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They're the Most Annoying Creatures on the Planet. We're Not Ready for What They're Going to Unleash on America. -- Marianne Dhenin

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How the Legal Mastermind of Trump's Most Damaging Policies Stays Anonymous -- Christopher Lewis

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Trump's "Historic Breakthrough" in Gaza Sure Was Short-Lived -- Fred Kaplan

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Republicans' Glee Over Graham Platner Has Caught Up With Them -- Jill Filipovic

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The GOP Thinks Relitigating the Pandemic Will Help Them in the Midterms. They Might Have One Small Point Here. Molly Olmstead

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My Girlfriend and I Planned an Experiment in Bed. Now We Both Feel Incredibly Sorry. I Did Something Very Aggressive to My Girlfriend in Bed. It Did Not Go Well. My Girlfriend and I Planned an Experiment in Bed. It Felt Very, Very Wrong. document.getElementById('cmset15kv001lx0kta1enyalh@published') .querySelectorAll('span[data-promoline-variant]') [Math.floor(Math.random() * 3)].hidden = false - I Did Something Very Aggressive to My Girlfriend in Bed. It Did Not Go Well. How to Do It

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Conservatives Perfected the Ideal Legal Tactic. It's Time for Liberals to Use It. -- Mark Joseph Stern

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We Faced Down Trump's Secret Police in Minneapolis. Here's How We Did It. -- Brandon Sigüenza

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Their Loved Ones Died to Give Us the Voting Rights Act. They Have a Message for the Supreme Court. -- Shirin Ali

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Tony Ho Tran - My Brother Is Having an Affair. I've Gotten Perhaps ... Too Involved.

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true - As a Classicist, I've Defended Emily Wilson's Odyssey Translation. I Can't Defend Her Review of Nolan's Movie. Theo Nash - Emily Wilson used baffling arguments to flay Christopher Nolan's adaptation of Homer's poem.

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The Internet Is Turning Women's Health Into Clickbait -- ICYMI

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An Acclaimed Novelist's New Book Is Supposedly a "Literary Assassination" of Natalie Portman. I've Read It. It's Something Much Weirder. -- Laura Miller

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Netflix's New No. 1 Show Is a Must-Watch for a Certain Type of Person. I'm Not So Sure It Should Be. -- Scaachi Koul

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true - Democrats Have Been Stuck on the Same Question for 10 Years. This Year's Biggest Primary Could Finally Give Them the Answer. Jim Newell - We've seen this movie before.

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