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Trump Is Claiming a Major International Victory. I Come to You With Less Than Shocking News.
16+ hour, 18+ min ago (861+ words) You'll be shocked to hear this, but President Donald Trump doesn't seem to know how to handle the Strait of Hormuz. On Friday morning, Iran declared that the strait was finally reopened for all commercial, nonmilitary ships hoping to traverse…...
Hormuz Blockade: Clever Strategy or Desperate Measure?
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (743+ words) Trump pivots to economic pressure on Iran while clashing with the Pope; a new oral history details a year inside Trump's DHS; and opposition leaders defeat Hungary's autocratic Orb'n in landslide election. This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David…...
She Was a MAGA Darling. She's About to Be Unemployed. Her New Book Isn't Helping.
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (531+ words) Slate It's awkward, then, that the political career Stefanik wanted to fuel by memorializing the 2023/2024 campus politics fights in book form seems to have come crashing to a halt. The once moderate Republican and Harvard grad ('06) had gone full MAGA…...
What If the US and Iran Are Both Losing?
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (112+ words) Iran's got a strait; is the U. S. bluffing? What If the US and Iran Are Both Losing? Does another blockade end the stalemate'or end the ceasefire? Choose your preferred player: For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our…...
There Are So Many Things Wrong With Trump's Two-Week Deadline to Negotiate Peace With Iran
1+ week, 2+ day ago (669+ words) Just 90 minutes before his 8 p. m. ET deadline Tuesday, President Donald Trump called off Armageddon, at least for two weeks'his customary amount of time to delay harsh actions that he has threatened but, it turns out, doesn't really want to take. Both…...
There's One Huge Flaw With TACO and It May Soon Explode in All of Our Faces
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (863+ words) Slate Magazine Welcome to this week's edition of the Surge, Slate's politics newsletter funded by a new toll on the Strait of Hormuz. The new revenue stream will allow us to branch out from the newsletter business and into the…...
The Only Good News is that Trump Didn't Pull the Trigger
1+ week, 1+ day ago (686+ words) U. S. and Iran reach shaky cease-fire as Trump tells Iran its "whole civilization will die; a disturbing article examines how "Groypers now pervade Republican politics; and Texas considers mandatory school reading lists with Bible passages. Here are some notes and references…...
Trump's Threatening War Crimes. Will Anyone Stop Him?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (115+ words) The Pentagon brain drain could undermine an already chaotic war effort. Trump's Threatening War Crimes. Will Anyone Stop Him? The military's top brass is being replaced and Congress is MIA. Choose your preferred player: For questions about subscriptions or your…...
Trump Is Just Openly Threatening War Crimes
1+ week, 4+ day ago (468+ words) In the wake of President Donald Trump's obscene and vile Easter-weekend posts on social media, two questions come to mind: Are any senior U. S. military officers preparing to resist unlawful orders? Are any Cabinet secretaries or GOP legislators weighing whether it's…...
MAGA Conservatives Are Finding Increasingly Creative Ways to Blame Anyone but Trump for the War in Iran
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1414+ words) Slate A growing number of elected Republicans, conservative pundits, and other longtime Donald Trump supporters are getting louder in their criticisms of the president's war in Iran. But if you think that means they're all turning on the commander in…...