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How Good Are Things Looking for Kamala Harris, Really?

Tweet Share Share Comment Welcome to  How Bad Is This, Really? —or maybe this time we should call it How Good Is This,...

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A Very Quick but Completely Authoritative Guide to the Kamala Harris Veepstatkes

Tweet Share Share Comment Very slowly and then all at once, Joe Biden got out of the presidential race. In a Sunday afternoon...

22.07.2024 40

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Kamala Harris Could Probably Wrap This Thing Up Pretty Quickly

Tweet Share Share Comment Heading into the weekend, there seem to be few remaining obstacles to Joe Biden stepping down from the...

19.07.2024 3

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Biden Got Three Weeks to Maintain His Dignity. Now It’s Time to Get On With It.

Tweet Share Share Comment Looks like it’s all over but the shouting. The question is, how much shouting is there going to be?...

18.07.2024 5

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The Election Forecast That Team Biden Likes Is Just a Ticking Time Bomb

Tweet Share Share Comment Something strange is going on in Poll World. Simply put, FiveThirtyEight’s model gives Joe Biden a...

18.07.2024 10

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The Biden Age Question Is More Urgent Now, Not Less

Tweet Share Share Comment On Saturday, what was already one of the more unusual presidential elections in U.S. history took...

15.07.2024 3

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J.D. Vance Might Become Trump’s VP. But His Ascent Looks All Too Similar to Someone Else.

12.07.2024 5

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Good News! There’s Still Plenty of Time for Joe Biden to Prove That He Should Definitely Drop Out.

Tweet Share Share Comment Welcome to  How Bad Is This, Really? , a recurring feature in which we take the temperature of...

10.07.2024 20

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The Fundamental Problem With Biden’s Defenses

Tweet Share Share Comment Over the weekend, several more mainstream (i.e., nonleftist) elected Democrats said that they are...

09.07.2024 9

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Even the Bright Side for Biden Isn’t Very Good News

Welcome back to the Surge, Slate’s guide to the most notable figures of the week in politics. I’m Ben Mathis-Lilley, filling in for Jim Newell,...

06.07.2024 10

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Joe Biden Doesn’t Seem to Realize How Much Trouble He’s In

Tweet Share Share Comment Heading into the weekend, Joe Biden’s political standing is not great. The Washington Post reported...

06.07.2024 10

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Democrats Keep Saying “Democracy Is on the Ballot.” Here’s How They Could Act Like It.

Tweet Share Share Comment There are a lot of pundits and reporters and sources out there speculating about what an open...

03.07.2024 6

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The Democratic Party’s Biden Talking Points Are Cruel and Tragic

Tweet Share Share Comment Last Thursday, 81-year-old president Joe Biden responded to one of the first questions at his debate...

02.07.2024 10

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Biden Has Landed on His Justification for Staying in the Race

Tweet Share Share Comment Hey, how was everyone’s Thursday night? Things didn’t go so well for President Joe Biden or the...

28.06.2024 3

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So, Just How Bad Was the Debate? Are You Sitting Down?

Tweet Share Share Comment Welcome to  How Bad Is This, Really? , a recurring feature in which we take the temperature of...

28.06.2024 8

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A GOP Lawmaker Was Arrested After Chasing a Stripper With a Gun in the Middle of the Night

Tweet Share Share Comment On Wednesday, no less credible a source than Slate.com announced that Lansing, Michigan, is the most...

21.06.2024 10

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Police Departments Have Shrunk. Crime Is Plummeting. Now What?

Tweet Share Share Comment In late May, Politico ran an article with the trollish headline “White House to the left: We told...

20.06.2024 8

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The Biden and Trump Campaigns Just Offered a Fun (Excruciating) Preview of the Next Five Months

Tweet Share Share Comment Fascinating and important stuff in presidential politics this weekend as the Joe Biden and Donald...

17.06.2024 6

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I’m Wading Into a Political-Media-Bro Debate About Joe Biden to Set the Record Straight

Tweet Share Share Comment It all started, as the most exciting moments in Western thought tend to do, with a provocative but...

13.06.2024 9

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Left-Wing Group Chats Share a Secret About Trump. It’s a Big Part of His Appeal.

Tweet Share Share Comment Welcome to  How Bad Is This, Really? , a recurring feature in which we take the temperature of...

12.06.2024 10

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Steve Bannon Could Have Gone to Jail for Many Things, but He’s Finally Going for One of Them

Tweet Share Share Comment Longtime Donald Trump adviser and right-wing media figure Steve Bannon is going to jail, sources...

07.06.2024 30

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Jared Kushner Is Back—and His New Endeavor Could Not Be More On-Brand

Tweet Share Share Comment For a political leader obsessed with flags, national greatness rhetoric, and other expressions of...

06.06.2024 5

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Postconviction Trump Polls Deliver Resounding Verdict of “Check Again Later”

Tweet Share Share Comment A big question is looming after Donald Trump’s felony conviction in a scheme to hide hush money...

04.06.2024 30

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OK, the Right Does Have a Good Point About Donald Trump Here

Tweet Share Share Comment One of the right’s most common rhetorical responses to the prosecutions of Donald Trump has been to...

31.05.2024 10

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Area Man Writes Weird Letter to Congress Blaming Wife for His Problems

30.05.2024 7

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Something About Trump’s Polling Numbers Doesn’t Add Up

Tweet Share Share Comment Welcome to  How Bad Is This, Really? , a recurring feature in which we take the temperature on...

29.05.2024 20

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Senate Candidate Endorsed by Minnesota Republican Party Sure Has Some Opinions About Jews

Tweet Share Share Comment During the recent Republican-led congressional hearings about arguably antisemitic slogans used by...

24.05.2024 10

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Let’s Catch Up on How Trump’s Vice Presidential Candidates Are Humiliating Themselves

Tweet Share Share Comment Donald Trump needs to pick a vice presidential candidate soon. The Republican National Convention in...

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Evidence Is Building That Samuel Alito’s Brain Is Filled to the Brim With Right-Wing Internet Chum

Tweet Share Share Comment Last week, the New York Times broke the news that there was an upside-down American flag flying...

21.05.2024 50

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Supreme Court Justice Shares Relatable Tale of Signaling Trump Coup Support to Get Back at Neighbor

Tweet Share Share Comment On Thursday night, the New York Times reported—with photo evidence—that an upside-down American flag was flown...

17.05.2024 30

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Fox News Has a Liberal Even Sean Hannity Loves. She’s Better at Her Job Than Anyone Might Realize.

15.05.2024 60

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How Bad Are Biden’s Polling Numbers Right Now? Are You Sitting Down?

15.05.2024 40

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The Story About a Worm Eating RFK Jr.’s Brain Is Not All Fun and Games

Tweet Share Share Comment This is  Totally Normal Quote of the Day , a feature highlighting a statement from the news that exemplifies just  how...

11.05.2024 30

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Enjoy This Tale of a Low-Stakes Campus Screwup That Has Nothing to Do With the Middle East

08.05.2024 10

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Yes, There’s Another “Wife Guy” Bribery Scandal for Democrats

Tweet Share Share Comment It’s gotten buried a bit underneath news about the negotiations over a cease-fire in Gaza, the related protests on U.S....

07.05.2024 30

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Even Donald Trump Doesn’t Know What He Created in One MAGA Swamp. I Went to See It for Myself.

At 2 p.m. in the basement of the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, the mood was distrustful, the air was humid with human moistness, and the disagreements over...

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So, What Was the Guy Behind 2020 “Stolen Election” Theories in Georgia Up to With Guests in His Bathroom?

Tweet Share Share Comment Where do allegations of election fraud originate? The answer can usually be narrowed down to “a...

02.05.2024 30

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Five Escaped Horses Rampaged Through Central London for Two Hours This Morning, By the Way

Tweet Share Share Comment Five military horses being prepared for participation in a ceremonial event ran wild in central London...

24.04.2024 20

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The Richest Man in Pennsylvania Is Not Having a Good Month

Tweet Share Share Comment Every so often, a guy comes along who is all of a sudden everywhere—a zeitguy, if you will. In 2024...

22.04.2024 20

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Donald Trump and Mike Johnson Are Teaming Up on a Fantasy Bill for a Fantasy Problem

Tweet Share Share Comment On Friday at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and House...

15.04.2024 10

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Epidemic of Bozo Behavior Strikes Republican Senate Candidates Who Were Supposed to Be Boring

Tweet Share Share Comment The story of 2022’s Senate races was that Republicans—at Donald Trump’s urging—botched several...

10.04.2024 5

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Trump Announces New Abortion Position of Not Wanting to Really Take a Position on Abortion

Tweet Share Share Comment As president, Donald Trump appointed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Barrett then became the...

08.04.2024 5

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The Problem With Donald Trump’s Latest Escape Hatch

Welcome back to the Surge, Slate’s Saturday-morning rundown of the most impactful and/or hugely embarrassing figures from the week in politics....

30.03.2024 30

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With Gold-Bar Bribery Trial Set to Begin Soon, Bob Menendez Has a Bold New Strategy

Tweet Share Share Comment When Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was charged in September with accepting a big sack of...

22.03.2024 10

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Trump Got What He Wanted in the Ohio Senate Primary. But It’s Still Complicated.

Tweet Share Share Comment Heading into the Ohio Republican Senate primary on Tuesday, there was some rumbling and grumbling in...

20.03.2024 10

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A Brief Explanation of the “Adult Friend Finder” Story That Is Rocking the Ohio Senate Race

Tweet Share Share Comment Things have gotten weird and wild in Ohio’s Republican Senate primary with the publication of an...

16.03.2024 10

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A Scientific Breakdown of Exactly How Old Joe Biden Seemed at the State of the Union

Tweet Share Share Comment Heading into Thursday night’s State of the Union address, there were a number of topics that...

08.03.2024 10

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Until the Bitter End, Nikki Haley Tries to Have It Both Ways

Tweet Share Share Comment Despite surging to a 4-point victory in Vermont’s primary, Republican presidential aspirant Nikki...

06.03.2024 20

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Michigan’s Unhinged GOP Infighting Has Escalated

Tweet Share Share Comment When last we spoke about the Michigan Republican Party, a faction led by election truther and Trump...

29.02.2024 6

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Why Nikki Haley Hasn’t Dropped Out—Despite What’s Coming in South Carolina

Tweet Share Share Comment For Republicans, election results have become fungible. Losing a race but refusing to admit that...

24.02.2024 10

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