging-big-techs-white-boys-club-into-a-diverse-future

2024-09-26 22:16:16

The Incredible Irony of the Eric Adams Indictment
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The tough-on-crime mayor was, according to prosecutors, pretty easy to buy.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/eric-adams-indictment-turkey-hotels-airplanes-crime.html

2024-09-26 09:57:11

In Fireworks, Which Color Is Created by Mixing Strontium and Copper?
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Sept. 26, 2024.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/trivia-quiz-daily-slate-science-chemistry-astronomy-disease.html

2024-09-25 21:09:40

Marcellus Williams Was a Victim of the Supreme Court’s Worst Hypocrisy
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There is more incontrovertible evidence of Trump’s guilt in the Jan. 6 cases than there was of Williams’ guilt in a murder.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/marcellus-williams-execution-supreme-court-due-process-hypocrisy.html

2024-09-25 21:03:37

Joe Manchin Vows Not to Support Kamala Harris Over Mortal Threat to His Precious Filibuster
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He’s on one. Again.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/kamala-harris-abortion-filibuster-senate-joe-manchin-mitch-mcconnell.html

2024-09-25 17:44:38

Democrats Are Ignoring a Major Opportunity
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Neglecting their only pickup opportunities leaves the party with just one path to a majority.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/us-senate-elections-democrats-florida-texas-montana.html

2024-09-24 22:21:46

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Has a New Plan to Paralyze the Vote Count in a Critical Swing State
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His tactics reflect an evident desire to sabotage the efficient administration of the election and undermine trust in its outcome.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/robert-kennedy-jr-wisconsin-vote-sticker-trump.html

2024-09-24 18:46:21

Georgia’s Election Is Headed for Potential Disaster. Thank the Supreme Court.
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Fake electors and election deniers who would illegally fail to certify the vote count are a threat to multiracial democracy.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/georgia-election-disaster-supreme-court-shelby.html

2024-09-24 09:55:57

The Heiligenstadt Testament Is an 1802 Letter Written by Which Composer?
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Sept. 24, 2024.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/trivia-quiz-daily-slate-culture-composers-movies-religion.html

2024-09-24 09:01:55

The New Rules of Campus Protest
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New rules greet student protestors returning to campus.
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2024/09/how-colleges-are-approaching-protests-this-fall

2024-09-23 22:09:40

We’re Witnessing the Worst Execution Spree in Three Decades
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This will be a bad week for everyone who hopes to make this country a fairer, more just, and more compassionate place.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/marcellus-wiliams-supreme-court-execution-spree.html

2024-09-23 09:00:55

What Was the Point of Israel’s Pager Attack?
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It wasn’t the move of a state doing everything it can to avoid a regional war.
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2024/09/was-israels-hezbollah-pager-attack-terrorism

2024-09-20 19:21:07

A Last-Minute Effort to Mess With the 2024 Vote Is Underway. It’s Scarier Than Expected.
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There's an unfortunate and frightening reality: We may have entered a new phase in the voting wars punctuated by last-minute changes in the rules.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/georgia-nebraska-north-carolina-2024-election-rules-scary.html

2024-09-20 17:48:21

A Republican Senator Decided a Hearing on Hate Crimes Was a Great Time to Be Quite Hateful
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He told the head of the Arab American Institute that she should "hide her head in a bag."
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/senator-john-kennedy-maya-berry-arab-american-institute-hate-crimes-hearing.html

2024-09-20 09:57:16

Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Associate Writer? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.
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Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/slate-news-quiz-lebanon-tiktok-oceangate.html

2024-09-20 09:35:47

This Very Messy Nonendorsement of Harris Is Bad for Unions Everywhere
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The Teamsters are playing a dangerous game of chicken with Trump.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/teamsters-union-sean-obrien-harris-trump.html

2024-09-20 09:01:14

Squeezed: Actress Yvette Nicole Brown on the Caregiving Crisis
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How keeping her faith and sense of humor helped Yvette Nicole Brown find balance in a caregiving crisis.
https://slate.com/podcasts/a-word/2024/09/squeezed-with-yvette-nicole-brown-caregiving-takes-center-stage

2024-09-19 21:18:27

Donald Trump Plays a Blame-Game With Political Violence
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And the residents of Springfield, Ohio lose
https://slate.com/podcasts/political-gabfest/2024/09/politics-2024-election-donald-trump-political-violence-springfield-ohio-dogs-cats-harris-race

2024-09-19 21:09:13

The Deaths of Two Mothers in Georgia Show That Ending Roe Was Never About “Life”
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To read Candi Miller’s or Amber Thurman’s story is to realize how little has changed.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/supreme-court-abortion-ban-roe-life-lie.html

2024-09-19 09:03:50

Inside Israel’s October 7th Tourism
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The Oct. 7th attacks took place less than a year ago—and tourism to the sites has already been going on for months.
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2024/09/tourism-to-the-kibbutzim-attacked-by-hamas-is-booming

2024-09-18 21:22:11

Many Women Can Get Around Abortion Bans. Not Some of Us.
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As the country debates if women should have agency over their own bodies, the national conversation has left out the most at-risk marginalized group.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/how-to-get-abortion-ban-red-states-prison-challenges.html

2024-09-18 19:45:51

Why Did Israel Blow Up Thousands of Hezbollah Pagers?
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What strategic purpose did it serve? And what effect is it likely to have on the various conflicts in the region?
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/israel-hezbollah-pagers-explosions-lebanon-why-whats-next.html

2024-09-18 17:41:27

The Supreme Court Cost Amber Thurman Her Life
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Her story needs to be a clarion call to physicians to act on behalf of our patients.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/georgia-abortion-ban-supreme-court-killed-amber-thurman.html

2024-09-18 09:55:59

Which Country in South America Was the First to Declare Its Independence From Europe?
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Sept. 18, 2024.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/trivia-quiz-daily-slate-history-massacres-rebellion-independence.html

2024-09-18 09:01:57

The View from Springfield, Ohio
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Blaming the Haitian community isn’t shining a light on Springfield’s problems. It’s creating many new ones.
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2024/09/springfield-ohio-is-lucky-to-have-haitian-immigrants

2024-09-17 21:29:21

Trump Is Following the GOP’s Abortion Playbook to a T. Why Isn’t It Working?
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It isn’t news that Trump indulges in more than the occasional alternative fact, but these lies didn’t have a superficial air of plausibility.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/trump-gop-abortion-playbook-fail.html

2024-09-17 20:30:31

The Ohio Supreme Court Just Greenlit an Egregious “Fraud Upon the Voters”
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The justices are upholding an Orwellian lie that accuses an amendment to end gerrymandering of doing the exact opposite of what it actually does.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/ohio-supreme-court-voter-fraud-gop.html

2024-09-17 16:44:17

So How Much Did the Debate Actually Help Kamala Harris? Let’s See What the Polls Say.
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Wait until you hear about Iowa and Alaska!
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/2024-us-presidential-election-debate-kamala-harris-polls.html

2024-09-17 14:02:26

Why I’m So Desperate for the Return of Microsoft Word to Our Prison Library
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A personal quest.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/prison-censorship-law-libraries-need-microsoft-word.html

2024-09-17 14:02:25

This Technology Was Supposed to Help People in Prison. It’s Backfiring in a Big Way.
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When tablets were first introduced in correctional facilities over a decade ago, incarcerated people were promised a bounty of content.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/prison-censorship-tablets-book-bans.html

2024-09-17 10:01:58

Which Type of Hat Appears in More Than 50 Works by Artist Rene Magritte?
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Sept. 17, 2024.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/trivia-quiz-daily-slate-culture-artist-superheroes-slashers.html

2024-09-17 09:13:12

When Cops Police Your Vote
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Data show voter fraud is very rare—so why are so many “electoral integrity” efforts showing up in Florida and Texas?
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2024/09/gop-cops-electoral-integrity-voter-fraud

2024-09-17 00:43:54

We Helped John Roberts Construct His Image as a Centrist. We Were So Wrong.
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Roberts was the aggressive conservative maximalist. And he created majority opinions in his own image.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/scotus-john-roberts-image-fail-phony-false.html

2024-09-16 20:52:02

Ron DeSantis’ “Voting Police” Are Targeting Abortion Rights Petitioners
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Why state police are showing up at the homes of people who put abortion rights on the ballot in Florida.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/ron-desantis-voting-police-florida-abortion-ban.html

2024-09-16 19:07:55

Fani Willis Is Locked in a Fight With Georgia Republicans
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They're mounting an investigation. She argues their subpoena is unlawful.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/trump-trials-fani-willis-investigation-subpoena-georgia-republicans.html

2024-09-16 19:01:40

The Real Story Behind Trump’s Would-Be Assassin
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Ryan Routh was considered a “crazy crusader” and a crank by those who knew him in Ukraine.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/second-assassination-attempt-trump-shooting-ryan-routh-ukraine-snowden-alex-jones-trump-harris.html

2024-09-16 10:46:58

Which Poet Coined the Word Braggadocio?
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Sept. 16, 2024.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/trivia-quiz-daily-slate-vocabulary-military-parlance-poets-animals.html

2024-09-14 10:03:07

Even the Trump Campaign Thinks This Close Friend Is Just a Bit Too Toxic
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She’s managed to do the impossible: make Marjorie Taylor Greene rebuke her racism.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/laura-loomer-controversy-explained-donald-trump.html

2024-09-14 09:48:19

Harris Won the Debate—but There’s One Issue She Still Needs to Work On
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The polls coming out in the next few days will tell us a lot about how much of a nail-biter this race is going to be.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/the-surge-harris-trump-debate-taylor-swift-jd-vance.html

2024-09-14 09:14:05

How Trump’s Debate Abortion Lie Is Playing Out in Florida
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Why Voting Rights and Abortion Rights Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
https://slate.com/podcasts/amicus/2024/09/abortion-rights-in-2024-in-this-election-the-right-to-the-vote-is-crucial-to-saving-access-to-reproductive-care

2024-09-13 20:15:29

Haitian Migrant Kids Have Seen This Before
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I was a Haitian child who was told we "eat cats." The history here is long.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/springfield-bomb-threat-haitian-migrant-kids-trump-racism.html

2024-09-13 17:47:35

Well, This Letter From a Billionaire Conservative Kingmaker Is Downright Chilling!
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Leonard Leo wields a lot of power in Republican politics while concealing much of his work from the public.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/leonard-leo-letter-85-fund-network-conservative-agenda-weaponize.html

2024-09-12 09:55:32

Which of the 12 Zodiac Constellations Covers the Largest Area of the Sky?
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Sept. 12, 2024.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/trivia-quiz-daily-slate-science-physics-astronomy-nature.html

2024-09-12 09:04:43

The Pandemic Lessons We’ve Forgotten
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The pandemic left us suspicious of masks, vaccines, and public health officials—and overall more vulnerable.
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2024/09/how-covid-put-a-stigma-on-public-health-measures-and-officials

2024-09-11 16:30:57

The Starkest Difference Between Kamala Harris and Joe Biden
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She made a forceful case at the debate that her boss never could.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/harris-trump-debate-abortion-biden-presidential-abc.html

2024-09-10 09:59:03

Which Tragic Greek Figure Was Born to King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes?
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Sept. 10, 2024.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/trivia-quiz-daily-slate-culture-mythology-hair-styles-art.html

2024-09-10 09:00:59

Her Sister Died in 9-11. She Almost Got Justice.
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A plea deal would have offered some resolution.
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2024/09/what-9-11-victims-family-members-are-waiting-for

2024-09-09 21:54:56

“Stop the Steal” 2.0 Is Here and It’s Scarily Sophisticated
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The legal battle over the outcome of the 2024 election has already started.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/trump-v-harris-stop-the-steal-2024.html

2024-09-09 21:39:38

Jack Smith Has a Very Busy Fall Ahead
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After nine months in limbo, the federal election interference trial is coming back to life with a packed schedule of hearings.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/trump-trials-jack-smith-tanya-chutkan-federal-election-interference-case-hearings.html

2024-09-09 17:33:40

Charges Against the Apalachee Shooter’s Father Won’t Deliver Justice
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Writer Josie Duffy Rice doesn’t see a path to justice—or gun safety—in this novel legal strategy.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/georgia-school-shooting-father-colin-gray.html

2024-09-08 10:57:18

How Kamala Harris Can Beat Donald Trump in the Debate
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Bear with me: It has to do with Freud.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/kamala-harris-beat-trump-debate.html

2024-09-07 15:41:22

The Little-Known Lawsuit Holding Trump Accountable for Jan. 6
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Former President Donald J. Trump is involved in a lot of lawsuits, some more high-profile than others.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/trump-lawsuit-jan-6-kkk-act.html

2024-09-06 19:50:37

Judge Merchan Had a Surprisingly Good Reason to Delay Trump’s Sentencing
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The latest machinations in the hush money case.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/trump-bragg-merchan-jail-sentence-date-delay-why.html

2024-09-06 19:50:36

It’s Official: Trump Won’t Be Sentenced Before the Election
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"We are now in a place in time that is fraught with complexities," Judge Juan Merchan wrote.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/trump-trial-news-sentencing-delay-juan-merchan-hush-money.html

2024-09-06 10:28:33

Kamala Harris’ Secret Weapon When It Comes to the Economy
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There’s a gap between what the economy is actually doing and how people feel about it. But right now, it looks as if Harris could win on both.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/kamala-harris-secret-weapon-economy-2024-presidential-election.html

2024-09-05 20:28:07

Honestly, Mark Robinson’s Porn Scandal Is the Least of His Worries
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It’s always something with this guy.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/porn-mark-robinson-north-carolina-governor-maga-republican-trump.html

2024-09-05 11:16:02

The Big Thing Kamala Harris Is Doing Differently Than Hillary Clinton
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The Democratic Party is finally figuring out how to right-size its focus on identity politics.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/kamala-harris-identity-politics-strategy.html

2024-09-04 10:21:12

Trump Learned Every Lesson From the Roy Cohn Playbook, Except the Most Important One
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“No public man can indefinitely survive in the center of controversy.”
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/trump-roy-cohn-movie-real-life-version.html

2024-09-03 17:56:04

Trump’s Last-Ditch Effort to Delay His Sentencing
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The former president’s legal team is trying everything it can think of.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/trump-trial-delay-sentencing-hush-money-felony-case.html

2024-09-03 16:34:48

It Looks Like the Supreme Court Is Going to Have to Decide Trump v. U.S. All Over Again
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Smith filed a superseding indictment in the election subversion case against Trump in Washington.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/supreme-court-trump-v-us-part-two.html

2024-09-02 14:16:00

It Feels in Gaza Like There’s Literally Nothing Left—Nothing Left to Bomb, Nothing Left to Eat, Nowhere to Go. There’s Only Us.
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I’ve been displaced before. But not like this.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/gaza-israel-palestine-war-diary-displaced-khan-yunis.html

2024-09-02 10:31:06

The Voting Rights Situation in Some Swing States Is Quite Alarming
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These developments may have slipped by you over the past four years—but taken together they paint a troubling picture.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/2024-election-swing-states-voting-rights-alarming.html

2024-09-02 10:31:05

Trump Isn’t the Only One H.R. McMaster Takes to Task in His New Book
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The former national security adviser has choice words for a whole host of D.C. characters.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/hr-mcmaster-book-at-war-with-ourselves-memoir-trump-white-house.html

2024-08-29 20:06:01

It Seemed Like Kamala Harris Might Confront Democrats’ Most Divisive Issue. She Didn’t. Now What?
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“I’m at a point where I’m incredibly disappointed and embarrassed to be a member of the Democratic Party."
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/kamala-harris-dnc-speech-israel-gaza-trump.html

2024-08-29 19:19:46

The Supreme Court Just Signaled What It Will Do If the Election Is Close
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The legal warfare over the 2024 election is well underway.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/supreme-court-help-trump-close-election.html

2024-08-29 18:06:54

Jack Smith Isn’t Throwing In the Towel
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The Supreme Court has tied the special counsel’s hands in some ways—but there are other opportunities for him to get creative.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/trump-trials-jack-smith-new-superseding-indictment-whats-in-it.html

2024-08-28 09:45:47

The Trump and Harris Campaigns Are Pivoting to a New Skirmish
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Their fight over the race’s next big event is on.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/trump-kamala-harris-presidential-debate-rules-abc.html

2024-08-26 21:06:52

The Local Version of Project 2025 Is Already Causing Devastation
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The response to Project 2025 must be as dexterous and multifaceted as Project 2025 itself.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/local-project-2025-indiana-texas-abortion-rights.html

2024-08-26 16:30:38

The Courts Are Already Starting to Implement Project 2025, Without Trump
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The groups behind Project 2025 are already executing their plan through the courts in 2024.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/scotus-project-2025-trump-plan-supreme-court.html

2024-08-25 23:01:40

Democrats Have a Problem With Religion. One Man Is Helping Fix It.
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Raphael Warnock teaches Democrats how to wield religion in politics.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/raphael-warnock-teaches-democrats-religion-in-politics.html

2024-08-23 19:01:45

Trump Should Be Very Nervous About This Part of Kamala Harris’ DNC Speech
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Harris is more prepared to step up to the job of commander in chief than any incoming president in more than 50 years.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/kamala-harris-speech-review-dnc-foreign-policy-president-donald-trump.html

2024-08-23 18:07:54

Kamala Harris Finally Showed What It Looks Like to Be a Candidate, Not a First
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The vice president was actually first and foremost a lawyer.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/kamala-harris-acceptance-speech-herself.html

2024-08-23 17:58:53

I Was a Writer for The Handmaid’s Tale. I Can’t Stop Thinking About Those J.D. Vance Sperm Cups.
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Why this probably-AstroTurfed MAGA fad has been living rent-free in my brain.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/vance-trump-rfk-news-sperm-fertility.html

2024-08-23 15:44:00

RFK Jr. Endorsement May Not Help Trump Beat the “Weird” Allegations
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The independent anti-vax presidential candidate is expected to announce he’s dropping out on Friday afternoon.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/rfk-jr-press-conference-announcement-trump-endorsement-dropout.html

2024-08-22 21:48:06

They Came to the DNC and Thought Kamala Harris Would Be Different. So Far, They’ve Been Very Wrong.
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The Democrats pushing for a cease-fire in Gaza feel like they're in another world at a giddy convention.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/dnc-convention-kamala-harris-trump-israel-palestine.html

2024-08-22 14:50:30

Bernie’s DNC Speech Sounded Like Everyone Else’s. That’s Astonishing.
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It barely made headlines, but it speaks volumes about how the Democratic Party has changed.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/bernie-sanders-dnc-speech-legacy-democratic-party-progressive-policy.html

2024-08-22 09:47:45

Trump’s Latest Abortion Comments Expose the Bind He’s In
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Trump’s statement wasn’t actually all that new.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/project-2025-comstock-act-trump-abortion-ban.html

2024-08-21 19:18:04

What “Coach Walz” Tells Us About Why the Democratic Ticket Is Surging
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It’s the end of the Democratic Party’s Colin Kaepernick era.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/tim-walz-dnc-democrats-football-politics-kamala-harris-colin-kaepernick.html

2024-08-21 17:33:01

The Wife Guys of the Democratic Party
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Doug Emhoff has demonstrated the final manifestation of what equal partnership means.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/democrats-wife-guys-dnc.html

2024-08-21 09:55:53

I Went to a Zionist Democrats Party at the DNC. What I Saw Made Me Think There’s a Policy Shift Coming.
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It was, in a word, weird.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/dnc-israel-palestine-zionist-democrats-zioness-aipac-party.html

2024-08-20 21:34:59

He Was in Prison for 48 Years for a Crime He Didn’t Commit. His Restitution Is Appalling.
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Money talks. And $417 a day says we don’t yet care enough to prevent what happened to Simmons from continuing to happen in every state in the union.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/glynn-simmons-wrongful-incarceration-prison-settlement.html

2024-08-20 21:23:17

The Scene Outside the DNC in Chicago Is a Little Shocking. I Don’t Mean the Protesters.
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A protest Monday took weeks to approve. It wasn't what anyone claimed it would be.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/chicago-dnc-convention-kamala-harris-biden-protests.html

2024-08-20 20:38:57

The Single Issue That Has Finally Healed the Democratic Party
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We’ve come a long way from the Bernie/Hillary divide of 2016.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/dnc-kamala-harris-economy-biden.html

2024-08-20 18:53:54

What Was Steve Kerr Doing at the DNC? More Than Meets the Eye.
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The NBA and Olympic champion coach is a subtly effective surrogate for Democrats.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/dnc-steve-kerr-speech-dad-democrats-night-night.html

2024-08-20 14:39:48

The DNC’s Thanks for Joe Biden Were Laid on Very Thick. One Wonders if He Minded.
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The president’s valedictory wasn’t meant to be one.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/dnc-biden-speech-kamala-harris-democratic-convention.html

2024-08-20 09:50:34

The Trump Hush Money Judge Isn’t Going Anywhere
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Justice Juan Merchan is getting pretty sick of Trump's "stale and unsubstantiated claims.”
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/trump-trials-hush-money-sentencing-judge-juan-merchan.html

2024-08-19 21:06:25

Obama’s First DNC Speech Outlines a Winning Strategy for Kamala Harris
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The speech offers a framework for Harris and Walz to keep the momentum going.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/dnc-obama-2004-speech-winning-strategy-kamala-harris-tim-walz.html

2024-08-19 17:56:00

How Nancy Pelosi Really Wields Power Among the Democrats
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Her new memoir tries to hide her knives. But they’re in there.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/nancy-pelosi-book-memoir-art-power-democrats-biden-dropout.html

2024-08-19 09:56:38

For Kamalamentum, the Next Three Weeks Are Critical
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She caught Trump in the polls. Now comes the hard part.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/kamala-harris-trump-polls-price-controls-economy-shovel.html

2024-08-19 09:44:53

What Democrats Are Desperate to Avoid
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The Kamala–Walz DNC will be a high-stakes test.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/harris-walz-dnc-biden-pelosi-clinton-obama-chicago-1968-israel-gaza.html

2024-08-17 14:04:10

Don’t Think Too Hard About Little Orphan Annie. It Might Break Your Brain.
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Little Orphan Annie is 100: The story’s ideas about orphans are actually pretty cruel.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/little-orphan-annie-movie-comic-poem.html

2024-08-16 16:06:22

The Real Lesson From Tim Walz’s 1995 DUI Arrest
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Trump supporters may disingenuously seek to equate Walz’s DUI story to Trump’s felony convictions.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/campaign-2024-tim-walz-1995-dui-arrest.html

2024-08-15 18:57:47

How to Understand Trump’s Latest Comments About Banning the Abortion Pill
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Attempting to sort out Trump’s word salad at his press conference when answering questions about mifepristone is a fool’s errand.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/trump-abortion-ban-mifepristone-access.html