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We Finally Know Why Trump Has Tried So Hard to Hide the Epstein Files - Jill Filipovic

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Elon Musk's Future May Depend on the Midterms - For Elon Musk, the Midterms Are Personal - Why Elon Musk Is Spending an Eye-Popping Amount of Money on the Midterms - Elon Musk Has a Lot to Lose if the Midterms Don't Go His Way - document.getElementById('cmvr2868p000g3b7f6f0869qg@published') .querySelectorAll('span[data-promoline-variant]') [Math.floor(Math.random() * 4)].hidden = false - For Elon Musk, the Midterms Are Personal - Fred Kaplan

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Taika Waititi Adapted a Strange and Beautiful Novel. The Result Is Shaping Up to Be a Legendary Bomb. -- Laura Miller

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The Democrats Need a Daddy. I Know Exactly Who It Should Be. -- Scaachi Koul

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Unfortunately, I Must Hand It to the Trump Administration in This One Instance -- Alex Kirshner

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Why Republicans Find It So Easy to Defend Child Sex Offenders Like the Man Who Raped Amy Acton -- Dale Margolin Cecka

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What if Vivek Ramaswamy Just Ruined Everything for the GOP? -- Jim Newell

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Elizabeth Holmes Is a Fraudster. It's Astonishing What You Can See Everything Makes of Her. -- Shannon Palus

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The Far Right Lost a Foreign Election and MAGA Sees Only One Solution -- Molly Olmstead

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I Trained Myself to Go Faster During Sex. It's Massively Backfiring. -- Jessica Stoya

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If You Hate Your Birth Control, There's a New Option That Might Be Worth Considering -- Mia Armstrong-López

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Women Are Clamoring for More Exciting, Vivacious Men. Well, I Met One. It Sucked. -- Alley Horn

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One of the Original Wife Guys Really Seems to Have Cheated on His Wife. Let Me Explain Why Everyone Is Rejoicing. -- Scaachi Koul

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My Wife and I Split Up a Few Months Ago. But People Have Told Us That the Way We're Acting Is Bizarre. -- Dear Prudence

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care and feeding -- Every Time Our Daughter Misbehaves, My Wife Pulls Out Her Phone. Then She Makes an Evil Threat.

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dear prudence -- My Uncle Gravely Offended a Friend at My Wedding. What Happened Next Is One for the History Books.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris - My New Girlfriend's Sister Is Telling an Atrocious Lie About Me. I'm Worried About What Will Come Next.

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Jessica Stoya -- I Asked My Husband to Stop Doing Something in Bed. Then He Completely Broke My Trust.

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Jamilah Lemieux and Doyin Richards -- My Ex-Husband Just Died. My Kids Can Never Know How I Really Feel.

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Ilyce Glink -- My Niece Found the Perfect Wedding Dress. Her Mom Is Having a Huge Fit.

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Doree Shafrir -- My Boss Keeps Making the Same Complaint About My Face

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true - Joe Biden's Worst Decision Is Even More Stunning When You Know How He Made It - Kamala Harris' own role is not what she implies. Aymann Ismail

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In Iowa, the Future of American Politics Is Happening Right Now -- Win or lose, these two candidates for governor represent the future of their parties. -- Ben Jacobs

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Who Should Be the Next James Bond? There's a Boring Answer—and That's Why It's the Right One. -- Jenny G. Zhang -- The hunt for the new 007 is reportedly down to just four actors. There's an obvious choice.

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The Best SNL Sketch in a Long Time Just Aired—in the U.K. Nadira Goffe

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One Literary Giant Is Rarely Associated With His Homeland. Make No Mistake: He's the Most Influential American Writer of All. -- Laura Miller

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I'm Begging Matthew McConaughey to Go Back to What He Does Best -- Nadira Goffe

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You Can See Everything's Final Shot Reveals What It's Been About All Along -- Sam Adams

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I Made the Elizabeth Holmes Eggs. I Have to Side With Billy on This One. -- Brian VanHooker -- For Elizabeth's version, I weakly turned the eggs in the bowl with the stunned limpness of someone facing a looming prison sentence.

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Slate Crossword: Ironic Day to Enjoy a Caesar Salad, Perhaps (11 Letters) -- Quiara Vasquez

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true - Did Melania Trump Just Humiliate Her Husband on Purpose? It's Probably Even Pettier Than That. Heather Schwedel

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true - What's the Matter With Minnesota? Jim Newell - A state that was expected to be an easy win for Democrats is proving quite difficult.

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In Music, Which Is the Relative Minor of the Key of A Major? -- Ray Hamel

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Trump Slashed Healthcare. Is It Payback Time? -- What Next

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One Justice Made a Startling Admission About the Supreme Court -- Dahlia Lithwick

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