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Disaster for Trump!

Michael J. Stern

The president should be very worried about the National Enquirer’s new immunity deal.

Trump Names Mick Mulvaney as Chief of Staff—Er, “Acting” Chief of Staff

Molly Olmstead

Trump Org. Tried to Overcharge Trump’s Own Inaugural Committee for Hotel Space

Ben Mathis-Lilley

How Penthouse Became a Mouthpiece for the Right

Rebecca Onion

Congress

Congressman Says a “WallCoin” Could Fund Trump’s Border Wall

Aaron Mak

Arizona’s Jon Kyl, Replacement to John McCain, to Resign From Senate

Molly Olmstead

Lame Ducks

Scott Walker Signs Bills Neutering His Democratic Successor

Molly Olmstead

Media

The Weekly Standard’s End Is Terrible News for Conservatism and Journalism

Mark Joseph Stern

Online Shopping

You Should Ignore the “Amazon’s Choice” Label While Holiday Shopping

Shannon Palus

The Conversation Starts Here

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Music Trivia: The Christmas Music Edition

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My Son Is a Disgusting Slob

Care and Feeding

He’s in third grade. His friends are not like this.

Think You’re Smarter Than a What Next Producer?

Ray Hamel

Find out with this week’s news quiz.

Entertainment

Clint Eastwood Shines in The Mule

Keith Phipps

He gives one of his best performances ever (while drug-running and having threesomes).

Cybill Shepherd, Eliza Dushku Say They Were Harassed at CBS

Marissa Martinelli

Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus Think They’re John Lennon Now

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Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Childless Friend

Help! My Neighbor Is Ned Flanders Without the Good Faith.

Dear Prudence Podcast: I Don’t Know How to Help My Addict Friend Anymore

Help! My Co-Workers’ Perfume Makes Me Physically Ill.

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In Roma, Each Object Tells a Story

Inkoo Kang

The stories behind the dog heads, the planes, and more.

Roma Is Finally on Netflix. Is It Still Better to See It in a Theater?

Sam Adams

Music Trivia: The Christmas Music Edition

Chris Molanphy

Cybill Shepherd and Eliza Dushku Reports Illustrate Extent of Problems at CBS

Marissa Martinelli

Imagine the Drake/Kanye Twitter War Is Over With Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande’s Newest Singles

Aja Hoggatt

The Core Female Performances Carry The Favourite

Alexandra Petri and Dana Stevens

The Proposed Super League That Could Upend European Soccer

Ryan O’Hanlon

Technology

How it’s changing us

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Social Media Isn’t Set Up for Grief. It’s Set Up for Profit.

Shannon Palus

Users are getting more comfortable sharing their whole lives, but the platforms are still designed to market around joy.

Court Says It’s Illegal to Resell Songs You Bought on iTunes

Cullen Seltzer

The Government Isn’t Regulating a Deadly Paint Stripper, so Retailers Are Instead

Jamie Smith Hopkins

Congress Is About to Blow Its Chance to Save Net Neutrality

April Glaser

Facebook Plied Me With Hot Chocolate and Platitudes at Its One-Day “Holiday Privacy Store”

Heather Schwedel

How to Watch the Year’s Best Meteor Shower

Aaron Mak

We Need More Academic Conferences About Robots, Love, and Sex

Marina Adshade

Congressman Says a “WallCoin” Could Fund Trump’s Border Wall

Aaron Mak

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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Our Kid’s Letter to Santa This Year Asks for a Sign of His Existence

Carvell Wallace

Is it an adorable attempt at belief or a trap to catch us in a lie?

At the Evangelical #MeToo Summit, Christians Grappled With Just How Deep the Church’s Sexual Misconduct Problems Go

Ruth Graham

Many Parents Like Me Try to Mold Our Disabled Children to Fit Into a Nondisabled World. It Should Be the Other Way Around.

Elizabeth Picciuto

What’s Behind Penthouse’s Confusing Turn Toward the Right?

Rebecca Onion

You Should Ignore the “Amazon’s Choice” Label While Holiday Shopping

Shannon Palus

Birthright Trips Are Down “Sharply” This Winter. It Has Me Thinking About Why I Never Went.

Heather Schwedel

25 Office Secret Santa Gifts Under $25 (That You Can Buy on Amazon)

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Business

Where the money goes

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The Federal Reserve Says Millennials Are Broke. Pew Says Millennials Are Loaded. Which Is It?

Henry Grabar

Why the Uber and Lyft IPOs Won’t Change Much

Henry Grabar

Carnival CEO Arnold Donald Says Cruises Are Getting More Personalized

Seth Stevenson

Why Selfie-Takers Are the Bane of Museum Security Guards

Jordan Weissmann

Hannibal Buress and Marina Franklin Talk Consensual Sex, Chicago, and Stand-Up

Catie Lazarus

What Harvard Business School Can Tell Us About Sheryl Sandberg and Facebook

Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski

Finally, NYC Is Doing Right by Lyft and Uber Drivers

Terri Gerstein

America’s Hottest Housing Debate Is Coming to Oregon

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News & Politics

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Nancy Pelosi Will Be Speaker. That Doesn’t Mean Her Antagonists Lost.

Jim Newell

The real trade-offs of the deal that will make Pelosi speaker again.

Forget Algebra. We Should Teach Our High-Schoolers Complex Decision-Making.

Mike Pesca

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Just Signed Bills Limiting the Power of his Democratic Successor

Molly Olmstead

Trump Names Mick Mulvaney as Chief of Staff—Er, “Acting” Chief of Staff

Molly Olmstead

The Angle: The Unceremonious End of the Weekly Standard

Slate Copy Desk

The Trump Organization Tried to Massively Overcharge Trump’s Own Inaugural Committee for Hotel Space, LOL

Ben Mathis-Lilley

The Weekly Standard’s Dismantling Is Terrible News for Conservatism and Journalism

Mark Joseph Stern