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What Next | Could DOGE Really Gut Social Security?
DOGE cuts have already hit Social Security, with offices closing and employees fired. With Elon Musk calling the program a “Ponzi scheme” and saying …
1 year, 3 months ago
What Next | Will Student Protesters Be Deported?
The Trump administration’s approach to free speech, immigration, and due process all converge in a crackdown on Columbia University.
Guest: Sarah Bro…
1 year, 3 months ago
What Next: Andrew Cuomo Wanted To Be President. He’ll Settle For Mayor.
Andrew Cuomo—the hard-headed former governor of New York state —became something of a national hero in 2020 with his no-nonsense press conferences. B…
1 year, 3 months ago
What Next | When Trump Ruins Your Marriage
They were three Harris-supporting women, from across the country, all married to Trump-supporting men—and they were all contemplating divorce.
Guest: …
1 year, 3 months ago
Culture Gabfest: Zero Day Makes Robert De Niro a Befuddled President
On this week’s show, no amount of star power can save a “screamingly stupid show.” (Sorry, Robert De Niro et al.)
With Sam Adams—Slate Senior Editor …
1 year, 3 months ago
What Next TBD | Zuckerberg and the Post-Factcheck Era
After the election, Mark Zuckerberg announced that he was doing away with Facebook’s fact-checking apparatus in the US. With content creators getting…
1 year, 3 months ago
Slate Money | Eggistential Crisis
This week: Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China went into effect – only for him to turn around and suspend many of them. Felix Salmon, Emily P…
1 year, 3 months ago
Amicus | The Constitutional Truth At The Heart Of The DOGE Cases
Elon Musk’s moves at DOGE have been legally dubious from the start. And the more we learn, the more questions we have about this not-an-agency helmed…
1 year, 3 months ago
What Next: TBD | From 4Chan to Charlottesville to DOGE
To understand the second Trump administration, you have to understand the internet culture that gave birth to it.
Guest: Elle Reeve, CNN correspondent…
1 year, 3 months ago
Political Gabfest | Trump’s Display of Dominance
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss President Trump’s authoritarian address to Congress and whipsawing on tariffs; the …
1 year, 3 months ago