The Angle

The Angle: A Baseball Bat Too Far Edition

Slate’s daily newsletter on Republican women and Trump, the lessons of last week’s cyberattack, and The Walking Dead’s violent premiere.

Activists rally in front of Trump Tower on Oct. 17 in New York City.

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Thanks for nothing: Michelle Goldberg speaks with a range of GOP women who feel irreparably betrayed by their party’s support for Donald Trump.

Overconnected: How nervous should Friday’s big distributed denial-of-service attack, facilitated by vulnerable smart home appliances, make us? It’s not that hackers are going to start turning our toothbrushes against us, Josephine Wolff writes. It’s more that those toothbrushes will be a stepping stone to other, more important devices.

Too much: Fans watching the season premiere of The Walking Dead, which aired on Sunday night, were horrified and disgusted by its hyperviolence. Is this the beginning of the end for the superpopular show? Sam Adams wonders. (Be warned: Post contains many a spoiler.)

On the upside: Say what you want about Tom Cruise. At least women who star alongside him in action movies get actual, juicy roles they can do something with, Jordan Crucchiola argues.

For fun: SNL’s Black Jeopardy sketch was great.

For more fun: Nine and a quarter minutes of Ghostbusters improv outtakes, featuring our darling Kate McKinnon.

Go on, dear,

Rebecca