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Democrats Are Laughing at Trump’s Midterm Plan. They Shouldn’t.
19+ hour, 50+ min ago (329+ words) Welcome to this week’s historic edition of the Surge, here in our brand-new home. Do you like the imported marble floors and silk window treatments? We’ll tell ya, it was a real hassle getting those through the Strait of Hormuz....
Was It Worth It? SCOTUS and Big Law Pay the Price of Cowardice
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Michelle Bachelet Was the First Woman Elected President of Which Country?
2+ week, 3+ day ago (56+ words) Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Aug. 26, 2026. More Games From Slate Slate Mini Crossword for Aug. 26, 2026 Slate Crossword: Like Some Curries or Romances (11 letters) Slate Pears Game 376: Aug. 25, 2026 Slate Crossword: City You Might Associate With Hot Wings? (Seven…...
Rep Greg Casar’s anti-artificial intelligence populism.
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The Progressive Case for Midterms Optimism
2+ week, 5+ day ago (89+ words) The Dems might—at last—be in array. Since losing the 2024 presidential election, Democrats have been doing a lot of finger pointing. But with the midterms this fall, it’s time to stop pointing and start saying what you actually believe…...
How a Stolen Seat Changed SCOTUS Forever
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (629+ words) Advertisement Listen & Subscribe Choose your preferred player: Apple Podcasts Spotify TuneIn Pocket Casts RSS Feed For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ. Please enable javascript to get your Slate Plus feeds. All Slate Plus Podcasts…...
The Culture War Is Coming For The WNBA
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Can the Midterms Withstand Prediction Markets?
3+ week, 1+ day ago (123+ words) The popular “contract-trading platforms” have election workers worried about our electoral system - and their lives. Hundreds of millions of dollars, desperation for insider info, fury and accusations of conspiracy when it doesn’t go your way—is this gambling or elections?...
How Islamophobia Got Even Worse
3+ week, 2+ day ago (84+ words) The GOP is embracing Islamophobia; Democrats aren’t stopping it. Islamophobia has never gone away. And while it has been wielded as an electoral strategy against Zohran Mamdani, Abdul El-Sayed and even Barack Obama, the shameless nature of the Islamophobia coming…...
Is Tech Dismantling Democracy?
3+ week, 3+ day ago (99+ words) Jill Lepore on how to fight back. Our Silicon Valley overlords, as they’ll tell you, aren’t huge fans of liberal democracy—and their products that we’ve integrated into our lives reflect that. As we rely on them more and more,…...