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Trump Caves on Government Shutdown, Agrees to Deal With No Wall Funding The partial government shutdown, now in its 35th day, will soon be over. Whether a new one will begin in 21 days, however, remains a possibility.. 2019-01-25 20:43:41
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Ed Case Shows How Not to Reach Out to Your Nonwhite Constituents Hillary Clinton said that she kept hot sauce in her bag when she was interviewed on black talk radio in April 2016.. 2019-01-25 20:43:41
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Who Wore the Victory Pose Better: Roger Stone or Richard Nixon? Total weirdo and Trump adviser Roger Stone has been indicted in the special counsel's probe into election interference on counts of obstruction, false. 2019-01-25 20:28:36
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Roger Stone's Indictment Could Be Good News for Donald Trump Jr. Why didn't Special Counsel Robert Mueller charge self-proclaimed dirty trickster Roger Stone with violating campaign finance laws? And what does this . 2019-01-25 19:02:18
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Sam Shepard's Men Sam Shepard's True West shows us a world in which masculinity is not only in crisis, but is a crisis unto itself. When we first see estranged brothers. 2019-01-25 18:14:25
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Will the Tide Ever Turn on Breastfeeding? In the early 1990s, major professional societies—including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American College of Physicia. 2019-01-25 18:03:23
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Bryan Singer Still Set to Direct Red Sonja as Producer Calls Abuse Allegations "Fake News" It's been two days since the Atlantic released its investigation of Bohemian Rhapsody director Bryan Singer, and while it has ignited even more public. 2019-01-25 18:00:46
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The Long Silence of Beale Street It was Columbus Day, Oct. 12, 1973. From his home-in-exile in France, James Baldwin wrote his brother David to announce that he had just completed his. 2019-01-25 17:53:09
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Two Flights Were Canceled Because Barely Any TSA Workers Showed Up at This Louisiana Airport The revolt of the unpaid federal workers may have begun on Friday morning in Monroe, Louisiana, where two flights were canceled because TSA workers di. 2019-01-25 17:42:55
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Your Platinum Credit Card Is Garbage Now If you were a Marriott Platinum Premier Elite member and thought you were hot shit, I've got news for you: You're even hotter shit now. Earlier this m. 2019-01-25 17:19:39
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It's Day 35 of the Shutdown and Major Disruptions Are Hitting New York Airports Commercial flight delays began to pile up on Friday morning as increased rates of sick leave at air traffic control facilities, likely related to the . 2019-01-25 16:24:24
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Someone "Bought a Holiday" on Vanderpump Rules. You Can Do That? Early on in this week's episode of Vanderpump Rules, the Bravo series that chronicles the lives and loves of the staff at a Los Angeles restaurant, To. 2019-01-25 14:15:37
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Rent Gets One More Shot at Glory Once upon a time, Rent was the hottest, most groundbreaking musical in town. With a slew of Tony Awards and the elusive Pulitzer Prize (rarely awarded. 2019-01-25 13:01:04
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Longtime Trump Adviser Roger Stone Indicted in Mueller Investigation Looks like it's Roger Stone's time in the barrel. The President's old friend and longtime political adviser was indicted in the Special Coun. 2019-01-25 12:27:43
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A Friend of a Friend Made Extremely Inappropriate Comments on Facebook Welcome to the newest addition to the Dear Prudence lineup: the Friday mini-column. At the end of the workweek, Prudie will answer two more questions . 2019-01-25 11:15:49
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The Best Fitness Trackers for Achieving Your Health Goals We spent six weeks running, walking, swimming, cycling, sleeping, and, in short, living with 13 fitness trackers day and night to assess their accurac. 2019-01-25 11:15:49
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Slate News Quiz Welcome to Slate's weekly news quiz. It's Friday, which means it's time to test your knowledge of the week's news events. Your host, Ray Hamel, has co. 2019-01-25 11:00:26
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Why Is My Family So Mean to My Daughter? Care and Feeding is Slate's parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Email [email protected] or post it in the Slate Pare. 2019-01-25 11:00:26
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Just Trust Us In August, an analyst for a little-known U.S. startup called NewsGuard tried to contact the editors of the Daily Mail Online, the U.K.-based news and . 2019-01-25 10:47:38
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Slate's Mistakes for the Week of Jan. 21 Due to an editing error, Hermann Rorschach's first name was misspelled as Herman in a Jan. 24 Gist transcript.. 2019-01-25 09:02:26
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Powerful Koch Donor Network Reportedly Will Once Again Refuse to Back Trump in 2020 Race Donald Trump's reelection effort in 2020 will not have the financial support of Koch money, the Washington Post reported Thursday, as the powerful con. 2019-01-25 02:05:03
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Both Senate Bills to End the Shutdown Failed—but That's Progress The Senate voted Thursday on its first two bills to end the government shutdown. They both "failed," in the sense that neither earned the 60 votes the. 2019-01-25 01:29:07
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Covington Boys: The Difference Between Jerks and Monsters The following essay is adapted from an episode of The Gist, a daily podcast about news, culture, and whatever else you're discussing with your fa. 2019-01-25 00:17:53
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"If This Thing Goes Into February, It'll Be Bloody Awful" It's Day 34 of the government shutdown, with no clear end in sight. The president confirmed Wednesday that the shutdown, triggered by the ongoing disp. 2019-01-24 23:49:40
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The MAGA Teen News Cycle and Our Toxic Era of "Event Politics" I'd naively hoped that America would spend the anniversary of Roe v. Wade talking about what the future holds for the tired and embattled women of thi. 2019-01-24 22:33:00
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Elizabeth Warren Is Proposing a Wealth Tax On Fortunes Larger Than $50 Million Sen. Elizabeth Warren is set to propose new wealth tax that would chip away at the fortunes of Americans worth $50 million or more, her presidential e. 2019-01-24 22:22:44
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The Angle: The Significance of the Frontier Edition Neighbors: León Krauze writes that the Trump administration has "shown diplomatic imagination and judiciousness" in recognizing opposition lead. 2019-01-24 22:22:44
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Facebook and Google Need to Start Paying Journalists What They Owe Us A wave of layoffs crashed on the news industry this week. Verizon is cutting 800 employees from its media properties, which include HuffPost and Yahoo. 2019-01-24 22:22:44
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Did Instagram Really Revoke the Verification of Venezuelan Dictator Nicolás Maduro? As violent protests erupted in Venezuela challenging incumbent President Nicolás Maduro, the United States joined several other countries in re. 2019-01-24 22:07:36
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Revisiting Trump's Inauguration Speech on the Shutdown's 34th Day Two years ago this week, Donald Trump was sworn into office. His inaugural address on Jan. 21, 2017, painted a picture of America that was darker and . 2019-01-24 21:57:26
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Wilbur Ross Doesn't Understand Why Struggling Furloughed Employees Don't Just Get Loans Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has become the latest wealthy member of Trump's cabinet to express confusion over the concept of financial hardship.. 2019-01-24 21:26:57
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What Does Jeff Bridges' Cryptic Big Lebowski Video Mean? Just weeks after receiving the Cecile B. DeMille Award and celebrating his storied career at the Golden Globes, Jeff Bridges is revisiting one of his . 2019-01-24 21:26:57
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Florida Secretary of State Resigns After Photos Emerge of Him Posing in Blackface As a Katrina Victim Florida Secretary of State Michael Ertel resigned on Thursday after photos emerged of him posing as a Hurricane Katrina victim in blackface at a 2005 . 2019-01-24 21:11:29
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The Venezuela Crisis Has Become a Standoff, and Nobody's Blinking The political uprising in Venezuela escalated on Wednesday at a stunning speed. First the 35-year-old president of Venezuela's national assembly, Juan. 2019-01-24 21:11:29
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Criminals Are Using Fortnite to Launder Money The hugely popular Fortnite earned a whopping $3 billion in 2018 and attracted more than 200 million players worldwide. But Fortnite developer Epic Ga. 2019-01-24 20:18:10
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Can Mozart Survive #MeToo? As a violinist, I'm used to fielding questions like Brahms or Beethoven? or But what do you do for money? Recently, though, a new . 2019-01-24 18:44:35
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Trump Needs to Tread Carefully in Venezuela President Donald Trump has formally recognized Juan Guaidó, leader of the Venezuelan National Assembly, as interim president of that country, w. 2019-01-24 18:34:13
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Trump Screwing With Pelosi's Travel Represents a Far Graver Abuse of Power Than a Mere Political Spat President Donald Trump's retaliation against Speaker Nancy Pelosi's efforts to postpone the State of the Union invitation—denying Pelosi's use of mi. 2019-01-24 18:29:09
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Samantha Bee Gives Federal Employees a Voice With a Masked Singer Style Competition It's day 33 of the government shutdown, and while some departments have gone back to work, many federal employees are still not being paid and others . 2019-01-24 18:16:17
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Maybe Scandinavia Has Strong Social Welfare States Because All the Individualists Came to the U.S. Frederick Jackson Turner had an idea that American democracy was forged on the frontier, in harsh conditions that promoted risk-taking, individualism,. 2019-01-24 16:56:11
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The Netflix Boost Excerpted from Digital Renaissance: What Data and Economics Tell Us About the Future of Popular Culture by Joel Waldfogel. Copyright © 2018 by Pr. 2019-01-24 16:40:49
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The Holier-Than-Thou Heel If you've never watched an episode of World Wrestling Entertainment's SmackDown Live, you could be forgiven for coming across this viral clip from Tue. 2019-01-24 16:07:56
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5 Genius Pie Tips for Our Beloved Super-Flaky, No-Stress Dough Recipe When I discovered Stella Parks' no-stress, super-flaky pie dough technique (that requires no food processor, and no prior pie know-how) last. 2019-01-24 15:29:29
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President Trump Caved on the State of the Union. What Happened? Late on Wednesday, President Trump announced he would deliver the State of the Union address after the partial government shutdown—now on its 34th d. 2019-01-24 15:29:29
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The Insane Overtime Format the NFL Doesn't Realize It Needs There is no such thing as a perfect overtime format in football. Just ask Patrick Mahomes. The Kansas City Chiefs' prodigious quarterback led a last-m. 2019-01-24 15:06:38
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The Best Products for an Ecofriendly Kitchen, According to Experts So you've already got yourself a reusable silicone straw or two and you recycle and compost to the best of your ability, but you'd. 2019-01-24 14:10:31
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My Boyfriend and I Just Broke Up, and He Wants His Christmas Present Back Dear Prudence,I received a pair of ruby earrings this Christmas from my boyfriend. We just broke up, and now he is asking for the earrings back. The p. 2019-01-24 11:05:09
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My Daughter's Spelling Is Atrocious Care and Feeding is Slate's parenting advice column. In addition to our traditional advice, every Thursday we feature an assortment of teachers from a. 2019-01-24 11:02:36
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Watch Conan O'Brien Treat His Horrified Associate Producer Jordan Schlansky to a Meal at Olive Garden Conan associate producer Jordan Schlansky could not be a better comic foil for Conan O'Brien if he were grown in a lab. And sometimes it seems like ma. 2019-01-24 06:54:25
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Weezer Just Released a Surprise Album, and It's All Covers Everybody's getting in on the surprise album drop trend, even bands who've been around long enough that one of their music videos was featured on the . 2019-01-24 06:28:46
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Michael Cohen Cancels Testimony Before Congress Citing "Ongoing Threats Against His Family" by Trump and Giuliani Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen canceled his scheduled testimony before Congress next month citing what he took to be threats against his family by . 2019-01-24 02:40:16
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Joe Biden Has a Bipartisanship Problem Say it ain't so, Joe. The New York Times reports that, just three weeks before the 2018 midterms, Joe Biden gave a paid speech to a Republican-friendl. 2019-01-24 01:08:52
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The Noose Is Tightening Around Kirstjen Nielsen Over Family Separation In many ways, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has been the face of family separation. When uproar over the program reached a peak in June. 2019-01-23 23:49:43
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Gallup Says the Uninsured Rate Is Rising. Is It? The uninsured rate among U.S. adults has reached its highest level in roughly four years, Gallup reported on Wednesday. The pollster found that 13. 7 . 2019-01-23 23:26:55
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The Fool's Fool Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's lawyer, keeps getting into trouble. On Monday, for the second time in four days, Giuliani had to issue a state. 2019-01-23 22:58:38
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Jack Dorsey Says Mark Zuckerberg Once Killed a Goat and Served It to Him for Dinner An interview with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey published by Rolling Stone on Wednesday took a darkly comic turn when he was asked about his most memorable . 2019-01-23 22:43:28
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The Angle: The Signal Noise Edition Courtship: Wondering how Mitch McConnell has been spending his time during the shutdown? Dahlia Lithwick points out that the Senate majority leader is. 2019-01-23 22:12:49
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Why Do Stars Pretend They Slept Through Their Oscar Nominations? One winter day in 1987, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio woke up, turned on her answering machine, and there waiting for her was a message that was just on. 2019-01-23 22:00:05
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The Met's New Music Director Is the First to Be Openly Gay This post is part of Outward, Slate's home for coverage of LGBTQ life, thought, and culture. Read more here.. 2019-01-23 21:39:32
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The Shoddy Health and Wellness Goods of Instagram Won't Have a Fyre Moment Instagram is a well-lit hellhole of people keeping up appearances. We also can't keep our eyeballs off it. So it seems inevitable that a couple of fla. 2019-01-23 21:26:56
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The Best Movies and TV Shows to Stream on Netflix Before They Expire in February Every month, Netflix adds dozens of new titles to its growing collection of streaming movies and TV series. At the same time, it rotates out some of i. 2019-01-23 21:16:39
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The MAGA Teen Story Isn't a Distraction From Real Problems. It Is the Essence of Our Real Problems. The story of an intransigent white male in a MAGA hat has captivated the country. This individual has infuriated liberals with an act of seemingly rac. 2019-01-23 20:56:10
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Nancy Pelosi Makes It Official: No State of the Union During the Shutdown When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "suggested" to President Trump last week that he find a new date for the State of the Union address, so that the event. 2019-01-23 20:56:10
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The Case Against Impeachment By the late fall of 1918, the German army was headed for certain defeat. After years in which the battle lines had barely budged, with tens of thousan. 2019-01-23 20:20:29
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Trump Just Recognized a Venezuelan Opposition Leader as President. Wait, Can He Do That? Who is the president of Venezuela right now? According to the White House, it's not Nicolas Maduro, who assumed power in 2013 and was re-elected in a . 2019-01-23 20:20:29
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Microsoft Is Basically Starting a Bank for Affordable Housing in Seattle Last week, Microsoft announced it would set aside $500 million to create a workforce housing fund—the largest philanthropic commitment in the compan. 2019-01-23 20:07:36
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The Anthropomorphization of the Universe It is part of the human experience to slowly realize we are each an isolated mind in a sea of other isolated minds, and then to spend our lives trying. 2019-01-23 19:34:46
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Please Stop Buying Your Pets Grain-Free Food As we increasingly think of our pets as family instead of property, we are spending more than ever on products for them—particularly ones we think m. 2019-01-23 17:49:42
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Spotify May Reinforce Many Music Industry Power Imbalances, but a Few Artists Are Using It to Upend Others. On Wednesday, Future Tense will host a happy hour event in Washington about how streaming is shaping the future of music. For more information and to . 2019-01-23 16:21:51
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The Lesson of Into This post is part of Outward, Slate's home for coverage of LGBTQ life, thought, and culture. Read more here.. 2019-01-23 16:14:05
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Mitch McConnell Is Spending the Shutdown Confirming More Trump Judges Last week, the Trump administration put forth its first new slate of names for federal judgeships in 2019. All six were men, and apparently all six we. 2019-01-23 15:56:07
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The Shutdown Shows Why Progressives Need to Make Labor-Law Enforcement a Top Priority They can't pay the rent. They're going to food pantries. Heading to pawn shops to sell their stuff. Their kids are worried. And the next payday, this . 2019-01-23 15:53:35
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South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg Enters 2020 Democratic Primary South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg plans to enter the 2020 Democratic presidential race, with goals of being the youngest and first openly gay . 2019-01-23 15:40:12
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Why Taxing the Bejesus Out of the Rich Might be Useful, Even If It Doesn't Actually Raise Much Money What's the point of raising taxes on the rich? If you asked most Americans that question, my guess is you'd get a response that might sound something . 2019-01-23 13:17:02
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Help! My Wife Died. What Should I Do With Her Embryos? Daniel Mallory Ortberg is online weekly to chat live with readers. Here's an edited transcript of this week's chat.. 2019-01-23 12:04:26
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This Aggressive Alarm Clock From the '80s Is the Only Thing That Wakes Me Up I envy people who can set a single alarm on their phone and confidently drift off to sleep. I was never the type. I have slept through . 2019-01-23 11:17:36
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How to Make Kids Comfortable in Their Own Bodies A few days ago, my 4-year-old lifted up her shirt, pointed to her belly, and said, "Mommy, why is my tummy so big?" My heart skipped a beat, and I tho. 2019-01-23 10:56:58
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The Sopranos Prequel Film Casts Michael Gandolfini as Young Tony Soprano Sopranos creator David Chase has cast James Gandolfini's son Michael Gandolfini in the role of young Tony Soprano, Deadline reports. The younger Gando. 2019-01-23 08:59:34
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Four Young Men Arrested and Charged in Apparent Terrorist Plot Against Muslim Community in Upstate New York Four young men were arrested in upstate New York over the weekend for an alleged plot to attack a small Muslim community, called Islamberg, 150 miles . 2019-01-23 02:17:00
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Oscar Is Starting to Look Beyond His Navel Is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences less enamored of the entertainment industry than it used to be? That's one possible takeaway from p. 2019-01-23 00:49:40
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"Big Sister" Barbara Lee's Advice for the New Women of Color in Congress There's a crew of new women in Congress who've become fast friends since the election. Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, and Alexandri. 2019-01-23 00:11:29
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The Boys of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Learn How to Communicate (in Song, Of Course) We are, if I may use a sports analogy, in the home stretch. "I Can Work With You" takes us into the second half of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's final season,. 2019-01-22 23:48:24
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Kamala Harris Raised a Bernie-esque Boatload From Small Donors in Just One Day Sen. Kamala Harris' presidential campaign got off to a very fast start in fundraising, perhaps even historically so. The California Democrat announced. 2019-01-22 23:48:24
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The Angle: The New Ways Edition There's more: This morning, the Supreme Court lifted two injunctions against Trump's transgender troops ban, but as Mark Joseph Stern points out, this. 2019-01-22 22:16:04
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Why Did Spotify Tell D.C. Customers That They'd Have to Pay Iowa Taxes? On Monday afternoon, Spotify subscribers in Washington, D.C., began receiving emails from the company announcing that their fees would be rising due t. 2019-01-22 22:16:04
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The Supreme Court Is Preparing to Make Every State's Gun Laws Look Like Texas' In 2010, the Supreme Court ruled that cities and states may not abridge "the right to possess a handgun in the home for the purpose of self-defense." . 2019-01-22 21:40:17
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Report That MAGA Teen Was Invited to White House Appears to Have Been False, Indicating That Perhaps There Is a God Nicholas Sandmann, the Kentucky high-school student whose Jan. 18 confrontation with a Native American activist at the Lincoln Memorial has become a v. 2019-01-22 21:40:17
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A Federal Judge Just Recommended One of the Earliest Post-9/11 Terrorist Convictions Be Overturned In the summer of 2005, the federal government announced that it had uncovered terrorists in the sleepy town of Lodi, California. Soon began one o. 2019-01-22 21:27:39
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It's Not Enough to Fine Facebook. The Feds Should Fine Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook may be about to pay up. The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly weighing what kind of fine to impose on Facebook for some of its past acti. 2019-01-22 21:07:08
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Help! My Boyfriend Refuses to Do Any Housework. Daniel Mallory Ortberg is online weekly to chat live with readers. Here's an edited transcript of this week's chat. . 2019-01-22 20:56:56
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There's No Medical Reason to Get Your Period While On the Pill If you take the pill but don't want to get your period, you can safely forgo that pesky week of placebos, according to new guidelines in the U.K.. 2019-01-22 20:54:22
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New York's New Eyes in the Sky A squad of 14 New York Police Department drones will soon be soaring over the city's skyline, with the ability to record people's lives, even if that'. 2019-01-22 19:29:52
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The 2019 Oscar Nominees Include Some Historic Firsts While many complaints have been made about the Academy Awards in recent years, this year's nominations include some historic firsts.. 2019-01-22 19:12:09
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The Shutdown Has Already Made Us Less Prepared for This Year's Hurricane Season On Jan. 17, dozens of regional and state emergency managers were scheduled to convene in Miami for a weeklong course preparing them for the upcoming e. 2019-01-22 18:12:10
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Chris Brown Reportedly Arrested in Paris Over Rape Allegations Singer Chris Brown has been arrested in Paris after a woman accused him of raping her in a hotel room last week, French sources told the Associated Pr. 2019-01-22 18:02:02
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A Star Is Born Is No Longer the Best Picture Front-Runner. What Is? After Tuesday morning's Oscar nominations, it seems clear that after its initial meteoric rise, A Star Is Born is going through the rocky-decline segm. 2019-01-22 17:23:43
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The Oscars Have Snubbed the Weird Annihilation Noise The 2019 Oscar nominations are here at last, and with them, the usual snubs and slights. This year, Academy members ignored Won't You Be My Neighbor? . 2019-01-22 17:00:26
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SCOTUS Lifts Two Injunctions Against Trump's Trans Troops Ban—But the Policy Remains Blocked On Tuesday, by a 5–4 vote, the Supreme Court lifted two injunctions blocking President Donald Trump's ban on open transgender military service. The . 2019-01-22 16:06:04
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Rudy Giuliani: Even if Trump Negotiated Moscow Real Estate Deal, It "Wouldn't Be a Crime" Rudy Giuliani, one of President Trump's lawyers, insisted during an interview with the New Yorker on Monday that the reporting over the weekend about . 2019-01-22 15:09:35
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Roma and The Favourite Lead the 2019 Oscar Nominees The nominations for the 91st Academy Awards were announced bright and early Tuesday morning with the help of Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross. Th. 2019-01-22 14:48:56
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The Age of the Self-Own The video of a college-age Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dancing on a rooftop was ostensibly meant to be a takedown. "Here is America's favorite commie kno. 2019-01-22 10:46:08
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The MAGA Teens Aren't Innocent Victims The viral video that seemed to show a white teenager in a MAGA hat harassing a Native American elder near the Lincoln Memorial turns out to have captu. 2019-01-21 23:30:09
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Student at Center of Face-Off With Native American Elder Defends Himself The Kentucky high school student who went viral over the weekend due to video that showed him standing in front of a Native American tribal elder said. 2019-01-21 23:06:34
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One in Ten TSA Employees Called Out Sick Over Holiday Weekend Amid Shutdown Some people who traveled over the holiday weekend likely experienced longer wait times at security checkpoints across the country as Transportation Se. 2019-01-21 22:11:25
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Trump's Social Media Photos Reportedly Altered to Make Him Look Thinner and His Hands Bigger President Donald Trump purports to hate "fake news" but he seems to have no problem with fake photos. At least that's what Gizmodo discovered when it . 2019-01-21 20:55:59
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The Trump Administration Quietly Changed the Definition of Domestic Violence and We Have No Idea What For Without fanfare or even notice, the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women made significant changes to its definition of domestic vi. 2019-01-21 18:02:31
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Kamala Harris Makes it Official: She's Running for President Sen. Kamala Harris made an announcement Monday that everyone knew was coming. "I am running for president of the United States," she said on ABC's Goo. 2019-01-21 17:47:02
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When Your Parents Are a NASA Scientist and a Geophysicist In this series, kids (and not-exactly-kids-anymore) review how well their parents balance life and work. To nominate a potential subject, ideally betw. 2019-01-21 16:02:37
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Trump Reportedly Admits Moscow Project Talks Lasted Until Election Day The timeline has shifted yet again. Rudy Giuliani admitted on Sunday that the Trump Organization continued talking to Russian officials about building. 2019-01-21 15:42:07
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How Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody Became This Year's Oscar Villains A musical love letter to classic Hollywood, a dark comedy about a woman's rage, a civil-rights road movie, and a VH1-style rock biopic are not four fi. 2019-01-21 13:01:33
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Projection Cooking Rabbit Holes is a recurring series in which writers pay homage to the diversity and ingenuity of the ways we procrastinate now. To pitch your personal. 2019-01-21 13:01:33
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How to Cook Fish Like an Alaskan Fisherman Did you know that Alaska has 34,000 miles of coastline? Did you know that sustainable fishing laws were actually written into Alaska's constituti. 2019-01-21 12:35:29
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5 Chefs on Their Must-Have Salts Amateur cooks might think salt is salt, but most professional chefs are fanatical about the stuff, using different types for cooking, baking, and fini. 2019-01-21 11:15:28
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I Never Had Friends. How Do I Stop Myself From Hassling My Daughter About Her Introversion? Care and Feeding is Slate's parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Email [email protected] or post it in the Slate. 2019-01-21 11:05:01
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Privacy, Please Few people are as knee-deep in our work-related anxieties and sticky office politics as Alison Green, who has been fielding workplace questions for a . 2019-01-21 11:02:23
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Forget Reagan: Four Reasons the TSA Could Stop Working Tomorrow Tuesday will mark one month in the shutdown of the U.S. government, with no end in sight. Federal workers are lining up for food in Washington. More t. 2019-01-21 10:49:22
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Trump's Rhetoric Is Raising the Risk of Right-Wing Terrorism Politics quickly eclipsed horror after Robert Bowers allegedly gunned down 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in October. The shooting, the worst. 2019-01-21 10:49:22
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"Encouraging" Perjury Is Also a Crime Assume that the BuzzFeed report got it wrong and that President Donald Trump did not direct his then-personal attorney Michael Coh. 2019-01-21 10:46:43
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Spent Her Weekend Dunking on Aaron Sorkin and Helping Raise Money for Trans Kids Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, whose unwillingness to suffer fools gladly continues to baffle and confuse the fool community, is at it again.. 2019-01-21 05:12:42
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Five Ways the Patriots Could Have Lost the AFC Championship Game Sunday's AFC Championship game was either an exhilarating evening of football or a torturous spell of televised deja vu, depending on where your loyal. 2019-01-21 04:46:52
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Gillian Anderson Will Play Margaret Thatcher in Season Four of The Crown Gillian Anderson has been cast in the fourth season of Netflix's drama The Crown, according to the Sunday Times. It looks like her performance as Hann. 2019-01-21 01:42:43
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Was the No-Call at the End of the Saints-Rams Game the Worst Call in Other Universes or Just This One? The Los Angeles Rams are heading to the Super Bowl, but their route took a controversial turn at the end of Sunday's NFC Championship game in New Orle. 2019-01-21 01:04:22
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BuzzFeed Reporter Defends Story as "Solid" and "Accurate" Despite Pushback From Mueller BuzzFeed is continuing to stand by its explosive story that claims President Donald Trump ordered Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about negotiations . 2019-01-20 23:16:37
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Everything You Need to Know About Sunday's Super Blood Wolf Moon The last total lunar eclipse of the decade is set to occur this weekend, giving stargazers the chance to see a "super blood wolf moon.". 2019-01-20 23:03:43
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Tomi Lahren Picked a Twitter Fight With Cardi B. Big Mistake. For decades, much of the entertainment industry has treated American white supremacists the way you'd treat a hive of extremely angry bees, bending ov. 2019-01-20 22:30:14
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Pence Likens Trump and His Offer to End Shutdown to Martin Luther King On the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Vice President Mike Pence compared President Donald Trump to the civil rights icon. Just like Dr. King, Trum. 2019-01-20 22:27:42
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Giuliani Acknowledges Trump May Have Talked to Cohen About Testimony: "So What?" Rudy Giuliani didn't do his client any favors Sunday, acknowledging on CNN that it was possible President Donald Trump spoke with Michael Cohen before. 2019-01-20 19:31:05
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Native American Elder Says He Approached MAGA-Clad Teens to Defuse Argument With Black Protesters Nathan Phillips, the Native American elder who was mocked and harassed by teenagers wearing "Make America Great Again" hats in Washington on Friday, s. 2019-01-20 19:00:29
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Trump Cites Winter Storms to Once Again Suggest Global Warming Isn't Real At a time when he is facing increased pressure from the longest government shutdown in history, President Donald Trump tapped into one of his favorite. 2019-01-20 16:12:24
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James Harden Is in a Fugue State and Can't Stop Scoring Points The Los Angeles Lakers had a plan for James Harden on Saturday night. "If we can keep him anything under 50, we feel like we've succeeded as a group,". 2019-01-20 05:21:31
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Jameela Jamil Turned Down a Role as a Deaf Woman in Hopes Producers Would Hire a Deaf Actress Instead In an interview with the Press Association, The Good Place actress Jameela Jamil said she turned down a recent offer to portray a deaf woman in hopes . 2019-01-20 04:37:45
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The MAGA Teenager Who Harassed a Native American Veteran Is Still Unnamed, but We've Seen His Face Before A video clip of a white teenager harassing a Native American elder instantly became one of the most viscerally enraging images of an era that has offe. 2019-01-20 04:22:35
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Andy Reid Only Seems to Make Mistakes When Everyone's Watching NFL head coaches have a difficult and seemingly miserable job, one that marries personnel management, long hours, complex decision-making, and clunky . 2019-01-20 01:55:40
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Democrats Reject Trump Offer to Extend DACA Protections in Exchange for Wall Funding President Donald Trump proposed an immigration deal in a bid to reopen the government, offering a series of concessions that Democrats immediately sai. 2019-01-19 23:01:15
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Video Shows MAGA-Clad Teenagers Harassing, Mocking Native American Vietnam Vet Shocking video that has quickly sparked outrage online shows how a group of teenagers wearing "Make America Great Again" hats mocked and harassed a Na. 2019-01-19 21:52:45
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The Best Signs From the 2019 Women's March The third annual Women's March took place Saturday as thousands of women gathered in demonstrations across the country that were much smaller than the. 2019-01-19 20:25:37
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Pipeline Explosion Kills at Least 66 in Mexico A huge blast at a gasoline pipeline on Friday evening killed at least 66 people in Central Mexico and injured at least 76 others. The death toll could. 2019-01-19 18:03:02
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Mueller Team Disputes Aspects of BuzzFeed Report Claiming Trump Told Cohen to Lie Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office is normally a tight-lipped operation that almost never releases any kind of comment. But on Friday night the s. 2019-01-19 16:55:48
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We're Back to Where Mueller Began: Counterintelligence Update, Jan. 19, 2019: On the evening of Friday, Jan. 18, after production of this episode of Amicus had wrapped, special counsel spokesman Peter Carr. 2019-01-19 15:00:22
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A Reminder That Two Southern States Still Celebrate Robert E. Lee's Birthday on MLK Day On Monday, when the rest of the country is taking the day off in commemoration of one of America's civil rights heroes, the denizens of two states wil. 2019-01-19 14:03:44
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The Possibility of a Shutdown Agreement Plunged Toward Absolute Zero This Week What does it look like for a legislative stalemate of four weeks, during which time zero progress has been made toward a conclusion, to actually begin. 2019-01-19 00:57:08
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Lies Liars Tell Can Still Be Illegal On Thursday evening, BuzzFeed News published an explosive new report suggesting that not only did President Donald Trump direct his attorney Michael C. 2019-01-19 00:52:09
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The Lesson of Wealthy Americans' Rich History of Dodging Super High Income Tax Rates As you've probably been reminded umpteen times this month (grazie, AOC), the top U.S. income tax rate used to be vastly higher than today's. It maxed . 2019-01-19 00:06:24
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Does Trump's Shutdown Illegally Target Democratic Federal Workers? Since the government shutdown began, President Donald Trump has suggested multiple times that the furloughed and unpaid workers are mostly just Democr. 2019-01-18 23:53:59
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A Sky-High Income Tax on the Wealthiest Americans Won't Make the Treasury Rich On Wednesday's episode of The Gist, Mike Pesca spoke with the New Yorker's Adam Davidson about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's idea that America's highest . 2019-01-18 23:21:23
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In Praise of Hitchcock and Scully, Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Perfect Punching Bags Though they're often mentioned in the same breath, Hitchcock and Scully—Brooklyn Nine-Nine's laziest, most accident-prone detectives—are actually . 2019-01-18 23:21:23
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The Angle: The Skewed Edition Don't force me out: On a recent episode of Slate's daily news podcast What Next, Dahlia Lithwick joined with host Mary Harris to talk about Ruth Bader. 2019-01-18 22:17:34
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The Leaders of the Women's March Are Not the Women's Movement When I attended the Women's March convention in October 2017, I expected to witness little more than a three-day pep rally. Women with the financial c. 2019-01-18 22:07:25
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Our Most Special Special Counsel Vanity Fair has been covering the Mueller investigation with the same gusto as the rest of the press, publishing a steady stream of newsy updates to i. 2019-01-18 21:16:21
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It's Been a Bad Week to Work for Elon Musk Elon Musk's two biggest companies have announced massive cuts to their workforces over the past week. Last Friday, SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell se. 2019-01-18 21:03:23
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R. Kelly Has Been Dropped by RCA RCA Records has severed its relationship with R. Kelly, ending a 15-year relationship between the artist and the record company. Terms of the exit dea. 2019-01-18 20:32:48
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It's Time for Lindsey Graham to Lead Republicans in Calling for the President's Removal If Donald Trump instructed his attorney Michael Cohen to lie under oath to Congress about planning a Trump real estate development in Moscow in the mi. 2019-01-18 19:28:58
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Seth Meyers Takes a Closer Look at Rudy Giuliani's Roller Coaster CNN Confession It's been nearly two years since Mueller's Special Counsel investigation began looking into possible collusion between Donald Trump's presidential cam. 2019-01-18 18:49:26
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You Say You Sell "Le Big Mac," but Why Should We Believe You? McDonald's sells Big Macs. I know this. You know this. If I asked you to prove it, you'd take me to the McDonald's which is no more than a mile from w. 2019-01-18 18:36:46
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Why Ruth Bader Ginsberg Didn't Retire During Obama's Presidency On Jan. 11, Dahlia Lithwick joined Mary Harris, host of Slate's new daily podcast What's Next, to discuss Ruth Bader Ginsberg's health and why the jus. 2019-01-18 18:26:27
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How Misogyny Shapes the "No Excuses" Ideology of "Fit Moms" In December, Kayla Itsines, personal trainer and founder of the fitness system Bikini Body Guide, posted a glowing photo of herself with a tiny "baby . 2019-01-18 18:08:14
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All the Crimes Donald Trump May Have Committed if He Instructed Michael Cohen to Lie to Congress About Russia Life in the Trump era is a bit like living just downwind of the city dump. There are always unsavory odors, but every few days some particularly putre. 2019-01-18 17:47:08
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Pelosi Cancels Afghanistan Trip, Claiming Trump Administration Leaked Commercial Travel Plans A statement from Nancy Pelosi's office revealed Friday that the speaker of the House had planned to defy Trump's retaliatory efforts to cancel her tri. 2019-01-18 17:08:09
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Steven Soderbergh's High Flying Bird Brings Attention to a Different Kind of Shutdown While all eyes have been on the government shutdown in which a white billionaire is withholding pay from thousands of government workers because he's . 2019-01-18 16:47:30
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Trump's Shutdown Is a Natural Extension of Past GOP Brinkmanship We are in the midst of a historic government shutdown. While polls suggest that Trump and the GOP are taking the brunt of the blame for it, some Repub. 2019-01-18 16:47:30
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Neither Trump Nor Any of His Representatives Have Actually Denied Yet That He Told Michael Cohen to Lie to Congress On Thursday night, BuzzFeed News published a major-league five-alarm bombshell report citing "two federal law enforcement officials" who say that Robe. 2019-01-18 16:47:30
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Far Worse Than Watergate If the president of the United States directed his personal attorney and fixer to help sabotage the Russia investigation by lying to Congress, th. 2019-01-18 16:21:50
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In Brexit, Benedict Cumberbatch Is the Man Who Broke Europe The week in which Britain descended into political chaos, with Parliament soundly rejecting Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal one day and decla. 2019-01-18 13:33:54
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How Do I Break Up With My Doctor? Welcome to the newest addition to the Dear Prudence lineup: the Friday mini-column. At the end of the workweek, Prudie will answer two more questions . 2019-01-18 12:01:02
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This Clothing Steamer Is as Inexpensive as It Is Reliable After testing 18 models over seven hours, we think the Joy Mangano My Little Steamer is hands down the best of the clothes steamers we trial. 2019-01-18 11:03:30
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Potty Training Is Driving Us Crazy Care and Feeding is Slate's parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Email [email protected] or post it in the Slate. 2019-01-18 11:03:30
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Slate News Quiz Welcome to Slate's weekly news quiz. It's Friday, which means it's time to test your knowledge of the week's news events. Your host, Ray Hamel, has co. 2019-01-18 10:53:17
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Slate's Mistakes for the Week of Jan. 14 In a Jan. 16 Slatest, Molly Olmstead wrongly associated a donation to the Smithsonian Institution with the Sackler family members involved in Pur. 2019-01-18 09:07:47
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Return of the Impeach-O-Meter: Wow, So This Really Might Happen After All The Impeach-O-Meter is a wildly subjective and speculative daily estimate of the likelihood that Donald Trump leaves office before his term ends, w. 2019-01-18 06:05:02
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Multiple Sources Have Reportedly Told Mueller That Trump Personally Directed Michael Cohen to Lie to Congress About Moscow Tower Project President Trump personally directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the extent of his negotiations to build Trump Tower Moscow, BuzzFeed News r. 2019-01-18 04:04:20
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Wall Street Law Firm Skadden Arps Admits to Lying to DOJ About Work for Manafort and Kremlin-Aligned Ukrainian President The Wall Street law firm Skadden Arps, one of the largest firms in the world with 1,700 attorneys, admitted to misleading the Justice Department in 20. 2019-01-18 02:45:21
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It Might Be Aliens. But We Have No Idea What to Do About It. Abraham Loeb, chair of Harvard's department of astronomy, recently gave a freewheeling interview to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz in which he defended. 2019-01-18 02:09:54
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The Fake Washington Post Wasn't Fake News On Wednesday morning, a fake Washington Post ran a fake front page with a fake news story titled "Unpresidented: Ending Crisis, Trump Hastily Departs . 2019-01-18 01:24:18
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Wild and Precious Life There was a time when I would copy out poems on fancy paper and send them back and forth to my friends in the mail, or put them up on the walls of my . 2019-01-18 00:08:10
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Trump's Star Wars Fantasy As if we didn't have enough problems, President Trump is now launching a new round of the nuclear arms race. That was the upshot of his speech at the . 2019-01-17 23:52:39
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Student Debt Is Indeed Hurting Homeownership, Federal Reserve Study Finds Student debt has obviously forced some number of young adults to either delay or give up on homeownership. But how many, exactly? A group of economist. 2019-01-17 23:39:51
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Took His Oath of Office on a Casual Stack of Nine Bibles Although the Constitution does not require it, the vast majority of elected officials in the United States place their hands on a Bible as they take t. 2019-01-17 23:29:10
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The Joy, and Utter Thoughtlessness, of a Viral Prank Against an Anti-Muslim Activist On Jan. 8, the Wall Street Journal published a detailed investigative report on how Twitter "referees" political speech. The report included an accoun. 2019-01-17 23:13:43
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"Build a Wall of Steel" Last week, as the president continued to insist on the building of his proposed border wall with Mexico, writer Jon Meacham issued a Trump historical-. 2019-01-17 22:45:25
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The Angle: But Her Email Edition Who said email is dead? After Mark Joseph Stern and Dahlia Lithwick published a detailed piece criticizing acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker ea. 2019-01-17 22:06:54
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Jimmy Kimmel's Government Shutdown Stunt Is a Slap in Trump's Face Earlier this week, Jimmy Kimmel made a futile appeal to Donald Trump to end the government shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history. "I know it doesn. 2019-01-17 21:54:02
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Trump Postpones Pelosi's Trip to Afghanistan in Retaliation for Her Request to Delay State of the Union President Trump on Thursday notified House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that he was postponing her previously undisclosed trip to Europe and the Middle East, . 2019-01-17 21:51:36
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Cities Used to Help All Americans Find Prosperity. Not Anymore. One way economists have made sense of the growing divide in the United States is by looking at mobility, or the lack thereof: 11 percent of Americans . 2019-01-17 21:51:36
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Beto O'Rourke's Beatnik Road Trip Through the Southwest Is Good for America Potential 2020 presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke has taken to the road to find the soul of America—and maybe find himself along the way.. 2019-01-17 21:43:07
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China Grew a Plant on the Moon. It's Already Dead. In 2012, Newt Gingrich proposed a space program that would put a colony on the moon by 2021; that same year, startup Mars One announced its hope . 2019-01-17 21:43:07
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The House Will Redo a Vote to Reopen the Government Because Republicans Weren't Paying Attention House Republicans haven't been in the minority in eight years. And in a slapstick scene on the House floor Thursday afternoon, the rust showed.. 2019-01-17 21:25:13
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Trump's Flirtation With Emergency Powers Is Not Just About His Wall President Donald Trump has reportedly backed off for now from a proposal to invoke emergency powers under federal law or any "inherent" constitutional. 2019-01-17 21:25:13
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Science Gets Shut Down Right Along With the Federal Government When the U.S. government shuts down, much of the science that it supports is not spared. And there is no magic light switch that can be flipped to rev. 2019-01-17 21:25:13
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So, I Got an Email From Matthew Whitaker's Wife On Monday, Dahlia Lithwick and I wrote an article in Slate arguing that the Senate should not confirm William Barr, Donald Trump's nominee for attorne. 2019-01-17 21:17:33
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Black Supervisors at Ohio GM Plant Allege They Were Threatened With Nooses, Swastikas, and Slurs Two black men who worked at General Motors until they left their jobs out of fear for their safety have filed a lawsuit accusing the company of allowi. 2019-01-17 20:44:02
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I'm Sorry Shows That Comedians Can Be Raunchy Without Being Monsters From its title on, I'm Sorry advances in a defensive crouch. The TruTV series' central conceit—that a woman can be both a devoted mom and a filthy c. 2019-01-17 20:44:02
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On Its 15th Anniversary, Remembering The L Word's Most Enduring Legacy: The Chart This post is part of Outward, Slate's home for coverage of LGBTQ life, thought, and culture. Read more here.. 2019-01-17 20:36:23
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Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The "Grandma Inception" Edition Listen to Mom and Dad Are Fighting on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play.. 2019-01-17 19:14:27
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Could the #10YearChallenge Really Improve Facial Recognition Tech? Over the past week, the #2009vs2019 meme challenge, alternately known as the #10yearchallenge and #HowHardDidAgeHitYou, has become the latest social m. 2019-01-17 18:31:18
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The FBI's Counterintelligence Investigation Could Establish an Obstruction Case Against Trump In light of Donald Trump's kowtow to Vladimir Putin in Helsinki last summer; or the Trump Organization's well-known crutch of Russian money; or firing. 2019-01-17 18:31:18
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No, a Panel of Respected Economists Did Not Just Dismiss AOC's 70 Percent Tax Plan Did a panel of respected economists just dismiss the idea of raising the top income tax rate to 70 percent?. 2019-01-17 17:03:58
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Two Republican Congressmen Met With a Holocaust Denier About DNA "Research" Earlier this week, the Republican House caucus voted unanimously to condemn Iowa Rep. Steve King over comments that he'd made to the New York Times ab. 2019-01-17 16:38:23
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Biometrics vs. the Fifth Amendment When you think about digital privacy (if you think about digital privacy), the section of the Constitution that most immediately comes to mind is prob. 2019-01-17 16:25:34
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Report: Cohen Hired Tech Firm to Try to Rig Polls for Trump and Create "Women for Cohen" Fan Account An internet technology firm has publicly accused President Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen of failing to pay for services meant to help the Trump . 2019-01-17 15:41:55
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Should Glenn Close Win Best Actress for The Wife? Many Golden Globes viewers were taken off guard last week when Lady Gaga—the assumed Best Actress front-runner since A Star Is Born was just a twink. 2019-01-17 15:18:55
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If You Have This Tech Gadget, You'll Love This Other Thing One of the most seamless — and eeriest — things about shopping on Amazon is how good it is at suggesting other things you might like. Add a S. 2019-01-17 11:32:49
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My Wife Asked Me to Destroy Evidence of Her Secret Past. I Didn't. Dear Prudence,This is my wife's second marriage. She had a daughter from that first marriage, and we have adult children of our own. That first marria. 2019-01-17 11:09:11
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day Should Be a Day of Service and Reflection Care and Feeding is Slate's parenting advice column. In addition to our traditional advice, every Thursday we feature an assortment of teachers from a. 2019-01-17 11:04:08
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Cardi B Calls for an End to the Government Shutdown As the government shutdown stretches on with no end in sight, President Trump is facing increasingly vocal opposition from his political opponents. In. 2019-01-17 10:50:59
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"I Hope You Stay Forever" The night we first kissed, Andrew and I were at a crowded bar in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The walls were painted maroon, and it was filled with colle. 2019-01-17 10:50:59
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Atlanta Man Arrested for Alleged Terrorist Plot to "Blow a Hole in the White House" A Georgia man was arrested Wednesday and charged with a terrorist plot to attack the White House, as well as the Washington Monument and the Lincoln M. 2019-01-17 02:49:02
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Antitrust in the House The most recent major antitrust case in the U.S. happened 20 years ago, when the federal government went after Microsoft. In the decades since, techno. 2019-01-17 01:20:31
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With Hulu and Netflix's Fyre Festival Docs, Instagram Influencers Get Their Gimme Shelter If every generation gets the musical gathering it deserves, millennials may have grounds to sue the Fyre Festival for mass defamation of character. Th. 2019-01-17 01:14:07
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A '90s-Style Government Shutdown (Part 1) Listen to Whistlestop via Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts.. 2019-01-17 00:01:42
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The Boys Are Watching The Kids is Slate's science-based parenting column, assessing the latest research around children's health, development, and well-being.. 2019-01-17 00:01:42
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Social Media's Weird Future Listen to If Then by clicking the arrow on the audio player below, or get the show via Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play.&nb. 2019-01-16 23:31:11
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This Will Be a Weird Year for the March for Life The 46th annual March for Life will take place Friday at the National Mall, where organizers say they expect 100,000 people to gather on behalf of the. 2019-01-16 23:10:30
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The Angle: Almost Five Weeks of This Edition It is Day 26: As we likely enter the government shutdown's fifth week, Nathaniel Frank and Evan Wolfson highlight ways Democrats can use this as an op. 2019-01-16 23:10:30
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The Trailer for Robert Pattinson's Space Thriller Just Dropped and It's Very, Very Unsettling Following the success of Leave No Trace, A24 has just dropped the trailer for a different kind of father/daughter story, this time in outer space. Rob. 2019-01-16 22:04:08
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Future Tense Newsletter: Beyond Cyberpunk Within science fiction today, we've got a veritable feast of subgenres and microgenres. No longer, for example, do we just have cyberpunk: There's now. 2019-01-16 21:59:02
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MacKenzie Bezos Is Legally Entitled to Half of the $140 Billion Amazon Fortune When news broke last week that the founder and CEO of Amazon would be getting divorced, people across the country wondered: Is MacKenzie Bezos going t. 2019-01-16 21:59:02
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A Live-Action Version of Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame Is Headed to the Silver Screen Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame is the most recent animated film to be green-lit for a live-action treatment. According to Deadline, the adaptati. 2019-01-16 20:49:41
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Trump's Shutdown Is a Historic Opportunity for Democrats With Democrats now in charge of the House of Representatives, and the country nearing a fifth week of the disastrous Trump shutdown, progressives are . 2019-01-16 20:11:08
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"All Sizzle but No Steak" In all the noise surrounding Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, much of the attention centered on her has been hostile or leering, racist or white-knighty or p. 2019-01-16 19:37:40
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The Philosophical Roots of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 70 Percent Tax Plan Earlier this month, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez floated the idea of a 70 percent tax rate on incomes over $10 million. Critics piled on to call the tax ". 2019-01-16 19:27:32
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Massachusetts Attorney General Accuses Sackler Family of Misleading the Public About Opioids in Ruthless Chase of Profit A memo filed by the Massachusetts attorney general contends that the Sackler family, which owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, has long directed an ef. 2019-01-16 19:27:32
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Nancy Pelosi "Suggests" That President Trump Reschedule the State of the Union House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in her just-thinking-out-loud-here voice, passed on a suggestion to President Trump regarding the State of the Union addre. 2019-01-16 19:04:26
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What Did William Barr Actually Say About Releasing Mueller's Report Given that President Donald Trump's private and public frustrations with his first attorney general revolved around special counsel Robert Mueller's i. 2019-01-16 19:04:26
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What the Deaths of Four U.S. Troops in Syria Could Mean for Trump's Withdrawal Plans Sixteen people including four U.S.troops were killed in Northern Syria on Wednesday in a bomb attack claimed by ISIS. The bombing took place at a rest. 2019-01-16 18:00:04
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Drones Are the New Flying Saucers There's something weird in the sky. It's blinking, it's hovering, it's making loud noises. But how do you describe what you saw? Your answer is probab. 2019-01-16 17:18:48
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The Culture Gabfest "The Life-Changing Magic of Making a Black Friend" Edition Listen to Culture Gabfest No. 538 with Dana Stevens, Julia Turner, and Stephen Metcalf with the audio player below.. 2019-01-16 16:57:55
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Chris Christie Accuses Jared Kushner of "Political Hit Job" in New Book In November 2016, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was booted from his job as Donald Trump's transition team chairman. Now, Christie has revealed. 2019-01-16 14:21:22
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Why Won't John Roberts Accept an Ethics Code for Supreme Court Justices? The first bill introduced this year in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives had nothing to do with the border wall, the government shutd. 2019-01-16 14:00:46
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This Genius Flourless Chocolate Cloud Cake Will Look (and Taste) Amazing No Matter What If you'll permit me a sweeping generalization or two, I will say that most of us home cooks, deep down, would love to be able to confidently unveil a . 2019-01-16 13:01:44
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The Best Moisturizers for Oily Skin, According to Dermatologists When your face is overproducing its natural oils, you might think twice before piling on even more hydrators, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't. 2019-01-16 11:31:33
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Close the National Parks Now For several years, "at most once a day," my inbox has pinged with any mention of U.S. national parks in the media. As a national parks scholar, I rely. 2019-01-16 10:57:24
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Is Congressman Steve King a Racist? Trevor Noah Investigates! Everyone loves a good mystery, and this week, The Daily Show's Trevor Noah tackled one of the most famous unsolved riddles in history: Is Congressman . 2019-01-16 05:38:32
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Trump Recalls 50,000 Essential Workers, Adding to the 400,000 Already Being Compelled to Work Without Pay During Shutdown The Trump administration announced Tuesday it was recalling nearly 50,000 furloughed federal workers and putting them back on the job without pay to f. 2019-01-16 03:51:13
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Ghostbusters Is Back: Jason Reitman Will Direct a Sequel to His Father Ivan Reitman's Original Ghostbusters Films Ghostbusters is coming back, and this time, the beloved paranormal comedy franchise is out to ruin a whole different batch of childhoods! Entertainmen. 2019-01-16 03:30:46
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No Movement On Day 25 of the longest government shutdown in United States history, Congress was no closer to resolving the impasse than it was on Day One. Since P. 2019-01-16 01:03:41
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New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Announces She's Running for President on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced she is forming a presidential exploratory committee as a first step in what she says will be run for Democr. 2019-01-16 00:45:55
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Not All Screen Time Is the Same Screens are bad, especially for young people is an enticing piece of modern day common wisdom. "Our kids are literally dying because of excessive cell. 2019-01-15 23:46:13
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Trump Is Losing. His Nativist Message Is Winning. The government shutdown has already proved costly for President Donald Trump. A majority of Americans, including 53 percent of independent voters, bla. 2019-01-15 23:12:25
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Four Questions for Trump About His Contacts With Russia In the last week, we've learned several new things about past and ongoing contacts between President Donald Trump, his aides, and Russia. These revela. 2019-01-15 23:01:56
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Theresa May's Brexit Deal Failed Epically in Parliament. But No One Has a Better Idea. One of the more dramatic subplots of the very dramatic day in Britain's House of Commons was Labour MP Tulip Siddiq's decision to delay a planned cesa. 2019-01-15 22:59:20
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The Angle: The Can't Fool Me Edition Double-dog dare you, SCOTUS: A federal judge obliterated the Trump administration's plans to include a citizenship-based question in the 2020 census, . 2019-01-15 22:28:18
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The Limits of Tucker Carlson's Anti–Free Market Vision In a monologue that aired on Tucker Carlson's nightly Fox News show on Jan. 2, the right-wing pundit did something out of character: He leveled a radi. 2019-01-15 22:00:22
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Credit Where It's Due: Democratic Leaders Have Not Caved Like a Bunch of Weenies on the Border Wall One of the criticisms of the Democratic Party that has been made approximately one billion times since Barack Obama took power in 2008 is that its lea. 2019-01-15 21:32:02
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The Supreme Court Just Handed a Big, Unanimous Victory to Workers. Wait, What? On Tuesday, the Supreme Court handed a victory to American workers, ruling unanimously that independent contractors who work in transportation may not. 2019-01-15 20:53:31
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Will Democratic Leaders Follow Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the New Green Deal? This story was originally published by High Country News and has been republished here with permission from Climate Desk.. 2019-01-15 20:25:35
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No Criminal Charges for White Nationalist Who Harassed Vermont's Only Black Representative Until She Resigned A man who harassed Vermont's only black legislator until she resigned from office will not face any charges, Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan ann. 2019-01-15 20:25:35
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Alicia Keys Will Be the First Female Grammy Host in 14 Years The 2019 Grammy Awards has found its host. A year following #GrammysSoMale, the Recording Academy announced that 15-time Grammy Award-winning artist A. 2019-01-15 19:04:44
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Why Everyone's 2019 Photos Are So Much More Attractive Than Their 2009 Ones If you scrolled through any social media platform over the weekend, you probably saw a bunch of friends posting decade-old photos of themselves and co. 2019-01-15 19:02:04
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Mark Zuckerberg's Bad New Year's Resolution Mark Zuckerberg thinks Facebook users are stupid. At least that's what I've concluded from reading a post on his new year's "challenge," in which he r. 2019-01-15 19:02:04
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Federal Judge Obliterates Trump's Census Shenanigans and Dares the Supreme Court to Reverse Him The Trump administration's addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census was illegal, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman ruled on Tuesday in a s. 2019-01-15 18:15:44
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Time Is a Flat, Confusing Circle in BriTANick's New Sketch It's been more than two years since Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher, the comedy duo known as BriTANick, dropped their last video, "The Faux Pas." They. 2019-01-15 17:39:15
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How Would Al Franken Question Attorney General Nominee William Barr? Two years ago, during Jeff Sessions' hearing to become Donald Trump's attorney general, then-Sen. Al Franken questioned the nominee about whether he w. 2019-01-15 17:39:15
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Why the Record-Cracking Instagram Egg Is a Refreshing Break From the Modern Viral Internet On Sunday night, a picture of an egg became the most liked photo ever on Instagram. Now second in fame only to Humpty-Dumpty, the egg was posted by th. 2019-01-15 17:28:58
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How Non-Elite Athletes Should Train for Triathlons For decades, the conventional view among scientists has been that investing time and energy in one pursuit should detract from investment—and succes. 2019-01-15 16:16:49
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"Silent Sam" Statue's Remains Removed from UNC as Chancellor Announces Resignation The remains of the "Silent Sam" Confederate statue have been removed from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a step approved by the univ. 2019-01-15 14:59:19
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Something Is Broken in Our Science Fiction When it first emerged more than 30 years ago, cyberpunk was hailed as the most exciting science fiction of the '80s. The subgenre, developed by a hand. 2019-01-15 13:00:48
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Dorothy Dandridge and the Trial of Confidential Magazine Over two episodes, we will explore Hollywood Babylon's coverage of Confidential magazine and the two celebrities who testified against the scandal rag. 2019-01-15 12:01:52
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I Boil This Timer for Absolutely Perfect Eggs Whether it's the classy poach, the humble boil, the decadent fry, or the versatile omelette, egg cookery is an essential technique in the pantheon of . 2019-01-15 11:15:24
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Take Up the White House Burger Take up the White House burger— Send forth your football teams— Make them eat Quarter Pounders, Make them be Twitter memes; Stack the McNugget sau. 2019-01-15 11:02:24
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Help! I'm Not Sure My Nephew Realizes That His Dad's a Pedophile. Daniel Mallory Ortberg is online weekly to chat live with readers. Here's an edited transcript of this week's chat. . 2019-01-15 11:02:24
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Wired Very Quietly Laid Off Five Journalists Last Week On Thursday, Wired magazine called an all-hands meeting on the day its newsroom moved to a different floor of One World Trade Center, the headquarters. 2019-01-15 04:59:01
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GOP Strips Iowa Rep. Steve King of Committee Assignments Over White Supremacy Comments Republican leaders in the House stripped Iowa Rep. Steve King of his committee assignments Monday night in response to the Republican congressman's in. 2019-01-15 01:57:45
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Why Crazy Rich Asians Should Be Nominated for Best Picture Crazy Rich Asians has already made history twice. First, just by being made, it became the first studio-backed movie about Asian Americans in a quarte. 2019-01-15 00:25:50
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Unpaid TSA Screeners Just Might Be What Breaks the Government Shutdown One of the quirks of American politics is that conservatives and libertarians can use regular shutdowns as evidence that the federal government was ne. 2019-01-14 23:57:32
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Low Barr There are many reasons Senate Democrats and rule-of-law Republicans should be leery of Donald Trump's nominee (William Barr) to replace the attorney g. 2019-01-14 23:34:24
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Can You Eat a Flamingo? Earlier this month, a colleague discovered, thanks to a tip from a Facebook friend, that if you type "Can you eat a … " into Google, the search engi. 2019-01-14 23:34:24
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Germany Has Ruled Amazon's Dash Buttons Illegal, and So Should You Amazon Dash buttons have been ruled illegal in Germany for violating consumer protection legislation, reports Reuters. For the uninitiated, the button. 2019-01-14 23:13:44
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30,000 Take to the Streets in the L.A. Teachers Strike More than 30,000 public school teachers in Los Angeles braved the rain on Monday to launch a district-wide strike, the first there in three decades.. 2019-01-14 22:55:45
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The Angle: Take Note Edition Off the record: It might not seem like a big deal that Trump doesn't have a note taker at his meetings with Putin, but it's completely unprecedented i. 2019-01-14 22:42:44
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Steven Spielberg's West Side Story Has Found Its Maria, and Her Voice Is Incredible Deadline has some major casting news about Steven Spielberg's upcoming remake of West Side Story. Almost a year after a casting call went out seeking . 2019-01-14 22:42:44
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Newly Engaged Chris Pratt Has Been Getting Super Evangelical and Maybe You Didn't Even Notice Actor Chris Pratt announced his engagement to motivational author and Kennedy scion Katherine Schwarzenegger late on Sunday night, posting a photo to . 2019-01-14 21:59:04
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Why Isn't All Gymnastics This Fun? January brings with it few constants, but among these are everyone giving up carbs for precisely three weeks and the NCAA gymnastics season. And so, a. 2019-01-14 21:28:14
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Trevor Noah's Remarks About Disability Representation Only Scratch the Surface, But They're a Good Start Hi there! Yes, I'm talking to you, the person reading this. Welcome to the blog. Take your shoes off, get comfortable. How did you get here, I wonder?. 2019-01-14 21:28:14
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Help! I'm Not Racist, I Just Love Dogs. Daniel Mallory Ortberg is online weekly to chat live with readers. Here's an edited transcript of this week's chat. . 2019-01-14 21:10:27
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Did Elizabeth Warren "Sell Out" to Powerful Interests by Opposing a Billionaire-Funded Charter-School Proposal? (No.) New York magazine's Jonathan Chait has a new column about Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts senator who is formally "exploring" a presidential campa. 2019-01-14 20:55:05
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Don't Abandon Sunscreen Just Yet Last week Outside magazine published a surprising piece from Rowan Jacobson, "Is Sunscreen the New Margarine?" Jacobson argues against the use of suns. 2019-01-14 20:09:01
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Dirty John Sneakily Made Its Delicious Mean-Girl Daughters the Real Heroes As Sunday's finale of Dirty John, the television adaptation of the true-crime podcast, begins, Connie Britton's Debra Newell is scared for her life bu. 2019-01-14 19:48:40
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Patriot Act Hilariously Calls Out All the "Bad" Indian Americans Patriot Act is calling out all of the "bad" Indian American role models. Hasan Minhaj's weekly political comedy show hilariously took several Indian A. 2019-01-14 19:48:40
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Trump Slices the Salami "If the Russians try anything," an adviser says in one episode of Yes, Prime Minister, the 1980s British sitcom that ranks as one of the most insightf. 2019-01-14 19:01:48
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Trump and Putin's Cone of Seclusion The Washington Post's Greg Miller reported Sunday that President Donald Trump's confiscation of the translator's notes from a one-on-one conversation . 2019-01-14 18:38:39
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Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Does Cats as Only Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Can At the beginning of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's midseason premiere, "I Need Some Balance," Rebecca announces that she hates cats—"both the animal and the . 2019-01-14 17:36:50
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The House Democrats' Colossal Election Reform Bill Could Save American Democracy The Democrats' first order of business as they took control of the 116th Congress was introducing H.R. 1, the colossal "For the People Act." This 571-. 2019-01-14 16:01:21
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Famed Physicist Richard Feynman Was Known as an Odd Genius. Was He Also an Abuser? When famed physicist Richard Feynman and his second wife split in 1956, it made for a quirky newspaper item that was syndicated around the country. "M. 2019-01-14 15:02:19
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Oh Sh-t On Jan. 15, 2009, the crew of US Airways Flight 1549 experienced a never-in-a-lifetime event.Just 98 seconds after takeoff, some Canada geese found th. 2019-01-14 14:00:33
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The Dysphoria Paradox This post is part of Outward, Slate's home for coverage of LGBTQ life, thought, and culture. Read more here.. 2019-01-14 12:30:25
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Which Wireless Phone Charger Should You Buy? Modern life has many of us tethered to a phone charger, orbiting a three-foot radius stemming from the nearest outlet at all times. Many people t. 2019-01-14 11:19:16
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Two Oscar Favorites Show Great Acting Is More Than Mimicry Dick Cheney may not have much in common with Mary Poppins, but in playing these two people, Vice's Christian Bale and Mary Poppins Returns' Emily Blun. 2019-01-14 11:03:48
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My Dog Hates Kids Care and Feeding is Slate's parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Email [email protected] or post it in the Slate. 2019-01-14 11:03:48
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The Unique Pleasures of Watching Alexa Deny Children What They Want "Baby Shark," which landed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at No. 32 this week, is a menace to listeners above the age of 5. With its insistent beat an. 2019-01-14 10:51:00
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A Gathering of the Tribes On this day in 1967, more than 20,000 groovy souls assembled in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park for an event billed as "A Gathering of the Tribes for. 2019-01-14 05:20:10
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The Nick Foles Eagles Are Dead. Long Live the Nick Foles Eagles. Nick Foles and the Philadelphia Eagles finally ran out of miracles. Their quest to complete the most unlikely Super Bowl repeat in history came to an . 2019-01-14 03:50:34
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Game of Thrones Teaser Trailer! Game of Thrones Teaser Trailer! Game of Thrones Teaser Trailer! Teaser trailer! Game of Thrones! HBO! New season! April 14! Game of Thrones teaser! The final season! New! Watch it here! A trailer! HBO! For Game of . 2019-01-14 02:59:03
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Maroon 5, Travis Scott, and Big Boi Will Perform at the Super Bowl The NFL has announced the acts for this year's Super Bowl halftime show, Variety reports, and Maroon 5 fans are going to be pleased: the Los Angeles-b. 2019-01-14 02:14:37
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House Democrats Analyze Subpoenaing Trump's Interpreters in Putin Meetings Lawyers for the House Intelligence and Foreign Affairs committees will sit down Monday to analyze their legal options for issuing subpoenas to the int. 2019-01-14 01:24:14
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Graham Urges Trump to Reopen Government Temporarily Before Emergency Declaration Sen. Lindsey Graham, who is one of President Donald Trump's closest allies in Congress, urged the commander in chief to reopen the government for a fe. 2019-01-14 00:05:20
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Anthony Scaramucci Will Be on the Next Season of Celebrity Big Brother Somewhere in Hollywood, some algorithm-driven Westworld robot of a TV executive has apparently decided that the real threat is human life itself. How . 2019-01-13 22:47:05
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Just How Cruel Was the Patriots' Destruction of the Chargers? The New England Patriots did unspeakable things to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. One would expect Tom Brady and co. to take care of business at . 2019-01-13 22:23:58
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White House Reportedly Asked for Military Options to Strike Iran President Donald Trump's National Security Council called on the Pentagon to provide military options to strike Iran last year, reports the Wall Stree. 2019-01-13 19:41:30
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Americans Blame Trump, GOP for Shutdown as Support for Wall Increases Before the partial government shutdown began, President Donald Trump said in an Oval Office meeting with Democratic leaders that he would be "proud to. 2019-01-13 18:48:56
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Trump Blasts Biden as "Weak" Amid Reports He's Getting Ready to Announce Presidential Run During President Donald Trump's Saturday night interview with Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, the conversation eventually turned to his potential Democra. 2019-01-13 16:52:10
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Trump on NYT Report on FBI Investigation: "Most Insulting Article I've Ever Had Written" President Donald Trump took time out of his Saturday night to call one of his favorite TV hosts, Jeanine Pirro. The two had a very amiable interview t. 2019-01-13 14:39:45
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Trump Reportedly Went to "Extraordinary Lengths" to Hide Details of Putin Talks From His Own Officials At a time when President Donald Trump's relationship with Moscow is under the microscope, the Washington Post reveals a distressing fact: there are no. 2019-01-13 13:24:50
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What's the Deal With the Saints' "Choppa Style" Dance? Remember Choppa? New Orleans does, and the rapper's 2003 single "Choppa Style" has become the Saints' unofficial anthem as they head into the playoffs. 2019-01-13 10:32:23
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Missy Elliott Will Be the First Female Hip-Hop Artist Inducted Into the Songwriters Hall of Fame The members of the 2019 class of inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame were announced on CBS This Morning on Saturday, and hip-hop star Missy El. 2019-01-13 05:23:02
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All Hail C.J. Anderson(?), the Los Angeles Rams' Playoff Hero(??) Todd Gurley is the best running back in the NFL. The Los Angeles Rams signed the generational talent to a $60-million contract extension in the offsea. 2019-01-13 05:02:29
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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Walked Out of Vice Vice, director Adam McKay's recent biopic of Dick Cheney, has gotten mixed reviews here at Slate. Dana Stevens called it "busy yet curiously insubstan. 2019-01-13 04:16:14
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Uh Oh, Patrick Mahomes Has a Defense Behind Him Now The Kansas City Chiefs were supposed to have a weakness. While the offense was electric and free-scoring all season, Kansas City's defense treated opp. 2019-01-13 02:13:05
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In Search of an Oscar Host, the Academy Should Look to Its Past The Academy Awards ceremony is just over a month away, and after the whole Kevin Hart fiasco, the show is reportedly going to be modeled after a Quake. 2019-01-12 23:13:16
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Obama's Former Housing Chief Julián Castro is Running for President Julián Castro, long seen as a rising star within the Democratic Party, officially launched his campaign for president Saturday by criticizing P. 2019-01-12 22:03:47
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Congratulations, Trump! This is Now the Longest Government Shutdown in U.S. History President Donald Trump likes to boast about his achievements. Biggest, best, smartest are all words he regularly trots out to describe himself and his. 2019-01-12 16:03:11
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Comey Firing Reportedly Led FBI to Investigate Whether Trump Was Working for Russia Shortly after President Donald Trump fired James Comey as FBI director in May 2017, the FBI began investigating whether the commander in chief was in . 2019-01-12 14:55:41
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Everything We Know About the 2019 iPhone Despite bad news about poor iPhone sales and lower Q1 revenue expectations for Apple, rumors about the company's next generation of smartphones are al. 2019-01-12 14:04:19
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Tom Brady Is Old, in Decline, and Perfectly Capable of Winning Another Super Bowl Tom Brady is old. This is not up for debate. The New England Patriots drafted their quarterback 19 years ago, and Sunday's game against the Los Angele. 2019-01-12 13:35:56
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The 5 Products I Use to Make My House More Energy Efficient So you want to make your house more ecofriendly. Good for you—there are plenty of things to do that don't involve replacing all of your appliances&n. 2019-01-12 11:31:43
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It's Absurd to Claim That Smarter Babies Sleep Poorly at Night The Kids is Slate's science-based parenting column, assessing the latest research around children's health, development, and well-being.. 2019-01-12 10:50:35
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What Rod Rosenstein's Looming Departure Means for the Mueller Probe Drowned out amid news of the government shutdown and questions about whether the president will attempt to declare a national emergency to build his b. 2019-01-11 23:41:48
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I Have Some Updates on Ted Cruz's Beard It's been a little more than a month since Sen. Ted Cruz first stepped out on the town with facial hair, an occasion that prompted some of his critics. 2019-01-11 23:11:12
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The Angle: The Unclean Edition Left behind: Dahlia Lithwick talks to Susan Sherman, executive director of the Shenandoah National Park Trust, about how the continuing government shu. 2019-01-11 22:29:29
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Waiting for a National Emergency There are no longer any meaningful negotiations, or even conversations, taking place on Capitol Hill about how to end the partial government shutdown,. 2019-01-11 22:29:29
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The Upside Breaks Ground That Green Book Doesn't The Upside, the new odd-couple dramedy starring Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston, begins with a police chase. In an effort to cheer up his depressed frie. 2019-01-11 22:29:29
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Alabama Congressman Compares Border Crossings to 9/11 in Argument for the Wall On CNN's New Day on Friday, Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks was pressed to explain why he condemned President Obama's use of executive authority for some of hi. 2019-01-11 21:30:50
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Government Workers Now Crowdfunding and Getting Financial Advice on Reddit The current partial government shutdown is set to become the longest in history on Saturday when it reaches 22 days. As the shutdown continues, more t. 2019-01-11 21:30:50
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If Your Smartphone Is Covered With Germs, So Is Your Doctor's Any self-respecting germaphobe knows that cellphones are filthy. They pick up microscopic crud from toilet stalls, gym benches, tray tables, and prett. 2019-01-11 20:44:03
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U.S. Begins Drawdown in Syria, But We Still Don't Know What Trump's Trying to Accomplish. After weeks of confusion and contradictory statements from Donald Trump and his advisers following the president's Dec. 19 announcement of the withdra. 2019-01-11 20:36:27
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Hope You Like National Parks Feces and Diarrhea Lettuce Because the Shutdown Is Lasting Until at Least Monday Good news (for infectious diseases): With the Senate adjourned for the weekend, the partial government shutdown is guaranteed to last until Monday and. 2019-01-11 20:18:34
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Britney Spears' Weirdest Song Turns 20 If Britney Spears' first single " … Baby One More Time," released in fall 1998, was a perfect piece of sweet, pink bubblegum, then the arrival of he. 2019-01-11 20:18:34
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Hope You Like National Parks Feces and Diarrhea Lettuce Because the Shutdown Is Lasting Until at Least Monday Good news (for infectious diseases): With the Senate adjourned for the weekend, the partial government shutdown is guaranteed to last until Monday and. 2019-01-11 20:13:30
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Andy Samberg Tells 17 Funny Rejected Golden Globes Jokes (and One Unforgivably Bad One) Andy Samberg has been keeping busy with fatherhood, the return of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and, of course, co-hosting the Golden Globes with Sandra Oh. Duri. 2019-01-11 18:32:19
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R. Kelly's Daughter Calls Him "A Monster" in Lengthy Instagram Post Since the premiere of Lifetime's documentary series Surviving R. Kelly, many of his musical collaborators have apologized for their professional invol. 2019-01-11 18:32:19
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Wisconsin Teenager Jayme Closs Found Alive Three Months After Alleged Abduction Jayme Closs, the 13-year-old Wisconsin girl whose disappearance after the death of her parents horrified the state and rallied thousands of volunteers. 2019-01-11 15:29:36
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Slate's Mistakes for the Week of Jan. 7 Due to an editing error, the Jan. 11 Slate Quiz misstated the nationality of Jim Yong Kim. He was born in South Korea but holds American citizenship.. 2019-01-11 15:16:42
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Marie Kondo's Tidying Up Makes Self-Help Look Hard The first step of tidying up, Marie Kondo–style, could easily be mistaken for an act of emotional terrorism. Take every single item of clothing you . 2019-01-11 13:00:58
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The Best Knives, Aprons, and Spatulas for Cooking with Kids Whether they're dumping boxed pasta into boiling water or cranking out handmade dough on a pasta machine, kids can get involved in the kitchen in all . 2019-01-11 11:15:29
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My Sister-in-Law Wants More of Our Embryos, but She's a Terrible Parent Welcome to the newest addition to the Dear Prudence lineup: the Friday mini-column. At the end of the workweek, Prudie will answer two more questions . 2019-01-11 11:12:49
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Why Should My Kid Have to Be Friends With a Jerk? Care and Feeding is Slate's parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Email [email protected] or post it in the Slate. 2019-01-11 11:07:31
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Slate News Quiz Welcome to Slate's weekly news quiz. It's Friday, which means it's time to test your knowledge of the week's news events. Your host, Ray Hamel, has co. 2019-01-11 10:52:10
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America's New Favorite Song Is a Gender-Flipped "Cry Me a River" A pop singer, living out the old maxim to "write what you know," records a song about heartbreak and the spiteful feelings it engenders. Rumors abound. 2019-01-11 01:15:23
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What Happens if Your Roommate Steals Your $10 Million Lottery Ticket? On Dec. 20, a man in Vacaville, California, walked into a grocery store, bought a $30 scratch-off lottery ticket, and thought he had won $10,000. He b. 2019-01-11 00:09:54
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California Used to Classify Bus Lanes and Bike Racks as Bad for the Environment. Not Anymore. For decades, California's landmark environmental law has required a peculiar standard of new transportation and development projects: that they not cr. 2019-01-10 23:25:52
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William Barr's Ahistorical View of the Constitution Would Give Donald Trump All the Power On Wednesday, NBC News reported that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein would be leaving the administration if and when William P. Barr is confirm. 2019-01-10 23:09:45
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Business Appears to Be a Dirty, Dirty Word in the Democratic Primary On Wednesday, billionaire California investor Tom Steyer announced that he's decided against running for the Democratic presidential nomination. (He'l. 2019-01-10 22:29:50
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Pompeo Attacks Obama and Defends Trump in Cairo Mike Pompeo's speech in Cairo on Thursday might not be the worst address ever delivered in a foreign country by a sitting secretary of state, but I do. 2019-01-10 22:16:16
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The Angle: Unintended Consequences Edition Shutdown aftershocks: The deleterious short-term effects of the government shutdown are clear—furloughed workers, shuttered museums, overflowing pub. 2019-01-10 22:16:16
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Andy Samberg and Seth Meyers Make 15 Years Worth of Apologies on Late Night The new year is a time for resolutions, for gym memberships, and for old friends to make amends and clear the air. That's why Brooklyn Nine-Nine star . 2019-01-10 21:57:47
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Goop Gives an Award to … CVS? Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop is a snake-oil emporium for the age of e-commerce and one-percenters. There, you can purchase goods such as a $400 millennial-p. 2019-01-10 21:57:47
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The Shutdown Is Hurting Cybersecurity In the midst of a federal government shutdown, it's easy to get caught up in the short-term consequences: the federal workers going without pay, the l. 2019-01-10 21:33:32
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You Can't "Culturally Appropriate" a Weighted Blanket Ashley Fetters' recent Atlantic essay about the "problem" with weighted blankets as last year's hot holiday trend felt like a reminder. A reminder tha. 2019-01-10 21:09:38
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Paul Manafort May Have Broken Campaign Finance Law by Sharing Polling Data With the Russians According to a court filing from earlier this week, former 2016 Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort shared presidential campaign polling data w. 2019-01-10 20:56:43
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Which Smart Speaker Should You Trust Most—and Least? If virtual assistants haven't yet taken over the entire tech world, they've at least conquered CES, the annual tech expo that's going on right now in . 2019-01-10 20:05:28
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Lady Gaga and More Speak Out Against R. Kelly Following Lifetime Documentary Lady Gaga has finally released a statement about her collaboration with R. Kelly on her album Artpop more than five years ago. Following the release o. 2019-01-10 18:47:26
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Brazil's New Foreign Minister Almost Makes Trumpism Sound Like a Real Ideology So this was odd: The foreign minister for Brazil's controversial new president, Jair Bolsonaro, just laid out his foreign policy vision to Americans i. 2019-01-10 18:02:46
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Report: Prototype for Trump's Steel Slat Border Wall Can Be Cut With Saw The Department of Homeland Security found in 2017 that the steel slat border wall prototype can be cut through with a saw, NBC News reported Thursday.. 2019-01-10 17:15:02
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An Emboldened Rep. Steve King Wants to Know When "White Supremacist" Became Offensive Iowa Rep. Steve King, who has openly supported white nationalist policies, appears to feel satisfied by President Trump's attempt to bring fringe anti. 2019-01-10 16:20:21
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This Japanese Mask for Lips Saved Me After a 14-Hour Flight Along with eating my weight in sushi and visiting cat cafés, shopping for beauty products topped my list of things to do on my recent. 2019-01-10 11:55:18
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The Genius Secrets to Never-Boring, Never-Dry Pork Tenderloin Pork tenderloin is ever-popular because it's ever-convenient: A neatly-contained roast that cooks swiftly and feeds a family, it's the filet mignon of. 2019-01-10 11:55:18
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My Child's Teacher Plays Favorites, and My Son Isn't One of Them Care and Feeding is Slate's parenting advice column. In addition to our traditional advice, every Thursday we feature an assortment of teachers from a. 2019-01-10 11:31:22
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My Dad Died. My Family Is Moving On, but I Can't. Dear Prudence,My father died of a heart attack four years ago when I was 16. I miss him every day; he was my champion, my cheerleader, and my best fri. 2019-01-10 11:31:22
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The Daily Show Found Video of Trump Urging Students to Never, Ever Let a Wall Stop Them Well, this is awkward. The Daily Show dug up footage of Donald Trump, during a 2004 address at Wagner College on Staten Island—they gave him an hono. 2019-01-10 04:44:38
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The Government Shutdown Is Like a Hostage Situation In February 1974, the Symbionese Liberation Army, a left-wing radical group, kidnapped the 19-year-old daughter of media mogul William Randolph Hearst. 2019-01-10 02:23:11
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Green Book Screenwriter Nick Vallelonga Once Claimed to Have Seen "Muslims in Jersey City" Cheering on 9/11 Green Book screenwriter Nick Vallelonga, who based his film on his father's experiences chauffeuring concert pianist Don Shirley around the segregated. 2019-01-10 01:29:16
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