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Jim Newell

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
16
Latest publication
Sep 28, 2026
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Top 1K sites
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Jul 7, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Jim Newell

    The Blue Tsunami Sets Its Sights on the Texas Governor’s Race (opens the original)

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    Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sounded like a new man in late August during an interview with ABC News. After spending years luring tech companies to Texas—following a deal with Google last year, he proclaimed Texas would be the “epicenter” of A.I. development—his state instead became the epicenter of a red-hot backlash as frustration with data centers peaked with the public. Thei

  2. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Jim Newell

    The Great Republican Panic Is Upon Us (opens the original)

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    The Surge is your weekly political sanity check: What matters, what might, and what’s just political theater. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Welcome to this weekend’s edition of the Surge, Slate’s politics newsletter. Oh, you think it’s “bad” or “completely and obviously illegal” that Donald Trump has used taxpayer dollars to air a campaign-season ad celebrating himself while the lyric “love me” plays repeatedly in the background? Sounds like you’ve got Trump Derangement Syndrome, cowpoke

  3. Article · Sep 12, 2026 · Jim Newell

    Democrats Are Laughing at Trump’s Midterm Plan. They Shouldn’t. (opens the original)

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    Welcome to the Surge, your weekly political sanity check: What matters, what might, and what’s just political theater. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Welcome to this week’s historic edition of the Surge, here in our brand-new home. Do you like the imported marble floors and silk window treatments? We’ll tell ya, it was a real hassle getting those through the Strait of Hormuz. Indeed, today is the exciting launch of Surge 2.0. To recap, each Saturday we’ll break down the biggest news of th

  4. Article · Sep 5, 2026 · Jim Newell

    Republicans’ Plan for the Midterms: Bet on Trump Caring About Someone Other Than Himself (opens the original)

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    Sign up for the Surge, the newsletter that covers the most important political nonsense of the week, delivered to your inbox every Saturday. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, Slate’s politics newsletter that has no time for a joke right here because we have important business to discuss. Starting next week, the Surge is going to look different: sleeker and fresher but still phenomenally trenchant. Alongside a refreshed design, the Surge will break down the news of the week into three

  5. Article · Aug 29, 2026 · Jim Newell

    It Was About to Be a Good Week to be Susan Collins. Then Trump Did What Trump Does. (opens the original)

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    Sign up for the Surge, the newsletter that covers the most important political nonsense of the week, delivered to your inbox every Saturday. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, which was off last Saturday so will now catch you up on the previous week’s news: Natalie Harp. There, you’re caught up. August “silly season” continues with the usual slapstick stories about … international trade wars and a possible Russian attack against NATO. (Just ask ChatGPT about it, Darline Graham.) Elsewh

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