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Nathan Fielder's New Movie Is Already a Phenomenon, but You Don't Know the Half of It - Sam Adams

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Katie Zacharia Did the Only Thing Trump Can't Tolerate -- Heather Schwedel

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Trump Is So Desperate to Lower Gas Prices That He's Throwing a Key U.S. Ally Under the Bus - Ian Prasad Philbrick

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Netflix and Disney Are Scrambling to Survive -- Nitish Pahwa

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The New Sense and Sensibility Is a Different Kind of Jane Austen Movie. I Loved It. -- Rebecca Onion

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Texas' Anti-Abortion Bounty Law Is Being Used Against a Supremely Ironic Target -- Mary Ziegler

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How Did Hilary Swank Get Pregnant at 52? It's Not Hard to Understand, if You Know a Little About Biology. -- Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz

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Conservatives Are Cheering. Liberals Are Scratching Their Heads. Is the Zohran Mamdani Backlash Real? -- Aymann Ismail

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One of Our Most Celebrated Authors Has Had Her Books Effectively Banned in the U.K. This Is Absurd. -- Imogen West-Knights

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How Realistic Is the Buzzy New Movie About Getting Swallowed by a Whale? A Whale Biologist Weighs In. -- Nadira Goffe

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Republicans Have One Big Advantage Ahead of the Election. They're Banking On It to Avoid a Wipeout. -- Jim Newell

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The Original Sin of Trump's Presidency Is Coming Back to Bite Him -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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The Worst Tech Bros and the Worst Christian Nationalists United Behind an Extreme Plan. Then It All Fell Apart. -- Molly Olmstead

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It Was One of TV's Most Beloved Comedies. Then It Almost Got "Canceled." There's a Reason It Will Never Die. -- Sam Adams -- Twenty years after its premiere, Tina Fey's iconic sitcom still feels relevant as ever.

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In the 1960s, a Shocking Event Brought Queer Life to National Attention for the First Time. It's Not the One You Think. -- Timothy Stewart-Winter -- If the name Walter Jenkins doesn't ring a bell, it should.

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Slate Crossword: Fall Out Boy, Maybe? (11 Letters) -- Chandi Deitmer

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Slate SoundBites for October 16, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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Slate Mini Crossword for Oct. 16, 2026 -- Quiara Vasquez

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true - One Big Thing Connects Sam Alito's Recent Comments About Roe v. Wade and the "Cornell Seven" Dahlia Lithwick - Women's rights are just "abstract" to the justice.

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What if the Fix for the Supreme Court Isn't Adding Seats—It's Adding You, The People? -- Amicus

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Trump's New Press Secretary Is an Incompetent Liar. She's Also Perfect for the Job. -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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