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Slate @slate.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 22:19 UTC

It’s becoming impossible to ignore how bad the FX hit has gotten.

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Slate @slate.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 16:30 UTC

Unfortunately, Donald Trump was probably right in the most surreal exchange of the debate.

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Slate @slate.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 16:05 UTC

Biden must drop out. Here’s how Democrats could replace him on the ticket.

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Slate @slate.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 03, 2024 at 18:57 UTC

By carefully misleading viewers about Donald Trump—his wealth, his stature, his character, and his intent—The Apprentice created an American fraud that would balloon beyond its creators’ wildest imaginations.

Read the full piece here: slate.com/culture/2024...

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Slate @slate.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 03, 2024 at 18:56 UTC

He also describes persistent comments about female contestants and crew members, and the slur Trump casually used when he was faced with the prospect of a Black winner during the first season of the show.

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Slate @slate.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 03, 2024 at 18:56 UTC

In this first-person account of the early days of the show, Pruitt chronicles how Trump barely appeared on set, was unable to remember contestants' names, and had to be coached every step of the way.

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Slate @slate.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 03, 2024 at 18:55 UTC

He writes, “I can finally tell you what making Trump into what he is today looked like from my side. Most days were revealing. Some still haunt me, two decades later.”

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Slate @slate.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 03, 2024 at 18:55 UTC

For 20 years, Bill Pruitt—one of the founding producers on The Apprentice—has been silenced by a non-disclosure agreement. Not anymore. slate.com/culture/2024...

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Slate @slate.bsky.social [ View ] May 22, 2024 at 17:23 UTC

This show wouldn’t be possible without our Slate Plus members. You can support our reporting by becoming a Slate Plus subscriber—your first three months are only $5. Sign up today to binge the first 5 episodes of Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs today.

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Slate @slate.bsky.social [ View ] May 22, 2024 at 17:23 UTC

With a fight looming, young gay activists formed a sprawling, joyous opposition; confronted the smear that they were indoctrinating kids; and came out en masse to show Briggs—and everyone—who they really were.

Listen to Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs: link.chtbl.com/J2wCzSoF

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Slate @slate.bsky.social [ View ] May 22, 2024 at 17:21 UTC

In episode one, Christina introduces us to 1970s San Francisco, the moral panic sweeping across the United States, and the senator and his bold proposition on the California ballot that would ban gays and lesbians from working in public schools.

🎧 link.chtbl.com/J2wCzSoF

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Slate @slate.bsky.social [ View ] May 22, 2024 at 17:20 UTC

While 1970s San Francisco appeared to many to be a utopia for gay life, the battle over the Briggs Initiative marks a cornerstone of queer history that we all need to know about as the fight toward liberation continues.

Christina writes: slate.com/news-and-pol...

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Slate @slate.bsky.social [ View ] May 22, 2024 at 17:14 UTC

OUT NOW: Slow Burn Season 9: Gays Against Briggs

Host Christina Cauterucci explores one of the most consequential civil rights battles in American history: the first-ever statewide vote on gay rights.

🎧 link.chtbl.com/yxMeVIiA

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