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What Next | On Epstein, Democrats Go Low
Why the Epstein scandal—more than any of Trump’s other, lengthy list of scandals—is so damaging that even the Democrats can wield it effectively.
G…
11 months, 1 week ago
Slate Money | Money Talks: Contemplations on Consumption
In this Money Talks: Elizabeth Spiers is joined by Emily Mester to discuss her book American Bulk: Essays on Excess. They’ll get into the dopamine-dr…
11 months, 1 week ago
What Next | Getting Anti-Vaxxers To Roll Up Their Sleeves
Their son was immunocompromised and couldn’t get the measles vaccines. So his dad asked if everyone going to his school would get vaccinated.
And th…
11 months, 1 week ago
What Next: TBD | When Bots Go Nazi
It’s kind of strange that Grok, Elon Musk’s chatbot, went full Nazi a few weeks ago, and is just…still out there. But, then again, how are you suppos…
11 months, 1 week ago
Slate Money | Which Coke's For You?
This week: A judge has blocked a Biden era rule that would prevent medical debt from affecting credit scores. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emi…
11 months, 1 week ago
Amicus | How To Build A Police State (With The Supreme Court’s Blessing)
Over the last six months, life has been upended for millions of people in America as Stephen Miller's extreme immigration policies have been unleash…
11 months, 1 week ago
Gabfest Reads | A Beach Read for the Outraged
David Plotz talks with author Carl Hiaasen about his new book, Fever Beach. Fever Beach is a political satire that follows a couple of dimwitted whit…
11 months, 1 week ago
Bonus: A Muslim, a Dad, an American
In this political moment where hostility towards immigrants and outsiders is openly espoused, one of our own colleagues has released a book about gro…
11 months, 1 week ago
What Next: TBD | How The Epstein Files Blew Up MAGAworld
The MAGA world has been waiting for Jeffrey Epstein’s client list to be released since the first Trump administration. But with those like Kash Patel…
11 months, 1 week ago
Political Gabfest | MAGA’s Epstein Obsession
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the epic MAGA meltdown over the DOJ’s “there’s nothing to see here” Epstein files m…
11 months, 1 week ago