Molly Olmstead

Molly Olmstead is a Slate staff writer.

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She Fights Fascism in the Place Where It’s Scariest. Here’s What She Has Learned.
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Nov 19, 2025 1:30 PM
Tucker Carlson’s Latest Conspiracy Theory Takes Things to a Whole New Level
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Nov 12, 2025 1:57 PM
MAGA’s Reaction to Mamdani’s Win Is a Dark Sign of What’s to Come
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Nov 05, 2025 5:26 PM
Republicans Just Lost a Statewide Election in Pennsylvania. What Does That Mean for the Future?
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Nov 04, 2025 10:03 PM
It Turns Out You Can Fantasize About Your Colleague’s Kids Getting Shot and Still Win an Election
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Nov 04, 2025 9:59 PM
The City Where the Summer of 2020 Never Really Ended
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Nov 03, 2025 1:13 PM
The New Pentagon Press Corps Is … Really Something
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Oct 24, 2025 1:01 PM
We Interviewed an Anti-Trump Inflatable Frog. It Made Some Great Points.
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Oct 19, 2025 2:58 PM
A Heinous “Treatment” for LBGTQ+ Youth Is Poised for a Comeback—Thanks to the Supreme Court
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Oct 14, 2025 5:45 AM
The Pope Avoided American Politics Until He Couldn’t. Now the Right Is Mad.
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Oct 02, 2025 2:42 PM
This Is the Moment Christian Nationalists Have Been Waiting For
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Oct 01, 2025 5:45 AM
Trump Just Promoted One of the Nation’s Cruelest Conspiracy Theories
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Sept 29, 2025 1:40 PM
Charlie Kirk’s Group Held Its First Post-Assassination Campus Tour Event. It Was Extreme—and Revealing.
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Sept 24, 2025 10:00 AM
J.D. Vance Said Some Pretty Serious Things on Charlie Kirk’s Podcast Today
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Sept 15, 2025 6:57 PM
The Response to Charlie Kirk’s Death on the Right Is Pretty Damn Ominous
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Sept 10, 2025 5:48 PM
It Was Evangelicals’ Noble Crusade. Why Did They Give it Up?
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Sept 05, 2025 5:45 AM
Everyone Hates Him. Why Is His Podcast So Popular?
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Aug 20, 2025 5:40 AM
Is Trump’s Homeland Security Department Intentionally Posting White Nationalist Memes?
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Aug 14, 2025 5:45 AM
We Asked Pete Hegseth if Women Should Have the Right to Vote. The Answer Was Unsettling.
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Aug 12, 2025 12:41 PM
Millions of Americans Need These Drugs. RFK Jr.’s Minions Have Them in Their Crosshairs.
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July 25, 2025 5:45 AM