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Why Trump’s Russian Bearhug Is So Dire

Why Trump’s Russian Bearhug Is So Dire
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Republicans Are Begging for Their Funding Back. Trump Has Got Them Where He Wants Them.

Republicans Are Begging for Their Funding Back. Trump Has Got Them Where He Wants Them.
20.02.2025 20

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An Absolute Doozy of a Scandal in Washington and New York

An Absolute Doozy of a Scandal in Washington and New York
15.02.2025 10

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Democrats in Congress Will Soon Be Able to Actually Do Something to Pressure Trump

Democrats in Congress Will Soon Be Able to Actually Do Something to Pressure Trump
13.02.2025 9

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It’s Clear What’s Driving Trump’s Presidency Now—or Rather, Who Is

It’s Clear What’s Driving Trump’s Presidency Now—or Rather, Who Is
08.02.2025 8

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The Most Ridiculous “Scandal” Yet of the New Trump Era

The Most Ridiculous “Scandal” Yet of the New Trump Era
07.02.2025 3

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The GOP Senators Who Caved on RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard

The GOP Senators Who Caved on RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard
05.02.2025 20

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The Republican Who Could Sink RFK Jr.’s Nomination

The Republican Who Could Sink RFK Jr.’s Nomination
01.02.2025 20

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RFK Jr.’s Confirmation Could Be in Danger. A Republican’s Question Showed Why.

30.01.2025 10

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What Is Mitch McConnell’s Deal Right Now?

28.01.2025 9

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The Bombardment Will Continue Until There’s Any Hint It Has a Price

25.01.2025 10

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The Unspoken Reason for Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons

23.01.2025 10

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Trump’s Real Inaugural Address

21.01.2025 8

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How Long Can Rubio Last in This Place?

20.01.2025 10

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It Won’t Get Better Than This for Our Boy

18.01.2025 6

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Pete Hegseth’s Go-To Dodge in His Confirmation Hearing

15.01.2025 10

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If You Were in L.A., How Would You Feel About Your Elected Officials Right Now?

11.01.2025 7

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It’s Obvious Why Trump Actually Wants Greenland

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08.01.2025 40

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Celebrate Now, Mike Johnson. It’s All Downhill From Here.

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, the first edition that will not be read by former President Jimmy Carter. RIP to the Iron Man of...

04.01.2025 5

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We Just Got a Taste of What Elon Musk Will Do When Trump’s in Office

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, which does not know whether the government will be open or shut down when you read this newsletter. It...

21.12.2024 6

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RFK Jr. Is On a Charm Offensive in Washington. It’s Getting Interesting.

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19.12.2024 4

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The Government Should Probably Tell Us What These Things in the Sky Are, Huh?

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, which regrets to inform you that our drone-based aerial marketing campaign has gone horribly awry....

14.12.2024 10

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Biden Cracked a Very Revealing Joke About Why Democrats Lost

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

12.12.2024 10

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One of Trump’s Worst Cabinet Picks Is Getting Really Desperate

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, a newsletter that turned down an offer to run the Department of Defense because we still wanted to go...

07.12.2024 9

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Scandals Are Sinking Some of Trump’s Cabinet Picks. But a Big Question Remains for the Senate.

Tweet Share Share Comment Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department, has spent his week crisscrossing Senate...

05.12.2024 9

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GASP! A Trump Hanger-On May Have Acted in His Own Financial Interest Rather Than in the Public’s.

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27.11.2024 8

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The First Full Life Cycle of Trump’s Second Term Is Over

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, which President-elect Donald Trump has just nominated to run the Department of Newsletters! [Five...

23.11.2024 9

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Republicans Should Cool It With One of Their Major Takeaways From the Election

Tweet Share Share Comment Since winning the presidential election two weeks ago, President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a handful of the most...

20.11.2024 5

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The Trump Cabinet Pick That Out-Shocks All the Rest

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, Slate’s politics newsletter and market tip sheet. What’re we buying shares of this week? Tetanus....

16.11.2024 5

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The GOP Conclave Is Over. A New Mitch McConnell Has Been Chosen.

Tweet Share Share Comment South Dakota Sen. John Thune was elected Senate Republican leader on Wednesday, replacing Mitch McConnell in the role...

14.11.2024 4

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The Fight for Senate Majority Leader Is Here. We Know Who Trump’s Base Wants.

Tweet Share Share Comment Having taken the presidency last week in convincing fashion and having long possessed House Republicans by the throat,...

12.11.2024 3

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How Democrats Lost and Trump Won

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, which welcomes Mr. Trump to his rightful place on the throne! Ha ha ha, very good, sir! (Disclaimer:...

09.11.2024 4

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Harris Faced an Impossible Situation. I’ll Give You a Hint About What Comes Next.

Tweet Share Share Comment COVID took Donald Trump out of the White House—then, four years later, COVID put him back in. Shocks from the pandemic...

07.11.2024 20

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Trump Did It. It’s Real. Now There’s One Question Left.

Tweet Share Share Comment Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election in a broad shift to the right across the country. He’s on track to...

06.11.2024 5

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It All Comes Down to This

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, the newsletter world’s floating island of garbage—but a floating island of garbage that fights for...

02.11.2024 20

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How the Harris Campaign Could Give a Few Final Persuadable Voters a Nudge

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Spooky Halloween Surge. If the election were a “Halloween character,” who would it be? The guy from...

26.10.2024 1

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Kamala Harris Thinks She Knows Who Will Win Her the Election. She Better Hope She’s Right.

Tweet Share Share Comment On Monday, with 15 days to go until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris toured the three most pivotal swing states...

24.10.2024 3

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Kamala’s Recent Media Blitz Has a Clear Target

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, a politics newsletter diligently prepping confident explanations for how we perfectly predicted every...

19.10.2024 2

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What Democrats Have Learned Since Betomania

Tweet Share Share Comment Six years and several political lifetimes ago, Democrats across the country were under the spell of Betomania. A young...

17.10.2024 2

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Can Someone Send This Clown to Mars for the Next Month?

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, your favorite media product. You know how they used to say that Seinfeld was a show about nothing?...

12.10.2024 4

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I’ve Covered Washington for a Long Time. I’ve Never Heard Anyone in Congress Go This Far.

Tweet Share Share Comment Two weeks ago, Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in the Big Bend region of Florida. From there it...

09.10.2024 100

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J.D. Vance’s Debate Performance Means Zip for the Election. But That’s Not Why It Matters.

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, coming to you one month—one awful, dreadful, endless month—before Election Day. Remember that the...

05.10.2024 7

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Vance Won the Debate. Walz Got Something That Might Be Better.

Tweet Share Share Comment If the 2024 vice presidential debate goes down as the last general-election presidential debate ever, it’s not a bad...

02.10.2024 30

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The One Unlikely Ally Eric Adams May Have Left

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, a newsletter that J.D. Vance (allegedly) described in a private chat as “the world’s greatest media...

28.09.2024 10

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Joe Manchin Vows Not to Support Kamala Harris Over Mortal Threat to His Precious Filibuster

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26.09.2024 30

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A Scandal That Could Meaningfully Widen Harris’ Path to the Presidency

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, a newsletter that has never had an intimate texting relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. We don’t...

21.09.2024 6

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The Blue State Race That Could Give Republicans Control of the Senate

Tweet Share Share Comment One certainty after popular former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced his Senate candidacy was that a poll would come...

08.09.2024 20

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A Key Senate Race for Democrats May Be Falling Off the Map

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, which continues to not be paid at all by the Russian government. (Nudge, nudge, Russian government …)...

07.09.2024 2

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Is Roughing Up Military Cemetery Staff Good or Bad for Presidential Campaigns?

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, coming to you live from a Trump campaign music-video shoot in Arlington National Cemetery. We’re just...

31.08.2024 4

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The Trump and Harris Campaigns Are Pivoting to a New Skirmish

Tweet Share Share Comment With Democrats having decided on a presidential nominee and the conventions now out of the way, the next big date on the...

28.08.2024 4

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