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He Was an Object of Mockery. Now He's Looking Like the Next Brad Pitt. I Think I Know What Changed. Isaac Butler

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This Mortifying Attempt to Trap Jack Smith in Perjury Was Like Something Out of The Office -- Shirin Ali

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SCOTUS Is Furious at These Defiant Judges. The Justices Should Look in the Dang Mirror. -- Alexis Romero

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She Was a College Beach Volleyball Star. Then She Was Abruptly Kicked Off the Team. The Real Threat to Women's Sports May Be to Blame. -- Maggie Mertens

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Someone in the Administration Is Finally Willing to Tell Donald Trump the Truth. It's a Robot. -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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The One Word Your Chatbot Should Never Say -- Nitish Pahwa

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I Loved Watching These Robots Fall on Their Faces. Then I Realized What Was Actually Happening to Me. -- Rachel Morris

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The Supreme Court's Term-Opening Blockbuster Will Test the Conservative Justices Like No Other Case -- James Goodwin and Daniel Walters

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Slate Mini Crossword for Sept. 30, 2026 -- Quiara Vasquez

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Remember What It Was Like to Have a President Who Actually Reads? -- Laura Miller

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The Blue Tsunami Sets Its Sights on the Texas Governor's Race -- Jim Newell

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He's Scrawny. He's Pathetic. He's Hollywood's Hottest New Breakout. -- Nadira Goffe

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You Want to See the Slimy, Voyeuristic Movie About the Slimy, Voyeuristic Show. You See How This Looks, Right? -- Sam Adams

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After Years, Ryan Murphy's Flagship Show Might Finally Be Worth Watching Again -- J. Bryan Lowder

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true - how to do it - I Had an Unexpectedly Great Sexual Experience. Now I've Got to Figure Out How to Recreate It.

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care and feeding -- My Birth Control Failed and We Decided to Start a Family. Then I Learned About What He Left Behind in Another State.

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pay dirt -- My Dad Kept My Mom Out of the Workforce for Years. The "Opportunities" She's Finding Now Are Bad News.

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dear prudence - I've Been Married for 10 Years. Every Year, One Part Gets Harder.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- My Girlfriend's New Clothes Are Making Her Look Unpolished and Unprofessional

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Jessica Stoya -- My Husband Came Home From a Work Trip With an Unwelcome Development. Now We're Living a Nightmare.

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Carvell Wallace and Nicole Cliffe -- There's One Part of Parenting I Just Can't Bear. I Think I'm Screwing My Kids Up for Life.

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Kristin Wong - My Sister-in-Law Demanded We Give Up Our Expensive Room on Vacation. Her Reasoning Doesn't Hold Up.

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Doree Shafrir -- The Candidates Interviewing to Replace My Boss All Have Something in Common. This Is Fishy!

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Kristin Wong -- My Brother-in-Law Has Been Taking Advantage of Us for Months. But What I Found on My Credit Card Statement Is the Last Straw.

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true - It Was the Essential Home of Supreme Court News. Now It's a Joke. What Happened? How high-stakes poker brought down a pillar of Supreme Court coverage. Jay Willis

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Unfortunately, All of Taylor Swift's Songs About Travis Kelce Continue to Be Terrible -- Carl Wilson -- Taylor Swift's new songs promise an Encore, but they're really a bunch of repeats.

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The Revenge Of The Comment Section

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Something Strange Is Happening to Fruits Across the Produce Aisle. Consumers Should Choose Carefully. -- Chason Gordon -- This brave new world isn't all it's cracked up to be.

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Slate SoundBites for September 30, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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Slate Pears Game 411: Sept. 29, 2026

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Slate Crossword: Element Whose Symbol Doesn't Share Any Letters With Its Name (Four Letters) -- Quiara Vasquez

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true - The "Cornell Seven" Rape Case Has Ignited the Country. Let's Talk About What We're Actually Talking About Here. Jill Filipovic

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Slate SoundBites for September 29, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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true - Kamala Harris Is Quietly Reaching Out to the Voters She Thought She Didn't Need in 2024. They're Listening—Carefully. Aymann Ismail - Kamala Harris' return to Michigan this week was telling.

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The Cheap Money Era Isn't Coming Back -- What Next

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The Logo for Which Automaker Features a Horizontal Lightning Bolt, Cutting Through a Circle? -- Ray Hamel

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To Which of His Six Wives Was King Henry VIII Married for the Longest Time? Ray Hamel

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