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Are you an Order Muppet or a Chaos Muppet?
Back in 2012, Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick published a seminal piece outlining Muppet Theory, a little-known, poorly understood philosophy that holds that every living human can be classified according to one simple metric: You either make your way through life in a swirling maelstrom of food crumbs (Chaos Muppet) or you’re highly regimented, averse to surprises, and may sport monstrously large eyebrows (Order Muppet).
To celebrate Slate’s 30th anniversary, Lithwick revisits the article—her most-read piece ever!—by breaking down the theory, sharing her own affiliation, and running through which Supreme Court Justices are Order Muppets and Chaos Muppets. Link in bio to see the full video.
14 Oct 2026
You’re allowed to be a little chaotic on your 30th birthday and for us, that means resurfacing some iconic Slate Pitches. Here’s how it works: we share a classic take with our staff and their challenge is to share a new spin on it. Agree? Disagree? Something else entirely? In this round, Lizzie O’Leary, host of What Next: TBD, shares a shocking story and then goes through a very unexpected pitch journey.
Today’s Slate Pitch: Don’t Get a Dog Before Kids. This piece was written by Allison Benedikt and published on July 29, 2013.
Want to see what Slate looked like in 1996 and catch up on more Slate Pitches from the archive? Click the link in our bio.
06 Oct 2026
Ready to cut through the noise coming out of D.C. and find the stories that really matter? Slate’s Jim Newell is back with The Surge, a weekly breakdown of three stories: one that actually matters, one to watch, and one overblown distraction. Get your first four weeks free, straight to your inbox. 🔗 Click the link in bio to learn more.
24 Sep 2026
The blue tsunami hit over a week ago, and it’s still making waves for Democrats. We’re looking at you Mississippi—one of the reddest states in the country was finally called for Democrat Scott Colom.
Colom will be the first elected Black senator for the state in over 150 years, unseating Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. Colom’s win came down to just a few thousand votes, and each side had lawyered up in anticipation of an ugly legal battle. The entire process has highlighted just how archaic Mississippi’s voting system is, even as—this time—democracy seems to have prevailed. 🔗 in bio for more.
13 Nov 2026
Things went downhill very quickly this week for Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, one of the eminent figureheads of the global artificial intelligence boom. Not long after his extramarital relationship with a Chinese spy—and the Trump administration’s active cover-up—was publicly revealed, the New York Times reported that Huang had had another affair with one of his direct reports. Mere hours after the news broke, Nvidia’s board of directors convened to figure out what to do about their philanderer in chief; Huang then stepped down Thursday morning.
“Jensen’s contributions to NVIDIA are profound,” the board wrote in its press release. “NVIDIA is one of the most consequential technology companies in the world.”
Somehow, those are both remarkable understatements. It’s nigh impossible to succinctly convey how vital Huang has been to the new global arms race, how singularly intertwined his cult of personality is with one of the most powerful corporations of the modern age. What we have here isn’t limited to the matter of an American CEO who let the glory get to his head and began comporting himself as a Casanova. The geopolitical deceptions here frankly amount to nothing less than a major rethink of how the global A.I. industry has been operating. 🔗 in bio for more.
12 Nov 2026
In the first big gathering of progressives since the blue tsunami, What Next spoke with Clare Malone and Galen Druke, co-hosts of @crookedmedia’s “Still Counting,” and Slate’s senior politics writer Jim Newell, for a post-midterms party autopsy.
So, is this a moment in time—or is the blue here to stay? How are both parties reconstructing? What should we make of polling errors? And, what can we really learn from the Texas Senate race?
Join guest host Lizzie O’Leary for more on What Next and watch the entire conversation now via the link in our bio.
12 Nov 2026
You say “death penalty,” and many people in the United States think Texas, and with very good reason. For decades, the Lone Star State was the death penalty capital of America, handing down more death sentences and carrying out more executions than any other state in the Union.
No one could get elected to almost any office in Texas without pledging their allegiance to capital punishment. For example, as the New York Times notes, Sen. Ted Cruz has, for a long time, “made the death penalty his cause.”
In 2015, during his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, Cruz even picked a fight with Pope Francis over capital punishment. Politico reports that after the pope delivered an address to Congress, Cruz said he “respects Francis’ views and the Catholic Church’s teachings on the issue, but ‘as a policy matter, I do not agree. … I believe the death penalty is a recognition of the preciousness of human life.’ ”
And no Texas governor in recent history, Democrat or Republican, has openly opposed the death penalty.
All that changed on Nov. 3, when Democrat Gina Hinojosa was elected to replace Gregg Abbott, one of Texas’ most ardent death penalty supporters. In October, Hinojosa told CNN’s Kasie Hunt, “I personally do not support the death penalty,” though she added, “As governor, it will be my responsibility to look at each case individually.” 🔗 in bio for more.
12 Nov 2026
This week, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted that he had an affair with a woman who U.S. officials have alleged is a spy for the Chinese government, obtaining information about the single most important computer chip on the face of the planet right now.
“Regarding the national security concerns raised in news reports, NVIDIA’s Board of Directors has initiated an independent investigation,” Huang wrote in his public statement. “I support the investigation and will cooperate fully. I love our country and our company. I am committed to protecting NVIDIA and supporting America’s national security. I am proud and grateful to be an American.”
The backlash to this scandal has been so bad that Nvidia stock has been slumping ever since his apology went public, and Huang himself lost $6.5 billion in net worth over the past 48 hours. It’s confirmation of rumors that have been swirling for months now. There have been photos of Huang with the alleged spy, 43-year-old tech executive Alice Huang (they’re not related), from as early as June 2024. President Donald Trump was reportedly briefed about the affair a year ago—including the suspicion that she could be a spy—but didn’t do anything about it, because we all know that he’s had a very public gigantic crush on Jensen Huang, so much so that it’s even shaped foreign policy. 🔗 in bio for more by Steffi Cao.
11 Nov 2026
In our latest edition of the Surge, politics writer Jim Newell looks ahead to what Democrats are planning to do with their new majorities.
Jim also examines Vice President J.D. Vance’s reaction to the midterms, and other funny GOP excuses for the loss, like Kristi Noem’s: “We were too successful the first year of the Trump administration.”
To read the full newsletter, and subscribe to our weekly politics newsletter that will carry you through the blue wave and beyond, visit the link in bio.
11 Nov 2026
On Monday afternoon, Kentucky GOP Rep. Thomas Massie seemed like he could almost taste it. He had just filed his impeachment articles against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for a second time.
The first time, in September, had prompted Republican leaders to send members home until after the election. This time, he would be able to force a vote on it within the next two days. He argued to reporters that the timing felt for success felt right: All Democrats were on board, and dozens of House Republicans who’d just lost their races had nothing to lose. Massie mocked news that Hegseth was planning to address the press to stave off the impeachment, telling reporters that he hoped Hegseth would address “the eight articles, and doesn’t get up and misquote the Bible in Quentin Tarantino fashion and do some pull-ups and call everybody fat and gay for being for this impeachment.”
When a reporter asked if any other Republicans had committed to him that they would vote for this, though, his answer was simple: “No.”
“A lot of them tell me they don’t like Hegseth,” he added after a pause, before moving on to the next question.
That dislike was worth exactly zero Republican votes late Tuesday afternoon. By a 211 to 204 vote, the House voted to refer the impeachment to committee—i.e., to kill it—with Massie remaining the lone Republican opponent. He joined all voting Democrats in that position, though 11 Democrats did not cast a vote. (Those 11 Democrats are likely to get an earful in the coming days.) 🔗 in bio for more.
11 Nov 2026
Making predictions is a mug’s game, especially in the unpredictable world of Donald Trump’s Washington, but it’s a pretty safe prediction—the safest bet anyone could make right now—that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is a goner.
The House voted on Tuesday to stave off the matter for now, sending the eight-point impeachment count to be considered by committee. Even if the panel’s Republican majority votes down the resolution, the Democrats who take control by a huge margin in January can take it up again and ensure its passage both in committee and on the House floor. Conviction and removal would require a two-thirds majority of the Senate, meaning a handful of Republicans joining the Democrats, but this seems quite likely—unless Trump forces him to resign first, in order to avoid a fight that even he must know cannot be won.
This state of play—the possibility that we may witness only the third time ever that a Cabinet secretary has been impeached—is the result of three calamitous mistakes.
The first was Trump’s, for not pulling Hegseth’s nomination before it went forth, despite compelling evidence of his inexperience and poor character.
The second was by Senate Republicans, for succumbing to Trump’s pressure, against their better judgment. (Hegseth won in a 50–50 tie, which Vice President J.D. Vance broke in his favor, a vote that some of his crucial supporters now regret.)
The third was by Hegseth himself, for acting like an arrogant jerk throughout his two years in office rather than prudently taking steps to cultivate support in the Pentagon, Congress, and the press corps.
10 Nov 2026
If Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth does not resign in the next few days or weeks, he will almost surely be impeached by the House of Representatives. Hegseth’s impeachment will either happen immediately by a Republican-majority House in response to the eight articles of impeachment introduced by Rep. Thomas Massie on Monday, or in January when Democrats take control of the chamber. It is even conceivable that the Senate—particularly the new majority-Democrat Senate of next year—would muster the two-thirds majority constitutionally required to convict and remove him from office.
That Hegseth is in such peril is a testament to his unique blend of arrogance, incompetence, and vulgar viciousness, as well as to America’s near-universal disapproval for Trump’s Iran war, of which Hegseth has been the prime executor and most visible champion. The secretary’s predicament is also the first practical consequence of the radically changed political environment brought about by Democrats’ midterm wipeout of Trumpian Republicans. 🔗 in bio for more.
10 Nov 2026
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