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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is actually running for the Democratic election. And “if we’re going to take Kennedy seriously as a prospect– which surveys recommend we need to– it’s worth taking a look at his beliefs, beyond simply his basic anti-vaccine position,” Molly Olmstead composes. She sorts through 6 of the wild claims he’s made without proof.
Plus: Jacob Silverman takes a look at what the effective guys backing RFK Jr. actually desire– Elon Musk and David Sacks amongst them.
“Little bitch”-gate
Did you hear? Marjorie Taylor Greene called Lauren Boebert a “little bitch” on the flooring of your home. Yikes! As much as this may appear like basic tawdry chatter, the event really informs us something about the method Washington works now, Ben Mathis-Lilley composes. What a time to be alive!
A straight-out disaster
Clarence Thomas’ most current criminal justice judgment is a straight-out catastrophe, Leah Litman composes. Due to the fact that of this viewpoint, individuals with unlawful convictions and sentences– individuals who are lawfully innocent– will be stuck in jail for no excellent factor. She describes why Jones v. Hendrix is emblematic of whatever that’s incorrect with this court.
Plus: Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern talk about how Thomas and Alito might be losing their fellow conservatives.
Lies, damned lies, and gig work
Business like Uber and DoorDash constantly state they can’t pay their employees more. That’s not actually real, Terri Gerstein composes.
Aircraft clash
2 of America’s greatest airline companies are fighting it out– and making members of Congress choose sides. It’s a business dogfight, however the story’s got layers! Jim Newell peels those layers back for us.
Sub security
Why wasn’t the OceanGate submersible that got lost at sea (and most likely imploded, we discovered today) topic to federal security checks? Dennis Fan discusses what’s behind the absence of policies, and what can be done to repair it.
Paradise lost
Some lesbians as soon as had an extreme concept for the future. As part of Slate’s Not Quite Pride series, Allison Miller decreases a bunny hole to read more about a fringe separatist motion that wished to take control of the world, one chromosome at a time.
Test me, infant
Psst, did you understand we have a DAILY news test now? Come attempt it out to keep your mind limber and your supply of random celebration truths fresh.
Let’s gooo
It was a meme. It became what males stated when words failed them. Lately, let’s go! “has actually ended up being a hinge point for the male vocabulary, a faster way for all intragender interaction,” Luke Winkie composes. He strolls us through the history behind the common expression.
Today, Slate is … * WEARING A PROPELLER CAP
… like Winkie needs to have remained in order to evade this ticket for biking on the pathway (legal in New York City for those under the age of 12)!
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The Slatest for June 22: RFK Jr.’s Conspiracy Theories Are Even Wilder Than You Think posted first on https://www.twoler.com/
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