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What Is Don McGahn Thinking?

Sacha Baron Cohen Isn’t Preying on Conservative Politeness. He’s Revealing Conservative Fear.

Don McGahn Has Not Turned on Trump in the Mueller Investigation

“Truth Isn’t Truth!” Giuliani Articulates Trump’s Problem With Facts on Meet the Press.

The Future

Cracked Smartphone Screens Will Soon Become a Thing of the Past

SNL

An Open Letter to Ivanka Trump About That “Complicit” Sketch Omarosa Says She Hates So Much

Sports

The Walk-Off Balk Is Actually a Great Way to Lose a Baseball Game

Dwyane Wade Chides Jimmy Butler for Comment on Gabrielle Union’s Instagram and Using Caps

Real Estate

Is California Deteriorating Into a Feudal Society of Inherited Land Wealth?

Introducing Slate’s LGBTQ podcast, Outward.

*Checks Notes* Was the Perfect Trump-Era Twitter Joke

Sorry to Bother You Director Boots Riley Has a Blistering Critique of Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman

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It’s Time to Forgive The Joy Luck Club

Omarosa Laid a Series of Traps for the White House, and They’re Starting to Go Off

Why Aretha Franklin’s Voice Surpassed All Others, in Both Talent and Influence

“My husband says this is inappropriate for a married woman.”

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Smart One

Help! My Grandma Had an Ugly Photo of Our Wedding Framed. Can I Replace It?

Help! My Soon-to-Be Ex Wants Me to Be Friends With His Mistress.

Help! My Boyfriend Insists He’s 6 Feet Tall. He’s Not.

Harvey Weinstein Accuser Asia Argento Agreed to Pay $380,0000 to an Actor Who Accused Her of Sexual Assault

Battle of Achelous, in This Week’s Open Thread

Crazy Rich Asians Gets $34 Million Richer, Wins the Weekend Box Office

Don McGahn Has Not Turned on Trump

Terence Nash Introduces an Exciting New Reparations App to a Very Unhappy Audience of Technology Journalists in This Random Acts of Flyness Sketch

Former Houston Doctor Who Raped Sedated Patient Will Not Serve Prison Time

What John Dean Has to Say About the NYT’s Blockbuster Don McGahn Story

An Open Letter to Ivanka Trump About That “Complicit” Saturday Night Live Sketch She Apparently Hates So Much

“Truth Isn’t Truth!”: Rudy Giuliani Puts Trump’s Problem With Facts Into Words

Cracked Smartphone Screens Are About to Become a Thing of the Past

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A Guide to Crazy Rich Asians’ Many Cameos, Homages, and Easter Eggs

Harvey Weinstein Accuser Asia Argento Agreed to Pay $380,0000 to an Actor Who Accused Her of Sexual Assault

Crazy Rich Asians Gets $34 Million Richer, Wins the Weekend Box Office

Terence Nash Introduces an Exciting New Reparations App to a Very Unhappy Audience of Technology Journalists in This Random Acts of Flyness Sketch

If You See the National Anthem on Monday Night Football, It Likely Means That Something Terrible Has Happened

Sacha Baron Cohen Isn’t Preying on Conservative Politeness—He’s Revealing Conservative Fear

The Walk-Off Balk Is Actually a Great Way to Lose a Baseball Game

The Other Brains Behind Tesla and SpaceX

Augmented-Reality Ads Are Headed to Your Social Media Feed. Here’s What to Expect.

One Simple Change Apple Could Make to Improve iPhone Chargers

The Unusual Contest That Gives Everyday Cyclists a Chance at Going Pro

For Your Consideration: Eric Trump’s Use of the #Wife Hashtag

Report: DOJ Pressuring Facebook to Break Encryption on Messenger App So It Can Listen to Suspect’s Calls

The Best New Internet Insult Involves Amazon’s Alexa

Cracked Smartphone Screens Are About to Become a Thing of the Past

Can We Give Our 17-Year-Old a Bedtime?

Nearly a Dozen Sleep Masks Later, I’ve Found My Holy Grail

How Muslims Send Tens of Millions of Sheep, Goats, and Cows to Families in Need

The 1945 Book What Men Don’t Like About Women Makes for a Jaw-Dropping Read in 2018

Can I Use an Air Purifier to Clear My Home of Wildfire Smoke?

When Will Everything Stop Smelling Like Poop?

It Is Remarkably Easy to Buy “Spy Pens” if You Were Inclined to Record Secret Conversations at the White House

More Evidence That California Is Deteriorating Into a Feudal Society of Inherited Land Wealth

Elon Musk Needs Sleep

Will the Action Network Make a Billion on Sports Betting or Be a Total Bust?

Trulia Is Building An Encyclopedia of Neighborhoods. What Could Go Wrong?

Why a Company Got to Put its Name on San Francisco’s New Downtown Landmark for a Song

Pipe Down, Cyclists—It’s Totally Fine for Nonbikers to Use the Bike Lane

Ben Carson Ends Obama-Era Efforts to Reduce Housing Segregation

IBM’s Watson Was Supposed to Change the Way We Treat Cancer. Here’s What Happened Instead.

Spy vs. President

Don McGahn Has Not Turned on Trump

Former Houston Doctor Who Raped Sedated Patient Will Not Serve Prison Time

Trump to Relax Rules for Coal-Fired Plants, Likely Leading to Surge in CO2 Emissions

Brennan Considers Legal Action Against Trump After Security Clearance Was Revoked

“Truth Isn’t Truth!”: Rudy Giuliani Puts Trump’s Problem With Facts Into Words

Trump Rages Against Mueller on Twitter: He Makes McCarthy “Look Like a Baby”

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Checks Notes Was the Perfect Trump-Era Twitter Joke