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Pro-Trump extremists need a new home after the Great Deplatforming.

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The last time we had a national debate over treason, the Confederates got away scot-free.

Phil Spector Transformed Pop Music and Destroyed Lives

Giuliani Won’t Represent Trump at Impeachment Trial After All

FBI Investigating if Capitol Rioter Stole Laptop From Pelosi’s Office to Sell to Russia

So Many People Are Dying of COVID-19 That L.A. County Suspended Cremation Limits

Capitol Siege

Fox News Can Barely Admit the Capitol Riot Is a Story

The End

Trump Ready to Issue 100 Pardons, Commutations Before Leaving Office

Kayleigh McEnany Leaves White House a Few Days Early

Work

What to Do (Even Now) if You’re Stuck in a Job You Hate

Russia

Opposition Leader Navalny Calls for Protests After Court-Ordered Detention

Care and Feeding

Our Daughter Has Named Her Black Baby Doll “Night”

New president. New court. We’re ready for what’s next.

My Friend Is Plotting to Steal My Hot, Charcuterie-Slinging Lover

Tom Brady vs. Aaron Rodgers Is All in Our Heads

Books

The Deranged Tale of an Antifa Protester, a Lusty Congresswoman, and a Day I’ll Never Get Back

The Stories George Saunders Thinks Every Aspiring Writer Should Read

Shattering the Most Enduring Myths About Sylvia Plath

I’ve never heard his voice or seen a picture of him, but I’m attracted to him.

Help! My Husband Won’t Let Me Go a Day Without Makeup.

Podcast Episode Help! I Think I’m Trans and Want to Surprise My Husband With the News.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Mother-in-Law Who Only Wants Money

Help! Is It Crazy to Leave a Marriage That’s Mostly OK?

My In-Laws Gifted My Daughter a Stuffed Dead Rabbit. She Loves It.

Tom Brady vs. Aaron Rodgers Is All in Our Heads

So Many People Are Dying of COVID-19 That L.A. County Suspended Cremation Limits

Giuliani Won’t Represent Trump at Impeachment Trial After All

Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Calls for Protests After Court-Ordered Detention

FBI Vets all National Guard Troops in D.C. for Inauguration Amid Fears of Insider Attack

Dear Care and Feeding: Our Daughter Has Named Her Black Baby Doll “Night”

Giuliani Won’t Represent Trump at Impeachment Trial After All

Karl Rove: Trump More Likely to Be Convicted if Giuliani Defends Him in Impeachment Trial

Phil Spector Transformed Pop Music and Destroyed Lives

Trump Allies Reportedly Collecting Lots of Cash From People Seeking Pardons

The Casual Marvel Fan’s Guide to WandaVision

Tom Brady vs. Aaron Rodgers Is All in Our Heads

How Teaching Writing Makes Jonathan Lethem’s Own Writing Better

Phil Spector Transformed Pop Music and Destroyed Lives

The Golf World Hardly Deserves Praise for “Breaking” With Trump

How to Make Pancakes Like a Flipping Pro

The Deranged Tale of an Antifa Protester, a Lusty Liberal Congresswoman, and a Day I’ll Never Get Back

Where MAGA Insurrectionists and QAnon Followers Will Post Now

Should Oil and Gas Be Treated Like Nuclear Weapons?

Future Tense Newsletter: Welcome to the Great Deplatforming

Black Doctors Explain How to Overcome Reluctance Toward the COVID Vaccine

What It Was Like to Wait in Line at Brooklyn Army Terminal, Hoping for a Vaccine

The Biden Administration Needs to Invest in Early-Stage Climate-Friendly Energy Tech

To Celebrate Wikipedia’s 20th Birthday, Try Editing It

When My Maternity Ward Became a COVID ICU

How to Give a Good Shot

Dear Care and Feeding: Our Daughter Has Named Her Black Baby Doll “Night”

My Friend Is Plotting to Steal My Hot, Charcuterie-Slinging Lover

What to Do (Even Now) if You’re Stuck in a Job You Hate

My Body, Er, Strongly Disagrees With My Favorite Sex Act

Help! My Husband Won’t Let Me Go a Day Without Makeup.

Dear Care and Feeding: My In-Laws Gifted My Daughter a Stuffed Dead Rabbit. She Loves It.

Reconstruction Offers No Easy Answers for How to Handle the Trump Insurgency

Giuliani Won’t Represent Trump at Impeachment Trial After All

Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Calls for Protests After Court-Ordered Detention

FBI Vets all National Guard Troops in D.C. for Inauguration Amid Fears of Insider Attack

FBI Investigating if Capitol Rioter Stole Laptop From Pelosi’s Office to Sell to Russia

Trump Ready to Issue 100 Pardons, Commutations Before Leaving Office

Trump Allies Reportedly Collecting Lots of Cash From People Seeking Pardons

So Many People Are Dying of COVID-19 That L.A. County Suspended Cremation Limits

We Need to Talk About Your Ad Blocker

Want to Block Ads But Still Support Slate?

Help! I Think I’m Trans and Want to Surprise My Husband With the News.