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There's a Silver Lining to the Reflecting Pool Fiasco - The Reflecting Pool Fiasco Is a Bonanza for a Specific Kind of Person - Trump Hates the Algae in the Reflecting Pool. Meet the People Who Love It. It's the Most Famous Algae in the World. And It Has a Fan Club. Trump's Reflecting Pool Fiasco Is Actually Really Cool—if You Ask the Right People - document.getElementById('cmqwiffjw001sypmgurodlc7u@published') .querySelectorAll('span[data-promoline-variant]') [Math.floor(Math.random() * 5)].hidden = false - The Reflecting Pool Fiasco Is a Bonanza for a Specific Kind of Person - Cara Giaimo

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A Canceled Star Is Back. His Hateful New Movie Is One of the Most Disturbing Things I've Seen Lately. -- Rebecca Onion

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Social Media Has Been Secretly Flooded by a New Kind of Content. You Probably Haven't Noticed—and That's the Problem. -- Nitish Pahwa

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Pacino. Scorsese. Oscar Isaac. Why Did These People All Sign On to Such a Terrible Movie? -- Laura Miller

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Dave & Buster's Is Fighting to Survive. Its Hail Mary Idea Could Be a Lifesaver. It Might Also Change the Brand Forever. -- Paula Mejía

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Sam Alito Wrote One of the Cruelest Opinions in Recent Memory -- Alexis Romero

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The Supreme Court's Latest Immigration Decisions Will Be Deadly -- Shirin Ali

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The Idea of the Idyllic Italian Summer Is Over. Here's What's Really Going On—and How to Survive It. -- Jessica Lionnel

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I Make Restaurant Reservations by Phone All the Time. I'm Freaked Out by What I've Started to Hear. -- Maggie Hennessy

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Larry David and Barack Obama Made a New HBO Show. It Feels Different From What We Expect From Them. -- Sam Adams

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- My Estranged Sister Betrayed Me in the Worst Possible Way. Now I'm Supposed to Assist Her With a Life-or-Death Situation.

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The Bear's Final Season Relies on a Gimmick. It's the Smartest Thing It Could've Done. After a rough couple of seasons, the FX series does something smart in its last showing. Sam Adams

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Their Album Was Banned. Their Members Were Arrested. But at Trial, the Jurors Couldn't Stop Laughing. -- Isaac Butler -- It was the only album in U.S. history to be deemed "obscene." It was saved by a few old ladies.

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Slate Mini Crossword for June 27, 2026 -- K. Austin Collins

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Why Can't America Have a Housing Bill? Because of Trump's Signature Obsession. Jim Newell - The president took a win-win-win situation and found a way for everyone to lose.

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The Supreme Court Decided to Punish 1.3 Million People Who Used the Legal Immigration System -- Amicus

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Sam Alito's Textualism Has Entered the Realm of the Absurd -- Robyn Nicole Sanders

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