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The Real Reason Talks Between the U.S. and Russia Are Going Nowhere - Fred Kaplan

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I Thought It Was Urgent, Timely, Ripped From the Headlines. It Was a Remake. -- Bilge Ebiri

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Republicans Thought Charlie Kirk's Death Would Spark a Conservative Revival. They Got Something Else Entirely. -- Luke Winkie

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Democrats Are Ending the Year on a Particularly Dumb Note -- Shirin Ali

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It May Not Be a Traditional Christmas Dish. But Trust Me, It's What You Want on Your Table This Year. -- Hillary Frey

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The Democrats Had One Huge Shutdown Win. Trump Tried to Thwart It. He Just Failed. -- Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

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The Dangerous Message Hiding in Karoline Leavitt's Face -- Megan Burbank

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Trump Now Shares One More Thing in Common With History's Worst Dictators -- Paul Finkelman

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Sydney Sweeney Has Found Quite a Way to End Her Weird Year -- Heather Schwedel

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We've All Been Overthinking Christmas Dinner - Danny Palumbo - The best—and easiest—menu has been right there all along.

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Are You Putting These No-Nos in Your Christmas Cookies? You'd Better Check Twice. -- Danny Palumbo

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One of the Oldest Christmas Traditions Has Outlived Its Value. Toss It, and Join Me in the Glittering Yuletide Future. -- N.C. Stevens

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How Starbucks Came Undone - Steffi Cao

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It Used to Be the Coolest Band in the World. How Did It Get So Cringe? -- Luke Winkie -- Watching the set at the Knockdown Center, I became aware that my favorite band had become unfathomably lame.

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The Major Oscar Contender That Left Me Almost As Cold As a Nordic Winter -- Justin Chang

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true - Moviegoing Has Split Into Two Miserable, Opposite Experiences. It's a Problem. Rebecca Onion

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The Radical Power of Assuming Good Faith -- David Plotz

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The Horniest Show on TV Actually Has a Weirdly Conservative Message. Don't Fall for It. -- Jim Downs -- Why do we keep skating in circles?

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Slate Mini Crossword for Dec. 22, 2025 -- Kavin Pawittranon

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Slate Crossword: Alanis Morissette Sang About It ... Kind Of ... (Five Letters) -- Nate Cardin

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Amtrak Supposedly Just Committed a Cardinal Sin Against Gay Passengers. I'm Not So Sure. -- Lawrence Costa

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true - She's Married to the Architect of Trump's Darkest Policies. She Wants America to Love Her. It's Not Going Well. Tess Owen - I spent a month in her head. I was surprised by what I found.

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