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Friday, December 12, 2025 5:45 AM ET

Slate - Top Stories

Trump's Venezuelan Oil Tanker Seizure May Not Be What It Seems -- Fred Kaplan

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South Park's Season Finale Brings President Trump One Last Surprise -- David Mack

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His Mom Got Deported. Then He Went Viral. -- Mary Harris

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Today's Free Read: An Almost-Three-Hour French Lunch - Rachael Levy

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Slate Mini Crossword for Dec. 11, 2025 - Nijah Morris

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The Most Cynical Ploy to Win a Trump Supreme Court Appointment Yet -- Shirin Ali

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We Seem to Have the Supreme Court's Originalism Fail of the Term -- Brian Frazelle

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One Senate Primary Just Got a Lot More Interesting—and Poses Big Questions for Democrats' Future -- Jill Filipovic

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The Unlikely State Where Democrats Could Turn U.S. Politics on Its Head -- Michael Boyle

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It May Be the Literal Key to Human Destiny. Under Trump, It's the Greatest Disaster It's Ever Been. -- Joel Achenbach

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Experts Say It's the Key to a Well-Adjusted Child. I Tried for Years. This Holiday Season, I Encourage You to Give Up. -- Rebecca Onion

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I'm Liberating My Family From the Most Excruciating Holiday Tradition of All. I Invite You to Join Me. -- Jenée Desmond-Harris

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I've Been Forced Into Helping With a Holiday "Competition" at Work. It Doesn't Get More Ridiculous Than This. -- advice by laura helmuth

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Nicole Chung -- My Kid Brother Insists He's "Fine" After the Traumatic Experience Our Parents Forced Him Through. I'm Not So Sure.

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true - Kristin Wong - My Stepsiblings Are Jealous of My Wealth and "Lifestyle." Even Though They Know Its Sad Origin.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- Help! My Friend Spent Years Complaining About the Moms in Her Life. Well, Now I'm One of Those Women.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris and Lizzie O'Leary -- Help! My Kid's Beloved Nanny Was Just Arrested for a Horrific Crime. I'm Speechless.

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Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak -- My Friends Keep Trying to Set Me Up on Dates. I Don't Know How to Tell Them I've Been Lying for Years.

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Nicole Chung -- I Want to Invite My Sister, Her Guys, and Their Kids to Visit for the Holidays. But My Parents Have Issued a Big Threat.

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Kristin Wong - I'm Not Mad at My Husband for Losing His Job. It's Everything That's Come After That Infuriates Me.

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Laura Helmuth -- Everyone Agrees Our Boss' Behavior Is Unacceptable. It's What They Do About It That Infuriates Me.

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The Sexy Hockey Show People Are Going Wild for Really Is That Hot - David Mack and Angelina Mazza - Heated Rivalry, an adaptation of the bestselling novel, does not hold back.

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true - It's Supposed to Be Fox News' Answer to The Sopranos or Mad Men. I Watched It—and Scratched My Head. Nitish Pahwa

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The 10 Best Movies of 2025 -- Dana Stevens

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Shopping on Etsy Sucks Now -- ICYMI

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Jay Kelly Gets European Trains All Wrong -- Culture Gabfest

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A Controversial Legal Process Turned This Family's Tragedy Into a Nightmare—and It's More Common Than You Think - Ariella Steinhorn - It's a case that reveals the tragedies of guardianship: the loss of loved ones, painful legal battles, and so many impossible decisions.

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true - CNN Is Letting Betting Markets Rewrite the 2026 Election Narrative - Alex Kirshner

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Money Talks: The End of Internet Optimism -- Slate Money

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He Made a Perfectly Legal Tool to Fight ICE. The Government Shut It Down. -- Nitish Pahwa

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You Should Be Rooting for Donald Trump to Kill Netflix's Deal to Buy Warner Bros. -- Andrew Harding

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The Netflix Takeover -- Slate Money

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Ready for Chatbot Canvassers? Lizzie O'Leary

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true - We've Heard a Lot About RFK Jr.'s Affair With Olivia Nuzzi. There's One Big Thing the Conversation Is Missing. Christina Cauterucci - Seems kind of obvious once you realize what it is.

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Slate Pears Game 117: Dec. 11, 2025

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Slate Crossword: Builder of the OG Cruise Ship (Four Letters) -- Nancy Serrano-Wu

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Slate Pears Game 116: Dec. 10, 2025

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Slate Mini Crossword for Dec. 10, 2025 -- Kiran Pandey

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true - These Babies Are Among the Bravest Supreme Court Litigants and They Don't Even Know It - Shirin Ali - Three babies born in the last several months don't know it yet, but they are on their way to making history.

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Not China, Not Russia: Our Most Threatening Enemy is...Europe? -- Political Gabfest

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How Many Triangular Faces Does a Hexagonal Bipyramid Have? -- Ray Hamel

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true - Could Minnesota Really, Actually Make This Guy the Next Governor? Molly Olmstead

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