Ben Mathis-Lilley
Slate
New York, United States
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The Right-Wing Freakout About Silicon Valley Bank’s “Wokeness” Began With a Reading Comprehension Error
Some people are going to use the ol’ DEI scapegoat no matter the context. → Read More
Tennessee Lieutenant Governor Explains Why He Liked, Commented on Instagram Post About Getting Free Weed by Giving Head
The 79-year-old Republican “takes great pains to view every post he can,” his office says. It sure seems that way! → Read More
Paul Ryan Divides GOP Voters Into Two Groups: The Suburban Ones and the Hillbillies Who Ruined His Life
OK, we're paraphrasing, but not by a lot. → Read More
Ron DeSantis Isn’t Making Bloggers Register With the Government, but Slate Is Registering With Him Anyway
Just in case he changes his mind. → Read More
The Fox News Election Lawsuit Depicts Rupert Murdoch as an Ineffectual Chump
An explosive revelation that the world’s most widely feared and reviled tycoon can be as indecisive and powerless as anyone else. → Read More
Aaron Rodgers’ “Darkness Retreat” Took Place in a Room Equipped With, Uh, Lights
The darkness aspect seems optional. → Read More
Is the Ohio Train Derailment Really America’s Chernobyl?
What happened in East Palestine, in our fractured times, has become not just a disaster for Ohioans but also a disaster as a news event. → Read More
DeSantis Responds to Trump’s Accusation That He’s a Pervert From Between Towers of Diapers
Groomer accuser attacked by groomer accuser. → Read More
There Is an Honest to God Fight Happening in Washington Over Which Party Is Softer on Balloons
Which president was the weakling little balloon boy and who is the big strong balloon-killing man? → Read More
All Your Questions About the Chinese Balloon Floating Over Kansas City Answered
It's probably nothing. → Read More
Republican Ohio Legislators Saved Slot for “WOMAN” on Otherwise Male Leadership Team
Never send a man to do a female-to-be-named-later's job. → Read More
Hopefully These Mummy Crocodiles in Egypt Aren’t Too Upset About Being Disentombed
It's probably nothing! → Read More
George Santos Denies Defrauding Dog
Also, the dog belonged to a veteran. Who was homeless. And had a broken leg. And the dog had cancer. → Read More
Hand to God, They Found the New Classified Joe Biden Documents in His Garage, Next to a Corvette
This is real news, from the real world. → Read More
Biden Gets Best Approval Rating Poll in Like a Thousand Years
He may have committed an “oops” with some classified documents, though. I also saw on Facebook that he's making stoves illegal? → Read More
The Defining Image of the New Congress
It’s a Republican being pulled away from another Republican by a third Republican who is grabbing him by the face. There may be more of this to come! → Read More
Why Every Photo of Jair Bolsonaro Has the Internet Peeing Its Pants
He once hiccuped for ten days. He may currently be staying in a Minions-themed bedroom. And he was until recently one of the scariest people on Earth. → Read More
George Santos Once Again Places Self in Tragicomic Tableau
On day two of the House Speakers' vote, one scandal-plagued rep continued to find his light. → Read More
Republicans Humiliated by Republicans in Kevin McCarthy Speaker Vote
A historic moment in loser-dom: It's the first time in a 100 years that a Speaker hasn’t been selected on the first ballot! → Read More
Have Voters Stopped Punishing Democrats for Eating Kale and Arugula?
This year, the politics of vegetables flip-flopped. → Read More