The 2024 presidential primary is, among other things, giving rise to some very tortured prose.
If you’ve been keeping up with reports on the upcoming Iowa caucus, you might have noticed some particularly tortured prose as of late. Bizarre mixed metaphors, reaching action verbs galore, etc. “It’s the final sprint, the runners are thrashing each other, and there’s a clock counting down—it sounds a little like a sequence in a movie from the 1970s meant to convey the experience of using drugs, especially when you consider the absolutely mind-blowing concept of a race that endsat a starting line,” Ben Mathis-Lilley writes. He reflects on how the strange dynamics of the 2024 GOP presidential primary are kind of making the political press lose their minds.
Plus, in case you missed it: Mathis-Lilley wrote about Nikki Haley’s recent surge and what it means.
And reporting from a rally in Iowa, Ben Jacobs takes stock of the current state of Trump supporters.
Potentially devastating 🏛️
One of the most complex cases before the Supreme Court this term could have big implications for the way that federal agencies hold people accountable for misconduct. Alan B. Morrison breaks down why that’s a big deal.
Can’t lie this away 😵💫
Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement AdvertisementRep. George Santos might be expelled from Congress this week, in part because of all the lies he told to get there in the first place. In an excerpt from his new book, The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos, Mark Chiusano dives deep into the insecurities at the heart of why the Congressman can’t stop making things up.
Plus: Shirin Ali takes a look at Santos’ reaction to his likely removal, and how he … compared himself to Mary Magdalene, for some reason?
Fast car 🚘
After two people riding in an ultra-high-end Bentley died in a fiery crash at Niagara Falls, Dan Kois asks: Do we really need cars to go this fast?
A Babs skeptic, converted 📖
AdvertisementBarbra Streisand has a reputation for being a diva—but her new autobiography actually made Imogen West-Knights rethink everything she thought she knew about the singer (which, frankly, wasn’t much). She explains what makes the 1,000-page memoir so page-turning.
Off with his head?! 🏈
One of college football’s most successful coaches has fans calling for his head. Alex Kirshner explains why they have a point.
Today, Slate is … * TOOTLING ON VARIOUS FLUTES
… much like André 3000. Carl Wilson reviews the former OutKast rapper’s new solo flute album and places it in the context of a long—and surprisingly funky—tradition.
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