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Democrats, I'm Giving You Permission to Do the One Thing We've Avoided Doing for 18 Years -- Scaachi Koul

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He's the Scapegoat of the Right. I Spent Election Night With Him. It Was a Surreal Trip. -- Luke Winkie

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What the Democratic Victory in the Midterms Means for Abortion Rights -- Mary Ziegler

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Hegseth Should Be Sweating Right Now -- Fred Kaplan

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Our Democracy Was Hanging by a Thread. Here's the Real Reason It Held. -- Richard L. Hasen

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Maine Has Finally Had Enough of Susan Collins -- Jill Filipovic

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America's First Muslim Senator. The Senate's First Openly Gay Man. All the Ways Dems Just Made History. -- Shirin Ali

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Fox News Showed the Conservative Reaction to the Election in Real Time. Oof. -- Molly Olmstead

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Few 2026 Election Outcomes Were More Satisfying Than This One -- Nitish Pahwa

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"The Biggest Ass-Kicking Since Watergate": Slatesters Debrief About the Blue Tsunami -- Slate Staff

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Trump Has Brutalized Blue States in His Second Term. There's a Way for Democrats to Fight Back. -- Frank Bowman

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He Was the Greatest Boxer of All Time. Amazon's New Show Captures That Magic. -- Franklin Schneider

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On a Recent Night Out With My Single Friends, I Realized They All Have a Skill I Don't. I'm Doomed. -- Unhinged

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Buried in Spam? There's a Hidden Trick in Gmail to Make Your Inbox Less Chaotic. -- Shannon Palus

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The Death of the Two-Week Notice -- Maggie Lange

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When My Husband Got Laid Off, His Parents Came to the Rescue. I Seriously Wish They Hadn't. -- Good Job

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CARE AND FEEDING -- I'm a Totally Competent Parent. If Only I Could Get My Husband to Agree.

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dear prudence - My Husband Read a Popular Romantasy Book. It's Brought Us Closer Together.

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pay dirt -- My Dad Has Made Me a Lifesaving Offer. But There's a Big Catch.

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how to do it -- One Night, a Woman Blew My Mind in the Bedroom in a Very Specific Way. I've Been Trying to Recreate It Ever Since.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- My Mother Walked Out of My Life When I Was 4. Now She's Back With an Absurd Attitude.

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Rich Juzwiak -- My Spouse Does Something Really Uncomfortable After I Orgasm. It's a Turn-Off.

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Nicole Chung -- When My Son Told Me His Friend Has a Crush on Him, My Stomach Dropped. I'm Not Sure What This Says About Me.

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Kristin Wong -- I Just Realized My Wife Is the Worst Kind of Tipper. I'm Mortified.

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Doree Shafrir -- We Own a Restaurant. A Server Made a Massive Mistake During Rush Hour. The Fallout Was Hard to Watch.

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true - She Wrote a Short Story for a Random Website. Now It's One of the Most Talked-About Movies of the Fall. Rebecca Onion - An interview with "Wicker" author Ursula Wills about the origin of the story, the changes from the source material, and what Skarsgård is like in person.

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Politicians Tried to Get Macklemore Banned From His London Show. It Went Ahead—and I Almost Couldn't Believe What I Saw. -- Imogen West-Knights

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Forty Years Ago, Paul Simon Released a Record That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed. -- Hit Parade

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The Mega-Rich Backlash Has Claimed Its Latest Victim. I Never Thought It Would Be Her. J. Bryan Lowder - Her brand of vaguely attainable homemaking makes it easy to forget who she really is. Then we saw her costume.

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Slate Crossword: Democrat James Who Just Flipped a Senate Seat in Texas!?!? (Eight Letters) -- Quiara Vasquez

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Slate SoundBites for November 4, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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Slate Mini Crossword for Nov. 4, 2026 -- Kaitlin Hsu

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true - We Already Know How America Voted in One Important Contest. Unfortunately, the Wrong Woman Lost. Heather Schwedel

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true - The Great Democratic Catharsis Is Upon Us - Jim Newell - For a decade, Democrats have seen their dreams dashed repeatedly. On Tuesday, they finally came true.

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Supreme Court Leaning Yes on Publicly Financed Discrimination Against 4-Year-Olds -- Madiba K. Dennie

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Who Solved the Riddle of the Intricate Gordian Knot by Cutting It With a Sword? Ray Hamel

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true - Democrats' Blue Wave Could Get Even Bigger - Ian Prasad Philbrick

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